Rory Gilmore watched herwater infracted leg cut through the water in an underwate sisscor kick as she listened to Tristan brag about all the great things that he'd done. He never mentioned Chilton though, starting his infamous career as a bad boy when he graduated from his military school.
"Wow, there's something so tempting about bad boys." Diane cooed, she tilted her eyes to become positively seductive. "I mean, I suppose you always wanted to play cops and robbers as the robber right?"
Rory couldn't believe she was in the least jealous...yet...Diane totally doesn't deserve him she's such a tramp...
Rory pulled the Coke through her straw and glanced uncertainly over at the bar tender who gave her a sympathetic smile. She smiled back and looked around uncertainly again. Her emotions were running hot and cold. At one point she wanted to get back at Tristan for everything starting with the first day of school and ending with making her kiss Paris...but it sounded so immature to even her. It was years ago. Somehow Rory Gilmore felt she only held onto the grudge because it was a tie. A tie to what?
Angry at herself she knocked her hand and gasped as the glass tipped and the Cola dropped into the pool. She looked to see if anyone saw.
"Wow...you're really clumsy today aren't you?" Grace smirked a little, mopping the coke with a napkin.
Tristan smirked widely. "Wow, they'll have to clean the whole pool for that." He hopped off the stool and submerged himself in the cool, refreshing water, then emerged with the empty glass. "Cleaning a country club pool is more than bag boy will ever make."
Rory's eyes flashed dangerously.
"Bag boy?" Diane demanded.
"A bag boy, like at a supermarket." Tristan covered smoothly, setting the glass with a neat click next to Rory. He gave her his cheekiest smirk.
He brought up Dean! The lowlife had to bring Dean into this! Rory nearly shook with rage. Dean and Tristan's paths had crossed more than once in her Chilton sophomore year.
She watched the water where the brown liquid swirled and mixed with the sparkling pool water till it vanished.
Megan, one of the other girls with sparkly green eyes and long red hair pulled back gave her a sympathetic smile. "Wow. That was a 'donk' moment."
"A donk...?"
"You know, when you play video games and power up and you hear 'ding', but if you do something stupid you hear a 'donk' noise?" She ordered another coke for Rory.
"Megan, I think my whole life is a donk moment."
Lorelai plopped on the couch and flipped on the TV. She blew an unruly strand of hair into place and flipped to ABC to watch her weekly show. She found a Mounds bar hidden elusivley in between the pillows on the couch and unwrapped it daintily.
"Twenty-five women looking for love..." a throaty announcer voice panned twentyfive beautiful girls.
Lorelai gasped seeing Rory on TV. She pumped up the volume and reached for the phone.
"But they're not going to find it."
She dropped the phone. IT WAS SATAN!
The camera zoomed in on the back of a man who was about twenty five years old As it got closer to the guy in a light blue button down, black slacks and a perfect manly build she felt her throat constrict. What is so familiar about that frame?
He swiveled and winked at the camera. A sound effect of a ding was in time with the wink and the smirk was perfect. He gave a quick head jerk manuever and said "Trot out the ladies."
The announcer continued as flashes of the twenty-five girls flashed on the screen. "Here they are."
"We picked the handsomest, richest, and most charming man we could find. Tristan DuGrey is also one of the politest and most gentlemanly." The screen flashed pictures of him donating a large check to Make-A-Wish foundation and playing with kids, riding a horse with an older man and working at a desk. But for these twenty-five beauties he is going to be the high profile full-of-it jerk that every girl insists they'll never fall for. But will they be able to see past the looks and money? If they can, they'll have unmasked...The Jerk."
The screen flashed once more to Tristan who smirked. "Unmask me."
Lorelai blinked as the next commercial came on. "Oohhh Lord."