Chapter 14: A new School

Monday morning Rory's bedroom….

Tristin and Rory were sleeping soundly, both dreaming of staying this way forever. That was until the wretched alarm clock started quacking.

'QUACK QUACK QUACK'

"What the hell is that?" Tristin asked with a sleep laced voice.

"That is the sound of a new day." Rory said placing her head on his chest as he wrapped his arms tighter around her waist.

"Isn't it supposed to be a rooster to start the day not a duck."

"I like the duck." Rory replied as she tried to pull herself away from Tristin's grasp.

"Hey where do you think your going?" He said pulling her even closer.

" Duh…to get coffee and get ready for school." She said smiling her innocent smile.

"Well can't I say good morning to you first."

"If you must." She said as if it wasn't all that important.

"I must." Tristin said before he positioned his lips against hers in a good morning kiss. His hands traveled up and down her back before stopping with one on her lower back and the other at the nape of her neck tangled in her long hair. They pulled apart and just lay in the bed for a few minutes.

"This is nice." Rory said with a sigh.

"What's nice?" Tristin said knowing full well what she meant but he wanted to hear her say it.

"This with you and me and sleeping in the same bed."

"Yeah I know what you mean. We should do it more often." He said as he kissed her forehead. He could have made an innuendo but he didn't want to ruin the moment.

"We should." That answer he wasn't expecting. He figured that this was going to be a rare occasion.

"I agree"

"Good, now lets go get ready for school."

"If we must." He said copying her from earlier that morning.

"We must" She kissed him and then got up to go have a shower.

XXX

30 minutes later…

"Come on Tristin get in the car." Rory was sitting in the passenger seat waiting for him to get in the front and drive them to school.

"I don't wanna." Tristin whined from the door. "Can't we just go get back into your nice warm bed?"

"Nope, maybe later. Don't you want to drive this new car? Cause if you don't than I will." Rory said as she made the motions to slide into the drivers seat.

"Hold on a minute. I'll drive." Tristin said as he tossed his backpack into the back. He started the car and drove to their new school. Rory put a CD in and 'Beverly Hills' by Weezer was blasted out through the speakers.

A few minutes later they were pulled up in front of the school.

"Well this is defiantly a lot nicer to look at then Chilton." Rory stated

"Yeah the scenery is really nice, with Mount Baker and the ocean. It almost feels welcoming."

"Yeah Almost." Rory replied as some other students started to walk past them. Everyone looked really unfriendly.

"Well we better go fine the Headmaster." Tristin said taking Rory's hand

XXX

Headmaster's office…

"The headmaster will see you now." The secretary said as she motioned for them to go through the door.

"Hello Mister DuGrey and Miss Gilmore I presume." The rather large balding man said to them. They nodded and he continued "I'm Headmaster Simmons Please take a seat."

Tristin and Rory sat down in the uncomfortable leather chairs.

"I have been informed of your situation and there are a few agents stationed around the campus. They will blend in with everyone else so you don't know who they are. Your old school records have been faxed over and they are excellent. I can tell that you two are very hard working students and will fit in nicely here."

"Thanks you for letting us come so late in the term, Headmaster Simmons." Rory said.

"It was not a problem, I know your situation and who was I to turn you away. Now here are your schedules and locker numbers. As well as a map of the school. You still have about 30 minutes before your first class begins. Walk around and familiarize yourselves with the campus.

"Thank you sir." Tristin said as he and Rory got up to leave.

XXX

Walking down the hallway…

"That went better than expected, I thought he would be upset about the situation." Rory said

"So did I. what's your locker number?"

"421. You?"

"422. Excellent lets go find them."

"Lead the way." Tristin and Rory walked down the hallway and found their Lockers. They each opened them up and started to put their books inside. Another guy came up and opened the Locker beside Tristin's. He was fairly tall and had shaggy brown hair. He was wearing the same uniform as Tristin, black coat white shirt and tan pants with a plaid green and blue tie.

The boy turned to Tristin and Rory.

"Hey are you guys new?" He asked

"Yeah. I'm Tristin DuGrey and this is my Girlfriend Rory Gilmore." Tristin said as he pulled Rory beside him and wrapped his arm around each other.

It's nice to meet you, wait did you say Tristin DuGrey?"

"Yeah, what about it?"

"The same Tristin that used to come down here during the summer?"

"Yeah, Do I know you?"

"You better, It's me Jake, Jake Hawkins." Jake said with excitement at seeing his old friend.

"Oh my God, I didn't even recognize you. How have you been man?" The both put their hands out and did a manly hand shake, which made Rory smile.

"I've been good, I've got a girlfriend around here somewhere too. You can meet her later. What are you doing at Brentwood?"

"Oh um we decided had a situation back home, and we ended up here."

"Cool, what's your first class?"

"We both have history, with Mrs. Waters."

"I have her as well come one I'll show you where it is."

"Cool, Hey Ror, do you have everything?"

"Yep, let's go." Tristin nodded and grabbed her books with his own and they headed down the hallway.

XXX

The day flew by and it was now lunchtime. They a couple classes with Jake in the morning and some in the afternoon. Rory thought he was a really nice guy, nothing like the guys at Chilton. Tristin and Rory walked down the hall hand in hand towards their lockers to drop off their books. At Chilton Rory would normally bring her walkman and book to read, but she wanted to spend some more time with Tristin. Jake came over and met them at the lockers.

"Hey ready to go to the cafeteria?" Jake asked

"Umm, I just want to go to the washroom first." Rory said.

"Ok, well wait here, you'll be okay?" Tristin asked

"Yeah I'll be fine." She replied and started on her way.

"Your really protective of her." Jake stated

"Well we've been through a lot and I don't want her to get hurt anymore." Tristin said with a hint of sadness in his voice."

"That's cool man, I can be like that with my girlfriend sometimes to."

"So when are we going to meet this infamous girlfriend anyway."

"Probably at lunch, but you all ready know her. Korah McKinley."

"Your dating little Korah McSkinny?" Tristin smirked.

"Yep after you left the last time you were here, during that year at school I asked her out."

"I wonder what is taking Rory so long?"

XXX

On her way to the washroom. Same time as Tristin and Jake's conversation…

"Well Well What do we have here?" A boy with short brown hair asked Rory as he stepped in front of her blocking her path. He was with two other boys. They were all smirking and leering at her. But it wasn't like Tristin's smirk this one scared her, Dean sometimes had this smirk.

"None of your business" Rory snapped at them and tried to walk around them.

"Oh a feisty one, I like that." The boy said and he put his arm around Rory's shoulders. "I'm Gabriel Lindel, you can call me Gabe." Rory shrugged out of his embrace and gave him a look of disgust.

"How about I don't call you anything and you go find some whore to play with." Rory said trying to walk away again.

"How about you go out with me instead." He said trapping her between the wall and his arms. Rory had a terrified look on her face and a girl coming down the hallway noticed this and decided to help.

"Hey Lindel, leave her alone, or I'll go get Jake." She yelled at him and pulled his arms away from Rory so she could escape.

"Whatever Korah. I'll see you later." He winked at Rory and walked away with his buddy's.

"Hey are you okay?" Korah asked Rory who still had a terrified look on her face. She snapped out of it and answered the girl.

"Yeah I'm okay, thanks for helping me out. He wouldn't leave me alone."

"Well he is a Jerk. I'm Korah McKinley by the way, are you new here?"

"Yeah, I'm Rory Gilmore."

"Well it's nice to meet you, do you want to come eat lunch with me?"

"Sure, but I have to go meet my boyfriend at my locker."

"Your first day and you already have a boyfriend here. I'm impressed." Korah laughed.

"Actually we transferred together." Rory said chuckling.

"That's cool, where are you from?"

"He's from Hartford and I'm From Stars Hollow Ct." The two new friends walked back over to Rory's locker. When Tristin saw her and the look in her eyes, he knew something was wrong."

"Rory what happened?"

"Some guy cornered me and wouldn't leave me alone. But Korah here helped me out."

"So your okay?" He asked as he pulled her into a hug

"Yeah I'm fine but I need some coffee."

"Well then lets go get you some."

"Oh by the way, this is Korah she helped me out, Korah This is Tristin my boyfriend." Rory said. Tristin smirked Korah sure had changed. She was still skinny but she had filled out a bit more. He wondered if she recognized him.

"It's nice to meet you. I see you have already meet my boyfriend Jake." Korah said.

"Why yes I have McSkinny." Tristin said smirking while her eyes bugged out. Only two people called her that Jake and her old best friend Tristin DuGrey but she hadn't seen or heard from him in years, this couldn't be him she thought although there is a resemblence.

"Tristin!" Rory said shocked at what he called her.

"It's okay Ror, DuGrey I can't believe it's you what are you doing here and why didn't you call me?" Korah said as she went over to hug him.

"Well Rory and I decided to grace Canada with our wonderful presence and since she loves school so much I thought why not go to Brentwood."

"Well it's good to see you now lets go to lunch." Korah said as she grabbed Jake's hand.

"Wait a minute I want to know who cornered Rory." Tristin said. Korah turned to Jake and Tristin.

"His name is Gabe Lindel. He's a real Jerk and he thinks he can have whatever he wants, when I told him that I would get Jake he let her go, but said he would see her later so just watch out for him."

"Well he better watch out for me cause if I run into him he won't be able to walk for a week." Tristin said. Rory put her arm around him and they went off to lunch.

The rest of the day went by pretty uneventful. Rory got to know Korah a little bit better and they all made plans to hang out on the weekend.

XXX

Before they knew it Tristin and Rory were home again. They both went to do their homework because Rory refused to hang out until it was done. When she finished she emailed Lorelai about her first day of school and how she really enjoyed it. She left out the part about Gabe cornering her, and just said he was a jerk much like the Chiltonite guys.

Her and Tristin had dinner and told Miri all about they're day then they settled down on Tristin's bed and watched Sixteen Candles.

A/N: Well that took longer than expected; the chapter is longer than I usually write as well. But I just started typing and couldn't stop. I hope everyone enjoys it.

I have decided to cast the new characters with real actors so you can actually picture what they look like:

Jake Hawkins – Trent Ford

Korah McKinley – Brittany Snow

Gabriel Lindel – Jonathan Jackson

If you don't know who they are I'll put a link with their picture in my profile. As well as Tristin's car and the school.

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