A/N: Sorry to say that this has become one of those stories, where either Trory or Literati fans will be disappointed. You'll find out which at the end of this chapter. Also, at the end of this chapter, the story may seem like it's over, but I plan to continue it for a long time.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls (ha, I wish), but in this chapter I own, as always the plots and ideas, as well as Diana and Daniel.

"She's married", Lorelai repeated.

"But--"

"No. Tristan, she's married. I know you had a thing for her once, but that was a very long time ago, and now, let me say again for the third time, she is married. Let it go, Hon."

"Let what go?" asked Tristan thoroughly confused.

"You know."

"No. I really don't! She kissed me, not the other way around, and I'm the one confused."

"What?" Lorelai asked, sure she heard him wrong.

"What, what?"

"What did you just say?" asked Lorelai, annoyed.

"She kissed me, ma'am."

"Rory wouldn't do that", Lorelai said, defending her daughter and hoping this was some kind of scheme to win Rory's heart.

"Hey, that's what I thought. Why do you think I'm so shocked?"

"Tristan, go home."

"Hey, I'm leaving. I was only looking for Rory."

"Well stop looking, because like I said, geez! This is the fourth time! She's happily married!" Lorelai said, her tone increasing with every word.

"I don't know about happily. I'd check that out before you make such an assumption." Tristan said, still in shock, though it didn't show as much now. With that, he was gone.

Lorelai walked back into the living room to join Max and Diana on the couch again.

"Who was that?" Diana asked.

"Who?" Lorelai asked, a look of mock confusion on her face, at an attempt to dodge any questions. Rory deserved to keep this private, if it was true, that is.

"At the door, Mom."

"Oh, at the door."

"Yes…"

"Pete, from the nursery. He was just wondering what time we wanted him over tomorrow for the lawn", Lorelai lied.

"Oh."

The three of then watched the rest of the movie and ate their cookie dough and peanut butter covered Oreos (Lorelai's idea, of course), in silence, something horribly new to them. What made it worse was their lack of concentration for the movie due to so much drama on their minds. When the credits finally rolled across the screen, Diana and Lorelai sighed with relief.

"Can I go meet Daniel?" Diana asked.

"It's late", Max responded.

"I have a lot of stuff on my mind. Can I just go?"

"Yes, go, fine, sure", said Lorelai in a tone she'd rarely used around Max.

"Are you okay?" Max asked, as the door slammed behind Diana.

"Fine. I'm fine."

Max raised his eyebrows, and sighed. "Okay."

Meanwhile, Diana was walking toward the gazebo that marked the center of Stars Hollow. She'd paged Daniel to meet her there.

Daniel Kim was actually Irish. When the residents of Stars Hollow first saw a tiny four year old boy with a completely red head welcomed into Lane Kim's house, gossip was everywhere. The rumors drove Lane so crazy, that she boldly took the floor one week at a town meeting without Taylor's permission, to announce that no, Mrs. Kim hadn't dyed Lane's naturally red hair black when she was two.
Once Zach cheated on her, they'd divorced, and she refused to put herself out there, afraid to get hurt again, and she was lonely, so she'd gone and adopted poor Daniel. The look on Taylor's face was priceless, and the rumors were gone completely by the next morning.

Now Diana and Daniel had been going out for about six months. They were in love, and as Rory put it, Daniel was her Dean. That remark was the cause of a huge fight between Rory and Jess, but it was all in the past.

When Diana got to the gazebo, Daniel was already standing there waiting. They smiled, and kissed.

"Hey", he said.

"Hi", she responded.

"How'd you get out so late?"

"Guilt trip."

"Ah."

They kissed again, and eventually winded up making out in the middle of the gazebo. They were in love.

At home, Lorelai was frantically trying to call Rory. Of course, with her luck, the line was busy. Finally, at around 11:00, she got through.

"Mom?" Rory said, answering the phone.

"Caller ID."

"Yeah", said Rory. "What's up? Why are you calling so late?"

"Oh, you know, just to catch up."

"At 11 PM on a weeknight?"

"Sure!"

"Mom--"

"No, Rory, I'll talk", Lorelai said sternly.

"Geez, mood swing."

"Rory, did you kiss him?"

Rory sat straight up in bed now. "Who?"

"Tristan. Tristan DuGrey, did you kiss him?"

"How do you know?"

"He came here looking for you."

"That idiot!"

"Him? Rory, you kissed another man! You cheated on Jess!"

"Mom!"

"Rory!"

"It was just a kiss, anyway. A really bad kiss, I'll add."

"Why, Rory?"

"I don't know!"

"Yes you do!"

"I hadn't seen him since that stupid skit thing in junior year. I needed to know if maybe he liked me."

"So you kissed him?"

"Yes! Okay, I know it was stupid. I know, and it was meaningless, completely meaningless. I love Jess, Mom, okay?"

"Fine."

"Goodnight, Mom."

"Goodnight, Honey."

Lorelai hung up the phone and sighed. She was disappointed, yes. But she trusted Rory.

'She's a good kid. She wouldn't lie", Lorelai thought.

In Hartford, Rory hung up the phone. She lay there in bed staring at the ceiling, and wondering if maybe the kiss meant something more. Had she lied to her mother?

Rory thought to herself, "No, no. Jess is the guy for me. He's smart and witty, and wonderful, and we're married, and I love him, and Tristan's in my past. God! We never even went out. So that's it. The kiss meant nothing. I know it. The kiss meant nothing"

Jess entered the bedroom, suddenly. Rory smiled.

"Hey."

"Hey."

He sat on the edge of the bed. Rory moved closer to him. Kissing passionately, they knew they were both happier than they'd ever been when they were with each other. They were in love, and nothing would change it.

A/N: Right, so sorry to all you Trory fans. Rory's with Jess for good, but still expect plenty of drama between Rory and Tristan that includes Diana in future chapters. The next chapter will focus on Diana for the most part.