"Sweetie are you sure about this?" Lorelai asked in a worried tone.

"I'm sure." Rory smiled.

"It's only been a day." Lorelai added.

"I know. But I can't just sit here at the house all week. I need to get back to school, besides I've already missed 2 days."

Lorelai sighed, she knew there was no winning when trying to get Rory to stay home from school. "Okay... But I want you to call and check in at least once, so I can have piece of mind."

"Deal." Rory agreed.

(Chilton)

"Hey, stranger... where you been?"

"Hey, Tristan." Rory's face lit up. "I've been... sick." She replied convincingly.

"Well, I hope you're feeling better now." Tristan said smiling.

"I am... much better."

"Good." He continued to stroll beside her as they walked to class. She was in constant trial to not limp while he was walking so close to her. "So, I was wondering, would you like to go to a book fair with me this weekend? It's going to be in Hartford."

"A book fair?" Rory asked with interest. "Yeah... I love book fairs."

"Great... Is it alright if I pick you up around 12:00 Saturday then?"

"12:00 sounds perfect." Rory declared.

"Bye, Rory." Tristan smirked.

"Bye." Rory's eyes gleamed. Tristan had became such a romantic, and Rory was very glad of it.

(Gilmore house)

Lorelai picked up the phone. "Lorelai!"

"Mom?"

"Well, I hope you're satisfied."

"With what?" Lorelai asked.

"With keeping valuable information from me!" Emily snapped.

"Okay... You're going to have to be a little more descriptive."

"Next time you try to keep your wedding from me, Lorelai, I suggest that you not announce it in the Hartford news paper."

"He announced our wedding in the news paper?" Lorelai asked shocked.

"Oh, don't act so innocent." Emily gripped.

"Mom, I promise you, I didn't know he printed it in the paper. I was going to tell you, but now... well, it's all been called off so..."

"Your wedding has been called off?" Emily asked suspiciously. "Why did you call off the wedding? You just became engaged. Lorelai, you don't cancel a wedding like you would a doctor's appointment or a pool party."

" I know, Mom. It just wasn't the right thing to do, okay."

"Damn right." Emily huffed. "Marrying a school teacher, your's to beat it all. My God what were you thinking?"

"It has nothing to do with him being a teacher, Mom." Lorelai replied grouchily.

"Then what was it Lorelai?" Emily teased. "Too tall? Too short? Going bald already? It must be something serious..."

DING! Emily Gilmore hit the spot again. "If you had any idea what was really going on, you'd be ashamed of yourself right now!" Lorelai paused. "Then again, it is you Mother, so perhaps you wouldn't be ashamed at all." Lorelai slammed the phone down. Emily sat on the other line with her mouth gaping.

Rory walked in right as the conversation with Emily had ended. "Hi." Rory smiled.

"Hi, babe." Lorelai replied changing her tone. "Did you have a good day at school?"

"Yes... I did." Rory admitted. "Tristan asked me to go to the book fair this weekend with him."

"Aww.." Lorelai smiled. "That's nice of Tristan."

"I know. He's been acting really nice for a while now. At first I thought it was just an act but now I realize that he's really changed."

"Well, good." Lorelai added. "So, Luke's... coffee... food."

"Yep." Rory agreed.

(Luke's)

"You let her go to school today?" Luke asked shocked.

"Shhh.." Lorelai hushed. "Not so loud."

"Are you sure you should have done that?"

"She's fine." Lorelai smiled. "She had a good day."

"She told you this?" Luke asked.

"Yes. She did. A guy asked her to go to a book fair this weekend."

Luke's mouth dropped. "She's going on a date?" he leaned in closer.

"Not really a date. A book fair."

"With a guy."

"Yes..." Lorelai raised an eyebrow. "Where's the problem?"

"After what she's been through, you're going to let her go out with a guy?" Luke was becoming a bit frantic.

"It's a boy from her school." Lorelai laughed.

"Hey... You went out with a boy from your school and look what happened."

Lorelai leaned back in shock. "Okay... You tell her she's not allowed to go out this weekend."

"What?" Luke asked humorlessly. "I can't tell Rory she's not allowed to go out."

"Exactly." Lorelai smirked.

Luke narrowed his eyes. "Fine... you win."