Chapter Twenty-Four: By The Piano Author: AngelDani Rating: PG-13 for some major swearing, sexual tension and some mild sexual references in later chapters Pairings: Trory, Narco Disclaimer: I own nothing in Gilmore Girls. If I did I would not only be one of the richest people alive but I would also be the happiest person alive coz I'd be surrounded by so many hotties! Summery: Rory Gilmore just moved to Chilton from SHH, there she meets Tristan, who is basically the King of the school, and boy does he know it. When Rory stops Tristan from beating someone up and practically yells in his face, war is declared. Authors Note: Yeah! No more Dean! I told you he wasn't gonna be a huge factor! Anyway Enjoy!

Rory was walking around Madeline's house when she saw Lane. She was waiting for Henry who was getting them both drinks.

"Hey, am I sick yet?" Rory whispered to her.

Lane grinned, "Not yet, it might just be allergies."

Rory smiled widely, "Keep me posted." And she went back to walking around, occasionally talking to people. She passed James.

She shot a tiny smile at him.

He smiled back.

"Hold on a sec." He said to some girl he was talking to. "How's it going?"

"Boring."

"I told you we shouldn't have come."

Rory rolled her eyes, "Well it looks like you're having fun." She gestured to the girl.

James shrugged, "Nah... I don't know. She's hot, but not really my type."

"Your type is Holly. Right?"

"Rory." James said warningly.

"Alright, alright." Rory held up her hands to protect herself. "I know when to stop."

"Good." James smiled. "Well I'm off."

Rory nodded, "Bye."

"Hey my watch stopped." Paris had found her. "What time is it?"

Rory looked, "It's 10:35."

"Yes! Bye!" Paris ran out of the house.

Rory shook her head and went in search of a quieter room. She found one and pulled out 'The Lovely Bones' and began to read.

"Tristan, stop it!" Summer's voice rang into the room, causing Rory to look up.

"You're making me chase you around the whole party!" Tristan said angrily.

"I'm just trying to have fun! Stop treating me like your pet!"

They came into the room.

"Okay, so you won't talk to me, you won't dance with me, why the hell did you even come with me?" Tristan almost yelled.

"Stop yelling. You're making a scene."

"Summer please," He took her hand and looked at her, "Can we just go?"

"No." Summer was determined.

"Please?"

"No." She shook her head. "I'm sick of fighting with you. I'm sick of hearing twenty times a day 'you're my girlfriend'! You treat me like a kid sister that you have to keep an eye on and I'm sick of it. You need to let me have a life!"

Tristan looked around and noticed Rory, "Okay could we possibly go somewhere where a roomful of people aren't staring at us?"

"I think we should break up." Summer told him, no trace of sadness in her voice.

Tristan looked shocked, "Okay I really want to go outside and talk about this."

"Then go. Bye." Summer left.

"Summer, come on!" Tristan yelled out to her.

Rory felt a bit sorry for him. As much as she didn't like him (or so she kept saying), no one deserved that.

Tristan noticed Rory watching him and embarrassed, he walked out of the room.

Seconds after the drama Lane walked in.

"I have a major problem."

"What?" Rory looked curiously at her.

"Henry, the guy I've been dancing with?"

"What about him?"

Lane took a deep breath and began to rant, "Ok so he's really good in school, he's going to be a doctor - paediatrician to be exact, his parents are extremely involved in their local church. He himself helps out with Sunday school. He speaks Korean fluently, he respects his parents and he's also really cute, very funny and surprisingly interesting."

Rory looked confused, "Lane I am totally failing to see the problem here."

"I am falling for a guy that my parents would approve of!" Lane looked scandalised. "They'd love him! They'd go crazy! There'd be dancing at the Kim house! Dancing!"

Rory smiled, "Really?"

"Followed by a lot of praying, but initially there'd be dancing." Lane shook her head violently. "This can't happen, I have to stop it. We have to go!"

Rory grabbed their coats, "Okay yeah, whatever you say. Let me go find James."

And at that very moment who came by? Henry.

"Hi."

Lane laughed sheepishly, "Henry, hi!"

Henry smiled at Rory, "Sorry I've been monopolizing Lane all night."

Rory shrugged. "It's ok. I've had her for fifteen years. I'm kinda sick of her."

Lane glared at her. "Thankyou."

Rory smiled sweetly at her. "Your welcome, we should go."

Henry looked like someone had told him his dog had died. "You're going?" he said to Lane.

Rory smiled peevishly, "Yeah I have to get home, I have a very strict mother."

"Oh sorry about that," he looked at Lane, "so you can't stay for one more dance huh?"

"Yeah I don't think that-"Rory began.

"Yes." Lane interrupted.

Rory was surprised, "Excuse me?"

"One dance would be fine."

Henry's eye's lit up. "Great."

"But-"Rory tried.

"I'll be back." And with that Lane and her beau were gone.

Rory shook her head gathered her things and went to see if she could put their coats somewhere. It was obvious they were gonna be here for a while. She passed James talking to a bunch of Chilton girls. She waved at him and mouthed, 'Having fun?"

He grinned, 'Lots' he mouthed back.

Rory laughed. She should have known that James would get bombarded with girls the minute he got here.

Rory put the coats in a room. She heard a piano playing. Whoever was playing was really good.

She followed the sound and saw Tristan playing.

Her heart went out to him. He looked so sad.

"Oh sorry."

He didn't look up. "No problem."

"I'm sorry."

"About what?" Still, he didn't look up.

"About you and Summer."

"I don't wanna talk about Summer."

"Okay." Rory fished for a subject. Anything to stop this uncomfortable silence. "So how'd you do on that biology test?"

That got a reaction. "What?"

"The test. It was hard wasn't it?"

He looked confused, "Yeah it was hard."

"I got a B."

"What are you doing?" He asked.

"Talking about the test."

"Why?"

"Because you said you didn't want to talk about Summer."

He looked down at the piano again. "I don't"

"Okay, so I moved to Biology." She looked at him. "Sorry did you wanna talk about Spanish?"

"You just loved it didn't you?"

Cryptic, wasn't he? "Loved what?"

"Seeing me nailed like that." He looked at her. "Must have been a great moment."

"Not really."

"Please." Tristan avoided her eyes, "You loved it, she loved it everybody loved it."

"I did not love it." Rory countered. She put her bag on the piano and sat next to him.

He sighed, "I really liked her too."

"I know."

"So where's you're boyfriend tonight?"

That got a smile out of her. "Not my boyfriend." She grinned at him. "Thanks to you we never made it past the first date."

Tristan smiled lopsidedly. "Sorry about that."

"Don't be." Rory said. "It never would have worked out anyway."

"You're welcome then."

They both laughed.

This conversation was getting a very strange reaction out of Rory. For the first time she was seeing Tristan act like a normal person. She was feeling warm and happy.

"Hey," Tristan got her attention again, "I'm sorry I gave you such a hard time for a while."

Rory shrugged. "It's okay."

"It is?"

"Well... no. But you're sad."

He chuckled. "Yeah, well I am sorry."

"I accept your apology."

"Oh man." Tristan played with the keys on the piano. "This is a great party isn't it?"

"Yeah not bad." Rory looked down. "It gave me a chance to catch up on my reading."

Tristan laughed huskily, "You are very odd, you know that?"

Rory smiled, "Thankyou."

"Your welcome."

It happened really quickly that even if Rory had wanted to stop it she wouldn't have been able to. But soon she was kissing him.

Her.

Rory Gilmore.

Was kissing Tristan DuGrey.

She was shocked, needless to say. Not just at him but at herself.

Because she was actually enjoying it.

Soon she let herself into it. She gave into him when he softly caressed her lips with his tongue. Practically asking permission to go further.

Soon she was closer to him than she had ever been before. They had both moved closer during the kiss and now her arms were wrapped around him and he was holding onto her possessively.

It was funny, but she'd spent the last few months denying her feelings for him and now she was wrapped up in his arms. All her feelings were swimming out.

Ironic, if you say.

But when he held her she felt as though he was an extension of herself.

She wished the kiss could last forever but soon they ran out of breath and had to pull away.

"Wow." she whispered.

"Yeah wow." Tristan grinned at her and caressed her cheek.

"I certainly didn't expect that when I came to this party." Rory said.

"Neither did I." Tristan said, "I mean why would I expect to show up at a party with a girl, only to break up with her and have my wounds licked by the girl I've been head over heels for for months."

Rory smiled.

"So..." she had no idea what to say.

"This is going to make Chilton very different." Tristan said.

"Yeah."

"But I like it."

"Me too." Rory fumbled with words. "So does this mean we're-"

"I certainly hope so."

Rory smiled goofily, "So, what do we do now?"

"I have an idea."

And they fell into another kiss.

AN: YAY! I told you the trory action would come. I know that was extreme fluffiness, but hey, I am a romantic at heart. Thanks for your reviews. Keep 'em coming.