Rory didn't really give Lucas anymore thought she was too caught up in school, and the paper. Logan was sitting on her bed as Rory was finishing her homework.

"Are we going to that game tonight in Hartford?"

"Why would we go for?"

"That guy from the bar plays for Uconn, and I wanted to see how good he is." Rory turned around, looked at Logan, and nodded. "I'll be back around five-thirty." Logan kissed her cheek and left. Rory was now thinking about Lucas again.

Rory, Logan, Colin, and Finn were walking to their court side seats when the players ran out for warm ups. Lucas looked over and saw the people from the pub was here he walked over to them and shook their hands before going back to warm up.

"Nice guy who was he?" Finn said and Rory laughed at him.

"We meet him a few months ago at the pub."

"We don't remember it."

"Colin you two were plastered that night like every night." Rory said as Logan and the guys went to get something to drink, and Rory popcorn.

The game just started and Rory was asking questions about the game.

"How many runs for that shoot?" Rory asked as Lucas made a three and Logan laughed.

"Ace they are points and that was worth three." Lucas stole the ball and dunked it at the other end. "That is worth two." Rory nodded when Lucas, run over and diving right beside her after the ball. The referee blew the whistle and pointed that the ball was the other teams and Lucas was right beside Rory.

"Hi." She said as Lucas laughed at her.

"Hi." Lucas took some popcorn from her bag as he walked over to the bench.

"He likes you doll."

"No he doesn't." Logan was a little upset knowing that it looked like Lucas liked Rory.

The rest over the game was a walk over with Uconn winning 96-77 with Lucas had twenty point's six rebounds and four assists.

Rory and the guys were waiting for Lucas to come out of the locker room when he did they walked over to him.

"Nice game Lucas." Logan said and Lucas nodded his head.

"Thanks Logan."

"We are going out to get some drinks you want to come?" Lucas looked at Rory and nodded.

"Yea let me go talk to my family first give me twenty."

"Take your time." Rory said and Lucas walked away.

"Who was that guy?" Colin said having one to many tonight.

"Lucas Scott." Colin and Finn walked away and Rory followed them.

Lucas found Karen, Dan, and Nathan he hugged his mom.

"You did great Lucas."

"Thinks mom." Dan walked over to him and patted him on the shoulder.

"You missed some easy shoots son."

"I know I'm going to hit the gym tomorrow."

"I scored more then you did." Nathan said and laughed at Lucas.

"Yea but I had more rebounds and assists. Where's Hales at?"

"She couldn't make the trip but sends her love."

"Tell her I love her too. I have to go I'll call you guys later." Lucas kissed his moms' cheek, shook his Dan and Nathan's hands, and walked away.

Lucas saw Logan and Rory but not the other two guys.

"Where are the other two?"

"Called a cab for them they were very drunk. Are youready to go?"

"Yea let's get out of here." Lucas pulled the strap of his bag higher on his arm. When they go to the bar Lucas knew he wasn't going to drink, tonight he never did after a game it made him sick.

"So what do you want to drink?"

"Water."

"Just water?"

"Yea I don't drink after games."

"Ace what do you want?"

"Water is fine thanks." Logan walked up to the counter and Lucas looked at Rory.

"You two aren't dating are you?"

"What are you talking about?"

"They way you two are acting you're not dating each other." Rory was surprised at how Lucas saw this.

"How did you know this?" Lucas looked at her smiling.

"I did this no string attached relationship last year."

"How did it work out?"

"Not good she slept with a guy who no one could stand."

"Is that was the relationship is suppose to be?" Lucas laughed at Rory.

"I walked in one them when I was going to tell her I loved her and then she told me the next night she wanted to be with me."

"What happened then?"

"Nothing we decided to be friends and not ruin what we had going on." Logan walked over and handed Lucas and Rory their water.

"What did I miss?"

"Nothing much." Rory said and Lucas nodded.

"So Lucas, When did you start to play basketball?"

"My father played in high school, but blow his knee out so Nathan and I started to play in grade school."

"Who's Nathan?"

"He's my twin brother."

"You have a twin brother who's older?"

"I'm fifteen minutes older."

"Where does he go to school at?"

"Duke with his girlfriend who is my best friend."

"Why did you choose Uconn for?" This was the first question Rory asked since Logan came back to the table.

"I wanted to get away from everything back in Tree Hill,"

"Like?" Logan asked and Lucas looked at him.

"Girl trouble."

"Really like what?"

"I was dating this girl, and I slept with her best friend, who I really liked then she dumped me not wanting to hurt her best friend. She found out on her own and wasn't to happy about it."

"Wow nice story." Lucas looked at his watched and pulled some money out.

"I need to get home early class tomorrow." Logan handed back his money.

"It's on me you want us to drop you off?"

"You guys don't have to leave because of me."

"No we're ready right Ace?"

"Yea." Logan finished his drink and laid some money out on the table.

Lucas gave them directions to his apartment and they were at his place in no time.

"You guys want to come in?"

"Sure for a few minutes." Lucas nodded and got out of the car and reached his hand out for Rory since she was sitting in the back. Rory smiled and took his hand, and stepped out of the car. Logan was watching this and he knew his time was almost over with Rory. He noticed during the game when Lucas was in she wouldn't talk to anyone just watching Lucas play. Lucas opened the door up and the three walked inside.

Lucas woke up the next morning with someone in is bed he rubbed his eyes and saw dark hair all over the pillow. The person beside him started to move Lucas saw it was Rory.

"Morning." Rory said.

"Morning, I know I didn't drink last night but why are you in my bed for?"

"It was ether me or Logan remember you offered us to stay the night and since the guest room has no bed in it you offered the bed. and Logan took the couch." Lucas pointed at her and nodded.

"Yea I remember now. and I'm glad it was you who slept in my bed." Rory laughed as Lucas went to his closet, grabbed some clothes, and saw Rory's bare back and he turned around. Rory saw Lucas was facing the other way and smiled to herself.

"You can turn around now I'm dressed." Lucas nodded. and turned aroundhe saw her smiling at him.

"What are you doing this weekend?" Rory looked at him.

"Going home and see my mom like always."

"I was thinking you might what to come to my game on Saturday your parents could come."

"It's only my mom and I would like that. I'll call you later I need to get to Yale." Lucas nodded as Rory walked out to the living room yelling at Logan.

Logan was sitting with Rory in his room she was watching the Uconn game that they went to.

"You like him don't you?"

"Yea I do." Rory looked over at Logan, and nodded with a half smile on her face.

"While if you want to be with Lucas then I'm not going to stand in your way." Rory looked over at him and nodded.

"I don't regret the time with you Logan I had a lot of fun."

"I did to Ace friends." He held his hand out and she shook it, and then kissed him on the cheek. When the game came back on Lucas was on the bench so she started to talk to Logan.

"Mom I'm home."

"In here." Rory walked into the kitchen and saw her mom was sitting at the table with a book about basketball.

"What are you doing?"

"Reading up on the game so I know what is going on tomorrow."

"I thought Luke was going with us."

"He is but I don't want to look stupid around him."

"Since when?"

"Since now, where are we going?"

"Storrs it's a home game for them."

"I thought they played in Hartford?"

"Only about half the games." Luke knocked on the door, and Lorelai ran over before Rory could. Lorelai kissed him until Rory walked out from the kitchen and Luke pulled away.

"Hi Luke."

"Hi Rory thanks for inviting me."

"No problem Luke now if we want to get to the game on time we need to leave." Rory grabbed her coat and the three of them left.

When they arrived at Storrs, the parking lot was almost full, cars everywhere Luke found a place to park, but they had a long walk ahead of them. When they were halfway to the gate Lorelai started to complain.

"Luke carry me."

"I'm not carrying you Lorelai."

"Please Luke."

"No."

Please Luke."

"If I carry you no more I'm not going to give you anymore coffee."

"Fine I'll walk but you owe me." Lorelai pouted, and Rory laughed at her mom.

When they finally got inside there seats which were close to the floor, but not as close as the tickets Logan got Rory. The crowd cheered when the Huskies ran out on the court. Lorelai pointed to Lucas who was taking a shoot, Lucas looked over, and nodded to them and got the rebound, passed the ball out to the next guy. When the buzzard went off the team went to the benches and waited for introductions. Just like Logan, Lorelai noticed that when Lucas wasn't out on the court Rory would talk to her, but as soon as Lucas stepped, on the court she was quiet. At halftime, Uconn was Kicking ass and Lucas was on his game like before, Lucas had twenty points already.

"So where do they play next?" Lorelai asked while sending Luke for junk food.

"They go to Pepperdine, then to Hawaii for the EA Sports Maui Invitational." Rory said looking at the schedule

"So he gets to go to Hawaii?"

"It seems that way."

"When are they back in Connecticut?"

"The twenty ninth against Army in Hartford."

"Are you going?"

"I don't know yet."

"You have to cheer on your boyfriend."

"He's not my boyfriend.Lucas is just my friend mom."

"When Dean played basketball how many games did you go to Rory?"

"I don't remember."

"Really." Luke walked back down with nachos, popcorn, and hot dogs and pop.

"How can you guys eat all of this stuff?"

"Years of practice my dear Luke." Lorelai kissed him.

Lucas didn't play that much more of the game with the big lead even though he was a freshman he still sat out most of the second half. After the game Rory was waiting where Lucas told her too, Lorelai was getting impatient now waiting coffee. Lucas walked out from the locker room and saw Rory; he smiled and walked over to her.

"Hi."

"This this is my mom Lorelai Gilmore and her boyfriend Luke Danes." Lucas shook both there hands.

"Lucas Scott nice to meet you."

"Good game."

"Thank you sir."

"Call me Luke."

"Okay Luke. I'm going to steal Rory away from you guys, if that's okay?"

"Return her like you found her."

"Yes ma'ma."

"Lorelai not ma'ma."

"Yes Lorelai I'll take care of her."

"Are you coming home tonight?"

"Yes mom but don't wait up." Rory kissed her mom's cheek and turned to Lucas. "Ready to go?"

"Yea." Lucas and Rory walked away from Luke and Lorelai.

They got to Lucas's car, and he opened the door for her, Rory smiled it has been awhile since anyone had opened the door for her. Lucas got inside and started the car up.

"So what is there to do in Storrs?"

"I have no clue I'm only here for basketball."

"Then what are we going to do?"

"Drive to Hartford to get something to eat."

"Okay."

"Where's Logan tonight?"

"We decided to be friends nothing else." Lucas looked over and smiled some.

"So you're not seeing anyone."

"Nope are you?"

"Nope." Lucas kept driving while Rory looked out the window.

"You played good tonight."

"Thanks."

"Who's better you our your brother?" Lucas laughed.

"It depends on who you're talking to. I say I am, and of course, he says he is."

"Have you guys played each other?"

"Yea four times I won two and lost two." Rory laughed at this.

"Wow you weren't kidding when you said about not knowing."

"Nope he is a good player."

"You miss playing on the same team?"

"Yea I do this is the first time, that we aren't on the same team." She nodded, and the rest of the ride was spent with small talk, and getting to know each other.

They got to Hartford around eleven and went to a coffee shop. Rory smiled at Lucas as they walked inside.

"Three large coffees and two pieces of apple pie." The women nodded as Lucas turned towards Rory. "Is that okay with you?"

"Yea it's fine."

"So Rory Gilmore are we going to talk about you?"

"Well my real name is Lorelai Leigh Gilmore, named after my mom who had me when she was sixteen. We moved into a tool shed when I was about two and lived in the shed until I was five. We moved into the house my mom still lives in. I had my first boyfriend when I was in the tenth grade, dated for about three months then broke up, but got back tighter and it lasted until the beginning of my junior year when Jess moved into town." The woman handed Lucas the food, and the two walked over to an empty table. "Jess is Luke's nephew we dated until the end of my senior year when he left me. Then I went to Yale and meet Logan and we have had been together until just a few days ago. What about you Lucas Scott?"

"Well mom got pregnant when she was eighteen and Dan blow out his knee. Then he married my mom and his father gave him the car dealership. After Nathan and I were old enough to walk Dan had a basketball in our hands. That's it all to my story."

"How about the two girls?" Lucas laughed and took a drink of his water.

"I always liked Peyton but things with her were complicated."

"How?"

"The feelings were so intense it scared both of us. Then Brooke came along, and she was the party girl so we went out. Then the feelings for Peyton resurfaced and we slept together. After that, we would sneak around.Then one day she decided to break it off before Brooke found out. Well Brooke found out, and she was pissed off. After her not talking to either of us for a few months, she finally forgave us and we all became friends again. So then Brooke and I started to hang out again, and she came up with the no strings attached thing.That lasted about two months when I decided that I wanted to be with her. I go to her place to tell her when I saw her on top of Chris Keller riding like a champion. The next day she walked over to my house, and told me that she loved me.I couldn't let my heart get into a relationship with her so we decided to be friends." Rory looked into his eyes they were a dark blue, which was exciting to her.

"What about your heart now?"

"Still not ready to open it but I'm getting their." Lucas smiled at her as she finshed on of her coffees.

Lucas drove to Stars Hollow he was happy to do so for Rory. His heart wasn't ready for someone to walk into it, but if one person were going to it would be Rory. Rory on the other hand has fallen for Lucas big time she's watching basketball, which never happened before. When they finally got to Stars Hollow, Lucas walked over and opened up her door, and helped her out.

"When am I going to see you again?"

"I don't have another game until the nineteenth, so we can have some time to spend together."

"Okay night Lucas."

"Night Rory." Lucas kissed her cheek, and walked to his car. Rory walked inside, at down on the couch, and smiled to herself.

The next morning Lorelai walked down, and saw Rory was drinking coffee already.

"You got in late."

"Yea around one." Rory handed Lorelai a cup of coffee.

"So how was your date?"

"Great we talked about everything."

"So is he your boyfriend?"

"No we're just friends."

"What's wrong with him?"

"He just come out of a bad relationship, and not ready for a relationship yet."

"Do you want one?"

"Not yet, but soon."

"Jess is coming to visit Luke."

"When?"

"In a few weeks."

"Okay why are you telling me this for?"

"Just wanted you to know."

"Thanks mom."

It has been a week since Lucas and Rory had seen each other so they were going to meet at his apartment to watch movies tonight. Lucas was putting the food out as Rory was going to get the movies. Rory knocked on the door as Lucas opened it up, and hugged her.

"What movies did you get?"
"Hoosiers, Willie Wonka, and Caddyshack."

"Wow two sports movies."

"Just for you."

"I feel special."

"You should." Rory sat down on the couch as Lucas put Hoosiers in. Lucas walked over, and sat down beside Rory, who snuggled closer to Lucas. During the move, Lucas moved his arm around her.

"This is nice." Rory said looking up at Lucas.

"Yea it is the last time I do this, was with Hales."

"Who is she?"

"Haley James Nathan's girlfriend."

"Okay."

The movies were over, and Rory was getting ready to go home. Lucas walked over to her, and hugged her.

"So when are you leaving for Pepperdine?"
"The eighteenth."

"So tomorrow?"

"Yea then Hawaii until the twenty fourth."

"So why do you get to go to Hawaii?"

"Because I play sports. Are you going to watch my games?"
"Of course."

"I'll call you from Hawaii."

"Get me something."

"I will." Lucas hugged her again. "Come with me."

"Where?"
"Hawaii it's during Thanksgiving break you could come with me."

"Tempting offer but no I'll see you when you get back."

"It was worth a try."

"Bye Lucas."

"Bye Rory."

Rory was watching the championship game with Lorelai, and her grandparents. They called a foul on Lucas, and Rory yelled at the television.

"Are you blind that was a charge not a blocking foul?"

"Rory don't scream at the television."

"Sorry grandma, but that was a bad call."

"When did you start to watch basketball Rory?"

"This season."

"Why Uconn?"

"I know someone who plays for them."

"Rory's boyfriend." Emily looked over at Lorelai.

"I thought you and Logan were going out?"

"Nope, and Lucas and I are just friends." Rory never looked away from the game.

"Where does he live?"

"An apartment here in Hartford."

"Why don't you invite him to Thanksgiving dinner?"

"Okay." Lucas was now on the bench, so Rory quite watching the game. Uconn was losing by two with only three seconds left and Rory was biting her nails. They sat a screen for Lucas, and he caught the ball and put up a three as the buzzer went off. Rory was now standing as the ball went in, Rory jumped up and down screaming.

"Rory seat down young lady." Lorelai was laughing at Rory who sat down.

"The MVP from the 22nd EA Sports Maui Invitational is the diaper dandy Lucas Scott." Rory clapped and watched the interview.

"Lucas what was going through your head when you made that shoot?"

"Don't miss. No, I knew from the time it left my hand it was going in. I would like to thank everyone from EA Sports and the Maui Invitational we had a great time." Rory was smiling the whole time.

Thanks for the reveiws which I will say every chapter. I wanted Logan to stay friends with Rory and Lucas I didn't want him to be the bad guy. As the people who watch One Tree Hill I changed somethings from the show, but I need it to fit my story. I'm useing Uconn's real 2005-2006schedule for my story. Once again thank everyone for reading and reveiwing.