Tristan pulled into Rory's driveway and they just sat there in the car. They just looked at each other. Rory finally spoke after they had been sitting there for 15 minutes.

"Do you wanna come in?"

"Sure." They got out of the car and Rory led the way into the house. Tristan remembered the only other time he was actually in the house. It was right before he was shipped off to Military School.

She went into the kitchen and left Tristan to his own devices. He just sat on the couch and touched his cheek. It still hurt and he knew it was going to hurt even more tomorrow. Rory came back in into the living room; she had a tired look on her face.

"What's wrong?"

"No coffee."

"Ah, caffeine addict going through withdrawal, bad combo. Come on, let's go find some coffee."

"You sure? Last time I checked you didn't drink coffee."

"That was until I had to get up at the crack of dawn."

"Poor Tristan." They left the house and started walking towards town. Tristan grabbed Rory's hand and she gave him a weird look. "What are you doing?"

"Um…Jess." He gave her his smirk and she actually smiled. It was kind of weird walking around Star Hollows with Tristan. They passed Doosey's Market and saw Dean and his latest Bimbo. Tristan couldn't resist a good insult so they walked in and Tristan picked up some chips and walked towards Dean's line.

"Hell bagboy how's it going?"

"Tristan."

"Ya know, Rory was too good for you. I mean who gets drunk and then lets some guy hit their girlfriend? Oh that's right you do. Well we'll be going now."

"So your with Tristan now?" Dean asked looking right at Rory who had a sudden burst of confidence.

"Yeah am I, but what do you care? Go back to your bimbo." Tristan had to stifle a laugh as they left.

"So where now?"

"Luke's."

"Okay." As they walked people looked at them Rory left like she was showing off Tristan. They walked into Luke's Luke just looked at them and Rory felt that she had to give an explanation.

"Luke, don't worry he's nice."

"Yeah I bet."

"Coffee please, then we're going to see Mom."

"That sounds like fun."

"Yeah, just wait till she sees the coffee." Rory pulled Tristan out of there before Luke got his hands on him.

"We're going to see your mom?"
"Yeah I have to tell her that I left school." Tristan just nodded as they walked past Miss Patty's. She just looked at Tristan and made him feel uncomfortable as she undressed him with her eyes.

As they walked towards the inn, they past Jess and Tristan waved like the jackass he was. Jess started walking towards him until he saw Luke give him the evil look.

When they finally got to the inn, Tristan suddenly got nervous. He didn't know why it wasn't like he hasn't met her before. She was sitting at the desk fighting with some guy who was being an ass. She looked up and gave a strange look at her daughter.

"Rory what are you doing home?"

"I didn't feel good and Tristan got suspended so he gave me a ride."

"What'd you do?" She asked looking right at Tristan.
"Jess hit me."

"Why?"

"I told him to leave Rory alone and he hit me."

"You're a good kid bible boy. So how long have you two been together?"
"What?"

"I saw you guys holding hands and he gave you a kiss. So spill."

"Today."

"That's good."

"You're not mad?"

"No, I happy."

"Okay."

"You guys should have something to eat."

"Thanks mom."

"No problem."