I cruised coolly into the parking lot. The best thing about sunglasses is no one can tell what you're looking at. My keeping an aloof smirk pasted firmly on, letting only a hint of my teeth show, I was able to convince everyone that I could be looking in their direction. I honed my ability of perfection on that manuever before I was in the fourth grade.

"DuGrey!" Todd loped over and hopped in my still moving car. I'd taught him the move in our freshman year, he'd hop in the back seat with me and we'd give the smirk to our audience.

"I was thinkin', Man." He flicked his nails and glanced at me. "What if we took a frosh."

"And did what with her?" I smirked.

"A guy."

"Well, well, well." I gave a him a teasing grin. "Who knew?"

He gave me a tired smirky "that joke is so old" another manuever from the master teacher, me.

"I was thinking that we should have, like, trainees. I mean, two years and we're bustin' this joint. We have to leave behind a legacy."

"What?" I laughed and slid into my usual parking spot.

"Come on. You totally took me to your rise of sophistication did you not?"

"Well, yeah. You just needed to be brushed off."

"Exactly. We get a swagger with potential."

I raised an eyebrow and and smirked. "Who do you got in mind?"

"Who says I got anyone in mind?"

"I know how your noggin thinks." I flicked him in the forehead as I grabbed my side messenger bag and we headed inside.

"Name is Craig"

"With a name like that we might have something." I know how minds work. Some names click, some don't. If he was Adam we'd be out of business.

"Any plans?" I winked at a girl sitting on a bench, but i was listening to Todd.

"I'll think about it."

"Make sure to take an advil first before you go thinkin' this time." I smirked.

"Tristan DuGrey." He shook his head ruefully. "Always with a quick comeback." He snapped his finger and went down the East hall and I headed to my locker.

"Isn't the dance going to be wonderful?" Some girls said in a loud affected voice as I spun the lock on my locker.

Come on? Can't she get any more subtle?

"Hello ladies." I said in a drawl as I passed, making sure to keep my smirk intact.

I checked my watch, I had five minutes before Rory's usual show up at her locker.

I swiveled and headed to her locker.

I didn't waste my time up at military school. Besides getting totally buffed up, I also learned a few skills that got some of the guys sent up to military school in the first place. One of them was lock picking.

Rory Gilmore checked over her shoulder. If there was one thing she knew about infamous DuGrey was his uncanny ability to vaporize at any time.

She swung open her locker still looking over her shoulder, her hand nearly colided with two foriegn objects that she had not placed in the locker.

One was a cup of coffee. The other was a little box.

Coffee. Part of her was saying "oh come on! overused! overused!" Even though the steamy beverage beckoned her name. The other part was blushing furiously

She took the box and debated opening. It was plainly obvious who the little box was from. Only DuGrey.

She opened the box and found it full of smarties candies. She smirked. Smarties?

She popped them in without thinking, then paused as she noticed writing at the bottom of the box. She emptied the candy into her hand and checked the careful writing.

"Be a Smartie."

She blushed and grinned and groaned all that the same time. It was cheesy and corny, completely the opposite of the suave and debonair Tristian she knew was congratuating himself. It was something her mom would hoot about and giggle about.

She smiled and slipped the box in her backpack.

I watched her from across the hall. She grinned. Is that a good thing? Or is she mocking me, or is she, ug...

"What am I missing?" Todd leaned over my shoulder.

"A brain." I smirked. "Sup?"

"Sooo, tell me who you're taking to the dance?" He asked.

I shrugged. "Someone."

"What, you don't have it mapped out with poor man's girl you're stealing?" He grinned. "What happened to the great Tristan DuGrey?"

"On piano bench."

Sorry it took me so long to update! I'll try and update more often I promise!