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Note: Wow. I did not expect to get this many reviews! I know it might not seem a lot to some people but it does to me! Thank ya'll SO MUCH! Sorry about the whole boarding school/military school! Thanks for correcting me! Oh and for the question "is her skirt shorter?" (Sorry I don't have my reviews here with me so I don't have the names. The answer is yes, but not too short. And don't worry about any of ya'lls comments or questions being stupid, because they aren't! Oh and to the person who thinks I made Rory sound like a whore I am really sorry because that's not the image I was trying to convey. I was just trying to show that she has grown up a little and is more daring. Sorry about making Jess so bad, he is going to show his good side very soon and you will find out what has been bothering him. To everyone: Thanks so much again! Also, I will be going out of town tomorrow until the 9th so I won't be able to update until then :( I will try really hard to update tomorrow morning, but no promises. When I come back I will try to have a couple chapters written! Wow, long note! Okay here is the next chapter...

Rory's mouth fell open as she took in the boy sitting behind her. Tristan Dugrey. Evil Tristan. Bible Boy. What was he doing back? Her thoughts shot back to the last time she had seen him. The night of their Romeo and Juliet play he had bolted. For a while after he had left she had thought about him. Maybe even missed him. But that was only for a while. With all the drama with Dean and Jess, she had almost forgotten about him. Almost.

Tristan's smirk grew bigger as he watched the baffled Rory try and form words.

"You look really different Mar. Did you get all dressed up just for me?" His eyes danced as he looked her over.

Finally being able to form words, Rory glared at him. "And you, Tristan Dugrey, are exactly the same." With that she turned back around in her seat. She could hear him laughing behind her.

"Mary, come on. Don't hold old grudges. I mean, I know that at one point you hated me..." With these words his voice grew quiet. It almost sounded like he cared.

Rory turned around and rolled her eyes at him, "Tristan, I never hated you. But keep it up, and I just might get there some day." Adding a smile to her sentence to show that she was just playing she once again returned to her book. But for some reason, she kept rereading the same line over and over again. Tristan coming back was just strange. She had to admit, she hadn't realized how much she had missed their banter. Tristan was one of the few people that she had ever met that could keep up with her in a conversation. She liked that about him.

Suddenly she got shivers. He was playing with the curls in her hair.

"Tristan! Did you not learn anything in preschool? Keep your hands to yourself!" She tried to keep herself from blushing but she couldn't.

"Mary, are you blushing? What would bag-boy think? How is he any way? Has he been promoted to cart-pusher yet?" His eyes darkened at the mention of Dean. Dean was the one who had taken Rory from him. Well not exactly taken her from him, but he had definitely been an obstacle. He jumped out of his thoughts as Rory sighed.

"DEAN, I stress the word Dean isn't my boyfriend anymore. We are just friends." She watched as Tristan trademark smirk stretched across his face. She noticed and wanted to stop him before he got any ideas.

"But Jess is my boyfriend. And you know, I don't think he wants to share my hair with any one else." She watched as his smile faded and her smile grew. Now it was even. Gilmore one. Dugrey one.

"Who is Jess?" Tristan's voice came out a little bitter. He knew he wasn't going to like what she was going to say, but he had to ask. Rory shrugged.

"What do you mean who is he? He's just my boyfriend. He moved into my town from New York. He lives with Luke, the guy from the diner." Tristan's eyes grew big. New York? Why did he come to Stars Hollow? Was he trouble?

"Why did he move down here?" He shot the question out before he knew what he was doing. Rory gave him a questioning look.

"Why do you care? Did military school make you switch sides? Should we be expecting any love letters from Butch?" Tristan began to answer when Rory interrupted him again. "If you really want to meet him, he is coming to the "Welcome Back" dance this weekend."

Tristan frowned. He remembered the last dance that they attended. That hadn't gone too well. He watched as Rory turned back to her reading. He loved that about her. He loved how she could just read anytime. No matter what is going on around her, she could just shut the world out. He wished that he could do that. Ever since he had come home his father had been horrible to him. Tristan didn't even know why he had been brought home. He had been excited to come back for Chilton for only one reason. Rory Gilmore. The girl who got away. When he had left, he hadn't been exactly sure if his feelings for her were just a game or if they were real. But after one week of not seeing her, he knew. He had fallen for Rory Gilmore and he hadn't even noticed.

He sighed as a group of girls, headed up my Summer, started coming his way. He wanted to tell them to go away, but he was the "King" and he had a reputation to stick to.

Rory listened as Tristan flirted with all of the girls that had just walked up. She thought maybe military school would have changed him a little. But no, Tristan was still Tristan. There to drive her crazy.

a/n: I know that it is a little short, but next up is the dance and I promise it will be longer!