Ok I got this idea from many stories I've read and episodes I've watched but this is somewhat like Mending My Shattered World by shotswithMrsKim so if it seems familiar that's why!
I do not own Gilmore Girls or anything to do with them!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Prologue:
Christopher and Loralei did get married and live in Hartford and fake the society life.
Rory is a sophomore at Yale.
Everything with Dean did happen but Jess didn't.
Logan, Colin and Finn all went to Chilton, so they met Rory there. Rory met Steph in middle school and they have been friends since.
Colin and Steph have been dating for a year.
Dean and Rory broke up badly
Tristan did go to Chilton but was not King because Logan, Finn and Colin were there.
Rory still doesn't have a good relationship with her grandmother Emily.
Steph, Rory, Logan, Colin and Finn all stick together and are best friends.