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Jess was the bad boy of Stars Hollow and Tristan was the resident bad ass of Hartford. I knew that if mom had her choice, it would definitely be Jess. Not that I'm saying she likes Jess, because she doesn't. But to mom, Tristan represents everything that she tried to shield me from. She would take one look at him and automatically think that she had him figured out: rich, arrogant and spoiled. And yes, Tristan was all of those things, but he was so much more. I needed mom to understand what I saw in Tristan; that he was funny, caring and he gave me something that no other boy ever had. He was able to give me butterflies in my stomach every time I saw him, or hell, even thought about him. No matter what she had to say, I knew that I couldn't give him up.

"Rory, what's going on here?"

One look at Lorelai's face, and I knew that just as I had gotten rid of one problem, I had gained a much larger one. Jess was easy enough to get rid of; as long as Rory had feelings for me, he couldn't do a thing about it. But, this was Rory's mother and there was no way of getting around her. Normally, I would turn on the charm and win her over in a second, just like all of the women I had bullshited into believing I was an upstanding gentleman at my mother's parties. Not so easy this time. This was THE Lorelai Gilmore; the legend who had gotten pregnant at 16 and ran away from her parent's world of wealth and was determined to make it her own way. I knew that she would take one look at my fake smile and smooth words and laugh in my face. This was definitely going to require a different tact.

"Well, I have all night. Let's hear this long story of yours." Lorelai said, crossing her arms and glaring at Tristan. Tristan smiled tentatively at her, but immediately stopped when she said, "And you, wipe that smirk off your face."

Rory glanced towards Tristan, giving him a reassuring smile. She sat on the couch opposite to Lorelai and next to Tristan, but made sure to leave a cushion's worth of space between them. "Okay, first I just want to say that I am so sorry for not telling you."

"Uh-huh." Lorelai said, waiting for her to actually start explaining.

Rory knew that Lorelai meant business, so she took a deep breath and said, "Well, it all started a few weeks ago and I didn't know how to tell you."

"Tell me now, then."

Tristan glanced between the mother and daughter guiltily. Neither of the two women even so much as looked in his direction. Lorelai was staring at Rory, who was nervously staring at her hands. "Okay… A while back Tristan kissed me, and I thought that I hated him, but the more he tried, the more I seemed to fall for him."

Tristan couldn't help but smirk at this. Lorelai noticed, and gave him a look that said 'this is so not the time to be gloating.' When it became clear that Rory had no intention of continuing her story any time soon, Lorelai said, "And Jess?"

"Is no longer my boyfriend as of ten minutes ago." Rory said, slightly ashamed.

Lorelai held up her hands and said, "Whoa, hold on. You just now broke up with him, meaning that you have been cheating on him?"

Rory nodded silently and glanced guiltily at Tristan. "Not that I have ever been in the Jess Mariano fan club, but I can't believe you did this Rory." Lorelai was surprised at her daughter's actions, but realized that no matter how perfect Rory seemed, she was after all human.

"I know, mom. I feel really horrible about it, but I can't help the way I feel about Tristan."

"Which is?" Lorelai pressed.

Rory gave Lorelai a look, silently pleading with her to not make her do this in front of Tristan. Lorelai had no sympathy for her and just stared expectantly back at her.

Rory sighed and said, "I feel like I have to be with him, because when I'm not, I'm thinking about him. It wouldn't be fair to Jess if I were to stay with him and constantly be thinking about someone else."

Rory sat in Luke's apartment, half-listening as Jess was talking about the latest book he was reading. Just mentioning books automatically made Rory think of the library and the stacks. She smiled, remembering Tristan pushing her up against the dusty books, whispering things in her ear that made her blush.

As she heard Jess ask her a question, she just nodded and went back to her daydream. There were so many things about books that made Rory miss Tristan. Him grabbing hers away and making her follow him down the hall, discovering that Tristan had Hemmingway tucked away in his backpack, and hearing him tell her that he could kiss better than any character in one of her books.

Upon feeling Jess nudge her slightly, she shook herself out of her daze and tried her best to be a more attentive audience for Jess. Just as she thought all thoughts of Tristan had left her mind, she heard her phone ring. She fished it out of her bag and flipped it open to see a text message from him.

Library. Tomorrow morning.

It was short and simple, but Rory spent the rest of the night smiling, thinking about what would happen the next day.

Rory stood in the stacks, waiting in their usual spot for Tristan. She felt him walk up behind her and smiled as he wrapped his hands around her waist, kissing her neck. "Hey Mary, miss me?"

Rory leaned her neck to the side, giving him more room, and said, "Uh-huh. Somehow you have weaseled your way into my mind, and I can't get you out."

"Ah, so my evil plan is working." Tristan turned her around and took her lips in his, softly at first, and then more passionately.

"Yes" Kiss. "And I have" Kiss. "To get you out." Tristan pulled her face to his, wrapping his arm tightly around her waist. He moaned as he felt her tongue move past his lips and happily opened his mouth wider to invite her in. Finally, he pulled back for air, resting his forehead against hers.

"And why would you want to do that?" He asked, teasingly nipping at her ear.

Rory felt herself melt into him as he found the spot behind her ear that drove her crazy. She ran her hands through his hair, tugging as he continued laving the spot with attention.

"You know, I can't seem to remember." She said, grabbing his head and bringing his lips back to her own once again.

Tristan smiled and said, "Ror, I-" He stopped when Lorelai stood and walked towards Rory, pulling her into a hug.

"I'm sorry, mom." Rory whispered as she held Lorelai tightly. Lorelai could just tell from one look at her daughter's face that she had fallen hard for Tristan. She wasn't exactly thrilled with the idea, but she knew that she had to at least give them the benefit of the doubt.

Lorelai stroked her hair and said, "It's okay, hun. At least Jess is gone and now I have a new boy to torture."

Rory pulled back and smiled at her. Lorelai turned her attention to Tristan next. "Okay, you," she pointed at Tristan, who just looked at her cautiously. "You will not hurt my daughter in any way, shape or form. Got it?"

Tristan nodded and said, "Yes, ma'm."

"And don't call me that, either. It's Lorelai." Tristan smiled and Lorelai walked into the kitchen, leaving them alone.

As soon as Lorelai was out of sight, Tristan walked towards Rory and wrapped her into a hug. "As I was trying to say earlier," Rory laughed and he continued, "I feel the same way about you. Everything I see reminds me of you and I can't stand to be away from you for too long. At least now I know I'm not the only one."

Rory pulled back and smiled as she rested her hands on his shoulders and said, "I was pretty sure you knew that already."

"Oh, yeah?" He asked teasingly.

Rory bit her lip as she stared longingly at Tristan's lips, driving him crazy. "If not, then you aren't nearly as smart as you think you are."

Tristan smirked and said, "Come here, Mary." Rory stood on her tiptoes, grabbing Tristan's neck to pull him closer. Tristan crashed his lips into hers, pulling her so close to him that their entire bodies were pressed against each other.

"Oh yeah, one more thing." Lorelai said, standing in the hallway.

Rory pulled back from Tristan and took a step away. Tristan looked nervously at Lorelai, who smiled and said, "No making out in my house." She began walking back into the kitchen, but then stopped and added, "Or at all, for that matter."

Rory laughed at her crazy mother, and Tristan just looked at Rory like she was crazy. "Don't worry about her. She's just pretending to be mom-like."

"I heard that!" Lorelai shouted from the kitchen.

Tristan smiled and shook his head in amusement. "You Gilmore's are very odd, you know that?"

Rory smiled at the memory and said, "Thank you." Tristan smirked back at her and she said, "I can't believe you remembered that."

"Great party, huh?" Tristan asked sarcastically.

"Yeah, not bad. It gave me a chance to catch up on my reading."

"You are very odd, you know that?"

Rory smiled and said, "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Tristan slowly moved towards her, taking her lips in a sweet, but short kiss before she pulled back crying.

"I remember everything about you, Mary." Tristan smiled as he thought about how far they had come. It had definitely been an interesting ride, and it was more than worth it.

Hey, so what did you think? I just did the piano scene from memory, so it's not exactly the right words, but you got the basic gist, right? Anyways, please review and let me know what you thought! Thanks!