A/N: I'm glad you like it so far but I'm just getting warmed up! I am not spelling Tristan wrong by the way! its T-R-I-S-T-A-N I looked it up on the wb's website!

Rory's test was a complete disaster. Half the questions she didn't even know were related to the subject. She bit the end of her pencil. God how did I fall asleep! How did I sit through three movies and not even think about studying. The bell rang. Rory wasn't even three quarters of the way finished. She randomly filled in the bubbles and handed in her test.

"You know it doesn't help to guess." Mr. Medina said as she was leaving.

"I know." She said quietly. She went to her locker. She wanted to go find Sophie, but she was probably off swapping spit with Tristan.

When lunch came around Rory sat where she normally sat with her walkman. She tried to ignore her sister and Tristan in the corner but she couldn't help but glance their way. They were making out. At a lunch table. People eat here! She couldn't help thinking. She turned her CD player up and started reading a book. Sophie tapped her on the shoulder. Rory jumped. Sophie couldn't help but let out a giggle.

"What are you reading?" She bent down to her level and squinted at the words.

"Nothing." Rory took off her headphones. "What do you want?" She asked politely.

"Sit with us." She said. She knelt down by the edge of the table and poked out her lip. She gave her the

saddest eyes she ever made.

"No Thank you I'm busy."

"Please! You look lonely! Just this once!" Rory couldn't help but think how many times Tristan had kissed the very lip she pouted with.

"Fine!" She said tired of looking at her like that. They walked over to a table in the back corner.

"This is Duncan, Bowman, Summer, Sasha, Nick and I believe you know Tristan." Sophie pointed and introduced. Duncan was on the end and Tristan was closest to the wall. He got up and Sophie walked over and sat on Tristan's lap. Duncan sat back down and scooted over. Rory was still standing

"Aren't you going to to sit down?" Sophie asked. "He won't bite..." Rory sat down. "...much." She put her arms around Tristan's neck and pulled him to her.

"Oh give it a rest." Summer said quietly. Sophie looked up.

"What?"

"Nothing!" Sophie went back to kissing Tristan. Summer rolled her eyes. "Rookie."

"She seems like a pro to me." Rory said playing with her food.

"She doesn't get it. Summer doesn't like anyone that messes with Tristan." Sasha explained.

"So, what about you. You got boyfriend?" Bowman asked. He eyed her. She shivered.

"Yes."

"Really who is it?" Sasha asked impatiently. She propped her elbow on the table and rested her chin in her

hand.

"He doesn't go here." Rory said looking down at her plate.

"You are bringing him to the party right?" Summer asked as she applied more lip-gloss.

"I don't know I mean he and Tristan don't have a very good history and..."

"Oh my gosh, your still dating that tall guy?" Sasha said surprised.

"We broke up and got back together."

"The one from the dance?" An unmerciful smile grew on Summer's face.

"Ye-Yeah." Rory sputtered out.

"Oh." Summer and Sasha leaned back in their chairs exchanging looks. How does a ditz like that get into Chilton? Rory thought taking a bite of her food.

"Oh my God you eat school food?" Sasha said looking at Rory intently. Rory studied her expression.

"Yeah." She answered unsure of what she meant.

"I found a hair in the salad and haven't touched it since."

"Then how come you buy it?"

"To convince our fathers we eat. If we don't eat at school they'll ask if we have some eating disorder." Replied Summer.

"How do they know if you eat or not."

"The lunches get charged on their Visas'." Summer rolled her eyes.

"We don't eat much at home. It isn't easy keeping a body like this right?" Sasha tilted her head sideways. Rory could tell they were trying to get at her, but she didn't let them.

"Actually I eat a lot of junk food. It just comes right off. Don't you think Summer?"

"I wouldn't know." The smug smile faded from her face. Rory couldn't help but feel pleased. Everyone was silent but Sophie and Tristan. Suddenly the memories of Rory and Tristan came flooding back. The teasing, the argument with Dean, watching him chase Summer around Madeline's party, the kiss, crying, leaving, talking about it after wards now watching him make out with her twin, his girlfriend. The girl who lasts him a week before he got rid of her. Perhaps she'd get rid of him. What if it's at the party? Would he try and go after Rory? Would he mention the kiss to Dean? He wouldn't be so cold as to bring it up would he? The bell rang. She threw out her food.

"Tristan...um can I talk to you." Tristan looked at Rory. Then he turned to Sophie and placed one hand on her hip and the other on her lower back. He kissed her.

"I'll be right back." She lightly squeezed his shoulders

"I'll be waiting." She walked off to her locker.

"She's a keeper." Tristan said watching her walk away. Rory rolled her eyes.

"Listen, I'm going to take Dean to the party and I wanted to make sure we're clear on the whole...situation." Rory had no other word for it. The kiss had no meaning to her. It was merely a mistake. A misjudgment. She

was vulnerable that night.

"What situation?" Tristan said confused. Rory fidgeted.

"You know at Madeline's last party the kiss." She said quietly.

"I don't seem to remember."

"You do too!" She said a little more loudly.

"That was you?" He joked.

"Tristan." She said annoyed. "I'd really appreciate it if you didn't say anything." Tristan smiled at her. "You

know I know everything Sophie says about you. I could even you know convince to to, I don't know, break

up with you." His smile faded.

"If Sophie doesn't break up with me I won't tell what's his name."

"Dean." This made Rory uneasy. Using her sister's relationships to get what she wants. That's cold. Maybe she was more like Sophie than she thought.

After school Sophie drove them back to Stars Hollow. They went straight to Gypsy's. Sophie constantly shifted her weight from one foot to the other making it look like she was doing a nervous dance. After that she began tapping her feet on the ground in some sort of pattern.

"What are you doing?" Rory finally asked.

"It's a tap routine. I can teach it to you when we get home." She jumped from one foot to the other. Her toes moved fast. She lightly tapped the ground as she spun around in circles. When Gypsy came out from under her car she came over.

"Can you fix it?"

"Well, I'd have to go to Hartford and to get some of the parts." She said wiping the geese from her fingers.

"But you can fix it?"

"Yes, but like I said I have to repair the paint job and get some parts in Hartford and the paint will be about 1,000 dollars. The repairs about another 2,000. Plus another 175 for checking the whole car." She said looking broken lights.

"Can it be finished by tomorrow?"

"Are you kidding me?"

"No, I will pay you three times what this job is worth if you can have it done by tomorrow."

"Three times! Es mucho dinero! Usted tiene un trato!" (That is a lot of money. You have a deal.) Gypsy

exclaimed.

"Usted es tan amable. Muchas gracias por hacer este para mí." (You are so kind. Thank you for doing this for me) Sophie responded.

"¿Usted sabe español?" (You know Spanish?)

"¡Sí por supuesto!" Sophie said. (Yes, of course)

"Okay can we go back to English here?" Rory said.

"I'll have your car done by tomorrow. Usted debería enseñar a su hermana hablar como usted." (You should teach you sister to speak like you). Sophie laughed.

"Ella es obstinada como su madre pero intentaré. Tienen una noche buena." (She is obstinate like her mother but I will try. Have a good night.) Sophie and Rory walked home.

"What did she say. I know it was about me what did she say?"

"How do you know?"

"I don't really. I have a feeling."

"Ah, we can't live on feelings now can we?" They fell silent.

"Does he ever talk to you?"

"Who?"

"Tristan."

"Yes."

"When?"

"We have math together and we are partners."

"Does he..."

"Does he...?"

"Never mind."

"Tell me. Come on, we're sisters."

"Does he French kiss you?" Sophie laughed.

"A lady never kisses and tells." She laughed some more. "But if you must know he does." Rory had no idea why she asked the question. Maybe because Dean never kissed her that way. Was he suppose to? Why doesn't he? Is it because he doesn't think Rory will like it?

"What are you thinking about?" Sophie asked.

"Nothing."

"Let's go see that cute boy in the diner." Rory rolled her eyes.

"How could you be so comfortable with cheating on your boyfriend?"

"I just want to keep my options open." She said grinning. They were about to go into the diner when Rory saw Dean.

"Go ahead I'll be there in a minute." Rory walked over to Dean.

"Take your time!" Sophie giggled. Rory and Dean walked along the sidewalk. The sounds of Stars Hollow

filled their ears.

"So you wanted to talk to me?" Dean said with his hands in his pockets.

"I have to tell you something."

"Yeah so." They stopped. Rory faced Dean.

"Okay remember when we were broken up?"

"Yeah."

"I sort of...I...When we were broken up...I was upset and confused and I...me and...we..."

"Spit it out."

"I kissed Tristan." Rory exhaled deeply.

"You kissed Tristan."

"Yes I was upset and confused. I did know...I..."

"On the lips?"

"Yes."

"Where, when?"

"You're taking this worse than I anticipated."

"Well how was I supposed to take it Rory? You kissed Tristan!"

"When we were broken up!"

"When were you planning on telling me?"

"I don't know. Madeline's having a party and he's going to be there and I wasn't sure if he would bring it up."

"I really don't think we should go. I really don't want to go."

"But Sophie wants me to go and I want to keep an eye on her.

"So?"

"So I want you to go with me."

"Rory I just found out you made out with Tristan and now you want me to go to a party with him and not blow his head off?"

"Dean!"

"Maybe we shouldn't have gotten back together."

"So that's it. We're done? We're over?"

"Yeah." He said a little over a whisper. Dean walked past Rory. She just stared at the spot where he stood

before. She walked over to the diner.

"Hey Rory how's it going?" Sophie asked when she saw her face.

"One coffee to go please." She said to Luke who immediately went in the back. "Dean just broke up with me." She said in a low voice.

"Oh no!"

"I'm going home meet me there later Sophie. Rory was handed a cup of coffee and she turned for the door.

"Wait I'll be out in a second." Rory walked through the door and waited. She quietly sipped her coffee. Sophie waited for Jess to come back from upstairs. He was grabbing one of his burned cds for her.

"Jess." She said seriously. "There is this party." She was currently glad she hadn't kissed him when she had come in. "And Rory doesn't have a date. I was hoping you could take her?"

"What about Dean?" He asked. He was completely unreadable.

"He just broke up with her."

"And you're okay with this?"

"I'm actually started seeing someone." She replied looking down at the counter.

"Oh." She handed him her keys.

"Why don't you take my car? It's at Gypsy's right now but I'll drive it over Saturday."

"What time?"

"Pick her up at five. Don't be late. I know you like her." She smiled and walked out the door.

A/N I know short and strange I had to break Dean and Rory up somehow!

Strange coincidence: The show Beautiful People has a girl named Sophie in it too, which I didn't know until yesterday. I like the name Sophie. Soph. Congratulations to Alexis Bledel, Lauren Graham and Gilmore Girls on there Teen Choice Awards! (Best TV Comedy, Best Female Actress in a Comedy and Best TV Mom)