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Chapter 3 – The Yale Boys
Rory after a surprisingly great and eventful visit home, came back to the hectic life in the Yale campus. All throughout her morning classes, Rory couldn't concentrate. Her mind was still on Jess. His face, body and everything about him was the only thing she can think about.
Rory went back to her dorm, after a busy day filled with classes.
"God what's wrong with you? It looks like someone struck you with lightning, and you haven't noticed it yet." Paris said to Rory, when Rory entered the dorm.
"What?" Rory asked, not really paying attention to Paris.
"Thinking about Logan I see." Paris said eyeing Rory.
"Logan?" Rory said without thinking, she almost forgot who Logan was, almost.
"You're joking right?" Paris was getting suspicious.
"Ha Ha, um…it's been a long day, I'm certainly wiped out." Rory said trying to get out of this conversation.
"I'm going on a date with Doyle." Paris said in an informative tone of voice.
"Good for you." Rory said while closing her bedroom door.
Rory still can't figure out why she still loves Jess. He left Stars Hollow, wanted her to go with him to California. He wanted her to be free and to love life fully. She always regretted not going with him. When she found out Jess was back near Stars Hollow, she took the news surprisingly well. Obviously what happened last Sunday showed that they both still cared for one another. That event kept replaying in Rory's mind for the rest of the night. Rory kept dreaming of Jess, through out that night. Until she heard footsteps near her bed.
Paris woke her up with her footsteps. She tried shacking Rory awake.
"Rory you awake?"
"Well now I am. Paris it's 2 in the morning what do you want?" Rory said while looking at a clock.
"Guess who I bumped into, while I was with Doyle a few hours ago?" Paris said while showing no emotion. Rory didn't feel like playing guessing games at 2 in the morning.
"I don't know Paris. I don't think I would care." Rory said while clutching a pillow closer to her.
"Hey, if you get surprised and shock because he's here at Yale, don't say I didn't warn you." Paris said while closing Rory's door.
It was now a sunny Wednesday. Even though it was yesterday morning when Paris woke her up early in the morning. She finally had time to think about what Paris had said.
Rory was walking the Yale campus. It was quiet obvious that Rory was looking for something or more like someone. If she remembered correctly, Paris was referring that "someone" to a guy they both knew. Rory highly doubted she would find that person, considering that there were countless of students walking in the campus.
From a distance, she saw a familiar person standing by a near by building. It was Logan, with his blonde hair and bright smile. Rory smiled and started to walk towards him. But after about 5 paces, she stopped dead in her tracks. A brunette, of medium height, petit was hugging Logan and kissed him on the check. She looked exactly like Rory, from where Rory was standing. The only difference was that the girl Logan was with had a tan, and Rory was always known for her very light skin.
Rory was about to run 180 degrees the opposite direction she was in, to get away from the horror she was seeing. But she tripped on her on two feet, and fortunately a bench broke her fall. She was hoping no one saw what she did, but she knew she wasn't that lucky.
"Well if it isn't Rory Gilmore. I thought I'd never see the day when you would make a simple mistake, like say trip over your own feet." Said a voice from behind the bench. From the sound of it, the person was amused. The owner of the voice was a guy and it sounded familiar to Rory.
Rory turned around to see the owner of the mocking voice, but when she saw who it is; she quickly looked away and turned slightly red. The guy sat besides Rory on the bench.
Rory was in total shock. She didn't know what to do. The guy just flash her a fabulous smile.
"You don't remember me do you?" Asked the guy.
"Yes I do Tristan, it's just I'm surprised that you haven't tried out one of your lame remarks yet."
"Well Gilmore I've changed into a mature and responsible person." Tristan said while putting an arm behind Rory's side of the bench.
"Oh really?" Rory said in a surprising way.
"Well kinda, I'm different from my Chilton days." Tristan said pushing himself a little closer to Rory's side of the bench.
Rory wasn't paying attention to what Tristan was doing. All she was interested in was Logan and the mystery girl. She was still watching them, from the bench. Tristan started to notice, that Rory wasn't interested with him and he saw what Rory was looking at.
"So you have a thing for Logan Huntzberger." Tristan said.
"What… I can't believe I'm admitting this to you, but yeah I have a "thing" for Logan." Rory said blushingly.
"Anyways, what are you doing here at Yale?" Rory said trying to change the subject of their conversation from her to him.
"Oh I transferred from Princeton. I'm surprised you didn't know that, considering you're friends with Dorian." Tristan said
"Well he kind of told me, but he didn't give me a full description."
"Yeah, Dorian was never a "full description" person. You should have asked Mia, she would have told you."
"Mia?" Rory asked.
"What you don't even know your friend's names? Um... her last name is Johnston." Tristan said.
"You mean Emma." Rory said while still staring at Logan.
"You do realize that's not her real name. I think "Emma" was the nickname her uncle gave her when she was little."
"Ok, Tristan since you know everything, what's her full name?"
"Easy, her full name is Melinda Emily Danes Johnston. But everyone calls her Emma. But Logan and I call her Mia" Tristan answered.
Rory was now utterly shocked. Not because Emma hadn't told her that Melinda was actually her first name or the fact that she might have known that Tristan now attends Yale. But the fact that Tristan and Logan know each other was shocking news. Front page of any gossip magazine, kind of news.
"You know Logan?" Rory said, while trying to sound too shocked.
"Yeah, Logan, Mia, Dorian and I all went to the same boarding school in Europe. I left early, cause they kicked me out of the school after 3rd grade. But every summer ever since we were all little, we would spend our summers together, the four of us" Tristan said.
"They all went to the same boarding school. I have to ask Emma, a few questions later." Rory said mentally to herself.
"So you know everything about Logan?" Rory just had to ask.
"Most things… yeah."
"So who's that girl he's with right now?"
Tristan looked at Logan and the mystery girl.
"That's Jean. Her mom is Logan's godmother. Jean's boyfriends plays basketball for Duke or Cornell or Brown. I forgot which one." Tristan explained.
"So I'm guessing you saw Paris a few nights ago."
"You mean Paris Geller? Man, that girl is hilarious when she's drunk. I'm telling you, if she was drunk back in high school, she might have been more "Likeable".
"She was drunk?" Rory asked. This explained why Paris was acting weird a few nights ago.
Tristan didn't answer Rory's question.
Tristan stood up. "Come on Gilmore let's go see Logan, you know you want to." Tristan took Rory by the hand, pulled her up from the bench. Rory and Tristan walked side by side, towards Logan. When they finally reached Logan, Logan was surprised to see Rory. The mystery girl was gone.
"Tristan, you know Rory?" Logan looked at him curiously.
"Yeah, remember I told you about the girls in Chilton."
Logan looked at Tristan, then at Rory and then at Tristan again. Logan realized who Rory was.
"No." Logan said with a smile.
"Yeah it is." Tristan grinned.
"But she's the girl I told you about." Logan said.
"What? Gilmore is "Ace". Tristan looked at Rory.
"Ace is your Virgin Mary?" Logan pointed at Rory, but looked at Tristan.
"Hello I'm right here. I can hear everything you guys are saying." Rory said impatiently.
The boys ignored her.
"Logan… Did you know Rory knows Mia?"
"Mia?"
"You know Johnston." Tristan said trying to get Logan to remember.
"Right Mia. Man, I miss that girl. Remember when Dorian had a huge crush on her?" Logan said.
"He still does." Tristan replied.
Logan laughed.
Tristan looked at his watch.
"Well looks like I have to go. I've got an important meeting. So I'll leave you two love birds alone." Tristan said while walking away.
Logan looked at Rory, while Rory watched Tristan leave.
"You never told me you knew Tristan or Mia." Logan said to Rory.
"Well how was I to know, that all of you guys know each other so well."
"So you know Mia." Logan grinned
"Yeah, she's great." Rory said.
Logan walked with Rory, hand in hand towards Rory's dorm.