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Rory silently drove home. Staring at the road ahead of her. It was a little past nine. She had called her mom and told her everything was fine. Her mom didn't believe her but Rory didn't want to talk about it so Lorelei let it go. For now.

Rory would be home right now but it took about an hour for her to convince Tristan to not only let her drive herself, but to also not tell anyone. She wasn't going back to Dean but she didn't want anyone to know what he did to her. She promised that if Dean ever hurt her again she would tell Tristan and allow him to beat the crap out of dean. Rory sighed. She liked seeing Tristan again. Especially when he was nice she was both anxious and excited tomorrow. She knew it would probably be awkward. But hey what could she expect?

Tristan drove home without music. At the least, He was pissed. It took all he had not to Kick Deans ass. But he promised Rory. And the promises to her were the promises he knew he couldn't tell. He loved her. He loved her with all his body and soul. To him, she was everything. Dean didn't deserve a girl like her. And Tristan couldn't wait until he got the chance to tell Dean this. If Dean was smart, he would already know this. But he wasn't and Tristan knew this. Tristan knew Tomorrow would be awkward but he expected it.

Rory pulled into the driveway and stepped out of the car. Only to find her mother running out to her. Lorelei pulled Rory in for a hug.

"Oh Thank God your home!"

"Hi Mom"

"Hi Honey" Lorelei cupped Rory's face in her hands. "How are you?"

"I broke up with dean"

"Yeah I figured. Why'd you take off?"

Rory shrugged. "I just, I was confused. I hated breaking up with dean. I mean I know I had to. I just hated it."

"Oh sweetie" and once again Rory was pulled in for a hug. "God I was so worried! Don't you ever do that again!"

Rory Smiled. "I won't"

They walked into the house.

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The next day Rory walked into Chilton not knowing what to expect. She didn't get much sleep the night before so not only was she tired, but she was confused. And grumpy. And you never want to cross a Gilmore Girl when she's grumpy.

She reached her locker and opened it successfully for the first time this year.

"Gilmore!"

She turned and saw None other then Paris Geller coming her away.

"Hi Paris" Rory greeted.

"Did you hear?"

"Hear what?"

"Tristan's coming back"

"Really?" Rory tried to act surprised. Paris caught on

"How'd you know?"

"We kind of…..ran into each other last night."

"Really?"

"Yeah."

"Huh"

'Dean and I broke up"

Paris raised her eyebrows.

"Which happened first? Did you and dean break up and then you saw Tristan or did you see Tristan and then break up with Dean?"

Rory smiled at the girl's curiosity. "I broke up with Dean first"

Paris nodded. "Fair enough"

Rory nodded and got her books out of her locker and walked with Paris to their first class.

"Good Morning Class" Mr. Becker greeted as Rory and Paris took their seats.

"Good morning" the class replied.

The door opened, interrupting what Mr. Becker was just about to say, and in walked Tristan Dugrey.

"Well if it isn't Mr. Dugrey himself" Mr. Becker joked. "Welcome back Tristan."

"Glad to be back sir" Tristan replied smirking.

"And how was military school?"

"Heaven"

Mr. Becker chuckled and took the note from the office Tristan was holding. "Take a seat Mr. Dugrey"

"Gladly"

Fortunately for Tristan the only empty seat was next to Rory Gilmore. Rory couldn't decide if this was good for her or not.

"Well hello Mary. We meet again" Tristan said as he sat down in his seat.

"Hi Tristan" Rory rolled her eyes.

"And how are you today?"

"Tired."

"Didn't get much sleep last night huh? Don't worry you don't have to admit it. I know your absolutely ecstatic that I'm back" He smirked at the young brunette.

Rory smiled. Nope. Tristan hadn't Changed one bit.

But the funny thing was. was that in some ways He was right. Even if Rory didn't know it, she was very glad to have him back.

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THANK YOU!!!!!!! Thank you for the reviews I loved it. and don't worry, dean will get whats coming to him. But it'll be awhile. I'm taking this chapter by chapter here. I honestly don't really know what else is coming up but we'll see!

xoxoxo

Mary Jane