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Rory stared at the tall Dark haired guy. She couldn't speak. She wasn't surprised about him being here, it was Luke's everyone went to Luke's. She was surprised to see him here when she was here with Tristan. She looked over at Tristan. He looked pretty tense. His Jaw was tightened and his hands had formed a fist. Oh this is going to be good.

"Rory, what are you doing here with him?!" Dean asked rather rudely.

"Well, Dean" Rory fumbled for words. "Well, you see, Tristan here returned home from Military School and he gave me a ride home and…I asked him to come and have coffee so we could catch up"

Dean formed a fist with his hand. His girlfriend wasn't supposed to be here with him. especially him. Ok so yes they had had a fight. But they hadn't broken up. He wouldn't let Rory break up with him. Not because of Tristan. "Rory can I talk to you outside?"

Rory glanced at Tristan. She didn't want to go with him but if she didn't people would get suspicious. "Sure" Rory slowly got out of her seat, her eyes fixed on Tristan who hadn't moved a muscle and walked outside with dean.

"Rory what the hell are you doing here with him?"

"Dean I told you-"

"Rory please, All he's doing is trying to get in your pants. Can't you see that?"

"No he's not"

"Yes he is"

"No, He's changed. And besides, what does it matter to you? I broke up with you yesterday"

Dean's jaw tightened. "We're not over Rory. "

"Yes dean we are"

"No Rory we're not"

"Yes Dean-"BAM. It happened again. Only this time, He hit her with a fist. Rory fell to the ground. Her body was shaking from it. Luke and Tristan were out of the Diner faster then the speed of light. Tristan was the first to hit him. Luke got Rory up to her feet.

"DON'T YOU EVER TOUCH HER AGAIN!" Tristan yelled as his fist collided with dean's stomach. "DO YOU HEAR ME? HUH? IF YOU EVER COME NEAR HER AGAIN I SWEAR TO GOD YOU WONT SEE THE DAY OF LIGHT AGAIN!"

Fists flew everywhere. Dean tried to defend himself but the fact that Tristan wasn't the only one hitting him didn't help his odds. The whole town was standing by. Miss Patty had seen what had happened and had rushed over to be by Rory's Side. Lorelei had been called and was running as fast as a Gilmore could to her daughter.

Finally Rory couldn't take and walked over to Tristan and Luke and pulled them both back. "Stop. That's enough" She said in a quiet voice. Luke and Tristan looked at each other. Tristan looked back at Rory. Meeting her eyes. Dean sat up. Tristan reached over and punched him again, not taking his eyes off of Rory.

"Rory!" Lorelei called to her daughter. She ran over, saw the mark that Dean had Left and Kicked Dean as hard as she could. "Oh my god" She threw her arms around Rory and Let her daughter cry on her shoulder. She glanced at Tristan and Luke, Mouthed a thank you to them and Miss Patty and walked her daughter back home.

Tristan quietly drove home. His fists hurt but he didn't care. He finally got to beat the shit out of Dean and he was partially happy and partially worried about Rory. Things would probably get more awkward now. He decided that once he got home he would call her to make sure she was okay. She may not want to talk but he really needed to know.

He opened the door to his house and walked in. It was quiet. His parents had gone to another Society event. He'd expected them to have a party for him but no. they, for some unknown reason, decided not to. He sighed and walked up to the door. He opened it and saw that she was sleeping. He smiled to himself and walked over. He bent down and kissed her forehead, Good night Mel,"

He got up and turned to walk out.

"Tris" He heard the small sleepy voice. He chuckled and turned back around.

"Aren't you supposed to be asleep?"

"I was, you woke me up"

He laughed and walked over and bent back down. "I'm sorry I woke you up."

"It's okay.' She saw a couple bruises on his face and sighed. "You got in another fight"

He looked down. "Sorry Mom"

Melanie rolled her eyes at her brother. "who was it with?"

"A jackass"

"Well I concluded that much. I mean he probably wouldn't be a good guy if you beat him up"

"Just some guy I didn't like"

"Who were you fighting for?"

"Rory"

"Ah. The infamous Rory Gilmore. What was it now?"

"She doesn't want many people to know."

"She doesn't know me"

"Sorry Kiddo. You're too young,"

"I'm 12"

"Too young" He pushed her bangs out of her eyes and kissed her forehead. "Now, go back to sleep. It's a school night."

"Yes Dad" She replied as she closed her eyes and dozed off.

Rory sat on her bed. She told Lorelei she would be fine and just wanted to be alone. She wasn't fine. She wouldn't be fine for a while. She knew that. Dean had hit her. Twice. She didn't think he was capable. But he was. She had misjudged him. Just like she had misjudged Tristan. She was grateful he and Luke were there. And Miss Patty. Miss Patty had told her she would be fine and promised to spread some nasty rumors about Dean so that the town would hate him. She sighed and heard her cell phone ring. She went to the nightstand and picked it up.

"Hello?"

"Hey"

"Hi Tristan"

"Are you okay?"

She sighed. "Yeah."

"Liar"

"It's what I do best"

"You deserve better you know"

She nodded. Then realized he wouldn't be able to see her. "Yeah I know"

"Thank you"

"No thanks needed."

"Yes Tristan. I owe you a thanks. For defending me"

"I would have done it even if you didn't want me to"

"Still. Thanks"

"Your not gonna give up are you?"

She smiled slightly. "No I'm not"

"Then your welcome." He paused. "I'm Sorry Ror"

"It's okay. It's not your fault"

"it is my fault. You would never have been in that situation if I hadn't been there"

"Yeah but then I would have been there alone"

"Good point"

"I know"

"Cocky"

"Conceited"

Tristan and Rory laughed.

"Have you told your mom that that wasn't the first time?"

"No"

"Rory"

"No Tristan she doesn't need to know"

"Yes Rory she does. She's your mother. And your best friend."

"No. If she knew she'd kill him."

"She's already going to kill him"

"She'll torture him. and I don't want her to worry"

He sighed. "Fine."

"Look I'm kinda tired I'm going to go to Bed. Good night"

"Good night Mary"

She hung up and laid back down.

The next morning Rory was running late. She had slept in and now she was late. She sighed. this wasn't going to be a good day, she could tell.

"Mom! I'm leaving!" She called. Lorelei walked into the foyer.

"Alright. Hey" Lorelei caught Rory before she left. "Are you okay?"

She nodded. "Yeah I'm okay."

"We'll talk when you get home"

Rory smiled and walked out.

She stopped on the porch when she saw Tristan leaning against his car.

"What are you doing here?"

"I came to pick you up. and let me tell you, your running late"

She sighed. "Really? I hadn't noticed" She walked to him. He gave her a hug. "You okay?"

She nodded. "Yeah I'm fine"

"You're a bad liar"

"We already went through this."

He sighed and walked to her side to open her door.

She smiled and got in.

"you ready?"

"AS ready as I'll ever be"

okay, so maybe today wouldn't be too bad. She thought.

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Thank you so much for your reviews! Coming Up you get to see more of Tristans little sister and maybe some of his family im not too sure. I haven't decided if Dean and Tristan should get in another fight but who knows. Thanks again!

xoxoxoxo

Mary Jane