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Rory opened the door to Luke's and walked in. It had been a long day. Mostly because she hadn't had that much coffee, but also because she was nervous about the talk she would be sharing with her mother. And as she sat down at the table she realized her mother wasn't the only one she would be sharing a talk with.

"Hey" Luke said as he walked over. "You okay?"

Rory nodded. "Yeah I'm okay. Thanks. For defending me"

Luke nodded. "Dean's a jackass. He won't be coming into this Diner ever again. Stay away from him"

"Darn, I was so hoping to have coffee with him today" Rory said sarcastically.

"I'm serious"

"I know"

"You're becoming your mother"

Rory beamed. "Thank you I'll be sure to tell her"

Luke rolled his eyes. "Alright what do you want?"

"Lots and Lots of Coffee. a hamburger and fries please"

"Coming right up" He walked away to do her order.

The door Bell rang as Lorelei walked in. "Daughter! Are you here?" She looked around and spotted Rory, quickly sitting down next to her. "Coffee Luke!"

"No!"

"Please!"

"It'll Kill you!

She turned to Rory. "Is he getting you coffee?"

Rory nodded.

"Your giving Rory coffee!" Luke walked out with Rory's Coffee

"Rory just broke up with her boyfriend in front of the entire town" Luke said

Rory looked at her one coffee. "Hey I said Lots and Lots of coffee this is only one"

"Too Bad"

"Luke! come on! please! I only had one cup this morning!"

Luke raised his eyebrows "One?"

"Yes one"

"You must have been late"

Rory glared at him." Please"

"No"

"What about me Luke?"

Luke sighed. "Fine"

Lorelei giggled. "Yippee!"

Rory took a drink of her coffee.

Lorelei turned to her daughter. "So….."

"So,,,,,"

"Are you okay?"

Rory nodded.

"You know, its okay not to be okay"

"I know. I just wish it hadn't have happened in front of the entire town"

"Honestly I'm kinda glad it did because Luke and The Brad Pitt Look alike got to kick his ass"

"Brad Pitt look alike?"

"What I don't know who he was. We never really got time to introduce ourselves"

"That was Tristan"

"Tristan? As in Spawn of Satan Tristan? Bible Boy Tristan? The one who got shipped off to Military School Tristan?"

Rory nodded. "Yep. That Tristan"

"What was he doing here?"

"He got back from Military School. He offered me a ride home and I invited him to get coffee so we could catch up and then Dean showed up and-"

"And saw you and Tristan together"

"Yeah"

"But you said you broke up with him?"

"I did. He didn't get the message"

Lorelei sighed. "I'm sorry sweetie. I'm so sorry"

"It's not your fault"

Lorelei's eyes got big, "Oh my god!"

"What?"

"What are we gonna tell the grandparents?"

Rory's eyes got big. "Oh my god! We can't tell them! They'd go crazy! They'd call the cops! They'd get the entire state of Connecticut to hate dean!"

"But don't we want the entire state to hate him?"

"No. We just want him to leave stars hollow"

"Well yeah because getting the entire state of Connecticut to hate him just isn't as much fun as getting him to leave"

"Mom"

Luke walked over with Rory's order and Lorelei's coffee

"What do you want Lor?"

"Hamburger and fries and Coffee"

"I just gave you coffee"

"Yes but by the time you come back with my order my coffee will be gone"

"Your gonna drink it that fast?"

"No, I'm going to take it out to the wild and let it roam freely"

Luke shook his head and rolled his eyes. "You're completely insane you know that"

Lorelei beamed. "You know you love me"

That would be an understatement Luke thought to himself as he walked away.

"Oh and by the way Luke says I'm becoming you"

"Yes! My mission is complete!" Lorelei grinned. "Anyways, how was school?"

"Fine. Tristan kept asking me if I was okay. It's starting to get annoying when people ask me that"

"So will I be seeing more of Tristan?"

Rory shrugged. "Maybe. He's really changed. He's not as mean anymore. He's still cocky but not all the time"

Just then Rory's cell phone starting ringing. She picked it up. "Speak of the devil" She answered it. "Hello"

"Hi"

"Yes I'm okay"

"How do you know I was calling to make sure?"

"You've asked me if I was okay about a total of 200 times today"

"I'm just being a good friend. Your lucky Paris doesn't know"

"And Paris isn't going to know because you're not going to tell her"

He scoffed. "We'll see"

"No Tristan you're not telling her"

Luke walked over to her. He pointed to the door. Rory rolled her eyes and walked out Leaving Lorelei to have another argument about coffee with Luke.

"Fine I won't tell her"

"Thank you"

Rory heard someone walk up behind her. She turned.

"Your welcome"

Rory didn't answer.

"Rory?"

"Dean" She breathed.

"Dean? what about dean?"

Rory didn't say anything. Tristan caught on. "Walk away Rory. Just walk away"

Rory nodded as tears started falling. She started to walk back in but Lorelei had walked out. Lorelei turned her daughter around and led her home. Rory said goodbye to Tristan and hung up the phone. She rested her head on her mothers shoulder. They walked into the house and sat down on the couch. Lorelei had grabbed the phone. "Hey Joe it's Lorelei. I need a pizza with everything ok? Thanks"

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Lorelei opened Rory's door. It was about 8 o'clock at night. Rory had fallen asleep; Lorelei was checking up on her. She had seen Dean before Rory did. She had to convince Luke not to go out and kill him again. She paid and walked Rory home. Not looking at Dean. She didn't think he was capable of this. Just like Rory she was surprised. She never thought he would hurt her. But he did. He shocked the entire town and hit her. Right in front of Luke's too. Didn't he know Luke was like her father? Wow, Lorelei thought. He really is stupid. Lorelei was worried about her daughter. She knew Rory was trying to be strong. She also knew that at one point Rory would break down. She hoped that when she did someone would be there. She didn't know how she felt about Tristan. She knew that he must care about Rory somewhat to fight for her. But she hadn't met him. She hoped that they would get the chance to actually meet soon. But most of all. She hoped that Dean would get his head blown off and fall off a cliff. Yeah, that's what she really wanted.

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Hi,

Thank you so much for your reviews! I appreciate the feedback. this is kind of a short chapter I know. but the writing will get better soon. and there will be more of Tristan in the next chapter I promise.

thanks again,

Mary jane