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Tristan walked with Rory to her locker. He leaned against the locker as she entered the combination and watched as she smiled with glee when it actually opened for her.

"Well look who learned how to open a locker" Tristan joked.

Rory beamed. "Hey! This thing never opens for me! Don't make fun of me!"

He laughed. She grabbed her books and they started walking towards her first class. They stopped when they reached the door.

"I'll see you after class?"

"Of course"

She smiled and leaned up and gave him a kiss on the lips. He hugged her and watched as she walked in and sat down in her seat. He smiled and turned around almost bumping into the guy behind him.

"Oh I'm sorry"

"Sure you are" The kid grumbled as he walked into the class with an angry face. Tristan shook his head and left.

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Rory sat in class getting a pencil and paper out ready to take notes. She neatly placed her folder back into her bag and set it down on the floor.

"Okay class, get out a piece of paper and a pencil and get ready to take notes"

"Mrs. Ferguson?" A Student asked as he just walked into the classroom. The teacher turned to him

"Yes Mr. Stewart?"

"Headmaster Charleston sent me, he'd like to have a word with you" Mrs. Ferguson looked confused as she walked out of class, not forgetting to tell the students to behave while she was gone. Rory sighed and pulled out her book, not noticing Mr. Stewart lock the classroom door behind the teacher.

"Alright, students there are a special for class today" He said. Rory looked up as he pulled out a gun and pointed it at the students. "Everyone against a wall"

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Tristan sat in his class, bored. Not really paying attention. Just thinking about Rory. They were going out to dinner after school. So they could get away from all the drama at home. He watched as the Headmaster came into class and asked the teacher if he could interrupt.

"Students" He said. "I'm afraid there's been a situation" The class got quiet as Headmaster Charleston explained how a student had brought a gun to school and was holding one of the class's hostage. He asked that the students stay in the classroom until their parents came and picked them up. Tristan, however, wasn't listening. Once Headmaster told them of the situation his thoughts immediately went to Rory. He remembered the kid he ran into and how he looked so mad. Tristan shot up out of his chair, ignoring Headmaster Charleston's calls for him to come back and raced to the classroom he left Rory in. He knew it was this classroom when he saw police officers and squat teams standing outside the door.

"Whoa there son, where do you think you're going?" One of the police officers asked him.

"My—"

"Let me guess, your girlfriend right? Don't worry, we're doing everything we can to keep all of them safe. Go back to class where I know you are safe"

Tristan nodded and turned around. He wasn't going back to his classroom. He didn't care if they were going to do everything they could to keep Rory safe. Their word wasn't enough. He walked around the school where he found the windows to the classroom. They had blinds on them as well. He lifted them up and was surprised to see that it wasn't locked. He climbed in.

"What do you think you're doing?" The kid who had been identified as Jordon yelled at Tristan once he saw him.

"Hey man, look. Put the gun down. You don't want to do this" Tristan tried. Jordon walked up to him.

"I don't want to do this? You're kidding right? This place is hell! The teachers are shit!"

"Hey" Tristan put up his hands in defense. "I agree with you. But I'm not bringing a gun to school"

"Shut up! Just shut up and get against the wall!"

"Hey, Jordon, Please. Put the gun down. Since no one's hurt you probably won't go to jail. You'll probably just have to do a lot of community service hours. Please. We haven't done anything to you. Just let us go"

"No!"

"Fine. Then I'll make you a deal. You can keep me in here. But let everyone else go. My parents are rich. They'll pay you anything you want"

Meanwhile, Rory stared at Tristan. What was he doing? He couldn't stay in here by himself, she wouldn't let him. Why did he have to be so heroic? Why couldn't he let the police handle this? Fear engulfed her as she and the rest of the class waited for an answer. She was scared. More scared then when Dean hit her. More scared then she had been in her entire life. She needed him alive just as much as he needed her. She couldn't walk out of here leaving him with some psycho that has a gun. Why couldn't he let the police handle it? Why couldn't he have stayed in his classroom where she knew he was safe? Idiot.

"Fine. Everyone else leave"

For the first time, Tristan turned to see Rory stand up and face him. She wasn't moving. He mouthed an 'I love you'. She mouthed one back but didn't move.

"Go!" Jordon yelled at her. Tristan gave her a stern look, but his eyes were pleading. 'Go' He mouthed. He saw the fear and the anger in her eyes as she shook her head. "No. I'm staying"

Tristan closed his eyes and looked down. Why couldn't she listen to him? He had a gun for god's sake!

Jordon looked from one to the other. "Let me guess. You two finally got together and now you want to make sure the other makes it out alive?" He laughed and turned to Tristan. "You finally got your Mary huh?"

Tristan scowled at him.

"I've heard the stories and I saw you try to get her to go to PJ Harvey" He laughed once more. "You gonna dump her like the others Tristan?"

"Shut Up" Tristan said. "You don't know what you're talking about"

"I wouldn't talk to me like that little boy. I've got a gun. A gun that could kill you" He pointed the gun at Rory. "Or her."

Rory sucked in a breath when the gun was pointed at her. Shut up Tristan, She thought. Shut up!

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Lorelai sat at Luke's. She was trying to get some coffee. And since there was no one else in the diner she was making a scene. "Come on Luke please!"

"No Lorelai! You're pregnant!"

"I had coffee when I was pregnant with Rory and look how she turned out!"

"Lorelai, I'm not taking a chance. You got lucky with Rory and you know it. I'm not giving you coffee. I gave you a soda, drink it"

She pouted and picked up her cell phone when it started to ring. Luke gave her an annoyed look but she ignored it.

"Hello? Yes this is her. " She paused and listen to the voice. "Oh my god. What happened? Is she okay? Yeah, I'll be there right away" She clicked the phone shut and looked at Luke. "Rory. Gun. School" She choked. Luke grabbed her hand and they ran out of the diner. This would be, by far, the worst day of their lives.

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