Love will ALWAYS Find a Way.

a/n: YOU MUST READ THIS! OR YOU WILL BE TERRIBLY, TERRIBLY CONFUZZLED! Okay…So, I'm gunna skip forward a couple of weeks. Rory is back at Yale. Lori is back at school. Lori has moved back into the Crap Shack, but still stays with Lorelai and Luke most of the time. Oh, and when Lorelai found out about Chris…She was VERY angry…Called him and told him to stay away from her family. BTW…Louise and Madelin also went to Yale. They share an apartment with Rory and Paris. Also, Madelin, Louise and Paris are good friends of both Rory and Lori. Nothing has happened between Rory and Logan. However, Logan, Colin and Finn are also good friends of the twins. Okay, so now that we have that covered…Let's move on! Thanks for all the reviews! Luvs!

Oh, Back to School, Back to School:

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

--Rory's alarm clock was going off.

"Ugh!" Rory rolled over and looked at her clock.

--8:30 back to normal. She thought. Though things wouldn't ever be quite normal again. My sister was pregnant and alone. My parents moved her and her sister out. But this is okay, cuz we'll make it! Rory drug herself out of bed.

"Good morning," Paris gave her a half-hearted smile.

"Yeah, yeah," Rory muttered before starting the coffee pot.

"What's with you?" Paris asked actually concerned.

"A lot happened over the break," Rory answered simply.

--Louise and Madelin came in a few minutes later.

"I don't wanna go back," Madline whined.

"Still tired from all the partying," Louise explained.

--Louise and Madline joined Paris and Rory at the table.

"What's up, Ror? You came in last night and basically haven't said a word," Madline asked.

"A lot happened over the break," Rory answered shortly.

"Come on! Details!" Louise pleaded.

"Well, basically, my parents sent me and Lori back to the Crap Shack, so they can have more room for the twins. Oh, yea Mom's pregnant again. With twins. But the rest is up to Lori to tell you," Rory told them.

"It can't be that bad, Rory. Just tell us," Paris paused, "It's not like she's pregnant or something."

"Cuz we all know she wouldn't give it up. She might act like it, but she wouldn't follow thru," Louise paused, "unlike you givin' up to what's his face at like 16."

"He was hott!" Madelin giggled.

"His name was Dean, and I was 17. And if you MUST know, she is pregnant! And her ass hole of a boyfriend left her!" Rory was getting agitated.

"Whoa! Calm down! We didn't mean anything by it," Madline grabbed Rory's flinging arm, "Jess left her after she told him she was pregnant? It is his…Isn't it?"

"Of course it's his! But, no, he left before she told him. See, it's a loooooong story and I don't have time to tell it. If you wanna know call Lori. Just don't bring me into this! I have to get ready!" Rory stormed out of the room.

"Wow! I guess a lot can happen in 3 weeks," Madline was still in shock of Rory's action.

"Poor, Lori. That must be hell. Wonder if she'll keep it?" Louise thought out loud.

"Of course she'll keep it, you nitwit! That's just how Lori is. Go do something productive!" Paris demanded before getting up to get dressed for the day.

--After leaving the table, Rory called Lori, even though she knew she wouldn't be up.

--Lori herd her phone ringing Reba McIntire's 'My Sister". Knowing it was Rory she answered.

"'Lo?" she answered tiredly.

"Hey, Lor. Um, sorry I woke you up, but I needed to tell you something," Rory explained from the other end.

"And it couldn't wait 'till later?" Lori was a little grouchy.

"I guess it could've, but this morning I woke up, got my coffee, then Maddy and Louise started getting on my nerves and I ended up exploding in their faces and I might have let it slip that you were pregnant and that Jess left. I'm soooo sorry, Lor!" Rory apologized.

"It's okay, Ror. They would have found out sooner or later," Lori said softly.

"You sure?"

"Yeah, sis. Now, let me go back to sleep before I come thru the phone and kill you," Lori said with a smile.

"Well, I don't want that to happen," Rory laughed, "I can't wait till I get home this Friday. Love ya!"

"Love ya!"

--They hung up.

--Rory got dressed for the day and left.

--She walks into her first lecture of the semester, and sees someone she hasn't seen since her junior year at Chilton.

"Well, Mary, Mary," Tristan drawled.

--Rory was still trying her best to ignore him.

"Why don't you come sit with me, Mar?" Tristan asked flirtatiously.

--By this time the entire room had been filled up. The only seat left was next to him.

"Ugh," she said before throwing herself in the chair lamely.

"Alright class. First off, I want you to look at the person sitting next to you, and introduce yourselves," the professor started.

--The class looked around with a loud murmur.

--Rory and Tristan turned towards each other.

"The person you've just introduced yourself to is your new partner. You will be working on assignments breaking down and analyzing works of different authors," the professor stated, "You have 2 weeks to analyze and study 5 works of one author."

"You've got to be kidding me," Rory mumbled.

"Aw, come on, Mary, it'll be just like old times," Tristan whispered with a smirk.

--The rest of the class drug by.

"Shoot me in the face!" Rory gasped as she walked out of the room.

"I can't be that bad?" Tristan question almost hurt.

"Ya know…" Rory was about to rant.

"Look, Mar…Rory. Just give me a chance. I've changed a lot since high school," Tristan walked faster to catch up with her.

"Look, Tristan," Rory snapped her head around, "I'm really stressed right now and I don't need you harassing me!"

"Fine, after this project, I'll leave you alone," Tristan turned away obviously hurt.

--Rory could tell he was offended, but she didn't know what else to do. UGH! How could this get any worse? She thought.

--Rory finished the rest of her classes that day and went back to her apartment.

"Guess who's back in town?" Louise smiled wickedly.

"Who?" Rory was obviously not thinking.

"Tristan DuGrey!" Madelin answered for Louise.

"Oh, yeah, I know. He's in my Lit class," Rory said lowly.

"Well…" Madelin could sense Rory's distaste.

"They invited him and the rest of the guys over tonight," Paris got right to the point.

(They 'guys' are Logan, Colin and Finn.)

"Thanks," Rory said lamely before walking to her room.

--Rory called Lori again.

"Hey, Ror!" Lori answered.

"Guess who is now back in my life," Rory plopped down on her bed.

"Ooooh! Let me guess….Uh…I…Don't…Know," Lori gave up.

"Tristan DuGrey! Tristan! Of all the people!" Rory raged.

"Ror, hun, calm down," Lori paused, "think about it this way…You get to stare at his sexy self now!"

"He is NOT sexy, Lori!" Rory argued.

"Oh, yeah, he is!"

"Nope!"

"C'mon, Ror. Admit it!"

"I will NOT!"

"You know you want to."

"Okay, maybe he's a little sexy," Rory finally gave in.

"I knew you had the hots for Bible Boy!" Lori laughed.

"Lori Denise! I do NOT have the 'hots' for him!" Rory rebutted.

"Then why is he bothering you so bad, Rory Leigh?" Lori asked jokingly.

"He used to bother me in high school and apparently nothing has changed," Rory answered.

"Right. Right. He's still hot!" Lori giggled.

"UGH!"

"So, does he still call you Mary?" Lori asked.

"Yes."

"Does he know that, that you no longer qualify for that name?" Lori smiled.

"Hush your face!" Rory laughed back, "I am still sweet and innocent."

"I beg to differ! Don't get me wrong you have your innocent moments…But that whole sweet business…I don't believe!" Both girls laughed.

"I think I hurt his feelings," Rory blurted out.

"What? Who? Tristan?" Lori rambled one-word questions.

"Yeah, we have this project to work on together. I basically told him that I didn't need him around," Rory paused, "he was really hurt."

"You want more than just that kiss at Maddy's party…Don't you?" Lori questioned.

"What? No!" Rory thought, "Oh, okay. Maybe."

"Ha! I knew it!" Lori beamed.

"Oh, hush! What do I do?" Rory asked distressed.

"Tell him you're sorry. Then kiss him. Twice. Once for you…Once for me," Lori joked.

"HaHa. Good joke," Rory said sarcastically.

"Just apologize and see what happens, Ror. I have to go! Tell everyone, including Tristan, I say hey! And I love them! But I love you mostest!" Lori grinned.

"I will! Love ya sis!"

--They hung up.

--Rory lay on her bed thinking about what she could say to Tristan. She hadn't meant to hurt him.

--Rory fell asleep for a few hours. She woke up when she heard a knock on the apartment door.

--She got out of bed and fixed herself up and went into the living room.

"Hey, Ace!" Logan greeted her.

"Hey, Logan," She smiled briefly.

--Logan, Finn and Colin all hugged her and sat back down. Tristan nodded at her. She sat down beside Louise.

"What took ya so long to get in here? Makin' yourself pretty?" Colin said with a smirk.

"No, actually, I was asleep."

"Rough day?" Logan questioned.

"Very stressful."

"How can that be? It's only the first day back?" Finn was quite confused.

"The break was stressful," Rory answered looking off.

"She's gunna be an aunt," Louise blurted out.

"Louise!" Rory screeched.

"They would have found out sooner or later, Rory," Paris informed her.

"Well, she could have put it more," Rory thought, "delicately."

"Lori's pregnant!" Tristan spoke for the first time. He was actually pretty close to Lori.

--Rory nodded.

"For who?" Tristan continued.

"Jess," Rory said quietly.

"How'd he take it?"

"He doesn't know yet."

"What? Why!" Tristan was close to yelling.

"He left before she could tell him. They had been broken up for about 2 weeks when she found out, then he left," Rory paused, "On a lighter note, my mom's having twins!"

"That's great!" Logan jumped in.

"Where'd he go?" Tristan wasn't done with the previous conversation.

"New York. Why do you care so much?" Rory asked more rudely than she intended.

"Because unlike some others here, she understood me. This was a bad idea. I'm going home," Tristan got up to leave.

--He was walking out the door; Rory chased after him.

"Tristan!" She called though he was already half way down the hall, "Tristan!"

--He turned to her. She hurried towards him.

"I'm sorry," Rory said quietly has she approached him.

"No, big deal," Tristan hid his feelings.

"Tristan, don't be like this. I really am sorry," Rory apologized once more.

"I'm just worried about Lori," Tristan admitted.

"What I said earlier, after class. I didn't mean to be so rude. Its just all this stuff going on," Rory explained, "I'm so sorry."

"It's okay, Rory. Now I understand. All I was asking for was another chance," Tristan came closer to her.

"I think I'd be willing to do that," Rory grinned, "And stop calling me Rory."

"Huh?" Tristan was confused.

--Rory gave him a 'you better figure this out' look.

"Oh, okay, Mary. I don't do well with the whole mind game thing."

--Rory laughed.

"When did you and Lori get so close anyways?" Rory asked quite curiously.

"Well, we met a couple of times when I came to see you in Start Hollow. Then she was basically the only one that I kept in touch with after my dad sent me off," Tristan clarified.

"Hmm," Rory thought a little, "Why don't we go catch up?"

"I knew you'd give in," Tristan flirted.

"Hey! Don't get cocky!" Rory beamed.

"Me? Cocky? Never!" Tristan wrapped his arm around her shoulder.

--They made their way to what, Rory assumed was his apartment. It was big and spacious.

"This is nice," Rory complimented.

"Thanks. It works," Tristan flipped on some lights.

--Rory sat on the couch.

"Pizza?" Tristan came out of the kitchen with the phone.

"My hero!" Rory gleamed.

--Tristan ordered pizza then turned on the TV.

--The pizza arrived a few minutes later. They ate quietly.

"So, what's been up with you?" Rory asked slowly.

"Nothin' really. I finally got out of military school. It was hell. Now, I'm here," Tristan explained before eating the last piece of pizza.

"That must suck," Rory smirked.

"What about you?" Tristan came closer.

"Hmm," Rory pondered, "Nothing much. Just stressed with the whole 'situation'. She's really hurting."

"No offence, but last time I checked, you and Lori weren't too fond of each other."

"Well, we weren't for a while, but we had a 'come together' meeting. After Jess broke up with her. The whole family did. It made for a great Christmas. We all actually go along," Rory smiled remembering the past Christmas.

"That's good. How'd Lorelai take it?"

"Well, at first she was kind of shocked, but then she was excited. However, dad went into shock and didn't talk to her for about a week," Rory paused, "Oh, and Chris came by and yelled at her. I think there was more than that because she said some VERY mean words about him, but that's all she's telling me."

"What do you mean more?"

--Rory gave him 'I don't think I should have said that' look.

"Okay, conversation over. So you had a good break, I mean, other than the Lori situation?" Tristan moved on.

"Yeah, it was great."

"That's good."

--There was a comfortable silence.

"Hey, Tris," Rory started.

"Hey, Mar," Tristan mocked.

"You ever think about Madelin's party?" Rory moved closer.

"All the time," Tristan smirked.

--Another silence, Rory was about to break it, but Tristan's lips captured hers.

a/n: Sorry about the REALLY long a/n. Oh, plus I don't go to college…So, I wouldn't know what it's like…So, sorry if that's not exactly how it works. I hope you enjoyed it! And don't forget the pretty little review button. I swear it does tricks…Ok, so I'm a idiot…Have a nice day!

Coming up: Rory and Tristan actually start dating. Tristan comes to Stars Hollow, there's a town meeting where Lori tells the town, there's a confrontation with Dean, but Dean ends up hurt. SCORE! MwAh!

Oh, and I'm thinking about starting another fic…But I'm not real sure yet….Suggestions?