Title: Who Knew?

Disclaimer: I own nothing to do with Gilmore Girls.

Rating: T

Summary: What neither Tristan or Rory know is they are both attending Yale. They will soon cross paths, Tristan will realize his feelings for Rory never faded, and Rory will stumble upon feelings she never knew she had for the boy who tortured her, the boy who she called Bible Boy and the Spawn of Satan, and was then sent away.

Rory awoke the next morning flooding with memories of the previous night. After her and Paris had separated, Rory had had a few more drinks and ran into Jeremy again. They chatted for a while, and Paris eventually found the two of them talking and joined them. Somehow during the course of their conversation they all ended up dancing with everybody else. Rory just remembered feeling so good. Something about the attention from Jeremy to Tristan's surprise entrance back into their lives again… the previous night had truly been amazing.

Rory couldn't understand why she woke with a frown in her forehead after such an incredibly night. She just kept running Tristan's words through her head, "… drove me crazy," "I see I can still make you blush, glad to see that didn't go away!" Why were those words burning in her mind like that? He said stuff like that to her everyday at Chilton and it never got her this hot and bothered. Overwhelmed by all of these thoughts, she shook her head and headed for the shower.

By the time she got out of the shower it was lunchtime. She got dressed, and just as she was headed out into the common room to see if Paris had arose yet her cell phone started vibrating on her night stand. She walked over and grabbed her phone…

"Hello?" Rory answered in a monotone voice just wanting to go get a cup of coffee more then anything else.

"Hi there gorgeous!" Jeremy's voice chirped on the other end of the line. "What are you up to this fine afternoon pretty lady?"

"Hey Jeremy, I was just headed out to grab myself some coffee actually. I had a good time last night, thanks for walking me home." She finished not really knowing how to continue, she wasn't use to these kinds of phone calls.

"Not a problem, I had such a great time with you last night Rory! I was actually calling to see if you wanted to go grab some coffee with me… funny eh?" he said in an amused voice.

Rory just chuckled before replying, "Yeah… that is a coincidence isn't it?! That would be great.. I'll meet you outside in 10 minutes?" She asked taking control.

"Sounds perfect! See you then beautiful girl." Jeremy said in a flirty tone before hanging up the phone.

Rory shut her cell phone and grabbed some change for coffee before heading outside to meet Jeremy. He seemed really nice, and he was also really cute, but for some reason Rory still couldn't shake her head away from Tristan's words, and the feeling that came in the pit of her stomach when she did think about it. For the time being she was just going to see where this Jeremy thing was going… he treated her good last night, and obviously really liked her so why not right? Her thoughts were then interrupted by Jeremy's arrival.

"All set Rory?" He asked as he was walked up to her.

Rory snapped out of her trance and smiled as he approached her, "I sure am… do you know any good coffee places in New Haven?" Rory said in her best attempt to just forget all serious thoughts and have fun. Fun is what she needed to have.

"I actually do! Walk this way madam." He said leading her through the courtyard and into New Haven for the afternoon.

Tristan woke up with a smile on his face Sunday morning. The last people he expected to run into were Rory and Paris, but boy… was he glad he did. After he had bid his farewell to the girls the night before he had traveled around the party all night, talking to everybody and drinking. At one point he was just starring at Rory dancing, watching her body flow to the music… watching her laugh with everybody, his feelings for her never went away. He was going to have fun, not rush anything, just enjoy every minute and hopefully end up with his dream girl. She deserved to be wined and dined like no other… so he vowed to himself that Sunday morning that he was going to do just that.

Rory returned from her coffee date with Jeremy a couple hours later. When she walked into her common room Paris was watching television sprawled out on the couch. She looked like she was having a rough morning.

"Hung over a bit are ya Paris?" Rory asked amused.

"Yuck it up Gilmore, if I recall you weren't exactly sober last night either!" Paris bite back.

Rory just laughed, "Oh Paris, so serious… lighten up, it was a good night!" Rory said sitting on the chair beside the couch.

"So where have you been all afternoon?" Paris said turning her attention away from the tv and looking at Rory.

"Jeremy and I went out for coffee downtown." Rory replied in a flat tone, not convinced herself if she had a spectacular time or not.

"Why so… I don't know… not happy about it I guess? He seemed nice last night, really likes you." Paris replied truly curious at her friends uneasiness about it.

"Your right, he is nice and he does really seem to like me, but something is making me not want to pursue, and its really been bugging me all morning." Rory said as she crossed her arms and furrowed her brow. She started biting her lip nervously before continuing, "Seeing Tristan last night was really weird wasn't it? Or was that just me?" She continued not being able to look Paris in the face.

Paris immediately sat up and looked at Rory straight on, "You mean to tell me that you are uneasy about Jeremy because you saw Tristan last night??" Paris asked with a small smile gracing her face.

"A little bit I guess… just the things he said, but its not different then the way he talked to me in high school… so why is it bothering me so much now? So much so that I can't even pay attention to a perfectly cute, funny, nice boy named Jeremy??? Huh Paris? Huh?" Rory finished getting a little bit worked up, she was surprising herself with these thoughts and this behavior.

"Rory as much as YOU hate to admit or consider it…" Paris started, looking Rory in the eye, "… Tristan has had a thing for you… well, pretty much since he met you. You were with Dean, and in love and all that happy crap, now you see Tristan a couple years later, your single, he's more mature and extremely good looking…" Paris paused to chuckle at herself, "… Is it possible your uneasy about Jeremy because maybe some newfound feelings for a certain blond kid from our past have popped up?" She finished falling back into the couch.

Rory just starred Paris in the eye with an almost frightened look on her face, "He is really good looking isn't he?" Rory chuckled along with Paris as Paris shook her head to say 'yes.' Rory sighed, "What should I do?" Rory looked at Paris again as though she were completely and totally lost.

"Well Gilmore, you can either see if your feelings for Tristan are really feelings to worry about, or you can move on and forget that you even considered you had feelings for him in the first place and go out with Jeremy!" Paris stated looking at Rory's troubled expression, smiling a little bit that Rory was finally realizing.

Rory sat in silence for a few seconds, she settled down enough to have rational thoughts about all of this. She didn't want to ignore her feelings for Tristan because it kind of felt good… she didn't want to give something up that could be great. On the other hand, what if it was all just a crazy game? Nothing serious at all… she didn't want to get her emotions tied into something she couldn't get out of. Something was pushing her to admit she had some kind of feelings for him by her reaction to his words the night before.

"I don't want to ignore any kind of feeling I might have for Tristan." Rory said in a semi-determined voice. She had a small smile on her face as she once again thought back to Tristan's words, '… drove me crazy.'

Paris broke out in a big smile and was about to share her happiness about Rory's answer when there was a sharp knock at the door…

KNOCK KNOCK

Rory sighed and got up to answer the door. She swung the door open and took at step back when she came face to face with non other then Tristan DuGrey himself. Paris looked up and chuckled to herself when she saw who was at the door.

"Hello ladies!" Tristan said greeting Rory and Paris.

"Tristan." Paris said acknowledging his presence before turning back to the tv because she knew he didn't come here to see her.

"Whats up Tristan?" Rory asked trying not to sound as nervous as she felt. She had only admitted any kind of feeling she had for Tristan just minutes before.

"I wanted to come by and make sure you guys were coming to the beach party tonight. Sunday night of frosh week is Beach party night and you guys can't miss it!" Tristan said shrugging as if to say they had no other choice.

"Oh… I don't think we were planning to go…" Rory started, but was interrupted by Tristan.

"Now Mary, you see… im not taking no for an answer here. In fact im actually insisting that you and Paris be there." He said smirking as Rory blushed. God, how he loved to see her cheeks fire up like that and have himself be the cause of it.

"We're going!" Paris spoke up from the background. Rory swung her head around to glare at Paris. Paris smiled at Rory's reaction, she knew Rory would regret it and sit and wonder all night about what would have happened if she didn't go… so she was making the decision.

"Sweet, I knew you girls wouldn't miss a chance to dance it up on the beach…" he said winking while continuing, "… busses are leaving at 7:30, don't worry about drinks, I'll take care of you ladies tonight." He said pushing himself off the door frame and making his way out of the dorm smiling to himself.

Rory shut the door behind Tristan and turned back to the couch with a nervous feeling picking away at her insides.

"Rory… just relax, this is what you said you wanted to open up to!!! Not ignore your feelings… remember 10 minutes ago?" Paris said in a reassuring voice. "Who says you have to rush anything either? Just go and hang out with him, see what comes of all of these feelings." She said as she was getting up to go to her room. "Now go get ready, we have and hour and a half before the busses leave." She finished, laughing as she walked into her bedroom and shut the door.

Rory and Paris had gotten ready and gathered everything they needed to go to the beach by 7:00pm.

"Rory, I have never seen you act this way, this nervous… calm down." Paris stated gesturing for Rory to breath. She laughed again out loud, "I honestly think its great, I mean its about time you realized Tristan has feelings for you!"

Rory rolled her eyes at Paris's statement. "I haven't heard that a million times in the past 2 days!" Rory chuckled, lightening her mood up a bit.

At 7:25pm the girls headed out to the busses, and were greeted by Tristan's smiling face and a bunch of other guys who must live in Tristan's dorm. "Hello again girls, you both look ravishing tonight!" He said his eyes attached to Rory's appearance. She was wearing short denim shorts and a blue strapless shirt. The black string tied at the back of her neck indicated she was wearing a black string bikini underneath her clothes, and that turned him on to no end.

"Everybody on the bus!!!" The bus driver yelled from the stairs of the bus.

"After you!" Tristan said motioning for Rory and Paris to get on the bus before the guys boarded.

Rory recognized a lot of faces on the bus from the previous night. A lot of the girls she recognized as being from her dorm building. This was shaping up to be an okay night so far in Rory's eyes. Tristan was looking amazing, that was a weird thought to go through Rory's head, but she had to welcome it… just like her and Paris had talked about earlier that afternoon. Rory repeated to herself in her head that he looked amazing, he was wearing blue, Hawaiian swim shorts and a white wife beater shirt, perfect for a night out at the beach. Her nerves were still a bit touchy, but she was more optimistic about the nights events.

Authors Note- Im leaving it here to I can sleep on the events I want to go down at this beach party. I will try and update tomorrow sometime. Thanks for the reviews, really motivating me to try and make this fanfic a great one.