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 and Paris were on the bus headed to the beach. Tristan was seated infront of the girls with one of his buddies and Rory and Paris shared a seat.

"What if Jeremy shows up tonight?" Paris whispered as she leaned into Rory, not wanting Tristan to hear any of the conversation.

"He told me this afternoon that he was having dinner with his parents tonight because they are flying back down to Florida tomorrow, that's where they are from I guess…" Rory trailed off answering Paris's question.

Tristan turned around in his seat so he was facing the girls, "You gals ready to have some fun tonight?" He asked smirking at them both.

"We sure are!" Paris answered for the both of them. Rory just nodded in agreement before Tristan smiled and turned back around.

They arrived at the beach about 25 minutes later, everybody piled off the bus with their coolers full of drinks and their beach towels. Almost immediately somebody set up a stereo and started blasting some tunes down the beach. Tristan lead Rory and Paris down towards where some people were starting a bon fire. It was still light out, so some kids opted to jump into the water and start the party there. The drinks started being passed out, and as all the kids started getting their buzzes on. They started dancing, and running into the water, it was looking to be a good night. Tristan wondered off to find some drinks for everybody.

"Here you go ladies!" Tristan said as he walked up behind Rory and Paris and handed them plastic beer cups full of some kind of fruity vodka cocktail. Some of his buddies walked up and they all started chatting and having a great time. An hour later, 5 jello shooters and another vodka cocktail later Rory was feeling a really good buzz, she wasn't drunk or wasted, but she was feeling amazing.

"Want to dance?" Tristan asked Rory during a lull in the groups conversation.

"Sure." Rory answered, kind of nervous but full of energy. Paris smiled at Rory as she followed Tristan over to a different part of the beach where a bunch of people were dancing.

An hour later, more then half the kids were dancing, the sun had set and everybody was having a great time. Tristan and Rory had gotten another drink and had continued on dancing. They were laughing, and chatting it up as they went, just enjoying each others company and the feeling of being relaxed and free.

Tristan watched Rory as she danced, he couldn't take his eyes off of her. She was smiling at him, this huge grin, she looked like she was having so much fun, he just wanted to touch her, to feel her energy. He stuck his arm out and placed it on her waist pulling her towards him a little bit before he leaned down and put his lips to her ear, "You look incredible tonight Rory." He said never taking his hand off her waist.

Rory couldn't help the happiness that overcame her when Tristan whispered in her ear. She threw her arms around his neck, stood on her tip-toes and whispered in his ear, "You make me feel so good!" She said as she pulled back a little bit, but keeping her one arm around his neck. She pushed her body into his and they started dancing in a more intimate way. Pleasure washed over their bodies as they swayed their bodies together to the music.

As a slow song graced the air Tristan asked, "Come for a walk with me?" he said not really knowing what he was doing, just going with his feelings.

"Sounds good!" Rory said with a big grin.

With that, Tristan grabbed her hand and they started off down to a deserted part of the beach. After a few minutes of silence, and they were away from everybody, Rory became very conscience of her hand tucked into his. Before she could let anything get awkward in her head or with them, she just stopped abruptly and said, "Lets go for a swim!"

Tristan just smirked before answering, "Okay Mary, lets go swimming!" With that, he peeled off his wife beater and started walking towards the water. He turned to Rory, with his rock hard abs, and she just scanned the length of his body. He was amazing, absolutely gorgeous in every way possible. "Well… are you coming Mary?" He asked after a few seconds, snapping her out of her daze.

Rory grabbed the bottom of her shirt and pulled it off, and then stepped out of her shorts so all she was clad in was her black sting bikini. She watched as Tristan watched her in return. A blush crossed her cheeks when she saw the lust in his eyes as she was standing there in her bikini. "First one in wins!!!!" Rory blurted out, before any nervousness could take over. She bolted towards the water with Tristan trailing behind her laughing.

They both crashed into the water at the same time, coming up and laughing as they both treaded water. Tristan threw his arm across the water and splashed Rory, she burst out laughing as she did the same in return. They continued their water war, splashing each other and pushing each other under.

When they both settled down, there they were… facing each other in the water, the moon reflecting off of the water and off of each other's faces so they could see each other. They could hear the faint sound of the music down the beach and the partying going on down there.

"Sounds like they are having fun." Rory stated, starting to get nervous.

Tristan sensed her nervousness and replied, "Yeah, but im having more fun here!"

Rory blushed at this, and let out a little nervous laugh, "Tristan, I don't know what is going on here… but ever since you waltzed back into our lives I have been a nervous wreck… and I don't mean that in a bad way, im just overwhelmed with all of these feelings that I have for you… for bible boy, the guy who calls me 'Mary'" Rory finished that all in one breath before looking him straight in the eye.

Tristan floated a little bit closer to her, and reached out and put his hands on her hips, rubbing the soft skin there. "That means… that I think im going to kiss you, and you aren't allowed to run away crying!" Tristan said in a soft, amusing tone.

Rory smiled before Tristan's lips closed in on hers. He captured her mouth in a slow delicious kiss. Her arms slipped up his chest, around his neck and through his hair as she just let herself go in this kiss, not resisting any kind of feeling. Tristan groaned as Rory gently bite his lip asking him to deepen the kiss. He parted her lips with his tongue, pushing their kiss to a breathtaking point. When it got to a point where they both needed air, Tristan pulled back and rested his head on hers.

"That… is what is going on here." He said as he attached his lips to her neck. He rubbed the small of her back with his one hand, slowly moving it down to feel the curve of her behind, he gently squeezed as she wrapped her legs around his waist and ran her hands all over his back, moaning at the feeling of his lips on her sensitive skin.

They enjoyed each other for a few more minutes, before Tristan realized that if he didn't stop this soon he wasn't going to be able to at all… and he vowed to himself that he wouldn't rush this, he couldn't rush this. Rory was worth the effort to put into developing something great.

He dragged his lips up the length of her neck, pressing them to her ear once again whispering, "Come on Rory, come back and dance with me!"

Rory smiled, knowing that they should definitely not rush anything, and being thankful that Tristan had the self-control to realize that, and stop whatever this was going to escalate too. "That sounds wonderful Mr. DuGrey." She said as they both started swimming back to the shore.

They grabbed their clothes and headed on down the beach. Rory reached out grabbing Tristan's hand as they walked close together back towards the music. She didn't know if that was inappropriate, but took from Tristan's smile that I was okay. It sure felt right to her at the time.

They returned to the party, mingled a little bit, not letting on that anything had happened to their friends. They took some Jello Shooters they were offered, and continued to laugh together, and banter as they made their way back to each others arms for some more dancing. This time, they both embraced each other, and pushed their bodies together as they started a sexy motion together to the beats that flowed through the air. For the time being they were both just enjoying being wrapped up in each others arms.

All the kids piled back onto the busses a few hours later. Paris had ended up meeting some girls from their dorm building that were in her program and was happy to see that Rory was hanging out with Tristan all night.

"Did you have fun tonight Rory?" Tristan asked from his seat beside her on the bus.

Rory looked at him and smiled from ear to ear, "I had a great time Tristan, did you?"

"You have no idea!" He replied putting his hand on her thigh. They smiled at each other and continued to chat away together. Rory couldn't believe how much they had to talk about, and she loved that.

As the busses pulled up to Yale in the wee hours of the morning Rory looked to Tristan and said, "Walk me to my door?"

"Of course me Lady!" Tristan said offering his arm to her, and she linked hers through as they walked towards the Morton building.

When they got to her door, Tristan placed a hand on the wall behind Rory's head as she leaned up against the wall looking up into his dark, lust filled eyes. "Pick you up for lunch tomorrow at 1:00pm?" Tristan asked looking from her lips to her eyes, and back again.

"I would love that." Rory said softly as his head leaned in closer, slowly brushing their lips together. Just as the kiss was about to go further, they heard Paris clear her throat as she pushed her way into their room.

"I guess that's my first warning to get my ass inside!" Rory said in an amused tone.

Tristan just chuckled before pulling away and heading down the walk towards his own building. "I'll see you tomorrow afternoon Mary!" He said smiling a huge smile as he walked into the night.

Authors Note: The next chapter might go up a rating for sexual content. Thank you all for the reviews, sorry it took a few days and its not very long… but I'll update soon. Take care everybody, and in the mean time keep those great stories coming.