AN: I'm done with finals! YAYYY! It's such a big weight off of my chest and I'm so excited for summer. I only have Monday left in school. Monday is the school trip to six flags and Tuesday is the awards ceremony. Well here's the next chapter. You're going to see a little bit more of Rory OOC so i hope you don't hate it.

As the group of 8 walked into their first class English they gained stares and whispers due to the fact that the normal group of 6 had new additions of two very good looking people. Tristan noticed the way the guys in the classroom were looking hungrily at and moved to put his arm around her shoulder as a means of support, but realized there was already an arm there, Finn's. Tristan glared at the back of his head, he wasn't jealous. No, that wasn't it, he was protective. Very Protective. He was about to step up to Finn and give him a piece of his mind, but Rory turned to look at him.

The weird thing with the two was that they could practically read each others' mind. They were together so much they had developed an almost natural intuition when it came to each others thoughts and emotions.

This is the same intuition that has caused Rory to turn to Tristan and mouth, "I'm alright," to him. With these words of reassurance, Tristan let it go and proceeded to take his seat in the back of the room. Rory detached herself from Finn, but to both of their surprises the group followed Rory and sat around them.

Tristan tilted his head at the weird sight of 6 grown socialites following Rory. As Rory sat next to him he leaned over and said, "But you didn't say Simon Says," causing Rory to slap him playfully and giggle, drawing the attention of the other 6. Rory simply smiled back and said, "I win." They would've questioned her further but the teacher, Mr. Porter, walked in and asked for silence so he could conduct attendance causing the eager attention of the curious.

As he ran through the list, he paused right before the point in which Tristan's and Rory's name were as if he were reading something interesting and simply called out, "Tristan , Rory," instead of the usual Mr. and Miss. This was much to the dismay to Logan, Colin, Finn, Steph, Louise, and Madeline of course.

During the class all Logan could think about was the blue eyed brunette sitting behind him. He had only known her for an hour and already he was infatuated, but too stubborn to admit it to himself, let alone anyone else. She was different than the other girls he knew, she had more class and her adjusted uniform didn't look slutty at all. Another thing was that she didn't throw herself at him like other girls. She actually showed distaste towards him, despite his openly flaunted last name. She was a mystery and a challenge but so much more than any other challenges he's tried before. She was something different, and to think he didn't know the half of her yet, but today in English class he would be learning her spunk and quick-witted tongue.

Mr. Porter sat in the class discussing something that none of the 8 were listening to, except for Rory. English had always been her favorite class, probably because of her ambitions of becoming a journalist or overseas correspondent for CNN. Mr. Porter mentioned the Chilton Gazette and she took special interest. Tristan looked over at her and smile at the extra twinkle in her eyes. He knew her dreams, and how passionate she was about it, and only wished one day he would feel so ardent about something like she did.

"So ladies and gentlemen, can I have two volunteers to have a debate on the use of uniforms in private schools?" Much to everyone's surprise except Tristan, Rory's hand shot up in eagerness along with a scantily dressed brunette on the other side of the room. "Oh yeah it's going to be hard for me to guess if she's for or against," Rory thought.

"Ok Summer front and center," said the teacher as he surveyed the room further. When Summer walked up she received many eye rolls from girls and disinterest from the guys. She wasn't pleased.

"Oh and let's see… Ah Rory come up here," Mr. Porter said. When Rory walked up, she received many jealous looks from many of the girls and a few low whistles from the guys, one of the whistles belonging to Finn. Tristan sat up and tried to catch the faces of the other culprits, hoping to get a good talk in with them later.

When Rory reached the front, she was given a look of pure disgust from Summer. She looked her up and down and realized she had true competition, but all Rory did was give her a sweet smile, ignorant to the hate this girl had for her already.

"This is going to be interesting," thought Louise. It was no secret that Louise had a strong dislike for Summer, and so did the rest of the girls in the school. Summer was an easy lay, and the guys took advantage of that often. Louise had gone to school with her since 6th grade and stopped trusting her when Summer had stolen her freshman year boyfriend. That is what began Louise being a tease, instead of having a commitment which deep down she missed. Louise knew that Rory could give Summer a run for her money. Rory was the smarter, kinder, and classier version of Summer. She couldn't wait to see this debate.

"Ok ladies, now I'm going to do something different today. Instead of me watching the debate and deciding, I'm going to leave the room and you as a class are going to decide who had the better points, and take notes on what approaches swayed your decisions," Mr. Porter said. "Now, you have the rest of class ladies so please make each point relative and supportive to your side. Rory, since you are new, which side would you like?"

"For," Rory answered.

"Very well then, I'll be back when the timer sounds, until then ladies," Mr. Porter said as he left the room and shut the door.

In Rory's head she was thinking of an approach for the debate and ways to sway the class, while Summer stood glaring at Rory. They stood there for 2 minutes just looking at each other, Rory innocently and Summer menacingly.

Summer was the first to speak up, "I don't know who the hell you think you are new girl."

Rory was slightly taken aback by the comment. What is she talking about?

Tristan sat in the back watching on with curiosity along with the rest of the class. Summer's words were spoken harshly, and Tristan knew how Rory handled people like that. On the exterior, Rory look like an angel, but when sparked, she was surely the opposite. Rory Hayden could definitely handle her side of the argument.

The other six of the group sat watching how Rory would approach the situation. They were very interested in Rory to begin with, but they wanted to hear how Rory would react against an aggressive self-proclaimed Queen of Chilton.

"Hey bitch, I'm talking to you," Summer added after a moment of silence. This caused the room to look on with even more interest.

This was it. Rory wasn't the aggressive type but she knew that in this was a fresh start. She wasn't going to be pushed around like her in old school. Back in Stars Hollow high, Rory's kindness was taken advantage of, but this time was different. Rory wasn't going to let her get away with that. "Oh I'm sorry, what did you say? I don't speak whore. Your skirt's kind of short by the way" Rory replied innocently as she started walking away, causing smirks on all the faces of her new 6 friends and Tristan as well as on many other faces in the room.

"Should you really be talking Princess, you have your skirt hemmed up all the way to the top of your legs also and you're calling me a whore? You're the exact same as me."

Rory turned to look her up and down before replying, "Oh no you see the difference is I can leave my legs closed, and I'm not infected with 16 STD's." This comment caused Finn and Colin to snicker noticeable, Logan to grin, and the girls to laugh outright.

Summer turned to the group and glared at Louise, her new target for the moment. "Hey Louise, how's Travis. Oh wait you wouldn't know because he doesn't talk to you anymore, huh, I wonder why."

Rory watched on confused, but when she saw tears well up in Louise's eyes, she knew she had to stick up for her.

"Summer can I ask you something?" Rory didn't even wait for an answer. "How did you get that nose and those boobs to look so real, I mean can you refer someone to me, because I know this hermaphrodite and he/she has been trying to bridge the gap, and it looks like your surgeon is skilled in that? Although, he did mess up a little on your forehead, he should've made it a little less wide and made your hair less dry looking. Poor thing."

With this comment, everyone in the room openly laughed, and the tears of sadness in Louise's eyes turned to tears of laughter. Summer was fuming and began to charge towards Rory with intent on slapping her. Logan, Finn, Colin, Steph, Madeline, and Louise all jumped out of their seats with speed, especially Louise, hoping to stick up for Rory but was beat by Tristan who ran and stood in front of Rory.

"Leave her alone," said Tristan with a deep intimidating voice.

"Don't protect me Tristan I can handle this girl on my own," Rory said stepping in front of him and standing an inch in front of Summer and staring her in the eye.

Summer spoke with a shaky voice, "Listen I'M the Queen of this school and Logan serves as my King, and that's not changing anytime soon. Don't even think about it."

"Shit happens, and things change. The next time you talk to Louise or ANY of my friends like that again, I'll make you look more like a fool than I did today. Got it?"

And at the moment the timer sounded and Mr. Porter walked into the room oblivious to the scene in front of him. "So class, who do you think had the best points?"

There was a moment of silence as if the class was contemplating. "Rory," the class answered together. Rory gave an innocent smile to Summer and Mr. Porter as the bell rang dismissing them all from class.

As soon as the 8 entered the hallway, Louise gave Rory a big hug and whispered in her ear, "You have no idea how much that meant to me Rory." Rory simply smiled at her when she pulled away and said, "I don't let people talk to my friends like that… I mean well people I know."

"Friends," Stephanie stated as if it were the law. "Now let's go ladies, we have study hall 2nd period and it's a great time to learn a little more about our new friend."

All four girls linked arms and walked towards their study hall, with the boys following.

"She's sure a feisty one," Finn said smiling. Tristan looked at him through squinted eyes and said, "What exactly are your intentions with Rory?" This question made both Colin and Logan look over to the other two interested.

"Nothing mate, she's not my type, no matter how sexy the little lady is. I saw how those guys in the class wanted to pounce on her so I thought I should save her. No one tries anything with the girls on our arms," Finn said honestly.

"Alright, thanks man," Tristan said. He was beginning to trust these people and now saw them as friends, especially the way the girls treated Rory.

"So what is up with you and Rory," asked Logan cautiously as they all took seats away from the girls in Study Hall. He half wanted to know but the other half felt like he would regret the answer, as he did hear earlier that Rory and Tristan were an item.

Tristan just shrugged, it was the best way of keeping the truth without lying to these people. He was never the one to tell a lie. With that, Logan let it go for a later time.

"So Rory, let's play a little game to get to know you better. We get to each ask you questions and you have to answer, honestly. Sound good?" Stephanie asked kindly.

"Sure," Rory said with some doubt evident in her voice.

"I'll start," Louise said, "Where do you live?"

"Stars Hollow."

"Oh so that's the name of it!" Louise said realizing her earlier error.

Steph followed, "Who is your best friend?"

"My mom and Tristan." With the mention of her mom the girls raised their eyebrows and continued.

Madeline went next, "Who is like the cutest guy you're seen in Chilton so far, not counting Tristan?"

Rory began to feel her cheeks up as she mumbled, "Logan…"

Louise and Stephanie both smirked. They knew exactly who she said, but wanted to fool around with her a little. "What was that?" Stephanie asked.

"Logan," Rory said a little louder.

"Huh?" Madeline said, catching on.

"LOGAN OK! LOGAN HUNTZBURGER!" Rory screamed gaining the attention of the whole room and special attention from a group of four boys across the room. Rory's eyes widened and she buried her face in her hands.

The guys were just talking to Tristan about the school and asking him about his past when Finn started inquiring about what the girls might be talking about. The four looked over in time to see Rory blushing and mumbling something. "Man she's cute when she blushes," Logan thought to himself. The four turned back to each other and Colin asked, "Does she always blush like that when she's under Inquisition?"

Tristan laughed. "She only does that when she's confessing something, and how do you know they're questioning her?"

"Mate, those girls' way of accepting another is playing 20 questions," Finn said.

"Numerous times," Logan added.

"Well…" Tristan started but was cut of by Rory's voice. "LOGAN OK! LOGAN HUNTZBURGER!" Tristan smirked and he knew exactly what question she was answering.

Logan's head shot up and tilted his head when he saw that Rory had buried her face in her hands. "Is she alright?" Logan asked, completely forgetting she had just screamed his name for the world to hear.

"I'm going to go check," Tristan said feeling obligated. He made his way towards the table oblivious to the fact that the other 3 guys were following close behind him.

"Hey Rory, you alright?" he asked rubbing the small of her back. She was shaking and he assumed it was because she was crying but when she lifted up her face he was surprised to find her smiling and laughing hysterically.

"I made a fool of myself… I fell for the oldest trick in the book!" Rory said cracking up. The girls looked at her confused for a second before laughing along with her for unexplainable reason. The four were practically on the floor rolling around laughing but stopped at the same time and looked up to see four boys with baffled looks on their faces, only causing them to laugh more.

"What are they laughing at," Tristan asked utterly confused, he had never seen this side of Rory. Then again he had never really seen Rory interact with girls except for her mom. Rory was always with him, Matt, and Austin the other times.

Rory was laughing like she never had before, and she didn't even know why. She never had any girl friends who she could act stupid around. She always had to play mommy with Matt, Austin, and Tristan. She had to admit, this was very fun.

When the girls had finally calmed down, they sat back down and acted like nothing had happened. Rory looked over at Logan who was staring intently at her but quickly looked away, wanting to avoid further inquiry on the situation. The 8 of them sat in silence, the girls catching their breath, the guys still wondering about what had just happened. The bell rang and the girls quickly gathered their things, linked arms, and walked off to their next class. The boys just followed scratching their heads.

The rest of the day went uneventful. Rory stuck with the girls and Tristan with the guys. Rory was constantly avoiding making eye contact with Logan, but Logan couldn't stop staring at her. Steph noticed this and decided she would have to talk to Logan about it away from anyone at another time. For now she was going to enjoy her company with her new friend.
It was nearing 8th period, which was Phys Ed. "Finally," thought Rory, "I get a break from trying to avoid Logan." The group walked into the gym for further instruction and saw the girl's gym teacher standing there with the boy's teacher no where around.

"Ok listen up everyone I'm Miss Hubner," the teacher spoke up when the 8 walked in, "Mr. Spencer, who was supposed to be the guys' gym teacher, decided to go on a last minute trip to Loony Land. Therefore, until we find a replacement, we will have to merge the boys and girls gym classes together."

There were many high fives between the guys and nervous reactions from the girls. To the guys this meant that they would get to see the girls in gym shorts and tank tops. To the girls it meant the guys would see them dressed ugly and sweating, which was the reason for many girls spraying themselves quickly with perfume and reapplying already heavy makeup, so even if they sweat some off some would still be left.

"What are you all standing around for? Get into the locker rooms and change. You all have 15 minutes and then we'll meet back in here to discuss what activities we'll be doing today," said Miss Hubner. With that, the girls rushed into their locker rooms eager to try and adjust their uniforms, while the guys walked into theirs betting on who which girl would be the most successful at that task.

"So much for a break," thought Rory as she walked into the locker room with her gym bag.

Tristan on the other hand was laughing to himself and thinking, "She has no idea that Lorelai adjusted her gym uniform."

AN: Hehe I'll leave you there.. i might update again tonight or tomorrow morning/night. Next chapter will be gym class and other stuff. Love you all !