Rory's POV

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I woke up again and I was still in the strange room. I looked around and I started to panic realizing what had happened earlier. I once again saw Trix walk into the room.

She said, "Girl, were you thins panicky when I was alive?"

"No." I said, then my brain registered what she had said and I added, "Am I dead?"

"I guess it's time for me to explain isn't it?"

"Um. Yeah. I'm kinda worried here!"

"Well I can assure you that you aren't dead…yet."

"Wait? Yet?!"

"Would you let me finish? I said yet because all of the people up there" She said pointing up, "decided you were way to young to go without a fight, so they sent me down here to help you."

"Help me what? And where exactly are we?"

"Well we are in sort of a dream land, where anything is possible. And your task is to fix your biggest regret in your life, because that is what is causing you pain, and the ability not to wake up."

"I don't have any regrets, I have done everything in my life for a reason."

'Think again child. I will be back later for my guidance. Oh, and don't forget, he may be almighty, but the decision is yours to live or not, so I would think long and hard about this." And with that she disappeared leaving me to my thoughts.

I sat staring at the wall for about an hour and then I realized the impact of this situation…it was literally a life or death situation. I jumped out of bed finding not a scratch on me and paced the room thinking. I thought back as far as I could remember, starting in elementary school…was it saying the Clark browning had cooties? No. Was it calling Lane a liar when she was secretly planning me a surprise party? No. Ok, no regrets in my young years let's speed up to high school. There has to be something I regret then. Ok, let me think. Was it knocking over Paris' project on my first day of Chiton? No because that was an accident. Was it setting up Paris and Tristan on a date? No. Maybe it was…no. Or! No. Maybe it was not going to the P.J. Harvey concert with Tristan. No, that worked for the best. Maybe it doesn't have to do with Tristan or High School? Ok, moving on to college. Was it having an affair with Dean? No, that made me more mature. Was it originally being in a non-committed relationship with Logan? No that also worked out for the best?

"AHHHH!" I screamed frustrated.

"Trix?" I asked to the nothingness.

"Trix, I need help!" I begged. Still nothing.

"Trix please, I want to live, but I…"

"Alright, Alright, girl calm down, I'll help."

"Oh! Thank You."

"Ok, so you look a bit frazzled so am I correct in assuming that you have thought about what your biggest regret was?"

"Yes, I can't think of anything major. I have all sorts of small little regrets, like not buying a blue sweater I loved and when I went back for it they were sold out, but none of those things seem important enough."

"Well, you are correct my dear. None of those things will make a difference on your life, had you done them differently. I can't tell you what your biggest regret is, but I can help by saying, it will be something big, like a boyfriend, or your relationship with your father. I think it will probably be durning your high school years, but I make no promises."

"Trix, that doesn't help very much, and even if I do figure out what my biggest regret is, how am I going to be able to fix it?"

"That my dear is where I come in. Just have patience, think hard and when you have learned your regret, I will know." And with those words of wisdom Trix was gone yet again.

"Harrumph!" I plopped down on the bed and just stared at the ceiling. An idea popped into my head and I frantically started going through the room. I finally found what I was looking for and laid it on the bed. A pen and paper to help me put from most important…oh my god!

My biggest regret had something to do with Tristan…I realized that I had liked Tristan! My biggest regret was him leaving without kissing me goodbye, No! my biggest regret was not being in a relationship with him!

"TRIX! TRIX! TRIX!" I screamed

"Dear, I see you have found your biggest regret.

"Yes! Yes!"

"Well, would you like to explain it to me?"

"Well in when I was in High School, there was this guy. He called me Mary, and got on my nerves immensely. He eventually got taken out of school and sent to military school because he broke into a safe. He always flirted with me, and I never realized that I liked him until it was too late. On the night he left he was saying goodbye to me and he said 'I would kiss you goodbye, but your boyfriend is watching!' That's my biggest regret, not kissing him!"

"Very good my dear, you have found it. Well, now I must show you how to fix." With that she pulled open the door of the bedroom, and we were walking into the doors of Chilton…

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"Ok, here is what you have to do…"

After Trix gave me my directions she disappeared, and I was left on my on. I went to follow the first direction…find my family and friends in the scene before me…

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Lorelai, Sookie, Dean, and Lane are at Chilton waiting for Rory's performance to begin, and a caveman performance of Romeo and Juliet is showing.

"Are you sure this is Shakespeare?" Sookie asked

"What's with all the grunting?" Dean followed up.

" I wish Luke was hear he could translate for us!" Lorelai replied

I walk up behind them "Hey."

"Oh Hey" Dean turned around as did everyone else. I got a round of hellos and Sookie complimented my beautiful dress. I talked a little about being nervous, but everyone reassured me. Lane left to go watch Henry's performance. As soon as Lane left Paris came up in a frenzy looking for me.

"I need you." Paris said grabbing me by the arm and dragging me away."

"What?"

"He's not here!"

"Who?"

"Tristan! I've looked everywhere. I called his home, his cell, I've called three girls he's seeing."

"Paris calm down!"

"Weren't you listening? He's not here! We are on in twenty minutes and we don't have a Romeo, we are going to fail!"

"We're not going to fail."

"Do you think Harvard accepts people who fail Shakespeare? They don't. I don't have the numbers, but I'm pretty sure that if you fail Shakespeare you don't get into Harvard."

"Ok, maybe he's just in one of the bathrooms smoking?"

"Good idea! You check the east men's rooms and I'll check the west ones."

I left to go check the restrooms, but I couldn't find him. I kept wondering to myself 'why isn't he here?' I knew that something was wrong because he wouldn't just not show up, because no one wants to face Paris' wrath!

I soon saw Paris and she said, " I knew he was going to do this, but no one wanted to listen to me! It was all let's make Tristan Romeo he's hot!"

"What about Brad?"

"Brad transferred schools!" I saw her look behind me and she said,

"Where have you been?" 'Ahh, it looks like Tristan showed up!' I thought to myself.

"You have to get dressed we're on in ten minutes!"

Tristan shook his head and replied " I can't."

"What?" I already knew that Paris was pissed off.

"Actually, my dad had me pulled out of school."

After that Paris stormed off and Tristan sighed and said "And she is unhappy."

I was shocked, and wanted some answers. "What do you mean he had you pulled out of school? What happened?"

"Nothing. Just ticked the old man off that's all." He replied uneasily.

"By doing what? Tristan come on tell me!" I prodded.

"I got in some trouble."

"Trouble? Involving?"

"Involving Duncan and Bowman, and Bowman's dad's safe."

"Oh No." I had a feeling I knew where this was leading.

" I mean Bowman had a key, it was supposed to be no big deal, and then the crazy silent alarm kicked in…" he trailed off.

"You broke into Bowman's dad's safe?" I was just trying to clarify that I had heard correctly.

"Yes."

"Stupid."

"Yes."

"Well, ok you can apologize, and you can put back the money, and you can explain that I don't know you were going through something?"

"I was. I was going through his safe." He replied with light chuckle.

"Why would you do this?"

"I don't know. I guess that's something I can ponder at military school."

"Military school?"

"The police are letting our parents handle it, and in my case that means military school in North Carolina."

" I don't know what to say?"

"Well I can imagine you're overwhelmed with relief that soon I will be gone." He replied sarcastically.

"I'm so sorry."

"Well I'm a big boy. I can handle it."

"There's nothing you can…" I was interrupted by his father yelling to him that they had to go.

"I gotta go. So, I might kiss you goodbye, but your boyfriend's watching." He said as they both looked over to find Dean staring at them intently.

I looked back to him and he said, "Take care of yourself…Mary." I smiled a true smile, and he turned and left.

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I watched this whole scene from a distance, and I got to say, it's weird watching yourself. That wasn't the point though; I had to follow through with the second step. I watched my body walk away, and I ran after it. I did as Trix told me and stepped into my body. It was weird. I turned around and ran after Tristan and screamed…

"Tristan! Wait!"

Him and his father turned around and immediately his father said, "Listen, he has to go, you've already said your goodbye!"

"Actually, I haven't!" And with that I ran up to Tristan grabbed his face and pressed my lips to his. The kiss lasted less than a second, but it was perfect. As I pulled away from him I whispered, "don't forget me".