Rory was lying on her bed screaming into her pillow when the girls entered,

"Ummm… Rory, what the fuck are you doing?" Rory looked up at them with wide eyes then returned to pillow screaming,

"Oh bloody hell!" exclaimed Paris as she marched up to Rory and pried the pillow away from her, "What's wrong?" she asked slightly calmer,

"Nothing, everything is absolutely, positively fine and dandy,"

"Bullshit!" Louise stated, Rory gasped,

"Did you just accuse me of bullshit?"

"Uh-huh, now what did we miss and why are you here so early?"

"I got fired," Rory smirked,

"You got fired from McDonalds? That's ridiculous; you shouldn't be smirking about it. What did the boys make you do that got you fired?" Paris paced the room,

"It's my fault we got fired," Rory shrugged, "I initiated a food fight,"

"Wicked," commented Madeline, "I've always wanted to start a food fight but it never worked out,"

"Gilmore! Stop laughing, getting fired isn't funny," Paris said,

"We still pass because we entered the workforce and did our best, and the boys took the blame so I got off easy, oh and I told them who I am, or kind of just blurted it out, but they're cool, oh and Paris, Derek totally has a thing for you,"

"Are you sure?" Paris looked hopeful,

"Only about ninety percent," Paris gave a girly squeal and the others just laughed.

"So what's really wrong with you?" Paris asked once their excited girly moment was over,

"Slap me," Rory looked her directly in the eye,

"Uh, why?"

"Because I'm an idiot,"

"How?"

"Just use your right arm, lift it up and…I don't know, swing for you life?"

"Okay you really are an idiot, but what happened?"

"Whoa! Gilmore, planning on having a lot of fun?" Louise interrupted as she recovered the box of condoms from the bedside table, Rory blushed,

"Mom went out and bought me a box, so she felt more motherly knowing her daughter is protected,"

"She bought you a jumbo box? And it's opened, beside the bed, oh and look there's a wrapper over there," Louise pointed out, when she pieced all together her eyes widened, then she smiled proudly at Rory, Paris on the other hand took a little longer to figure it out but once she had,

"Eew, eew, eew, eew, eew, oh my gosh I probably just caught an STI or something!" she jumped off the bed, looking at Rory disgustedly, "In our room? You do know I have to sleep in here!"

"Don't worry we didn't touch anything on you side, it was pretty much straight to the bed, after hitting the wall,"

"Oh how comforting," Paris said sarcastically,

"It was DuGray wasn't it?" Madeline asked,

"Duh, who else?"

"You're such a lucky bitch,"

"I know, but now I'm screwed," Rory muttered,

"What?"

"Never mind, want to have a bon fire on the beach tonight? We can invite the boys,"

"If boys are in I'm in!" Louise exclaimed,

"Cool I'll go ask," Rory jumped up and left.

If she was going to see the boys and ask them now, she needed to calm her nerves otherwise she would be a bumbling idiot, she found a spot hidden from anyone else's view and sparked up a ciggie. 'okay, you're going to be able to do this, just act like you didn't fuck him an hour ago, be yourself, even flirt if you have to, just don't let it get awkward' after a few minutes of deep breathing she made her way over there.

After what to her felt like an eternity one of the boys finally opened the door,

"Rory, what a pleasant surprise, do come in," Mike said in an English accent as he bowed to her opening the door,

"Oooo let's go to the old times! Why thankyou kind sir, now would you please gather your fellow swordsmen and all join the round table," she took a seat on the floor and waited, Mike looked at her weirdly but went to get the others none the less.

Soon Rory, Mike, Austin Derek and Tristan were sitting in a circle on the floor,

"Why are we sitting on the floor?" Austin asked,

"Because your table's rectangular,"

"So?"

"It's supposed to be a round table,"

"Why?"

"Because we're knights you dickhead," Mike added,

"You two are freaks,"

"Well you totally just wrecked the mood," Rory pouted,

"Sorry," Austin said sarcastically, Rory stuck her tongue out at him,

"Either way I am here to cordially invite you lot to a bon fire on the beach with Louise, Maddie, Paris and me," she said, now impatient, "You coming or not?"

"Why would we want to hang out with a freaky bookworm for?" Austin glared, Rory was about to go off at him when she noticed is frown faltering as he fought from laughing, she laughed and punched his arm playfully,

"I'm a freaky bookworm?" she pouted,

"A cool freaky bookworm?" he suggested,

"I suppose that's alright since your a cool asshole," she smiled, "And I'm just going to assume that you guys are coming, meet us at the bush path at ten thirty, Tristan, you know where that is and Derek you better make some kind of move on Paris tonight or I'll shoot you," with that she left and headed back to her room. She might have made it out of there without having to talk to him, but she would have to tonight.

The eight teens stumbled through the trees and finally met the road,

"No car this time Mare? How are we supposed to get to the beach?" Tristan was standing very close behind Rory and murmuring in her ear, she shivered,

"This isn't called the Great Ocean Road for nothing Bibleboy, we just have to cross the road and climb over that dirt hill," And that's what they did,

"Well what do you know, there's the beach," Tristan smiled,

"Yep, just like I told you,"

The group found a suitable spot on the beach and set up for the fire. It was quite a warm night so the girls were all in skirts and the boys in shorts, they really didn't need a fire, but what was the point of a bon fire without one?

They were lounging around on the sand in pairs; Paris was sitting in between Derek's legs, Austin's head was in Louise's lap, Maddie had her head resting on Mike's shoulder and Tristan and Rory were both lying down, his arm resting on her stomach.

"So about last night…" Tristan whispered, he was prepared to discuss what it meant but then he felt her tense, he was enjoying their time too much to break it now so he covered it, "You told me the bathroom girls exaggerate but you sure as hell were agreeing with them last night," he smirked, rubbing his hand up and down her thigh, she gasped, then glared and grabbed a water bottle and squirted him,

"Fuck that's cold,"

"Too bad," then she squealed as he picked up another bottle and got her back, once they both ran out of water, they collapsed in the sand.

"Okay now that I'm wet," she paused, "Don't turn that into something it's not," she gave the boys pointed stares while they all looked at her innocently, "Let's go swimming!" Everyone quickly agreed, the boys took off their shirt and the girls undressed to reveal their matching bikinis. The girls noticed the boys staring and ran off into the water giggling.

Austin let out a low whistle, "We already knew how hot Maddie and Louise were, but who knew what was under the other two's librarian looks," Derek glared at Austin,

"Don't look at my girlfriend like that!"

"So you finally asked her?"

"Rory said she'd shoot me if I didn't, and I wouldn't want to die without getting my chance with the lovely Paris first," the boys laughed at his dreamy expression and soon followed the girls.

After another hour of fun they were growing tired and were once again lying around on the sand,

"What's going to happen when we get home Ror?" Louise asked,

"It all goes back to the way it was before this trip,"

"Your not gonna hang with us?"

"I was hanging with you before this,"

"I meant like as a group thing,"

"Yeah, what about us?" Mike asked,

"We could still talk I guess, I dunno and say hi in the halls,"

"But not be friends like this?"

"Bookworm Rory Gilmore, hanging out with the most popular guys at school doesn't really work," she shut her eyes, afraid of the disappointed stares she could sense being directed at her, the girls could tell nothing good was going to happen if they continued,

"Let's go back," Paris said, all but Rory made to leave, Tristan hadn't spoken or looked up during the conversation so Rory grabbed his hand,

"We'll be back later," the others shrugged, knowing they needed their privacy.

"What's up?" Tristan asked,

"You haven't said anything for ages,"

"Yeah, well I have my reasons,"

"C'mon," she pulled him to the water,

"What are you doing?" he asked, they were now neck deep in water, up against some rocks,

"This is the proper way to have sex on the beach, the sand gets really annoying otherwise," she smirked and they went about their activities, her, once again avoiding mouth to mouth kisses.

Another hour later they finally made their way back, it was way past midnight and most of the resort lights were off. They reached the point where they separated; she turned to face him,

"Four days left," she whispered, she hugged him tight, squeezing her eyes shut,

"Please don't let it be," she winced at the desperation in his pleading voice,

"Four days," she repeated the lightly kissed his cheek before walking away, he stayed there watching her wistfully until she was no longer in sight.


A/N: i am so sorry it took me longer than i hoped to update, who knew school could give so much homework?

Either way plz review...i need more inspiraion and i gotta tell ya...this is a way to provide it!