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Authors Note: Hey all! Aw the shows over for the season. It's so sad no more Gilmore Girls episodes to look forward to for like three months! Three months is a long time! Why must they go on breaks? Wouldn't it be so much better if it was on weekly all year round? I think it would be. How are we going to live without it? LOL on a better note Summer's coming! Yay! I only have like a month and half of school left. And once I'm done you guys will get a lot more updates that are put out a lot faster. Can't wait until schools finished because my aunt and cousin are both pregnant and due in the summer. One June 30 and the other sometime in July. Yes I do know that its like that movie when mother and daughter are pregnant at the same I get that all the time but -points to aunt and cousin's bellies- I'm not making it up LOL my friends and school didn't believe any of my siblings until my aunt picked me up from school LOL.I can't wait until the boys are born (yes there both having boys which is a good thing since they'll both have someone their own age to play with)Ah god this computer is annoying it keeps changing the bold back to regular for some reason. Stupid computers. And watch with my luck once I'm done with the authors note it'll keep going to bold. Anyway I'm writing or at least starting another chapter while I'm at school I should be doing a group project thing but I already researched my part in it and everything else is just repeating the same thing over and over again. I mean come on how much information can one person get on beepers? Not much. I noticed something though websites all use the same information. Some reword it others leave it the same but it's an entirely different website. Kind of weird if you ask me. Well that's about it! Ta ta for now!

Dedicated: This chapter is dedicated to all my lovely reviewers! Love you guys!

Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls I am merely writing this for fun and am not making any money off of it. I mean come on do you really think if I owned Gilmore Girls what's going on with the show right now would be happening? No I didn't think so either

Recap:

"No we're not!" She said, getting loud again.

Finally having had enough, Christopher grabbed Rory by the shoulders roughly and shook her.

"Let her go!" Logan yelled pulling Rory away, and hugging her tightly "Don't touch her ever again, don't you see she's upset?" Clearly shocked at what he had just witnessed.

"I don't care if she's upset" Christopher said, looking coldly at Logan. "I'm her father and she'll do as I say!"

Rory pulled out of Logan's embrace "You're not my father!" Rory whispered coolly. "A father cares and you certainly don't!" and with that she ran out of the room.

Logan glared at him then turned and ran out after Rory.

Chapter Ten:

By the time Logan stepped into the hall Rory was gone. Sighing he turned left and jogged down the hall. 'She's probably in our special place' he thought as he jogged through a door and up the stairs. 'If I know her like I think I do, that's exactly where she'll be.' He ignored all the amused glances given by the other boys as he ran past. They were all used to this scene by now. Rory running away and Logan chasing after her. They never knew what was wrong and they all learned a long time ago not to interfere. That is until Tristan DuGrey came along.

Tristan had gone up to the next floor after he was asked to leave Rory's room. He was standing around talking to some other guys who seemed to be skipping class as well.

"How did you get in with them?" One boy named Randy asked.

"What do you mean?" Tristan asked playing dumb.

"Well…" another guy replied. "Most people don't hang out with them. They stick with their own. 'No outsiders allowed' kind of thing. Rory's the only one that doesn't care what your social standing is. And well, it's just weird, with you being the new kid and all, and you're already hanging out with them. We were just wondering how you managed that!"

Tristan rolled his eyes. 'So they are like me.' he thought before replying. "Logan's my roommate and I went to school with Rory before we went here." He shrugged to show that it wasn't a big deal.

Randy raised his eyebrows in speculation. "That doesn't mean a damn thing to them." He said, crossing his arms across his chest. "They rule this school and they know it. We just find it odd that you're allowed to go near her, that's all."

"Why would you find it odd that they let me near Rory?" Tristan asked, truly confused and started to get annoyed. 'I thought this was an all boy's school and these guys are acting like a bunch of girls!' he thought in exasperation.

"Well," one of the other boys chimed in. "Most guys won't come near her or can't. We can only really dream about what she's like. Huntzberger and his crew really don't let anyone near her if it's not someone from their group." Noticing the incredulous look on Tristan's face, the guy held up his hand. "It's crazy, I know, but it's what they do. But you, you were able to hang out with them in all of your classes yesterday and then all night. They normally don't let anyone in their little group. There insanely protective of her and obviously didn't learn how to share in during their sandbox days."

Before Tristan could answer Rory ran past him. Tears were running rapidly down her face. Tristan paled and moved to run after her but felt an hand on his shoulder.

"Don't bother." Randy said watching Rory run by. "Huntzberger or one of the others are never far behind when she runs by like that. It's usually Huntzberger though."

"See!" Someone said pointing, as Logan sprinted down the hall after her and passed them without a glance. "This happens a lot. We've gotten used to it after awhile." He shrugged.

Tristan didn't answer, and just took off running after Logan without a glance back at the group of boys. The image of Rory crying, running through his mind.

Rory gasped as she reached the roof of the building. Breathing heavily, she was unable to hold her sobs back as she sat in the middle of the roof. Moments after she arrived she heard Logan come in.

The moment Logan stepped onto the roof he felt his heart being ripped out. It killed him to see the girl he loved, broken like that. Taking a deep breath he approached her "Ace." he said softly kneeling beside her and placing a comforting hand on her shoulder "It's okay, I'm here! I'm here." He said in a soft tone, rubbing her back with a soothing motion.

Rory turned to him and wrapped her arms around his neck tightly. Resting her head on his chest as she continued to sob. He in turn wrapped his arms around her waist just as tight. "It's going to be okay Ace." he said soothingly. "Everything's going to be alright." He murmured as he placed a kiss to the top of her head.

A few minutes later Rory's sobs subsided as they remained in that position. "I don't know what I'd do without you!" Rory mumbled into his chest.

"The question is Ace…" Logan replied, "What would I do without you?" She gave a bitter laugh before responding.

"Not have someone to have to take care of all the time!" Rory said pulling away "I mean it's got to bug you having to always take care of me and deal with me crying all the time! I don't know how or why you do it!" She said shaking her head.

Logan cupped her face softly looking deeply into her eyes. "I don't do it because I have to." Logan replied softly. "I do it because I want to. I love you, Ace."

Rory froze and then threw her arms around Logan. The two remained like that for quite a long time. Talking about everything and anything except what had happened downstairs.

Unknown to them Tristan watched in the shadows, as jealousy filled his thoughts. 'I should be the one comforting her!' he thought as he watched them. 'He can't love her! He doesn't know what love is!' Getting fed up with how seemingly close they were Tristan fled to his dorm room.

-Half an hour later-

Tristan lay angrily, glaring at the ceiling. He had been in his room silently cursing himself, Logan and the world in general. How long this lasted, he had no idea. Lost in his thoughts he didn't hear Logan open the door until he stepped inside. Turning his head slightly he saw Logan standing there carrying a sleeping Rory bridal style. He moved silently to his bed and laid her down gently. Leaning over he kissed her forehead gently, then rose and walked to the door, finally acknowledging Tristan, and motioning him to follow.

"What?" Tristan asked, smirking at him cockily, as he closed the door behind him.

Logan ignored him, turned his back to him and simply dug in his pockets, pulled out a cell phone and dialed an obviously, familiar number. "Finn!" Logan said once Finn answered his phone. "I'm at the dorms bring the guys. We have to talk" He finished in a grim tone. He fell silent then frowned. "It's about Rory…okay see you in five." He briskly hung up, turning back around to face Tristan.

"Well that was just fun!" Tristan said smirking in fake enthusiasm, but then quickly looking serious once again. "Can I go now your highness?" he finished in an irritated voice.

Logan raised his eyebrows in slight amusement. "If you really want to, by all means, go." he replied smirking back, and waving towards their door. "But if you go now, you won't be around to hear how we're going to protect Rory from that psychopath. If that's what you want, then I won't stop you." He said giving Tristan a pointed look. Tristan nodded reluctantly.

"I guess I'll stay then." Tristan replied sitting down on the floor. Logan sat opposite him. The two boys avoided looking at each other waiting silently. Until Tristan spoke up. "Look, I think we should call a truce for the time being." he said looking Logan in the eye. "For Rory's sake. We're never going to get along, as long as she's involved. Right now, though, she needs us both. She doesn't need to deal with the two of us fighting over her." Tristan said, as he stuck out his hand.

"I completely agree." Logan replied, taking his hand in agreement. The two quickly let go and slipped back into an uncomfortable silence.

A few minutes later a group of loud arrogant boys approached.

"What are you two doing in the hall?" Robert said once they got close enough. "And on the floor?" He asked with distaste.

"Rory's sleeping in our room." Tristan replied. "We didn't want to wake her up."

"Oh!" Colin said completely understanding. "So what's this about? And why aren't we in class?" He said looking between the two boys in confusion.

"Like you'd be in class anyway!" Robert replied smirking.

"Shut up mate!" Finn responded, in an uncharacteristically serious manner. "Tell us what the hell is going on!"

"Someone's cranky in the morning!" Tristan observed in slight amusement.

"Hung over's more like it." Logan replied as he motioned the rest of the boys to join them on the floor. "Take a seat. We're going to be here for awhile."

The all sat. Tristan, Robert and Colin sat on one side, while Logan and Finn sat on the other. "So…" Colin said, unsure of what to say. "Would one of you start talking? We don't have all day." He said rolling his eyes.

"Basically, to sum it all up," Logan started. "Whoever took Lorelai is after Rory now. She got a note this morning and he wants her. We can't go to the police…" Logan held up his hand as he noticed the three boys about to protest. "Rory won't let us. She was really upset by the note and to top it all off Christopher really over reacted and upset Rory even more."

"Bastard!" Finn muttered. "So what are we going to do?" He said more clearly. Any signs of his usual inebriation were no longer apparent.

"Well we can't let whoever the sicko is get to her! That much is obvious." Tristan spoke up. "Question is, how the hell do we go about protecting her?" He asked looking around.

"One of us will have to be with her all the time I guess." Robert shrugged. "We could work out a schedule or something."

"Rory wouldn't like that very much." Logan said knowingly. "She thinks she can protect herself from whoever the hell it is!"

"But she can't!" Colin protested. "Rory's smart and all but they could easily over power her or something!"

"We know!" Robert said, trying to placate Colin. "That's why we need to get a schedule going."

"I think…" Finn said wisely "…that two of us should always be with her. Day or night." He said grimly.

"Agreed" the rest said in unison.

"I think there are at least two of us in each of her classes, so that shouldn't be a problem." Logan said, as he contemplated the plan. "In the halls or going anywhere two can walk in front of her two beside her and one behind her. They wouldn't dare to try taking her in a crowded hallway. Too many witnesses, but better to be safe than sorry! All of us are together most of the day anyway so it's not a big change." Logan paused and glanced at Tristan "At night she can sleep in one of our rooms, we all room with one another anyway so it's not that big of a deal."

"Except" Finn said knowingly. "It would be extremely awkward with her in your dorm room, with you two." He looked pointedly from Logan to Tristan before continuing. "Besides I have my own room anyway. I also have an extra bed. It'll be easier if she just stays with me."

"But there's only one of you!" Tristan said worriedly. "There could be more of them and they could get to her at night!"

"So we'll rotate, someone will sleep in Finns room with them." Logan replied rolling his eyes at Tristan's stupidity. "So does everyone understand? We don't let anyone get near her. To get to her they have to go through us!"

"Yeah!" they all said together.

"Hold on!" Finn said looking at the door "Who's going to tell our dear Lorelai Leigh the plan?" the boys fell silent, glancing around nervously, to see who the unlucky person would be to break the news to her.

"I'll do it!" Tristan said suddenly standing up as the others breathed a sigh of relief. Tristan confidently opened the door and stepped inside, closing the door behind him.

"What a brave soul!" Finn replied. "Was he here the whole time? Better yet who the hell is he?"

Well that was an oddly written chapter. At least I think so. Anyway it was a bit of a longer chapter so yay there! I know I wrote a lot of the parts with boys interacting weird but I wanted to get the point across that the guys in the school are like girls in a way lol. If you don't like it sorry but writing with only one girl character as of now is kind of hard and we need a bit of female vibe. I also know that Rory is really out of character, so is everyone else for that matter but for now that's the way it has to be they will all eventually get back to there normal selves. Tristan and Logan are okay I guess but I'm just getting used to writing to the others. I know Rory is out of character a lot but for right now until the huge part of the story happens she will be. One more thing in a few more chapters it'll be time to vote on who Rory should end up with! In like 2 or 3 more chapters. That's it for now!

Warnings for the next chapter: Tristan tells Rory the 'plan'

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