AN: I know I left it as a cliffhanger, but I promise not to wait as long for the next chapter. I don't do much during the day (and get paid for it since I'm at work) so I am going to try to work on all of my stories. Breathe Deep was just updated. I think this story is going to have a lot of dialogue for a while…I can't find any other way to do it justice. There are going to be a lot of plot twists, but I know where it's going.

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"Wow, this just got so much better – the girl you chased after in high school…the one you couldn't have…threw herself at me."

"She also dumped your ass and I highly doubt she threw herself at you."

"Oh no, she did – and it's not over."

"When I asked why she was there she said EX boyfriend. Ex means she doesn't want you."

"She wanted me at her grandparents' wedding last year. You never even got that far with her."

"I'm glad you think she's a prize."

Gwen walked back into the apartment to see how the discussion was going. She overheard a little more of the conversation. While she did see both of their points, she also realized that they were both acting like Rory was an object…and that neither of them had her. She decided to walk into the living room and try to talk some sense into the two idiots.

"It looks to me like neither of you have her and you're not going to get her if you keep talking about her like that," Gwen interjected.

"What do you know, Gwen, you've never had a real relationship," her brother said.

"And you have?" Logan responded.

"Actually I did. I was with a girl in North Carolina for two years, we broke up when I got to Harvard because of the distance. So, yes, Logan, I have had a girlfriend. I stopped fucking around long before you did."

"You'll always be Tristan DuGrey, you'll always want any girl you can get."

"No. That's you. That's why you lost Rory, you can't keep it in your pants. Fuck this, I'm out of here. Gwen," he said to his sister, "you might want to stick around, it doesn't look like Logan's getting his girlfriend back any time soon."

"You're not going anywhere, little brother."

Tristan stared at Gwen, his eyes were cold, he hated when she was condescending. He didn't want to deal with this anymore. No one knew how much it tore him up when Rory turned him down at the end of sophomore year. He and Logan had been friends since they were kids. Tristan's father, Charles, and his law firm had represented Mitchum in his first big plagiarism case almost twenty years earlier. When Charles and Mitchum realized that their sons and daughters were all the same age, the children were forced together all the time. It was great while they were teenagers…they both introduced each other to the easiest girls they could find. That was until Tristan met Rory; after Rory he didn't want any other girls.

Gwen DuGrey looked at her brother and realized that it wasn't going to be as easy as she thought. For some reason she had thought that being in the same room again would make Tristan and Logan settle their differences. They hadn't seen each other since they were in high school…shouldn't time have brought maturity? Then again, she had no idea that Logan's girlfriend was the girl that Tristan believed he loved in high school.

Logan didn't know what to think about the scene that just played out. He was pissed beyond belief that Gwen was pushing the issue with him and Tristan. Sure, they had been best friends for most of their lives, but Tristan chose for that to end. He believed that Tristan chose a girl over their friendship and that shouldn't happen. When he realized it was Rory, he knew that there was very good reason. Rory was the first girl that Logan truly cared about. There was something about her that would drive any girl crazy.

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In Stars Hollow, things were not quite as tense as in Logan's New Haven apartment. Lorelai and Lane could both tell that Rory was not very comfortable watching a happy movie about people in love. Then again, who would be when they just had their heartbroken? Her thoughts were going as fast as Lorelai telling a story after five cups of coffee.

The three girls grabbed some junk food and sat in the Gilmore living room, not talking. Lorelai hated awkward silences so she started babbling incoherently about absolutely nothing. Lane decided to end Lorelai's incessant talking by asking Rory what it was like to see Tristan again. She didn't realize that she was opening a can of worms.

"It was weird seeing him again…and not knowing that he and Logan were friends for most of their lives. Logan has never mentioned Tristan or any friends from high school for that matter."

"Well in Logan's world," Lorelai started, "once someone is gone, they're gone for good."

"But their sisters are still best friends. Gwen was in the wedding party…and at Logan's when I got there yesterday. She told me that I was smart for not liking Tristan in high school," Rory laughed.

Lorelai could tell that Rory had been thinking about Tristan, but she wasn't sure why. The last time they saw each other, or she even mentioned him, was at the Romeo and Juliet performance junior year of high school. That was four years ago…if Rory's memory wasn't so amazing, Lorelai would be shocked she even remembered Tristan.

"He called me Mary," she added.

All three girls laughed about that because Rory was not a Mary anymore. She actually wondered what Tristan would think about the way she lost her virginity. He would probably make some kind of comment about how he was willing to take it earlier or something like that. She'd thought he changed, but those last comments as she was leaving proved that he was the Tristan DuGrey that she knew in high school.

A few hours later, Lorelai went into Rory's room as the younger Gilmore was getting ready to go back to school. She planned on staying with Paris and Doyle for the time being. She did not want to go back to Logan's, she was far from ready to forgive him. It had been a while since the Yale Daily News incident and she was hoping that Paris would at least let her crash because she couldn't find a new place and she didn't want to commute the 22.8 miles from Stars Hollow to New Haven every day. Then again, she didn't need to be around another happy couple. Although, Paris and Doyle act very differently than most couples and she might not feel as out of the loop.

Instead of calling, she just showed up at the crappy little apartment she used to share with Paris and Doyle. Paris was hesitant at first, but when she looked at Rory, she knew that letting her in was a good idea. Rory explained to Paris what happened in Honor's dressing room. She told her about all of those girls sleeping with Logan when they were broken up.

"Oh and you'll never guess who was there."

"The pope?"

"Yes Paris, Honor Huntzberger's wedding was so important that the Pope was there…no, not the Pope. Tristan DuGrey."

"Might as well have been the Pope."

"Have you talked to Tristan at all since he left Chilton?"

"I've seen him a few days, but as you remember, we weren't the best of friends in high school, I had quite the crush on him."

"Apparently he and Logan were best friends for most of their lives then something happened in high school. I guess I'll never know what that is since I don't plan on talking to Logan ever again."

"I wonder if Logan was the guy that Madeline and Louise hooked up with that time…"

"You mean 'those times.'"

"No."

Rory laughed remembering her old high school classmates. She then started to think about Logan and she wasn't laughing anymore. Paris looked at Rory and realized that she should probably comfort her. Being a good friend was still not Paris's strong suit, but for Rory, she has had a soft spot since high school. She told Rory that guys like Logan weren't brought up with the strongest model of what a relationship would be. Before Rory came along, a girlfriend to Logan was someone whose name he remembered and he could match up to a face the next day. Rory knew she was right and in turn, Logan was right when he told her that he wasn't the boyfriend type. It had been over a year since her grandparents' wedding and she thought he'd changed.

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Logan went silent after Gwen berated the two and remained quiet long enough for the siblings to start fighting worse than he'd ever seen. When they were kids, Gwen and Tristan would argue, but it never got malicious. He had also kept in close touch with Gwen and she never mentioned any big fights with Tristan, she'd said that they argued, but usually she didn't mention him at all. This was because when she mentioned him it usually led to the two of them arguing about how Logan and Tristan need to forget whatever happened between them and if they argued, they didn't have sex.

"Gwen, how many times have I told you to stay out of my life? The one time I needed you, you didn't help – so why now?"

"One time you needed me? You mean North Carolina? What could I have done? It's not like dad would have listened to me. You were the troubled child…"

"Which made you look like the angel, the perfect daughter!" Tristan interrupted, "that's it Gwen, without me, you could be the good child and get whatever you wanted. You thought then when I was gone they'd pay attention to you…but did they? No, they didn't. Our parents weren't going to change because they sent me away. I'm surprised they didn't try to hide that I was gone by saying I was just a boarding school or staying with some relative."

"That was four years ago, I'm sorry I didn't help then, but this is something important. You two were best friends and you ended that over one little thing."

"Was I supposed to call Logan every day and beg for him to hang out with me again? I wasn't going to do that because I wasn't going to go back to sleeping around. I was over that."

"You claim to have been in love, but you never pursued it after she turned you down for that concert."

"She said she hated me. Ask Honor how she would feel if Josh said that he hated her…then maybe you'll get it. People like you and Logan don't understand what love is."

At this point, Logan was ready to jump back in the argument. He did know what love was and he loved Rory. Tristan didn't even know Rory anymore; Logan started to remember the stories about Mary – so pure and innocent. Rory was definitely not…the two had lived together and Logan knew that he was not the first guy that Rory had been with. Rory stole a boat, how would that make Tristan feel? There was one thing Logan did know, and that was that he had to get Rory back. He needed her in his life and he was going to promise to change for good.

"I do know what love is, DuGrey…and that's requited love because Rory…she loves me."

"Didn't seem that way last night."

"I'll get her back, just do me a favor – stay away from Rory Gilmore."

"Why would I do you any favors? Maybe I'll stay in town a little longer, it seems Rory needs a shoulder to cry on. She might have said no in high school, but I'll prove that I changed and that I'm nothing like you."

"You're exactly like me."

And so the game began.