Ok I know you'll probably all hate me but I had this idea for a new story. I'm going to put Life is a Rollercoaster and Written in the Stars on the back burner for the moment as I don't really know what to do next with them.

So this story will start in the first episode of season 3. Lorelai goes to make up with Luke because she really needs a friend. They have a long talk which then leads somewhere. At the same time, Tristan has returned from military school and is back at Chilton. With Rory growing bored of Dean and getting annoyed with Jess, will she fall for the boy who made her first year hell at school?

Chapter 1

Lorelai got up out of bed and was craving some coffee. She looked at the time and she realised she had slept in. Rory was back from Washington but had obviously got herself to school. She found a note on the kitchen table. Didn't want to wake you. Thought you needed a lie in. Please don't hate me but I drank the last of our coffee. There wasn't much left. Take this as an opportunity to go to Luke's and make up! Love you, Rory. xxx

Lorelai sighed. She did want to make up with Luke but the last time she went there it just felt wrong. Luke was acting like himself and she didn't like it. She heard the phone ring but she let it go to answer phone. Her heart sank when she heard the familiar voice. "Lor, I really want to talk to you. I'm sorry about how everything was left. Please, can you call me?" She went up to the phone and deleted the message. He'd been calling a lot but she really didn't want to talk to him. She sighed and knew she had to talk to someone about this. It couldn't be Rory because she was hurt by what had happened as well. Sookie had just come back from her honeymoon so she didn't want to burden her with this. She knew instantly who she wanted to talk to. Luke.

She grabbed her coat and made the decision to go to the diner. She walked across the square and hesitated when she reached the diner. She looked through the window and was relieved to find it relatively empty. She saw Luke behind the counter refilling the coffee machine. She took a deep breath and then went inside. Luke turned round when he heard the bells and saw who it was.

"Hey." Lorelai said quietly, going up to the counter.

"Hey." Luke said shortly.

Lorelai could feel tears prick her eyes when she heard the shortness in his voice. "I really need some coffee right now." She said quietly.

"Coming right up." Luke said turning his back to her to get her some coffee.

"And a friend." She added.

Luke froze for a moment.

"Luke, please." Lorelai said. "I really need my best friend right now."

Luke turned round and placed her coffee infront of her. "I'm your best friend?" He said surprised.

"Well yeh. Apart from Sookie and Rory but I can't really talk about this with them." Lorelai said. "Please?" She asked, tears threatening to fall.

Luke noticed them and sighed. "Come on up." He said in a softer tone.

Lorelai let out a breath. "Thank you." She said quietly.

"Caesar, hold the fort!" Luke called.

"Will do, boss!" Caesar called back.

Lorelai then followed Luke upstairs to his apartment.

Meanwhile, back at Chilton, Rory was talking to Paris by the lockers when Paris stopped and looked over Rory's shoulder. "Well, well, well, look who's back." She said.

Rory looked behind her and was surprised to find Tristan walking down the corridor towards them. She looked at Paris. "How come he's back?"

"No idea." Paris shrugged.

"I thought he was at military school." Rory said.

"Guess he transferred back." Paris said.

Tristan reached them. "Miss me girls?" He smirked.

"As if. The world doesn't revolve around you, you know." Paris retorted.

"Ouch!" Tristan chuckled. "I see you got over me pretty quickly, Paris."

"Yeh well that happens when you meet a nice guy who doesn't play with people's feelings." She said.

"You've met someone?" Tristan asked.

"In Washington." Paris said. "Not that it's any of your business."

Tristan smirked and looked at Rory. "How about you, Mary?"

"I second what Paris said. The world doesn't revolve around you." Rory said.

"Well not the warm welcome I was hoping for. I'll leave you to it then." He smirked and walked off.

"Ok was it me or was that weird?" Rory said to Paris. "No back chat, no anything. He just left."

"It was sort of weird." Paris admitted. She shrugged. "Maybe military school's changed him."

"Yeh. Maybe." Rory said watching Tristan disappear down the corridor.

"Come on or we'll be late for class." Paris said.

Rory followed her giving one last glance down the corridor.

Lorelai walked into Luke's apartment and sat down on his sofa. She put her head in her hands. "I'm such an idiot." She said.

Luke sighed but went and sat next to her. "You're not an idiot." He said.

"Really?" Lorelai said. She looked up at him. "First, I'm a total jerk to you and accuse you of not caring about Rory when I know she's one of the few people in this town you do care about and then I believe I've finally found it, only to find out it was just my fantasy again. I believe him and fall for him again and then he walks away like he always does." She rambled. "I'm such an idiot. Luke, I'm so sorry for blaming you for the accident. Please, please can we be friends again because I don't think I could bear to lose you as well?" She said wiping some tears away that had fallen, embarrassed.

Luke couldn't take it anymore and put his arm round her. "You've always got me." He said softly.

Lorelai looked up at him and let out a breath. "Thank you." She said quietly. "God you're such a good guy. I mean you're one of the few constants in my life and then I treat you like crap. You've always been there for me and Rory and you've done so much for us all over the years. I just...I don't want you to think I take you for granted because, trust me, I know what it feels like not to have you there and it feels awful." She said. She then groaned. "And then I go and fall for Chris and he just walks away like he always does."

"Lorelai, what happened?" Luke asked.

"Chris came back when Rory got her sling taken off. He said he'd broken up with Sherry. So to cheer him up, we invited him to Sookie and Jackson's wedding. Rory loved having him around and so did I. We reconnected and it felt different to before. He promised he would stay around this time. God I'm so stupid. I always fall for it!" She exclaimed. "I really thought I was finally going to have the whole package. Now he's going to have that with...her." She said quietly.

"With who? Sherry?" Luke asked.

"Yeh. She rang him while we were at the wedding and told him she was pregnant." Lorelai said. "He said he wanted to go back to her. He wanted to do it right this time. And then he just...left." She said.

Luke sighed. "You've got to stop him treating you like this. You're an amazing person and you deserve more than that. You deserve someone who will treat you like you should be treated." He said. "You need to forget about him. If he can't see how amazing you are, you don't need him. Find someone who will love you."

Lorelai looked up and at that moment, they locked eyes. She suddenly saw it. She suddenly saw what Sookie had told her. 'Look into his eyes, it's right there.' She had said. Beside her on that sofa was the one guy who had looked out for her and had been there for her even when he had no obligation to. Slowly she felt her head lean forward and before she knew what was happening, she felt his lips against hers. It felt right. It felt good. They pulled away after a moment or two. "I...I'm sorry..." Lorelai said quietly.

"Don't." Luke said and leaned forward and they kissed again.

Lorelai then grabbed his hand and pulled him up and started to pull him towards the bed.

"Lorelai, wait." Luke said.

"What?"

"I can't do this." Luke said.

"Oh." Lorelai said quietly. She suddenly felt embarrassed. "I guess I should um go..."

"No. That's not what I meant." Luke said. "I meant I can't do this when you're like this. You're upset over Chris. I don't want to take advantage of you."

Lorelai gave him a small smile. "And that's why you're Luke. You're not taking advantage of me, I promise. I want this. Really." She said.

Luke hesitated for a moment and then went over to lock the door to the apartment.

"What are you doing?" Lorelai asked.

"I'm not the only one who lives here." Luke reminded her.

"Oh. Yeh." She said.

Luke locked the door and then went back over to her. He took her hand. "You really want this?" He asked.

"I really want this." She nodded.

Luke smiled and led her over to the bed.

Meanwhile, back at Chilton, it was lunch and Rory went into the canteen alone as Paris was off doing something for the paper. She sat down with her food and book and started reading. Soon after, she felt someone stand next to her table. She was surprised to see it was Tristan.

"And she's reading again. How novel." He smirked.

"What do you want?" Rory rolled her eyes.

"Mind if I sit?" He asked.

"Why?" She asked.

"Because you look lonely." He joked.

"It's a free country." She said.

Tristan smirked and sat down opposite her.

"So I thought you were at military school." Rory said.

"I was." He nodded. "Got transferred back here on good behaviour."

"You? Good behaviour?" Rory raised her eyebrows.

Tristan chuckled. "Yeh well in military school you can't really get away with much." He said. "I guess it was good for me really."

Rory was surprised at his honesty. "Yeh well...good." She said.

"They said I should do my last year here and then graduate. It would look better for colleges." He said.

"You're thinking of going to college?" Rory asked surprised.

"It's one way to get away from my family." He joked.

Rory rolled her eyes. "So it's nothing about your education then." She said sarcastically.

"Well I want that too." He admitted. "You're still going to Harvard right?" He asked.

"Yeh, well if I get in." She said.

"You will." He said.

"How can you be so sure?"

"Because you're the smartest person at this school, along with Paris." He said honestly.

Rory was surprised by his compliment. "Thanks." She said.

"No problem." He said. He then tried his luck. "How about I take you for a coffee after school?"

Rory was shocked. "Oh um well I sort of have plans. I'm meeting um Dean..." She said, somehow embarrassed by that.

"Oh. You're still with bag boy?" Tristan asked, disappointed.

"Yeh." Rory said quietly.

"Oh ok." He said. "Well I better let you go back to your reading." He said getting up and started to walk away.

"Maybe another time?" Rory said without even thinking about what she was saying.

"Really?" Tristan asked surprised.

Rory gave him a small smile. "I want to hear more about military school."

"See you around, Mary." He smirked and walked out of the canteen.

Rory couldn't help the smile that appeared on her face. She didn't know why but she felt like Tristan had changed. He had lost some of that cockiness and arrogance. She went back to her book but couldn't really concentrate for the rest of lunch.

Luke and Lorelai were lying under the covers cuddling into each other.

"Luke..." Lorelai said quietly.

"Yeh?"

"Was this a mistake?" She worried. "I mean, did I force you? I didn't want to. It just...you were saying those things and then the kiss and then I just felt...I don't know." She started freak out.

"Lorelai, calm down." Luke said softly. "If you think I'm going to leave, you're wrong. I've wanted this for a while. For quite a while actually." He admitted.

"You have?" She asked, calming down a little.

"Ever since I met you." He admitted.

"What?" Lorelai asked shocked.

"Something intrigued me about you that first day you came bursting through the doors of the diner and demanding coffee. You came in and followed me everywhere, annoying the hell out of me, demanding coffee. When I told you to wait your turn, you started asking what my birthday was. I eventually gave in and to shut you up, I told you what my birthday was. You then ripped out a horoscope from a newspaper and wrote something down on it and then handed it to me. It read that I would meet an annoying woman that day and if I gave you coffee, you would go away. So I gave you coffee." He smiled at the memory.

"But I didn't go away." Lorelai smiled, turning around to face him.

"You told me to keep that horoscope in my wallet and one day, it would bring me luck." He smiled. He grabbed his wallet from his bedside table and took out a piece of paper. "Here."

Lorelai was stunned. "You kept this."

"I kept it." He said.

"Luke..." She said quietly.

"You're an amazing person, Lorelai. I'm not going to leave. I would never do that to you." He said.

Lorelai gave him a watery smile and leaned over to kiss him. "You're an amazing guy too. One of the best out there." She smiled.

"So this, what we did..." He said.

"Not a mistake." She smiled, snuggling into him.

So what do you think? Review and let me know if it's worth continuing! :)