A/N: Okay you guys! Here's a new story. This started out as a One-Shot project that I had been thinking about. But as I wrote this, I saw an ongoing story forming in my head. Big thanks to Ashmo2000 for her thoughts when I stuck. You always got my back girl. Don't forget to check out our story "It's all my fault".

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Winter Dance

Rory POV

I was sitting at Luke's waiting for Mom, when Lane walked in and joined me. Luke brought us coffee. "Hey what's up?" I asked Lane.

"So….." She asked me.

"So…what?" I asked confused.

"Did you decide who your going to the winter dance with?" Lane asked. Henry had asked her to the dance. I had told her that Tristin had asked me as well as his friend Austin. I had planned on Dean going with me but obviously that wasn't going to happen since we broke up. I had been thinking about going with Tristin.

"I haven't decided but I think that I'm gonna go with Tristin." I told Lane.

"Wow. Henry said that Tristin told him that he has the whole night planned." Lane said.

I looked at the time. I had to catch my bus. "I gotta go. Hey Luke." I said getting his attention. He looked at me. "If you see Mom, tell her I had to go."

"You got it." Luke said.

When I walked out of Luke's, I walked over to the bus stop to wait for my bus. The entire ride to school I thought about what Lane had said…that Tristin had the whole night planned. Did he actually like me? Had he been messing with me because he actually liked me like Paris had said? When I got to school, I made my way to my locker to find Tristin and Austin waiting for me. "Hey guys." I said as I approached them.

"Hey, we were just wondering if you had decided yet?" Tristin asked locking eyes with me.

"Yeah, I actually decided this morning on the bus." I said.

"And?" Austin asked.

I broke eye contact with Tristin and looked at Austin. "I'm going with Tristin. Sorry." I said. Austin nodded and walked away. I looked back at Tristin.

"Really?" He asked.

"Yeah, I'm giving you a chance. Don't make me regret my decision." I said.

"I promise, I won't. See you at lunch?" He said, with a smile.

"Sure." I said, turning and opening my locker. I was walking to Mr. Medina's class when Paris caught up with me.

"It's all over school, that your going to the dance with Tristin." She said.

"Good morning to you too, Paris." I said. "And yes, I'm going to the dance with Tristin. You got a problem with it?" I asked her as we stopped in front of Mr. Medina's class.

"No, no problem. Just curious actually."

"About what?" I asked her.

"About how long before you and Tristin are actually a couple?" She asked before walking into class.

That night, I was in my room getting ready for the dance when I heard the doorbell. "Mom! Door!" I yelled. I heard her walk to the door, open it and greet Tristin. I was trying to finish getting ready. A few minutes later, Mom walked through my bedroom door.

"He seems nice." Mom said.

"I'm giving him a chance Mom. You should too." I said and Mom held up her hands in surrender.

"Have a good time tonight, Ror. You deserve it." Mom finally said as I was putting my shoes on.

I walked toward my bedroom door and turned back toward her. "Thanks Mom." I walked out to the living room, to find Tristin standing in front of the fireplace looking at the pictures that Mom had on the mantle. "Hey." I said, causing him to turn around.

"Wow." Tristin said.

"Wow good or wow bad?" I asked.

"Definitely wow good." He said. He walked towards me and stopped, standing in front of me. "You ready to go?" He asked and I nodded. Tristin and I walked out to his car and he opened the passenger side door for me. "Are you hungry? I thought we might could get something to eat before we go to the dance."

I smiled at him. "That sounds great." I said, getting into the car.

Tristin drove us back toward Hartford and pulled into the parking lot of a little Italian restaurant. "You do like Italian food right?" He asked.

"I love Italian food." I said and he nodded.

After dinner, Tristin and I headed to the dance. When we walked in, I immediately noticed how beautiful the room looked. We quickly found our table. We were sitting with Lane and Henry, and Paris and Austin. I sat my purse down on the table and Tristin asked me to dance. Tristin grabbed my hand and led me to the dance floor.

The dance was amazing. I was actually surprised at how good of a time I had with Tristin. After the dance, we went to a little coffee shop that Mom and I had been to a couple of times when we had been in Hartford. Tristin ordered our coffees and I found us a table in the corner of the shop. He waited on the coffees and then joined me. "Thanks." I said.

"Your welcome. So I hope that you enjoyed yourself tonight." Tristin said.

"I did. Thank you, Tristin. It was a great night." I said. I could tell that he was nervous about something. "Is everything okay?" I asked.

"Rory, can I ask you something?" I nodded. "I had a really good time tonight and I may have had another reason for asking you to the dance." Tristin said. I sat there silently. "Rory, I like you. I've liked you for a while…and I guess I have a weird way of showing it." Tristin says as I take a drink of my coffee. "I'm rambling. I guess what I'm saying is that I had hoped that the dance would be a chance for me to show you that I'm not a bad guy, and I was hoping that you would give me a chance." I smile at Tristin. "Rory, will you consider giving me a chance at being your boyfriend?"

A/N: Any body see that coming? Hope you guys enjoyed this! Don't forget to review. I always like reading them, the good, the bad and the ugly.