two blondes and a brunette

Girlfriend?

Rory knew she shouldn't be eavesdropping, but she was curious. She stood back, but leaned her head forward to try and hear what he was saying. He sounded happy. She couldn't hear the whole thing, but she heard some words.

"Yeah... [chuckle] girlfriend huh?... hmmm... Alex... [chuckle] ... baby, come on.... Yeah, I'll see you this weekend... ok, love you, bye. [chuckle]".

OH MY GOD! DID TRISTAN HAVE A GIRLFRIEND! But didn't he like Rory?! Oh my god! Was he gonna cheat on this Alex girl! She couldn't go through that again, like she did with Dean!

He was moving around in the room, so she decided to knock. She would figure the whole thing out later, maybe he would tell her today?

"Hey." she said, knocking. "Robert let me in."

"Hey." he said, with a smile. "Ok let me grab my coat and then we can go," he told her.

They both left his dorm and started walking.

"So, where are we going?" she asked.

"We could grab some coffee, talk?" he suggested.

"Yeah, that sounds good." she told him and they walked around the campus, looking for a coffee stand. After getting their coffees, they found a bench in a courtyard and sat down.

"So... Yale?" he asked.

"Yeah. Yale." she said. "I made my list. It won." she told him.

"You made a list?" he asked, laughing.

"Do not mock my lists!" she told him and he raised his arms in defense.

"I'm not." he laughed. "I'm guessing one of the reasons was that it's close to home." he said and she nodded.

"Yeah. 22.8 miles." she smiled, looking out at the courtyard, silent.

"You Yahooed the difference between Yale and Stars Hollow?" he asked, laughing out of control.

"No, my boyfriend- ex - boyfriend did, when I decided on Yale." she told him.

"Oh.... bagboy?" he asked.

"No." she laughed. "Jess."

"The guy that crashed your car?" he asked.

"Yeah." she told him.

"How did I never meet this guy?" Tristan asked.

"You left around the same time that he moved to Stars hollow." she explained. "You guys would've gotten along well" she added, smiling lightly.

"And why do you think that?" he asked.

"Well you both hated Dean so..." she said, and he laughed.

"Any man who hates bagboy has my respect." he told her and she laughed.

"What about you?" she asked.

"What about me?" he asked, confused.

"Exes? Girlfriends?" she explained, and looked closely at his face to see if she could catch any emotions.