For a small, peaceful town in New England, there sure are a lot of complicated relationships in Stars Hollow. Luke and Lorelai. Rory and Dean. Rory and Jess. And those are just the romantic relationships. Let’s not forget the strained peace between Lorelai and her parents. Or Lane and Mrs. Kim. Not to mention how Lorelai and Rory’s mother-daughter bond, while occasionally idyllic, is anything but traditional. Yet none of those quite live up to the fascinating dynamic of the often uneasy and always entertaining relationship between Paris Gellar and Rory Gilmore.

at first glance, Paris and Rory appear to be an unlikely pair. From their first meeting at Chilton to their rocky roommate relationship, they spend almost as much time fighting as they do friends. But in many ways, Rory and Paris are two sides of the same coin. Both are extremely intelligent, motivated girls with big dreams. While they excel in the academic areas of life, and are very mature for their ages, neither one has the greatest social skills. Paris’s caustic wit and competitive nature offend nearly everyone she comes in contact with and Rory prefers the company of her books to that of her classmates. And while both girls do have relationships, they seem to stumble into them more than actively pursue them, at least in the earlier seasons. Dean was the one to approach Rory, who was clearly astonished by the move, and Paris didn’t even realize that Jamie had asked her out until Rory pointed  …