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*~*~*:-)*~*~*Bye, smile :-)
Rory was glad when Taylor announced the break. Lorelai and Rory headed to the bleachers. Lorelai managed to sit down on the bleachers,but Rory collapsed on the floor. She was so tired. Her feet hurt and she could hardly keep her eyes open.
L: ''Are you alright hon ?''
R: ''Fine, I'm just tired.''
L: ''Me too, I'll go get us some coffee kay ?''
R: ''Please, maybe that will keep me awake.''
Lorelai got up and went to get coffee. Rory looked around the gym. Everyone was taking a break. Taylor and Miss Patty were arguing about something, Luke and her mom were talking, Lane was handing out sandwiches and Dean was sitting on the other end of the bleachers talking to a couple who was sitting Rory knew that Dean was bored, but it was sweet of him to stay and watch.Rory observed all the people on the bleachers. They all looked tired. Her eyes met Jess' eyes for a minute. Then she noticed that he and Shane were not sitting far from her spot on the floor. They were still making out of course. She looked away and sighed.
T: ''Hey Mary, you look tired.''
Rory held her breath. It couldn't be. She looked up and found Tristan leaning against the wall with a small grin on his face. What was he doing here ? If Dean saw him,he would kill him.
R: ''Tristan..............what are you doing here ?''
T: ''I thought we were going to study today.''
R: ''Didn't Paris call you ?''
T: ''She did.''
R: ''Then why did you still come ?''
T: ''I wanted to see it for myself.''
R: ''See what ?''
T: ''You in a dance-marathon.''
R: ''Yeah,well it isn't much fun. My feet hurt and I'm tired.''
Tristan got down on his knees in front of her.
T: ''I could take you home and........put you in bed.''
He gave her a smile.
R: ''Tristan...........I.........''
T: ''I know you have a boyfriend. Where is he anyway ? Isn't he here to watch his girlfriend dance ?''
R: ''He his and if he sees you he'll........''
T: ''Get mad ? I know. I still don't understand what you see in that guy. He doesn't seem your type.''
R: ''Well he is.''
T: ''No he isn't........and you know that. Deep in your heart you like me Mary.''
Rory started to blush.
R: ''No I don't.''
T: ''When you and bag boy break up you should give me a call.''
Tristan reached out and stroked her cheek.
R: ''Please leave Tristan, I don't want Dean to see you and get mad.''
T: ''If that's what you want.''
Tristan got up and gave Rory one last look.
T: ''Bye Mary.''
Rory watched Tristan leave the gym. She looked at Dean,but he was still talking with the couple. Rory got up and started to walk towards Dean. When she passed Jess and Shane, Jess pulled away from Shane.
J: ''So was that your other boyfriend ?''
R: ''Not now Jess.''
J: ''No, please tell me. I'm curious. Does he play your game too ?''
R: ''Just go back to kissing your girlfriend.''
J: ''Aren't we a little jealous.''
Rory didn't say anything and sat down next to Dean on the bleachers.
D: ''You want me to beat him up ?''
R: ''That's okay, but thanks anyway.''
D: ''No problem, so how are you doing ?''
R: ''Tired......I wanna go to bed and sleep forever.''
Dean put an arm around Rory and kissed her on her head.
R: ''I'm sorry for bailing on you.''
D: ''Don't worry about that. You'll make it up to me and besides it's fun to watch everyone dance.''
R: ''Watching is fun, but dancing isn't. Remind me not to let my mom talk me in to this again next year.''
D: ''I will. Speaking of the devil.......''
Lorelai joined them and gave Rory a cup with coffee.
L: ''How is she doing ?''
D: ''Okay.........she's tired.''
Rory drank her coffee and rested her head on Dean's shoulder. She glanced at Jess. He was alone...........Shane was probably getting something to eat or drink.
Jess caught Rory looking at him. He smirked and held her gaze for a minute before he looked away. This was too easy..........He enjoyed the looks she gave him when he was making out with Shane. She had it coming. She kissed him,went to Washington and when she came back she pretended that it never happened and avoided him. Who did she think he was ? He wasn't going to sit and wait for her.......he wasn't Dean.
L: ''Honey, the marathon is starting again. Are you ready ?''
R: ''Sure, but if they start to play happy or fast songs I'm out of here.''
L: ''I'll tell Taylor that, come on.''
R: ''You go ahead, I'll be right there.''
L: ''Okay, don't be too long.''
R: ''You can go home if you want.''
D: ''No that's okay, I like watching you dance.''
R: ''It's okay, I know you think it's boring and you've been real nice watching and all,but you can go home.''
D: ''Are you sure ?''
R: ''Yep, real sure.''
D: ''Okay..........I'll see you later.''
R: ''Make that tomorrow, I'm going to sleep when I get home.''
D: ''Bye, love you.''
Dean kissed Rory and left. Rory joined her mother and started to dance again. After the first song Rory started to feel sleepy and rested her head on her mom's shoulder. Her mom shook Rory, so Rory had to look up.
R: ''What is it ? I was sleeping here if you hadn't noticed yet.''
L: ''My heel broke.''
R: ''What do you mean your heel broke ?''
L: ''It broke. I can't dance anymore, I have to go fix it.''
R: ''So we can stop dancing ?''
L: ''No no, you have to keep dancing and I'll go fix my heel.''
R: ''Mom, I can't dance by myself. That would just look stupid and I need someone to hold me up.''
L: ''You're right it would look stupid. Where's Dean ?''
R: ''I told him that he could go home.''
L: ''So he's not here anymore ?''
R: ''The whole point of going home is leaving this place.''
L: ''Right, sorry. I'm low on caffeine.''
R: ''I noticed. So what now ?''
L: ''All the other people already left and there is nobody her to dance with you,except..............''
R: ''Except who..........?''
L: ''Jess..........''
R: ''No, I'm not dancing with him. I would rather dance alone.''
L: ''You can't dance alone.''
R: ''Why not ?''
L: ''Cause I think that's against the rules.''
R: ''Well find me another partner.''
L: ''There are no other people here.''
R: ''Then let's drop out.''
L: ''No way. We're dancing until Kirk stops.''
R: ''But that could take forever.''
L: ''Now you know I don't like Jess, but he's the only one here.''
R: ''Mom...........don't''.
L: ''Honey, it will only be for a minute.''
R: ''Fine........as long as I can sleep.''
L: ''Thank you. I love you.''
R: '' O now you love me.''
They started to dance towards the spot on the bleachers where Jess was sitting.
L: ''Hey Jess, can I ask you something.''
J: ''Shoot.''
L: ''Can you dance with Rory for a sec ? My heel broke of and I need to fix it.''
J: ''Why would I do that ?''
L: ''Come on Jess, be nice for once. It will only be for a minute or so and you don't even have to dance.....you just have to keep Rory from falling.''
J: ''Eh..........no.''
L: ''Please..........this dance means a lot to me.''
J: ''No it doesn't. You just wanna win.''
L: ''Well yeah,but that's important to us.''
R: ''It's important to you.''
Lorelai looked at Jess. She was almost begging him.
J: ''Fine.''
L: ''Thanks. I'll be right back.''
Jess wrapped his arms around Rory, to keep her from falling and Lorelai ran of to fix her heel.
Rory hardly even noticed that she was in Jess' arms. It felt good.......Somewhere in the back of her mind a little voice was telling her that Dean wouldn't like this, but she was too tired to do anything about it.
Jess took in the smell of Rory's hair. He liked the way she had her arms around his neck.Rory lay her head on his shoulder. Jess almost forgot that he was supposed to be mad at her.
R: ''I'm tired.......I wanna go home to my bed.''
J: ''Then why are you doing this ?''
R: ''Doing what ?''
J: ''Dancing.''
R: ''My mom needed a partner..............hey Jess......''
J: ''Yes Rory ?''
R: ''Keep me awake okay.''
J: ''I'll try. Ooooo I know a way....what if I let you go ?''
R: ''Then I would fall.''
J: ''Exactly my point.''
R: ''If I wasn't this tired I would laugh.''
J: ''Good to know.''
They just danced for a while without saying a word. Rory was too tired to talk and Jess didn't know what to say. A while ago he was trying to make her mad by making out with Shane in front of her and now he was dancing with her.
J: ''So why couldn't bag boy dance with you ?''
R: ''He went home.''
J: ''Are you going to tell him that you danced with me ?''
R: ''Jess.......I...........''
J: ''Is that a no ?''
R: ''I probably don't even have to tell him.....Miss Patty is here remember.''
J: ''But if she wasn't here,you wouldn't tell him ?''
R: ''I don't know...........''
J: ''Yes or no.''
R: ''What if I don't answer ?''
J: ''Then I'll let you go.''
R: ''You won't.''
J: ''Maybe I will, maybe I won't.''
R: ''No....I wouldn't tell Dean about us dancing if Miss Patty wasn't here.''
J: ''Nice, long sentence.''
R: ''Jess............I'm really sorry.''
J: ''Why should you be sorry ?! I mean you only kissed me and told me not to tell anyone. Then you left without saying a word,you didn't call, mail or write and when you came back you just avoided me. O yeah and you get mad at me for not waiting for you,like bag boy would have done. And last time I checked you were still together with Dean.''
R: ''I told you I'm sorry. What do you want from me ?!''
J: ''The question is what do you want ?''
R: ''Nothing okay nothing.''
J: ''Really ?''
R: ''And even if I did...........it could never happen, because Dean is my boyfriend and you have Shane. Happy ?! Is that what you wanted to hear ?''
J: ''Don't tell me this just because you think I wanna hear it.''
R: ''God Jess.......stop it okay. I'm sick of this little game that you've been playing.''
J: ''It takes two to play, but you wouldn't know that, would you Rory ? Because you're too perfect to make mistakes and cheat on your boyfriend.''
R: ''I didn't cheat on him.''
J: ''So you told him about the kiss ?''
R: ''No........and you know that.''
J: ''Why didn't you tell him if it wasn't cheating ?''
R: ''Just because okay.''
J: ''O good reason.''
Rory pulled away from Jess.
R: ''If you didn't wanna dance with me you could have just said so.''
J: ''I could have, but this way we could have a chance to talk. This way you couldn't avoid me.''
Rory took a step back. So he knew that she was avoiding him ? It wasn't that hard to see actually. She never talked to him anymore,she only went to Luke's when Jess was at school or with Shane, she never borrowed books from him anymore and she even started to avoid the bridge.
R: ''Tell my mom I went home,okay.''
J: ''Rory.........''
R: ''I can't deal with this right now...........I'm too tired.''
J: ''Sure, run away again.''
Rory couldn't hold back the tears anymore. She looked at Jess her eyes filled with shock and surrender. He won............He forced her to talk to him and now he hurt her. She never thought that Jess could hurt her or make her cry. Guess she was wrong. Who knew that the truth hurt this much ? Yep, she was hurting alright. Her heart just broke into pieces and it did hurt. She knew that soon everything would fall apart...........her life, her relationship with Dean, everything.....and she was going to suffer for all the lying she had done to Dean, her mom and Jess. She looked at Jess one more time and ran away. Jess was right......she did run away from her problems. She wondered if Jess was right about the other things too, but she knew one thing for sure this was just the beginning.....
*~*~*:-)*~*~*Bye, smile :-)
Rory was glad when Taylor announced the break. Lorelai and Rory headed to the bleachers. Lorelai managed to sit down on the bleachers,but Rory collapsed on the floor. She was so tired. Her feet hurt and she could hardly keep her eyes open.
L: ''Are you alright hon ?''
R: ''Fine, I'm just tired.''
L: ''Me too, I'll go get us some coffee kay ?''
R: ''Please, maybe that will keep me awake.''
Lorelai got up and went to get coffee. Rory looked around the gym. Everyone was taking a break. Taylor and Miss Patty were arguing about something, Luke and her mom were talking, Lane was handing out sandwiches and Dean was sitting on the other end of the bleachers talking to a couple who was sitting Rory knew that Dean was bored, but it was sweet of him to stay and watch.Rory observed all the people on the bleachers. They all looked tired. Her eyes met Jess' eyes for a minute. Then she noticed that he and Shane were not sitting far from her spot on the floor. They were still making out of course. She looked away and sighed.
T: ''Hey Mary, you look tired.''
Rory held her breath. It couldn't be. She looked up and found Tristan leaning against the wall with a small grin on his face. What was he doing here ? If Dean saw him,he would kill him.
R: ''Tristan..............what are you doing here ?''
T: ''I thought we were going to study today.''
R: ''Didn't Paris call you ?''
T: ''She did.''
R: ''Then why did you still come ?''
T: ''I wanted to see it for myself.''
R: ''See what ?''
T: ''You in a dance-marathon.''
R: ''Yeah,well it isn't much fun. My feet hurt and I'm tired.''
Tristan got down on his knees in front of her.
T: ''I could take you home and........put you in bed.''
He gave her a smile.
R: ''Tristan...........I.........''
T: ''I know you have a boyfriend. Where is he anyway ? Isn't he here to watch his girlfriend dance ?''
R: ''He his and if he sees you he'll........''
T: ''Get mad ? I know. I still don't understand what you see in that guy. He doesn't seem your type.''
R: ''Well he is.''
T: ''No he isn't........and you know that. Deep in your heart you like me Mary.''
Rory started to blush.
R: ''No I don't.''
T: ''When you and bag boy break up you should give me a call.''
Tristan reached out and stroked her cheek.
R: ''Please leave Tristan, I don't want Dean to see you and get mad.''
T: ''If that's what you want.''
Tristan got up and gave Rory one last look.
T: ''Bye Mary.''
Rory watched Tristan leave the gym. She looked at Dean,but he was still talking with the couple. Rory got up and started to walk towards Dean. When she passed Jess and Shane, Jess pulled away from Shane.
J: ''So was that your other boyfriend ?''
R: ''Not now Jess.''
J: ''No, please tell me. I'm curious. Does he play your game too ?''
R: ''Just go back to kissing your girlfriend.''
J: ''Aren't we a little jealous.''
Rory didn't say anything and sat down next to Dean on the bleachers.
D: ''You want me to beat him up ?''
R: ''That's okay, but thanks anyway.''
D: ''No problem, so how are you doing ?''
R: ''Tired......I wanna go to bed and sleep forever.''
Dean put an arm around Rory and kissed her on her head.
R: ''I'm sorry for bailing on you.''
D: ''Don't worry about that. You'll make it up to me and besides it's fun to watch everyone dance.''
R: ''Watching is fun, but dancing isn't. Remind me not to let my mom talk me in to this again next year.''
D: ''I will. Speaking of the devil.......''
Lorelai joined them and gave Rory a cup with coffee.
L: ''How is she doing ?''
D: ''Okay.........she's tired.''
Rory drank her coffee and rested her head on Dean's shoulder. She glanced at Jess. He was alone...........Shane was probably getting something to eat or drink.
Jess caught Rory looking at him. He smirked and held her gaze for a minute before he looked away. This was too easy..........He enjoyed the looks she gave him when he was making out with Shane. She had it coming. She kissed him,went to Washington and when she came back she pretended that it never happened and avoided him. Who did she think he was ? He wasn't going to sit and wait for her.......he wasn't Dean.
L: ''Honey, the marathon is starting again. Are you ready ?''
R: ''Sure, but if they start to play happy or fast songs I'm out of here.''
L: ''I'll tell Taylor that, come on.''
R: ''You go ahead, I'll be right there.''
L: ''Okay, don't be too long.''
R: ''You can go home if you want.''
D: ''No that's okay, I like watching you dance.''
R: ''It's okay, I know you think it's boring and you've been real nice watching and all,but you can go home.''
D: ''Are you sure ?''
R: ''Yep, real sure.''
D: ''Okay..........I'll see you later.''
R: ''Make that tomorrow, I'm going to sleep when I get home.''
D: ''Bye, love you.''
Dean kissed Rory and left. Rory joined her mother and started to dance again. After the first song Rory started to feel sleepy and rested her head on her mom's shoulder. Her mom shook Rory, so Rory had to look up.
R: ''What is it ? I was sleeping here if you hadn't noticed yet.''
L: ''My heel broke.''
R: ''What do you mean your heel broke ?''
L: ''It broke. I can't dance anymore, I have to go fix it.''
R: ''So we can stop dancing ?''
L: ''No no, you have to keep dancing and I'll go fix my heel.''
R: ''Mom, I can't dance by myself. That would just look stupid and I need someone to hold me up.''
L: ''You're right it would look stupid. Where's Dean ?''
R: ''I told him that he could go home.''
L: ''So he's not here anymore ?''
R: ''The whole point of going home is leaving this place.''
L: ''Right, sorry. I'm low on caffeine.''
R: ''I noticed. So what now ?''
L: ''All the other people already left and there is nobody her to dance with you,except..............''
R: ''Except who..........?''
L: ''Jess..........''
R: ''No, I'm not dancing with him. I would rather dance alone.''
L: ''You can't dance alone.''
R: ''Why not ?''
L: ''Cause I think that's against the rules.''
R: ''Well find me another partner.''
L: ''There are no other people here.''
R: ''Then let's drop out.''
L: ''No way. We're dancing until Kirk stops.''
R: ''But that could take forever.''
L: ''Now you know I don't like Jess, but he's the only one here.''
R: ''Mom...........don't''.
L: ''Honey, it will only be for a minute.''
R: ''Fine........as long as I can sleep.''
L: ''Thank you. I love you.''
R: '' O now you love me.''
They started to dance towards the spot on the bleachers where Jess was sitting.
L: ''Hey Jess, can I ask you something.''
J: ''Shoot.''
L: ''Can you dance with Rory for a sec ? My heel broke of and I need to fix it.''
J: ''Why would I do that ?''
L: ''Come on Jess, be nice for once. It will only be for a minute or so and you don't even have to dance.....you just have to keep Rory from falling.''
J: ''Eh..........no.''
L: ''Please..........this dance means a lot to me.''
J: ''No it doesn't. You just wanna win.''
L: ''Well yeah,but that's important to us.''
R: ''It's important to you.''
Lorelai looked at Jess. She was almost begging him.
J: ''Fine.''
L: ''Thanks. I'll be right back.''
Jess wrapped his arms around Rory, to keep her from falling and Lorelai ran of to fix her heel.
Rory hardly even noticed that she was in Jess' arms. It felt good.......Somewhere in the back of her mind a little voice was telling her that Dean wouldn't like this, but she was too tired to do anything about it.
Jess took in the smell of Rory's hair. He liked the way she had her arms around his neck.Rory lay her head on his shoulder. Jess almost forgot that he was supposed to be mad at her.
R: ''I'm tired.......I wanna go home to my bed.''
J: ''Then why are you doing this ?''
R: ''Doing what ?''
J: ''Dancing.''
R: ''My mom needed a partner..............hey Jess......''
J: ''Yes Rory ?''
R: ''Keep me awake okay.''
J: ''I'll try. Ooooo I know a way....what if I let you go ?''
R: ''Then I would fall.''
J: ''Exactly my point.''
R: ''If I wasn't this tired I would laugh.''
J: ''Good to know.''
They just danced for a while without saying a word. Rory was too tired to talk and Jess didn't know what to say. A while ago he was trying to make her mad by making out with Shane in front of her and now he was dancing with her.
J: ''So why couldn't bag boy dance with you ?''
R: ''He went home.''
J: ''Are you going to tell him that you danced with me ?''
R: ''Jess.......I...........''
J: ''Is that a no ?''
R: ''I probably don't even have to tell him.....Miss Patty is here remember.''
J: ''But if she wasn't here,you wouldn't tell him ?''
R: ''I don't know...........''
J: ''Yes or no.''
R: ''What if I don't answer ?''
J: ''Then I'll let you go.''
R: ''You won't.''
J: ''Maybe I will, maybe I won't.''
R: ''No....I wouldn't tell Dean about us dancing if Miss Patty wasn't here.''
J: ''Nice, long sentence.''
R: ''Jess............I'm really sorry.''
J: ''Why should you be sorry ?! I mean you only kissed me and told me not to tell anyone. Then you left without saying a word,you didn't call, mail or write and when you came back you just avoided me. O yeah and you get mad at me for not waiting for you,like bag boy would have done. And last time I checked you were still together with Dean.''
R: ''I told you I'm sorry. What do you want from me ?!''
J: ''The question is what do you want ?''
R: ''Nothing okay nothing.''
J: ''Really ?''
R: ''And even if I did...........it could never happen, because Dean is my boyfriend and you have Shane. Happy ?! Is that what you wanted to hear ?''
J: ''Don't tell me this just because you think I wanna hear it.''
R: ''God Jess.......stop it okay. I'm sick of this little game that you've been playing.''
J: ''It takes two to play, but you wouldn't know that, would you Rory ? Because you're too perfect to make mistakes and cheat on your boyfriend.''
R: ''I didn't cheat on him.''
J: ''So you told him about the kiss ?''
R: ''No........and you know that.''
J: ''Why didn't you tell him if it wasn't cheating ?''
R: ''Just because okay.''
J: ''O good reason.''
Rory pulled away from Jess.
R: ''If you didn't wanna dance with me you could have just said so.''
J: ''I could have, but this way we could have a chance to talk. This way you couldn't avoid me.''
Rory took a step back. So he knew that she was avoiding him ? It wasn't that hard to see actually. She never talked to him anymore,she only went to Luke's when Jess was at school or with Shane, she never borrowed books from him anymore and she even started to avoid the bridge.
R: ''Tell my mom I went home,okay.''
J: ''Rory.........''
R: ''I can't deal with this right now...........I'm too tired.''
J: ''Sure, run away again.''
Rory couldn't hold back the tears anymore. She looked at Jess her eyes filled with shock and surrender. He won............He forced her to talk to him and now he hurt her. She never thought that Jess could hurt her or make her cry. Guess she was wrong. Who knew that the truth hurt this much ? Yep, she was hurting alright. Her heart just broke into pieces and it did hurt. She knew that soon everything would fall apart...........her life, her relationship with Dean, everything.....and she was going to suffer for all the lying she had done to Dean, her mom and Jess. She looked at Jess one more time and ran away. Jess was right......she did run away from her problems. She wondered if Jess was right about the other things too, but she knew one thing for sure this was just the beginning.....