Hey, this is my latest GG fic. It's a Trory, it's sad and it deals with a difficult subject. Please R&R for me. I own none of them, the writers do….lol OK here's my story:
DIsclaimer I own no one

Silent Tears


There she sat *Rory DuGrey er make that Rory Gilmore* Tristin silently corrects himself. He usually loved to make her squirm in her seat, but today it was different, her usual disposition of calmness and serenity was an array of mixed confusing emotions. Strangely enough, coming from an emotionless face. Her pencil must of hit the side of her desk a hundred times every minute- maybe more.
Her hair hung around her face forming a curtain, blocking her face from the rest of the world. Tristin could see though, he figured out how to position himself just right. He could see her perfectly.

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As Mr. Medina droned on Rory could only count the seconds to the end of the period, the end of the day, end of the week, even the end of the month. *How could this of happened? Sure it was horrible at Chilton, but has it really come to this?* Rory shudders as a chill washes over her. The bell was going to ring, 30 seconds and she was free until tomorrow. She almost smiled- almost. She hadn't in so long-as least a genuine one- that she didn't even know what it felt like.

Rory glances at the clock once more. !5 seconds. She silently began gathering her things, praying those words would not come, they would once again hang in the air, and she would shake like a leaf, and then……….. Rory shuddered once more.

The bell rang *Free!* Rory thought quickly packing up.

"Rory….can you please stay after?" Mr. Medina asks over the noise

Rory's eyes drop quickly as she mumbles a yes. Her heart begins to cry silently the most dangerous of all tears. It was happening once again.

Tristin got up from his seat slowly, hoping he could find out…well anything…. Rory's eyes catches his, they seem to be begging him to stay, no they were asking him to take her away. Her eyes were so empty, Tristin also shuddered as he made his way out of the classroom.

"I wonder what Miss Priss did that was so horrible" Madeline comments off to the side at her locker.

"I know, Mr. Medina has asked her to stay after like how many times in the past few weeks?" Louise asks

"It must be bad" Madeline answers "Whatever it is"

"Has to be, I never saw anyone called to stay after that many times" Louise shrugs slamming her locker shut

Tristin glances after the two girls, an eerie feeling comes over him once more. He glances back into the classroom once more and makes his way to his car.

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"Rory" Mr. Medina starts "Rory it is polite to look at your elders"

Rory glances up her eyes cold and body looked so frail and cold, she could feel his hot breath over her shoulder, it wasn't warm it was just plain old hot. A horrible heat and Rory couldn't shake it.

He placed his hand on her shoulder "Rory is there something bothering you? Lately you have been acting…..distant, upset I don't know how to quite place it?" Mr. Medina asks concerned.

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Rory hurried from the building as fast as she could. She didn't glance back once, she didn't care she had left her english book in her locker, or even that her locker may still be open. The warm sunshine helped slightly, but was not enough, nothing was.

"A shower" Rory says aloud to herself "I need a shower, it will clear my head" But deep inside she knew it was all a lie.

"Rory?" Tristin asks tapping her shoulder

"Wha-!?!" Rory jumps scared out of her mind.

"Whoa calm yourself" Tristin says

Rory looks into his eyes. They were so warm and gentle, so real, so unlike…..

"Rory?" Tristin interrupts her thoughts

"Yea?" Rory asks snapping out of it

"Do you want a ride home? You missed the bus"

"The…oh the bus, yea I would like that"

"Come on" Tristin leads her over to his car.

They drive in silence. Tristin glances over to her occasionally, wondering where the fire went. She had a drive in her once a fire that could never burn out. They would dance around each other, playing with their matches of words careful never to seriously burn one another. Then Rory just seemed to die out, her fire was gone, no matches, nothing.

"We're here" Tristin announces

"Thanks" Rory says getting out of the car "I appreciate it" She says stiffly

"Don't worry about it" Tristin assures her. "Anytime for you" He winks hoping for a smile or a remark- anything.

"Yea" Rory answers her eyes downcast "I guess I'll see you tomorrow"

"Yea, well bye" Tristin pulls out of her driveway

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The door slams behind her, the house shook. The house was no longer warm or inviting, it didn't even seem like her own house anymore.

"Rory?" Lorelai asks "Rory I just got a call from Max. He said you have been slacking off in class. What's going on?"

"I just fell behind a little, from the days I was out with the flu" Rory lies

"You sure?" Lorelai asks concerned.

"Positive"

" Well I'm going out tonight-with Max. We shouldn't be home to late, I just have to go grab my coat, get the door if he gets here before I'm down." Lorelai says running up the stairs.

Rory glances nervously at the clock Mr. Medina was like clockwork, he was never late always 4:00 on the dot. They would have and early dinner maybe a movie, then come home. Rory catches the clock go from 3:59 to 4:00, sure enough she heard footsteps just then, then a knock.

"Rory hello, I'm glad you found you're way home, but if you had needed I ride I would not of minded." Mr. Medina greets her.

"I had no trouble getting home"

"Good I'm glad" Mr. Medina says walking in, Rory turned she could feel his presence he was too close. Too much too-

"I'm ready!" Lorelai announces appearing suddenly

"Bye mom, bye Mr. Medina" Rory kisses her mom good-bye

"Bye sweetie"

"See you tomorrow Rory" Mr. Medina calls

Rory rushes to the shower, ripping at the clothes she had on that day, trying to cleanse herself. Finally she steps out, a misty smoke all around her. It hadn't worked. She had known that though. She got into new clothes grabbed some money and headed off to Luke's.

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"Coffee?" Luke asks when Rory walked in

"Sure" Rory answers sullenly

"Anything else?" Luke asks

"No"

"Rory you have been losing weight, you need to eat"

"I'm not hungry"

"Cheeseburger and coffee coming up" Luke announces

Rory sighs and goes to sit in her regular seat and finds someone is already occupying it.

"Tristin?"

"Hi, uh I heard this place was good, and I was hungry" Tristin says flashing a smile.

"Oh"

"Want to join me? I would love some company"

"I'm not the best company"

"I didn't ask for the best company I simply asked for company" Tristin argues

"Here's your food" Luke places it down in front of Rory

"I said I wasn't hungry" Rory answers looking at the food

"Where's your mom?"

"Out"

"With that Max guy?" Luke asks

"Yea" Rory answers suddenly seeming uncomfortable.

"Speaking of Mr. Medina why did you have to stay after today? Madeline and Louise said you have been having to stay after quite often." Tristin interjects

"He had to…talk to me"

Luke raises an eyebrow "Is something wrong?"

"No, why would anything be?" Rory asks carefully

"I don't know, that's why I was asking" Luke answers, a weird feeling settling in his stomach as he walked away- something wasn't right.

After Tristin finished his food and most of Rory's he stood up, "Well I have to go, I'll see you tomorrow"

"Bye Tristin"

"Thanks for your company and it wasn't that bad" He says

"Was he bothering you?" Luke asks the second Tristin was out the door.

"No, of course not, he's, he's a friend" Rory stammers

"As long as you're sure, cause I know something is wrong."

"Nothing is Luke" Rory defends herself

"OK as long as you're sure"

"I'm positive" Rory says getting her coat. "See you tomorrow"

"Bye Rory"

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"Coffee please" Lorelai asks the next morning in Luke's

"Here" He gives her a cup "Where's Rory"

"Now that's a hard question, maybe at school?" Lorelai asks jokingly

"OK, well how is she doing?" Luke asks

"Fine, why wouldn't she be?"

"Yesterday she seemed a little off, I thought it was kid yesterday but she said it wasn't"

"What kid?"

"I don't know Ristin, Christian…."

"Tristin?" Lorelai suggests

"Yes! That's it"

"Well that's it then, Tristin isn't Rory's favorite person."

"If you say so" Luke says

"I do, and now I have to go, so I will see you later for my next coffee break" Lorelai announces

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Rory stood at her locker staring at the contents of it, not touching a thing, Tristin wondered what was up with her. *What could possibly of happened between then and now?" He wondered

"Rory?"

"Yea? Hi Tristin"

"So how are you today"

"Same as yesterday" Rory answers *Nice answer* Rory scolds herself

"Oh, so you want to hang out today?"

"Sure" Rory agrees

"Great, so I'll see you in Mr. Medina's class then?" Tristin says

"Yea" Rory answers

"Bye Rory"

"Bye" *Oh no what did I agree to?* Rory cried to herself *I can't hang out with him!*

Throughout the rest of the day Rory contemplated on a reason that she could give Tristin for not hanging out with him. Right before the bell rang in english she decided on 'I forgot I had plans' She could only hope it would work.

Rory sat in her seat. Tristin was not yet in the room, in fact the only other person who was there yet, was that kid from the glee club. A cold wave of fear washed over Rory, she could feel his eyes on her, boring into her brain. She tried to ignore it, but it was as though he had a power over her. Rory looked up and met eyes with Mr. Medina.


Here's the end of chapter 1. Please R&R