Chapter one: Running away.
Warning: Tristen abuse talked about in this chapter other stuff to come later.
Timeframe: About the time Rorry starts prep school only she and Tristen haven't crossed paths yet.
Stars Hallow even it's name sounded wholesome. Tristan gave a little shutter as he stepped off the bus he had had a fight with his dad just before school then he found out most of the student body was out sick so he'd had to sit threw all review classes with nothing pretty or the least bit cool to look at then they let out early cuz some of the teachers were sick too! On a normal day this would be great but Tristan knew if he went home his dad would cream him and he'd miss the rest of the week with his mother calling the school with one exscuse or the other as to why he didn't turn up.
Tristan's family were rich and well known so it wouldn't do for anyone to know how his father releaved his stress or why Tristan missed more days at school then anyone else.
Tristan had gotten off the bus at this small little speck of a town for one reason he'd never heard of it before so his dad would have no reason to look for him here.
Tristan walked toward the dinner across from the bus stop. The place was nearily full which surprised him. There was a no cellphone sigh behind the counter and a guy in a baseball cap surving the food. Tristan only had 20 bucks on him which wasn't a lot to run away on.
Tristan sat at the counter.
"Hey what can I get you?" the guy said looking kind of haustel.
"Uh, herbal tea and one of those blueberry muffins" he said looking at the makeshift menu behind the man.
"Right" he said and quickly put together Tristan's order and sat it infront of him with a grunt.
Tristan spent the next four hours nursing his tea and muffin and trying not to be noticed which was kind of hard as he was still wearing his Chilton uniform and stood out like a sore thumb.
After getting to many odd looks from the guy behind the counter Tristan stood and went to the bathroom taking his bookbag with him. In the restroom Tristan pulled off his jacket and tie and shuved them into his bookbag and untucked his white shirt and undid the first 2 buttons at the top. After unprepping himself as he thought of it, Tristan grabbed his bag and walked out of the dinner. He didn't know how long he had till his folks found him but he planned to make the most of it til they did.
He walked around the small town square checking out all the little shops and stores before he ended up in a book store which was pretty fair. Tristan was looking over a copy of the Hobbit one of the many things his dad disaproved of said it and books like it were childish and Tristan had never been aloud to be a child.
He heard the door chime and the man who ran the store start talking to some women but Tristan didn't look up he was bizy counting his money to see if he had enuff money to get it.
Luke Danes was wiping up the counter in his dinner it was almost closing time when the blond teen boy from earlier came in his nose burried in a copy of the hobbit and a huge smile on his face he sat down at the counter infront of Luke and put a wad of bills on the counter.
"What can I get with that?" he asked.
Luke unwadded the money and counted it. It was $4.00
"A hamburger and small coke or the house soup and a large soda" Luke said knowing both would give the kid change.
"The soup and a small soda please." the boy said. As Luke made the meal he noticed the last of his custmers other then the kid.
Luke put the bowl infront of him and the kid said a thanks the started to dig in.
Later that night after eating his dinner he'd snuck into the alley behind the diner he noticed earlier that day while exsploring and looking and reading his new book which he'd traded two of his school books for it insted buying it the guy said they were worth more then the book he'd traded for so he'd gotten a couple of bucks to.
Tristen put his book in his backpack and curled around it up aginst the wall. It was disgusting but not the first time he'd slept outside rather then go home, not that he'd ever let anyone know that!