Loyalties

Rory's POV

I ran inside, slamming the door open. I ran to my room without looking at anyone. I heard people get up and one pair of footsteps followed me. I didn't care who it was, I just wanted to be alone. I slammed the door on whoever followed me.

I collapsed on my bed, tears falling down my cheek. There was a small knock on the door.

"Go away!" I shouted hoping they would listen. They didn't, instead my mom opened the door and sat on the end of my bed. She didn't say anything, just ran her fingers through my hair comfortingly.

"Baby, you need to tell me what happened." My mom whispered soothingly. I shook my head into my pillow, not looking her in the eye. "Rory, come one. Talk to me."

"I kissed Alex." I mumbled into my pillow, but she could still hear me.

My mom didn't say anything; I was expecting her to be angry or shocked. I slowly rolled over to look at her; she was looking at me with concern and her lips were curved in a small smile.

"Why aren't you mad at me?"I asked astonished.

"Baby, did Alex talk to you about it?"

"About imprinting?" I whispered.

"So he did." She whispered to herself. "So then what's wrong?"

"Alex imprinted on me when I was born right?" my mom nodded. "Then how do I know he really cares about me? You and dad fought so hard against the imprint because you didn't believe in it. So why should I?" Mom opened her mouth a few times, trying to figure out what to say.

"Lorelai, it didn't work out for your dad and his imprint because he and I had already had you."

"But what if my perfect guy is out there, what if he's not Alex. I see how you and dad look at each other, how hard you fought to stay together. Maybe I want that." I reasoned.

"Baby, Alex will be whatever you need him to be. He can be your friend, your brother, or he can be a boyfriend. And I think you already answered what you want him to be. It may be too late to change your mind." I groaned, rolling back over. My mom got up and left my room, closing my door behind her.

Great, now what do I do?

I got out of my car, quietly walking inside without knocking.

The garage was empty, most the pack was probably patrolling.

I walked to the back; I knew he was back there.

"Hey what are you doing here?" he asked from behind me, causing me to jump.

"Uh, I wanted to talk to you." I said nervously. I didn't want to make him upset.

"What about princess?"

"About imprinting. About Emily." I said nervously looking up at my dad. He sat down on a stool across from me; he looked down at the ground. I wasn't sure if he was mad or just thinking.

"Alex told you?" my dad asked. Great so everyone knew. I just nodded my head. "So what do you want to know about Emily?" he didn't seem mad.

"Did you love her?" I asked, scared of the answer.

My dad looked down again. "Yes."

"What? But then why did you leave her?"

"Because I loved your mom more." He said quietly, smiling slightly.

"I thought you weren't supposed to love someone more than your imprint?"

"We don't really understand the imprint. But your mom thinks I imprinted so I could grow up and be a good leader." My dad chuckled a little. "And to have your brother."

Now for the real question, "Do you think Alex loves me?" I asked shyly, looking down.

"Honey, Alex has been here your whole life, longer than I have," he said bitterly. "I think you should give him the benefit of the doubt."

"But just because he's been here doesn't mean he loves me. A lot of people have been here just as long."

"Why are you fighting this so much?" my dad asked, cupping my face and making me look at him. He knew I couldn't lie to him when I looked him in the eye.

"I don't know." I tried not to meet his eye.

"Lorelai."

"Imprinting ruin mom's life, she hates it. I feel like I'm betraying her if I just give into the imprinting."

"Rory, your mom loves you no matter what you do. She didn't like imprinting because it ruined our lives and kept me away from you. But Alex hasn't been with anyone since you were born. You are the only person he loves." I now had tears coming down my face.

"I need to go talk to him." I said standing up.

"Do you want me to drive you?" my dad asked.

"No, I'll be fine." I gave my dad a big hug and walked out of the garage, back to my car.

I made it half way to Alex's house when I couldn't drive anymore. I was crying too much. I was so confused. I sat there for five minutes when the passenger door opened and someone got in. I didn't have to turn to know who it was; I don't know how I knew, I just did.

"Lor, what's wrong?" Alex asked. I slowly turned to look at him. This just caused even more tears to spill out, causing Alex to freak out a little.

"Rory, what happened? Are you hurt? Talk to me." he rambled, whipping the tears off my face.

"I'm fine, I just want to go home." I said starting the car again.

"I should drive."

"No you shouldn't. I can take care of myself." I snapped. I instantly felt bad when I saw how hurt he was. I didn't want to hurt him, I just wanted to make sense of all this.

"Do you want me to get out?" he whispered.

"Don't do that." I demanded.

"Do what?" he sounded so defeated.

"Act all pathetic just because I snapped at you." I snapped again.

"You are just like your mom."

"Thanks." I said stiffly.

"I'm sorry." His voice didn't sound pathetic but I could still tell he was hurt.

"I'm sorry for snapping." I turned to look at him. "Can I ask you something." He nodded. "Why do you care so much?"

"Because I love you." He said, shocking me. I just sat there, afraid to speak "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have told you like that. I had it all worked out and-

"You don't love me." I cut him off. "Why would you?"

"Who are you to tell me how I feel?" he snapped, this surprised me, my whole life he has never once snapped at me. I couldn't hide the hurt on my face. "It hurts doesn't it?" He had a cocky smile on his face as he cupped my face forcing me to look at him. I couldn't help but smile slightly, I loved that smile.

"What?"

"When I snapped at you, it hurt. So why can't I be hurt but you can?" Great, he was using logic on me.

"Because I said so." I tried to pull away from him, but he wouldn't let me. He just leaned in closer to me.

"I love you Lorelai, you can believe me or not. But that won't change how I feel." My heart was beating double time now and the embarrassing thing was I know he heard it. He had that cocky grin back on his face as he leaned in. He was so close now, but he stopped moving. He wanted me to lean the rest of the way in; he wanted to prove to me that I couldn't resist him. I kind of wanted to pull away just to mess with him, but he was so close I don't think I had the will power.

I leaned the rest of the way and our lips connected. My hands wrapped into his hair, pulling me closer while one of his arms wrapped around my waist. His free hand was still on my face, holding me there. We deepened the kiss. Neither of us could get enough of each other. When I was about to run out of air he pulled back, he probably knew I wasn't going to break it. His hand was still on my face.

"Don't run again." He whispered, his eyes pleading with me.

"I'm not going anywhere." I said surprising myself. I guess that was the answer I was looking for.

I'm debating whether I want to make Lorelai phase or not. I'm not going to put up a poll so just put your answer in a review! I'll try to update more often.