Title: I Tried To Forget You

A/N: At first I was gonna leave this story as just a one shot, but thanks to Spinaround, she gave me a wonderful idea to continue the story with, so I'm gonna.

Big huge thanks to Spinaround!

And I decided that the first chapter wasn't too horribly graphic, so maybe it could slide as a T rating, if anyone is offended, I'm sorry.

Anyways, here it is!

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She had tried to forget him...tried to move on with her life.

How could she?

After he had left she had slept with Dean, hoping that she would feel what she did with Tristan. It didn't work. When she closed her eyes she saw blonde hair, so soon after she broke up with Dean.

And moved on to Jess.

Jess was good. Not a good boyfriend, but a good lay. He kept her happy for a while, but she couldn't hide from the fact that Jess was not Tristan.

Her relationship with Lorelai had gone to hell. Lorelai didn't know what to say to her anymore neither did she know why Rory was acting this way. She didn't know what to do. At first she thought it was a faze, something that she would grow out of.

Then, after the Jess and Dean relationships, or mostly in Jess's part, fling, she had blamed them. Mostly Jess though.

Her next idea was to get Rory away from them for the Summer, so she let her go to Europe with Richard and Emily, hoping that she would come back from Europe the Rory that she once knew.

That failed miserably.

She had come back even more different, complete with a tattoo and a little black book full of guys' names that she had been with during their trip.

Richard and Emily blamed Lorelai.

Lorelai blamed Jess.

Only Rory knew who the real blame was to go to. The same person she hated. Also the same person she loved, and that loved her.

"Rory?" Lorelai asked timidly, opening Rory's bedroom door.

"What?" Rory asked from laying on her bed listening to her iPod and reading.

"I need to talk to you." Lorelai said seriously, coming fully into the room.

"What?" Rory repeated bored, taking out the earplug that she had on.

"You've changed.."Lorelai started, but was interrupted.

"Oh God, not this talk again. I've heard it enough, I can say it to myself now!" Rory rolled her eyes.

"Let me finish! I was gonna say that you're Grandparents and I have discussed it and we think it would be better for you to go to a boarding school, away from here. Maybe the space will do you some good." Lorelai told her.

"What! You're sending me away?" Rory yelled.

"It's for the best." Lorelai tried to explain quietly.

"Get out, I can't believe you, get out of my room right now! I can't believe that you conspired with Emily and Richard about me!" Rory screamed.

Lorelai left quietly, but before she closed the door she looked at Rory, "Your flight leaves tomorrow night, I suggest you start packing." With that she shut door.

Rory stared after her, in shock. Sure, she knew that her Grandparents and her Mother were wondering about what to do with her, but she never thought that they would take it so far.

She climbed out her window, something that she was good at now and walked to Luke's Diner. Only, she didn't go in. She climbed up the fire escape that led to Jess's room, and tapped on the window when she saw Jess laying on his bed reading.

"Rory? What are you doing here?" He asked letting her in.

"I don't know really, I just wanted to tell you that I'm leaving tomorrow." Rory told him.

"What?"

"My Mom, she's fuckin' sending me to boarding school. Told me she can't handle me."

"Wow, you too? First, I get sent away here, now you're going...where are you going?"

"I don't know, she didn't elaborate. I didn't ask. I can't believe this! They're just sending me off! She's like 'you've changed' and all that shit, I think she wants to get me away from you."

"Probably. Rory...I'm sorry for what happened." Jess said seriously.

"What?" Rory was confused.

"Us. What happened to us. It's my fault, I pressured you into all this and..." He trailed.

"And what? Despite what you might think, all this has nothing to do with you. You were there, and a good fuck too, I thought that was the one thing that we agreed on, it wasn't serious. Just sex." Rory told him.

"I know! It's just...it wasn't for me. Rory...I think I love you." He told her.

"No." Rory said softly, walking away from him and towards the door.

"No Rory wait! I love you, stay. Stay with me, things will go back to normal, and we'll be together.

"No it won't! Everything won't be back to normal! I'll never be normal again, and I don't love you!" She yelled, tears streaming down her face." Jess stepped back as if he had been slapped.

"Goodbye Jess." She said quietly, backing away from him and leaving the apartment.

When she got back to her room she started to pack. Maybe it wouldn't be too horrible leaving this town. Getting away from these people, starting anew. Maybe she might have fun, meet some guys, get some new friends...away from all the people that she once knew.

Wouldn't be so bad, would it?

The next twenty-four hours went quickly for Rory. She packed, had to stop by Chilton to get her things, and then was headed off to start her Junior year at Stredford Boarding School.

Rory looked out at the sky and land below her on the plane that was taking her to her new life, and couldn't help but wonder what her would life would be if she had never taken that trip to Hartford that night, changing her life.

She didn't regret it, that was sure.

She did regret that she had let herself hear him tell her that he loved her.

If she hadn't, maybe she wouldn't be thinking about him now.

On a plane in the middle of the night on its way to North Carolina to her new school.

A/N: Okay, this was short, but it was mostly a preview to what direction is going.

Again, a Huge thanks to Spinaround!

And please review and tell me what you think!