Disclaimer: I sadly do not own Gilmore Girls or the lives of Rory, Finn, Colin, Emily and Richard, etc. who belong to Amy Sherman-Paladino and the CW. I also do not own the name "The Rogue" which belongs to Tamora Peirce. I hope that I have run out of things that do not belong to me. Enjoy the chapter!
Colin strolled up to the front desk, trying to look casual but not accomplishing what he was going for. "Excuse me Miss", He tried to sweeten his words up but they seemed to be a little harsh. "How can I help you?" "Did you happened to see a girl with brown hair and blue eyes go past here just a few minutes ago?" "Yes, she went in the direction of the parking lot" "Thank you very much, bye" Colin ran out the door and into the blacktop forest of cars.
"Rory!" Colin scanned the lot before running over to a black 4Runner. Rory was in the front seat, having broken in, and was trying to start the car. "What the hell are you thinking?!? You could make the car explode!" After much kicking and screaming, Rory was out of the car and crying in Colin's arms.
"Calm down… it's alright. Breathe, Ror. We need to get back to school with you in one piece and with only one member in the hospital." After hearing the worry in Colin's voice, Rory calmed down. "What would I do without you?" She looked up at Colin's face while waiting for an answer. "Fall apart probably… you're a strong girl but, you do have some emotional issues. I definitely am the best one to tell you that, seeing as we've been around each other for the longest comparing to the other members and such. "Yup." Silence followed as they got into Colin's Martin.
"Colin, why is it that we're the only ones in the original Rogue left? I mean whoever is trying to kill us off has moved onto the newer people and just skipped over us." "I'm not sure, I Think it may be that they are trying to scare us into handing over command to them before they kill us, so then whoever was faithful would HAVE to follow our 'wishes' of this new group being lead of the pack."
"That won't ever happen right?" "Not on my watch, sweetheart, my crown doesn't say 'always and forever devoted' for nothing does it?" "NO", Rory said forcefully while Colin laughed at the response. "That was supposed to be a rhetorical question Rory." "Well screw that, I like to talk." "Sure." "I think I'm scared Colin," Rory's voice became childish and quiet. "I think I am too Ror."
An: stick with me this gets a little confusing… let me know if you want and explanation
"Thank you for checking in with me Ms. Gilmore, Mr. McRae.", the headmaster smiled and inclined his head towards both teens in turn. "I'll write a slip for your teacher which will explain why you two are a little late." Colin smiled, "Thank you sir."
Jess, Tristan, Colin and Rory walked out of the office, breathing a sigh of relief. "Thank god he took the bait." "O course he would DuGrey, he's like a fish taking a worm from a hook when it comes to Rory's puppy face." Tristan sighed, "Jess was that supposed to be funny, the whole fish and worm thing?"
"No Ace, I'm no good with joking. You of all people should know that." Logan looked at Rory with wide eyes while Colin and Tristan were sniggering in the background, it was the first time they had laughed since Jess had died. Rory looked at Logan sternly, "Do you really expect me to fall for that?"
"Yes love, I do. Logan and Colin here surely must agree with me that I am the most trustworthy person in the world, other than Tristan. But that doesn't count since he's dead." Rory burst into tears and ran off.
"Rory!", Colin shouted at her, trying to wake her from her daze of memories. "Sorry about that Colin, what were you saying?" "I was trying to get you to hurry up, I don't want to be any later for class than we already are." "Well then, what are you waiting for? Lets go!"
When Rory and Colin entered the classroom, Rory stepped over to the teacher's desk and handed over the slip. However, as she did, the sleeve of her shirt scrunched back. To say that the class was shocked was an understatement. There were cuts running all the way up her arm. Quickly realizing what everyone was staring at, Rory put her hands behind her back. "Thank you Ms. Gilmore, Mr. McRae." The teacher sweetly smiled at them and motioned for them to sit down. She and Colin looked at each other at sat down. Rory subconsciously pulled her sleeves down and motioned for Colin to somehow cover up the tiny print tattoos that might be showing, although they hadn't yet. Each of those little blue sections of print had the name of a member, the name of a cut. Silently, Rory prayed that she wouldn't have to add another cut anytime soon. Not that they hurt her, just because of the reasons they had been made had started to cut out her heart. Who would be next to take a swipe at the thing that was so often kept in a cage away from outsiders? And this time, would her heart fall out?
Colin looked worriedly over at Rory. "We fit perfectly together in life, love passion and fear." Secretly, Colin wondered if this message that she had written so long ago was still true. He knew that the cuts that ran the deepest were Lorelai, Lane, Tristan and Jess. "All of Likes coffee that will ever be brewed doesn't even come close to how much I love you". "This girl's best friend is, gues who, me!". "Bible Boy, my soul is yours and you didn't even have to ask. This of course was signed with crossed fingers!". "My life is left to you in my will as well as my books. Don't write in them!" Although Colin seemed to be better than most black suits when it came to being stoic, on the inside he was sobbing. Silently, he counted the names and asked himself what it would take to have Rory never added to that list.
AN: I feel so bad for not writing in such a LONG time! I've had this for ages but have been so busy. Anyways, I have another chapter that I will post in two seconds but wanted to be like the lovely TV experts and give a little suspense to my story… Thank you so much for reading! PS. I've changed my mind. The story could be PDLD, Literati, or Trory depending on how you look at it.