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Chapter 4: Truce
"What happened to your arm?" Tristan asked Rory the next day at Chilton.
"Car accident, another one," she replied.
"Another one? You've been in one before?"
"Yeah, with Jess."
"Trying to kill you, is he?"
"No. After you left, Jess needed a tutor and so his uncle, Luke, asked me to do it. We had gone out for ice cream and then there was this furry thing in the road. He swerved and crashed into a pole. He made sure I was okay before leaving and then being sent back to New York."
"If he was sent back to New York, why's he here?"
"He came back."
"For you right?"
"I'm not totally sure."
"So what happened in this accident?"
"We were driving and someone moron was driving on the wrong side of the road. We swerved and drove into a ditch. I broke my wrist again and he broke his nose."
"Jesus… You okay, Mary?"
She let out a small laugh. "I'm fine."
"Well, can I be the first to sign your cast?" He asked pulling a sharpie from his backpack.
She looked down at her arm. "Well, I think that ship has sailed. But you can be the third."
"Okay then." He started writing on her arm. "There," he said when he finished. "Perfect."
She smiled at him with happiness.
"Nice nose brace," Dean joked. "New fashion trend?"
"Shut up," Jess replied, walking away.
Dean followed him. "So what's with you?"
"Why of all people would I tell you?"
"That friendship offers still stands."
Jess shot him a suspicious look.
"C'mon, Jess, if it's about Rory, I might be able to help you."
"Fine. I was in a car crash."
"That I know. There's got to be something else bugging you."
Jess paused. "Do you know a guy from Chilton named Tristan?"
"That creep? Yeah, I know him. At one of Chilton's dances I got into a fight with him. But he left a second before the presentation of the scene from Romeo and Juliet. Why do you ask?"
"Apparently he's back."
"What, did he get kicked out of Military School?"
"No, surprisingly he got off on good behavior."
"Great."
"So he's back and he and Rory are friends."
"You know that he has a thing for her right?"
"Yeah, that's what worries me. You think that he'll change anything?"
"Um… No, not at all."
"You need to learn to lie better."
"Sorry."
Jess looked at him through the corner of his eye. "Okay, so truce?" He held his hand for a handshake.
"Truce," Dean finished shaking his hand.
AN: This is the start of a very weird friendship. Anyways, R&R! P.S. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and Happy Kwanzaa.
