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A/N: It's been a while, But here it is.

Chapter 7

7 am
the garbage truck beeps as it backs up
and i start my day thinking about what I've thrown away.
could i push rewind?
all the credits traverse signifying the end
but I've missed the best part could we please go back to the start
forgive my indecision
then again, then again, then again
you're always first when no one's on your side but
then again, then again, then again
the day will come when I want off that ride.

* 11 AM, Incubus *

Chapter 7

"This is nuts." Rory told herself the next morning. She had been walking circles around her bedroom for half an hour now, thinking about Tristan. and Paris. and herself.

She used to be a very kind person, if she may say so herself. Never really had a problem with anyone.

And now, in less than a week's time, she had acted more horrible and felt worse than she ever had, in her whole life. With a sigh she finally walked over to the bed stand and picked the phone up from it.

"Lorelai Leigh Gilmore, It is time to make some big changes! No more of this alternate universe-thing!"

***

"What? Tristan?" Rory could here Paris laugh on the other end of the line. "This is hilarious!"

Rory didn't know what to say.

 "But. But didn't you ever have the feeling that if it wasn't for Tristan, we might have started of as friends instead of enemies?"

Paris let out a sigh. "Rory, listen. You know how I was back then. Me going to Harvard meant the world to me, and so did proving myself. I had to be the best at everything, I just had to. And when you came to Chilton. You just were too good. It wouldn't have mattered if you and Tristan never even met. I wanted you gone. Period."

 "So." Rory started, but was interrupted by Paris.

"Ror, we got over it, right? And I know that there has always been something between you and Tristan, so don't let that stupid rivalry- thing  of the past stop you now, from being with that one person you were obviously meant to be with.

So after him Rory." Rory smiled.

Paris was right, that was exactly what she should do.

***

Rory fidgeted at her clothes nervously.

She was standing in the hallway of Tristans apartment, ready to face him and start anew. She took a deep breath.

"Ok, here we go." She mumbled to herself before she walked up to his door. She gave a short nock on the door and waited.

After a few seconds the door swung open and for a moment she saw Tristans face. But as soon as the door had opened, it was closed again.

 "Tristan!" Rory shouted as she threw her body against the door, trying to hold it open.

He opened the door again and said to her with a blank look on his face; "I have nothing to say to you, Rory."

She moved back a step. "I know, but I wanted to tell you something. Please just hear me out." Before he could object, she started talking.

"These past few weeks, I've treated you horrible, and even when I tried to 'apologize' the other night, I wasn't true to you, nor to myself.

I blamed you, with no good reason, for everything that has gone wrong with me in Chilton. While all the time I knew that there was something going on between us. You were right the other night, I wanted to hurt you. I thought I had the right to. But you know what?"

Rory looked into his eyes. "I'm over it, and I can admit that what I did was wrong. And." She looked down at her shoes, nervous again all of a sudden.

 " I hope we can start again? The right way this time."

When after a minute Tristan still hadn't said anything, Rory looked up, to see him staring at her.

"Rory." He finally started. "Rory, I know it must have taken you a lot of courage to come here and apologize. Especially after the other night. But. I mean, you're not the only one who thought about this. I have spent the entire night thinking about you, and about me. And.Maybe it just shouldn't be. I think we should just move on."

Rory was shocked. She looked at him in surprise.

"But I thought. I."

He stepped up to her, gave her a gentle kiss on the cheek, whispered; "Goodnight Rory." and then shut the door.