AN: Hey guys! It's me again. I'm so sorry I didn't update sooner but I got 10 good reviews- I repeat 10!! I'm so happy I'm going to thank all of you one by one..

BookBella: I know I was evil in stopping where I did. Sorry about that.. I think most everyone knows whom she's going to call. [LOL]

Sabrina: Thanks for saying my story was great; again, sorry about the cliffhanger.

Maya: That would be evil and wrong so she aint getting raped! Don't worry. I don't get what you were saying about his car though..

Slytherin Girl: Don't worry. I get lost when I read too! [LOL] I came up with a name for Jess/Paris too. Right after I read your review I was like: PRESS! HEHE! I like your kicks Mike in balls comment.. It was funny!

Anonymous: You wrote "more" about 179 times! It means a lot..

Muisje: They will kiss soon, I promise! :)

Troryfan: I'm updating! [LOL]

Jazz: Thanks for saying this was good.

Steph: Thanks for appreciating my finishing line..

Well! That's it for my thank you, so on with the story..
Chapter 9:

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"I swear if you don't get away from me right NOW I'll.. I'll-" Rory cried before Mike interrupted

"What? You'll slap me? Like that's going to do anything. Get over it! I'm the boss, and you can't do anything about it." Mike said harshly.

This made Rory cry even harder, because she didn't want the worst to happen. 'Oh my God. This can't happen. Please don't let this happen!' Rory screamed in her head. She felt dizzy, but she knew she had to hold on and keep fighting; it was the ONLY way. After some more struggling, Rory was beat, spent. She didn't know what to do anymore, but in the weakest possible voice imaginable, she let out one name..

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"Tristan." Rory said, wanting him so much at the moment.

"Oh, don't go crying for your boyfriend, baby; like he's gonna do anything." Mike said rudely

Through her tears, in a condescending voice, Rory said, "Okay. One: You're an ignoramus whose brain is the size of an ant's. And Two: He's standing right behind you!"

When Mike turned around to see who was behind him since he was so very stupid, idiotic, and an ass Rory proceeded to kick him in the balls very hard. Mike doubled over in extreme agony. Even though Rory was a girl who barely exercised, when provoked, she could back a pretty mean kick.

"Looks like you don't need my help anymore.." Tristan said

"But why just leave him with injured balls? We could add a black eye and swollen lip to the deal.. Or maybe even add some broken limbs and ripped extremities to the package!" Rory said fistedly

"Whoa.. Down girl! I know that you wanna give poor Mike here some more of your very nice bodily harm, but I need some fun, too. This night has been all too boring, and this could really add that bit of spice I've been looking for." Tristan cackled all too evilly, but still exuded that confident charm. "But seriously Rory, you can take a stab at him later.." Tristan said but later regretted it because he saw the wheels turning in Rory's beautiful little head. "Uh, Rory I didn't mean literally."

"Aw, that's too bad. I was so looking forward to it!" Rory whined

"Next time sweetie, next time.." Tristan drawled (Rory hadn't known he drawled. ever) but the look on Mike's face and the crowd that formed was not one of amusement, but of complete and utter horror.

"Uh, yea.. We were just kidding guys." Rory said slowly, getting a little worried about how they looked like the deranged farmers with pitchforks from "Beauty and the Beast"

"Ladies and Gents.. Goodnight!" Tristan grabbed Rory by the waist and led her away from the angry partygoers, and back to his beautiful car.

Unbeknownst to them, while they were playing their wonderful game something was happening with our other main characters: Jess and Paris. (Dun- Dun- Dun!)

~* Meanwhile *~

We last left Paris and Jess on their way to Mike's party. They had had a lovely car ride there (considering it was five minutes away from Chilton) and got to the party not long after Rory and Tristan. The night was going well for them, but after a while they got separated in the enormous crowd.. Jess, after being alone with Paris after the play, had decided that she wasn't his type but he felt bad since she liked him and he had begged Rory to do him the favor of asking Paris if she liked him. So he was feeling pretty down, and was just sitting on a plush couch, ignoring everyone and everything; he was trying to decide how to break the news to Paris since their relationship had only started some weeks before. (AN: Really, it's been a couple of months already but for the sake of my story it's only been a few weeks. Back to Jess's dilemma.)

So he was sitting there, looking all sad, when he was suddenly tapped on the shoulder. He thought, ' It has to be Rory or Paris cause Tristan would just yell at me or do our handshake' But when he turned around, it wasn't Rory or Paris.. In fact, he had never seen this girl before in his life, although he was happy that he had now (AN: Sorry to interrupt yet again but I just had to say: That is such a guy thought, so sorry about that!)

"Umm, excuse me.. Do you mind if I sit here?" The unidentified girl said. Jess was happy for the interruption of his thoughts.

"Oh, sure. Go right ahead!" Jess said, surprised. 'Go right ahead? My God, what the hell was that??' Jess thought to himself.

"I'm Chloe." The girl who was now identified said. She had long, straight, shiny black hair, was about 5'5, and didn't seem to fit into a specific stereotype like a cheerleader, a nerd, or a popular one. Jess was intrigued; she could tell and used this to her advantage.

"So.. Am I just gonna stand here all night, or are you going to introduce yourself?" Chloe said in a joking manner.

"Oh, right I'm.. I'm.. uh, I'm Jess." Jess blurted out. 'Smooth, real smooth..' Jess was mentally smacking himself. He was desperately trying to think of a way to make himself look like less of a dumb-ass, but that wasn't working out for him. The only thing he could get out was, " I like you're name; what does it mean?" At least it was a step up from all that stuttering.

"It's Greek for blooming. I know, it's weird, but I like my name.. Not the actual meaning." Chloe stated

"No, I like it; I think it's great." Jess was starting to get a little calmer (AN: He still hasn't broken up with Paris and he's doing all this flirting.. Oh I'm evil * Cackles *) Chloe did the famous hair flip that Lorelei perfected and was trying to teach Rory.

"You really think so?"

"Definitely." Jess gave her a great big thousand-watt smile and her cheeks turned the cutest shade of pink.

"So what does your name mean? We can't just keep talking about me all night!" Chloe said, the pinkness fading fast from her cheeks.

"It's Hebrew for God sees." Jess said, looking down at his shoes. He wasn't the most religious guy on the planet, although he did believe in God and went to Church occasionally.

"Aw, that's cute. It's better than 'blooming'. "Chloe giggled. Jess was seriously interested in this girl; she seemed really.. Really..

He couldn't describe it. She was just so vibrant and smiley and he loved it; she was the total opposite of Paris and he thought that was a good change.

"So what school do you go to?" Jess asked, intrigued yet again.

"Well, I just moved here from New York, but I'm going to start at Chilton Prep on Monday." Chloe looked a little concerned when Jess' eyes were bulging out of his head.

"Are you okay?"

"Yea.. I'm fine. Did you say Chilton?" Jess asked, another surprised look on his face.

"Yes.. Chilton. My cousin goes there, and I was meeting him here tonight but I couldn't find him. Why are you looking at me like that?" Chloe asked, a little self-consciously.

"It's just that I go to Chilton and I might know your cousin. What's his name?" Jess asked; he wanted to know if he knew Chloe's cousin.

"Tristan Dugrey. He's a junior like me. Do you know him?" Chloe questioned

"Do I know him? I'm good friends with the guy; he never told me he had a cousin as pretty as you." Jess said charmingly. Again the pinkness came to Chloe's cheeks. "But I gotta ask: What's with the hair? I mean, he's blonde preppy boy and you're laid back raven black.. It's just a little odd." Jess looked confused.

"Well, Tristan and the rest of our family all have blonde hair; I lucked out, and I'm the dazzling bombshell with raven black hair as you said. It's genetics.. I'm the odd one out in the family." Chloe laughed.

Jess was stunned by how friendly this girl was.. How open. He lost the last shred of self-control he had, and leaned in. Their faces were mere millimeters apart, but a shrill scream was what pulled them apart.

"You piece of shit! How could you do this to me, Jess? I thought you loved me. You're such an asshole!!" Paris roared

"Paris, calm down. It just isn't working out; I was going to tell you before, but I met Chloe and lost track of time." Jess tried to explain.

"So you're dumping me over that bitch?! I hate you, and you.." She said, pointing at Chloe. Like a bull seeing red she came charging at her. Chloe screamed, "JESS!! HELP!" And he ran to her aide.

"Paris, get off of her!" Jess and some other guys tried to pull Paris off of Chloe who had been on the floor with Paris on top of her.

"NO! Not until I teach her a lesson." Paris said evilly.

"AHHH!" Chloe screamed again, and Jess came between her and Paris, acting as a sort of human shield while the other guys were trying to hold onto Paris and not get ripped to shreds at the same time.

"Let go of me!" Paris screeched. "I won't do anything, just let GO!"

The boys finally loosened their grip, and Paris walked away, giving death glares, but not before she had stated: " Thank God I'm bisexual!" (AN: I got that from "The Bachelor"; the movie, not the TV show.) Everyone just stared after her, in total shock. Jess turned around and asked Chloe if she was all right.

"Are you sure she didn't hurt you?" Jess asked as they were heading out to his car. Chloe had asked him to take her to Tristan's house and he had agreed.

"Jess, for the tenth time: NO! I just got a little freaked; don't worry. I'm fine." Chloe patted his hand for good measure.

"I'm sorry. It's just even though I've only known you for an hour I still can't bear to see you hurt. That and you're Tristan's cousin and he'll kill me." Jess remarked

"Oh Jess; you're always the funny man, aren't you?" Chloe sighed

"Why yes, my fair lady, I do believe I am!" Jess said in an English accent that made Chloe giggle profusely.

When they got to Tristan's house, they found him with a girl, who face was blocked from view, sitting on the front steps of his illustrious home. They were obviously kissing, and Jess and Chloe hooted their praise, saying Go Tristan, You da Man my brother, and similar things. Only when they finally saw the girl and Tristan's look of horror did they stop their rant. For it was Rory on that step with Tristan, and she looked extremely embarrassed.
AN: Me again! That's it for now but I should update soon, I'm hoping. I just have really not been in the mood to write but I had nothing better to do today so I was like: "I'll give this a try!" I want 10 good reviews (meaning no flames) and I will bring forth chapter ten! Have fun being the good little reviewers that you are * Pats reviewers on heads * O-kay, that was a little much.. Sorry guys! Don't hate me. I'll be back! ~ Amanda