Thought I'd do another update before I go on holiday on Friday! :) Hope you enjoy! :)
Chapter 37
"What the hell is she doing?" Charlotte exclaimed. "Who even is that?"
"Logan Huntzberger." Marty said.
"You know him?" Charlotte turned to him.
"I've bar-tended for him and some of his friends a few times. He's a jerk." Marty said.
"How could she do this to Tristan?" Charlotte frowned.
"Come on, we should go." Jess said quietly.
"No I need to go over there!" She exclaimed.
"I don't think you should do it here." Jess commented.
"Why not?"
Jess sighed. "Look, I need to get back to Stars Hollow but I'd really like my fiancee to still be in tact so that I can say goodbye to her properly."
"Jess..."
"Look, I'm sure you'll have time to talk to her but right now, it's not the right time." Jess said softly.
"She's right. It'll be around Yale in an instance. Do you really want Tristan to find out that way?" Marty pointed out.
Charlotte sighed. "I guess not."
"Good. Come on then." Jess said.
Charlotte took one last look at her sister before following Jess and Marty.
Later that evening, Charlotte walked into the dorm and went straight to Rory's room. She was glad to see Paris was still out although she didn't want to think about where she was. "Hey." She said crossing her arms against her chest.
"Oh. Hey!" Rory smiled.
"So...have you cheated on any nice boys recently?" Charlotte said.
Rory froze. "What?"
"What, should I rephrase that? Have you been kissing any boys behind Tristan's back recently?" Charlotte said.
"Charlotte..." Rory tried.
"I can't believe you! How could you do that? I'm guessing Tristan doesn't know?"
"Of course he doesn't!"
"So are you going to tell him or am I?" Charlotte said threateningly.
"You can't tell him!" Rory exclaimed.
"He deserves to know!" Charlotte exclaimed.
"And it's nothing to do with you!" Rory exclaimed angrily.
"It's everything to do with me! Tristan's a good friend! I can't sit around and let him get humiliated like this!"
"And I'm your sister!" Rory shouted, crossing her arms across her chest.
"Don't you dare do that! You know you've done wrong, you know it! How could you do this?" Charlotte exclaimed.
Rory groaned. "Look, I know it was wrong ok? But Tristan and I...we've been growing apart for a while now..."
"So he deserves you cheating on him?" She raised her eyebrows.
"No he doesn't, I know that! But it was just a kiss! I didn't plan it...it just happened!" Rory exclaimed.
"Well fix it! You tell Tristan or I will!" Charlotte warned before storming out and slamming the door to her own room.
The next morning, Charlotte and Rory had gone back home for the weekend and they were currently walking towards Luke's.
"It's culs-de-sac." Rory said.
"No way!" Lorelai said.
"It is."
"The plural of cul-de-sac is culs-de-sac?" Lorelai asked.
"Yes."
"That doesn't even sound like English." She said.
"That's because it's French." Rory said.
"You know what I mean."
"I hate to be the bearer of bad news." Rory joked.
"Talking about bad news, have you spoken to Tristan yet?" Charlotte said pointedly.
"No." Rory said stiffly. "I've not had time."
"Likely excuse." Charlotte said under her breath.
"Ok what is going on between you two? I've noticed the tension between you ever since you got home." Lorelai said.
"Nothing." Rory grumbled.
"Charlotte?" Lorelai questioned.
Charlott just shook her head. "What she said." She grumbled as they entered Luke's.
"Hey, when did Lane start working here?" Lorelai said.
"A couple of days ago. Jess said she filled out an application and Luke brought her in for an interview and everything." Charlotte said.
"An interview? So official." Lorelai joked.
"Yeah. They sat in complete silence for a full five minutes, then Luke said, 'How ya doing?' and she said 'Good,' and then he gave her the job." Charlotte smirked.
"Ha!" Lorelai laughed.
"You grab a table, I'll go order for us." Charlotte said heading over to the counter where Jess was. "Kill me now." She groaned.
"She still not talked to Tristan?" Jess guessed.
"No! And I've been avoiding him since the game! I can't take it anymore!" Charlotte exclaimed.
"Are you seriously going to tell him if she doesn't?" Jess asked.
"Don't you think he deserves to know?" Charlotte narrowed her eyes.
"Yes. But I also think it should come from Rory. If things are really that bad, I'm sure Rory will talk to him sometime." Jess shrugged.
"You're taking her side on this?"
"No. I think what she did was wrong but I also think Tristan deserves to hear about it from Rory. Remember when you thought I was doing something with Lane and Rory told you? You didn't believe her to begin with, did you?" Jess pointed out.
"Well yeah..."
"Well then, Tristan might not believe you and then you guys might fall out. Do you want that?" Jess said.
Charlotte sighed. "I just hate this. I hate hiding from him. He's been a good friend to me."
"I know." Jess assured her. "It will work itself out, trust me."
"God I hope so..." Charlotte sighed.
Charlotte returned to their dorm early that on the Sunday that weekend. The tension between her and Rory was just too much to take and she needed to get away. She walked towards their dorm but stopped when she saw a figure standing outside. She groaned inwardly to herself but slowly walked towards him. "Hey..." She said cautiously.
"Oh hey." Tristan said.
"Are you looking for Rory?" She asked.
"Yeah. I haven't seen her all weekend and she wasn't picking up her phone." Tristan said.
"We were home this weekend." Charlotte said. "She didn't tell you?"
"No." Tristan sighed.
"Well I should..." Charlotte said gesturing towards her dorm, hoping to get away.
"You don't know if anything's wrong with her, do you? If she's upset about anything?" Tristan asked.
"What?" Charlotte said surprised.
"Well she's been ignoring my calls for a while now and I feel like she's been avoiding me." He admitted.
"Oh I'm sure she hasn't..." She tried.
"She hasn't talked to you about it, has she? Have I done something to upset her or anything?" He asked worried.
"No." Charlotte reassured him. "No she hasn't mentioned anything. I swear." She said.
"Are you sure?" Tristan asked.
"You haven't done anything." Charlotte said. "I should..." She said gesturing to her dorm again.
"Oh yeah sure. I'm sorry I pounced on you like this." Tristan sighed.
"It's ok." She said unlocking the door to the dorm. She sighed and turned back round. "I'll tell her you came by."
"Thanks." He said giving her a small smile before walking off.
Later that day, Charlotte was sat in the communal area when Rory came back. "You need to tell Tristan. Today." She said firmly, getting up.
"Charlotte..." Rory groaned.
"No, he's sensing something's wrong. He thinks it's his fault! He thinks he's done something to upset you!" Charlotte exclaimed.
"What?" She said surprised.
"He came by earlier. He asked if you'd talked to me about anything. He was worried he'd upset you and I had to stand there and lie to him and reassure him that everything was going to be ok! Do you know how bad I felt doing that? I lied to him, Rory! It's not fair!" She exclaimed angrily.
Rory sighed. "You didn't tell him..." She said.
"No I didn't and I felt awful. Please, you need to talk to him! Please!" Charlotte begged. "I lied to a good friend, Rory. I can't do it again."
"I'm sorry." Rory said quietly.
"Just talk to him!" Charlotte exclaimed before disappearing into her room.
The next day, Rory was in the newspaper office making newspaper hats with Paris.
"You know, you never told me what you thought of my article." Paris said.
"What article?" Rory asked, glancing over to where Logan was sat. She hadn't spoken to him since the kiss. He suddenly looked up at her but she turned away quickly.
"My interview with Asher Fleming. Did you read it?" Paris asked.
"Oh, I skimmed it." Rory said.
"Oh, well, I have a copy in our room. I can give it to you tomorrow." She said.
"You're a good writer. I'm sure it's goo..." Rory started but then she saw Tristan bursting in. Her eyes widened when she watched him storm over to Logan.
"My best friend! You're my best friend and you do this!" Tristan said angrily.
"What?" Logan said standing up.
"Don't give me the innocent act! I've stood by you through everything! I've been there for you when no one else has and you repay me by stealing my girlfriend!" He exclaimed angrily.
"Look, Tristan..." Logan tried but was stopped by Tristan's fist connecting with his nose. "God, geez!" Logan groaned as he felt blood trickling down his face.
"You and me, we're done." Tristan told Logan menacingly. "Stay away from me."
"Tristan..." Rory tried.
"Don't Rory..." He shook his head. "I loved you."
"Tristan..." Rory said with tears in his eyes, seeing the hurt in his face.
"I loved you and you do this? My best friend, Rory! And I had to hear it from some strangers who'd seen you kissing at the game! Why? Why did you do it?" He said, his voice cracking.
"It just...happened..." Rory said quietly.
"Yeah...well...he's all yours." Tristan said. "Have a good life." He said before walking out.
"Tristan, wait!" Rory exclaimed but Tristan disappeared out of sight without looking back. She blinked some tears away from her eyes. She looked round the room to see everyone staring at her but as soon as she looked, they went back to their work.
"You kissed Logan?" Paris said.
"Not now, Paris..." Rory said before going over to Logan. "Logan..."
"I think I should go...uh...clean up." Logan said quietly holding his nose.
"I'll come with you." Rory offered.
"No." Logan shook his head.
"What?" Rory said surprised.
He sighed. "I think we should have some distance between us for a moment. That kiss...it meant something to me." Logan said. "But then you were avoiding me so it obviously didn't mean anything to you. And now I've lost the one good friend in my life. The one guy who has been there for me. And for what? A stupid mistake..."
"It wasn't a stupid mistake..." Rory said tears pricking her eyes again. "I'm sorry I avoided you. I was just trying to get my head round things."
"Well forget it." Logan said.
"Logan, please..." Rory said.
"I need to go clean up." He sighed before walking out of the office, leaving Rory standing there.
Charlotte returned to the their dorm late that evening. She stopped when she saw Rory curled up on the couch, crying. "Rory?" She said.
Rory looked up at her with tears running down her face. "I've messed up." She cried. "I've messed up so bad! I don't know what to do!"
Charlotte sighed but walked over to her and sat down beside her putting her arms round her distraught sister's shoulders. "Come here." She said giving her a hug. She may not have liked what Rory had done but holding her sobbing sister in her arms, she knew she had to be there for her. She was still her sister after all. "It's ok." She tried to reassure her. "It will be ok."
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