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The next day Rory stared at herself in the bathroom, in fifteen minutes Tristan was coming to pick her and Jessica up to go to fair and she wasn't even close to being ready yet. She quickly began drying her hair, 'What if Jessica doesn't like him?' She worried about this as she ran a brush through her nearly dried hair, it was so much easier to work with it now that it was shorter. 'Jess liked my hair long.' Rory thought as she fingered her fine, brown strands. Rory shook her head to clear the thought of him, 'I'm not going to think about him tonight. No way! I'm not ruining it.'
Rory was torn out of her day dreaming when she heard the door bell ring downstairs. "Ohh, jeez, he's here already." She said to herself as she quickly put herself together. Rory was about to run out of the bathroom when her hands flew up to her neck and she stopped dead in the doorway. 'I almost forgot…' She turned around and looked on the counter to where her necklace was.
Rory stared at it for a minute, 'Should I wear it?' She wondered. She slowly picked up her necklace, a gold wedding band and an engagement ring stared back at her. 'I can go without it just for one night..'
"Mommy!" Jessica screamed from downstairs giggling, "Trwistan's here!"
Rory made a quick decision, she put the necklace on, pushing it beneath her sweater.
That night Rory kept her promise, she didn't think of Jess at all.
Two Months Later…
Two months later Rory and Tristan sat close to one another in a movie theater watching the latest movie play out. They had been dating since Rory had returned from Starshollow the day after Jessica's party. 'This is too good to be true!' Rory thought. She had been surprised that things with Tristan were working out so well; surprised but incredibly happy. She smiled as Tristan put his arm around her and kissed the top of her head.
'Get me out of here! I need to leave, I need to leave!!' Rory screamed in her mind an hour later and she cringed as she watched the scene play out. A man was being killed while protecting his girlfriend. Her eyes clouded over as she watched, 'Not now, oh not now!' Rory thought near tears by now, she stood up quickly, trembling.
Startled, Tristan watched as Rory practically ran out of the theater, "Rory! What's wrong?" He called running after her. He found Rory outside of the movie theater shivering,. "Rory?! What's going on?"
Rory looked at him, almost surprised that he was there. "It's ironic, it's so fucking ironic." She said it so calmly that it scared Tristan.
'She never swears! Something's definitely not right', he thought. "What's wrong?" Tristan asked, he tried to embrace her but she pushed him away.
"You don't know?" Rory asked him as though she was talking to a 5 year old. "I've gotta go." She abruptly began to walk to her car still shivering.
"Rory please just tell what's wrong! Did I do something to upset you?" Tristan was frantic to know if he had hurt her in some way. "Is this about Jess?" He caught up to her and turned her around so that she faced him. "I swear to God Rory, if he did anything to hurt you before, I'll-I'll."
Rory shook her head, "No. He never did anything…" Her face became thoughtful, almost confused. "He was good, so good." She said sincerely.
"How can you say that about the bastard? He left you and Jessica all alone!" Tristan tried to take a hold of her hands, tried to comfort her.
"Don't call him that!" She yelled as she swatted his hands away. "He loved me! He promised me, he promised me he would never leave me!"
"Than why did he?" Tristan asked frustrated.
"Because of me!" She cried. "Jess was my husband, my life, my soul, I love him with my whole self. And-And it was my fault. My fault…" Rory lowered her voice to almost a whisper, her lip trembled. She turned away from Tristen and ran to her car.
Tristen didn't stop her this time as he watched her get into her car and drive away. 'She still loves him…'
The jeep pulled over to the side of the road, Rory parked the car her hands still trembling. She had to rest for a minute, she had to get control of herself. She laid her arms and head down on the steering wheel waiting for the tears to come but they never did. I feel burnt out, like I have no more tears left to cry. Rory thought. I've ruined everything, Tristan will never want to see me again. Rory sighed and rubbed her temples, that movie had freaked her out. It brought back a memory that she hadn't thought or spoken of in a long time. A memory that she was able to forget. As it came back to her Rory winced, Think of the good Jess! She thought to herself. Rory held her wedding band between her fingers as she thought of a happier memory, one that brought a smile to her face.
Flashback
"There's Orion's Belt." Jess pointed to a constellation of stars. He and Rory were laying on a blanket in their back yard. It was a wonderful summer night and they were taking advantage of it by looking at the twinkling stars.
Rory followed the path of his finger towards the stars, "Wow, they're beautiful, aren't they?"
"Yeah, they amaze me." Jess brought Rory closer to him and kissed her temple.
"How do you know so much about stars? The only constellation I know is the Big Dipper." Rory laughed.
"I've always loved them. When I was younger I used to read every book I could find about them." Jess continued to point out other constellations to Rory, he turned to her after a while and said, "I'm going to name a star after you."
Rory brightened, "You can do that?"
"Sure." He kissed her, "I love you."
Rory smiled, her eyes revealing a secret.
"What?" Jess asked, "You're not telling me something."
"I love you too." Rory leaned over and whispered in his ear, "You're going to be a father." Jess's eyes widened, he looked at her is face full of happiness. "For once he's speechless." Rory said happily.
"I'm going to be a father?"
Rory nodded, "Yes!"
Jess laughed and jumped up pulling Rory up with him, "I'm going to be a father!" He picked Rory up and spun her around. "Oh! Was that bad?" Jess said putting her down quickly, his face full of concern.
Rory laughed, his pure happiness rubbing off on her, "It's fine." She took his hand and placed it on her stomach. "I found out today, I wanted to surprise you."
Jess kissed her, "Well you certainly did. I'm thrilled" He laughed joyously again. "I'm going to be a father." He rubbed her stomach, "And you're going to be a mother." Jess encircled his arms around her and held Rory tight. "A wonderful mother."
"We'll have a family." Rory said, she put her head in the crook of his shoulder, "I love you so much."
"You mean more to me than life itself."
Rory shook her head trying her best to clear her thoughts. She put the jeep in drive and drove back onto the road. Just thinking of that night with Jess made Rory want to laugh with happiness and cry with complete sorrow at the same time.
Oh, God what am I going to tell Tristan?
The next day Rory stared at herself in the bathroom, in fifteen minutes Tristan was coming to pick her and Jessica up to go to fair and she wasn't even close to being ready yet. She quickly began drying her hair, 'What if Jessica doesn't like him?' She worried about this as she ran a brush through her nearly dried hair, it was so much easier to work with it now that it was shorter. 'Jess liked my hair long.' Rory thought as she fingered her fine, brown strands. Rory shook her head to clear the thought of him, 'I'm not going to think about him tonight. No way! I'm not ruining it.'
Rory was torn out of her day dreaming when she heard the door bell ring downstairs. "Ohh, jeez, he's here already." She said to herself as she quickly put herself together. Rory was about to run out of the bathroom when her hands flew up to her neck and she stopped dead in the doorway. 'I almost forgot…' She turned around and looked on the counter to where her necklace was.
Rory stared at it for a minute, 'Should I wear it?' She wondered. She slowly picked up her necklace, a gold wedding band and an engagement ring stared back at her. 'I can go without it just for one night..'
"Mommy!" Jessica screamed from downstairs giggling, "Trwistan's here!"
Rory made a quick decision, she put the necklace on, pushing it beneath her sweater.
That night Rory kept her promise, she didn't think of Jess at all.
Two Months Later…
Two months later Rory and Tristan sat close to one another in a movie theater watching the latest movie play out. They had been dating since Rory had returned from Starshollow the day after Jessica's party. 'This is too good to be true!' Rory thought. She had been surprised that things with Tristan were working out so well; surprised but incredibly happy. She smiled as Tristan put his arm around her and kissed the top of her head.
'Get me out of here! I need to leave, I need to leave!!' Rory screamed in her mind an hour later and she cringed as she watched the scene play out. A man was being killed while protecting his girlfriend. Her eyes clouded over as she watched, 'Not now, oh not now!' Rory thought near tears by now, she stood up quickly, trembling.
Startled, Tristan watched as Rory practically ran out of the theater, "Rory! What's wrong?" He called running after her. He found Rory outside of the movie theater shivering,. "Rory?! What's going on?"
Rory looked at him, almost surprised that he was there. "It's ironic, it's so fucking ironic." She said it so calmly that it scared Tristan.
'She never swears! Something's definitely not right', he thought. "What's wrong?" Tristan asked, he tried to embrace her but she pushed him away.
"You don't know?" Rory asked him as though she was talking to a 5 year old. "I've gotta go." She abruptly began to walk to her car still shivering.
"Rory please just tell what's wrong! Did I do something to upset you?" Tristan was frantic to know if he had hurt her in some way. "Is this about Jess?" He caught up to her and turned her around so that she faced him. "I swear to God Rory, if he did anything to hurt you before, I'll-I'll."
Rory shook her head, "No. He never did anything…" Her face became thoughtful, almost confused. "He was good, so good." She said sincerely.
"How can you say that about the bastard? He left you and Jessica all alone!" Tristan tried to take a hold of her hands, tried to comfort her.
"Don't call him that!" She yelled as she swatted his hands away. "He loved me! He promised me, he promised me he would never leave me!"
"Than why did he?" Tristan asked frustrated.
"Because of me!" She cried. "Jess was my husband, my life, my soul, I love him with my whole self. And-And it was my fault. My fault…" Rory lowered her voice to almost a whisper, her lip trembled. She turned away from Tristen and ran to her car.
Tristen didn't stop her this time as he watched her get into her car and drive away. 'She still loves him…'
The jeep pulled over to the side of the road, Rory parked the car her hands still trembling. She had to rest for a minute, she had to get control of herself. She laid her arms and head down on the steering wheel waiting for the tears to come but they never did. I feel burnt out, like I have no more tears left to cry. Rory thought. I've ruined everything, Tristan will never want to see me again. Rory sighed and rubbed her temples, that movie had freaked her out. It brought back a memory that she hadn't thought or spoken of in a long time. A memory that she was able to forget. As it came back to her Rory winced, Think of the good Jess! She thought to herself. Rory held her wedding band between her fingers as she thought of a happier memory, one that brought a smile to her face.
Flashback
"There's Orion's Belt." Jess pointed to a constellation of stars. He and Rory were laying on a blanket in their back yard. It was a wonderful summer night and they were taking advantage of it by looking at the twinkling stars.
Rory followed the path of his finger towards the stars, "Wow, they're beautiful, aren't they?"
"Yeah, they amaze me." Jess brought Rory closer to him and kissed her temple.
"How do you know so much about stars? The only constellation I know is the Big Dipper." Rory laughed.
"I've always loved them. When I was younger I used to read every book I could find about them." Jess continued to point out other constellations to Rory, he turned to her after a while and said, "I'm going to name a star after you."
Rory brightened, "You can do that?"
"Sure." He kissed her, "I love you."
Rory smiled, her eyes revealing a secret.
"What?" Jess asked, "You're not telling me something."
"I love you too." Rory leaned over and whispered in his ear, "You're going to be a father." Jess's eyes widened, he looked at her is face full of happiness. "For once he's speechless." Rory said happily.
"I'm going to be a father?"
Rory nodded, "Yes!"
Jess laughed and jumped up pulling Rory up with him, "I'm going to be a father!" He picked Rory up and spun her around. "Oh! Was that bad?" Jess said putting her down quickly, his face full of concern.
Rory laughed, his pure happiness rubbing off on her, "It's fine." She took his hand and placed it on her stomach. "I found out today, I wanted to surprise you."
Jess kissed her, "Well you certainly did. I'm thrilled" He laughed joyously again. "I'm going to be a father." He rubbed her stomach, "And you're going to be a mother." Jess encircled his arms around her and held Rory tight. "A wonderful mother."
"We'll have a family." Rory said, she put her head in the crook of his shoulder, "I love you so much."
"You mean more to me than life itself."
Rory shook her head trying her best to clear her thoughts. She put the jeep in drive and drove back onto the road. Just thinking of that night with Jess made Rory want to laugh with happiness and cry with complete sorrow at the same time.
Oh, God what am I going to tell Tristan?