Title: Spend my life with you
Disclaimer: I own all the chars you've never seen before including this new one, Kristie.
A/N: Okay, here's the next chapter. I tried to make it a little more interesting because I thought the last one was a little short. Thanks for all your great reviews! And don't bite my head off for creating Kristie, because no matter what happens this is going to be a trory. Just give it a little bit of time and hopefully it'll be worth the wait! ^.^
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Chapter Four
"There's someone else"
Rory was lying down on her un-made bed, daydreaming. Sharon was sitting on the edge of Rory's bed reading a magazine, and Laura was showing off her aerobic exercises to no one in particular. Melody had just bounced into the room in her pink turtleneck and black denim pants, her shiny hair spraying all over the place, and her green eyes alight with the adrenaline that comes from the exchanging of gossip.
"What?" said Laura, stopping in mid-stretch.
"How?" asked Sharon, chucking her magazine under the bed, giving all her attention to her energetic, hyper friend.
"Who?!" Rory wanted to know, shaking herself out of her thoughts.
"There's someone else." Melody repeated. "She's really pretty with sparkling blue eyes like yours, Rory, except she's got blonde hair to go with it. But not all frizzy and messy like yours, Sharon. Hers is nice and straight and pretty."
Sharon blinked, trying very hard not to be insulted, and she indignantly pushed a tuft of her uncontrollable blonde hair behind her shoulders. Rory waved all this irrelevant information away.
"Yeah, all that can come later." She persisted. "Right now, I just want to know who!"
"Well," Melody began smugly. "Her name's Kristie, she's very, very rich, and she's.."
'She's what?!" Laura practically shrieked. Melody smiled a similar smile to one who was cradling a huge bombshell in their arms.
"..She's Tristan Dugrey's new girlfriend."
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Rory walked behind a bunch of giggly Harvard girls who were gabbing away and walking at a pace even a turtle could beat. Playing with the edge of her folder absent-mindedly, she couldn't help listening in on their conversations.
"Did you hear the goss on Tristan Dugrey?"
"What? That really spunky one?"
"Yeah, with the blonde hair and the muscles."
"The Brad Pitt look alike!"
"Brad Pitt? Eww!"
"Well, anyway, yeah did you hear about it?"
"About what?"
"Apparently he's got a new girlfriend. That really pretty blonde. You know, the one in our economics class?"
"What the really ditzy one?"
"Yeah, the new girl."
"What does he see in her?"
"I heard she's loaded. Got lots of money in the bank."
"That would explain it."
"Yeah, think about all that money!"
"He could've done better you know."
"Yeah! Better then a ditzy dumb blonde who he's only going out with because she's loa-"
Suddenly the girl's fell silent. Rory looked up to see a pretty girl with stunning blue eyes to match her own and sleek, long blonde hair standing in front of the group of girls. She had a crushed expression on her face, and hurt was clearly showing in her eyes.
"Uh.hi Kristie.."
The girl's giggled, this time with a nasty edge, and Rory felt sorry for the blonde girl. Chewing over whether or not she should interfere, she made up her mind and squeezed her way past the group of girls until she was by Kristie's side.
'Hi, I'm Rory!" she said brightly, ignoring the death stares the group of girls were giving her. "What's your name?"
"..Kristie.." the blonde girl replied a little warily.
"Hey, you do you do journalism, right? I think I remember you from class" Rory gave Kristie her best smile.
Kristie nodded, and tentively smiled back.
"Great! Come on I'll show you around."
Kristie thankfully agreed, and followed Rory away from the group of girls. After the group of girls were out of earshot, Kristie turned to Rory.
"Thanks for saving me back there." She smiled, this time a genuine one.
Rory smiled back, pretending to be happy, but inside her heart was breaking, even if she herself would not admit it. [She's perfect] Rory thought to herself. [Even the way she smiles. No wonder she's Tristan's girlfriend. I can see why he likes her. I just wish he would like me too. No! I take that thought back. I like Jess..yeah..um Jess.]
Rory looked down guilty, ashamed of her thoughts, and Kristie tilted her head.
"Am I making you feel uncomfortable?" she said, frowning slightly. "Because if I am, I can just go. I don't mind, you know."
[She's pretty and nice] Rory thought sadly. [Tristan deserves someone like her.]
"No, you're all good. I was just thinking to myself." Rory smiled.
"Thinking about what?"
Rory chewed on her bottom lip, approaching the subject cautiously. "Well, there's this guy who used to be my friend, but I'm not sure if he likes me anymore, and I don't understand why he's treating me differently."
"Oh.." Kristie looked at Rory sympathetically. "That sounds awful. Who is he?"
"He's.." Rory wondered if she should tell the earnest-eyed, blonde girl in front of her. "It's not important." Rory didn't want to change Kristie's opinion of Tristan.
"Okay." Kristie nodded. Then, innocently twirling a strand of her blonde hair around her finger she asked. "Do you know Tristan Dugrey?"
"What?!"
"Did I say something wrong?"
"No, the question just caught me by surprise."
"Oh. I'm sorry. But do you know him?"
Rory looked into the innocent blue eyes of the girl she was standing next to.
"I used to."
"..used to? What happened? Anything bad?" Kristie was concerned. "Because he's my new boyfriend, but if there's something wrong with him..then..please tell me."
"There's nothing wrong with him!" Rory put in quickly. "It's just that, before I came to Harvard, we spend some time in the same prep school, but after he went to military school, we kind of lost contact."
"Oh, I understand." Kristie was nodding. "Well, it's decided." She then said firmly.
'What's decided?"
"I'm reuniting you and Tristan."
"What?! No! You..you really don't have to.." Rory said in a panic.
"Yes I do. I owe it to you and I definitely owe it to him. You two are really nice people and you should get to know each other."
"But..but.."
"No buts. I'm calling him right now."
Kristie took out a tiny mobile phone, the metallic pink cover matching her perfectly manicured nails. Dialing a number on the phone, she held it to her ear, waiting.
[I don't even have Tristan's phone number] Rory thought sadly. [But I don't need it! I have Jess! That's all I need!] she thought in a rush, trying to get rid of the guilty feeling that was welling up inside of her.
"Tristan? Hi! Yes I'm fine. Yeah, I was just wondering something. Could you meet me and a friend at the coffee shop in about ten minutes? Really! That'd be great! Okay, see you then. Bye..."
Rory sighed, trying to find a way out of this difficult situation. She came up with no solution and allowed Kristie to drag her to the coffee shop. Shuddering at the memory of that recent, horrible night, she made a face, and looked determinedly forward. When they arrived at the coffee shop, Tristan was already there. Kristie walked right on in, but Rory hung back for a second as Kristie flung her arms around Tristan and kissed him. Rory closed her eyes, tried to ignore her own heart breaking, and entered the shop. At the sight of Rory Tristan let go of Kristie immediately.
"Rory..what are you doing here?" he said a little breathlessly.
"Surprise!" Kristie said brightly.
"..Hi Tristan.."
Disclaimer: I own all the chars you've never seen before including this new one, Kristie.
A/N: Okay, here's the next chapter. I tried to make it a little more interesting because I thought the last one was a little short. Thanks for all your great reviews! And don't bite my head off for creating Kristie, because no matter what happens this is going to be a trory. Just give it a little bit of time and hopefully it'll be worth the wait! ^.^
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Chapter Four
"There's someone else"
Rory was lying down on her un-made bed, daydreaming. Sharon was sitting on the edge of Rory's bed reading a magazine, and Laura was showing off her aerobic exercises to no one in particular. Melody had just bounced into the room in her pink turtleneck and black denim pants, her shiny hair spraying all over the place, and her green eyes alight with the adrenaline that comes from the exchanging of gossip.
"What?" said Laura, stopping in mid-stretch.
"How?" asked Sharon, chucking her magazine under the bed, giving all her attention to her energetic, hyper friend.
"Who?!" Rory wanted to know, shaking herself out of her thoughts.
"There's someone else." Melody repeated. "She's really pretty with sparkling blue eyes like yours, Rory, except she's got blonde hair to go with it. But not all frizzy and messy like yours, Sharon. Hers is nice and straight and pretty."
Sharon blinked, trying very hard not to be insulted, and she indignantly pushed a tuft of her uncontrollable blonde hair behind her shoulders. Rory waved all this irrelevant information away.
"Yeah, all that can come later." She persisted. "Right now, I just want to know who!"
"Well," Melody began smugly. "Her name's Kristie, she's very, very rich, and she's.."
'She's what?!" Laura practically shrieked. Melody smiled a similar smile to one who was cradling a huge bombshell in their arms.
"..She's Tristan Dugrey's new girlfriend."
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Rory walked behind a bunch of giggly Harvard girls who were gabbing away and walking at a pace even a turtle could beat. Playing with the edge of her folder absent-mindedly, she couldn't help listening in on their conversations.
"Did you hear the goss on Tristan Dugrey?"
"What? That really spunky one?"
"Yeah, with the blonde hair and the muscles."
"The Brad Pitt look alike!"
"Brad Pitt? Eww!"
"Well, anyway, yeah did you hear about it?"
"About what?"
"Apparently he's got a new girlfriend. That really pretty blonde. You know, the one in our economics class?"
"What the really ditzy one?"
"Yeah, the new girl."
"What does he see in her?"
"I heard she's loaded. Got lots of money in the bank."
"That would explain it."
"Yeah, think about all that money!"
"He could've done better you know."
"Yeah! Better then a ditzy dumb blonde who he's only going out with because she's loa-"
Suddenly the girl's fell silent. Rory looked up to see a pretty girl with stunning blue eyes to match her own and sleek, long blonde hair standing in front of the group of girls. She had a crushed expression on her face, and hurt was clearly showing in her eyes.
"Uh.hi Kristie.."
The girl's giggled, this time with a nasty edge, and Rory felt sorry for the blonde girl. Chewing over whether or not she should interfere, she made up her mind and squeezed her way past the group of girls until she was by Kristie's side.
'Hi, I'm Rory!" she said brightly, ignoring the death stares the group of girls were giving her. "What's your name?"
"..Kristie.." the blonde girl replied a little warily.
"Hey, you do you do journalism, right? I think I remember you from class" Rory gave Kristie her best smile.
Kristie nodded, and tentively smiled back.
"Great! Come on I'll show you around."
Kristie thankfully agreed, and followed Rory away from the group of girls. After the group of girls were out of earshot, Kristie turned to Rory.
"Thanks for saving me back there." She smiled, this time a genuine one.
Rory smiled back, pretending to be happy, but inside her heart was breaking, even if she herself would not admit it. [She's perfect] Rory thought to herself. [Even the way she smiles. No wonder she's Tristan's girlfriend. I can see why he likes her. I just wish he would like me too. No! I take that thought back. I like Jess..yeah..um Jess.]
Rory looked down guilty, ashamed of her thoughts, and Kristie tilted her head.
"Am I making you feel uncomfortable?" she said, frowning slightly. "Because if I am, I can just go. I don't mind, you know."
[She's pretty and nice] Rory thought sadly. [Tristan deserves someone like her.]
"No, you're all good. I was just thinking to myself." Rory smiled.
"Thinking about what?"
Rory chewed on her bottom lip, approaching the subject cautiously. "Well, there's this guy who used to be my friend, but I'm not sure if he likes me anymore, and I don't understand why he's treating me differently."
"Oh.." Kristie looked at Rory sympathetically. "That sounds awful. Who is he?"
"He's.." Rory wondered if she should tell the earnest-eyed, blonde girl in front of her. "It's not important." Rory didn't want to change Kristie's opinion of Tristan.
"Okay." Kristie nodded. Then, innocently twirling a strand of her blonde hair around her finger she asked. "Do you know Tristan Dugrey?"
"What?!"
"Did I say something wrong?"
"No, the question just caught me by surprise."
"Oh. I'm sorry. But do you know him?"
Rory looked into the innocent blue eyes of the girl she was standing next to.
"I used to."
"..used to? What happened? Anything bad?" Kristie was concerned. "Because he's my new boyfriend, but if there's something wrong with him..then..please tell me."
"There's nothing wrong with him!" Rory put in quickly. "It's just that, before I came to Harvard, we spend some time in the same prep school, but after he went to military school, we kind of lost contact."
"Oh, I understand." Kristie was nodding. "Well, it's decided." She then said firmly.
'What's decided?"
"I'm reuniting you and Tristan."
"What?! No! You..you really don't have to.." Rory said in a panic.
"Yes I do. I owe it to you and I definitely owe it to him. You two are really nice people and you should get to know each other."
"But..but.."
"No buts. I'm calling him right now."
Kristie took out a tiny mobile phone, the metallic pink cover matching her perfectly manicured nails. Dialing a number on the phone, she held it to her ear, waiting.
[I don't even have Tristan's phone number] Rory thought sadly. [But I don't need it! I have Jess! That's all I need!] she thought in a rush, trying to get rid of the guilty feeling that was welling up inside of her.
"Tristan? Hi! Yes I'm fine. Yeah, I was just wondering something. Could you meet me and a friend at the coffee shop in about ten minutes? Really! That'd be great! Okay, see you then. Bye..."
Rory sighed, trying to find a way out of this difficult situation. She came up with no solution and allowed Kristie to drag her to the coffee shop. Shuddering at the memory of that recent, horrible night, she made a face, and looked determinedly forward. When they arrived at the coffee shop, Tristan was already there. Kristie walked right on in, but Rory hung back for a second as Kristie flung her arms around Tristan and kissed him. Rory closed her eyes, tried to ignore her own heart breaking, and entered the shop. At the sight of Rory Tristan let go of Kristie immediately.
"Rory..what are you doing here?" he said a little breathlessly.
"Surprise!" Kristie said brightly.
"..Hi Tristan.."