Spend My Life With You
Chapter Six
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"Rory!" Sharon exclaimed, sitting at her usual spot in front of the computer, as Rory slammed her way into the dorm. Rory was silently relieved that Laura was the only one home, since she felt Melody, Laura and Sharon were too much for her to handle.
Rory turned around, and Sharon caught sight of the angry blotches on Rory's cheeks and her tear-streaked face.
"Rory, are you okay?" Sharon's voice was sympathetic, and she stood up and walked across the room to Rory, wrapping her arms around her shoulders. She led Rory over to her bed, and promptly handed Rory a scrunched up tissue from her pocket. Rory took it gratefully and sat down on the bed, still unnerved.
"What happened?" Rory looked up at Sharon's slightly concerned face, and tried to tell her what had happened.
"I saw Kristie, and some girls were being nasty to her, so I helped her out." Rory swallowed, and wiped some tears away from her eyes. "Then she offered to buy me a coffee or something, and we met up with Tristan, and they were together."
Sharon cocked her head. "Together?"
Rory waved her hand absently. "Snuggling up to each other, hugging and kissing. In front of me."
"But Rory, " Sharon said softly, trying to phrase it as gently as she could. "Why should you care? Jess is the one you love. He's your boyfriend. Why should you care what Tristan does with his girlfriend?"
"Well.." Rory trailed off. Sharon was right. Why should she care? Then the answer came to her. "..because I love him.."
Sharon's mouth opened in surprised and she stared at Rory, not understanding. Suddenly the door to the dorm burst open and Melody and Laura strode in, arguing.
"I told you that you would lose it!" Laura was yelling at Melody.
"I didn't lose it!" Melody protested.
"Then where is it?"
" How should I know? You always blame me for ever--- Rory! What happened?!"
Melody caught sight of Rory's bloodshot eyes and tears streaked face and rushed over to give her a hug.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
Melody bundled Rory up in a hug and led her to her room, with Sharon trailing behind. Laura made as if to follow, but Melody poked her nose up at her.
"Go find your key ring." She sniffed meanly, and shut the door behind her, as Laura heard Sharon say, "Are you sure that you love Tristan?"
Laura shook her head, now left alone in the lounge room. Shrugging absently, she knew she would find out what was up with Rory sooner or later.
"You love Tristan!!!" she heard Melody shriek in the next room, and for a moment her face brightened with potential gossip. Then resolved that Rory was her friend and she couldn't gossip about her- it was against the rules. Still, Rory loving Tristan, it was pretty big stuff. Probably an exaggeration of the truth, of course, since Rory had never expressed any emotion towards Tristan that wasn't platonic, and Rory wasn't the type who blurted up sudden things without any warning. That was more in Melody's department. Still, Rory and Tristan had a history, and that certainly counted for something, not to mention Rory had been spending a considerable amount of time with Melody lately.
Still thinking to herself, Laura decided to search for her key ring. After fifteen minutes of searching she was bountiful; she found had found her special, handcrafted key ring- in Melody's shoe. Frowning, she stuffed the key ring in her pocket, deciding to have a few 'words' with Melody when she emerged from Rory's room. Sitting down, was about to turn on the television, but was interrupted by a knock on the door. Sighing, she opened the door, only to come face to face with the last person she expected- Kristie.
The butterflies in Kristie's stomach increased as the door opened to reveal a posh perfectly preened face with long bronze curls and an annoyed expression. The annoyance slowly turned to shock, and then to expectance.
"What do you want?" it demanded.
"You must be Laura." Kristie giggled nervously.
"Yeah, and you're Kristie. Nice to meet you. What do you want?"
Kristie felt a little hurt at this but told herself she was just being over- sensitive again. Laura felt a little guilty about being so nasty to Kristie but her argument with Melody had really put her on edge.
"I'm here to see Rory. Is she here?" Laura tried to peer over Laura's shoulder, and Laura noticed that her eyes were very blue, almost as blue as Rory's.
"Well.." Laura faulted for just a second. "She's a little, um, upset at the moment. Perhaps you could come back later?"
"Upset?" Kristie's brow shot up in concern. "I hope I didn't make her too distraught."
"You?" Laura said, immediately taking on a defensive voice. Rory was her friend and if this blonde-haired, large, blue-eyed girl was the cause of her friend's anxiety then..then..she was going to pay!
"Well, I don't know. You see, I invited her out for coffee, and she saw my boyfriend, Tristan, come around and kissed me and put his arms around my waist and she dashed off and I don't understand why." Kristie was obviously very confused. "Maybe you could clear things up for me."
Laura, however, seemed outraged. It all clicked. She knew what was wrong with Rory. "You bitch!" she yelled. "Leave Rory alone! Don't invite her out for coffee and pretend to be her friend and then go and kiss Tristan like it's nothing!" Laura made as if she was about to slam the door, but Kristie stopped her.
"But I don't understand!" Kristie said, close to tears. "What did I do?"
"What did you do? God, your even stupider than I thought! Don't you get it? Rory is in love with Tristan, they even have a history! You pretend to be her friend, invite her out for coffee, and then make out with him right there! I bet you looked like a slut. Don't you have any feelings at all? Oh wait, I forgot.. bitch in the room.."
Kristie's eyes filled with tears at these harsh words that she definitely did not deserve. She tried to think of a witty retort or at least a defence, but all that came out was, "Rory and Tristan went out? He never told me.."
Laura smirked meanly. "Maybe you weren't listening hard enough."
"They're in love?" Kristie's voice quivered. "But he's mine!" she yelled, seemingly close to tears.
"Shut up and go away! Leave! Get out of here!"
Kristie fled from the doorway, but just when Laura was about to close the door, Rory came out of her room, with Melody and Sharon following. Rory looked considerably calmer, her hair brushed and her face bright and clear.
"Who's that?" she asked, her voice no longer upset, but calm and resolved.
"Uh..no one." Laura said nervously. Rory hurried over to the open door in time to catch a glimpse of the fleeing Kristie.
"Kristie, wait!" she called out. Kristie turned around, her eyes full of tears.
"I thought you were a friend, Rory. I thought that I had a real friend in you, but you're no more better than those girls in my economics class. In fact, you're even worse." She said bitterly, then she ran out of sight.
Rory turned to Laura. Laura winced under her harsh stare. "What did you say to her?"
Chapter Six
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"Rory!" Sharon exclaimed, sitting at her usual spot in front of the computer, as Rory slammed her way into the dorm. Rory was silently relieved that Laura was the only one home, since she felt Melody, Laura and Sharon were too much for her to handle.
Rory turned around, and Sharon caught sight of the angry blotches on Rory's cheeks and her tear-streaked face.
"Rory, are you okay?" Sharon's voice was sympathetic, and she stood up and walked across the room to Rory, wrapping her arms around her shoulders. She led Rory over to her bed, and promptly handed Rory a scrunched up tissue from her pocket. Rory took it gratefully and sat down on the bed, still unnerved.
"What happened?" Rory looked up at Sharon's slightly concerned face, and tried to tell her what had happened.
"I saw Kristie, and some girls were being nasty to her, so I helped her out." Rory swallowed, and wiped some tears away from her eyes. "Then she offered to buy me a coffee or something, and we met up with Tristan, and they were together."
Sharon cocked her head. "Together?"
Rory waved her hand absently. "Snuggling up to each other, hugging and kissing. In front of me."
"But Rory, " Sharon said softly, trying to phrase it as gently as she could. "Why should you care? Jess is the one you love. He's your boyfriend. Why should you care what Tristan does with his girlfriend?"
"Well.." Rory trailed off. Sharon was right. Why should she care? Then the answer came to her. "..because I love him.."
Sharon's mouth opened in surprised and she stared at Rory, not understanding. Suddenly the door to the dorm burst open and Melody and Laura strode in, arguing.
"I told you that you would lose it!" Laura was yelling at Melody.
"I didn't lose it!" Melody protested.
"Then where is it?"
" How should I know? You always blame me for ever--- Rory! What happened?!"
Melody caught sight of Rory's bloodshot eyes and tears streaked face and rushed over to give her a hug.
"Do you want to talk about it?"
Melody bundled Rory up in a hug and led her to her room, with Sharon trailing behind. Laura made as if to follow, but Melody poked her nose up at her.
"Go find your key ring." She sniffed meanly, and shut the door behind her, as Laura heard Sharon say, "Are you sure that you love Tristan?"
Laura shook her head, now left alone in the lounge room. Shrugging absently, she knew she would find out what was up with Rory sooner or later.
"You love Tristan!!!" she heard Melody shriek in the next room, and for a moment her face brightened with potential gossip. Then resolved that Rory was her friend and she couldn't gossip about her- it was against the rules. Still, Rory loving Tristan, it was pretty big stuff. Probably an exaggeration of the truth, of course, since Rory had never expressed any emotion towards Tristan that wasn't platonic, and Rory wasn't the type who blurted up sudden things without any warning. That was more in Melody's department. Still, Rory and Tristan had a history, and that certainly counted for something, not to mention Rory had been spending a considerable amount of time with Melody lately.
Still thinking to herself, Laura decided to search for her key ring. After fifteen minutes of searching she was bountiful; she found had found her special, handcrafted key ring- in Melody's shoe. Frowning, she stuffed the key ring in her pocket, deciding to have a few 'words' with Melody when she emerged from Rory's room. Sitting down, was about to turn on the television, but was interrupted by a knock on the door. Sighing, she opened the door, only to come face to face with the last person she expected- Kristie.
The butterflies in Kristie's stomach increased as the door opened to reveal a posh perfectly preened face with long bronze curls and an annoyed expression. The annoyance slowly turned to shock, and then to expectance.
"What do you want?" it demanded.
"You must be Laura." Kristie giggled nervously.
"Yeah, and you're Kristie. Nice to meet you. What do you want?"
Kristie felt a little hurt at this but told herself she was just being over- sensitive again. Laura felt a little guilty about being so nasty to Kristie but her argument with Melody had really put her on edge.
"I'm here to see Rory. Is she here?" Laura tried to peer over Laura's shoulder, and Laura noticed that her eyes were very blue, almost as blue as Rory's.
"Well.." Laura faulted for just a second. "She's a little, um, upset at the moment. Perhaps you could come back later?"
"Upset?" Kristie's brow shot up in concern. "I hope I didn't make her too distraught."
"You?" Laura said, immediately taking on a defensive voice. Rory was her friend and if this blonde-haired, large, blue-eyed girl was the cause of her friend's anxiety then..then..she was going to pay!
"Well, I don't know. You see, I invited her out for coffee, and she saw my boyfriend, Tristan, come around and kissed me and put his arms around my waist and she dashed off and I don't understand why." Kristie was obviously very confused. "Maybe you could clear things up for me."
Laura, however, seemed outraged. It all clicked. She knew what was wrong with Rory. "You bitch!" she yelled. "Leave Rory alone! Don't invite her out for coffee and pretend to be her friend and then go and kiss Tristan like it's nothing!" Laura made as if she was about to slam the door, but Kristie stopped her.
"But I don't understand!" Kristie said, close to tears. "What did I do?"
"What did you do? God, your even stupider than I thought! Don't you get it? Rory is in love with Tristan, they even have a history! You pretend to be her friend, invite her out for coffee, and then make out with him right there! I bet you looked like a slut. Don't you have any feelings at all? Oh wait, I forgot.. bitch in the room.."
Kristie's eyes filled with tears at these harsh words that she definitely did not deserve. She tried to think of a witty retort or at least a defence, but all that came out was, "Rory and Tristan went out? He never told me.."
Laura smirked meanly. "Maybe you weren't listening hard enough."
"They're in love?" Kristie's voice quivered. "But he's mine!" she yelled, seemingly close to tears.
"Shut up and go away! Leave! Get out of here!"
Kristie fled from the doorway, but just when Laura was about to close the door, Rory came out of her room, with Melody and Sharon following. Rory looked considerably calmer, her hair brushed and her face bright and clear.
"Who's that?" she asked, her voice no longer upset, but calm and resolved.
"Uh..no one." Laura said nervously. Rory hurried over to the open door in time to catch a glimpse of the fleeing Kristie.
"Kristie, wait!" she called out. Kristie turned around, her eyes full of tears.
"I thought you were a friend, Rory. I thought that I had a real friend in you, but you're no more better than those girls in my economics class. In fact, you're even worse." She said bitterly, then she ran out of sight.
Rory turned to Laura. Laura winced under her harsh stare. "What did you say to her?"