Not So Simple Anymore
Author's Note: Sorry for the long wait! I've been overloaded with homework! ( here's chapter 16.seventeen to come!
Disclaimer: I do not own Faith Hill's Cry nor do I own any of the Gilmore's.
Chapter 16: Cry
If I had just one tear running down your cheek/ maybe I could cope, maybe I'd get some sleep/
If I had just one moment at your expense/ Maybe all my misery would be well spent
Two days later-The airport
"I'll miss you," Lorelai said hugging Rory tightly. "I'll miss you too, Mom," came Rory's reply trying not to cry again-she had cried two days straight and she didn't want to start again knowing she wouldn't be able to stop. "Call me every night,"
"I will,"
"Come on Gilmore!" called Paris. "Bye! Love you," both Gilmore Girl's called out to each other. Lorelai was leaving when she crashed into someone. "Oh god! I'm sorry; I'm such a klutz. What would my daughter say?" she laughed until she looked up to see Tristan and her smile froze on her face. "Lorelai?"
"Hey Tristan," came her response full of distasted towards the boy who broke her daughter's heart. "What are you doing here?" he asked, surprised. "Dropping Rory off,"
"Why?"
"I don't think you need to know that," was her defensive answer. "Why not?"
"You broke her heart Tristan! I'm sending her off so she won't be in a funk all summer wallowing over you. You didn't need to know because you broke up with her!" yelled Lorelai and then hurried off leaving Tristan to stare after her.
"How come Tristan didn't see you off?" Paris asked Rory curiously. "I don't want to talk about it," she replied as they got to their seats. "If you ever want to talk about it, I'm here you know,"
"I will tell you, later though," she promised and with a sad smile opened her copy of 'Seventeen'.
"Your father said his driver will pick you up in London," Tristan's mother explained to him. "I don't see why I have to go, what's the point?" he asked bitterly. "Kyle's not going," he said loudly. "He is," came Cecile Dugrey's quiet and concerned reply. "Oh," came his subdued reply. "Are you okay?" the note of concern in her voice was obvious. "Fine, couldn't be better," he lied. "Does this have to do with Rory?" he quickly looked away from his mother. "What? No!" he was lying again. "Tristan." Cecile said softly. "She was kissing Jess," he muttered. "Hey, Tris-it's okay," she said hugging him. "I was in love with her, Mom," he whispered staring at his feet. "I know you are it's the same I felt for your father,"
"I know you've always hated me when I would go and be a player.but it's the only way I had to get away from the divorce, from falling in love and feeling like shit," he swore and Cecile knew maybe this summer wouldn't turn out as well as she had hoped with Rory's influence making him not date a million girls. Kyle arrived and Tristan put on the façade he had been hiding behind since the beginning of the messy divorce. With a sinking heart she realized sending him to London might turn him into someone just like his father-and it hurt.
Beginning of July in Washington D.C.-Rory and Paris's room
"Why don't you come with me, tonight?" Paris suggested. "No thanks," Rory said quietly. "Are you sure your all right?" Rory had been depressed ever since they had arrived in Washington. She was sitting reading a book; she was paler then ever and looked unhealthy. Paris knew she hadn't been eating nor sleeping lately and she was concerned. "No," Rory replied staring at her hands chipping away the green nail polish she had on. "Do you want to talk about it?" Taking a shaky breath Rory spilled out the story. From Jess's arrival in Stars Hollow, how Tristan reacted, the kiss and to the break-up: her story was spilled from her lips and she was finally glad she had gotten it off her chest. "It was a mistake-kissing Jess was the biggest mistake I've ever made. I'm still in love with Tristan.and I miss him so much," she said sadly looking out the window at the dusk coming in. "Send him an e-mail," Paris suggested after watching her friend for a moment realizing how much pain she was in, and how much she needed to still be with him. "Great Idea!" Rory said finally smiling a little, much to Paris's relief. There was a knock on the door and Paris shooed Rory into the closet; her laptop cradled in her arms. "Good luck," Paris said softly before leaving Rory in silence and solitude. Sighing Rory turned on her laptop and typed 'Dear Tristan' then frowned, erased it and typed 'Tristan.'. She groaned it was going to be one hell of a night. After ten minutes all she had was 'Dear Tristan,' the cursor blinked and blinked annoying Rory to the brink of insanity maybe e-mail wasn't such a good idea.a letter was much safer.
As the days passed by Rory had finally mustered up the courage to send the letter to Tristan, sending it to London knowing that was where he was staying. Within a week Rory expected a phone call, e-mail or even a letter in response from him, but nothing came. One week passed, then two-she sent another letter to him, and nothing came in return. When she arrived home Lorelai was thrilled to see her but had to tell her the disappointing news that there was nothing from Tristan, not even a speck of dust.
It was another movie night in the Gilmore home, Lorelai had chosen A Walk to Remember and Romeo and Juliet without thinking what would happen to Rory when watching those movies. In the middle of A Walk to Remember she began to cry. "Babe? What's wrong?"
"I miss him, Mom," she whimpered as Landon and Jamie shared their first kiss. "Come here, sweetie," Lorelai said softly turning off the movie and letting Rory lean her head on her lap for the broken hearted girl. "Why did Jess have to kiss me?" Rory sobbed. "My life was perfect,"
"I know, it'll be all right Ror-I promise,"
After much begging and pleading on Lorelai's part they were off to Luke's. "Thank You!" Lorelai cried out as they sat down at a table. "I'll get our doughnuts," Rory said quickly spotting Jess standing at the counter reading and jotting notes in the margins. "Hey," he said, she nodded in reply. "I'm sorry about you and Tristan, breaking up,"
"Really?" she asked surprised as she glanced at him. "Yeah," he replied she smiled slightly and replied "Thank You," he shrugged in reply. "Umm.do you still like me?" she asked nervously. "Rory, your mom and my uncle are going to get married, some day-soon. You know, he knows it, she knows it and I know it.hell, the whole town knows it!" Rory breathed out a sigh of relief. "Are you and Tristan back together or something?" he asked raising an eyebrow at her. "No," she replied sadly. "Have you seen him since Sookie's wedding?"
"No, but I wrote him. Twice and he didn't reply to either! He didn't have any excuses because I sent it to his father's in London!" she was crying, again. It hurt her so bad that Tristan had never replied. It was tearing her apart and she didn't know what to do anymore, she was still in love with Tristan but he hated her because of one stupid mistake that had happened. "Rory don't cry," coaxed Jess, the bewildered teenage boy. He didn't deal with tears very well nor did any teenage boy for that matter. "Lorelai!" he called. "What did you do?"
"Nothing!" he said but mouthed, 'Tristan' and Lorelai nodded. "Ror."
"I'm fine! I just need to be alone," she said grabbing her cup of coffee and taking off out of the diner. As she walked out she was confronted with the sign on the gazebo. Rory and Tristan's Gazebo it read and she climbed up the stairs of the gazebo to find the carving on one of the poles of R and T 4-ever with the crooked heart added by her that evening so long ago when she and Tristan had been young and reckless, not to mention naïve.
Flashback:
It was their six-month anniversary and for a gift he had finished the gazebo that afternoon. She had been thrilled but he wasn't done. He had made a home cooked meal courtesy of pervious cooking classes with Sookie. Then, after dinner he had danced with her in the middle of Stars Hollow's Main St. amidst the cars and the rain that had started to fall. Laughing like idiots they had hastily finished their dance and then hurried into the gazebo where Tristan handed her the sign. It was so incredibly sweet and romantic that Rory couldn't help but feel nostalgic of the past six months. Soon after, he produce his Swiss Army knife and carved R + T 4ever. She had wrapped her hand around his and added the crooked heart.
End Flashback
She quickly dashed out of the gazebo trying to flee away from the memories only to be washed over with more. She passed Miss Patty's pausing for a moment remembering their dance lessons for her debutante ball and how Luke along with Lorelai showed them how it was really done with dips and everything. The dance marathon also came to mind as well. Lorelai and Rory had decided to be partners after Luke had refused to be Lorelai's. Tristan had insisted he would come along just to watch which was good because Lorelai 'accidentally' bumped into Kirk disqualifying herself and Kirk, along with his partner. Tristan had stepped in for Lorelai. Rory was nearly asleep by then so she apologized for her lack of chatter but he hadn't minded telling her soothing things like how much he loved her and how special she was.because of him they had won sending Lorelai through the roof for finally a Gilmore out beating Kirk, the reigning champion. Rory's cell phone rang making her snap out of her reverie. "Hello?"
"Rory it's Paris-There's a party tonight at Madeline's bring Jess and Lane. See you at seven," CLICK. Rory stared at the phone she had only said one word during their conversation, amazing. She didn't want to go to the party but then the idea of making up with Tristan was overwhelming and overruled her excuses not to go which were basically none. Smiling she hurried to Lane's unable to contain her excitement of the prospect of getting back together with him.
Author's Note: Sorry for the long wait! I've been overloaded with homework! ( here's chapter 16.seventeen to come!
Disclaimer: I do not own Faith Hill's Cry nor do I own any of the Gilmore's.
Chapter 16: Cry
If I had just one tear running down your cheek/ maybe I could cope, maybe I'd get some sleep/
If I had just one moment at your expense/ Maybe all my misery would be well spent
Two days later-The airport
"I'll miss you," Lorelai said hugging Rory tightly. "I'll miss you too, Mom," came Rory's reply trying not to cry again-she had cried two days straight and she didn't want to start again knowing she wouldn't be able to stop. "Call me every night,"
"I will,"
"Come on Gilmore!" called Paris. "Bye! Love you," both Gilmore Girl's called out to each other. Lorelai was leaving when she crashed into someone. "Oh god! I'm sorry; I'm such a klutz. What would my daughter say?" she laughed until she looked up to see Tristan and her smile froze on her face. "Lorelai?"
"Hey Tristan," came her response full of distasted towards the boy who broke her daughter's heart. "What are you doing here?" he asked, surprised. "Dropping Rory off,"
"Why?"
"I don't think you need to know that," was her defensive answer. "Why not?"
"You broke her heart Tristan! I'm sending her off so she won't be in a funk all summer wallowing over you. You didn't need to know because you broke up with her!" yelled Lorelai and then hurried off leaving Tristan to stare after her.
"How come Tristan didn't see you off?" Paris asked Rory curiously. "I don't want to talk about it," she replied as they got to their seats. "If you ever want to talk about it, I'm here you know,"
"I will tell you, later though," she promised and with a sad smile opened her copy of 'Seventeen'.
"Your father said his driver will pick you up in London," Tristan's mother explained to him. "I don't see why I have to go, what's the point?" he asked bitterly. "Kyle's not going," he said loudly. "He is," came Cecile Dugrey's quiet and concerned reply. "Oh," came his subdued reply. "Are you okay?" the note of concern in her voice was obvious. "Fine, couldn't be better," he lied. "Does this have to do with Rory?" he quickly looked away from his mother. "What? No!" he was lying again. "Tristan." Cecile said softly. "She was kissing Jess," he muttered. "Hey, Tris-it's okay," she said hugging him. "I was in love with her, Mom," he whispered staring at his feet. "I know you are it's the same I felt for your father,"
"I know you've always hated me when I would go and be a player.but it's the only way I had to get away from the divorce, from falling in love and feeling like shit," he swore and Cecile knew maybe this summer wouldn't turn out as well as she had hoped with Rory's influence making him not date a million girls. Kyle arrived and Tristan put on the façade he had been hiding behind since the beginning of the messy divorce. With a sinking heart she realized sending him to London might turn him into someone just like his father-and it hurt.
Beginning of July in Washington D.C.-Rory and Paris's room
"Why don't you come with me, tonight?" Paris suggested. "No thanks," Rory said quietly. "Are you sure your all right?" Rory had been depressed ever since they had arrived in Washington. She was sitting reading a book; she was paler then ever and looked unhealthy. Paris knew she hadn't been eating nor sleeping lately and she was concerned. "No," Rory replied staring at her hands chipping away the green nail polish she had on. "Do you want to talk about it?" Taking a shaky breath Rory spilled out the story. From Jess's arrival in Stars Hollow, how Tristan reacted, the kiss and to the break-up: her story was spilled from her lips and she was finally glad she had gotten it off her chest. "It was a mistake-kissing Jess was the biggest mistake I've ever made. I'm still in love with Tristan.and I miss him so much," she said sadly looking out the window at the dusk coming in. "Send him an e-mail," Paris suggested after watching her friend for a moment realizing how much pain she was in, and how much she needed to still be with him. "Great Idea!" Rory said finally smiling a little, much to Paris's relief. There was a knock on the door and Paris shooed Rory into the closet; her laptop cradled in her arms. "Good luck," Paris said softly before leaving Rory in silence and solitude. Sighing Rory turned on her laptop and typed 'Dear Tristan' then frowned, erased it and typed 'Tristan.'. She groaned it was going to be one hell of a night. After ten minutes all she had was 'Dear Tristan,' the cursor blinked and blinked annoying Rory to the brink of insanity maybe e-mail wasn't such a good idea.a letter was much safer.
As the days passed by Rory had finally mustered up the courage to send the letter to Tristan, sending it to London knowing that was where he was staying. Within a week Rory expected a phone call, e-mail or even a letter in response from him, but nothing came. One week passed, then two-she sent another letter to him, and nothing came in return. When she arrived home Lorelai was thrilled to see her but had to tell her the disappointing news that there was nothing from Tristan, not even a speck of dust.
It was another movie night in the Gilmore home, Lorelai had chosen A Walk to Remember and Romeo and Juliet without thinking what would happen to Rory when watching those movies. In the middle of A Walk to Remember she began to cry. "Babe? What's wrong?"
"I miss him, Mom," she whimpered as Landon and Jamie shared their first kiss. "Come here, sweetie," Lorelai said softly turning off the movie and letting Rory lean her head on her lap for the broken hearted girl. "Why did Jess have to kiss me?" Rory sobbed. "My life was perfect,"
"I know, it'll be all right Ror-I promise,"
After much begging and pleading on Lorelai's part they were off to Luke's. "Thank You!" Lorelai cried out as they sat down at a table. "I'll get our doughnuts," Rory said quickly spotting Jess standing at the counter reading and jotting notes in the margins. "Hey," he said, she nodded in reply. "I'm sorry about you and Tristan, breaking up,"
"Really?" she asked surprised as she glanced at him. "Yeah," he replied she smiled slightly and replied "Thank You," he shrugged in reply. "Umm.do you still like me?" she asked nervously. "Rory, your mom and my uncle are going to get married, some day-soon. You know, he knows it, she knows it and I know it.hell, the whole town knows it!" Rory breathed out a sigh of relief. "Are you and Tristan back together or something?" he asked raising an eyebrow at her. "No," she replied sadly. "Have you seen him since Sookie's wedding?"
"No, but I wrote him. Twice and he didn't reply to either! He didn't have any excuses because I sent it to his father's in London!" she was crying, again. It hurt her so bad that Tristan had never replied. It was tearing her apart and she didn't know what to do anymore, she was still in love with Tristan but he hated her because of one stupid mistake that had happened. "Rory don't cry," coaxed Jess, the bewildered teenage boy. He didn't deal with tears very well nor did any teenage boy for that matter. "Lorelai!" he called. "What did you do?"
"Nothing!" he said but mouthed, 'Tristan' and Lorelai nodded. "Ror."
"I'm fine! I just need to be alone," she said grabbing her cup of coffee and taking off out of the diner. As she walked out she was confronted with the sign on the gazebo. Rory and Tristan's Gazebo it read and she climbed up the stairs of the gazebo to find the carving on one of the poles of R and T 4-ever with the crooked heart added by her that evening so long ago when she and Tristan had been young and reckless, not to mention naïve.
Flashback:
It was their six-month anniversary and for a gift he had finished the gazebo that afternoon. She had been thrilled but he wasn't done. He had made a home cooked meal courtesy of pervious cooking classes with Sookie. Then, after dinner he had danced with her in the middle of Stars Hollow's Main St. amidst the cars and the rain that had started to fall. Laughing like idiots they had hastily finished their dance and then hurried into the gazebo where Tristan handed her the sign. It was so incredibly sweet and romantic that Rory couldn't help but feel nostalgic of the past six months. Soon after, he produce his Swiss Army knife and carved R + T 4ever. She had wrapped her hand around his and added the crooked heart.
End Flashback
She quickly dashed out of the gazebo trying to flee away from the memories only to be washed over with more. She passed Miss Patty's pausing for a moment remembering their dance lessons for her debutante ball and how Luke along with Lorelai showed them how it was really done with dips and everything. The dance marathon also came to mind as well. Lorelai and Rory had decided to be partners after Luke had refused to be Lorelai's. Tristan had insisted he would come along just to watch which was good because Lorelai 'accidentally' bumped into Kirk disqualifying herself and Kirk, along with his partner. Tristan had stepped in for Lorelai. Rory was nearly asleep by then so she apologized for her lack of chatter but he hadn't minded telling her soothing things like how much he loved her and how special she was.because of him they had won sending Lorelai through the roof for finally a Gilmore out beating Kirk, the reigning champion. Rory's cell phone rang making her snap out of her reverie. "Hello?"
"Rory it's Paris-There's a party tonight at Madeline's bring Jess and Lane. See you at seven," CLICK. Rory stared at the phone she had only said one word during their conversation, amazing. She didn't want to go to the party but then the idea of making up with Tristan was overwhelming and overruled her excuses not to go which were basically none. Smiling she hurried to Lane's unable to contain her excitement of the prospect of getting back together with him.