Title: Trouble Comes to Town
Author: AngeloftheNight
Spoilers: "I can't get started"
Summary: Jess is just getting his life together when an old friend of his comes to Star's Hollow to visit. Will the friend disrupt the developing relationship between Rory and Jess? And whom will Rory confide in? Trory with a little bit of R/J, L/L.
Disclaimer: Gilmore Girls is the property of The WB. I own no rights to the show. I do own all of the rights to Jason. If you use my character I will have to sue you, but only if you don't ask first! :-)
A/N: Hey everyone. I'm really sorry that I took so long to write this chapter. I was having major inspiration issues. But I'm here now and so is this chapter. I hope you like it because it took me forever to write it!
~*~*~*~*~*Chapter 9*~*~*~*~*~
I walked into the door of Luke's diner. I had no idea what I was going to say or how I was going to say it. All I knew was that no matter how I said it the fact of the matter was that Jess was going to be hurt. I didn't want him to be hurt. We went through a lot of crap to be together and now what I had to tell him was going to ruin everything. I went up the stairs and entered the house above the diner without knocking. Jess was sitting on his bed reading "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand. That one never got old.
"Jess," I walked up to him.
"Hey," he jumped off the bed and came over to kiss me. I pulled away. He backed up and looked at me.
"I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what? What is going on?"
"You remember Tristan?"
"Yeah."
"I love you Jess."
"I love you too. What is going on? You ask me if I know Tristan and then you tell me that you love me."
"Before you say anything please let me explain."
"Okay."
"Before Tristan left we had kissed. It was when Dean and I broke up the first time. After Dean and I got back together Tristan was a real jerk and he even took Dean about us kissing. When he left I thought that things would be better. They were until he came back. When he came back everything was like it was before he left. He treated me like crap and I treated him like crap back. We got forced to do that project together and things happened."
"What kind of things?"
"You said that you would let me finish."
"Go on."
"We fought and even after he upset Dean and pissed me off there was still something about him." This was the first time that I had seen this look on Jess's face. It was a look that he knew what was about to come. I stood there and looked deep into his eyes before I told him. I found that connection that we have always had since the day I met him and then I told him. "I kissed him. Just like I kissed you that first time. I'm in love with him. I always have been. I'm so sorry Jess."
"Sorry?"
"Yes, I'm sorry. Don't think that I don't love you because I do. I just don't love you like I love him. Don't hate me."
"I can't believe this. What are you Rory? Some type of whore. You go from Dean to me. From me to Tristan. When is it going to stop? I'm sure you'll find someone else to sink your oh-so-innocent teeth into."
"It's not like that. God. I can't even believe that you would think like that."
"What am I supossed to think? You are the only one that mattered to me when I moved here. Now you are dumping me just like everyone else in my family has."
"Don't turn this around to make me out like something that I'm not. I couldn't bare to be with you knowing that I loved someone else. And I wouldn't want to put you through that either."
"It doesn't matter to you, Rory. You don't care. Well I don't either. Get out. I don't want you here."
"Please don't be like that. I want to be friends."
"If you wanted to be friends than we never should have taken this that one step farther. We should have stayed friends in the first place. If you knew that you loved someone else then why did you bother getting involved with me?"
"Because he wasn't here. And I loved you. It didn't matter then because I could be with you and I didn't have to see his face everyday. I can't handle it now. It's to much having to see him and then come back to you."
"So, I was just a replacement?"
"No. That's not it at all."
"Then what?"
"He was gone. You were here. Usually people only get one chance at love. For some reason I got three. I'm sorry that I hurt you. I never meant to. And I did love you. I still do, just not the way that I should."
"Okay. I get it."
"Do you really? Or are you just saying that to get me to leave?"
"A little of both."
"I don't want you to be mad at me forever. Do you think that you can at least find a little bit of yourself that is not angry and be friends. I don't want to lose you."
"Leave."
"Okay. I'll be back tomorrow. And the day after that. And even if I go away to Harvard I'll be here everyday until you agree to be friends. I would hate that you would be the cause of me flunking out of college just to come back here every single day. So I'll leave now." I turned around and walked out the door. I felt better knowing that I at least I told him and that there was a very small possibility of us being friends again. I continued on my way home and I found mom sitting on the couch with Luke.
"I thought you were at the diner," I told Luke.
"Ceasar is taking over," mom gave him a little peck on the cheek.
"Okay. I think I'm going to leave now. See ya later."
"Wait. Honey!" Mom stopped me before I had a chance to get out the door.
"Yes mom."
"You look upset. Is something the matter?"
"Nothing more than the usual. We'll talk about it when I get home."
"All right."
I headed out the door and found myself at Lane's doorstep. I knocked on the door and to my surprise Lane answered.
"Hey Rory."
"Hi Lane. Can I come in and talk?"
"Sure." We walked up to her room and took seats on the floor. I filled her in about Jess and I and Tristan. When we were done talking I left and walked back to the diner. I needed a cup of coffee to hold me over till the morning. I walked in to find Jess working the counter.
"Back so soon?" He asked.
"I just wanted a quick cup of coffee."
"Here." He handed me a big cup all ready poured.
"Thanks."
"We can be friends," he said without making direct eye contact with me.
"Really?"
"Yeah. It won't be like it used to, but if friends is all that we can be I guess it will have to be good enough. I don't want to lose you and if we aren't friends than I will have lost you. So, we can be friends."
"Thank you Jess."
"Under one circumstance."
"What is it?"
"I don't want you to talk about him when you are with me. At least not until I'm feeling better about the whole breakup thing."
"It's a deal." I gave him a smile and went back home. When I got home there was a car sitting in the drive way. Tristan was standing up against it.
"Hey," he greeted me.
"Hi," I replied.
"Did you tell him yet?"
"Yeah. I did."
"How did it go?"
"Okay I guess. The good thing is that he agreed that we could be friends."
"Okay."
"So now what?"
"So now what, what?"
"What happens with us?"
"I don't know. What happens with us?"
"Don't start this with me Tristan. I'm not putting up with it anymore. We want to be together. So start acting like it instead of acting like you don't care."
"Okay." He walked over to me.
"So, answer my question."
"What question would that be?"
"Do you want to be with me or not?"
He grabbed me by the waist and pulled me close to him. He gently kissed me. Out of the three guys that I have kissed, this one had the most romance. I knew when he kissed me that I was done bouncing between guys. I had finally found the one that I would be with. I was done with other guys. Tristan was the one that I loved and I wanted to be with him always. (A/N: Or atleast until I find someone else to put her with. * evil laughter *)
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A/N: Well guys. I'm thinking that this is the end to this story. I hope that you liked it seen as how it took me FOREVER to write this chapter. And I was just joking about that whole 'Until I find another guy to put her with' thing. Or was I?
Author: AngeloftheNight
Spoilers: "I can't get started"
Summary: Jess is just getting his life together when an old friend of his comes to Star's Hollow to visit. Will the friend disrupt the developing relationship between Rory and Jess? And whom will Rory confide in? Trory with a little bit of R/J, L/L.
Disclaimer: Gilmore Girls is the property of The WB. I own no rights to the show. I do own all of the rights to Jason. If you use my character I will have to sue you, but only if you don't ask first! :-)
A/N: Hey everyone. I'm really sorry that I took so long to write this chapter. I was having major inspiration issues. But I'm here now and so is this chapter. I hope you like it because it took me forever to write it!
~*~*~*~*~*Chapter 9*~*~*~*~*~
I walked into the door of Luke's diner. I had no idea what I was going to say or how I was going to say it. All I knew was that no matter how I said it the fact of the matter was that Jess was going to be hurt. I didn't want him to be hurt. We went through a lot of crap to be together and now what I had to tell him was going to ruin everything. I went up the stairs and entered the house above the diner without knocking. Jess was sitting on his bed reading "The Fountainhead" by Ayn Rand. That one never got old.
"Jess," I walked up to him.
"Hey," he jumped off the bed and came over to kiss me. I pulled away. He backed up and looked at me.
"I'm sorry."
"Sorry for what? What is going on?"
"You remember Tristan?"
"Yeah."
"I love you Jess."
"I love you too. What is going on? You ask me if I know Tristan and then you tell me that you love me."
"Before you say anything please let me explain."
"Okay."
"Before Tristan left we had kissed. It was when Dean and I broke up the first time. After Dean and I got back together Tristan was a real jerk and he even took Dean about us kissing. When he left I thought that things would be better. They were until he came back. When he came back everything was like it was before he left. He treated me like crap and I treated him like crap back. We got forced to do that project together and things happened."
"What kind of things?"
"You said that you would let me finish."
"Go on."
"We fought and even after he upset Dean and pissed me off there was still something about him." This was the first time that I had seen this look on Jess's face. It was a look that he knew what was about to come. I stood there and looked deep into his eyes before I told him. I found that connection that we have always had since the day I met him and then I told him. "I kissed him. Just like I kissed you that first time. I'm in love with him. I always have been. I'm so sorry Jess."
"Sorry?"
"Yes, I'm sorry. Don't think that I don't love you because I do. I just don't love you like I love him. Don't hate me."
"I can't believe this. What are you Rory? Some type of whore. You go from Dean to me. From me to Tristan. When is it going to stop? I'm sure you'll find someone else to sink your oh-so-innocent teeth into."
"It's not like that. God. I can't even believe that you would think like that."
"What am I supossed to think? You are the only one that mattered to me when I moved here. Now you are dumping me just like everyone else in my family has."
"Don't turn this around to make me out like something that I'm not. I couldn't bare to be with you knowing that I loved someone else. And I wouldn't want to put you through that either."
"It doesn't matter to you, Rory. You don't care. Well I don't either. Get out. I don't want you here."
"Please don't be like that. I want to be friends."
"If you wanted to be friends than we never should have taken this that one step farther. We should have stayed friends in the first place. If you knew that you loved someone else then why did you bother getting involved with me?"
"Because he wasn't here. And I loved you. It didn't matter then because I could be with you and I didn't have to see his face everyday. I can't handle it now. It's to much having to see him and then come back to you."
"So, I was just a replacement?"
"No. That's not it at all."
"Then what?"
"He was gone. You were here. Usually people only get one chance at love. For some reason I got three. I'm sorry that I hurt you. I never meant to. And I did love you. I still do, just not the way that I should."
"Okay. I get it."
"Do you really? Or are you just saying that to get me to leave?"
"A little of both."
"I don't want you to be mad at me forever. Do you think that you can at least find a little bit of yourself that is not angry and be friends. I don't want to lose you."
"Leave."
"Okay. I'll be back tomorrow. And the day after that. And even if I go away to Harvard I'll be here everyday until you agree to be friends. I would hate that you would be the cause of me flunking out of college just to come back here every single day. So I'll leave now." I turned around and walked out the door. I felt better knowing that I at least I told him and that there was a very small possibility of us being friends again. I continued on my way home and I found mom sitting on the couch with Luke.
"I thought you were at the diner," I told Luke.
"Ceasar is taking over," mom gave him a little peck on the cheek.
"Okay. I think I'm going to leave now. See ya later."
"Wait. Honey!" Mom stopped me before I had a chance to get out the door.
"Yes mom."
"You look upset. Is something the matter?"
"Nothing more than the usual. We'll talk about it when I get home."
"All right."
I headed out the door and found myself at Lane's doorstep. I knocked on the door and to my surprise Lane answered.
"Hey Rory."
"Hi Lane. Can I come in and talk?"
"Sure." We walked up to her room and took seats on the floor. I filled her in about Jess and I and Tristan. When we were done talking I left and walked back to the diner. I needed a cup of coffee to hold me over till the morning. I walked in to find Jess working the counter.
"Back so soon?" He asked.
"I just wanted a quick cup of coffee."
"Here." He handed me a big cup all ready poured.
"Thanks."
"We can be friends," he said without making direct eye contact with me.
"Really?"
"Yeah. It won't be like it used to, but if friends is all that we can be I guess it will have to be good enough. I don't want to lose you and if we aren't friends than I will have lost you. So, we can be friends."
"Thank you Jess."
"Under one circumstance."
"What is it?"
"I don't want you to talk about him when you are with me. At least not until I'm feeling better about the whole breakup thing."
"It's a deal." I gave him a smile and went back home. When I got home there was a car sitting in the drive way. Tristan was standing up against it.
"Hey," he greeted me.
"Hi," I replied.
"Did you tell him yet?"
"Yeah. I did."
"How did it go?"
"Okay I guess. The good thing is that he agreed that we could be friends."
"Okay."
"So now what?"
"So now what, what?"
"What happens with us?"
"I don't know. What happens with us?"
"Don't start this with me Tristan. I'm not putting up with it anymore. We want to be together. So start acting like it instead of acting like you don't care."
"Okay." He walked over to me.
"So, answer my question."
"What question would that be?"
"Do you want to be with me or not?"
He grabbed me by the waist and pulled me close to him. He gently kissed me. Out of the three guys that I have kissed, this one had the most romance. I knew when he kissed me that I was done bouncing between guys. I had finally found the one that I would be with. I was done with other guys. Tristan was the one that I loved and I wanted to be with him always. (A/N: Or atleast until I find someone else to put her with. * evil laughter *)
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A/N: Well guys. I'm thinking that this is the end to this story. I hope that you liked it seen as how it took me FOREVER to write this chapter. And I was just joking about that whole 'Until I find another guy to put her with' thing. Or was I?