Rory walked into her room and collapsed on her bed. She smiled and looked over at the clock, it was 8pm. 'We were out for 8 hours!' Rory thought, then shook her head and quickly got up off the bed.
"Mooooom!" Rory yelled upstairs.
"Yessum?" Lorelai yelled back.
"I'm home!"
"Ok! I'll be down in just a sec… Ow!"
Rory could hear Lorelai stumbling to put on her shoes and went to the kitchen to sit down. She had decided she wanted to ask her Mom everything that had happened to past couple of years, the stuff she couldn't remember. She had wanted to know since she came home, but couldn't get around to asking her Mom, fearing it would upset her. Just then, Lorelai finally made it downstairs and made her way towards the kitchen.
"Hey sweetie," Lorelai said kissing her head, "where were you this whole time? Lanes?"
"With Jess!" Rory said excitedly.
"Oh." Lorelai paused and looked at Rory, "What were you guys doing?"
"We walked around town and he showed me every store, every corner, every place that we had memories in. He named them all and how they reminded him of me and stuff we did there…"
"Stuff you did there? Dirty." Lorelai smirked.
"Mom not like that! Geez." Rory blushed and looked at her hands that were folded in her lap. "There's just one thing I was to afraid to ask him…" Rory said, still staring at her hands.
'Uh oh.' Lorelai thought, 'here comes the question…'
"I wanted to ask him why we only started going out a week ago. I mean, he told me he'd had a crush on me since he first got here a year and a half ago. So, why did we wait so long? Was it me? Did he have a girlfriend, or did I have a boyfriend? I mean, I remember Dean but I also remember me and Dean broke up a long time ago." Rory paused and looked at her Mom, "Was there someone else?"
Lorelai hadn't expected that question. She was expecting Rory to ask her how far they had gone while they had been going out, or the things they used to do together, or something simpler than this. Lorelai sighed and took a seat next to Rory.
"Listen, Ror, there was someone else. His name was Brad." Lorelai stopped and looked at Rory hoping that she would just remember him and save Lorelai the pain of having to explain what happened to her. But Rory's face showed no expression of familiarity.
"Ok… Brad who?"
"Ror, maybe we should save this conversation for later. I told Sookie I'd go to her house to help her redecorate her living room. You should come with us, it'll be fun!"
"No Mom, why are you being so evasive? What's the deal with this guy? Just tell me."
"Honey, its not that simple. See, you and Brad went out for a very long time. A year and 2 months to be exact." Lorelai said the last part with hatred in her voice. But Rory didn't pick up on it.
"Wow that's a really long time, what happened? I bet he cheated on me. Oh no, wait, I cheated on him didn't I! With Jess! Oh my God!" Rory began to panic, thinking about what a horrible person she was for doing this to so-called 'Brad'.
"No honey no that didn't happen! Ugh, Ror, please can we save this conversation for later? I promise you when I have more time we will talk about it. Just… not now? I really want to be able to sit down with you and not have to worry about being anywhere. Ok?" Lorelai put her hand on Rory's shoulder and rubbed it, smiling. Rory nodded and Lorelai got up.
"Ill be back before 11, ok?"
"Ok Mom, ill see you later."
Lorelai grabbed her purse and walked outside, "Man that thing is ugly." Lorelai said, referring to the overly-expensive BMW her parents had let her borrow. She got inside and started the car, thinking about the conversation she had just had with Rory. To Lorelai, what happened was almost a blessing. Rory had gone back to being, well, Rory. The Rory that Brad hadn't jaded, and the Rory Jess hadn't claimed. It was back to 'normal'. Even though Lorelai had expected Rory to ask about what happened to her, she had still hoped Rory would remember on her own. 'I shoulda stayed home,' she thought, while driving towards Sookie's. But she couldn't, not now, they would just have the conversation later.
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Rory sat in the kitchen a few minutes after her mother had left, wondering what the big deal was about this 'Brad'. She walked into her room, hoping maybe she would find something there that would make sense of this 'Brad' mystery. She walked over to her closet and opened the doors, first looking behind the clothes then up in the corners, but she still found nothing. Then she walked over to her desk, and opened the drawer.
There, she found her diary. It was full of her most deepest, darkest, personal secrets. 'Perfect,' she thought, making her way into the living room. Rory plopped down on the couch and sat Indian style, quickly opening the diary. Once open, she skipped to the back, hoping to find some answers. She ran her fingers up and down the pages, scanning for the name Brad, then she found it.
Dear Diary,
I'm in love! Brad and I have been going out for almost a year now and I cant believe how happy I am. He's perfect for me, always nice and caring and sometimes a little over-protective but I don't mind. I feel so safe and complete with him… wow its great! Just today, we went to Hartford and…
Rory continued reading and smiled at the fact that she had been in love. She pondered at how nice it must have been, and then turned her attention to the next few pages. Her smile quickly turned to a frown when she saw the tear-stained and ink smudged page in her diary.
Dear Diary,
Brad hit me today. I cant understand it, I don't want to. He loves me, and I love him. He made a mistake, but how am I supposed to know he wont ever do it again? He made me stay at the bridge with him, afterward to 'talk it out'. I only stayed because I didn't want to upset him anymore than he was… god he's such an asshole! I cant stop crying, but Id better before my Mom here's me. I want to tell her but I mean, how would that help the situation? Exactly - it wouldn't. I guess ill just tell her sometime later, when everything is straightened out. I'm really tired so I'm going to go to bed… night.
Love,
Rory
Rory froze. She couldn't believe what she had just read - he HIT her? She stared at the page for a few minutes then decided she needed to know how this ended. It was like a book that you just cant put down because its so incredible - but instead it was her life. Everything she was reading wasn't fiction, it was all real. She read the next few pages, explaining about how she told her Mom and how Brad had hit her again. She was in awe, how could she be so stupid as to stay with him after the first time? Then she read the parts about Jess. She slowly closed the diary and walked towards her room, placing it back in the drawer. Rory then quickened her pace as she exited the room and made her way towards the phone. She picked it up and dialed, waiting for an answer.
"Hello?"
"Hi." Rory's voice was cold as ice.
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A/N - I bet you guys are wondering who she called! Haha, I'm not telling till next chapter! I must be the queen of cliffhangers because with all the stories I read I don't see as many as I throw into my stories. Anyways, I again apologize for the lack of updates as I will TRY to do them more often. I'm also thinking of ending this story soon with a possible sequel? I'm still not totally sure about it, so please R&R and give me your ideas! Thanks!
"Mooooom!" Rory yelled upstairs.
"Yessum?" Lorelai yelled back.
"I'm home!"
"Ok! I'll be down in just a sec… Ow!"
Rory could hear Lorelai stumbling to put on her shoes and went to the kitchen to sit down. She had decided she wanted to ask her Mom everything that had happened to past couple of years, the stuff she couldn't remember. She had wanted to know since she came home, but couldn't get around to asking her Mom, fearing it would upset her. Just then, Lorelai finally made it downstairs and made her way towards the kitchen.
"Hey sweetie," Lorelai said kissing her head, "where were you this whole time? Lanes?"
"With Jess!" Rory said excitedly.
"Oh." Lorelai paused and looked at Rory, "What were you guys doing?"
"We walked around town and he showed me every store, every corner, every place that we had memories in. He named them all and how they reminded him of me and stuff we did there…"
"Stuff you did there? Dirty." Lorelai smirked.
"Mom not like that! Geez." Rory blushed and looked at her hands that were folded in her lap. "There's just one thing I was to afraid to ask him…" Rory said, still staring at her hands.
'Uh oh.' Lorelai thought, 'here comes the question…'
"I wanted to ask him why we only started going out a week ago. I mean, he told me he'd had a crush on me since he first got here a year and a half ago. So, why did we wait so long? Was it me? Did he have a girlfriend, or did I have a boyfriend? I mean, I remember Dean but I also remember me and Dean broke up a long time ago." Rory paused and looked at her Mom, "Was there someone else?"
Lorelai hadn't expected that question. She was expecting Rory to ask her how far they had gone while they had been going out, or the things they used to do together, or something simpler than this. Lorelai sighed and took a seat next to Rory.
"Listen, Ror, there was someone else. His name was Brad." Lorelai stopped and looked at Rory hoping that she would just remember him and save Lorelai the pain of having to explain what happened to her. But Rory's face showed no expression of familiarity.
"Ok… Brad who?"
"Ror, maybe we should save this conversation for later. I told Sookie I'd go to her house to help her redecorate her living room. You should come with us, it'll be fun!"
"No Mom, why are you being so evasive? What's the deal with this guy? Just tell me."
"Honey, its not that simple. See, you and Brad went out for a very long time. A year and 2 months to be exact." Lorelai said the last part with hatred in her voice. But Rory didn't pick up on it.
"Wow that's a really long time, what happened? I bet he cheated on me. Oh no, wait, I cheated on him didn't I! With Jess! Oh my God!" Rory began to panic, thinking about what a horrible person she was for doing this to so-called 'Brad'.
"No honey no that didn't happen! Ugh, Ror, please can we save this conversation for later? I promise you when I have more time we will talk about it. Just… not now? I really want to be able to sit down with you and not have to worry about being anywhere. Ok?" Lorelai put her hand on Rory's shoulder and rubbed it, smiling. Rory nodded and Lorelai got up.
"Ill be back before 11, ok?"
"Ok Mom, ill see you later."
Lorelai grabbed her purse and walked outside, "Man that thing is ugly." Lorelai said, referring to the overly-expensive BMW her parents had let her borrow. She got inside and started the car, thinking about the conversation she had just had with Rory. To Lorelai, what happened was almost a blessing. Rory had gone back to being, well, Rory. The Rory that Brad hadn't jaded, and the Rory Jess hadn't claimed. It was back to 'normal'. Even though Lorelai had expected Rory to ask about what happened to her, she had still hoped Rory would remember on her own. 'I shoulda stayed home,' she thought, while driving towards Sookie's. But she couldn't, not now, they would just have the conversation later.
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Rory sat in the kitchen a few minutes after her mother had left, wondering what the big deal was about this 'Brad'. She walked into her room, hoping maybe she would find something there that would make sense of this 'Brad' mystery. She walked over to her closet and opened the doors, first looking behind the clothes then up in the corners, but she still found nothing. Then she walked over to her desk, and opened the drawer.
There, she found her diary. It was full of her most deepest, darkest, personal secrets. 'Perfect,' she thought, making her way into the living room. Rory plopped down on the couch and sat Indian style, quickly opening the diary. Once open, she skipped to the back, hoping to find some answers. She ran her fingers up and down the pages, scanning for the name Brad, then she found it.
Dear Diary,
I'm in love! Brad and I have been going out for almost a year now and I cant believe how happy I am. He's perfect for me, always nice and caring and sometimes a little over-protective but I don't mind. I feel so safe and complete with him… wow its great! Just today, we went to Hartford and…
Rory continued reading and smiled at the fact that she had been in love. She pondered at how nice it must have been, and then turned her attention to the next few pages. Her smile quickly turned to a frown when she saw the tear-stained and ink smudged page in her diary.
Dear Diary,
Brad hit me today. I cant understand it, I don't want to. He loves me, and I love him. He made a mistake, but how am I supposed to know he wont ever do it again? He made me stay at the bridge with him, afterward to 'talk it out'. I only stayed because I didn't want to upset him anymore than he was… god he's such an asshole! I cant stop crying, but Id better before my Mom here's me. I want to tell her but I mean, how would that help the situation? Exactly - it wouldn't. I guess ill just tell her sometime later, when everything is straightened out. I'm really tired so I'm going to go to bed… night.
Love,
Rory
Rory froze. She couldn't believe what she had just read - he HIT her? She stared at the page for a few minutes then decided she needed to know how this ended. It was like a book that you just cant put down because its so incredible - but instead it was her life. Everything she was reading wasn't fiction, it was all real. She read the next few pages, explaining about how she told her Mom and how Brad had hit her again. She was in awe, how could she be so stupid as to stay with him after the first time? Then she read the parts about Jess. She slowly closed the diary and walked towards her room, placing it back in the drawer. Rory then quickened her pace as she exited the room and made her way towards the phone. She picked it up and dialed, waiting for an answer.
"Hello?"
"Hi." Rory's voice was cold as ice.
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A/N - I bet you guys are wondering who she called! Haha, I'm not telling till next chapter! I must be the queen of cliffhangers because with all the stories I read I don't see as many as I throw into my stories. Anyways, I again apologize for the lack of updates as I will TRY to do them more often. I'm also thinking of ending this story soon with a possible sequel? I'm still not totally sure about it, so please R&R and give me your ideas! Thanks!