Why Me? - Chapter 24
"Awkward Silence and Stolen Glances"
A/N- I AM SO SORRY for the lack of updates, I have been soooo incredibly busy! Please bare with me. As far as the next few chapters, they are going to take a very weird turn that im sure you all are going to kill me for. Please just trust me and R&R! Love you guys!
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There was silence as Rory and Brad sat at the kitchen table eating. He had finally came over, he crawled through her window and everything. The moment he came in, things became weird when he tried to give her a hug and had held on to her a litle longer than she expected, or liked. Nonetheless, he was there whether she wanted him to be or not. Rory's eyes darted around the room and she sighed heavily. If she had thought it was weird before, it was definatly ten times as weird with all the awkward silence and stolen glances.
"Um, I'm getting something to drink. Want anything?" Rory asked, hopefully he would say yes so she could have something to do besides sit there.
"Yea, sure. Whatever your getting is fine."
Rory pushed her chair back and quickly got up, walking towards the refrigerator. She opened it and leaned down, looking to see what kind of drinks they had left. While shifting through the Dr. Pepper and Sunkist, deciding what she wanted, she began to think. She thought about how this was a mistake, how she shouldn't have invited him, and how she should have talked to her mom before making any irrational decisions. 'To late...' she mumbled to herself. She grabbed two Dr. Peppers and stepped back to close the door. She turned around, only to find Brad standing face to face with her.
"Whoa," she said startled, and stepped back, "what are you doing?"
Brad's mouth crept up into disturbing smirk, and he grabbed her shoulders. She dropped her soda's as he pulled her into a hard, passionate kiss. But just as quickly as he had done so, she shoved him away, completely baffled as to what had just happened.
"What the hell are you doing!" She screamed, backing up into the refrigerator.
"To late what Rory? To late for what?" His eyes stared her down, and she began to get scared. She shifted to her right, trying to escape the corner he had just locked her into. But the more she moved, the more he maneuvered to stay in her way making it impossible for her to escape.
"Brad, your scaring me please stop..." Rory pleaded, but his eyes seemed glazed over. He seemed distant, like he knew what he was doing but no matter what, even if he had wanted to, was powerless to stop it.
"No, Rory, just enlighten me for a second. To late for what? To late for us? Because it isn't. We can be happy together, we can get married and have kids and spend the rest of our lives together. You know you want to, its that jackass Jess thats putting ideas in your head. Your Mom to. They dont know how happy we were together - they dont care either!" Brad slammed his right fist into the counter that was right beside Rorys head, missing her by mere inches.
As soon as he did this, Rory darted her head away from his fist and got a flashback of when he had hit her before. In that moment, she couldn't breath as it all came rushing back to her. Every moment between the two of them that she couldn't remember, suddenly had come back and it hit her like a ton of bricks. She felt her knee's go weak and her body tremble, her eyes suddenly drawn to the man in front of her. As she studied him, she saw the same pathetic excuse for a man that she had left a few weeks back. And it scared the hell out of her.
"Brad..." she paused trying to find the right words to calm him down. If she couldn't do it then, how could she now?
"... we can be together. But not when you act this way, I want to be with you. I really do, we just have to work on this ok?"
She saw him relax and he slowly brought his fist down to his side. She began to breath again as he backed up and made his way to the kitchen table, resting his elbows down and placing his head in his hands. She slowly followed and sat down beside him. They both sat there for a couple minutes, obviously trying to digest what had just happened.
"Brad," Rory said breaking the silence, "you haven't been going to counsuling have you?" Her voice showed genuine concern, and she gently touched his shoulder.
He took his head out of his hands and looked at Rory. The tears in his eyes were enough to make her heart melt and remember why she had fallen in love with him in the first place. He wanted her help. No, correction, he needed her help and he would never get it if she didnt help him.
But what about what he had done to her? What about the abuse he had subjected her to when all she did was try and love him? She couldnt just ignore that, but it seemed as though even though some of her memory had come back, it was more like a dream than a reality. She didnt know what to do now... if her Mom found out about this she would kill her! And if she found out that Rory actually wanted to HELP Brad, then all hell would break lose.
Rory's thoughts were interrupted when Brad violently got up and threw the chair he had been sitting in against the wall, putting a hole in the wall and breaking the chair. Rory quickly shot up from her chair and located her nearest exit, incase she needed to escape. But instead of Brad turning to her and letting out his anger, he fell to the ground in sobs.
Rory stood there in shock and just watched him. He curled up into a ball and wrapped his arms around his knees, crying into the crease between his legs that had been brought up to his chin. Rory, hardly being able to believe what had just happened the past couple of minutes slowly walked over to Brad and sat down beside him.
"Brad." She whispered, he turned to her and let go of his knee's, instead wrapping his arms around her and cried into her shoulder. She held onto him and let him cry until he couldn't anymore. When he was done, Rory wasnt sure what to do next.
"Do you want to go for a walk or something?" Rory asked, she knew everything she was doing right now was so incredibly wrong but she couldn't help it. She still loved him.
Brad smiled and shook his head yes, "But what if someone see's us?"
Rory thought for a second before replying, "Their all asleep, its 10 at night."
Brad nodded and went to take Rory's hand, but she pulled away.
"Lets just take this one step at a time, Ok?" She could tell he was getting upset at this but she continued making her way outside and quickly changed the subject hoping he would forget he was beginning to get angry. It worked, and they made their way outside.
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"Rory! Are you awake?" Lorelai said, walking into the Gilmore household. The first thing she noticed was that all the lights were on, and it was 10:30 at night. Usually Rory turned all the lights off before going to bed. Lorelai guessed she just had a rough night and fell asleep on her bed without making sure the lights were off and made her way to Rory's room.
"Ror?" Lorelai said, glacing into the living room on her way to Rory's room.
"Helllllo anyone home?" Lorelai looked in and around Rorys room but it showed no sign of human presence besides Lorelai herself. She walked over to Rory's bed and found the open diary. 'Its her diary! I can't read it...' Lorelai thought, but her curiousity took over and she picked it up. 'Just a few lines,' she began reading but before she could finish the first sentence (which had been about Brad, naturally...) her guilt took over and she shut it.
Then she remembered why she was there in the first place and began searching for Rory again.
"Rory! Mommy's getting worried now so lets jump out from behind wherever you hiding and get this over with!" Lorelai made her way out of Rory's room and into the kitchen, where she saw the broken chair. 'What the hell?' she thought, then looked at the wall and saw the hole. 'Why the hell did she throw the chair against the wall? I'm gonna kill her...' Lorelai said, touching the hole and surveying the damage.
Thats when Lorelai saw the soda cans. Cans. Plural. Not one, but two, meaning someone else had been in the house with her. Someone who had made her drop the soda cans, and someone who would have enough balls to throw a chair into a wall.
"Oh my God," Lorelai said out loud, thinking back to earlier that night and the diary, "Brad."
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A/N - Ok, you like? I like! Lol, please R&R because I love writing this but I dont know if anyone's really reading? Anywho, suggestions are welcome and again - trust me with this :-)
"Awkward Silence and Stolen Glances"
A/N- I AM SO SORRY for the lack of updates, I have been soooo incredibly busy! Please bare with me. As far as the next few chapters, they are going to take a very weird turn that im sure you all are going to kill me for. Please just trust me and R&R! Love you guys!
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There was silence as Rory and Brad sat at the kitchen table eating. He had finally came over, he crawled through her window and everything. The moment he came in, things became weird when he tried to give her a hug and had held on to her a litle longer than she expected, or liked. Nonetheless, he was there whether she wanted him to be or not. Rory's eyes darted around the room and she sighed heavily. If she had thought it was weird before, it was definatly ten times as weird with all the awkward silence and stolen glances.
"Um, I'm getting something to drink. Want anything?" Rory asked, hopefully he would say yes so she could have something to do besides sit there.
"Yea, sure. Whatever your getting is fine."
Rory pushed her chair back and quickly got up, walking towards the refrigerator. She opened it and leaned down, looking to see what kind of drinks they had left. While shifting through the Dr. Pepper and Sunkist, deciding what she wanted, she began to think. She thought about how this was a mistake, how she shouldn't have invited him, and how she should have talked to her mom before making any irrational decisions. 'To late...' she mumbled to herself. She grabbed two Dr. Peppers and stepped back to close the door. She turned around, only to find Brad standing face to face with her.
"Whoa," she said startled, and stepped back, "what are you doing?"
Brad's mouth crept up into disturbing smirk, and he grabbed her shoulders. She dropped her soda's as he pulled her into a hard, passionate kiss. But just as quickly as he had done so, she shoved him away, completely baffled as to what had just happened.
"What the hell are you doing!" She screamed, backing up into the refrigerator.
"To late what Rory? To late for what?" His eyes stared her down, and she began to get scared. She shifted to her right, trying to escape the corner he had just locked her into. But the more she moved, the more he maneuvered to stay in her way making it impossible for her to escape.
"Brad, your scaring me please stop..." Rory pleaded, but his eyes seemed glazed over. He seemed distant, like he knew what he was doing but no matter what, even if he had wanted to, was powerless to stop it.
"No, Rory, just enlighten me for a second. To late for what? To late for us? Because it isn't. We can be happy together, we can get married and have kids and spend the rest of our lives together. You know you want to, its that jackass Jess thats putting ideas in your head. Your Mom to. They dont know how happy we were together - they dont care either!" Brad slammed his right fist into the counter that was right beside Rorys head, missing her by mere inches.
As soon as he did this, Rory darted her head away from his fist and got a flashback of when he had hit her before. In that moment, she couldn't breath as it all came rushing back to her. Every moment between the two of them that she couldn't remember, suddenly had come back and it hit her like a ton of bricks. She felt her knee's go weak and her body tremble, her eyes suddenly drawn to the man in front of her. As she studied him, she saw the same pathetic excuse for a man that she had left a few weeks back. And it scared the hell out of her.
"Brad..." she paused trying to find the right words to calm him down. If she couldn't do it then, how could she now?
"... we can be together. But not when you act this way, I want to be with you. I really do, we just have to work on this ok?"
She saw him relax and he slowly brought his fist down to his side. She began to breath again as he backed up and made his way to the kitchen table, resting his elbows down and placing his head in his hands. She slowly followed and sat down beside him. They both sat there for a couple minutes, obviously trying to digest what had just happened.
"Brad," Rory said breaking the silence, "you haven't been going to counsuling have you?" Her voice showed genuine concern, and she gently touched his shoulder.
He took his head out of his hands and looked at Rory. The tears in his eyes were enough to make her heart melt and remember why she had fallen in love with him in the first place. He wanted her help. No, correction, he needed her help and he would never get it if she didnt help him.
But what about what he had done to her? What about the abuse he had subjected her to when all she did was try and love him? She couldnt just ignore that, but it seemed as though even though some of her memory had come back, it was more like a dream than a reality. She didnt know what to do now... if her Mom found out about this she would kill her! And if she found out that Rory actually wanted to HELP Brad, then all hell would break lose.
Rory's thoughts were interrupted when Brad violently got up and threw the chair he had been sitting in against the wall, putting a hole in the wall and breaking the chair. Rory quickly shot up from her chair and located her nearest exit, incase she needed to escape. But instead of Brad turning to her and letting out his anger, he fell to the ground in sobs.
Rory stood there in shock and just watched him. He curled up into a ball and wrapped his arms around his knees, crying into the crease between his legs that had been brought up to his chin. Rory, hardly being able to believe what had just happened the past couple of minutes slowly walked over to Brad and sat down beside him.
"Brad." She whispered, he turned to her and let go of his knee's, instead wrapping his arms around her and cried into her shoulder. She held onto him and let him cry until he couldn't anymore. When he was done, Rory wasnt sure what to do next.
"Do you want to go for a walk or something?" Rory asked, she knew everything she was doing right now was so incredibly wrong but she couldn't help it. She still loved him.
Brad smiled and shook his head yes, "But what if someone see's us?"
Rory thought for a second before replying, "Their all asleep, its 10 at night."
Brad nodded and went to take Rory's hand, but she pulled away.
"Lets just take this one step at a time, Ok?" She could tell he was getting upset at this but she continued making her way outside and quickly changed the subject hoping he would forget he was beginning to get angry. It worked, and they made their way outside.
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"Rory! Are you awake?" Lorelai said, walking into the Gilmore household. The first thing she noticed was that all the lights were on, and it was 10:30 at night. Usually Rory turned all the lights off before going to bed. Lorelai guessed she just had a rough night and fell asleep on her bed without making sure the lights were off and made her way to Rory's room.
"Ror?" Lorelai said, glacing into the living room on her way to Rory's room.
"Helllllo anyone home?" Lorelai looked in and around Rorys room but it showed no sign of human presence besides Lorelai herself. She walked over to Rory's bed and found the open diary. 'Its her diary! I can't read it...' Lorelai thought, but her curiousity took over and she picked it up. 'Just a few lines,' she began reading but before she could finish the first sentence (which had been about Brad, naturally...) her guilt took over and she shut it.
Then she remembered why she was there in the first place and began searching for Rory again.
"Rory! Mommy's getting worried now so lets jump out from behind wherever you hiding and get this over with!" Lorelai made her way out of Rory's room and into the kitchen, where she saw the broken chair. 'What the hell?' she thought, then looked at the wall and saw the hole. 'Why the hell did she throw the chair against the wall? I'm gonna kill her...' Lorelai said, touching the hole and surveying the damage.
Thats when Lorelai saw the soda cans. Cans. Plural. Not one, but two, meaning someone else had been in the house with her. Someone who had made her drop the soda cans, and someone who would have enough balls to throw a chair into a wall.
"Oh my God," Lorelai said out loud, thinking back to earlier that night and the diary, "Brad."
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A/N - Ok, you like? I like! Lol, please R&R because I love writing this but I dont know if anyone's really reading? Anywho, suggestions are welcome and again - trust me with this :-)