Rory walked silently into the house, trying not to make any noise at all.

She was afraid that Jess would be there, waiting for her. But when she

looked around she saw no sign of Jess. She quickly walked into her room, not

wanting to stay here any longer that she had to. As soon as she set foot in

her room, she noticed the incredible mess. Some of her clothes lay shredded

on the floor, books were scattered all over the place and even a picture of

Rory and Jess lay torn on the desk. Rory could only imagine how angry Jess

must have been when he did all this. Without her around Jess probably

destroyed everything he could get his hands on. She closed her eyes as if to

cry but not a single tear came out. She didn't want to cry and she wasn't

going to. Jess may have destroyed most of her belongings, but he would never

hurt her again. She went around the room and gathered some of her stuff that

was still intact. She had been going through her room, collecting clothes

and book that weren't destroyed when she suddenly heard the squeeking noise

of a door opening. Jess was home and if she didn't do something fast, he was

sure to find her. And she didn't even wanted to think about how much he

would hurt her then. Her mind raced, a million thoughts going through them.

She quickly went through them. She couldn't go out the door, because Jess

was there. Suddenly she froze. She heard his footsteps coming towards the

bedroom. She silently cursed herself for not having a plan. Maybe if she

didn't think so much and just followed her intuition she would have been

gone by now. Suddenly she had an idea. The window, she could escape through

the window. By the time she had the plan though, it was too late. Jess had

just opened the bedroom door. Rory backed away, frightened. As Jess opened

the door even more and stepped into the bedroom, she spotted the window. It

was wide open and if she would act now and not think twice, she would make

it. She would get out of here. But before she could even finish these

thougths, Jess lay his eyes on her. His eyes were shining devilish. He

smirked at her, as if he wanted to tell her that this was it and that she

couldn't go anywhere. But he was wrong. As he lunged towards her to grab

her, she raced to the window and prayed in the hope that she would get out.

And she did. Just barely, but she got out, away from Jess. She quickly

looked back and saw Jess climbing out after her. He was yelling something at

her, but she didn't hear it, cause she was already running. She didn't know

where she was running to. All she knew was that she wasn't going back, ever.

All of a sudden she crashed in to someone. She looked up to see who it was

and saw that it was Tristan. She was glad and afraid at the same time.

Tristan: Wow Rory slow down. What's wrong?

He gently grabbed her by her shoulder and tried to meet her eyes, but she

kept avoiding them.

Rory: (crying) I have to get away. He' he's after me.

She kept looking over her shoulder as she said this.

Tristan: Rory who, who's after you?

Suddenly he remembered. He remembered everything she told him about her

husband. He realized that Rory's husband was trying to get her. Tristan

looked at Rory who was silently looking down at her feet trying to hold in

the tears that wanted so badly to fall. He slid his right hand from her

shoulder to her arm and gently started to lead her to his house. When they

got there, Rory just sat down on the couch, making herself as small as

possible. He sat down next to her on the couch that always seemed

comfortable, but not now.

Tristan: (softly) Rory are you ok? Did he hit you?

Rory didn't answer. He hadn't but she didn't want to tell Tristan about

everything that had gone on. She let her eyes meet his.

Tristan: (softly) Rory you can't keep letting him hit you.

He reached out his hand and stroked her wet cheek with his fingers. Rory,

who was trying not to tremble under his touch, forced herself to answer him.

She wasn't used to anyone being so nice to her.

Rory: (quietly) I know.

Tristan didn't know what to do. He genuinly wanted to help her, but he

didn't know how. So he decided to do something else. Something else to

comfort her and make her forget about Jess. Without thinking he leaned in

and passionately kissed her.

A/n: I hope you liked this chapter. Thank you so much to Smile for helping me with the details. I really appreciate them.