I don't have any rights in Gilmore girls… I'm living in my own fantasy world
Spoilers: Might contain spoilers 'till the end of second three.
Author note: Remember English is my second language, sorry for any of the mistakes, I want to improve but I need people to tell me about my mistakes and explain them.
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Chapter 12: Please, let me in!
Rory is down on her bed crying. She has been for the last three hours as well as screaming bad names at herself. She can't believe that she felt for him. She thought he had changed but obviously, she had only been a challenge for him. Time passes but some things never change; things like Tristan DuGrey. She had let herself believe that she meant something to him but she was wrong.
"Rory! Open the door! We need to talk!"
"Go away Tristan, I don't want to talk to you. Ever!"
"Rory, please, let me in! I need to explain then I'll leave and never bother you again." Walking up to the front door Rory says:
"There's nothing to tell, you were…"
"Please open the door; we're going to do this face to face!"
"I don't want to see you, I can't face you!" Sitting down on the floor, she starts weeping. Tristan knocks his forehead on the door and replies in a soft voice:
"Rory, I need to tell you, I need to explain myself to you. I'll leave you alone after if that's your desire."
"Leave right now then!" Rory screams.
"Not until I talk to you, I'll wait here until you open the door or until Jeff comes back." Standing up, Rory unlocks the door than opens it. The first thing Tristan sees is her red eyes. All he wants to do is hold her and make the tears go away. Slowly he approaches her, she whispers:
"Don't touch me ever again." Tristan takes a step back and replies:
"Then why don't we sit?"
"I perfectly fine standing here."
"I'm not." Rory watch him walk to the kitchen. She doesn't want to follow him so she closes the door and sits in front of it.
Tristan comes back after a couple of minutes, bringing a cup of coffee. He gives it to Rory and sits in front of her. Looking up she says:
"Thank you. Now speak!"
"I've always liked you Rory."
"No, if you did you wouldn't have gone on a date with another girl."
"I'm giving up on us. That's what I wanted to tell you. I've tried so hard to make you go on a date with me but you've always rejected me."
"That's not true. What about yesterday?"
"Rory, you gave me one night, I've given you a thousand."
"You've always been that jerk that…"
"… that always wanted to put you in bed. Is that what you think?"
"Yeah!" Rory looks at floor, avoiding looking into his eyes. If she had looked, she would have seen pain and hurt. He replies:
"Well, I guess I'll go then but before I want to tell you that I tried to be your friend in high school but you've never let me in. You wanted me to date Paris, I did but it wasn't fair to her. Then you broke my heart without knowing it. Now, we're back to the beginning, I'm the one you'll always hide in the closet and I don't want to be that guy." Raising questioning eyes to Tristan, Rory opens her mouth to speak but is cut by Tristan:
"Don't bother saying anything. When we kissed at that party, it had to be a secret to Dean. You were broken up, it didn't matter. Now it's Jeff, even if you tell me that you'll leave him for me, how can I trust that you wouldn't hide secrets from me? You've kept to many secrets that I'm aware of and unless you come back to me with explanations, I'm out of your life." Tristan gets up and tells a sobbing Rory:
"You'll have to move so I could leave."
"I didn't know!"
"You didn't care."
"I thought you still liked Summer."
"Well, you've been blind. Come on, get up so I'll just leave and forget about it all."
"I don't want to."
"Why not?"
"Because I've been falling for you. I think I like you a lot." Blushing Rory gets up and starts walking away from him. Tristan looks at her back and whispers:
"Then tell me, why are you playing games?"
"It's complicated and I can't explain. Well, not right now, that's for sure. You would have to trust me but I see that you can't." Turning around to look at him one last time she says:
"Goodbye Tristan, I hope you'll be happy." She opens the door to her room and resumes her crying. She starts crying harder when she hears the front door opening then being slammed shut.
The next morning
Jeff enters the apartment and everything is quiet. He is glad to be back, four days with his family is too much to ask. Sitting down on the couch, he starts reading a book. Around noon, Rory comes out of her room and Jeff is startled because he was oblivious that Rory was home. She says while running to hide her face in his shoulder:
"I'm so glad you are back!" Smiling while holding her, Jess replies:
"It's good to be back. Why aren't you in Stars Hollow?"
"I went to a party with Paris. Want some coffee?" Getting up, Rory walks to the kitchen, Jeff follows her. Once inside the kitchen, Jeff sees Rory's bloodshot eyes and he says:
"Either you have a hang over or you've cried yourself to sleep."
"I would go with the latter."
"Why?"
"Can a girl cry sometimes?"
"You would never cry without a reason. Spill!"
"Tristan slept over and he doesn't' want to have anything to do with me."
"I don't understand."
"It's easy. He says he likes me but he won't be able to trust me."
"Still not following."
"It's part of our history. I've already asked him to keep a previous kiss a secret."
"So?"
"He thinks that if I leave you one day to be with him, I'll have a guy on the side."
"Did you say…"
"Don't worry Jeff, your secrets safe but he's out of my life. On second thought, I think I don't want coffee, I'll just get back to bed." Rory says while walking back to her room. Watching her leave, Jeff murmurs:
"Not if I can help it." Jeff gets up, takes his jacket and heads out of the front door.
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