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Chapter 13: I Try So F*#@ing Hard, But I Can't Fit Your Mold

Mark rolled over and looked at her angelic face, she was fast asleep and she looked perfect, hold on when didn't she?

He sighed and climbed out of bed slowly, her alarm clock had gone off long before and he had just been lying there pondering whether to watch her sleep or go downstairs and get something to eat, he'd chosen the second option, because somehow he thought that he wouldn't be as tempted to do something he shouldn't.

He made his way down her spiral staircase as Rosi walked past him.

ROSI: Good Morning Mark, how was last night?

MARK: Rory enjoyed it.

Rosi smiled and leant in closer to him and whispered.

ROSI: Any luck?

Mark frowned as if to say 'huh?'

ROSI: You know what I mean. Rory may be blind when it comes to realizing why you do what you do for her, but I most certainly am not.

MARK: Are you implying I have an alternative motive?

ROSI: Not a sexual one no, your feelings towards her, aren't exactly shared at the same depth though. (the old lady smiled knowingly and made her way up the stairs)

Mark shook his head, was it that obvious?

He continued to walk into the kitchen only to be met with the sight of Lorelai eating at the table in her pyjama's.

LORELAI: Morning mark. (Lorelai greeted with a huge, somewhat suspicious smile)

MARK: Ah…hey

LORELAI: It was a really nice thing that you did for her last night, it was very very nice of you considering you knew you would get nothing in return.

MARK: I don't expect anything…she'd just been really upset lately so I thought I'd take her out and cheer her up a little.

LORELAI: Uh-huh. (She nodded her head knowingly)

MARK: What?

LORELAI: (She seemed to ignore his question and continued) So, did you both have fun?

MARK: Well…She loved it.

LORELAI: (sounding shocked) Oh, you don't like beauty and the beast? Wait until Rory hears about this!

MARK: (laughed) She knows that I don't, I haven't seen it since her 13th birthday when Rory and I watched it all night over and over again. I couldn't watch it ever again, I think I was all beauty and the beast'd out.

LORELAI: Sure, you just didn't want Rory to see you cry again.

MARK: I didn't cr-…how did you find out?

LORELAI: I know and see all. (She exclaimed proudly)

MARK: Now that's a scary thought.

LORELAI: Not even close, a world without coffee, now THAT is a scary thought!

MARK: Speaking of coffee would you like some?

LORELAI: At least you can take a hint.

Mark laughed, he hadn't spoken like this to Lorelai in ages, she never seemed to be around anymore.

MARK: Where's Chris?

LORELI: Meeting.

MARK: On a Saturday?

LORELAI: Yeah (She replied unfazed as she ate another spoonful of her cereal)

Mark shrugged and waited for the kettle to finish boiling, then made his way up the stairs after finishing his breakfast. He slowly got back into bed making sure not to wake Rory. He just lied their watching her sleep she had a huge goofy smile plastered on her face. 'She must be having a nice dream' he thought to himself.

~*~*~*~

…Rory's Dream…

"You came back!

"Of course I came back, I couldn't let them- oh this is all my fault. If only I'd gotten here sooner…"

"Maybe…its-its better this way,"

"Don't talk like that! You'll be alright, we're together now…everything's going to be fine you'll see"

"At least I got to see you one last time"

His head fell to the side as Belle held onto his torso.

"No, no, no, please, please don't leave me, I love you,"

"I love you too Rory…"

Then, suddenly the Beast transformed into a man who resembled Mark…in fact it was Mark…'what the?'

~*~*~*~

With that last thought Rory started to stir awake. She slowly opened her eyes and saw Mark staring at her with an unidentifiable, well from what she had ever seen, look on his face.

MARK: Good morning sleeping beauty.

RORY: Wrong fairytale…

MARK: Oh yes, of course, sorry. Good morning Belle.

Rory just smiled and looked over at her alarm clock which read 11:13am, she turned back to face Mark.

RORY: How long have you been up?

MARK: Not that long, just long enough to go downstairs, have breakfast and have a coffee with your mom…

RORY: (interrupted) You what?

MARK: Had coffee with your mom…(he stopped as he saw the look on Rory's face) …What, what's wrong? I know your not really talking to your mom at the moment, but she started talking to me and it would be rude of me not to answer and all and… (he stopped as he saw a smile creep to her face)

RORY: MARK! Calm down, your starting to sound too much like me.

MARK: Well then what was that look for?

Rory saw that he was completely confused and decided to mess with him a little.

RORY: Mark how long have we known each other?

MARK: (slightly taken aback, he answered a little uneasily) Well since…forever. But what has that got to do with- (he started, unsure of where this conversation was headed)

RORY: (interrupted, she had a habit of doing that) Yes, well in that time I think you have become known of my liking for coffee? Have you not? (she asked in a interrogating voice)

MARK: (laughed) liking? Understatement of the century, more like obsession, need, 'I'd die without it'…

RORY: Yes! Ok I get it, and knowing that, would it have been that hard for you to, while you were drinking and making the beautiful coffee to say maybe bring up a mug for me? (Rory asked half-jokingly as in that she wasn't really angry but she couldn't believe that he didn't bring up a cup for her)

Mark quickly got off the bed and as he was making his way out the door he called, "I'll be back!"

Rory laughed and called out after him, "It sounds so much better coming from Arnold Schwarzenegger"

As Mark made his way back up the stairs, he was expecting to see Rory still lying in her bed, but instead he could hear Can't Take My Eyes Off You playing loudly. He smiled and opened her door, the music was so loud she hadn't realized he was in there.

Rory was standing in front of the mirror shaking her ass to the music as she brushed her teeth. He smiled as she picked up her hairbrush and mouthed into the end of it.

"I love you baby! And if it's quite alright I need you baby, to warm the lonely nights, I love ya baby trustin' me when I said… oh pretty baby don't bring down…"

Mark stifled out a laugh as Rory spun around and turned a deep shade of red.

RORY: H-how long?

MARK: Long enough

RORY: Damnit (she laughed)

MARK: I can see many MTV awards coming your way.

RORY: Shut up! Smartass! (she shook her head laughing)

MARK: I think you're headed for world-wide fame

RORY: Leave it!

She lunged for him with the hair brush and slapped the side of arm.

MARK: It was a compliment! (still laughing)

RORY: Bullshit!

She pushed him onto her bed and grabbed the pillow. He grabbed a pillow behind him and whacked the side of her. She whacked him across the head as he yelled "you're going down!" Rory squealed as he chased her around the room, occasionally lightly hitting her on the backside or her thighs.

Finally Rory flopped down on her bean bag and held her hands up above her.

RORY: Mercy!

Mark flopped down beside her.

MARK: You were losing anyway

Rory smiled and picked up her pillow and hit him on the left leg.

MARK: Look face it, I'm too good for you!

RORY: I let you win

Mark smiled and raised his eyebrow at her.

RORY: Ok I suck…

Mark laughed as she rested her head on his chest.

RORY: Feels good to have fun.

MARK: You've had a boyfriend for over 6 months and the most fun you've had so far is our pillow fight?

RORY: Yeah, it's a different fun, like friend fun, doesn't happen often, the better fun if you ask me.

MARK: Like last night?

Rory's head rose up and she turned to face him with a big goofy smile on her face.

RORY: That was THE best ever!

MARK: It was just to the theatre (he blushed)

RORY: But to see beauty and the beast

MARK: No big deal, you needed cheering up anyways.

RORY: I know how much those tickets cost and it was a big EXPENSIVE deal!

MARK: Rory trust me it was worth it.

RORY: You enjoyed it too?

MARK: Yeah course

RORY: Beauty and the beast? Last time I made you watch that was at my 13th birthday and you swore to me you would never enjoy that movie again.

MARK: But this time it made you really happy to see it…

RORY: Awwww…yeah it did, but at least you didn't cry this time, I think you've finally grown up.

With that Mark grabbed the discarded pillow beside him and once again hit Rory with it. 'Looks like round two, I am so gunna win this time' Rory said quietly to herself before reaching for the other pillow.

~*~*~*~

Tristan had just rolled out of bed, it was 4.25pm. Damn he was hoping he'd wake up just in time for dinner, then go back to sleep. This seemed to be all he had the energy for, waking up for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Nothing else mattered he didn't have 'her' anymore and his best friend wasn't even speaking to him. Tristan opened his door and walked through the house to the kitchen. The last thing he needed was to be confronted by Jess, and sure enough there he was standing in the kitchen grabbing a drink from the fridge.

Tristan avoided his gaze and grabbed a packet of chips from the pantry.

JESS: Glad you could join us.

TRISTAN: Yeah, I'm sure you missed me. (he said sarcastically)

JESS: I haven't, but I'm sure someone else is

TRISTAN: Yeah who?

JESS: The girl you so gladly started to claim as your own!

TRISTAN: Fuck off! We haven't even spoken!

JESS: People don't normally talk when they're trying to kiss each other

Tristan spun around.

TRISTAN: What?

JESS: Yeah you were caught out, I saw you two in the park, how could you take advantage of her like that?

TRISTAN: She's 16, she has a mind of her own and we didn't DO anything!

JESS: But you tried-

TRISTAN: (Interrupting) And anyway why are you checking up on your girl, following her around, that's called stalking you know. What don't you trust her?

JESS: I knew something wasn't right. (he said more to himself than Tristan)

TRISTAN: Yeah, you and her, that's what's not right!

JESS: Oh fuck off don't stand there and tell me you two are made for each other.

TRISTAN: We aren't, she's not made for either of us.

JESS: What? (confused)

TRISTAN: She fucked us both around, for what? Her pleasure, just to make us both hate each other!

JESS: But-

TRISTAN: She's a preppy I told you what they were like, and she just proved me right!

JESS: You really think Rory's like that?

TRISTAN: Well think about it, she played both of us for around 6 months, now that she was caught out, she hasn't spoken to us at all!

JESS: She doesn't know about me hitting you though…

TRISTAN: She doesn't? So you've spoken to her since then?

JESS: She's avoiding my calls.

TRISTAN: My sms' as well…

JESS: Guess she found a new sucker! (he said bitterly)

TRISTAN: Friends?

JESS: Yeah, how bout a game on the PS2?

Tristan laughed and followed him into the kitchen, ok so lying to his best friend was still easy, at least he'd gotten him back by faking he didn't care about Rory anymore, but how long could he fool him for this time?

~*~*~*~

Rory logged online and a box popped up which read that she had 4 new emails. She opened her inbox to see they were from MARK, TRISTAN_DUGREY, JESS_MARIANO, and TRISTAN_DUGREY. She frowned and went to open the email from Mark when a chat box popped onto her screen.

(Tristan)TDG69- Hey

(Rory, her names short for Coffee_addict)C_A- Hey…

TDG69- We haven't spoken in awhile

C_A- Bin busy

TDG69- u haven't spoken 2 Jess either

C_A- Yeh

TDG69- So u and him hav broken up?

C_A- Who told u that?

TDG69- Well he's ur bf and u haven't been speaking, so u sorta gather that u

aren't 2gether anymore

C_A- Well we never officially broke up

TDG69- Y r u being like this?

C_A- Like wot?

TDG69- Not speaking 2 either of us that's wot

C_A- I told u I've bin busy, I need 2 sort stuff out

TDG69- Like wot? Which 2 best friends ur gunna play next?

C_A- u no I would neva do that!!!

TDG69- You've dun it once b4, y not again?

C_A- I didn't mean 4 this 2 turn out this way Tristan.

TDG69- So u jus wanted us 2 neva realize we were both seeing u, so u could jus keep goin along playing with both our hearts until u got bored?

C_A- It wasn't like that!

TDG69- Well if u'd kindly explain wot it WAS like im sure me and jess would love 2 hear it!

C_A- I didn't plan on fallin' in love with both u, u know I never wanted that

TDG69- But that's what u got…and u neva done anything 2 try and stop it from continuing

C_A- I've g2g

TDG69- y? So u can ignore us both again?

C_A- Bye Tristan

C_A has logged off. (9.52pm)


Rory sighed, that hadn't gone quite as she had planned. Mark walked up behind her and rested his hands on her shoulder.

MARK: What's up?

RORY: I just spoke to Tristan…

MARK: And I take it, it didn't go so well?  

RORY: I think I made it worse…he definitely won't want to speak to me from now on

MARK: You never know he might want to…

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