Tears – Part 8 [Will you?]

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"Rory, nothing good will come out of this relationship!"

Rory grew angry with her mother. For the first time, she longed to walk out of the door, and to slam it forcefully. "Mom, he loves me," she replied, the sentence not coming out as strong as she wanted it to be.

Lorelai forced a laugh "Loves you? I'm surprised he even knows what love is."

"Mom, please," Rory almost begged.

"Has he said it to you Ror?"

Rory dreaded this question "Has he said what?" she repeated in a soft whisper.

"Has he said 'I love you' yet?"

Rory looked down at her hands. Her reaction answered Lorelai's question.

"Why do you think he loves you then? He hasn't even said it Rory,"

"He loves me, I know that for sure."

"How are you so sure?" Lorelai asked, her voice rose slightly.

"In his eyes!" Rory shouted.

Silence greeted Rory.

"In his eyes? This isn't some fairy tale," Lorelai finally answered.

"I know that," Rory whispered.

"… I don't trust Tristan, and probably will never like him," Lorelai said, her hands in her pockets.

Rory nodded numbly. This was their first 'massive' argument. She bit her lip, trying to stop the tears from falling. "I need some air," she choked out. Grabbing her coat, she walked out the house, her hands wrapped around her body, trying to protect herself from the brisk, cold wind. Slowly, she let the tears fall. How could everything change so quickly? One day, her and Tristan were together, joyously talking, laughing and holding each other, and then the next day, her and her mother were in a heated argument about something Rory thought was ridiculous. 

Where the hell am I going? Rory continued to walk aimlessly through the sidewalks of Stars Hallow. A car had stopped in front of her. Rory knew who the car belonged to, who was in the car that very moment. She swallowed hard, and stopped abruptly, looking at the tainted windows expectantly.

The windows rolled down slowly. "Need a ride?"

Rory shook her head. "What are you doing here?"

"Came to see you," the figure opened the door to the car and stepped out. "So I ask again, do you need a lift?"

She sighed angrily and crossed her arms, she now felt sleepy. "A lift where? I'm not going back home, not right now that is."

"Had a fight with your mom huh?"

"How'd you know?"

"About me?"

"Again, how'd you know?" Rory asked.

"I was at home," he took her hand, leading her into his car "… I decided that I wanted to see you, so I headed here. When I got to your house, your mom answered the door, she looked like she was crying…" he watched her expression, and was confused to see that there was no reaction at all from her "… I asked if you were home and she said no… then she just closed the door."

Rory let out a frustrated groan "I hate it when we fight," she replied.

"What started it really?"

"After I got off the phone with you," she answered quickly "… she… she thinks you'll hurt me again…"

Tristan nodded and hugged her close to him. He felt her body shake lightly, and he knew she was crying. Would I hurt her again? Was the question on his mind. He comforted her the best way he could. He kissed her forehead softly, stroking her cheek gently. He would never hurt her, not again. But could he promise himself that? Closing his eyes, the question he tried to avoid made their way from her lips.

"Will you Tristan? Will you hurt me again?" her voice soft, almost sounding weak.

He opened his eyes to meet her blue ones. Licking his lips, he put a trembling hand on her lips. "What… what if I do?"

"I don't know," she answered, her shock showed from the tone of her answer.

"What would you do?" he asked again.

"Why? Are you planning on hurting me again?" her question came out bitter.

"I never have nor plan on deliberately trying to hurt you Ror."

"I know that, but what if you do."

"…"

"What if you do Tristan," she repeated the question, this time, louder and with more composure.

"Then I don't deserve you," was his answer.

AN:  Hey everyone! It's me again. This is the last chapter before the drama begins. Just saying it now, the story will not be heading into the whole Romeo and Juliet thing. I'm warning you guys now, for the next couple weeks there will be limited updates because exams are quickly approaching. * sighs helplessly *

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