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"Don't leave… not again."
Tristan swallowed hard, his eyes closed, in deep thought. She was right. He couldn't leave her. Not again. He threw his biology textbook towards the wall forcefully. What the hell am I going to do? Sitting up, he heard his father's stern voice summon him to his office.
He knocked on the oak door anxiously. What did his father want with him now? Hearing 'enter', he walked into the large office and took a seat in front of his father. His father put his newspaper down and looked at him, fire in his eyes.
"I hear you have yet to break it off with that Gilmore girl."
"Her name's Rory," Tristan dared to talk back to his father.
"I don't care what her name is. End your relationship with her,"
"No! I will not break up with her because you tell me to."
"Are you talking back at me?" his father's voice overpowered his own.
Tristan didn't dare speak. He knew what his father was capable of doing.
"I thought so," Arthur DuGray's eyes filled with fury.
"I will not break up with her," he said, his eyes turned a grayish blue.
Arthur ignored the sentence that had come from his son's lips "You have one week to break it off with the Gilmore girl. I've been far too nice about this situation Tristan."
Once again, Tristan remained silent. How could he do this? He shook his head and left his father's office.
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"Hello?"
He smiled at her voice "Hey."
"Hey, how are you?"
"Good."
"Uh huh…" she laughed lightly.
"Why Ms. Gilmore… I have this awful feeling that you don't believe me."
"I don't."
"Good, because I wouldn't believe me too."
"What's wrong?" she asked delicately.
"Do you really want to know??
"Yes please."
"My dad's giving me a week to break up with you," he said, from the sound of his voice, Rory knew he'd been practicing.
"…"
"Rory?"
"…."
"Rory, say something."
"…"
"Rory!"
"I… I don't know what to say." Rory remarked, her voice stressed and saddened.
"Say something. Anything."
"Is your father really that against us? I mean… I've never done anything… I've…" she sighed in frustration "There has to be something… something we can do…"
"Like what? My father's as stubborn as they came. He'll never change his mind. Never."
After a moment's silence, Rory finally spoke.
"Tristan… what do we do now?"
"I don't know… what do you want to do?"
"Maybe… maybe you should do as your father says," she whispered, choking back tears "Maybe we should break up."
"No! We're not breaking up Rory… we're not going to let my father win."
"What other choice do we have Tristan? Your father hates me. He doesn't understand…"
"He doesn't hate you Ror. We'll make him understand."
"No, you said it yourself. Arthur DuGray is a very stubborn man. He'll never understand."
"Yes but – "
"You said it yourself Tristan," Rory argued.
"Do you really want to?"
"Want to what?"
"Break up. Do you wanna break up?"
Rory thought about his question. Did she want to lose him? "No," she choked out, tears cascading down her cheeks.
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