Rory sat alone in her bedroom in Stars Hollow. It had been a painful night.
She and Jess were over. Jess cheated on her, so what else was there to do?
As that question ran through her head Lane poked her head inside the
doorway.
"Hey Ror, want to do something tonight?" Lane knew what had happened, Jess had come to see her.
"No thanks Lane, I think I'm just going to go to bed."
Lane didn't want to leave her. She was so sorry about what had happened. The pain was unbearable. The she had to think if hers was, then how much more must Rory be feeling? "All right, but call me when you're ready to talk." Lane headed for the front door.
Rory sat and thought for a moment, then started to speak, but Lane was already gone. She jumped up and ran for the door. When she looked out, Lane was already gone. She went back into the house for a moment and got her coat. Rory's mind was racing. What had happened? What was going on? She ran down the road to the Kim's place, but it was empty except for all of the antique furniture and nick knacks. She ran everywhere. To Miss Patty's, the market, the Inn.Luke's, but no one had seen her. Rory searched everywhere. Finally, she caught a glimpse of Lane down by the water. It looked like she was waiting for someone, but, who? "LANE!" She ran the rest of the way.
"Rory? What are you doing here?" Lane asked nervously. Rory wasn't suppose to be there, not now. Why was she there? Oh damnit.
"Something's been bothering me Lane, you knew. You knew Jess and I were broken up. How? How Lane, how did you know?" Rory got this sick feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"Everyone knows Rory. They saw you run out of Luke's earlier." God, she prayed it was true.
"No Lane, they didn't, and they don't know. I didn't run out of Luke's Lane, and I talked to everyone, and no one has a clue, you're lying to me, WHY?" Anger stated to consume her.
"I'm not lying Rory, honest" Lane bit her lip. It was a habit both noticed she always did when she lied to her mother.]
"H-o-n-e-s-t? Yeah right, how long have you been lying to me? Weeks? Months? Well screw that." Rory turned to leave when she saw Jess come down the hill looking at his feet. He didn't see her yet. She looked over at Lane. She was staring over the water. No one knew she had seen Jess. Rory took off running for the road. Then she doubled back and hid in the bushes.
"Lane?" Jess stood with his hands in his pockets and watched her stare out into the past.
"Jess, you made it." Lane walked over and hugged him. " How are you holding up?" She didn't need to be told the answer, she already knew.
"I'm fine, more than fine actually, I couldn't wait to get rid of her anyway. What was the use of stringing her along?" The pain was so great inside him. He couldn't stand it.
That was not the answer she thought she would get, but she was happy to her it. "Really Jess? That's good to hear." Lane took Jess's hand.
"Lane, I love you," He thought back over the words he'd used when he told Rory what had happened. I met someone. Sure, he met someone, but not for the first time. He knew her face, her moves, and now, he had met her heart. Jess turned her into his arms.
"I love you to Jess" And she prayed for forgiveness. Jess bent down and kissed Lanr sweetly.
Rory could believe what she was seeing. She knew something was going on..but this? It was all some cruel joke. Some horrible joke that they were playing on her. She watched as Jess's hands slipped under the back of Lane's shirt and knew it wasn't. She had to get out of there. Out of Star's Hollow, out of her life. Just for awhile, but to where? ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rory sat in her wheelchair in the nurse's office with Tristan by her side. How she got there, she didn't know. But she was glad he was there. "Tristan."
"Yeah?" She hadn't told him anything. She just sat there with a pained look on her face waiting, staring into space. He wanted to pull her to him, but he thanked God that the wheel chair was there, because he might have done it, and he might have lost her.
"It was her." She started to cry again.
"It was who Rory?" What was she talking about?
"It was Lane, it was her all along."
Tristan knew who Lane was. She was the pretty brunette with Rory at that paty a couple of years ago. Funny he should remember who she was. "What was Lane? Rory, tell me what's wrong,." He was afraid of the answer, afraid it would be yes, and afraid it would be no.
Because he asked, and he was there she told him. She told him everything from her break-up to her thoughts on the memory. When she was all done Tristan was furious. How could two people that said they loved her be so cruel? So heartless? "Rory, don't think about them now, there not worth anyone of your thoughts, or your memories. I'm going to take you home now, the nurse said it was ok."
"Alright" she thought over his words as she rode down in the elevator. He was absolutely right. And now, she had hope. Hope that the rest of her memories would come back. Hope that that was the worst of it. Hope for a new life. When the doors opened and Tristan was there, she smiled, and went with him willingly.
The car was amazing. It was a sleek black convertible with black leather seats. Tristan picked Rory up out of her wheelchair, careful not to hurt her. He set her down into the front seat of his car. When the wheelchair was set into the trunk they were off.
"So Rory, besides the last like month, how was life?" He needed to know.
"Oh, it was great. Did I tell you I'm going to Yale?"
"No." that was the most amazing news he's had yet.
"Yeah, well, I am. I got accepted to Harvard and Princeton to..but Yale is what I chose." She wondered where he was going.
"That's amazing Rory, I'm going to Yale to actually." He looked over at her and smiled.
"Really? That's awesome. Hey, maybe we can go up together or something." She smiled back at him.
"That'd be great Ror."
"Oh, and some good has come out of everything." She laughed.
"What?" He really wanted to know what was good about her being in a wheelchair.
"My mom is in love with this guy named Luke..He's amazing. He's like my dad when dad's not around. I've known him forever." When he started to speak she stopped him "Wait!" She laughed again. He was just so happy that she was laughing, he would have given her anything in the world. " Their going to have a baby." She stopped laughing. "Oh yeah, I have a sister now, dad's new wife had a baby."
"That's great Rory." He sensed some sort of sadness with the last bit, but wasn't going to say anything. "Is that your house!?"
She smiled again, not realizing she hasn't done enough of it since her accident. "Yup, that's ours. Isn't it amazing?"
"Yeah, it is." He drove up the driveway. When he stopped the car he got out and took out her wheelchair. Just as he was lifting Rory up to put her in the Wheelchair Lorelei came running out of the house.
"RORY! What happened? Are you alright?" When he put her in the chair Lorelei started to poke at her daughter.
"Nothing mom..well.I remembered something." She looked over at Tristan. "Mom, this is Tristan."
"Tristan? The evil kid that went off to military school?" Lorelei eyed him warily
Tristan laughed. It was a good sound so Lorelei decided to like him on the spot.
"The one and only."
"Hey Ror, want to do something tonight?" Lane knew what had happened, Jess had come to see her.
"No thanks Lane, I think I'm just going to go to bed."
Lane didn't want to leave her. She was so sorry about what had happened. The pain was unbearable. The she had to think if hers was, then how much more must Rory be feeling? "All right, but call me when you're ready to talk." Lane headed for the front door.
Rory sat and thought for a moment, then started to speak, but Lane was already gone. She jumped up and ran for the door. When she looked out, Lane was already gone. She went back into the house for a moment and got her coat. Rory's mind was racing. What had happened? What was going on? She ran down the road to the Kim's place, but it was empty except for all of the antique furniture and nick knacks. She ran everywhere. To Miss Patty's, the market, the Inn.Luke's, but no one had seen her. Rory searched everywhere. Finally, she caught a glimpse of Lane down by the water. It looked like she was waiting for someone, but, who? "LANE!" She ran the rest of the way.
"Rory? What are you doing here?" Lane asked nervously. Rory wasn't suppose to be there, not now. Why was she there? Oh damnit.
"Something's been bothering me Lane, you knew. You knew Jess and I were broken up. How? How Lane, how did you know?" Rory got this sick feeling in the pit of her stomach.
"Everyone knows Rory. They saw you run out of Luke's earlier." God, she prayed it was true.
"No Lane, they didn't, and they don't know. I didn't run out of Luke's Lane, and I talked to everyone, and no one has a clue, you're lying to me, WHY?" Anger stated to consume her.
"I'm not lying Rory, honest" Lane bit her lip. It was a habit both noticed she always did when she lied to her mother.]
"H-o-n-e-s-t? Yeah right, how long have you been lying to me? Weeks? Months? Well screw that." Rory turned to leave when she saw Jess come down the hill looking at his feet. He didn't see her yet. She looked over at Lane. She was staring over the water. No one knew she had seen Jess. Rory took off running for the road. Then she doubled back and hid in the bushes.
"Lane?" Jess stood with his hands in his pockets and watched her stare out into the past.
"Jess, you made it." Lane walked over and hugged him. " How are you holding up?" She didn't need to be told the answer, she already knew.
"I'm fine, more than fine actually, I couldn't wait to get rid of her anyway. What was the use of stringing her along?" The pain was so great inside him. He couldn't stand it.
That was not the answer she thought she would get, but she was happy to her it. "Really Jess? That's good to hear." Lane took Jess's hand.
"Lane, I love you," He thought back over the words he'd used when he told Rory what had happened. I met someone. Sure, he met someone, but not for the first time. He knew her face, her moves, and now, he had met her heart. Jess turned her into his arms.
"I love you to Jess" And she prayed for forgiveness. Jess bent down and kissed Lanr sweetly.
Rory could believe what she was seeing. She knew something was going on..but this? It was all some cruel joke. Some horrible joke that they were playing on her. She watched as Jess's hands slipped under the back of Lane's shirt and knew it wasn't. She had to get out of there. Out of Star's Hollow, out of her life. Just for awhile, but to where? ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Rory sat in her wheelchair in the nurse's office with Tristan by her side. How she got there, she didn't know. But she was glad he was there. "Tristan."
"Yeah?" She hadn't told him anything. She just sat there with a pained look on her face waiting, staring into space. He wanted to pull her to him, but he thanked God that the wheel chair was there, because he might have done it, and he might have lost her.
"It was her." She started to cry again.
"It was who Rory?" What was she talking about?
"It was Lane, it was her all along."
Tristan knew who Lane was. She was the pretty brunette with Rory at that paty a couple of years ago. Funny he should remember who she was. "What was Lane? Rory, tell me what's wrong,." He was afraid of the answer, afraid it would be yes, and afraid it would be no.
Because he asked, and he was there she told him. She told him everything from her break-up to her thoughts on the memory. When she was all done Tristan was furious. How could two people that said they loved her be so cruel? So heartless? "Rory, don't think about them now, there not worth anyone of your thoughts, or your memories. I'm going to take you home now, the nurse said it was ok."
"Alright" she thought over his words as she rode down in the elevator. He was absolutely right. And now, she had hope. Hope that the rest of her memories would come back. Hope that that was the worst of it. Hope for a new life. When the doors opened and Tristan was there, she smiled, and went with him willingly.
The car was amazing. It was a sleek black convertible with black leather seats. Tristan picked Rory up out of her wheelchair, careful not to hurt her. He set her down into the front seat of his car. When the wheelchair was set into the trunk they were off.
"So Rory, besides the last like month, how was life?" He needed to know.
"Oh, it was great. Did I tell you I'm going to Yale?"
"No." that was the most amazing news he's had yet.
"Yeah, well, I am. I got accepted to Harvard and Princeton to..but Yale is what I chose." She wondered where he was going.
"That's amazing Rory, I'm going to Yale to actually." He looked over at her and smiled.
"Really? That's awesome. Hey, maybe we can go up together or something." She smiled back at him.
"That'd be great Ror."
"Oh, and some good has come out of everything." She laughed.
"What?" He really wanted to know what was good about her being in a wheelchair.
"My mom is in love with this guy named Luke..He's amazing. He's like my dad when dad's not around. I've known him forever." When he started to speak she stopped him "Wait!" She laughed again. He was just so happy that she was laughing, he would have given her anything in the world. " Their going to have a baby." She stopped laughing. "Oh yeah, I have a sister now, dad's new wife had a baby."
"That's great Rory." He sensed some sort of sadness with the last bit, but wasn't going to say anything. "Is that your house!?"
She smiled again, not realizing she hasn't done enough of it since her accident. "Yup, that's ours. Isn't it amazing?"
"Yeah, it is." He drove up the driveway. When he stopped the car he got out and took out her wheelchair. Just as he was lifting Rory up to put her in the Wheelchair Lorelei came running out of the house.
"RORY! What happened? Are you alright?" When he put her in the chair Lorelei started to poke at her daughter.
"Nothing mom..well.I remembered something." She looked over at Tristan. "Mom, this is Tristan."
"Tristan? The evil kid that went off to military school?" Lorelei eyed him warily
Tristan laughed. It was a good sound so Lorelei decided to like him on the spot.
"The one and only."
