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CHAPTER 5~
Monday morning I got up and got ready. At Chilton I was still a little tired, I was putting books in my locker when I heard an all too familiar voice.
"Hey, Mary."
"Tristin, I do not have the energy for some reason to - is that coffee?" I asked.
"Yes, it is." he handed it to me.
"You're my new best friend." I gratefully took a sip.
"Now that's gratitude. So, I heard a rumor, not sure if it was true, so I decided to go to the source." he said.
"And the source would be...?"
"You." he answered.
"What? What rumor have you heard about me that does not include you?" I asked.
"That you broke up with bagboy." he said.
My jaw dropped, "This is not Stars Hollow, apparently news travels fast, but how could anybody have known that?"
"So it's true? No longer can it be considered a rumor."
"Paris wouldn't have told, would she?"
"I don't know, did Paris know?" he asked.
"She was the one who advised me to do it. So, when she called, of course I told her. Why are these people so interested? I asked.
"Probably because you don't want them to be. People who want to be the center of attention, can't get people interested in their lives. So, how is Farmer John?" Tristin asked.
"Dean." I corrected him, "and I haven't seen him since last night, but then he was slightly irritated."
"Why? Is that when you broke up with him?"
"Rory," I heard from behind me.
"Hi, Paris." she walked around to my other side.
"Is it?" Tristin asked again.
"What? Oh, no. I broke up with him Friday."
"Then why was he irritated last night?" he asked.
"Who are you talking about?" Paris asked.
"Bagboy." Tristin answered.
"Bagboy?" she questioned.
"Dean." I told her.
"Oh, okay, sorry, wasn't aware of that alias. I only know him as Dean, Prince Charming, or Frankenstein." she said.
"Wow, he has a lot of nicknames, and that didn't even include Farmer John." he said.
"Or Narcolepsey Boy." I added.
"What are the origins of these names?" he asked.
"Well, Louise came up with Prince Charming, Jess came up with Frankenstein, you came up with Farmer John. Mom came up with Narcolepsey Boy, and you and Jess both used Bagboy. Then of course Dean was his given name." I explained.
"Okay, well, why was Mr. Nickname irritated." Tristin asked.
"Jess was just annoying him at the market." I said.
"Hey, I tortured Dean at the market too. I don't think i like Jess." he said.
"Of course you don't like Jess." Paris said.
"Who's Jess?" Madeline asked.
"Jess is yet another one of the guys that likes Rory." Tristin said.
"What? You really are broken up with Prince Charming." Louise said.
"Yes, where are all you people coming from?" I asked.
"So, who's this Jess?" Louise asked.
"Is he cute?" Madeline asked.
"Was it really a scandalous break up?" Louise asked.
"What, has nobody ever heard the phrase curiousity killed the cat?" I asked. Apparently I'm the cat.
"What's he like? Sweet? Jerk? What?" Louise asked.
"Well, personally I think he's a jerk." Tristin said.
"I think he has slightly bad taste in books, but all in all he seemed to like Rory." Paris said becoming visible again.
"Hey, is it true you have a boyfriend?" Louise asked Paris.
Paris looked like she wanted to disappear.
"I'm sorry, I thought we were talking about Jess." I came to the rescue for Paris.
"Oh, right. Well, speak up." she turned her attention back to me.
Paris shot me a grateful look.
"Well, he's kind of got a sarcastic James Dean type way about him." I explained with a wistful feeling.
"Ooh, rebel." Louise said pleased.
"Is he cute?" Madeline asked.
"He's a bad boy, of course he's cute." Louise answered. "He is, right?" she asked me.
Even Paris nodded, "I won't lie," I said, "Yes, definitely cute." I said now wanting to disappear.
"Yeah, I definitely don't like him." Tristin said.
"He really is nice once you get to know him." I told him.
"To you, I'm sure." he said.
"Are you implying that he's only nice to me because - oh, I forgot to tell you and you," I said to Tristin and Paris, "He did break up with Shane." I informed them.
"Ex-girlfriend?" Louise asked.
"If you'd like to call her that." I said.
"Jealous much?" Louise said in response to my tone.
"No! I just- I just hate her, that's all." I denied it.
"I wish we had visual aid. Do you have a picture?" Louise asked me.
I was slightly confused, "Of Shane?"
"No, Jess." she corrected.
"What did Shane look like?" Tristin asked.
"One at a time please. Louise, no I don't have a picture on me. Tristin, when I hear her name it echos in my head for a good 10 minutes, however since she's already been brought up, I'll answer you. I hate her, so to me she's a hideous monster. However in reality, she's definitely what most guys would consider pretty, blond, wears her clothes about three sizes too small, and instead of actually talking to her, you get her head plastered to yours." I said.
"And he broke up with her?" Madeline asked.
"Yep." I said.
"No offense, but, why?" Louise asked.
"Well, the exact reason is unknown, but some think it's because of me." I answered.
"Was she the easy type?"Tristin asked.
I frowned at him,"I'll ignore your effrontery, and it's not like I asked, but I assume she probably is." i said.
He got this knowing look, and just nodded in response.
"What?" I asked.
"I said nothing." he said.
"But you wanted to?"
"Yes, I did. May I?"
"If you must voice your opinion, now's probably the time." I said.
"Well, he's probably used to more SERIOUS relationships. I met the guy, it seemed like his personality fits too. I don't know MARY, you don't seem to be his type." he said.
"Okay, I now see why you didn't say. You just officially got removed from this conversation." I told him.
"Actually, Tristin's probably right, Rory." Louise said.
"I never tire of hearing that." he said.
"YOU, are not here." I said. "So, we can't hear you." I scolded him. "And I think this conversation just ran out of momentum." I said.
"No, but if he usually dates girls who are,well, to put it in kosher terms, unchaste, what do you think he'd expect? It's totally obvious." Louise said.
"Okay, I'm removing ME from this conversation." I said as I felt my face flush.
"You truly live up to that Mary nickname I gave you." Tristin said.
"I do not."
"Yes, you do." he said.
"Do not."
"Do too."
"I'm not going to have a nuh uh, uh huh fight with you. Sure, maybe I'm nothing like Shane. But Jess knows that. And, I don't even know why we're all having this conversation, for one, it's nobody's business, and two, we aren't even dating. And even if we were, like I said, Jess knows me. He has known me for a year, so I think he can make a pro/con list about if he wants to ask me out."
"You're cute when you get all riled up." Tristin said.
I turned more red, "you are seriously not gaining brownie points here." I told him.
"Boy, does Jess make you blush this much?" he asked.
"Jess isn't as mean as you. When he picks up on me being nervous, he drops it." I told him.
"Oh, so you've talked about his unchastely behavior?" he responded.
I turned a new shade of red, "No. I meant in general."
"You might want to think this over Rory, if he's used to the more serious relationships, well, you're obviously not." Louise said.
"Okay, done conversing, exapt for this last thing, go rent A Walk To Remember. Landon was the bad boy, Jamie was the good girl, they worked it out. AND, I'm not dating him."
"Not dating whom?" Francie asked.
"Is this whole school interested in my love life?"
"Geeze, don't blow a head gasket." she said.
"Jess, I'm not dating Jess." I said.
"Who's Jess?" Francie asked.
"He's this hot rebel guy that has a thing for Rory." Louise said.
"Why did I come to school early?" I asked no one in particular.
"I don't know, but I need you at The Franklin Gilmore. So, if you're done playing girl talk, come on. Now." Paris said sternly. She was saving me.
"Coming Paris." I said gratefully."Bye everyone."
We walked away, Paris softened like she always does when she's with just me."Thank you for helping me avoid the boyfriend thing." she said.
"Thank you for, for one, lying to Dean forever ago, and for saving me just now. I don't know how much more I could have taken. I mean, the conversation started with I broke up with Dean, and somehow ended up discussing Jess' and my sex life. Gosh. How did Jess and Shane even get dredged up?" I asked.
"Very publicly." she said.
Am I still...?"
"Red?" I nodded, "Slightly. Come on, we've got class."
After school I went to Luke's.
"Hello." Jess greeted me.
"Hi. Can I get a big, full cup of coffee?" I asked.
"Sure." he poured one, "How was school?"
"You soo don't want to know." I said thinking back to school.
"Why?"
"Because, Chilton is worse than Stars Hollow in gossip."
"I don't believe you. There is absolutely no that they are worse than Stars Hollow in the gossip department."
I half smiled,"That's what I thought on the bus ride going there. However, before my first class started, I was proved wrong." I told him.
"I can't - " he stopped, he was kind of frowning at something behind me.
"What?" I asked. I followed his gaze to just outside the door.
"Tristin." Jess said.
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A/N: I'm mean, sorry! But I'm tired! I'll try to update soon! I say that in every story, but I usually do update soon too, so it works! PLEASE REVIEW!! They are needed desperately! They make me feel so loved :o) Please please please review!! Thank you!!! Review! - Thank you, thank you, thank you, thanks!!!!!!
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CHAPTER 5~
Monday morning I got up and got ready. At Chilton I was still a little tired, I was putting books in my locker when I heard an all too familiar voice.
"Hey, Mary."
"Tristin, I do not have the energy for some reason to - is that coffee?" I asked.
"Yes, it is." he handed it to me.
"You're my new best friend." I gratefully took a sip.
"Now that's gratitude. So, I heard a rumor, not sure if it was true, so I decided to go to the source." he said.
"And the source would be...?"
"You." he answered.
"What? What rumor have you heard about me that does not include you?" I asked.
"That you broke up with bagboy." he said.
My jaw dropped, "This is not Stars Hollow, apparently news travels fast, but how could anybody have known that?"
"So it's true? No longer can it be considered a rumor."
"Paris wouldn't have told, would she?"
"I don't know, did Paris know?" he asked.
"She was the one who advised me to do it. So, when she called, of course I told her. Why are these people so interested? I asked.
"Probably because you don't want them to be. People who want to be the center of attention, can't get people interested in their lives. So, how is Farmer John?" Tristin asked.
"Dean." I corrected him, "and I haven't seen him since last night, but then he was slightly irritated."
"Why? Is that when you broke up with him?"
"Rory," I heard from behind me.
"Hi, Paris." she walked around to my other side.
"Is it?" Tristin asked again.
"What? Oh, no. I broke up with him Friday."
"Then why was he irritated last night?" he asked.
"Who are you talking about?" Paris asked.
"Bagboy." Tristin answered.
"Bagboy?" she questioned.
"Dean." I told her.
"Oh, okay, sorry, wasn't aware of that alias. I only know him as Dean, Prince Charming, or Frankenstein." she said.
"Wow, he has a lot of nicknames, and that didn't even include Farmer John." he said.
"Or Narcolepsey Boy." I added.
"What are the origins of these names?" he asked.
"Well, Louise came up with Prince Charming, Jess came up with Frankenstein, you came up with Farmer John. Mom came up with Narcolepsey Boy, and you and Jess both used Bagboy. Then of course Dean was his given name." I explained.
"Okay, well, why was Mr. Nickname irritated." Tristin asked.
"Jess was just annoying him at the market." I said.
"Hey, I tortured Dean at the market too. I don't think i like Jess." he said.
"Of course you don't like Jess." Paris said.
"Who's Jess?" Madeline asked.
"Jess is yet another one of the guys that likes Rory." Tristin said.
"What? You really are broken up with Prince Charming." Louise said.
"Yes, where are all you people coming from?" I asked.
"So, who's this Jess?" Louise asked.
"Is he cute?" Madeline asked.
"Was it really a scandalous break up?" Louise asked.
"What, has nobody ever heard the phrase curiousity killed the cat?" I asked. Apparently I'm the cat.
"What's he like? Sweet? Jerk? What?" Louise asked.
"Well, personally I think he's a jerk." Tristin said.
"I think he has slightly bad taste in books, but all in all he seemed to like Rory." Paris said becoming visible again.
"Hey, is it true you have a boyfriend?" Louise asked Paris.
Paris looked like she wanted to disappear.
"I'm sorry, I thought we were talking about Jess." I came to the rescue for Paris.
"Oh, right. Well, speak up." she turned her attention back to me.
Paris shot me a grateful look.
"Well, he's kind of got a sarcastic James Dean type way about him." I explained with a wistful feeling.
"Ooh, rebel." Louise said pleased.
"Is he cute?" Madeline asked.
"He's a bad boy, of course he's cute." Louise answered. "He is, right?" she asked me.
Even Paris nodded, "I won't lie," I said, "Yes, definitely cute." I said now wanting to disappear.
"Yeah, I definitely don't like him." Tristin said.
"He really is nice once you get to know him." I told him.
"To you, I'm sure." he said.
"Are you implying that he's only nice to me because - oh, I forgot to tell you and you," I said to Tristin and Paris, "He did break up with Shane." I informed them.
"Ex-girlfriend?" Louise asked.
"If you'd like to call her that." I said.
"Jealous much?" Louise said in response to my tone.
"No! I just- I just hate her, that's all." I denied it.
"I wish we had visual aid. Do you have a picture?" Louise asked me.
I was slightly confused, "Of Shane?"
"No, Jess." she corrected.
"What did Shane look like?" Tristin asked.
"One at a time please. Louise, no I don't have a picture on me. Tristin, when I hear her name it echos in my head for a good 10 minutes, however since she's already been brought up, I'll answer you. I hate her, so to me she's a hideous monster. However in reality, she's definitely what most guys would consider pretty, blond, wears her clothes about three sizes too small, and instead of actually talking to her, you get her head plastered to yours." I said.
"And he broke up with her?" Madeline asked.
"Yep." I said.
"No offense, but, why?" Louise asked.
"Well, the exact reason is unknown, but some think it's because of me." I answered.
"Was she the easy type?"Tristin asked.
I frowned at him,"I'll ignore your effrontery, and it's not like I asked, but I assume she probably is." i said.
He got this knowing look, and just nodded in response.
"What?" I asked.
"I said nothing." he said.
"But you wanted to?"
"Yes, I did. May I?"
"If you must voice your opinion, now's probably the time." I said.
"Well, he's probably used to more SERIOUS relationships. I met the guy, it seemed like his personality fits too. I don't know MARY, you don't seem to be his type." he said.
"Okay, I now see why you didn't say. You just officially got removed from this conversation." I told him.
"Actually, Tristin's probably right, Rory." Louise said.
"I never tire of hearing that." he said.
"YOU, are not here." I said. "So, we can't hear you." I scolded him. "And I think this conversation just ran out of momentum." I said.
"No, but if he usually dates girls who are,well, to put it in kosher terms, unchaste, what do you think he'd expect? It's totally obvious." Louise said.
"Okay, I'm removing ME from this conversation." I said as I felt my face flush.
"You truly live up to that Mary nickname I gave you." Tristin said.
"I do not."
"Yes, you do." he said.
"Do not."
"Do too."
"I'm not going to have a nuh uh, uh huh fight with you. Sure, maybe I'm nothing like Shane. But Jess knows that. And, I don't even know why we're all having this conversation, for one, it's nobody's business, and two, we aren't even dating. And even if we were, like I said, Jess knows me. He has known me for a year, so I think he can make a pro/con list about if he wants to ask me out."
"You're cute when you get all riled up." Tristin said.
I turned more red, "you are seriously not gaining brownie points here." I told him.
"Boy, does Jess make you blush this much?" he asked.
"Jess isn't as mean as you. When he picks up on me being nervous, he drops it." I told him.
"Oh, so you've talked about his unchastely behavior?" he responded.
I turned a new shade of red, "No. I meant in general."
"You might want to think this over Rory, if he's used to the more serious relationships, well, you're obviously not." Louise said.
"Okay, done conversing, exapt for this last thing, go rent A Walk To Remember. Landon was the bad boy, Jamie was the good girl, they worked it out. AND, I'm not dating him."
"Not dating whom?" Francie asked.
"Is this whole school interested in my love life?"
"Geeze, don't blow a head gasket." she said.
"Jess, I'm not dating Jess." I said.
"Who's Jess?" Francie asked.
"He's this hot rebel guy that has a thing for Rory." Louise said.
"Why did I come to school early?" I asked no one in particular.
"I don't know, but I need you at The Franklin Gilmore. So, if you're done playing girl talk, come on. Now." Paris said sternly. She was saving me.
"Coming Paris." I said gratefully."Bye everyone."
We walked away, Paris softened like she always does when she's with just me."Thank you for helping me avoid the boyfriend thing." she said.
"Thank you for, for one, lying to Dean forever ago, and for saving me just now. I don't know how much more I could have taken. I mean, the conversation started with I broke up with Dean, and somehow ended up discussing Jess' and my sex life. Gosh. How did Jess and Shane even get dredged up?" I asked.
"Very publicly." she said.
Am I still...?"
"Red?" I nodded, "Slightly. Come on, we've got class."
After school I went to Luke's.
"Hello." Jess greeted me.
"Hi. Can I get a big, full cup of coffee?" I asked.
"Sure." he poured one, "How was school?"
"You soo don't want to know." I said thinking back to school.
"Why?"
"Because, Chilton is worse than Stars Hollow in gossip."
"I don't believe you. There is absolutely no that they are worse than Stars Hollow in the gossip department."
I half smiled,"That's what I thought on the bus ride going there. However, before my first class started, I was proved wrong." I told him.
"I can't - " he stopped, he was kind of frowning at something behind me.
"What?" I asked. I followed his gaze to just outside the door.
"Tristin." Jess said.
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A/N: I'm mean, sorry! But I'm tired! I'll try to update soon! I say that in every story, but I usually do update soon too, so it works! PLEASE REVIEW!! They are needed desperately! They make me feel so loved :o) Please please please review!! Thank you!!! Review! - Thank you, thank you, thank you, thanks!!!!!!
