He looked at her, 'Rory, go away'
'No'
'Rory, go away' he said it very firmly, as though there was no arguing with it.
'No'
She sat down next to him. He gave her an exasperated look and turned back to staring at the lake. She followed his lead and sat in silence. They sat that way for twenty or so minutes, before he said quietly almost to himself 'I'm still going back'
'Are you?'
'Yeah'
'Why'
He looked at her questioning face, 'Because I have to'
'Why'
He shook his head slightly; she still didn't get it.
'I don't belong here'
'You know, you keep saying that, but somehow I just don't believe you, and I don't think you believe it either'
'You don't get it'
'Then explain it to me. You don't belong here. But you do belong somewhere where people are constantly partying, where no one gives a damn about you or what you do. You don't belong here, but you belong somewhere, where you are just going to get caught up in drugs, where you are just going to drift and live no real life. I don't think you belong there.
He looked at her, she was angry.
'I mean, really Jess, you said you ran away, and here you are running away again. You said it yourself; it's not going to get you anywhere. So why run? Stay. You have people who care about you here, you have somewhere to live, you have a future. Don't shake your head at me, you know it as much as I do. So why are you running?'
'Rory just stop'
'Why? Cause you can't face the truth?'
He stood up suddenly and yelled 'Can't you see it is killing me to stay here?'
She was up to and yelled right back at him. 'It's only killing you cause you are letting it kill you. Get over it Jess, look at what you have, you can do better. Stop being so damn afraid and just let us in!'
With that she walked away. He sat back down, left alone with his thoughts. She was right, he knew she was right. But he just didn't think he could do it.
He got back late that night. Luke was up waiting for him. He started to walk past saying something about not wanting to talk. But Luke grabbed him and pushed him into a chair.
'Sit' he started to get up, 'Stay'
He sat back down.
'Right I don't know what happened earlier but I do know that I missed having you around, as crazy as that seems it's the truth. I also know that I want you to stay. I can't force you to stay but I can ask.' He looked at Jess, 'Stay'
He shook his head, 'I'll think about it' he got up and headed for his room.
'Jess'
He turned and looked back.
'Really think about it'
He nodded, when he got to his room he flopped down on his bead and shut his eyes tight and placed his hands over his face. 'Arrrgh'
