Authors Note: This fan fic has taken longer to write than I expected.
Originally I started it just to take a break from my other fan fic, which
is now nearly 40 chapters long! But um, I've enjoyed writing this story.
I'm a huge Trory fan so there's no doubt I'll be writing more Trory based
fiction in the future.
~ Journal Entry
Chapter 9 | Love and Lies
~ He was waiting for me by my locker this morning but I just walked right passed him. It was so hard not to turn around when he called out my name, and to ignore him when he started walking next to me saying that he had no idea what was going on, and what did he do wrong? Does he really think that I am that stupid?
The girl I met in the canteen that day, the one that said it wouldn't last between Tristan and I, well that's her. Hilary. God I want to throw up just hearing her name let alone writing it and seeing it in black and white.
"Rory?" Rory was so busy writing that she didn't hear the teacher calling her name.
Rory felt Paris nudge her from behind and jumped. "Uh . . . sorry?"
"If you were paying as much attention to what I was saying as to what you are writing maybe you would be able to answer the question" Mr Medina, her English teacher and her mother's boyfriend said.
Rory blushed and looked down at the table.
"Any volunteers to answer the question? Paris?"
"Okay, so while the story shows us that . . ."
* * * * * * * * * *
"Rory, come on, can't we just talk?" Tristan pleaded with her at lunch that day.
Rory shook her head, "I don't think so"
"Would you at least tell me why?" he asked.
'Don't even look at him' Rory told herself. "Like I already told you, I should be the one asking you that. And if you don't already know then why don't you go ask Hilary. I'm sure she would quite happily fill you in about her new boyfriend."
"Hilary?" Tristan asked confused, "what does she have to do with this?" Rory sighed and moved forward with the line, "Please Tristan. Just leave me alone"
* * * * * * * * * *
Rory scanned the canteen for Rachel and the rest of her friends. Spotting them she smiled and walked towards the table where they usually sat.
She was about to sit down when someone bumped into her from behind, causing her to drop her tray and spill her lasagne all over the front of her.
"Oh, I am so sorry" Rory heard a posh voice apologise from behind her.
Rory turned around angrily and stared at the person who bumped into her.
"Hilary" Rory shook her head, "I should have known"
"Here let me help with that" Hilary smiled insincerely. Putting down her tray she picked up a napkin and made as if she was going to try and wipe Rory's shirt with it.
Rory jumped back, "Don't you dare touch me?" she warned, her eyes smouldering. "But I guess you don't understand the meaning of that do you?"
"Like I would want to touch you anyway?" Hilary laughed shrilly. By this stage they had drawn quite a crowd, with most of the people in the cafeteria staring in their direction, waiting with anticipation for what will happen next.
"No" Rory nodded in agreement, "but its okay for you to touch my boyfriend isn't it?"
"You mean him?" Hilary stuck her chin out in the di9rection of just beside Rory.
"What?" Rory turned around to see Tristan standing beside her, a confused look on his face.
"Rory? Do you think you could tell me what's going on here?" he asked.
"Don't tell me you are still going to pretend nothing happened between the two of you" Rory shook her head in disgust, looking back and forth between the two of them.
"No, I really don't know what's going on. Why don't you tell me?" Tristan asked, narrowing his eyes at Hilary who just laughed.
Rory turned around to face most of the people in the cafeteria. "For those of you who don't already know, and I'm sure most of you do. My ex-boyfriend here cheated on me with her" Rory looked over at Hilary and smiled sweetly.
"But you know what, I don't really care anymore. She can have him. I mean. What sort of girl would want a guy who cheats on his girlfriend?" Rory shrugged her shoulders as people started laughing.
Rory felt someone standing behind her and turned around, "Rory I never cheated on you" Tristan said softly, maintaining his look on confusion. "And I have no idea who told you that but they totally got it wrong"
"Who told me? Let me see . . . I think it was . . . oh yeah. It was Paris who overhead Hilary bragging about it to her so called friends, didn't she?"
"Rory, you've got it wrong. Hilary was the one who came onto me. I pushed her away, nothing happened" Tristan begged Rory to believe him.
"Maybe that's what you believe but I know what I heard" Rory said, avoiding his eyes. 'Why would he still be lying even now?'
"Rory look at me" Tristan could feel Rory slowly coming around. Reaching over he tilted her chin back with his thumb and forefinger and forced her to look into his eyes.
"I would never cheat on you, okay. I wouldn't do anything if I knew it would hurt you" he said softly, but not soft enough to stop the whole cafeteria from over hearing him. Rory smiled sadly and spoke over the cheering crowd, "I want to believe you, I really do. It's just . . ." Rory hesitated.
"What? It's just what?" Tristan prompted her.
"It's just, I don't know I can. I mean, take what happened with Melissa for example" she looked away not wanting to see the hurt look she knew would be on his face.
"Come on Rory, that was different" Tristan pleaded, staring into her eyes.
"It was, how?"
"I was different then. I'm not that guy anymore Rory. Sure I've made my mistakes in the past, but" he shrugged his shoulders, "Aren't you the one who said to me that it's not who we were in our past that matters. It's who we are now?"
Rory nodded, knowing that he had her there. "I love you Rory, and I don't want to lose you" Tristan said with a smile, he leant down and cupped her check with his hand, then kissed her softly.
Rory shivered with happiness, than wrapped her arms around him. "I love you to" she whispered softly in his ear.
"And I'm sorry for not believing you"
~ Journal Entry
Chapter 9 | Love and Lies
~ He was waiting for me by my locker this morning but I just walked right passed him. It was so hard not to turn around when he called out my name, and to ignore him when he started walking next to me saying that he had no idea what was going on, and what did he do wrong? Does he really think that I am that stupid?
The girl I met in the canteen that day, the one that said it wouldn't last between Tristan and I, well that's her. Hilary. God I want to throw up just hearing her name let alone writing it and seeing it in black and white.
"Rory?" Rory was so busy writing that she didn't hear the teacher calling her name.
Rory felt Paris nudge her from behind and jumped. "Uh . . . sorry?"
"If you were paying as much attention to what I was saying as to what you are writing maybe you would be able to answer the question" Mr Medina, her English teacher and her mother's boyfriend said.
Rory blushed and looked down at the table.
"Any volunteers to answer the question? Paris?"
"Okay, so while the story shows us that . . ."
* * * * * * * * * *
"Rory, come on, can't we just talk?" Tristan pleaded with her at lunch that day.
Rory shook her head, "I don't think so"
"Would you at least tell me why?" he asked.
'Don't even look at him' Rory told herself. "Like I already told you, I should be the one asking you that. And if you don't already know then why don't you go ask Hilary. I'm sure she would quite happily fill you in about her new boyfriend."
"Hilary?" Tristan asked confused, "what does she have to do with this?" Rory sighed and moved forward with the line, "Please Tristan. Just leave me alone"
* * * * * * * * * *
Rory scanned the canteen for Rachel and the rest of her friends. Spotting them she smiled and walked towards the table where they usually sat.
She was about to sit down when someone bumped into her from behind, causing her to drop her tray and spill her lasagne all over the front of her.
"Oh, I am so sorry" Rory heard a posh voice apologise from behind her.
Rory turned around angrily and stared at the person who bumped into her.
"Hilary" Rory shook her head, "I should have known"
"Here let me help with that" Hilary smiled insincerely. Putting down her tray she picked up a napkin and made as if she was going to try and wipe Rory's shirt with it.
Rory jumped back, "Don't you dare touch me?" she warned, her eyes smouldering. "But I guess you don't understand the meaning of that do you?"
"Like I would want to touch you anyway?" Hilary laughed shrilly. By this stage they had drawn quite a crowd, with most of the people in the cafeteria staring in their direction, waiting with anticipation for what will happen next.
"No" Rory nodded in agreement, "but its okay for you to touch my boyfriend isn't it?"
"You mean him?" Hilary stuck her chin out in the di9rection of just beside Rory.
"What?" Rory turned around to see Tristan standing beside her, a confused look on his face.
"Rory? Do you think you could tell me what's going on here?" he asked.
"Don't tell me you are still going to pretend nothing happened between the two of you" Rory shook her head in disgust, looking back and forth between the two of them.
"No, I really don't know what's going on. Why don't you tell me?" Tristan asked, narrowing his eyes at Hilary who just laughed.
Rory turned around to face most of the people in the cafeteria. "For those of you who don't already know, and I'm sure most of you do. My ex-boyfriend here cheated on me with her" Rory looked over at Hilary and smiled sweetly.
"But you know what, I don't really care anymore. She can have him. I mean. What sort of girl would want a guy who cheats on his girlfriend?" Rory shrugged her shoulders as people started laughing.
Rory felt someone standing behind her and turned around, "Rory I never cheated on you" Tristan said softly, maintaining his look on confusion. "And I have no idea who told you that but they totally got it wrong"
"Who told me? Let me see . . . I think it was . . . oh yeah. It was Paris who overhead Hilary bragging about it to her so called friends, didn't she?"
"Rory, you've got it wrong. Hilary was the one who came onto me. I pushed her away, nothing happened" Tristan begged Rory to believe him.
"Maybe that's what you believe but I know what I heard" Rory said, avoiding his eyes. 'Why would he still be lying even now?'
"Rory look at me" Tristan could feel Rory slowly coming around. Reaching over he tilted her chin back with his thumb and forefinger and forced her to look into his eyes.
"I would never cheat on you, okay. I wouldn't do anything if I knew it would hurt you" he said softly, but not soft enough to stop the whole cafeteria from over hearing him. Rory smiled sadly and spoke over the cheering crowd, "I want to believe you, I really do. It's just . . ." Rory hesitated.
"What? It's just what?" Tristan prompted her.
"It's just, I don't know I can. I mean, take what happened with Melissa for example" she looked away not wanting to see the hurt look she knew would be on his face.
"Come on Rory, that was different" Tristan pleaded, staring into her eyes.
"It was, how?"
"I was different then. I'm not that guy anymore Rory. Sure I've made my mistakes in the past, but" he shrugged his shoulders, "Aren't you the one who said to me that it's not who we were in our past that matters. It's who we are now?"
Rory nodded, knowing that he had her there. "I love you Rory, and I don't want to lose you" Tristan said with a smile, he leant down and cupped her check with his hand, then kissed her softly.
Rory shivered with happiness, than wrapped her arms around him. "I love you to" she whispered softly in his ear.
"And I'm sorry for not believing you"