Chapter 12: Say What You Want
[Dean]
Dean grabbed his books and his letter and walked outside to his favorite bench. He started studying, but he couldn't focus. The past months events kept reeling in his head. Hearing about Rory's accident, spending time with Rory, going on the mock date with her, seeing her get clocked on the head with the betrayal of her own cane, and then spending the night at her bedside.
He couldn't believe he decided to just cut her out. He at first thought it was stupid, but he knew it was for the best. But, sitting here thinking about what could have been only made his yearning for her worse.
"Hi!" a familiar chipper voice said next to him.
Dean looked next to him. Please don't tell me I'm having hallucinations, he thought. Rory was sitting right next to him.
"What's that letter?" Rory asked. "Can I see it?"
Dean handed it to her. The brush of their fingers as they passed the paper calmed him down. Yup, she's real, he reassured himself.
"Wow!" she exclaimed, flinging her arms around his neck. "You're off academic probation! That's great!"
"I couldn't have done it without you," he said, inhaling the familiar scent of her hair. Okay, Forester, Dean said to himself. You have to say good- bye.
"I have to talk to you," Dean said.
"Okay," Rory said, releasing him and sitting back.
Her hands were folded in her lap and she never took her eyes off him. Dean took a deep breath.
"Before I say anything I just want you to know that it's killing me to say this," he said. "After yesterday, I don't want anything else to happen to you. So, to avoid this.."
Rory looked at him. Her blue eyes sparkled. Oh, god, Dean thought. I can't believe I have to do this.
"I don't think I should see you anymore," Dean said, his eyes filling up with tears.
Rory's smile dropped. The sparkle from her blue eyes were gone. She looked down.
"Are you okay?" Dean managed to say.
Rory nodded. "I'm fine," she said, her voice wavering. "I mean, I don't know why I didn't see that coming. Well, thanks for staying with me last night."
She looked up. Her eyes were filled with tears. Dean's heart shattered and the shattered pieces of his heart shattered. He couldn't believe that he was responsible for making her cry. He hated seeing her this way.
"Well, bye," she said.
She got up and grabbed her cane and moved as quickly as she could away. Dean looked down and them up. He noticed a bunch of people standing in front of the bench.
"Well, we were right," Lindsay's roommate, Lorraine said. "You are a lying, cheating, angry, sex-deprived bastard."
Fury started to build up in Dean as well as the tears that wouldn't go away. I can't take this anymore, he thought.
"Let me tell you something," Dean said, standing up. "I don't care about what you think anymore. You can say what you want about me, but I don't care. I don't sleep around. I don't rape or beat up Lindsay. I wasn't abusive. And I wasn't taking advantage of that girl. She is sweet and kind and beautiful and smart. I only wanted to stop seeing her because I didn't want you to do what you do to me. You know why I did that? Because I love her!"
Suddenly, Dean didn't care anymore. He wanted her back. He realized that his decision was stupid and selfish. He thought the ridiculing towards him would get worse. He was just fooling himself.
"You know what?" he said. "I'm not going to let what you think get in the way of the person I love. But before I do, I just want to say that if any of you hurt her in any way, I will take you all out. I will beat you so bad that you will wish you were never born. And if you run..I will hunt your asses down."
Dean limped as fast as he could towards his car and followed Rory's car just as it was about to pull out of the university parking lot just as it started to rain. He wasn't going to let her get away this time.
To Be Continued......
A/N: Stupid. I know. Chapter 13 is coming soon.
[Dean]
Dean grabbed his books and his letter and walked outside to his favorite bench. He started studying, but he couldn't focus. The past months events kept reeling in his head. Hearing about Rory's accident, spending time with Rory, going on the mock date with her, seeing her get clocked on the head with the betrayal of her own cane, and then spending the night at her bedside.
He couldn't believe he decided to just cut her out. He at first thought it was stupid, but he knew it was for the best. But, sitting here thinking about what could have been only made his yearning for her worse.
"Hi!" a familiar chipper voice said next to him.
Dean looked next to him. Please don't tell me I'm having hallucinations, he thought. Rory was sitting right next to him.
"What's that letter?" Rory asked. "Can I see it?"
Dean handed it to her. The brush of their fingers as they passed the paper calmed him down. Yup, she's real, he reassured himself.
"Wow!" she exclaimed, flinging her arms around his neck. "You're off academic probation! That's great!"
"I couldn't have done it without you," he said, inhaling the familiar scent of her hair. Okay, Forester, Dean said to himself. You have to say good- bye.
"I have to talk to you," Dean said.
"Okay," Rory said, releasing him and sitting back.
Her hands were folded in her lap and she never took her eyes off him. Dean took a deep breath.
"Before I say anything I just want you to know that it's killing me to say this," he said. "After yesterday, I don't want anything else to happen to you. So, to avoid this.."
Rory looked at him. Her blue eyes sparkled. Oh, god, Dean thought. I can't believe I have to do this.
"I don't think I should see you anymore," Dean said, his eyes filling up with tears.
Rory's smile dropped. The sparkle from her blue eyes were gone. She looked down.
"Are you okay?" Dean managed to say.
Rory nodded. "I'm fine," she said, her voice wavering. "I mean, I don't know why I didn't see that coming. Well, thanks for staying with me last night."
She looked up. Her eyes were filled with tears. Dean's heart shattered and the shattered pieces of his heart shattered. He couldn't believe that he was responsible for making her cry. He hated seeing her this way.
"Well, bye," she said.
She got up and grabbed her cane and moved as quickly as she could away. Dean looked down and them up. He noticed a bunch of people standing in front of the bench.
"Well, we were right," Lindsay's roommate, Lorraine said. "You are a lying, cheating, angry, sex-deprived bastard."
Fury started to build up in Dean as well as the tears that wouldn't go away. I can't take this anymore, he thought.
"Let me tell you something," Dean said, standing up. "I don't care about what you think anymore. You can say what you want about me, but I don't care. I don't sleep around. I don't rape or beat up Lindsay. I wasn't abusive. And I wasn't taking advantage of that girl. She is sweet and kind and beautiful and smart. I only wanted to stop seeing her because I didn't want you to do what you do to me. You know why I did that? Because I love her!"
Suddenly, Dean didn't care anymore. He wanted her back. He realized that his decision was stupid and selfish. He thought the ridiculing towards him would get worse. He was just fooling himself.
"You know what?" he said. "I'm not going to let what you think get in the way of the person I love. But before I do, I just want to say that if any of you hurt her in any way, I will take you all out. I will beat you so bad that you will wish you were never born. And if you run..I will hunt your asses down."
Dean limped as fast as he could towards his car and followed Rory's car just as it was about to pull out of the university parking lot just as it started to rain. He wasn't going to let her get away this time.
To Be Continued......
A/N: Stupid. I know. Chapter 13 is coming soon.