*Donny Osmond: Just to let you all know, I think he's a gay fag and I hate
him.
Chapter 8: Breaking Up is Hard Enough
Two Days Later.............
[Lora]
Lora put on her jeans and her black tank top and put on some earrings. She didn't tie her long brown hair back as usual. Tonight Kat Geller was throwing a party for all the kids in her grade. It was the last time they would see each other before college.
"LORA!" Dean called. "GAVIN'S HERE!"
Lora's mood suddenly darkened. She and Gavin had been together for the past year, but lately they have been fighting a lot. At one point they broke up for a week and Lora was so devastated, she wallowed for a week, but then they got back together. Lora had sources and she knew that Gavin wasn't seeing anyone else on the side. She settled on the fact that they were making it easier on each other to fight so they wouldn't miss each other at college. But, as much as Lora was sort of sick of Gavin, she was definitely going to miss him.
"I'M COMING!" Lora shouted back.
Lora came downstairs. Her dad was talking to Gavin about Duke, which was where he was going in the fall.
"I'm ready to go," Lora said, grabbing her purse.
"Okay," Gavin said. "Bye, Mr. Forester."
"Bye, Gavin," Dean replied.
Before Lora could follow Gavin out the door, Dean grabbed her arm.
"Don't rape anybody," Dean whispered, jokingly.
"Ha ha," Lora hissed back.
The party was fun. Lora and Gavin actually had a nice time together. Although, they spent half the time with their friends, they got along the times they were together. It reminded Lora of their past years together. But, the evening didn't end on such a good note. Gavin pulled over a block away from Lora's house.
"Why are we stopping?" Lora asked.
Gavin let out a sigh and took out some gum from the glove compartment.
"Want one?" he asked.
"No thanks," Lora said.
Gavin let out another sigh and took a piece for himself.
"Did you pull over a block away from my house to offer me a stick of gum or is the gas running low?" Lora asked.
"Okay," Gavin said. "Lora............I'm so sorry."
"What?" Lora asked, even though she knew what he was going to say.
"I don't think we should see each other anymore," Gavin said finally.
And there it was. Tears started to form in Lora's eyes, but they wouldn't fall. Instead, she just stared wide-eyed out the window. She knew it was coming, she just couldn't believe it actually did.
"I'm so sorry," Gavin said. "But, we were growing apart and you're going to Yale and I'm going to Duke we would've eventually broken up."
Lora didn't say anything. Gavin's voice was getting farther and farther away. She couldn't believe it was over after all this time.
"I didn't want it to be over," Gavin rambled on, as if he needed to fill the silence. "But, I knew we had to end it eventually. At first I thought I should just tell you I was gay, but that would've been pointless- "
"Gavin, stop," Lora cut him off. "I get it."
They sat in silence for a moment.
"I'm going to miss you," Gavin said.
"I'm going to miss you, too," Lora said.
Gavin drove her home and dropped her off. Lora quietly shut the door, hoping her parents were asleep. But, to her luck, they weren't. They were both watching TV and as soon as they heard the door shut, they turned around.
"Lora?" Rory said.
A single tear slipped from her eyes. They both got up from the couch and walked over to Lora. Dean wiped the tear from Lora's face.
"What happened?" he asked.
Lora broke down and collapsed into his arms.
"Gavin and I broke up," Lora sobbed.
Lora's knees shook and she lost her footing. Dean tried to hold her up, but he was having trouble.
"Rory, help," he said, desperately.
Rory quickly ran over and helped Dean walk Lora to the couch. Once, she was seated Rory took Lora from Dean and held her.
"Dean," Rory said, quietly. "Go to the video store and pick up A Walk to Remember, Love Story, The Champ, Tuck Everlasting, ET, and Old Yeller."
"Old Yeller?" Dean asked.
"Is that a guy crying movie?"
"Kind of..........okay, no not really. It's just one of the things that make me cry."
"Well, you're not going to be the one watching them. Please, just go get them."
Dean gave Lora a quick kiss on the top of her head and walked out the door.
"What happened?" Rory asked.
"He pulled over and asked me if I wanted a stick of gum-"Lora started.
"And by that you thought it was over?" Rory interrupted.
"Please shut up and listen to me," Lora sobbed. "I said no and then he broke up with me because we were growing apart and we were going to separate colleges. I knew I should've applied to Duke!"
"Lora," Rory said calmly. "It's for the best. You two were practically miserable this year. You kept fighting and fighting. You were considering breaking up anyway."
"I know," Lora said. "I just can't believe it's over."
"I know," Rory said, rubbing her back.
A few minutes later Dean walked in with the wallowing movies.
"Mom, no wallowing," Lora said. "I can't. I'm leaving for college in two months. I can't. I can't. I can't. I can't. I-"
"Lora, calm down," Rory said. "This was your first love and this is your first break up. I mean, I know you guys broke up earlier in the year, but you got back together, so technically this is your first break up. Wallowing is the best thing to do."
"But, I can't," Lora protested.
"Okay, let me tell you what happened when I broke up with your Dad for the first time," Rory said. "I tried to move on-"
"So you went to a party," Lora interrupted. "And there you found Tristin Dugrey, the 'King of Chilton,' and you guys ended up kissing and you ran out crying. I know what happened, Mom."
"You kissed Tristin?" Dean said, walking towards the couch.
"He wasn't supposed to know about that, Big Mouth," Rory hissed at Lora.
"You kissed Tristin?" Dean repeated.
"And then ran out crying," Lora said, trying to fix the damage she caused.
"Dean, can we talk about this later?" Rory said. "We have a terminal break up case, here."
Dean sighed and nodded. Lora put her head in her father's lap and sobbed while Rory stroked her hair and Dean rubbed her back.
"The point is, Lora," Rory said. "You need to wallow. Just go straight to the wallowing and you'll forget all about Gavin."
Lora nodded and sobbed some more into Dean's shirt.
[Rory]
"Rory, why did you kiss Tristin?" Dean asked, once Lora was asleep and while he and Rory were getting ready for bed.
"It was an accident," Rory said.
"An accident," Dean repeated. "What were you really aiming for? The bling-bling he wears around his neck."
"We were both emotionally broken," Rory said. "I had just broken up with you and he had broken up with his girlfriend."
"So, it was rebound night at Madeline's house," Dean said.
Rory let out a groan of frustration.
"I ran out crying," Rory said. "He kissed me the exact same way you did and I started missing you after trying and failing to get you out of my head."
Dean sighed.
"I married you," Rory reminded him.
Dean smiled and kissed her and they both got in bed and turned out the light.
"I still can't believe you kissed Tristin," Dean said out of nowhere.
"I'll divorce you for him if you don't shut up," Rory said.
"Okay, I get the point," Dean said.
[Ross]
Three days later........
Ross came home for yet another visit with his family. Finals were over and Chloe went home to tell her parents the news, so he decided to come home as well. When he did, he saw that the TV was running where Jesse Tuck was jumping into a lake. Lora sat up as quick as lightening.
"Hey," she said.
"Hey," he replied. "What movie?"
"Tuck Everlasting," Lora replied.
In front of her were two tissue boxes, one bag of Oreos, one bag of Chips Ahoy, one bowl or cookie dough, one bowl of popcorn, and one half eaten pizza pie. In her lap, Lora held a pint of Ben & Jerry's phishfood.
"You're not eating all of this, are you?" Ross asked.
"No," Lora said. "I had some help."
"Mom and Dad?" Ross asked.
"And Grandma and Grandpa," Lora said.
Lora didn't look good. She looked fine. Her hair was neatly combed out and the coloring on her face was fine. It was the expression she had on her face that wasn't so good.
"What happened?" Ross asked.
"Remember that party I had three days ago?" Lora asked.
"Yeah," Ross said.
"Gavin broke up with me."
"At the party?"
"After the party."
"You've been like this for three days?"
"No, today I'm wearing sweats and I brushed my hair and I washed my face. For the past two days, I've been in my pajamas with my hair all messed up and my face was all tear-stained."
"Oh."
Ross sat down next to his sister. His heart went out to her. His first break up wasn't horrible (considering he broke up with her), but his break up with Monica was intense. For three days he stayed in his sweats hauled up in his room eating frootloops straight out of the box.
"I'm sorry that happened," Ross said. "But, there'll be other guys."
"I know," Lora said. "But, he's been my boyfriend for a year."
Ross hugged Lora and kissed the top of her head.
"I have a question," Ross said. "This might make you a little upset, but I think it'll cheer you up a little bit."
"Okay," Lora said, sitting up.
"Now, Chloe has no brothers," Ross said. "And since you two are very close, she wants to know if you'll be her maid of honor."
A smile lit up Lora's face.
"I'd love to!" she exclaimed.
She nearly tackled him with a hug. After a while, they went back to the movie and Rory came in the room.
"Tuck Everlasting?" she asked.
"Yup," Lora replied.
"Cool," Rory said. "Can I join you and steal a piece of pizza?"
"Sure," Lora said.
"Hey, Ross," Rory said, giving Ross a peck on the cheek.
"Hey, Mom," Ross said.
For a few minutes they watched Winnie Foster and Jessie Tuck dance around a little fire.
"Mom, she looks just like you," Lora said.
"Yeah," Ross agreed.
"You guys think so?" Rory said.
"Yeah," they both said in unison.
"I don't see it," Rory said. "She looks kind of weird."
"I think it's the nose," Ross said.
Rory squinted at the TV. "Maybe," she said. "But, I don't think so."
[Dean]
Lora got a little better over the past two days. She was smiling more than frowning and she was wearing regular clothes compared to her sweats. The amounts of junk food she ate decreased. One day, Dean came in and found Lora watching Sleeping Beauty. Oh, god, he thought. She went crazy. Lora hadn't watched that movie since she was ten.
Dean put his brief case on a chair and sat down on the couch next to her.
"You okay, Hon?" he asked.
"I'm fine," Lora said.
"You haven't watched this in a long time," Dean said.
"It's 're-live my childhood night,'" Lora said. "I rented all the movies I watched from ages 3-10. I rented The Lion King, Finding Nemo, Jimmy Neutron, Beauty and the Beast, What a Girl Wants, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat starring *Donny Osmond, The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, and this."
"Freaky Friday?" Dean asked.
"It was my favorite when I was eight," Lora said. "You don't remember that?"
"No," Dean said. "You and Ross watched so many movies it was hard to keep track."
Lora chuckled.
"Which Parent Trap did you rent?" Dean asked.
"The one with Lindsay Lohan," Lora said. "I also rented the Freaky Friday with her and Jamie Lee Curtis in it."
Dean nodded. He turned to face the screen where Prince Charming came on. Dean smiled remembering her fifth birthday party.
"You had such a crush on him," Dean said.
"Had?" Lora joked. "Charmy's still got it going on."
It was Dean's turn to chuckle.
"I see you're a little better," Dean said.
"Yeah," Lora said. "I think I'm actually over Gavin. I mean, it's been a rough year and it was going to be over eventually."
"There'll be other guys," Dean said.
"I know," Lora said, smiling at him. "But, there's only one guy I can count on."
Dean automatically knew she was talking about him.
"Really?" he said, smiling back.
"Of course," Lora said. "Ross is so reliable."
"Oh."
Dean's smile dropped and he felt a little embarrassed. Apparently, he wasn't very good at hiding it because Lora must've seen it and she giggled.
"I'm kidding, Dad," she said. "Ross is reliable, but he's not my Daddy."
Dean smiled and gave Lora a hug and kissed the top of her head. Then, she rested her head on his shoulder and watched the rest of the movie. After a while she looked up at him and said, "By the way, thanks for dressing up as Prince Charming for me."
"What?" Dean said, trying to sound nonchalant. "That wasn't me."
"Dad, I figured it out a long time ago," Lora said.
"How?" Dean asked.
"I'm a psychic," Lora said. "And when I was ten I was looking at the pictures from my fifth birthday party and there was a picture of you dressed up as him and it said, 'Dean as Prince Charming' underneath it so that was when I pretty much figured it out."
Dean chuckled.
"I love you, Daddy," Lora said.
"I love you, too," Dean said, tousling her hair.
To Be Continued........
A/N: I know the break-up was too Rory and Dean-ish, but I wanted a father daughter moment between Rory and Dean. I hope it wasn't too sappy. Also, I know it was OOC for Dean to say "Don't rape anybody" but I was watching Fame and I found that line funny. I changed my mind. I'm going to write two more chapters. Chapter 9 is coming soon, but it's going to be entirely Rory and Dean's POV.
Chapter 8: Breaking Up is Hard Enough
Two Days Later.............
[Lora]
Lora put on her jeans and her black tank top and put on some earrings. She didn't tie her long brown hair back as usual. Tonight Kat Geller was throwing a party for all the kids in her grade. It was the last time they would see each other before college.
"LORA!" Dean called. "GAVIN'S HERE!"
Lora's mood suddenly darkened. She and Gavin had been together for the past year, but lately they have been fighting a lot. At one point they broke up for a week and Lora was so devastated, she wallowed for a week, but then they got back together. Lora had sources and she knew that Gavin wasn't seeing anyone else on the side. She settled on the fact that they were making it easier on each other to fight so they wouldn't miss each other at college. But, as much as Lora was sort of sick of Gavin, she was definitely going to miss him.
"I'M COMING!" Lora shouted back.
Lora came downstairs. Her dad was talking to Gavin about Duke, which was where he was going in the fall.
"I'm ready to go," Lora said, grabbing her purse.
"Okay," Gavin said. "Bye, Mr. Forester."
"Bye, Gavin," Dean replied.
Before Lora could follow Gavin out the door, Dean grabbed her arm.
"Don't rape anybody," Dean whispered, jokingly.
"Ha ha," Lora hissed back.
The party was fun. Lora and Gavin actually had a nice time together. Although, they spent half the time with their friends, they got along the times they were together. It reminded Lora of their past years together. But, the evening didn't end on such a good note. Gavin pulled over a block away from Lora's house.
"Why are we stopping?" Lora asked.
Gavin let out a sigh and took out some gum from the glove compartment.
"Want one?" he asked.
"No thanks," Lora said.
Gavin let out another sigh and took a piece for himself.
"Did you pull over a block away from my house to offer me a stick of gum or is the gas running low?" Lora asked.
"Okay," Gavin said. "Lora............I'm so sorry."
"What?" Lora asked, even though she knew what he was going to say.
"I don't think we should see each other anymore," Gavin said finally.
And there it was. Tears started to form in Lora's eyes, but they wouldn't fall. Instead, she just stared wide-eyed out the window. She knew it was coming, she just couldn't believe it actually did.
"I'm so sorry," Gavin said. "But, we were growing apart and you're going to Yale and I'm going to Duke we would've eventually broken up."
Lora didn't say anything. Gavin's voice was getting farther and farther away. She couldn't believe it was over after all this time.
"I didn't want it to be over," Gavin rambled on, as if he needed to fill the silence. "But, I knew we had to end it eventually. At first I thought I should just tell you I was gay, but that would've been pointless- "
"Gavin, stop," Lora cut him off. "I get it."
They sat in silence for a moment.
"I'm going to miss you," Gavin said.
"I'm going to miss you, too," Lora said.
Gavin drove her home and dropped her off. Lora quietly shut the door, hoping her parents were asleep. But, to her luck, they weren't. They were both watching TV and as soon as they heard the door shut, they turned around.
"Lora?" Rory said.
A single tear slipped from her eyes. They both got up from the couch and walked over to Lora. Dean wiped the tear from Lora's face.
"What happened?" he asked.
Lora broke down and collapsed into his arms.
"Gavin and I broke up," Lora sobbed.
Lora's knees shook and she lost her footing. Dean tried to hold her up, but he was having trouble.
"Rory, help," he said, desperately.
Rory quickly ran over and helped Dean walk Lora to the couch. Once, she was seated Rory took Lora from Dean and held her.
"Dean," Rory said, quietly. "Go to the video store and pick up A Walk to Remember, Love Story, The Champ, Tuck Everlasting, ET, and Old Yeller."
"Old Yeller?" Dean asked.
"Is that a guy crying movie?"
"Kind of..........okay, no not really. It's just one of the things that make me cry."
"Well, you're not going to be the one watching them. Please, just go get them."
Dean gave Lora a quick kiss on the top of her head and walked out the door.
"What happened?" Rory asked.
"He pulled over and asked me if I wanted a stick of gum-"Lora started.
"And by that you thought it was over?" Rory interrupted.
"Please shut up and listen to me," Lora sobbed. "I said no and then he broke up with me because we were growing apart and we were going to separate colleges. I knew I should've applied to Duke!"
"Lora," Rory said calmly. "It's for the best. You two were practically miserable this year. You kept fighting and fighting. You were considering breaking up anyway."
"I know," Lora said. "I just can't believe it's over."
"I know," Rory said, rubbing her back.
A few minutes later Dean walked in with the wallowing movies.
"Mom, no wallowing," Lora said. "I can't. I'm leaving for college in two months. I can't. I can't. I can't. I can't. I-"
"Lora, calm down," Rory said. "This was your first love and this is your first break up. I mean, I know you guys broke up earlier in the year, but you got back together, so technically this is your first break up. Wallowing is the best thing to do."
"But, I can't," Lora protested.
"Okay, let me tell you what happened when I broke up with your Dad for the first time," Rory said. "I tried to move on-"
"So you went to a party," Lora interrupted. "And there you found Tristin Dugrey, the 'King of Chilton,' and you guys ended up kissing and you ran out crying. I know what happened, Mom."
"You kissed Tristin?" Dean said, walking towards the couch.
"He wasn't supposed to know about that, Big Mouth," Rory hissed at Lora.
"You kissed Tristin?" Dean repeated.
"And then ran out crying," Lora said, trying to fix the damage she caused.
"Dean, can we talk about this later?" Rory said. "We have a terminal break up case, here."
Dean sighed and nodded. Lora put her head in her father's lap and sobbed while Rory stroked her hair and Dean rubbed her back.
"The point is, Lora," Rory said. "You need to wallow. Just go straight to the wallowing and you'll forget all about Gavin."
Lora nodded and sobbed some more into Dean's shirt.
[Rory]
"Rory, why did you kiss Tristin?" Dean asked, once Lora was asleep and while he and Rory were getting ready for bed.
"It was an accident," Rory said.
"An accident," Dean repeated. "What were you really aiming for? The bling-bling he wears around his neck."
"We were both emotionally broken," Rory said. "I had just broken up with you and he had broken up with his girlfriend."
"So, it was rebound night at Madeline's house," Dean said.
Rory let out a groan of frustration.
"I ran out crying," Rory said. "He kissed me the exact same way you did and I started missing you after trying and failing to get you out of my head."
Dean sighed.
"I married you," Rory reminded him.
Dean smiled and kissed her and they both got in bed and turned out the light.
"I still can't believe you kissed Tristin," Dean said out of nowhere.
"I'll divorce you for him if you don't shut up," Rory said.
"Okay, I get the point," Dean said.
[Ross]
Three days later........
Ross came home for yet another visit with his family. Finals were over and Chloe went home to tell her parents the news, so he decided to come home as well. When he did, he saw that the TV was running where Jesse Tuck was jumping into a lake. Lora sat up as quick as lightening.
"Hey," she said.
"Hey," he replied. "What movie?"
"Tuck Everlasting," Lora replied.
In front of her were two tissue boxes, one bag of Oreos, one bag of Chips Ahoy, one bowl or cookie dough, one bowl of popcorn, and one half eaten pizza pie. In her lap, Lora held a pint of Ben & Jerry's phishfood.
"You're not eating all of this, are you?" Ross asked.
"No," Lora said. "I had some help."
"Mom and Dad?" Ross asked.
"And Grandma and Grandpa," Lora said.
Lora didn't look good. She looked fine. Her hair was neatly combed out and the coloring on her face was fine. It was the expression she had on her face that wasn't so good.
"What happened?" Ross asked.
"Remember that party I had three days ago?" Lora asked.
"Yeah," Ross said.
"Gavin broke up with me."
"At the party?"
"After the party."
"You've been like this for three days?"
"No, today I'm wearing sweats and I brushed my hair and I washed my face. For the past two days, I've been in my pajamas with my hair all messed up and my face was all tear-stained."
"Oh."
Ross sat down next to his sister. His heart went out to her. His first break up wasn't horrible (considering he broke up with her), but his break up with Monica was intense. For three days he stayed in his sweats hauled up in his room eating frootloops straight out of the box.
"I'm sorry that happened," Ross said. "But, there'll be other guys."
"I know," Lora said. "But, he's been my boyfriend for a year."
Ross hugged Lora and kissed the top of her head.
"I have a question," Ross said. "This might make you a little upset, but I think it'll cheer you up a little bit."
"Okay," Lora said, sitting up.
"Now, Chloe has no brothers," Ross said. "And since you two are very close, she wants to know if you'll be her maid of honor."
A smile lit up Lora's face.
"I'd love to!" she exclaimed.
She nearly tackled him with a hug. After a while, they went back to the movie and Rory came in the room.
"Tuck Everlasting?" she asked.
"Yup," Lora replied.
"Cool," Rory said. "Can I join you and steal a piece of pizza?"
"Sure," Lora said.
"Hey, Ross," Rory said, giving Ross a peck on the cheek.
"Hey, Mom," Ross said.
For a few minutes they watched Winnie Foster and Jessie Tuck dance around a little fire.
"Mom, she looks just like you," Lora said.
"Yeah," Ross agreed.
"You guys think so?" Rory said.
"Yeah," they both said in unison.
"I don't see it," Rory said. "She looks kind of weird."
"I think it's the nose," Ross said.
Rory squinted at the TV. "Maybe," she said. "But, I don't think so."
[Dean]
Lora got a little better over the past two days. She was smiling more than frowning and she was wearing regular clothes compared to her sweats. The amounts of junk food she ate decreased. One day, Dean came in and found Lora watching Sleeping Beauty. Oh, god, he thought. She went crazy. Lora hadn't watched that movie since she was ten.
Dean put his brief case on a chair and sat down on the couch next to her.
"You okay, Hon?" he asked.
"I'm fine," Lora said.
"You haven't watched this in a long time," Dean said.
"It's 're-live my childhood night,'" Lora said. "I rented all the movies I watched from ages 3-10. I rented The Lion King, Finding Nemo, Jimmy Neutron, Beauty and the Beast, What a Girl Wants, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat starring *Donny Osmond, The Parent Trap, Freaky Friday, and this."
"Freaky Friday?" Dean asked.
"It was my favorite when I was eight," Lora said. "You don't remember that?"
"No," Dean said. "You and Ross watched so many movies it was hard to keep track."
Lora chuckled.
"Which Parent Trap did you rent?" Dean asked.
"The one with Lindsay Lohan," Lora said. "I also rented the Freaky Friday with her and Jamie Lee Curtis in it."
Dean nodded. He turned to face the screen where Prince Charming came on. Dean smiled remembering her fifth birthday party.
"You had such a crush on him," Dean said.
"Had?" Lora joked. "Charmy's still got it going on."
It was Dean's turn to chuckle.
"I see you're a little better," Dean said.
"Yeah," Lora said. "I think I'm actually over Gavin. I mean, it's been a rough year and it was going to be over eventually."
"There'll be other guys," Dean said.
"I know," Lora said, smiling at him. "But, there's only one guy I can count on."
Dean automatically knew she was talking about him.
"Really?" he said, smiling back.
"Of course," Lora said. "Ross is so reliable."
"Oh."
Dean's smile dropped and he felt a little embarrassed. Apparently, he wasn't very good at hiding it because Lora must've seen it and she giggled.
"I'm kidding, Dad," she said. "Ross is reliable, but he's not my Daddy."
Dean smiled and gave Lora a hug and kissed the top of her head. Then, she rested her head on his shoulder and watched the rest of the movie. After a while she looked up at him and said, "By the way, thanks for dressing up as Prince Charming for me."
"What?" Dean said, trying to sound nonchalant. "That wasn't me."
"Dad, I figured it out a long time ago," Lora said.
"How?" Dean asked.
"I'm a psychic," Lora said. "And when I was ten I was looking at the pictures from my fifth birthday party and there was a picture of you dressed up as him and it said, 'Dean as Prince Charming' underneath it so that was when I pretty much figured it out."
Dean chuckled.
"I love you, Daddy," Lora said.
"I love you, too," Dean said, tousling her hair.
To Be Continued........
A/N: I know the break-up was too Rory and Dean-ish, but I wanted a father daughter moment between Rory and Dean. I hope it wasn't too sappy. Also, I know it was OOC for Dean to say "Don't rape anybody" but I was watching Fame and I found that line funny. I changed my mind. I'm going to write two more chapters. Chapter 9 is coming soon, but it's going to be entirely Rory and Dean's POV.