A/N: Hey you all! I'm terribly sorry for not updating for so long. I just had no inspiration whatsoever and I was obviously at a quite crucial point in the story so I had to do this right. I hope I did…..let me know after you've read it.  I'll be updating more frequently from now on, I promise you that. I'm in my final year of high school and for the next 4 weeks I don't have to go to school, because I'm supposed to study for my exams. Which obviously I will, but this also means that I have more time to update this story.  Thanks to all of you who reviewed, I'm very grateful and I will update sooner!!!

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To say Tristan was shocked would be the understatement of the year. He was already very tense the moment she put her hands to his face but the moment she whispered those words….his heart stopped. He didn't know what to do. The girl he loved finally saw through him and he just froze. A million thoughts were running through his mind. He never got to finish those thoughts though.

Seeing the shocked look on his face, Rory did the first thing that came to mind.

She kissed him.

Ever so gently she pressed her soft lips to his.

The moment her lips touched his, she felt special. His sharp intake of breath made her stomach do flip-flops. She felt so incredibly alive.

Her entire body tingled and she felt like she was on fire. All these incredible feelings just from one little kiss with….someone who wasn't kissing her back…

Quickly Rory pulled back. She took a few steps back, her eyes full of hurt and started to ramble.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything and I really shouldn't have done that. I just thought that….never mind. I know you don't look at me like that and I'm just stupid. I mean, how could I think that right? We're friends, just friends and friends don't kiss each other, right? Oh my god I feel so embarrassed, just forget what happened Tristan, please forget it. I'm sorry….I have to go."  Her voice was heavy with tears and Rory quickly ran away. Leaving not only a shocked but also a kissed Tristan behind.

But he woke up. He saw the girl of his dreams run around the corner and noticed in the far end of his mind that he'd never seen her run before. But that wasn't true. She ran away from him at Madeline's party. Of course, how could he possibly forget? And basically she had been running away from him ever since. Not literally of course, but somehow she never allowed him to get close to her. She always backed off at the right moments, always ran away just in time. Except for now. This time she didn't back off, she didn't run away. She finally saw through him and finally allowed him to get close to her.

She opened up to him and what did he do?

He screwed up.

He really screwed up.

Rory had kissed him and he had just stood there motionless.

* If there was an award for the greatest idiot in the world, I would've won it * Tristan thought bitterly.

Tristan quickly got up and went to look for her. He couldn't let her get away, he would not lose her. He had to show her how he felt about her. This was his chance.

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A/N:  So, you like? Just trying to keep it exciting! I'm sorry for the kind-of cliff-hanger! I wrote more already but I wanted to post this bit first just to show you guys that I'm still alive and writing!!! Please review, it will make me write faster!! Thanks!

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