I Need You
A/N: Sorry if this chapter sucks…it seemed good to me when I had written it, but now, I don't like it so much, but I decided to post it up anyway. Maybe if I can come up with a better chapter, I'll replace it with this one. I don't know; tell me what you think. Thank you to all of you who have reviewed so far.
Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls or any of the characters that you recognize.
Chapter 7: Confused…Sad…
Rory walked into the country club around 7:30 in the evening, looking around for the familiar blond headed boy. After a few minutes of searching, she stopped, standing still in place from across the room, staring at Tristan with a red-headed girl. He was smiling, laughing at something the girl had said. She smiled sadly and started to walk away.
Tristan looked up from the girl he was talking to, Madison, she said her name was, and saw Rory walking away. He quickly excused himself and ran towards her. "Rory, where are you going? I thought we were supposed to hang out today."
She kept her eyes forward. "You looked busy," was all she said.
He glanced over at her for a couple seconds. "We were just talking." He saw something in her eyes, jealousy it seemed.
She shrugged, still not looking at him. "Okay."
He grabbed her arm gently, turning her around to look at him. "Hey…"
"You know," she started while pulling her arm from his grasp, still avoiding his eyes, "I forgot that I have something to do with my grandparents now; they're probably waiting at home for me this very minute, wondering where I am, so I have to leave." She gave him a faint smile before walking away.
He stared at her disappearing figure before a familiar voice broke his reverie.
"Tristan! It's so good to see you! Have you seen Rory anywhere? Her grandfather and I haven't seen her since last week's dinner and we were hoping to see her here."
"No, I haven't seen her, Mrs. Gilmore." Emily smiled at him before saying goodbye and leaving him alone. Now he was confused as to why Rory told him that she was supposed to see her grandparents when they were here at the club.
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Rory was confused, to say the least. She didn't even know why her seeing Tristan talking to a girl mad her mad all of a sudden; it's not like she hasn't seen him flirt before. But, nonetheless, she got…sad. And she had yet to figure out why.
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She went out back, finding a secluded spot where she could just think. She walked for a few minutes before lying down, the grass instantly cooling her skin. She stared up at the sky, noticing how bright the stars were. She took in a few deep breaths before a familiar voice broke her thoughts.
"I thought you said you had to go to your grandparents."
She shut her eyes, not wanting to deal with telling why she had lied to Tristan; she didn't even really know why she was so upset, why she thought she had to distance herself from him right at that moment she saw him with that girl. "They weren't home, so I came back."
He sat down next to her. "Why did you lie to me?"
She opened her eyes and turned her head to look at him, trying to look confused at his question. "What do you mean?"
"Your grandparents - they were here, not at home. And your grandmother didn't say that you had any plans with her or your grandfather. She said that she hadn't even seen you since last week."
"So you're checking around now to see if what I tell you is actually true?" She sat up and stared disbelievingly at him. She was starting to get mad.
"What? No, Rory, she just came up to me and started talking right after you left."
She glared at him, not even hearing what he had said. "I can't believe you don't trust me."
"What - Rory how did this conversation go to you saying that I don't trust you?"
"You don't, do you?" she asked, tears filling her eyes.
"Rory-" He was genuinely confused now. "What are you talking about?"
"I can't believe this." She shook her head and got up, running away from Tristan. He sat there for the longest time, trying to decipher why she acted the way she did just now, when yesterday, they seemed perfectly fine…