Title – Barriers and Brick Walls
Chapter 7
Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls, it belongs to Amy Sherman Palladino and Warner Brothers
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A/N#1 Hi everyone! Did you all have a good Christmas and New Year? I was away in Melbourne, hence my lack of updates over the festive season. Sorry about that, But I'm back now. Speaking of which, I just reread this whole story and realised that it might be getting a bit long, but I don't know. What do you guys think, should I just cut the crap and get straight onto what I was originally going to do with this story, or do you like my slow plodding? I've got lots of ideas for plodding, but I'm not quite sure how to cut the crap. But if you guys want me to, I will. But this chapter will be plodding. U guys have to review to tell me which you want, k?
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A/N#2 I am so happy! A little bird came to me and told me that series 3 of Gilmore Girls is coming next months to us poor deprived people here in Aus! Yeah! I don't know about you guys, but I have found that I have to be very careful about whos fanfics I read just in case they include season three spoilers. But don't worry all you ppl who have written about season three, I will soon be reading them!
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Monday Morning
Rory walked into the halls of hell. She didn't bother to correct herself.
James immediately came up to her.
"We need to talk." He said nervously.
"Funny, I was about to say the same thing to you." Rory smiled.
They went and sat beside a tree.
"You first." Rory said.
"Okay. I don't wanna offend you here or anything, so please don't get offended."
"Okay."
"Okay. I know that you are like, the queen of Chilton and everything and I know that every guy is meant to fall at your feet and beg you to date him and…" He wanted to continue, but Rory cut him off.
"Is that how people think of me?" she questioned, her heart dropping. This changing thing was gonna be harder than she thought.
"Well, yeah." James said uncomfortably.
"I'm sorry, I interrupted you, go on." Rory said, suddenly jolting back to reality.
"Okay, see, the thing is, I want to date a girl with substance. A girl that I can actually talk to about intellectual things, like books. A girl that doesn't mind doing homework and a girl with whom I know that the reason we are dating is not just because I'm the flavor of the week." James trailed off, allowing Rory her comment. He was a bit worried at this point. What if she got really angry?
But she didn't.
"Let me guess. That girl isn't me." She said sadly, knowing how different this conversation would be if she allowed her real self to show through.
"No. its not." James whispered.
There was a moment of silence, and then Rory had an idea.
"You know who just described, don't you?" She asked, smiling.
"Who?" James asked, thoroughly confused. He thought she would have been angry.
"Paris Gellar! You just described Paris Gellar as your dream date! Oh my God! You have to ask her out!"
"Pardon me?" James asked, shell shocked.
"You have to ask out Paris. She's your perfect match!" Rory repeated.
"So, you aren't mad?" he asked warily.
"Mad, no. of course not. Oh look, there's Paris. You have to go up and say hi!"
"Rory, are you feeling all right?"
"Yeah, why."
"It's just that, last week, you would have yelled and screamed and humiliated me in front of everyone."
"I know. But I've changed. If I had spoken first today, I would have said that you needed a girl with substance and all that stuff and that I couldn't provide you with that at the moment, so it would be better if you dated someone else."
"Wow."
"Yeah."
"So does this mean.… we're over?" James asked
"Yep. Now go talk to Paris. A girl like that isn't gonna wait around for ever, you know." Rory smiled ruefully at James, who smiled back before running to catch up with Paris.
Rory sat alone under the tree.
She had taken the first step.
A single tear rolled down her cheek.
Followed by another, and another.
Rory began to sob.
She was sobbing so hard she didn't even hear the bell ring for the beginning of class.
She just sat under the tree and cried her heart out.
It was the first time she had cried since she had made that pact with herself to become a Chiltonite and hide her feelings.
It felt so good to cry.
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Okay, I think im gonna just end the chapter here. The next chap will take place the same day, just a little later, but I can't seem to think of the right words to write that at the moment. Big kinda point of the story is coming up soon; in fact it may even be in the next chapter! Yay! I can't believe it's taken seven chapters to get to this point. I originally planned it to only take one or two! Lol! Anyways, if u guys like this chapter, please review because then I will post the next chapter quicker, k! Luv yas alls! I'll be write back! Omg, I just said the kind of corny joke my science teacher would say. Ewwwwwww!