"Rory? Come on sweetie, talk to me," Chris said, sitting down next to the
motionless form of his heartbroken daughter. She hadn't spoken since Ryan
had gotten her from the party 2 days ago and she'd barely eaten anything.
"I miss when all I had to do was kiss you where it hurt and everything was
rosy again. Is there anything at all I can do?"
Slowly, Rory sat up. She'd used her two day silence to think things over. "Well, I know this could be hard for you and my mom and the boys, but I think I'd like to finish the term at a boarding school in England. I know you're going to say I shouldn't run away from my problems, but I was thinking about this before all this with Tristan happened. I was accepted into Cambridge and I want to be at least a little used to the school system and the climate."
"When did you find out you were accepted to Cambridge, sweetheart? That's wonderful! If it's all right with your mother, then of course you can go to an English boarding school. I am so proud of you!" Chris exclaimed, jubilant at not only his daughter's return from her near comatose state, but also at her acceptance into the school of her dreams.
"Thanks, Daddy. I wish you could kiss where it hurts too," Rory said, her heart still aching.
"I can't believe my baby girl is leaving me," Lorelai blubbered.
"I have to mom, its for the best. I'll see you when you come to visit Grams this summer."
Holding back tears, Rory hugged her parents and her brothers and boarded the plane for her new life.
"What do you mean she's gone?!" Tristan exclaimed when Ryan told him of his sister's departure.
"I mean that Rory is at school in England now. She's not even coming back for the summer. Mom is packing all her stuff up and sending it to Grams in London."
"She didn't even say good-bye," Taylor said dismally.
"She just didn't want to have to deal with anymore heartache," Ryan explained, shooting a pointed look at Tristan. "I know she's gonna miss you, Tay."
"I'm gonna miss her too. She's the only real friend I have besides you guys."
"We all make our choices. Now we have to live with it," Tristan said dully, the light disappearing from his eyes.
It would stay gone for 7 long years.
Until that fateful day in July, when his life was turned upside down.
Slowly, Rory sat up. She'd used her two day silence to think things over. "Well, I know this could be hard for you and my mom and the boys, but I think I'd like to finish the term at a boarding school in England. I know you're going to say I shouldn't run away from my problems, but I was thinking about this before all this with Tristan happened. I was accepted into Cambridge and I want to be at least a little used to the school system and the climate."
"When did you find out you were accepted to Cambridge, sweetheart? That's wonderful! If it's all right with your mother, then of course you can go to an English boarding school. I am so proud of you!" Chris exclaimed, jubilant at not only his daughter's return from her near comatose state, but also at her acceptance into the school of her dreams.
"Thanks, Daddy. I wish you could kiss where it hurts too," Rory said, her heart still aching.
"I can't believe my baby girl is leaving me," Lorelai blubbered.
"I have to mom, its for the best. I'll see you when you come to visit Grams this summer."
Holding back tears, Rory hugged her parents and her brothers and boarded the plane for her new life.
"What do you mean she's gone?!" Tristan exclaimed when Ryan told him of his sister's departure.
"I mean that Rory is at school in England now. She's not even coming back for the summer. Mom is packing all her stuff up and sending it to Grams in London."
"She didn't even say good-bye," Taylor said dismally.
"She just didn't want to have to deal with anymore heartache," Ryan explained, shooting a pointed look at Tristan. "I know she's gonna miss you, Tay."
"I'm gonna miss her too. She's the only real friend I have besides you guys."
"We all make our choices. Now we have to live with it," Tristan said dully, the light disappearing from his eyes.
It would stay gone for 7 long years.
Until that fateful day in July, when his life was turned upside down.