AN - Ok, WOW, umm, I'm so very sorry. I have been so busy doing absolutely
nothing that I haven't had a chance to update for over a month. I really
feel bad, but here is Chapter 4, for anyone who even remembers who I am.
Thank you to all of you who reviewed the last chapter.
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Disclaimer - I don't own anything, although, my birthday is this week, so you know, *crosses fingers*
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Chapter 4 - The truth comes out
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Tristan looked at Rory, willing to tell her the reason everything was so screwed up between them when he remembered the two journal entries he had read the night before.
'April 2, 2001,
Hey Scoot, Rory again. Ok, so last time I talked to you, I told you about Tristan, right? Ya, of course I did. Well, I'm still majorly crushing over him, it's really bad. But I'm starting to get the feeling he could be bad for me. It's just a suspicion, but I think he's on drugs. I could be entirely wrong and he could just be like that, but sometimes, I swear, he shows all the warning signs. I'll just let it go, because I could be wrong entirely. Well Scoot, it's very late.'
'June 29, 2001,
Sorry Scoot, I've been extremely preoccupied with I really don't know what. I have to tell you good news. First off, about a month after I last talked to you, Tristan asked me out, and I was ecstatic. He actually went out and got tickets to a PJ Harvey concert for me. At first I was skeptical, but I eventually agreed to it, because, hey, it was PJ Harvey. We ended up having a blast. He asked me out after that, and it's all good. Another good thing, we've been going out for nearly two months, and it's great. Another thing, he DOES NOT do drugs like I thought he did, I think I was just trying to make something bad about him so I wouldn't be obsessing so much, I really don't know. It's the greatest feeling in the world; he is so much sweeter than Dean. Well, really, that's all I really wanted to tell you, I'm sorry, I'll try to write more for you.'
"Tristan, I do believe you were saying something," Rory said, bringing him out of his thoughts.
"Ya, right, sorry 'bout that. It's just, I really don't like who I was back then, well, it's complicated. You see, before you came along, I was in with the bad crowd, smoking, drinking, doing drugs, all the things you didn't do. Once I found you, I left it all, I didn't want to put you through that, so I stopped. Then, when you didn't show up to Madeline's party, I had no one to hang out with, so I went back to my old friends, and they managed to get me back into an old funk, and before I knew it, I was in the bedroom. I swore to God, from that day on I would never do anything like that again." When he finished talking, he couldn't even look at Rory.
"Well," Rory said after a few minutes, "huh."
After waiting a few more minutes, Tristan looked at her as she walked back behind the counter to get more coffee. She gulped that cup down and poured what was left in the pot into her cup before returning to her seat.
He was about to say something when Luke came out with her take out order.
"Here you go Rory, something for everybody."
"Thanks a bunch Luke," she said as she walked out.
Tristan wasn't sure if he should follow her or not, but then he got Luke giving him dirty looks, so he chose to follow.
Once he was outside, he realized she had managed to grab his keys from his pocket and take his car to her house, since he saw her driving away in it. He took off running after her, but then realized it was impossible to catch up.
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Rory walked into her house, proud of what she had just done, he deserved it, plus, she wasn't planning on walking with all the food. It wasn't like he would call the cops on her, and he would be knocking in about 5 minutes, which gave her just enough time to prepare her family's breakfast.
She had everything prepared and ready to take upstairs when she heard someone walk up the front porch. She hurried to the door so the knocking wouldn't wake the rest up. She opened it and Tristan nearly hit her in the face. He drew his hand back as Rory put her finger to her lip, motioning for him to be quiet.
She pointed to the living room, so she could finish her breakfast plans before she had to talk. He went and sat on the couch while she went back into the kitchen so she could take the food up.
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Lorelei was in the process of waking up when she heard the door to her room open. She rolled over and saw that Chris was still asleep.
"Who's there," she asked, tired and confused.
"It's me, I bring good food."
Lorelei opened her eyes and sat up quickly. "Luke's food?"
"Of course, what else would you have for breakfast?"
"You're a doll."
"I'm just gonna let you two eat, I'll be in the living room if you need anything."
Lorelei just nodded, since she had already started in on the food.
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Tristan was sitting on the couch when Rory came down the stairs. He looked up at her and straightened up.
"I should've called the police."
"Ya, like they'd believe you, besides, I didn't want to walk home with all the food."
"Well, I could've given you a ride."
"Well I wasn't up to riding in a car with you."
"Look, I really am sorry."
"Ya, you said that, and honestly, it gets really annoying."
"So, what are we going to do?"
"Well, you're going to leave, and go home, and call me Wednesday."
"That's it for now then, no talking?"
"Ya, I have important things to do."
"Well, then I guess I'll be leaving."
There was a slight pause before Tristan leaned in and kissed her gently on the forehead. She sat there with her eyes closed as he got up to leave.
"Wait," she said as he paused at the door, "I'm pretty sure the important things can be done with two people."
Tristan smiled and walked back to the couch. "So, what's first on the list of important things?"
"Well," Rory said as she sat down next to him, "first, I was thinking, we could just sit her."
"Ya know what, that sounds like a plan."
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Lorelei walked down the stairs after eating the breakfast her daughter brought home for her when she saw a familiar face sitting on her couch. She walked down farther to see that he was holding a sleeping Rory.
"Hey Tristan," she say, walking into the living room, "what are you doing here so early?"
"Rory stole my car from Luke's, so I had to come get it, and then she decided it was naptime."
"Sounds like something my kid would do," Lorelei said chuckling, as she sat down on the chair across from him."
"Ya, and apparently caffeine doesn't affect her, considering she had around five cups of coffee at Luke's this morning already."
"I'm thinking she became immune to the stuff before she was five years old."
"That would explain it."
"Well, I'm gonna go get me some coffee, I've already stolen Chris's cup, so I should have a peace offering when he comes down."
Tristan gave a slight chuckle, "Alright, I'll be right here if you need me."
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Rory woke up and felt an arm around her shoulder and tried to remember where she had been when she fell asleep. Then she remembered that she had been sitting with Tristan.
She cuddled up closer and quietly said, "The next thing we gotta do is get my stuff packed so I can get back home today or tomorrow. I've gotten too cozy here."
"Alright, let's get that done now, and then we could do nothing but this later."
"Actual, I'm going to have to get back today, so, we probably won't get to do it again today."
"Ok, then a few more minutes here won't kill us."
"You're right."
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Chris walked into the kitchen and saw Lorelei in the doorway watching Rory and Tristan with a smile on her face.
"You're such a snoop," he said and he went to pour himself a cup of coffee.
"No I'm not," she said turning to look at him, "It's just, nice to see her that happy again."
"She's always been happy Lor," he said, taking a sip of the coffee.
"I know, but it's always been like something's been missing, and now she's found it again. Now all we have to do is hope he doesn't screw up again."
"Well," he started, walking toward where she was standing, "I highly doubt anything like that will happen, but I can't promise you anything."
"I know Chris," she sighed, "I know."
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Rory just sat there, not wanting to move for the longest time. She saw her parents looking at her, but she didn't care. Finally, something inside told her she had things to get done, and she still had the four hour drive back to the city and she didn't want to get back too late.
"Tristan," she said, looking up at him.
"What?"
"Now we really have to get moving," she said, standing up and stretching.
"Alright, give me my keys and I'll leave."
"Who said anything about you leaving? You're the one who deprived me of sleep, then got me behind, you're the one who's going to help me pack," she told him, matter-of-factly.
"What, you can't blame all that on me, it's not my fault the coffee took its effect on you and you ended up waking up earlier than normal, and if you hadn't have taken my car, you never would have fallen asleep on my shoulder, so just, give me my keys and we're even." He started walking towards her, but she ended up running into the kitchen and hid behind her parents.
"Ha, I'm well protected."
Lorelei and Chris looked at each other, then turned around and grabbed Rory, "Hey, you guys are supposed to be helping me."
"Well, it's either help him, or have to bail you out of jail, and I don't have any cash right now," her mother said, holding on to her arm.
Tristan walked over and reached into her pockets and grabbed his keys. "I put my card in your purse, so call me when you get back." He turned to leave, but turned around before he walked into the entryway, "Oh ya, I borrowed ten bucks. Call me."
Rory just glared at him and mutter, "Arrogant bastard."
Her mother turned and looked at her, "What was that?"
"Nothing, I didn't say anything."
"Because if I remember correctly, you did take his car, so you know, that's a good rental fee right there, but if I were him, I would have taken twenty."
"Whatever," Rory said, rolling her eyes and heading to her room.
"Make sure you call him," Lorelei called out to her daughter.
"Maybe," she hollered out as she closed the door.
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OK, if I didn't say it before, I'm so sorry it took so long to update, I've just been so busy, and my computer time was cut short because of the exchange student. I had planned on starting it a long time ago, I just never got around to it. It kinda sucked at the end, but I just wanted to finish this chapter quickly, so, ya. Don't forget to review, PLEASE. I promise that with enough reviews I'll update within a week.
~RANDI
Disclaimer - I don't own anything, although, my birthday is this week, so you know, *crosses fingers*
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Chapter 4 - The truth comes out
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Tristan looked at Rory, willing to tell her the reason everything was so screwed up between them when he remembered the two journal entries he had read the night before.
'April 2, 2001,
Hey Scoot, Rory again. Ok, so last time I talked to you, I told you about Tristan, right? Ya, of course I did. Well, I'm still majorly crushing over him, it's really bad. But I'm starting to get the feeling he could be bad for me. It's just a suspicion, but I think he's on drugs. I could be entirely wrong and he could just be like that, but sometimes, I swear, he shows all the warning signs. I'll just let it go, because I could be wrong entirely. Well Scoot, it's very late.'
'June 29, 2001,
Sorry Scoot, I've been extremely preoccupied with I really don't know what. I have to tell you good news. First off, about a month after I last talked to you, Tristan asked me out, and I was ecstatic. He actually went out and got tickets to a PJ Harvey concert for me. At first I was skeptical, but I eventually agreed to it, because, hey, it was PJ Harvey. We ended up having a blast. He asked me out after that, and it's all good. Another good thing, we've been going out for nearly two months, and it's great. Another thing, he DOES NOT do drugs like I thought he did, I think I was just trying to make something bad about him so I wouldn't be obsessing so much, I really don't know. It's the greatest feeling in the world; he is so much sweeter than Dean. Well, really, that's all I really wanted to tell you, I'm sorry, I'll try to write more for you.'
"Tristan, I do believe you were saying something," Rory said, bringing him out of his thoughts.
"Ya, right, sorry 'bout that. It's just, I really don't like who I was back then, well, it's complicated. You see, before you came along, I was in with the bad crowd, smoking, drinking, doing drugs, all the things you didn't do. Once I found you, I left it all, I didn't want to put you through that, so I stopped. Then, when you didn't show up to Madeline's party, I had no one to hang out with, so I went back to my old friends, and they managed to get me back into an old funk, and before I knew it, I was in the bedroom. I swore to God, from that day on I would never do anything like that again." When he finished talking, he couldn't even look at Rory.
"Well," Rory said after a few minutes, "huh."
After waiting a few more minutes, Tristan looked at her as she walked back behind the counter to get more coffee. She gulped that cup down and poured what was left in the pot into her cup before returning to her seat.
He was about to say something when Luke came out with her take out order.
"Here you go Rory, something for everybody."
"Thanks a bunch Luke," she said as she walked out.
Tristan wasn't sure if he should follow her or not, but then he got Luke giving him dirty looks, so he chose to follow.
Once he was outside, he realized she had managed to grab his keys from his pocket and take his car to her house, since he saw her driving away in it. He took off running after her, but then realized it was impossible to catch up.
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Rory walked into her house, proud of what she had just done, he deserved it, plus, she wasn't planning on walking with all the food. It wasn't like he would call the cops on her, and he would be knocking in about 5 minutes, which gave her just enough time to prepare her family's breakfast.
She had everything prepared and ready to take upstairs when she heard someone walk up the front porch. She hurried to the door so the knocking wouldn't wake the rest up. She opened it and Tristan nearly hit her in the face. He drew his hand back as Rory put her finger to her lip, motioning for him to be quiet.
She pointed to the living room, so she could finish her breakfast plans before she had to talk. He went and sat on the couch while she went back into the kitchen so she could take the food up.
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Lorelei was in the process of waking up when she heard the door to her room open. She rolled over and saw that Chris was still asleep.
"Who's there," she asked, tired and confused.
"It's me, I bring good food."
Lorelei opened her eyes and sat up quickly. "Luke's food?"
"Of course, what else would you have for breakfast?"
"You're a doll."
"I'm just gonna let you two eat, I'll be in the living room if you need anything."
Lorelei just nodded, since she had already started in on the food.
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Tristan was sitting on the couch when Rory came down the stairs. He looked up at her and straightened up.
"I should've called the police."
"Ya, like they'd believe you, besides, I didn't want to walk home with all the food."
"Well, I could've given you a ride."
"Well I wasn't up to riding in a car with you."
"Look, I really am sorry."
"Ya, you said that, and honestly, it gets really annoying."
"So, what are we going to do?"
"Well, you're going to leave, and go home, and call me Wednesday."
"That's it for now then, no talking?"
"Ya, I have important things to do."
"Well, then I guess I'll be leaving."
There was a slight pause before Tristan leaned in and kissed her gently on the forehead. She sat there with her eyes closed as he got up to leave.
"Wait," she said as he paused at the door, "I'm pretty sure the important things can be done with two people."
Tristan smiled and walked back to the couch. "So, what's first on the list of important things?"
"Well," Rory said as she sat down next to him, "first, I was thinking, we could just sit her."
"Ya know what, that sounds like a plan."
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Lorelei walked down the stairs after eating the breakfast her daughter brought home for her when she saw a familiar face sitting on her couch. She walked down farther to see that he was holding a sleeping Rory.
"Hey Tristan," she say, walking into the living room, "what are you doing here so early?"
"Rory stole my car from Luke's, so I had to come get it, and then she decided it was naptime."
"Sounds like something my kid would do," Lorelei said chuckling, as she sat down on the chair across from him."
"Ya, and apparently caffeine doesn't affect her, considering she had around five cups of coffee at Luke's this morning already."
"I'm thinking she became immune to the stuff before she was five years old."
"That would explain it."
"Well, I'm gonna go get me some coffee, I've already stolen Chris's cup, so I should have a peace offering when he comes down."
Tristan gave a slight chuckle, "Alright, I'll be right here if you need me."
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Rory woke up and felt an arm around her shoulder and tried to remember where she had been when she fell asleep. Then she remembered that she had been sitting with Tristan.
She cuddled up closer and quietly said, "The next thing we gotta do is get my stuff packed so I can get back home today or tomorrow. I've gotten too cozy here."
"Alright, let's get that done now, and then we could do nothing but this later."
"Actual, I'm going to have to get back today, so, we probably won't get to do it again today."
"Ok, then a few more minutes here won't kill us."
"You're right."
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Chris walked into the kitchen and saw Lorelei in the doorway watching Rory and Tristan with a smile on her face.
"You're such a snoop," he said and he went to pour himself a cup of coffee.
"No I'm not," she said turning to look at him, "It's just, nice to see her that happy again."
"She's always been happy Lor," he said, taking a sip of the coffee.
"I know, but it's always been like something's been missing, and now she's found it again. Now all we have to do is hope he doesn't screw up again."
"Well," he started, walking toward where she was standing, "I highly doubt anything like that will happen, but I can't promise you anything."
"I know Chris," she sighed, "I know."
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Rory just sat there, not wanting to move for the longest time. She saw her parents looking at her, but she didn't care. Finally, something inside told her she had things to get done, and she still had the four hour drive back to the city and she didn't want to get back too late.
"Tristan," she said, looking up at him.
"What?"
"Now we really have to get moving," she said, standing up and stretching.
"Alright, give me my keys and I'll leave."
"Who said anything about you leaving? You're the one who deprived me of sleep, then got me behind, you're the one who's going to help me pack," she told him, matter-of-factly.
"What, you can't blame all that on me, it's not my fault the coffee took its effect on you and you ended up waking up earlier than normal, and if you hadn't have taken my car, you never would have fallen asleep on my shoulder, so just, give me my keys and we're even." He started walking towards her, but she ended up running into the kitchen and hid behind her parents.
"Ha, I'm well protected."
Lorelei and Chris looked at each other, then turned around and grabbed Rory, "Hey, you guys are supposed to be helping me."
"Well, it's either help him, or have to bail you out of jail, and I don't have any cash right now," her mother said, holding on to her arm.
Tristan walked over and reached into her pockets and grabbed his keys. "I put my card in your purse, so call me when you get back." He turned to leave, but turned around before he walked into the entryway, "Oh ya, I borrowed ten bucks. Call me."
Rory just glared at him and mutter, "Arrogant bastard."
Her mother turned and looked at her, "What was that?"
"Nothing, I didn't say anything."
"Because if I remember correctly, you did take his car, so you know, that's a good rental fee right there, but if I were him, I would have taken twenty."
"Whatever," Rory said, rolling her eyes and heading to her room.
"Make sure you call him," Lorelei called out to her daughter.
"Maybe," she hollered out as she closed the door.
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OK, if I didn't say it before, I'm so sorry it took so long to update, I've just been so busy, and my computer time was cut short because of the exchange student. I had planned on starting it a long time ago, I just never got around to it. It kinda sucked at the end, but I just wanted to finish this chapter quickly, so, ya. Don't forget to review, PLEASE. I promise that with enough reviews I'll update within a week.
~RANDI