A/N: Thanks for the reviews! You are absolutely awesome. And now a few shout outs:
Jemma: I'm not exactly a fan of Blink 182- but my friend is so I thought, meh why not!
sooty7sweep: Oh there is some drama to this story- it's quite bittersweet. But I do have a few more characters to add before that happens!
Jaydiegirl: My loveable muse! No, you're not getting lucky in this chapter…lol... (Hint hint)
And that's all for now! Enjoy the show!
Remember the Time I Told You To Shut The F Up?
Scott was trailing behind Rory as she led him across the dark parking lot from the seedy bar he had just played at. From the moonlight he could see the smile across her face and his grip tightened on her hand.
"Hey Rory, how about we go to Brian's house? You know the guitarist. He's having a few friends over and I think we could have some fun," Scott said pulling Rory from the direction she was heading.
"Yeah alright. I suppose my ideas can wait for awhile," she smiled suggestively as he snaked an arm around her lower back and headed in a new direction. "Why do you let Brian control your life?" she asked suddenly. She'd noticed from the few times she'd hung out with Scott that they were always with Brian or at Brian's house. It always seemed to be the three of them or the three of them plus Brian's new flavor of the week.
This week in particular, Brian was "hanging" with Katie, one of Rory's close friends. Best friend even.
"What are you talking about? Brian does not control my life!" Scott shouted at her stopping dead in his tracks and retracting his arm.
"Whoa, hey Mr. Moody, I was just asking. We always seem to be with him and he always controls what we're doing. You're actually choosing to go to Brian's over what I had in mind!" Rory pointed out throwing her hands to her hips a la Lorelei style.
"You know what maybe I should just take you home. You're acting like a little baby! I should have known not to date younger girls!" he shouted at her again and stared angrily into her frosty blue eyes.
"Baby? I'm acting like a baby? Are you kidding me? God Scott, what the hell is your problem? You just seem to follow around Brian as if he's your puppet master and you're the dumb puppet tied to his strings. I don't need you to take me home, I'll take a cab!" she shouted back and pulled out her cell phone hitting the phone buttons hard and fast.
Scott stared wild eyed at her while she proceeded to call for a cab. In one swift movement he pulled the phone from her hand and shut it off. When she began to protest he grabbed her shoulders and kissed her hard and square in the mouth. Rory didn't know what hit her. A whirl wind of confusing emotions swirled through her mind as Scott's aroma filled her nose. She breathed in his scent heavily as he pressed into her lips deeply. Her knees began to buckle and if he hadn't wrapped his arms around her waist she would have fallen down to the ground.
She moved her hand to his chest and pushed herself away from him against every nagging emotion telling her not to. She had a smile on her lips that quickly faded into a set jaw and glaring eyes.
"What the hell do you think your doing?" she asked- this conversation was too familiar and it needed to stop. It was like the second time this evening she needed to push him away. She really hated to, but at moments he could be such an asshole.
"Why do I have to keep explaining myself to you? I kiss you when I want to kiss you," he said keeping his arms tightly linked behind her back.
"You can't just kiss me every time I get mad at you- that won't stop how I feel!" she shouted attempting to break from his grasp.
"And how do you feel?" he asked staring into her intense eyes.
"I like you," she whispered but he had heard her.
"Oh, well I like you too. Now that we're on the same page, what's the problem?" he whispered into her ear sending a deep cut chill down her spine.
"You are the problem. You drive me insane. You're moody and you have this thing that I like to call jackass-ness!" her eyes were sparkling now, the barrier once in them gone.
"What if I told you that I'm a jack ass because of you?" he asked smiling at her.
"That's a real nice thing to say Scott!" she began to raise her voice again, but decided against it. She was too tired for this and all she really wanted to do was go home and sleep.
"You know I didn't mean it like that," he accused her and nuzzled into the crook of her neck. It took all the effort she had left to pull away from him.
"Stop Scott. I just want to go home," she said seriously and he dropped his arms from around her. Absentmindedly he picked up her hand and rubbed his thumb against her knuckles.
"Come on, my car is right over her," he led her to a parked shit box that screamed 'I'm an accident waiting to happen'.
"Nice wheels," she joked trying to lighten his intense mood and stepped into the passenger side of the car.
"Thanks. Where to?" he asked looking through his mirror and pulling out of the parking lot.
"Yale- Branford Hall," she said simply and rested her head on the seat.
"Did you want to come in for a minute?" she asked with a slight hope. She'd thought about it the whole twenty minutes it took them to get to Branford Hall and decided she wasn't mad at him. In fact, she did want him to come in, but not in that 'I want to do you' sort of way- just to get better acquainted. He'd never been to her place anyways and it'd be nice to be alone for once.
Scott smirked sheepishly at her and parked his car, turning off the ignition. "I don't think a minute would hurt," he left the as did Rory and they both headed to her dorm room side by side, fingers entwined swinging gently against the wind.
They traveled the short steps to her door and she took out her keys, effortlessly unlocking it. He kept close on her trail as she wandered purposefully into the apartment, throwing her keys on the coffee table and taking a seat on the sofa. She let her heavy eye lids flutter closed and felt the movement of the cushion as Scott took the place next to her. He wrapped a protective arm around her shoulders and she eased into his arms resting on his chest.
He sighed deeply, breathing in her sweet scent as he closed his own eyes and leaned his weight against her as well. That was one of the few moments in their existence together that things were ever peaceful. I guess they needed to enjoy it while they had the chance.
In what felt like only a second later, but in actuality was more like an hour, a shrill ringing came from under the cushion. Scott's eyes flashed open as he began to locate the ringing device. Rory was oblivious to the noise and as he began to feel around for said ringing device, she fell into his lap with a crash. Still she slept like someone had slipped her a large dosage of sleeping pills and even snuggled into his lap. A slight moan escaped Scott's lips as Rory's head nuzzled his legs, but it was quickly cut short when he found the phone under his seat and stood up to pull it out. Rory fell to the ground in a heap and only then did she wake up, clutching at her head trying to steady herself. Scott smiled guiltily and handed her the still ringing device. Man this person was persistent.
She gave him a shy smile and answered the phone. "Hello?"
"Daughter of mine, what took you so long to answer? I thought you were dead or something and I was ready to start panicking!" Lorelei chirped into the phone.
"Everything's fine mom, I just fell asleep and didn't hear the ringing," she answered truthfully, sitting back down beside Scott on the couch.
"Good, don't scare me like that again. I mean my daughter not answering her phone at 12 in the morning is a scary thought for a mother."
"I know mom, seriously I'm fine, but can't we continue this conversation later- I have to take care of something," Rory leaned against Scott as she made herself comfortable again.
"This something wouldn't happen to be a boy would it?"
"Mom, seriously have to go. Bye," Rory clicked off the phone and looked up at Scott. "Hi," she smiled and began to stretch her arms as a deep yawn escaped her lips.
"Hey, I better go," he said and started to stand up but was stopped by Rory's incessant pulling on his arm.
"Don't go, you could stay. We could watch a movie- I've got Willy Wonka," Rory smiled brightly and pushed her weight against him, hopefully as a force to make him stay.
"As enticing as that offer is, I have to go to Brian's. I promised," he said regretting it the second it escaped his mouth.
"Brian's again! Seriously, why don't you just date him or something- you're already in love with the guy," she sneered and stood up off the couch.
"Babe, look- the guy is my friend and I did try dating him once, it didn't work out," he gave her a full sized smirk but it quickly faded when he saw the venomous look on her face. "Alright, I'm leaving now!"
"And now you're leaving. Whenever we fight you always have to leave or kiss me! What's your problem? You can't work it out like an adult so you go running off to your friend's house leaving me you're… your… whatever I am to you!" she screamed.
"Rory, chill out! It's just Brian's house and you said you were tired anyways. But if you want to come, I'd be more than willing to drive you home again later," he offered with a slight hope that she'd say yes.
"I suppose it wouldn't hurt for me to join you. Let me just change my shirt- it's getting cold out," she turned to her room and reemerged with a snug fitting long sleeved shirt with "Java Junkie" written across it.
"Ready?" he asked handing her a coat from the couch.
"As I'll ever be," she sighed and followed him to his car in silence.
"So then this guy comes over to us and starts asking about Kimiko and where she went. He's like 'She was so into me', and I just had to stifle my giggles," Rory laughed loudly as she told the nights events to Katie and Brian who were sitting on the couch adjacent and in the other room to the one her and Scott inhabited.
"No way, Kimiko hates when weirdo's hit on her! I would have laughed in the guy's face. What was his name?" Katie asked as Brian slipped an easy arm around her.
"Mike or… what was it Scott?" Rory asked turning to him, who had sat by her side, arm draped over the back of the couch.
"Matt. His name is Matt and he hits on anything with a chest," he answered and gave Rory a wry smile.
"So anyways, before… maybe it was after that, Eiren comes up and starts to 'defend my honor' to Scott," Rory laughed nearly falling off the couch. Scott grabbed her waist and she looked up at him. He raised a suggestive eyebrow and she merely retorted with a smirk. Rory leaned up to reach Scott's face and pulled him down on top of her. They shifted on the couch and started to attack each other's lips full of the days left over passion and anger from only hours before. They relieved all of the stress they had into each kiss and were oblivious to Brian and Katie who were on the couch that wasn't visible from where Rory and Scott sat.
"What a nice guy. But that's definitely laughing material. Hey remember the time Taylor and Steven tried to get down your pants at the Christmas dance a few years back? God what year was that? Do you remember?" Katie asked excitedly, oblivious to Scott and Rory's position, with Brian by her side who was trying to entice her into their own make out session
Rory was trying to block out Katie's voice, concentrating on the task at hand- Scott's lips. Scott paused for a second, coming up for a short breath as Katie fired more questions over them.
"Oh remember the time at that Semi formal when I kissed that Andrew guy but he told me he was in love with Alexia, do you remember that?" Katie tried again.
Rory had had enough of her friend, she pushed Scott back momentarily and gave him apologizing eyes and yelled, "Hey remember the time Scott's tongue was down my throat and you started asking me about our dumb high school years?" Katie was quiet now and Rory gave Scott a happy smile. Cupping Scott's cheeks, she pulled his face to hers once again and kissed him until her lips hurt. Another quick breath for air and Katie started asking more and more questions.
"Hey do you remember the time when we went to Mexico for the summer and my brother tried to coax you into making out with him but you just laughed and walked away?" Katie asked and Rory nearly screamed.
Scott was done with this- he was trying to have some fun with his…his…Rory and now annoying Katie was getting in his way. He got off of Rory and grabbed her hand, leading her to Brian's bedroom and away from Katie's chattering. Rory merely smiled and nearly knocked him over as they entered the bedroom.
Finally! Maybe the couple could finally get some peaceful make out session time all by themselves and maybe even more. Or would a certain friend want the room all to themselves and their own partner for a night of fun? Stay tuned!