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Fall to Pieces
Chapter 4: Someone I'm not
Ashlee Simpson's song "La La" could be heard blasting out of the car stereo speakers as Rory, Louise and Madeline made their way to Tristan's house. In the short car ride there Rory observed the slightly intoxicated girls, the blonde haired bombshell at the wheel and the brunette beauty in the passenger side. They were singing, well attempting to sing along to the song, giggling ever so often for no apparent reason at all. She envied them - they were the epitome of who she wanted to be, yet had no idea how to be. However upon glancing down at her attire Rory wasn't sure who she was at the moment, and was surprisingly content in that thought.
She had always made an effort to avoid change it had always been something she had feared. It was an uncertainty, a risk, something she never would have considered exploring. Although, ironically it was now the one and only thing she was hoping for. But the question is, is she ready for it?
Rory remained quiet, seated in the back. A small smile crept to her face as she thought back to when the three girls were getting ready at Louise's house.
Flashback – Louise's House
Rory was seated on Louise's bed while the two girls searched the wardrobe for the 'perfect' outfit for each of them to wear. Even though it wasn't a party, it was bound to turn into one, therefore the girls decision was made that much harder. About half an hour later the two girls exited the wardrobe. Louise was wearing a tight black, leather mini skirt with a deep red tank top and black knee-high boots. Madeline wore tight, faded denim jeans with a black cotton camisole and black kitten heels. They had various articles of clothing draped over their arms, which Rory assumed were for her to choose from.
"Ok, so we found about 4 different outfits you can choose from, you have to try each of them on and show us. You can either get changed in here or the bathroom we don't mind" Louise said in a sweet tone, raising her arm to indicate the adjoining bathroom.
As she searched through the clothes, to find the first outfit to try on, she noticed that all of them were quite revealing and definitely not like anything she would usually wear. She grabbed a pair of jeans and a light blue tank top and made her way to the bathroom. About two minutes later she walked out as the two girls turned around and stopped putting on their make-up.
"The jeans aren't tight enough" was the only response from Madeline.
"Yeah she's right. I guess you're a bit smaller than me. Looks like you'll be wearing one of the mini's" Louise agreed as she made her way towards the bed and picked up a black and a faded blue denim mini skirt. She held them up and asked "So which one will it be?"
"Um, I don't know…I'm not sure about wearing a skirt. I mean I can just wear what I'm wearing now…" Rory began. She was very hesitant about letting them choose an outfit for her and thought it would be best if she just wore what she arrived in.
"NO…I mean no, because Tri-, there will be a lot of people from school there and you'd want to make a good impression" Madeline interrupted.
Rory didn't even take note of the little slip up from Madeline as she was once again consumed in her own thoughts. 'If making a good impression means dressing like a slut, then I'm not sure I want to…wait when have I ever wanted to impress anyone?' Rory began thinking to herself.
"Ok so the blue one" Louise replied, taking it upon herself to make the choice, it was clear the neither of the other two girls were going to. She then searched through the various tops lying on her bed and found a baby blue silk camisole. She handed the two articles of clothing to Rory and practically pushed her into the bathroom, not allowing her to make any objections. Almost a minute later Rory returned.
"What do you think?" Rory questioned, while fidgeting and wrapping her arms slightly around herself self-consciously.
"Perfect" Both girls replied in unison. They then went on to drag Rory over to where they were applying their makeup. Louise had her hair straightening iron on and began to fix Rory's hair, while Madeline started to do Rory's makeup.
"Omigod this is like such a 'Clueless' moment, you know with like the whole make-over thing" Madeline started to gush while smiling excitedly.
"Ok all done. Damn, you look hot! …Here put these on, your like Mishca Barton, you don't need heels" Louise said while handing her a pair of matching blue flip flops (or thongs as we like to call them here in Australia
They each grabbed a matching handbag and placed their cell phones, lip gloss, some cash, and some makeup into them. Rory looked in the mirror on her way out and though to herself, 'What did I get myself into?'
Madeline and Rory were each on their second bottle of Vodka Cruisers, although Rory had barely touched hers. Louise had actually decided not to drink much tonight seeing as though she was supposed to be their designated driver.
As the car came to a halt, Rory was snapped out of her thoughts and her attention was captured by the beautiful building to which the long driveway led to. It was huge, definitely larger than her grandparents' house. It was obvious these people had money, everyone in Hartford did, but it was like they had money trees growing in their back yard. Even so, Rory had to admit the money was well spent, the place was beautiful, and she had only seen the outside.
"Rory, R-O-R-Y, earth to Rory you still with us?" Louise asked trying to get her attention.
"Yeah, sorry" Rory replied. She still had no idea whose house they were at. She had asked them before but they both had dismissed her question. The only thing she knew was that it was a guy from school who is known for having wild parties.
"Ok so lets PARTAY!" Madeline screamed, as she opened the door and stumbled slightly on her way out.
"Well here goes nothing" Rory whispered under her breath as she chugged down the entire contents of the relatively full bottle.
Tristan's house – Hartford
As Rory entered the house she was expecting to hear loud music and see drunken hormonal teens having a 'good time' and dancing. However she was surely mistaken as they were led by the butler into a large room near the back of the house. 'So maybe it really was just a movie night' she began to think, that was until she stepped into the room. She stood in awe and looked around at the huge room which was almost like an actual movie theatre only much more comfortable. There was a huge projector screen with surround sound speakers and lounges with drink holders located throughout the room. The room was fully carpeted with drapes lining the walls, almost identical to the kind you would find in a movie theatre. There was a couple of adjoining rooms; a dance room, with a DJ stand and colorful and strobe lights along with a huge disco ball. It was almost like a club except there was no bar, wait yes there was, as they walked through the herd of people dancing, Rory noticed a huge lit up bar towards the back of the room. This room she noticed led outside, where the pool area was.
There was about a hundred or so people there, mostly from Chilton. Most of which she gathered must live in Hartford and walked there because there wasn't many cars out the front. The music was so loud that she could barely hear herself think, she was surprised she couldn't hear it when she first arrived, 'must have soundproof walls or something'.
Rory thought that she was going to be left alone as the other two girls socialized but was definitely surprised when they led her around to various groups to introduce her to people. She was getting many death glares and bitchy looks from many of the girls and appreciative ones from all of the guys. They would all just look her up and down, not even having the decency to be subtle about it, 'Well this is what I wanted, wasn't it?'.
Rory excused herself and made her way towards the bar. She noticed a blonde haired guy with his back facing towards her who she assumed was playing bartender tonight. As she took a seat on one of the many stools, the guy turned around and both were equally shocked to see the other.
Tristan quickly overcame his initial shock and tried to pretend like their fight earlier that day hadn't happened, Therefore he was the first to break the silence, "What can I get you?" He asked her.
She realized what he was trying to play at. Just pretending like nothing was wrong - he was such a cop out. Not being in the mood for another fight, she decided to play along.
"What have you got?" she questioned, in an almost seductive tone.
"Almost everything I want" he replied, his eyes clearly indicating to her what he was talking about, or who he was talking about – her. She knew she was just a game to him, just another conquest, she always was and always would be, or so she thought. But at that moment she really didn't care, either that or the alcohol was finally starting to take over, because here she was playing along like she actually knew what she was doing…
AN: Ok I know that was mean to leave it there, but I just had too. Oh and if your wondering why Tristan's the bartender at his own party that will be explained later. I know it took a while to finally get the story going but don't worry it's definitely going to speed up now and be much more exciting with a lot less boring explanations. But there was a reason for that, mainly being so you could all just understand why Rory is like she is in this. So if you like it PLEASE REVIEW!!
