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Chapter 4- the letter
Little sis, sorry I wasn't there when you got back from your first day at genius school. I'm sure Mum's filled you in on what happened so I wont bore you with it any more. But there are a few things she doesn't know. Like I'm not going back to school. I know that's what dad wants me to do but I cant. I hate it Ror, really hate it. I'm going to live with a friend of mine in New York- Jess Mariano, remember? You met him last thanks giving. Anyway the reason I'm not telling mum and dad that I'm finally rebelling is because I can use the tuition fee's towards the restaurant- I have to find other finances too since dad wont help me out. Look I have to go. I'll call you in a few days when I've figured everything out properly ok. Until then don't say a word to mum, or dad (when he gets home). Hope your ok, love you sis……Matt x.
Wow! Matt sure new how to make a statement. But what would happen when dad found out, and he would find out. He always did. When Matt got put on report at school, when he'd stolen money from Doose's to fund that new bike dad wouldn't buy him, when he hadn't been accepted to Princeton because of his low g.p.a. Yep only a matter of time until this became one more thing for Dad to get mad at Matt for.
The next day at school Rory tried to concentrate on algebra, on physics, on the French revolution. Anything that would prevent her from thinking about the inevitable world war that would start when Dad found out what Matt had done now. But nothing would stop her from thinking about it. No matter how hard she tried her mind would invariably float back to the subject. That was until lunch.
She was sitting at a table with her lunch, Moby Dick in front of her but she wasn't reading.
"Hey Mar" Tristan placed his tray beside hers and sat down "Wow you look like your asleep with your eyes open" he said
"What?" Rory snapped out of her thoughts
"I was just saying you seem to be concentrating a little too much for lunch. What were you doing?"
"Just thinking"
"About me?" he asked raising his eyebrow
"You wish"
"Don't I just. Don't you like me Mar?"
" Now where would you get that idea?" she quipped sarcastically
"Just give me a chance. Meet me tonight, we could hang out."
"Actually I do need to see you tonight" she said
"Really?" he almost fell off his chair in surprise
"Yeah to work on our project, we had an unsuccessful lesson yesterday and we need to sort out our plan at least we don't have long"
"Now Mary you don't have to use school work as an excuse to see me, you know."
"Whatever, Tristan. Just be at my house in Stars Hollow tonight at five we really do have to get started."
"Ohhh bossy. I like it." He joked
"See you later." She snapped her book shut, picked up her tray and walked off.
She sat on a bench underneath the apple tree in the Chilton courtyard. She opened Moby Dick and read a few lines. Then her mind seemed to catch up with her. Oh no, she had just invited Tristan to her house. In starts hollow. The house was a mess. But why did that bother her? It wasn't like he'd notice it. They'd be studying. She remembered what Raichelle had said yesterday 'any number of girls would give their right arms for that'. But she wouldn't… Right? She hated Tristan. She he was nice to look at but he was arrogant, self-centred and about a million other repulsive things too. Even so she's send her mum a text to clean up a little.
She got home at four, plenty of time to sort everything for her study session with Tristan. She noticed her mum had cleared the front room of dirty washing and even swept up in the kitchen and she could smell air freshener, she made a mental note to thank her mum. She changed into some comfortable tracksuit bottoms and a T-shirt, then changed her mind and put of her black jeans and a her favourite blue top, then wondered why on earth it mattered. She saw the answer phone light blinking and went over to it.
"Hi sweets, your dad got back today and we've gone out for the evening. We wont be back until ten but there's money and a Chinese menu under the monkey lamp. Love you" BEEP.
She set the kitchen table up with paper, pens, two copies of the play and highlighters. She'd just finished making a pot of Coffee when the doorbell rang.
It's kinda short put I'm pasting the next chapter now too. I know I could've just carried on but it seemed like I should start a new chapter now. Tell me how you like it. Oh and I know I built the letter up to be more dramatic than it was but trust me it's important to the story line. I know where I'm going with this.