Thanks so much for all the great response! I actually promised to make this a Rogan (I believe in Chapter 2...?) but you know, old flames and such. Bound to be some drama there.
"Poker just doesn't seem as fun without a group of drunk college kids to take money away from." Logan remarked the next day.
"Yeah, well when Ma…Rory…gets here it'll be three."
"Rory can't play poker."
"So you haven't completely corrupted her yet?"
"Oh I think committing a felony qualifies as corruption, don't you?" Logan said.
"Yes, but you gotta be thorough, man."
"Nice. You know, I doubt she'd mind if you called her Mary."
"Why's that?"
"I still call her Ace."
"Yeah, well, she once got so fed up about it she screamed at me that her name was RORY."
"I can't imagine that."
"I believe she was having a bad day. She missed a major test at Chilton."
"Oh boy. Okay, so here's how you deal…" Logan said, showing Tristan a new fancy way of shuffling the cards.
"Hey Logan, sorry I'm late…" Rory trailed off when she saw who was sitting next to her boyfriend.
"Hey Mary, look what I can do." Tristan said, shuffling the cards.
"I…I see military school taught you well." Rory stammered.
"Nah…my good pal Logan here has been teaching me some new tricks." Tristan said, standing up and walking over to his former classmate.
"How've you been?" She said quietly.
"I've been great since meeting up with my old friend at some party last night." Tristan said, gesturing towards Logan, who was smirking. It was funny to see Rory so out of sorts.
Rory gave Tristan an awkward hug, which he returned after a little hesitation. He never expected that to happen.
"So…you two know each other?"
"Yeah we go way back." Logan said, handing Rory a drink and then taking a sip of his own.
"We used to party together." Tristan said, picking up his own drink.
"And not the good kind." Logan said.
"Come on now, we had access to all the liquor we wanted since we were like, 12." Tristan said in mock shock.
"How quickly I had forgotten."
"Best way to get away from the socialites." Tristan said.
"Cheers." Logan said.
Rory was quietly watching the two young men interact. Of course. How could they not know each other?
"Hey ace, you're looking a little upset. What's up?"
"Nothing, just the shock, reunion, felony, all that."
"Lots of drama." Tristan said knowingly.
"Well I get bored easily." Rory fired back, smiling.
"Speaking of which," Logan said happily, "our friend has decided to join us next year at Yale. We can all arrange it so we're living near each other. Although, no offence Tristan, I much rather have Rory for a roommate."
"None taken." Tristan said.
"Oh…" Rory stammered, looking uncomfortable.
"Look, Rory if you're concerned about all the Chilton history and drama, you can forget it, we all grew up." Tristan said.
"It's just that…"
"I liked you then, but I'm over it now and you and Logan here can have a wonderful Bonnie and Clyde relationship."
"I'm not going back to Yale." Rory blurted out.
Both guys were silent immediately.
Hah! Okay, so I quite literally just finished writing this. I just sat down and wrote this without a plan, so I hope it does not suck.
As always, I would love to hear what you think!