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Lost In You
Chapter 8: Is It Over For Good?
Rory sat there staring at Tristan, who had just completed a speech worthy of an Academy Award.
"Was there something wrong with what I said?" He wondered, unable to stand the silence any longer.
"No," She answered quickly.
Surprised at her eagerness, Tristan said "Rory, I just told you everything…"
Rory stopped him before he could continue. "I feel the same way Tristan. You and I have been friends since we started school, and believe it or not I've always been jealous of the revolving door of girls than float in and out of your life. I wanted to be apart of that revolving door, damn it." She flashed him a mischievous smile and Tristan couldn't help but smirk back.
"But then I finally… we finally," she corrected herself, "got what we wanted. For so many years we've wanted to more but we held back scared that it would ruin our friendship. Which was a substantial reason to not enter into a relationship considering what has happened over the past few days, but I wanted it to last. I didn't want it to be just sex between us." Rory looked down at her crossed legs and sighed.
Tristan looked taken aback at her admission. He couldn't believe she would ever think that was how he saw their relationship. He scooted towards her and placed a comforting arm around her shoulders. "It doesn't just have to be sex Rory."
Rory looked up and asked, "What is the longest period of time you've been with a girl Tristan?"
"A month." He replied, sounding ashamed.
Rory moved out of his arms and turned to look Tristan in the eyes. In a calm, non accusing voice she said "Exactly my point Tristan. Do you want to give up 6 years of friendship for a month long fling?"
The room was silent except for the clicking of the nearby clock until finally Tristan uttered "No, of course I don't."
"Then there's your answer Tristan. I don't want to ruin what we have either; it's not going to work." Rory let out a long sigh as a defeated Tristan stood up from the bed.
"Okay." He looked down at her hoping she would look up and say that they could always try, but seeing that she wouldn't even look him in the eye, he knew it was just wishful thinking.
"I'll see you at school tomorrow." Rory said finally looking up to see hurt in her best friend's eyes. Hurt that she had caused.
"Yeah." He replied quietly, he turned and walked out of her room, closing the door behind him.
Tristan entered the hallway adjacent to Rory's room, stopped and stood there for what felt like eternity. That was it. His last chance to make things work with Rory and he had finished it with a "yeah" he laughed to himself. He couldn't even fight for her. That was it, he couldn't believe it, 6 years of hoping for more and it had all ended it 5 minutes. Still feeling like he was in a trance, he walked down the stairs and out the front door, taking off towards his car.
Rory sat on her bed staring at the door that Tristan had just exited. She knew she should have gone after him, but that would have made what she had just told him totally irrelevant. It had to be like this, as much as she hated that. Rory sighed and lied back down on her bed, knowing that she would get very little sleep tonight.
The next morning, Rory arose from a restless sleep to see a text message on her cell. She opened the message, expecting it to be from Tristan but instead saw that Logan was the sender. 'Wanna come to a concert with some of us tonight?' Rory smiled, he was being so nice to her lately. How could she refuse?
Logan had once again requested that he come to her house and pick her up. Rory liked this side of Logan; it was unusual to see him being so open with wanting to spend time with her. Rory was sitting in the lounge room downstairs when there was a knock at the door. She smiled, knowing whose face she would be greeted by when she opened. Once at the door, Rory quickly checked her appearance in a nearby mirror and then proceeded to open the front door. Logan was standing on her step, casually dressed, with a single red rose in hand.
"I told you this would become a tradition." He said, handing her the rose.
"Thanks, it's beautiful." She smiled back, placing the rose on a nearby table.
"Ready to go?" He inquired.
Rory nodded and the two made their way out to the car. Logan held the door open as she got in the passenger seat, and once inside she checked her cell phone to see if she had missed any calls. She frowned when she saw that she had no missed calls or messages. She had been trying to get in contact with Tristan all day. Now all she could think about was talking to him. She had to make sure things would be okay between them.
Logan parked across the street from the club and the two made their way through the busy street to meet Madeline, Louise, Colin and Finn.
"Hey," Rory greeted everyone.
"Hey," They all replied back.
"Ready to go in?" Louise questioned the group.
The group nodded and they started walking towards the entrance of the club.
Finn quickly ran past them and playfully shouted "Last one in is a rotten egg!"
The remaining three exchanged a knowing look before running after Finn. Louise shouted "Not it!" Followed by Madeline, Logan and Rory.
"Oh, crap. Not me again!" Colin sighed in frustration and went off to catch Finn at the bar. He was too late however, and by time he made it to Finn's side, he was already on a first name basis with the bartender. Ordering a drink for himself, Colin said "This is going to be a very long night."
Rory laughed at her friends and looked up at Logan as he entwined his fingers with hers. "Do you mind if I do something?" He asked her, still standing near the entrance.
Rory shook her head, unsure of what he was about to do. To her surprise Logan leant down and kissed her sweetly on the lips. "I've wanted to do that ever since you opened the door." He smiled, looking uncharacteristically shy.
Rory smiled back coyly and said, "I'm glad I wasn't the only one." Rory wrapped her arms around Logan's neck pulling him down to her level, kissing him back on the lips.
As the two walked inside hand-in-hand, Rory smiled. Who cared about Tristan now? Who knew Logan was going to be so charming tonight? Logan didn't have to know that all that talk about wanting to kiss him all night had been a little white lie. She was going to have fun tonight for once, whilst Tristan was absent from the group.
Tristan awoke in a start, looking around at his strange surroundings. Everything seemed so clinical. And white. Where the hell was he? Just then, Tristan's silent question was answered as a nurse entered the room smiling at him.
"How are you feeling?" She asked, nearing his bed with practiced ease.
"My head hurts." He replied, lifting his hand to touch his head, but he was met with the feel of a bandage.
The nurse laughed softly. "You're lucky to have made it out so easily. It could have been far worse, although I'm afraid you'll need a new car." She quickly checked his charts at the bottom of the bed and then left the room.
Tristan looked to the side of him and saw all of his belongings had been placed into a clear container. He leaned over, groaning from the pain as he did so and grabbed his cell phone. He sighed with relief as he gently laid himself back on the bed again. He was in more pain than he had first thought. Glancing across the room, he noticed a sign that read: 'IT IS STRICT POLICY THAT ALL CELL PHONES REMAIN OFF WHILE INSIDE THE HOSPITAL.' Tristan glanced around and saw that nobody was occupying the surrounding beds, so he turned his cell back on. It was at this time that the phone began beeping profusely, notifying him of a number of missed calls and text messages. He checked all of them and noticed that they all bore Rory's name. He smiled, thinking she was probably at home stressing out that she hadn't heard from him in so long.
Little did Tristan know that Rory was at that exact moment doing the complete opposite. The 6 friends were now exiting the club after seeing an unknown band by the name of Hyro playing. Rory's night was spent dancing with Logan, whom she felt comfortable with. The rest of the friends observed them as their dancing got closer and closer. Everyone was wondering the same thing, but no one said it.
As they were exiting, a drunken Finn turned to Rory and asked the question of the night, "Where's Tristan tonight?"
"No idea, haven't heard from him," She answered, keeping her attention focused on Logan.
"Oh, fair enough then love. Well you two have a good night, we'll see you later." Finn waved them farewell, as he and Louise made their way to the car with his arm draped over her shoulder.
"Yeah, we're gonna go now too. Louise, make sure you drive!" Colin shouted at Louise, who gave him an affirmative nod. Colin and Madeline said one last goodnight to Rory and Logan, then headed off towards Colin's car.
Logan turned to Rory and happily said, "Well then, I guess it's just you and me for tonight."
Rory frowned and said, "Actually, I have a lot of homework that I need to catch up on because I missed school yesterday."
"Rory, it's…" Logan checked his watch, "only 11pm, the nights still young. Let's go grab some coffee first, what do you say?"
"How can I say no to coffee?" She replied as they began their walk across the road to Logan's car.
Tristan had been expecting to get in contact with Rory, but her phone seemed to be out of range. So after a few tries, he decided that he was going to give up for the night and try again in the morning.
The nurse that had entered the room a few moments before re-appeared at his side. "Mr. DuGrey, we are as of yet unable to contact any parents or next-of-kin. Would you like the hospital to call anyone to let them know you are here?"
"No, I'll be alright. I'm a big boy I can look after myself for one night." He joked smiling at the nurse.
"Very well, make sure you get a good nights rest." She smiled and then closed the door softly behind her as she left.
Tristan sighed, his parents we overseas, that wasn't a surprise and the only person he would usually call at a time like this was unreachable. Tonight would have to be one of the loneliest nights of his life. He rolled over attempting to get comfortable. After a few hours of being unable to find a way to lie without hurting some bruised section of his body, Tristan gave up. He picked up the remote that was lying next to him and turned on the television.
Rory walked into her house at around 1am with a huge smile spread across her face. She had had 4 cups of coffee with Logan and was not going to get a wink of sleep tonight. Logan had to go to work in the morning, so it was only fair that she finally let him go home. Rory made her way up upstairs quietly, not wanting to wake the hired help and entered her bedroom. She emptied the contents of her clutch onto her bed and looked at her phone in confusion. 5 missed calls from Tristan, it must have been while she was inside the club. Rory dialed the familiar number.
"Hello?" Tristan answered whispering.
"Hey, where are you?" Rory wondered as to why he was whispering.
Tristan laughed, "I'm in the hospital."
Frantic, Rory quickly asked, "What? Why? Since when?"
Calming, almost nonchalant, he answered, "This afternoon, I was in a car accident. I don't remember much, but it was on my way home from your place."
"What hospital? I'm coming to see you."
"You can't come see me now Rory, it's really late. Don't worry about me. Just wait till the morning." He replied sounding exhausted.
"But Tristan you've had an accident and no one is there with you. I know that because I was out with everyone tonight and your mom and dad aren't in the country."
He smiled; he always liked the fact that she knew everything that was going on in his life even if they weren't on such good terms.
"I'm fine Rory." He tried once again to convince her.
"Will you tell me what hospital, please Tristan?" She begged him, taking a seat on her bed. She had been pacing her room ever since she had called him and the caffeine in her system wasn't allowing her to relax.
"Rory, it's about 1am, they aren't going to let you in. I'll call you in the morning and tell you then. Just get some sleep. Hang on, why are you up so late?" He questioned her, suddenly very curious about the night's events.
"I was at a concert with Colin, Finn, Louise, Madeline and Logan. And then Logan and I went out for coffee."
"Oh, that was nice of him." Tristan said, sounding jealous.
"It was just coffee Tristan." She assured him.
"I know. Look it's none of my business, just get to sleep okay Mary? Goodnight." He hung up the phone and sighed, she had been with Logan while he was lying in this hospital bed with nothing but her on his mind. Logan of all people! He was worse with relationships than he was.
Rory looked down at her cell and let out a long sigh; she slumped back on her bed and shook her head. Tristan only ever called her Mary when he was joking, or she had hurt him and he wanted to act like they weren't that close. He wasn't still the young boy who jokingly called her Mary anymore. He was going to find out about Logan; she wasn't going to hide it. Besides, they had agreed that they were purely friends from now on, nothing else. Yeah right, if that had been true why had Rory wished all night that the boy laughing with her across the table was Tristan. Rory rolled over on her pillow and looked out the window. It wasn't going to be easy acting like she didn't care for Tristan the way she did. It was also rude to Logan to be going out on dates with him when she was constantly thinking of somebody else.
A/N: This chapter is almost 2700 words long, by far the longest I have ever written, hope you enjoy it! Read and review for fast updates please and thank you!