Title: Challenge
Summary: Tristan cheats. When he realizes he has lost Rory he wants her back. My style.
Disclaimer: I always forget these stupid things! Come on...like the whole world doesn't know I don't own Gilmore Girls!
A/N: I was getting sick and tired of all those stories in which Tristan cheats and bam! Next chapter they are together again. So this won't be one of those stories. Yes Tristan will cheat, but NO they won't get together as soon as some authors want them to be.
..::CHILTON::..
Tristan DuGrey walked around the school feeling bored. He had spent the last two years chasing his Mary, and now, when she was finally his, she got sick. He couldn't recall ever being this bored before. Usually when he felt like this he would grab some hot girl and had a heavy make-out session somewhere. But now he couldn't anymore. Well technically he could, but he didn't want to.
At first it had just been a bet. Get the good girl, turn her bad. It was supposed to be easy, but it turned out to be quite a challenge. And he found himself liking the comments she made, the way she blushed when he said something erotic. He loved how she hid her face behind her hair and how she could turn him down without even saying a word.
So it had happened. Tristan DuGrey had fallen in love. He had still pursued her, until he realized at last that she would never fall for his cocky appearance. The day he had decided to stop she had finally agreed to go out with him. It was probably just to stop him whining, but they had gone out on a date. A date that had surprised them both. It had actually been nice, and Rory had been forced to admit there might be things she liked about Tristan.
Tristan smiled while heading to class. To his friends he had bragged that nobody could resist the DuGrey charm, while in reality he had to fight for her trust. She thought what the whole school thought; that Tristan would only use her to get her in bed. That he would dump her when he had gotten what he wanted. That he never lasted longer than two weeks with anybody. He had shown his softer side and even then it had still taken a long conversation on the porchswing to convince her he was being true with her.
At school he was still the old arrogant Tristan. He was too scared to lose his position as King of Chilton. Ever since he had been young his parents had told him about the importance of wealth and status. He had worked too hard for it, had become the person he initially despised, and it was hard to change back. Luckily Rory understood, eventhough she didn't like it, and he knew she wondered sometimes if the honest and caring Tristan was just a lie. He couldn't blame her. After all, they had only been together for two weeks now.
He knew there were bets. That people wondered how much longer he was going to last. He smiled to himself again, determined to prove them wrong. He really liked her, some would even say he had fallen in love. But the people at school didn't know. They just saw Tristan with another pray and wondered how long it was going to take him to wreck her pride and make her cry in the hallway.
..::INSIDE THE CLASSROOM::..
"Hey Tris are you coming to the party tonight?"
Mick, one of the few people Tristan actually trusted, grinned at him.
"Booze and babes my friend...the two most important B's in a man's life"
Tristan smirked. Since he had found out Rory was sick he had been looking for a way to spend his evening. And now he had one.
"Count me in man"
Jake, one of his not-so-close friends smacked his shoulder.
"Is it the night again T? The night you dump another one of your used-to-be- innocent girls?"
Tristans grin faded. He wondered why people couldn't just believe he had changed. But when he looked at his own behaviour, he couldn't really blame them now could he?
"Maybe man...you never know...depends what hotties are coming my way tonight"
The words felt familiar, but he didn't mean them. He had no intention of cheating on Rory. Quite the opposite exactly. He was going to show her that her trust in him wasn't misplaced.
..::AT MICK'S PLACE::..
Tristan took a sip of what was supposed to be his fifth beer. Or was it his sixth already? Seventh? He had lost track, but he guessed it didn't matter. Bobbing his head to the music made him relax and brought him in a state of blissful emptiness. Occasionally he would take a gulp of his drink and casted a glance at all the people dancing in the livingroom.
His head got cloudy as he got up, and he swayed a bit as he made his way to the bathroom. On his way over there he bumped into a girl and clumsily apologized. She giggled and he recognized her voice when she spoke. Summer. She whispered something in his ear, if he needed her help with holding his member. He was too drunk to even be offended by her forwardness and just grinned. She obviously took his grin as a confirmation and lead hem up the stairs. He was so drunk that he just assumed that she was leading him to the bathroom.
..::IN MICK'S PARENTS BEDROOM::..
"Summer what are you doing?"
His voice sounded slurred as Summer pushed him down on the bed and straddled him.
"Shh"
her voice cooed as she undid the buttons on his shirt.
"I'm just getting you a bit more comfortable"
Tristan nodded and rested his head in the pillows while Summer took care of him. She took of his shirt and he had already forgotten about it before it landed on the floor. Next, she undid his belt and unzipped his jeans. He never stopped her.
..::NEXT MORNING...CHILTON HALLWAY::..
"Hey Tris"
"Hey babe"
Tristan, who had been leaning against her locker, wrapped his arms around Rory and kissed her. Rory responded with a short peck on his lips before untangling herself from his arms. She still wasn't comfortable with making out in the hallway. Or with being with Tristan for that matter.
Tristan used to tease her with this, but today he didn't. He gave her a cup of coffee, something he did every morning but what still struck her as odd. She had never known Tristan to be a caring guy, or someone who would remember things that weren't to his benefit. She thanked him with a quick kiss when nobody was looking, and took a sip of her coffee before they walked to class hand in hand.
..::DURING A FREE PERIOD::..
Rory sat alone in the cafeteria. She was reading her book while scanning the room for Tristan. He had told her he would be there too, but she had already been waiting for over fifteen minutes. Scanning the room once more she heard fragments of a conversation she usually tuned out.
"So did you hear the latest gossip yet?"
Louise Grant, Chiltons own gossipqueen was talking to her best friend Madeline while eating a low-fat sandwich. Rory had never liked her. To her Louise was an airhead who didn't care about anything but looking good and getting guys. And gossip ofcourse.
She had been about to tune out again when she heard Tristans name.
"Yeah? The one about Tristan making out with Summer?"
Louise smiled conspiratory. She leaned in closer to Madeline and whispered, loud enough for the whole school to hear:
"I heard they not only kissed...they did the dirty in Micks parents bedroom"
Madeline giggled.
"I heard Tristan nearly passed out...must have been something really good Summer did to him"
Both girls continued to gossip and giggle while Rory went pale. Tristan had cheated on her. Her head said that she should talk to Tristan first, but she was already convinced. It wasn't like she hadn't been expecting it. Yes, she had trusted him, but she had known it wouldn't last. Tristan wasn't the relationship guy. But that she understood didn't mean she wasn't pissed off. She was furious!
Hurrying out of the cafeteria to find Tristan she felt tears blurring her sight. She didn't want to cry. She didn't want to give him that satisfaction. Making her way over to her locker she saw Summer talking to Tristan. She didn't notice the small signs he was giving to Summer, didn't notice the way he held her at a distance. She just saw Summer leaning in to kiss him.
So the school once again got what they wanted and expected. Another girl who's pride was wrecked. Another girl crying in the hallway.
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