Title: Challenge
Summary: 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.
Disclaimer: I always forget these stupid things! Come on...like the whole world doesn't know I don't own Gilmore Girls!
A/N:
Pineapplecube: Awww...poor hun! I didn't mean you though! I think your story Regrets totally rules!
Sarah: Thank you so much for saying that! Don't you just hate it when Rory instantly forgives Tristan? I mean...come on! He cheated!
AlexiaWarren: Thank you so much! I hope you'll like this chapter!
Gimmeacupajo: Thank you! I hope you don't hate me for taking so long to update!
Smile1: Thank you so much! I personally wasn't sure if this chapter was good or if it sucked but I'm glad that you liked it! I hope you like this chapter too!
Kiki: He missed Rory and he just wanted to have a good time...so yeah that included beer...
Pearls24: Is that a good =o or a bad =o?
Last chapter:
Tristan went to a party and got drunk. He ended up having sex with Summer. Next day at school Rory hears the rumors from Louise Grant and when she wants to confront Tristan she sees him kissing Summer.
..::CHILTON HALLWAY::..
Tristan hadn't noticed Rory. He was too busy trying to push Summer away that he never saw the girl in the hallway looking at him, her eyes filled with tears and a look of horror on her face. He didn't know about the gossips that had been spread around the school and he could barely even remember having sex with Summer in the first place.
He looked up for the first time when he heard the howling. Guys were looking at Tristan with respect in their eyes. They all wanted to be like him. The guy who had everything. Who didn't have a care in the world. The girls were just happy that he was single again. They all wanted to be his next pray because in the world of Chilton you would be worshipped if you had been with Tristan DuGrey. Nobody cared about the small brown-haired girl that had ran off as soon as she saw her boyfriend openly cheating on her. Nobody realized just how much their games could hurt someone. All they cared about was their social status and their friends. Everybody wanted to be Tristans friend, the more he acted like an asshole the more they seemed to respect him and wanted to be seen with him. Nobody even bothered to find out if Rory was okay. She was no longer the queen of Chilton. Girls didn't have to act nice to her, guys didn't have to hit on her. She was just small brown-haired Rory Gilmore again. The girl nobody cared about.
..::CHILTON PARKINGLOT::..
Rory sat down on a bench and cried. She wished that it wouldn't bother her this much. After all, it was Tristan DuGrey. She should have expected this. He was a player, a Romeo who would whisper sweet and sensual words in your ear until you melted right in front of him. At that time he would strike. He would do things that once you came to your senses you would regret. But by then he would have already moved on to the next victim.
She cursed herself for ever being this stupid. For ever believing his lies. He had talked to her about his family, opening up so that she would be falling for his softer side. He had played her for the fool she was, probably laughing about it afterwards.
FLASHBACK
Rory got out of her car and walked to the porch while rubbing her forehead. Since a few weeks she helped little kids with their homework and every time she came home with a splitting headache. It was worth it though. When they came to her, their faces all lit up and a glow in their eyes, telling her that they had gotten a good grade because of her...it made her all warm inside. She smiled faintly while searching for her keys.
"Hey Mare"
He startled her and she dropped the keys she had just digged up out of her bag. Turning around she faced him.
"Tristan. What are you doing here?"
He picked up her keys and offered them to her.
"I was in the neighborhood"
She eyed him suspiciously. Tristan...here in Stars Hollow. How the hell was that in his neighborhood? He belonged to the upper class of Hartford. Why would he be here? At her house? Wasn't their some social gathering he was supposed to attend? Some rich friends he should spend money with?
He could see that she didn't believe him and sighed.
"Okay...that was a really bad lie"
He took a step towards her so that the light of the moon shone on him. He wasn't wearing his Chilton uniform, but instead was dressed in khaki slacks and a blue shirt that accented his muscles. His blonde hair was even more tousled than usual. All in all he looked exactly like she had expected him to. But yet there was something wrong. His eyes which were usually shining with mischief looked sad and hollow, and he quickly averted his gaze when she tried to lock eyes with him. She took a step towards him and blurted out the question she was trying to hold back.
"Are you okay? Is something wrong?"
He acted like it was nothing. Like he didn't want to talk about it. Brushed it off with a careless shrug and stuffed his hands in his pockets so she wouldn't see the way he clenched his fists.
"Nothing's wrong...I was just hoping for a little quality time"
He smirked his famous smirk but she could see that his heart wasn't in it this time. It was a comment made for the sake of his status. He didn't want to know that something indeed was wrong. So he did the thing he usually did best. He tried to forget it by hitting on her.
For a moment it worked. She blushed and looked down to the ground. But she looked up only a second after his remark was made.
"Don't pretend it's nothing Tristan...something is bothering you..."
She noticed how he seemed to shiver, even though it wasn't cold outside. Her heart made a decision before her mind kicked in and she placed her hand on his arm.
"and you came here because you wanted to talk...?"
He quickly retrieved his arm like she had burnt him. His eyes locked with hers for a second after which he gave in with a sigh.
"It's my dad"
They sat down at the porch and talked until sunrise. He told her how his dad wanted to force him in his footsteps. How he was supposed to inherit every little trait his father had, and how it had all gotten out of hand today. He had been desperate to talk to someone after what had happened this afternoon. He had found admittance letters to Yale. His dad had already bought him a place so Tristan could one day inherit the DuGrey lawfirm. Tristan told with a hollow voice how something inside him had just snapped and how he had thrown accusations at his father. That his father wanted to fix his own mistakes by letting Tristan live his life. Bad words were thrown at each other and basically things had just gotten way out of hand. He shouldn't have been surprised when his father hit him but he was. His father could get angry but he had never been physical. Tristans voice still sounded a little surprised when he told her about this. She just listened and occasionally stroked his back.
END
She never really understood why he came to her. She had assumed that he couldn't talk about it to his so-called friends because they weren't close enough. She knew he didn't talk much to people, just about shallow things like who he was chasing this week. But now she realized that he had probably done it to get her to go out with him. He had learned that his cocky attitude didn't get him anywhere with her and decided to change his mode of operation. And she had been foolish enough to believe him. He had probably made the whole story up. His father had probably never hit him. He had lied to her to get her in bed and naive as she was she had believed him. And look where it led her.
Determined not to waste any more tears or thoughts on him she wiped her eyes and stood up from the bench. When she walked back into the hallway whole of Chilton fell silent. They hadn't expected her to come back anymore. Not after how everybody saw her getting dumped.
..::CHILTON HALLWAY::..
"Rory!"
She ignored him and kept walking, her eyes fixed on her locker so everything around her got blurred. She didn't notice people staring at her, whispering things to each other and suppressing their satisfactory smirks. School was so much better when you had a scandal once in a while.
"Rory"
He tried once again. She kept on ignoring him until he roughly grabbed her arm and pulled her into an empty classroom. She looked up at him and was surprised to see sadness in his eyes. She hadn't expected him to feel anything beyond satisfaction.
"Let go off me"
Her voice was cold and hoarse from the tears she cried. She lowered her eyes and tried to prevent him from noticing he had hurt her.
"Rory...I..."
"Don't"
"Don't what?"
He tried to catch her gaze but she refused to look at him.
"Don't tell me any more lies"
When she looked up at him he was startled by the look in her eyes. Even during the times he had tormented her she had never looked at him this way. So...cold...impersonal...rejecting. He nearly got scared of her.
"I don't wanna hear it anymore Tristan. I'm done drinking in your lies and believing that you told me the truth. Like that stuff about your father...you only told things like that because you wanted to find a way into my bed..."
She saw his stormy eyes going cold and glazy. He shut himself off right in front of her and she barely recognized his voice when he spoke.
"Fine...have it your way"
He walked towards the door with a rigid body and slammed it shut in her face before she could even take another breath.
And instead of getting better, things only got worse.
Review please!
I think this song kinda fits how Rory feels afterwards (also a bit of a spoiler for the next chapters):
Evanescence - October Lyrics
I can't run anymore
I fall before you
Here I am
I have nothing left
Though I've tried to forget
You're all that I am
Take me home
I'm through fighting it
Broken
Lifeless
I give up
You're my only strength
Without you I can't go on
Anymore
Ever again
My only hope (All the times I've tried)
My only peace (To walk away from you)
My only joy My only strength (I fall into your abounding grace)
My only power My only life (And love is where I am) My only love
I can't run anymore
I give myself to you
I'm sorry,
I'm sorry
In all my bitterness I ignored
All that's real and true
All I need is you
When night falls on me
I'll not close my eyes
I'm too alive
And you're too strong
I can't lie anymore
I fall down before you
I'm sorry
I'm sorry