A/N: I'm sorry to say that from the 9th of July on I won't be updating until at least the 7th of August. I'll try to squeeze out some more updates from other stories for ya!
I won't be updating Just Family anymore. I think this was a good ending. I will be writing a sequel though, set a few years after they split up.
Title: Challenge
Summary: Tristan cheated on Rory. When he tries to talk to her about it she accuses him of always lying to her. Even about his father and his past.
Disclaimer: Me...not...owning...Gilmore Girls! Easy no ;)
A/N:
AlexiaWarren: I'm glad that you think Tristan is in character! I always find him a challenge to write!
Sarah: I hope it will stay that way! I'll be writing Rory a bit out of my own experience and stuff.
Girl: You'll find out soon enough!
Gythien Elven Babe: Ofcourse they will end up together. Sometime. Just not now.
Kasha1: What is sad? My writing? The story? Sorry if you're hoping for a reconciliation soon cause it ain't gonna happen...
Smile1: Thanks so much! I hope you'll like this chapter too!
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Last Chapter:
..::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.
..::GILMORE HOUSE::..
"Really?"
"Yeah..."
"I can't believe it"
"I know..."
"I always thought he was..."
"Yeah and that he..."
"Yeah"
Rory looked up at her mother and bit her lip. She tried not to show emotion but failed when she noticed the same look printed on her mothers face. They both burst into a fit of giggles, not being able to contain themself anymore.
"Luke"
Lorelai hiccuped.
"In a suit"
Rory added before she chuckled again. The mental image of the flannelclad baseballhat wearing dinerman in a suit, and the undoubtedly uncomfortable look that must have accompanied it, was just too amusing. For a moment it made her forget about the day she had had. The way people looked at her when she walked into a room. The concealed whispers and hidden laughs.
Suddenly Rory went from laughing to crying. She hid her face in her hands and sobbed uncontrollably. Lorelai immediately cradled her daughter in her arms, comforting her the best she could while wondering what was going on.
..::DUGREY MANSION::..
"Tristan"
Tristan turned around and faced his father. Ever since their first fight got out of hand they had been avoiding eachother. Tristan had been glad. No more talk about Yale. No more Tristan-you-need-to-think-about-your-future crap. He was free to do what he wanted.
"Yes father?"
"Please join me in my study in ten minutes. Wear your Chilton Uniform...and please...model your hair..."
Tristan sighed and went upstairs to fix his tousled hair. When he walked downstairs a few minutes later he saw an unfamiliar man waiting in his fathers study.
He politely introduced himself, knowing that it was the proper thing to do, and sat himself down in one of the comfortable chairs, wondering who this man was and what it had to do with him.
..::GILMORE HOUSE::...
"And he just dumped you like that?"
Lorelai stroked her daughters hair while holding her tight. Rory was still sobbing but managed to speak up inbetween.
"Yes...no...I dumped him..."
"That's my girl"
Lorelai smoothed Rory's hair before planting a kiss on her forehead. She absentmindedly stroked through her hair, messing it up again, while thinking about her daughters relationship with Tristan 'Evil Spawn' DuGrey. When Rory had first agreed to go out with him she had warned her daughter. After all, for years Rory had told her what an insufferable little git he was, and what a player. How he had slept with the whole school. Needless to say, this wasn't the guy she wanted her little girl to date, or, much worse, sleep with.
Her hand stopped its unintentional moving at that thought. She nearly choked on her own breath when she realized that she didn't even know whether her babygirl was still a virgin. Carefully, searching for the right words, she tried to find out.
"Ror?"
Rory didn't bother to open her eyes that had fluttered close when her mother combed her hair with her fingers. She just snuggled closer to her mom and answered with a lazy "hmmm?"
"Have you...did you...?"
FLASHBACK
..::TRISTANS BEDROOM::..
Tristan and Rory were lying on a double bed, kissing. Rory moaned softly when Tristans lips found a sensitive spot in her neck and tangled her fingers into his hair. He responded by slowly licking around that spot which made her body heat up. The first few times they had been together she had always wondered whether she was good enough. After all, there had been a legion of girls he had made out and/or slept with. And there she was. Insecure, inexperienced Rory Gilmore. The girl who had never even made out with a guy before. But his husky voice told her time and time again that he didn't care. That she was beautiful and he was so lucky to have her in his arms. How he would love to teach her things, but that he would wait for the right time. That he would never ever pressure her. So she had gotten more secure and sometimes she even dared to kiss him first.
Tristan slid his warm hands under her shirt and carressed her stomach with his silky fingertips. Goosebumps started to appear on her skin and he chuckled when he saw the affect he was having on her. Rory blushed and he quickly kissed her again, making her lose some of her insecurity. His hands mapped out her skin before going into unknown territory. When he first brushed her nipple with his thumb she shied away from him, not sure whether she wanted this or if she was ready for the consequences. He obediently started carressing her stomach again, waiting a few minutes before trying again. This time she let him, and even arched into his touch some more when his thumbs carresses made her wanting more.
He nipped her earlobe before kissing her throat and was rewarded by a soft moan. He kissed her again, licking and teasing her lower lip which was trembling a little, before moving his hands to her jeans.
Her jeans were already halfway down when she realized that she wasn't ready for this. She tried to push him away, finding it harder and harder with every time he kissed the most sensitive spot in her neck. She tried pushing him away again, but the weight on top of her was too heavy. Suddenly she became scared. She didn't want this! She wasn't ready to have sex with him!
When Tristan noticed her struggling he kissed her again, softly, reassuring her that he was not going to harm her. She took it the wrong way and slapped him before running off.
END
"No"
Her voice trembled. She wasn't lying, but she had been so close. Sometimes it had been so hard to resist him. She was now glad that she had managed to keep her cool.
"No I haven't mom..."
..::IN THE STUDY OF THE DUGREY MANSION::..
"Tristan, I would like you to meet mr Hayes. He is the Dean of Admissions at Yale...he was so kind to make time for a little interview with you..."
Tristan looked at his dad, surprise and hurt shining through in his eyes. He thought that after their fight his dad would stop bothering him. He thought that his dad finally understood that he couldn't rule his life. He thought his dad was finally gonna let it go.
But seeing the Dean in his fathers study, seeing the proud look his father gave him, made him realize once more that he was wrong about his father. For as long as he would live his father would try to make him fit in his shoes. If he chose Yale, it would only become worse. If he didn't...he risked everything. Losing his family, the money, the status. He became dizzy as he realized the future that was mapped out in front of him. Without so much as an excuse he ran out of the study, out of the mansion and into the forest, where he could try to pretend that he was really free.
When he sank down on his knees, hiding his face in his hands, he wished Rory was there with him. She would know what to do. She would listen to him, and make him feel better. If she would have been there he would have been alright. But she wasn't. And he wasn't either.
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