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 ;)
Last chapter:
..::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.
Chapter 4:
Maybe going to Yale wasn't going to be so bad after all.
For weeks Tristan had tried to seduce Rory into speaking with him again. To no avail. She always managed to prevent being alone with him, and when they were in the same company she only communicated with people that were on her side. There weren't many of them, as half of the students didn't want to be seen with Tristan's sloppy seconds, and she could barely put up with the other half of the Chiltonites.
But today he had finally caught her alone. She was looking through leaflets they needed to apply to college. He could see a Harvard brochure in her hand, which he had expected, but now she was browsing between Yale handouts. He snuck up to her until he was almost touching her.
"Yale?"
He questioned with one eyebrow curved up.
She jumped up and dropped all her leaflets.
"Tristan!"
It was obvious that he had scared her, he could see so in her eyes. But under that layer of anger were so many other emotions. Fear, for not being able to control her own emotions. Sadness. A hint of lust.
It only made him more determined to win her back.
"I thought you had already settled on Harvard"
Her eyes turned cold when she remembered how much he had hurt her, how he had been kissing Summer, had slept with Summer and had lied to her only a few hours after. About how his love had been fake.
"Turns out you don't know me that well after all"
She picked up her brochures and walked past him, leaving him alone in more ways she thought possible.
So it had began. His big plan. If his father wanted him to go to Yale he would no longer protest. If there was any chance that Rory was going there he would not mess it up. He would show her that he could be a dedicated student, he would not fool around or cut class like he did at Chilton. He would show her that no other girl mattered to him. That it was only her.
Right now she was still too hurt to even notice how he avoided Summer and most of his friends. How he spent his days watching her, emotions swirling in those bright blue eyes.
She had always wanted him to change, and now, when he finally did, she didn't notice.
A/N: I know this is ultrashort but it was just a transition chapter between Chilton and Yale. I couldn't have Tristan leaving for Yale without a proper reason.
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