a/n: hey, so sorry for not updating so long, but someone just reviewed and told me my story was good and I'm like, why don't I update. So sorry for telling you that, you didn't really need to know that. But whatever.
Oh and since I haven't updated for such a long time, please reread the last chapter or whatever, just to refresh your memory.
Chapter 9: Eyebrows.
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Did he really take her seriously?
He kissed really well, so she hoped so.
He seemed serious. He was pretty loud when she said that they should call the whole thing off. But maybe he changed his mind?
She needed a bath.
Now.
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"Rory! Get out! You've been hogging the bathroom forever! I need to pee really bad! It's not fair that you're using my bathroom and not letting me in!" Lorelai whined. Rory always took her baths I her mom's bathroom. It was so much better than her own bathtub.
"Why can't you go in my bathroom?" Rory yelled, draining some water for the bath, and turning the faucet on again to warm up the water again.
"My toilet seat is pink! It's important!" she continued whining.
She groaned. Sometimes, her mother's funky obsessions could drive her crazy. "Mom, come on. Please let me stay a little longer." She was whining now too. "I'll go shoe shopping with you this weekend!" she said excitedly.
She heard her mom squeal. God, she was completely crazy. She heard footsteps, and her mom was gone.
She was alone again.
Finally.
She loved lying in the warm water. All her senses were muted; she could feel the water numbly caressing her body, hear droplets of it falling from the dripping faucet. (This reminded her to tell her mom to ask Luke to fix it).
She wished the whole thing with Jess would just clear up. She was sick of this guessing game. She hoped he didn't treat this whole thing as a game, it wasn't serious or anything, but she trusted him, she didn't want another guy to ruin her.
She can trust him
She can.
Right?
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School again.
And she was late.
Typical.
She entered the big double doors and looked around. No person in sight except for a blond girl smoking a cigarette and staring at the floor. She walked straight to her locker, worked the combination with her fingers automatically, while looking around the hallway; the last thing she needed now was an encounter with Tristan.
Taking her book out of her locker, she turned around and hit something hard.
"Watch out bitch!" said the girl, carrying a fowl smell of cigarettes.
"Sorry" she mumbled, lowering her head. She started walking away.
"Hey, aren't you the slut who Tristan keeps bragging about?" she asked mockingly.
Rory frowned. Not again. "Whatever". She was too tired to deal with this right now, she continued walking away staring at the dirty floor.
"Wow, it's amazing how you stupid girls fall for him every time." The girl said.
Rory stopped walking. This was too much.
"You have no idea what you're talking about" she said sternly, turning around to face the girl who dared to call her a slut. Rory; the town princess, the angel that everyone counted on- a slut!
"Oh? He really loves you?"
"Stop it"
"He promised you he's only yours?"
"Stop it"
"You'll be together for ever-"
"He tried to rape me!" she yelled, cutting the girl off. She knew no one heard her, everyone was in class, and the rooms were pretty much sound proof.
There was a terrible silence in the hallway. The girl stared at her, he eyes wide.
"Oh" she mumbled.
Rory turned around in silence and walked to class.
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The lunch line was long. Too long. It took her forever to get her lunch, the lunch lady slammed a ham sandwich and a fruit salad container on her tray and Rory grabbed a can of lemonade.
When she finally arrived at her table she put her headset on, as usual, and opened her can of Minute Made.
Suddenly, a hand waved in front of her face. It was cigarette girl.
Rory took off her headset and looked at the girl. "What?" she grunted.
"I figured you'd want some company" the girl said. "I'm Nancy" she added, as an afterthought.
"I have a book" Rory said. "I don't need-"
"Hey Baby" she heard a deep voice close to her ear. Too close.
"I'm not you're baby, Tristan" She growled.
"I see you have a new friend here. Why don't you come and sit with me at my table, Nancy will leave you alone" he purred.
"Leave her the fuck alone Tristan, she's staying with me, she's helping me with some homework" Nancy cut in, narrowing her eyes at his blue cat-like eyes.
He stared at her, gripped Rory's shoulder hard, squeezed, and left.
Rory let out a breath she didn't know she was holding, and rolled her eyes. "I hate him" she said exasperatedly.
"He
won't bother you anymore" Nancy said nonchalantly. And turned to
her already cold hot dog and started squirting mustard all over
it.
"I don't need you're help" Rory said, staring at her
ham sandwich.
"Whatever, I don't have anyone to eat lunch with, anyway" she took a huge bite of her hot dog, and some mustard dripped on her chin, Rory handed her a napkin.
It was better than being with Tristan.
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"OK, so the first rule with having a serious boyfriend: always wax your eyebrows" Lorelai explained, while leaning against the kitchen counter, waiting for the wax to heat up.
"He's not my boyfriend, and he's definitely not a serious boyfriend" Rory whined, she was sick of her mom making a big deal out of this.
"It doesn't matter, you guys are going to kiss, a lot, you need your eyebrows to be pretty" She replied, taking the wax out of the microwave and putting it on the table.
She picked up one of the small white strips and spread wax on it.
"Close you're eyes" she said. Rory did as she was told.
She yelled. It really hurt. She hated doing this.
"We're going to Luke's after we're done" Her mom stated
"NO! I'll look like a red raccoon!" The last time Rory got her eyebrows waxed, her skin was so irritated, they had to order in and keep putting skin lotion around her eyes.
"Jess loves you the way you are" Lorelai ripped another strip from Rory's eyebrows.
"Ow! Shut up! I'm not going! I'm waiting until the swelling goes down"
"Fine, we'll wait. But he won't wait for you forever you know" her mom said matter-of-factly.
"Shut up and wax" Rory commanded.
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"Luke! Coffee god! We're here!" Lorelai squealed and collapsed on a barstool.
"Hey" he said. "Where's the love of your life?" he asked, eyeing Lorelai suspiciously.
"Oh, um… she's sleeping" Lorelai mumbled. "Now bring me coffee!" she slammed her hand on the counter.
Luke walked away, and Rory whispered "You completely forgot about her, huh?"
"Um, no, of course not! She really is sleeping!" Lorelai said quickly.
Rory gave her a knowing look.
"Fine! I did. I think I'm heterosexual again." Lorelai threw her arms in the air in surrender.
"Congratulations" Rory said, dancing a little in her seat.
"Nice moves" she heard him say.
"My daddy's dead" she replied, smiling wildly.
"Always a reason for a celebration" he smirked.
She giggled. What the hell was wrong with her? Giggling? Since when does she do that?
"So, how's your new boyfriend?" Jess asked, staring right into her eyes.
God, those eyes could make her do anything.
She blushed. "He's-"
"He promised her a bracelet" Lorelai cut in, gesturing at her wrist.
Rory glared at her. She just winked back.
"Don't you want a burger or something?" Rory asked impatiently, trying to make her mom stop.
"oh, yes! A burger, fries, cherry pie and more coffee." She said.
"you're fat" Rory said. "I want the same" she added.
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She had trouble sleeping.
It wasn't a big surprise; she hadn't been able to sleep for weeks. But she felt calm, for the first time in a long time, calm- and happy.
She heard a knock.
She turned, and saw a dark face in her window.
She yelped. The knock came again. She went to the window and saw Jess, smirking mockingly at her.
He held a hand out to her, she took it and slipped into his arms.
He kissed her. It took her by surprise at first, but deepened the kiss when she regained her footing.
They broke apart: "I brought you something" he whispered.
He kissed her again. She pushed him away, "I wanna see!"
He took out a small box from his droopy jeans and gave it to her. She opened it eagerly and revealed a silver bracelet. She squealed. "I love it!" she exclaimed.
He smiled. "You're boyfriend promised you a bracelet" he whispered.
She laughed and kissed him.
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