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Summary: what happens when deals are made w/ the wrong people? Will a life be lost? Rory, Tristan, Paris, Logan, and the rest of the crew will find themselves face to face w/ secrets that can kill… AU! Could be a Trory… who knows… hehe!
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CHAPTER 2: First or Last?
"Brrrinngg!" Rory's head shot straight up the second the alarm went off. Habitually, her hand hit the off button, even though sleep was more desirable for her at that particular moment. "Friday…" she groaned and reluctantly crawled out of her bed. Her long brown hair was tousled but still appeared beautiful and fell, just right, over her left shoulder.
She missed the early morning wake-up calls from her mother and the smell of coffee lingering just outside her bedroom door. She missed her old room, she missed her house, she missed Stars Hallow, and of course, she missed the daily trips to Luke's. Why mom… why…she said to herself but pushed the painful thoughts aside. With little energy she got dressed for the school day ahead.
The day was warm, with a cool breeze, so Rory decided to pin her hair up with colorful bobby-pins. After lightly applying some lip gloss, Rory threw her backpack over her shoulder and dashed down the stairs. She was late, which meant she had no time for breakfast. She wanted to say goodbye to her mother but she wasn't around so she made the decision to call her mom at lunch time. Rory continued to the front door where Tristan stood waiting.
"Hey Mary!" Tristan's eyes lit up when he saw her.
"Bible Boy!" Rory smiled and gave him a morning hug.
"You look good with your hair back." Tristan said as he looked deeply into her blazing-blue eyes.
"And the mocking begins!" She turned to grab her coat from the nearest walk-in closet and then followed Tristan out the door.
"I'm serious, I like it!" He opened the passenger car door for her and she jumped back with a scream.
"Tristan?" He started laughing as she turned around to give him a quick but meaningful peck on the cheek. "Coffee! Thank you!" There on the seat was a coffee and a strawberry pastry just waiting for her arrival. Her hand snatched the two goodies quickly as she hopped into the passenger seat.
Tristan smiled, and rubbed his cheek gently, "wow, I should give you coffee more frequently!" He said mockingly and closed the door for Rory.
"Ha! They lie when they say 'diamonds are a girl's best friend!'" She sipped the coffee as he got into the car. "I could support any case on coffee withdrawal and prove the enemy wrong!" He shook his head and started the car, "Sadly, I'm quite weak when it comes to coffee, it's like my Kryptonite!"
"Except not, Superman was never in love with kryptonite. Your kryptonite would be a bad grade in school." They laughed and drove off to what many believed the safest place to send their kids during the day… sadly that would soon change…
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Huntznberger Mansion:
"Did you make the call Gellar?" Mitchum Huntznberger's voice was raspy but still clear. Paris Gellar's father was sitting next to Eugene DuGrey and Christopher Hayden.
"I did, but it's hopeless Mitchum! There was a drug bust last week when crossing the Canadian border so the area is crawling with surveillance and law enforcement. It is not going to happen this soon!" Gellar was breathing heavily as a bead of sweat trailed his upper cheek. The men sat in silence with the knowledge that they were failing at fixing the current predicament.
"I'll make the call to Hendrix, he's going to have to wait on this deal." DuGrey stood up to call the dealer but Christopher grabbed his arm.
"They told us not to call before noon on Fridays." DuGrey nodded and sat back down, waiting for a solution to their crisis. The four men were powerful men but felt even more helpless because for once money couldn't save them.
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Tristan and Rory walked up to the front doors of Chilton High School but were stopped by Paris and Finn. "Rory Gilmore… Hayden… sorry, anyways, the article you wrote for the paper was good but somehow you've seem to have forgotten something extremely important!"
"And what was that Paris?" she crossed her arms as Tristan and Finn gave each other 'uh-oh' looks.
"Your assignment was to write about the failures of Pierce's writings NOT his successes!"
"No, your assignment was to write an opinionated report on the poorly-reviewed writings of Pierce. I simply defended hum as a writer!" Paris threw her arms into the air and stomped off as Finn bent over laughing uncontrollably.
"Bloody hell! You two never stop!"
Rory and the two teen boys walked back to school not noticing a large white van pull up into the parking lot…
Once inside, Rory said her goodbyes as they went to their homerooms for morning announcements. Rory held two textbooks that hadn't fit into her backpack close to her chest. She was scowling, the worry in her stomach had yet to disappear and it frustrated her. Suddenly a strong force collided with her body and the books went flying from her grasp. The force was a tall young man, probably in his early teens or late twenties, with broad shoulders and dark, messy hair. Rory was taken aback by his rudeness and didn't come to her senses until he had already turned the corner. "What in the world?" she said out loud and scurried to pick up her books. She was already late and dashed to her classroom as the first warning bell echoed in the halls.
When she entered her homeroom everyone was talking amongst themselves. It was a Friday and even the teachers were restless. Unnoticed, Rory swiftly moved to the back of the room where Paris and Madeline were chatting.
"Oh my God! Wow, Louise would be so jealous!" Paris was astonished by Madeline's new hook-up the night before, which happened to had been Louise's current conquest.
"I know! I hope she doesn't massacre me!" Madeline quivered and then perked up when she saw Rory. "Hey! Good Morning! What's wrong with you?" Rory hadn't noticed that she was still a little disheveled from her encounter with the man in the hallway. Fixing her shirt, Rory started to share with Paris and Madeline the story…
Just outside of Rory's homeroom, Tristan and Logan were leaning against the wall, their shirts untucked and a lighted cigarette in their hands. "Rory is going to kill us!" Tristan said with a smirk.
"No, Rory did say that we'd kill her first with second-hand smoke."
"Oh yea," and with that Tristan put out the cigarette. Logan raised his eyebrows questioningly but Tristan ignored him. "So Rory' birthday is next weekend. Did you get your father to get the tickets?" Tristan asked, referring to the surprise concert they were planning on taking Rory too next Saturday.
"Yea, my father said he'd take care of it."
"Have you asked him recently?"
"Well-"
"Logan! You're unbelievable!" Tristan scoffed. He angrily stood up and turned his back on Logan. Logan shrugged and decided to head to the office for a late pass. When Logan had finally disappeared Tristan walked back up towards Rory's homeroom. Her locker was next to it and there he stopped to place a rose into the air ducts for her to see. He smiled and was about to go towards his own homeroom when the intercom came on.
"Your attention please! Can I have your attention please! We have an emergency! Will everyone please calmly report to the gymnasium in an orderly fashion, I repeat, to the gym in an orderly fashion, NOW! This is NOT a drill."
Tristan's eyes narrowed and he promptly headed towards Rory's homeroom. The door opened and Mrs. Freedmen came out with fear in her eyes, "Tristan DuGrey? Get in line behind my students now!" She said it with such force Tristan jumped. His eyes automatically scanned for Rory and released his breath when he saw her. Rory's eyes were huge, the fear in them could not be missed.
Seeing Tristan made her heart skip a beat and suddenly she felt safer when he grabbed her hand. The students silently walked off efficiently to the school gym, wondering what kind of tragedy awaited them…
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Coming up: what secret awaits the students of Chilton? Luke will come back into Lorelai's life but why? Will one phone call change the lives of four specific students?
Quick Notes: okay, so I've set the scene, but the next chapter will be the best yet! I hope you've enjoyed it so far! Please keep up with the reviews, they help a lot!
