Secrets That Kill: A Gilmore Girl Fanfiction

Disclaimer: sadly I do not own anything Gilmore Girl related, not even Tristan or Jess (tears)

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 10: One Week Since…

Rory stared out the window of her room. Paris was sleeping on her bed with all of the covers rolled up around her. This had been the seventh night in a row, Paris had slept over at Rory's and it was hard to believe. It meant that a week ago they had been in the school being held hostage for something their dads had kept from them for so long. Chris won't even talk to me, won't even look my mom or me in the eye… Rory shivered not from the cold but from her own thoughts.

Her finger was tracing the edge of her windowsill repeatedly. Paris won't even go home…my mom is her mom now…Rory noted and looked sympathetically at her rival. You're not that scary when you're sleeping…she laughed at her own words and slapped a hand to her mouth when Paris started to stir. She didn't want to wake Paris; it had become a morning ritual for Rory to wake up earlier than anyone in the house. After stretching and grabbing a sweater, Rory would silently tip toe down the stairs and warm herself a cup of coffee, and then return back into her room where she would sit on the windowsill for an hour, waiting for the sun to rise.

It had only been twenty minutes since Rory had risen and she wanted the full hour to reflect in silence, which never seemed to happen when Paris woke up. 'I can't believe school has been cancelled for two weeks', 'why don't they have it somewhere else', 'Rory, don't just sit there, we need to work on the paper." Comments like these were few of the many issues Paris had to deal with every second of her waking hours, and it frustrated Rory to the point she wished she had earplugs.

With one last movement and a grumble, Paris finally stilled and Rory decided she was safe for some time longer. The sun was just peaking over the hill across from her house and it forced Rory to retrieve a pair of sunglasses from her burrow. Her hand stopped before she grabbed them when her eye caught a glimpse of the letter next to them. It had already been opened, a letter from Jess to her after he made bail. She brushed the envelope lightly with her fingertips thinking of Jess at Luke's diner. He had been put under surveillance in protection from his father, and Luke had offered to be Jess' guardian again. Jess…you are going to be okay…She thought to herself, finally realizing Jess had found the one adult in his life that truly cared about him. It was depressing really…why couldn't Luke be your father…She shook her head knowing she was being soft and grabbed her sunglasses.

"Rory?" crap…so close…she turned reluctantly to respond to Paris' voice but found that Paris was still sleeping. "Rory… no… Logan, we have to save them!" Paris was having a nightmare, and Rory knew exactly what of. Without hesitation, Rory went to Paris and shook her gently, not wanting to scare her.

"Paris? Hey, wake up." Paris stirred and her eyes fluttered open. "You okay?" Rory asked, but Paris didn't respond. "Paris?"

"Huh? Oh sorry, just a dream. Did I wake you?" She said, looking at Rory knowing very well that Rory had already been awake.

"You know the answer to that."

"Yea, duh, hehe… Sorry." She lied back down into Rory's bed. "I'm going to get some more rest, if you don't mind?"

"That's fine. You need to sleep, we had a late night." Rory said referring to the previous night in which consisted of not being able to sleep from Lorelai and Chris fighting in the halls.

"Rory?"

"Yea?"

"Thank you so much." Paris hugged Rory without warning and she froze.

"For what?" She half laughed at the incident she didn't understand.

"For everything, you know I can't stand my parents, and you let me into your home. You treated me well. You cared for me, and you let me be comforted by your mother, even though I have one to go home too." Paris was whispering but Rory heard her clearly.

"Your mother isn't someone to go home to after something like this, Paris. So there's no need to thank me, but because I know you still will… your welcome, and don't forget that this home is always open to you." Rory was suddenly feeling guilty for what she had felt towards Paris' rants earlier, and hugged Paris back in apology.

"Thanks." The two went back to their norm at this time of the morning and let their thoughts wander in sleep and in daydreams…

- -

"I CAN"T BELIEVE YOU!" Lorelai screamed at the top of her lungs. She and Chris were at it again but this time outside near her car. Since the moment Lorelai and Rory had returned home, Chris had avoided the truth. He wanted to say something but he couldn't and now it had led to this. The moment Lorelai had waited for. "I AM LEAVING! ME AND RORY! WE ARE GONE!"

"What? You can't just run away! We are married!" Chris protested, trying to block Lorelai from reentering the house to fetch Rory.

"Oh no, see Chris, we are getting divorced! If we don't then I'll pull one of your stunts, and blackmail you! Do you understand? This time if I go to the police, you don't have Hendrix to back you up!" He knew he was defeated. This was it; he had lost her, and Rory. She pushed by him and stomped up the stairs, not looking back once. The moment she reached Rory's room was the last time she felt any fear of her 'husband.' It was over, and with that she flung the doors open. "We're outta here!" Lorelai stated, and threw a suitcase into her daughter's room.

"Mom?" She didn't know what to do or say. Her mother was standing in her doorway with her PJs on smiling like she one a gold medal.

"Paris, you come too. I can drop you off at your house or you can come home with me." Lorelai entered the room to help both the girls pack their things into the suitcase she had brought. The two girls just stared at her, frozen.

"Mom? What is going on?" Rory asked, cautiously approaching her mother. Suddenly Lorelai was crying and Rory dashed to her side. "Oh mom! What's wrong?"

"Oh hunny, nothing's wrong!" She embraced her daughter and smiled. "These are tears of joy! I'm divorcing your father! We are going home!"

"But mom, where are we going to go? Our house, we don't own it anymore?" Rory knew her mother hadn't thought of this but it didn't phase her one bit.

"Oh, well, of course I know where we're staying! Do you think I'm incompetent? Wait, don't answer that! No, but anyways, we're staying either at Luke's or the inn!" It was settled and Paris looked at the two smiling. She was happy for them. Only the Gilmore girls could make the depressing subject of divorce seem so celebratory.

"So, Paris? Are you coming?" Paris nodded and joined to help pack. Their happiness was soon disrupted by the crashing of a lamp in Rory's room. Chris was standing in the doorway where he had pushed one of Rory's floor lamps into the wall.

"Lorelai! YOU CAN'T!" He roared.

"Oh yes I can! I thought we already settled this, Chris?" Lorelai said nonchalantly.

"We did NOT! You assumed, just like you assumed I didn't want to be a father!"

"Don't you dare make this a self-pity thing! I am leaving! NOW GET THE HELL OUT OF MY WAY!" She pushed him aside and Rory grabbed Paris, as they held their suitcases.

"You have no idea how long I have wanted to say this…GOODBYE, CHRIS!" And with that Rory and Paris followed Lorelai out the door, leaving Chris all alone in the Hayden Mansion.

Rory looked at her mom as they started to drive off onto the highway. "Mom…I'm so proud of you!" Lorelai giggled and blew her daughter a kiss.

"We're Gilmores again! That's right; the Gilmore girls are back in town!" All three girls started to laugh uncontrollably as the car passed the 'Welcome to Star's Hollow' sign…

- -

Luke was wide awake, and was standing in the middle of his diner breathing in the smells it had. Satisfied it was time to open, he flipped the sign on is door from 'closed' to 'open'. "There, just another day." He whispered to himself. Lorelai had been on his mind almost every second of the day and if it wasn't her it was either Rory or Jess.

"Damn, Luke you seriously need to consider keeping this place closed until like eight or something. No one really comes in here till then." Jess pointed out from his own spot, behind the cash register.

"I used to have regulars this early…" He mumbled and Jess stopped, realizing he had hit a painful memory. Jess knew exactly who Luke was referring too and his heart went out to him.

"So, what am I supposed to do?" Jess asked dumbly.

"What is that supposed to mean? You know what to do!" Luke said, shocked by Jess' question.

"Oh yea, ha, sorry, stupid question I guess." Jess scratched his head and shrugged. He tried to act like everything was back to normal but he knew it hadn't reached that point yet.

"So school, and your senior year?" Luke changed the subject and started to fill a few empty salt shakers.

"Yea…I'm going to start it next week. That's when their second semester starts, so I'll get my first semester in and then finish over the summer. I have it all planed, no need to worry." Jess informed his overprotective uncle.

"No need to worry? No need to WORRY? Are you on drugs? Geez, do you have amnesia because I do believe you're under the protection of the federal government because you were a part of some kind of drug gang wathcyamacallit! Do NOT tell me not to worry!" Luke was out of breath and it took all of Jess' energy no to laugh at the sight his uncle portrayed. He was breathing heavily, sweating just a tad, and was bending over slightly with one hand on his back.

"I thought you were supposed to be the healthy one?" Jess joked and luckily Luke didn't get a chance to smack him because the bells on the door chimed, indicating customers had arrived. Luke straightened his back and walked over to grab some menus. Jess hadn't left his spot and Luke finally noticed why. He looked over his shoulder and stopped dead. He thought he was going to have a heart attack.

"Stop looking at me like that! People will start to talk!" Lorelai teased and dashed to Luke. He turned to face her but before a word could escape him she was on him, lips on his, legs around his waist. Holding her up was hard since he had been caught off guard, but the kiss distracted him from it easily. Finally deciding they needed oxygen they parted lips, gasping for air.

"Lor…Lorelai? What the hell are you doing here?" He finally let his words form. Before she could answer him Rory and Paris entered the diner also, "Are you trying to kill me? I'm going to have a heart attack! Too many surprises!" He yelled and marched over to Rory and hugged her warmly.

"You know, coffee could fix that heart of yours." Lorelai pointed out, but Luke laughed heartedly.

"Yea, I'll have to try it." The sarcasm was dripping from his words but Lorelai ignored it. She was happy. She was with Luke.

"Ummm… sorry to interrupt this little reunion, but I thought you," Jess pointed a finger at Lorelai, "were married, but you're still kissing my uncle. And you," he pointed at Rory this time, "are supposed to be in Hartford. All three of you are supposed to be in Hartford."

"Well…" Rory looked at her mom, indicating for Lorelai to take control of the story telling. Lorelai beamed, obviously excited to rehash every detail of her grand take off from Chris'.

"Once upon a time…" She began and they sat down, read to listen to the story Lorelai was going to use to explain her sudden appearance…

- -

Tristan was pacing in his room. His father had refused to speak to him the whole week and it irritated him. Why can't you be honest for once? He asked himself. The question would go unanswered and that left Tristan even more upset then he had been. Frustrated he pulled out his phone from his pocket. One message? I don't remember hearing it ring…Tristan called his voice mail and cursed when he heard Rory's voice come on the line.

'Hey Tristan, it's me Rory. You won't believe this but my mom left Chris, for good. They're getting a divorce! I want to talk to you in person, but my mom kind of kidnapped me and Paris and took us to Stars Hollow. We're moving back home! Ummm…I want to see you, so could you come meet me in Stars Hollow or something? I want to talk to you about some things that I avoided the other night, because everyone was around…Well I got to go before this thing cuts me-'

Tristan laughed when the phone did in fact cut Rory off. What does she want to talk about…He knew that the other night at the party Logan had to forget about the whole situation, that Rory was hiding something but he couldn't figure it out. He looked at his watch and smiled, "9:00am, I can't believe I'm up this early!" Without hesitation he grabbed his car keys and darted down the stairs.

The engine of Tristan's car was loud and he loved it. The power it had was undeniable and it gave Tristan satisfaction. Driving off, he pulled out his cell and dialed Logan's number. "Yo?" Logan answered.

"Hey, it's Tris."

"Hey man! What are you up to?" Logan was alone, as always, in his house and he hated the emptiness so hearing Tristan made it feel a little less lonely.

"I'm heading to Stars Hollow to get Rory. Her mom left Chris so she's moving back to her old town. Ummm… Did you get that place all set up?" Tristan asked, referring to a nice getaway cabin in the countryside that Logan's family owned. Secretly the two of them had been planning an escape for the four of them to help forget about all of the events and it was going to take place on the following Monday.

"Wow, that's news right there!" Logan was taken aback by Lorelai's sudden move but quickly went back to the situation at hand, "So the cabin, I am proud to say that I have officially had it cleaned and furnished for our arrival! We are set! That's right; I did it right this time!"

"Good, well we still want to surprise the girls so don't let it slip. The only other thing was if you thought we should clue Finn in, so he could surprise Lane?"

"Sounds good, I think it would be better with a couple more there anyways." Logan agreed and said goodbye to his friend.

The sign 'Welcome to Starts Hollow,' came into view as Tristan continued passed it. Ironically he smiled and whispered to himself, "Stars Hollow, home of the Gilmore girls!"

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okay I know that I said Rory was going to tell Tristan what she wanted to say to him for like the last three chapters but I keep getting stuck with other events. I promise that the next chapter it will happen, but the best part about the next chapter is what Tristan is going to… well you'll see (evil laugh)…

Also… This cabin getaway thing was the idea from One Tree Hill. I'm not copying but it helps slowly redirect the story to the next dramatic, action packed event… and yes it includes Jess' dad… That's all I'm going to say for now, so keep it up with the reviews!

P.S. I hope I'm not losing you since I ended the whole hostage situation, but I didn't want to have to write a sequel because it's hard to rehash the prior events when writing one, so by making it one story I don't have to do that. Maybe you shouldn't think of it as a story but more as a Series…. Yea… my OWN Gilmore Girl series! HAHA!

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