Chapter 9: Getting ready
Sorry! everyone, i'm not discontinuing this story or anything it's just first my mom and dad grounded me from the computer then the computer crashed and i lost everything that i had already done with the story so i sort of had to start over again. then i had writers block, but from now on i'm going to try to update at least once a month and ideas you guys want to offer are welcom and i don't own gilmore girls
Chapter 9: Getting ready
You should all know that while that summer did bring Tristan and Naomi closer together, they never forgot about Jess. They both missed him. They had even talked about going to New York and maybe looking for him. But then college preparations got in the way, and Naomi's first Friday Night Dinner was fast approaching. She had agreed to go to the dinners if Emily and Richard paid her college tuition along with Rory's.
"Tristan I'm so nervous, we're going to Yale!" Naomi exclaimed as they packed their stuff.
"Do you think we'll be in the same dorm?" Rory asked Naomi.
"Hopefully, that is, if Emily hasn't already arranged it," Naomi answered, she still couldn't call Emily and Richard her grandparents.
"At least you guys will know someone," Tristan replied.
"Don't worry Tristan we won't forget you," Naomi teased him, by pinching his cheeks.
"Yeah, that's what you say now, but when some pretty boy comes up and asks you out, you will forget about me completely," Tristan said quietly. Naomi looked at him confused.
"No, I won't. Tristan you are one of the most important people in my life. I'll never forget about you," she answered hugging him.
"Sorry, Na. Things have been a little tough at home," Tristan tried to explain. His mom and dad were getting a divorce. His dad was cheating on his mom and wanted to be with his girlfriend now that the cat was out of the bag.
"Would you guys stop being so sappy, we aren't even leaving yet," Rory said trying to lift up the mood.
"Sorry Rory, but I'm probably this way because you guys are making me watch too many girly movies," Tristan said smiling at them.
"No, I think you were always this way," Naomi teased smiling at him.
"That's not true," Tristan said as he tackled her and started to tickle her.
"Help me Rory!" Naomi shouted at her through her fit of giggles.
"Nope I think I'll finish packing and be on my way to Luke's," Rory said smiling as she walked out the door. Finally Tristan stopped tickling Naomi and they sat together and talked.
"Tristan, do you think we should go find Jess and try to talk to him?" Naomi asked, quietly.
"I think we should. We should do it before we leave to Yale, too," Tristan answered sadly, putting his arm around her and holding her close.
"Why did he just leave like that? We had one little fight. I didn't think he would take it so seriously."
"It's Jess. We could never guess what he would do and we knew him really well."
"I miss him," Naomi confessed looking into Tristan's eyes.
"Did you love him?" Tristan suddenly asked.
"Yes….as a brother, nothing more," Naomi answered truthfully.
"When do you want to go see him?" Tristan asked quickly, so that she wouldn't ask why he had asked such a question.
"Next week, maybe, Luke will probably know where he lives."
"Don't worry Na, Jess can take care of himself. When we go down to see him everything will be o.k. again," Tristan tried to reassure her. What they didn't know was that Jess had overheard their conversation. He had decided to come and talk to them and set things straight. He thought about how stupid he was to leave two people who cared about him in such a way. He knew that Naomi was only worried about him, but instead he used it as an excuse to leave. Quickly he walked into the room, before his courage failed him.
"Jess?!" Tristan and Naomi said, as they got up off the couch.
"Yeah, it's me," Jess answered looking at them sadly.
"What are you doing here?" Naomi asked, letting some of the hurt in her voice.
"I'm sorry, Na. I got stupid and scared. I don't want something stupid to ruin our friendship. I know that I should've talked to you and Tristan, but I just couldn't do it anymore," Jess tried to explain.
"Jess do you know what we've been through? How worried we've been? How much it has hurt?" Tristan shot back, in a cold voice. This wasn't how the meeting was supposed to be, but the three friends were at their most vulnerable. They just wanted the others to know how they felt and what they had put them through.
"It's not like you guys came after me!" Jess suddenly said anger in his voice.
"You just left. After a little disagreement. You were mad. What were we supposed to do? We know how you get. You wouldn't have listened to us. We wanted to wait until we were sure we could bring you back," Naomi shouted back, tears springing from her eyes.
"You can't blame this on us Jess. In truth you can't really blame anyone. You know that we love you. We've been through a lot together. So don't say that we wouldn't have understood or anything. Don't say we would've rejected you," Tristan said, voicing Jess' fears.
"I know," Jess said quietly.
"Are you just going to leave again?" Naomi asked suddenly.
"I don't know, but I can try not to," Jess answered truthfully.
"That's good enough for me," Naomi said as she hugged him, Tristan came and joined a second later.
"Please don't ever hurt me like that again?" Naomi pleaded.
"Never again," Jess agreed.