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Chapter One: Coffee Shop or Meeting Place
Tristan had been suprised to see Rory, he was even more suprised at his reaction to her when he saw her. When he was sent away to military school it had taken him a while actually a long while but he had manged to work through his problems and get over Rory or at least thats what he thought he had done, he knew there was a part of him that still wondered what had become of her and he was disgusted to find out that she was still with bagboy and living with him of all things. When he had seen her again, the first thing he had noticed was that she was even more beautiful then he remembered. She did look a bit tired but it wasn't noticeably at all. When he had kissed her in the hallway outside her apartment it had been like heaven, her lips were as soft as he remembered from that first time he had kissed her at the piano at Louise's party. For the rest of the day he thought about ways to try and run into her again, after a while he scolded himself. *She doesn't like you DuGrey, she never did, you saw the look on her face when you kissed her. Pull yourself toether!*
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When Rory awoke the morning after the incident in the hall, she was shocked for a minute at the arm she felt draped across her bare waist. Then she remembered that Dean had the day off and relaxed for a second, she shifted slightly and gently slid out from underneath his arm dreading the thought of him waking up, she held the sheet to her bare chest as she tried to reach for some clothes. She knew it was stupid to care but she couldn't help it. She managed to snag a top and pulled it on before, sliding out of the bed. She moved as silently as possible over to the dresser and pulled on a pair of sweats before making her way down the hall to the bathroom. She showered and dressed, she was collecting some stuff she needed when Dean emerged from the bedroom, "what are you doing?"
"I have to get to my lectures."
"But I have the day off, ditch"
"Dean, you know I can't, it's really important I don't miss out on to much, with it coming up to the end of the year."
Dean's face hardened, "fine go"
"Dean please don't be mad, I can be home by two, ok?"
"Fine"
Rory left the apartment and stopped at a coffee shop on her way to her first lecture, she brought the biggest cup of coffee she could, she sighed into it as she took a large mouthful of the delicious liquid.
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Rory glanced at her watch as she left her last lecture it had only just reached one o'clock she had plenty of time to get home. She was about to enter a coffee shop on campus, when her eyes met someone elses as they both reached the door of the coffee shop. "Are you stalking me Mary?"
"You wish" she scoffed.
"Let me buy you a coffee?"
"Oh um.. I don't know.."
"Look Rory, I'm really sorry about you know.. kissing you and everything, please don't let that stop us from being friends."
"Well I guess."
Rory and Tristan entered the coffee shop and Tristan ordered, before they found a table for two near the window. There was an uncomfortable silence which eventually Tristan broke, "So I though you always wanted to go to Harvard?" he questioned.
Rory cleared her throat, "Well that's what I always thought and I was excepted to both, Harvard and Yale, but I really wasn't ready to move so far away from home, when I first came to Yale I was staying in the dorms, my room mate was actually Paris if you can believe that."
"Really, how is Paris?"
"She's actually really good."
Their coffee's had arrived by this time, Rory had already finished hers and ordered a second, the conversation was starting to flow a lot easier, they were talking about their lives since they last saw each other, when Rory glanced at her watch and saw it was ten to two, she gasped and jumped up, "Oh my god I have to go."
"Why, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just have to go."
She had gathered her things and was turning to leave, when Tristan caught her arm, "Come on please just for a little bit longer,"
"I can't, I'm sorry."
"Please!"
"No you don't understand, I have to get home, I have to" her face had taken on a panicky expression.
"Well um.. ok, let me give you a lift you'll get there quicker."
"Ok thanks, let's go."
Rory and Tristan hoped in his car, when they reached the front of her apartment building and Tristan moved towards his door, "no, it's fiine bye."
Rory hoped out of the car quickly and hurried into the apartment building. She opened the unlocked door, and stepped inside, Dean was waiting, "where have you been?"
"I'm so sorry I'm late"
"Who just dropped you off?"
At the look of suprise on Rory's face Dean spoke up again, "I was watching for you from the window."
"Well the lecture ran late and so a friend offered me a lift."
"A friend? Don't lie to me Rory."
"I um.. I'm not."
Dean advanced on her and backed her into a wall where she cowered, "I swear Dean it was just a friend."
"Stop lying" He roared as his hand came up.
She felt the sting of the first slap, and managed to contain her whimper of pain, she felt his fist connect with her stomach as the air rushed from her lungs and she doubled over. Rory cowered on the floor as a few more blows were delivered.
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AN: I hope you all liked this chapter and that it was a bit more informative than the last one. I was really happy with the response I got for my last chapter, I hope to get even more reviews this time, Please! And thanks to all of you who reviewed the last chapter!
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Chapter One: Coffee Shop or Meeting Place
Tristan had been suprised to see Rory, he was even more suprised at his reaction to her when he saw her. When he was sent away to military school it had taken him a while actually a long while but he had manged to work through his problems and get over Rory or at least thats what he thought he had done, he knew there was a part of him that still wondered what had become of her and he was disgusted to find out that she was still with bagboy and living with him of all things. When he had seen her again, the first thing he had noticed was that she was even more beautiful then he remembered. She did look a bit tired but it wasn't noticeably at all. When he had kissed her in the hallway outside her apartment it had been like heaven, her lips were as soft as he remembered from that first time he had kissed her at the piano at Louise's party. For the rest of the day he thought about ways to try and run into her again, after a while he scolded himself. *She doesn't like you DuGrey, she never did, you saw the look on her face when you kissed her. Pull yourself toether!*
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When Rory awoke the morning after the incident in the hall, she was shocked for a minute at the arm she felt draped across her bare waist. Then she remembered that Dean had the day off and relaxed for a second, she shifted slightly and gently slid out from underneath his arm dreading the thought of him waking up, she held the sheet to her bare chest as she tried to reach for some clothes. She knew it was stupid to care but she couldn't help it. She managed to snag a top and pulled it on before, sliding out of the bed. She moved as silently as possible over to the dresser and pulled on a pair of sweats before making her way down the hall to the bathroom. She showered and dressed, she was collecting some stuff she needed when Dean emerged from the bedroom, "what are you doing?"
"I have to get to my lectures."
"But I have the day off, ditch"
"Dean, you know I can't, it's really important I don't miss out on to much, with it coming up to the end of the year."
Dean's face hardened, "fine go"
"Dean please don't be mad, I can be home by two, ok?"
"Fine"
Rory left the apartment and stopped at a coffee shop on her way to her first lecture, she brought the biggest cup of coffee she could, she sighed into it as she took a large mouthful of the delicious liquid.
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Rory glanced at her watch as she left her last lecture it had only just reached one o'clock she had plenty of time to get home. She was about to enter a coffee shop on campus, when her eyes met someone elses as they both reached the door of the coffee shop. "Are you stalking me Mary?"
"You wish" she scoffed.
"Let me buy you a coffee?"
"Oh um.. I don't know.."
"Look Rory, I'm really sorry about you know.. kissing you and everything, please don't let that stop us from being friends."
"Well I guess."
Rory and Tristan entered the coffee shop and Tristan ordered, before they found a table for two near the window. There was an uncomfortable silence which eventually Tristan broke, "So I though you always wanted to go to Harvard?" he questioned.
Rory cleared her throat, "Well that's what I always thought and I was excepted to both, Harvard and Yale, but I really wasn't ready to move so far away from home, when I first came to Yale I was staying in the dorms, my room mate was actually Paris if you can believe that."
"Really, how is Paris?"
"She's actually really good."
Their coffee's had arrived by this time, Rory had already finished hers and ordered a second, the conversation was starting to flow a lot easier, they were talking about their lives since they last saw each other, when Rory glanced at her watch and saw it was ten to two, she gasped and jumped up, "Oh my god I have to go."
"Why, what's wrong?"
"Nothing, I just have to go."
She had gathered her things and was turning to leave, when Tristan caught her arm, "Come on please just for a little bit longer,"
"I can't, I'm sorry."
"Please!"
"No you don't understand, I have to get home, I have to" her face had taken on a panicky expression.
"Well um.. ok, let me give you a lift you'll get there quicker."
"Ok thanks, let's go."
Rory and Tristan hoped in his car, when they reached the front of her apartment building and Tristan moved towards his door, "no, it's fiine bye."
Rory hoped out of the car quickly and hurried into the apartment building. She opened the unlocked door, and stepped inside, Dean was waiting, "where have you been?"
"I'm so sorry I'm late"
"Who just dropped you off?"
At the look of suprise on Rory's face Dean spoke up again, "I was watching for you from the window."
"Well the lecture ran late and so a friend offered me a lift."
"A friend? Don't lie to me Rory."
"I um.. I'm not."
Dean advanced on her and backed her into a wall where she cowered, "I swear Dean it was just a friend."
"Stop lying" He roared as his hand came up.
She felt the sting of the first slap, and managed to contain her whimper of pain, she felt his fist connect with her stomach as the air rushed from her lungs and she doubled over. Rory cowered on the floor as a few more blows were delivered.
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AN: I hope you all liked this chapter and that it was a bit more informative than the last one. I was really happy with the response I got for my last chapter, I hope to get even more reviews this time, Please! And thanks to all of you who reviewed the last chapter!