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Chapter Thirteen: Reconciliation

"Oh my god! Rory! What's wrong?!?"

Rory didn't say anything she just let out a loud sob, Tristan stepped forward and gathered her into his arms, "it's ok"

Rory sobbed into his shirt as he walked her backwards and closed the door to the dorm. He led her over to the bed and sat her down. He made comforting noises and rubbed her back as her crying came to an end. Rory pulled back and looked at him "I'm so sorry"

"Sorry? What for?"

"For ignoring you… I'm such a horrible person"

And with that she pressed her face into his chest and started crying all over again. Tristan waited until her tears started to subside again before lifting her chin to look him in the eye. "You are not a horrible person."

Tristan used his thumbs to brush the tears away from her cheeks. "Rory, what's going on?"

"Nothing."

"Rory, I will not tolerate a lie here. The thought of him touching you… even if it wasn't to hurt you, makes me so angry."

"Tristan..."

"But the thought that the way he touches you isn't to show you that he loves you, I cannot live with that."

"You have to."

"Does your mum know about this?"

"Of course not! I'd hate to think what my mum would do if she knew. She has this whole other life now and she is so happy and I don't want to bring her down."

"She would want to know."

"I know she would. But I don't want her to."

"I really think you should tell her."

"Tristan…" Rory pleaded, "please!"

Tears were running down her face again, Tristan leant forward and pulled her toward him again and hugged her. "What do you want me to do?"

Rory pulled back from Tristan and looked at him, "I don't want you to…"

"I am not going to sit back and watch this happen!" He interrupted angrily.

Rory sighed, "Tristan, I…"

At the look on Tristan's face she paused. "I…." She took a deep breath, "Tristan, I… I just want this… this friendship I have with you to be something I can look forward to, something good in my life, besides my visits to my mum, Luke and Ryan."

"Rory…"

"Please, Tristan. You can't say anything to Dean, I know you think you'd be helping, but you really wouldn't and it really only happens every now and again and only if I make him mad. Can't you please just be my friend?"

"I promise not to say anything to Dean."

"Thank you so much!"

"But Rory… I don't know if I can be your friend.."

Rory looked hurt, "What do you…"

"Rory, it's really hard for me to see you like this, especially now that I've promised not to say anything."

"But I.."

The pleading in Rory's eyes was almost the end of him. He placed a hand against the side of her face, cupping her cheek. Rory's breath caught in her throat as Tristan's face hovered closer to hers by small degrees until his lips were covering Rory's in a kiss so tender and sweet it bought tears to her eyes. His lips moved over hers massaging them gently before ever so slowly deepening the kiss. He was drinking everything out of her, all her worries and fears and for that moment Rory let herself go to the feeling of freedom that Tristan's lips and now his hands as they smoothed of her back were bringing her. Tristan pulled away only to kiss over her closed eyes, down her cheek, over her nose before bringing his lips back to hers in a kiss with filled with passion. Tristan pressed Rory slowly down onto the bed and to his surprise as well as her own, she let him.

AN: An update! Shocking I know. I struggled like you wouldn't believe over this chapter and I'm not entirely happy with the way it came out. I have even started the next chapter so another update should with any luck not be far off. Well I am entirely unsure whether this chapter was any good at all or whether I even have any readers left for him to continue this story. Please review and let me know that your still reading, and what you thought of the chapter!! Thanks so much!!