Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls only whatever character I make up in this fanfiction.
For the rest of the week it was, simply put, absolute hell. The group had never been in a fight this serious for so long. Sure there were usually a couple small arguments that got a few people pissed at each other, but nothing of this magnitude.
Worse yet was that the entire Chilton population knew what was going on and seemed to be monitoring the group's every move. They'd never seen their 'King and Queen' mad at each other before. Even more interesting was that the entire 'royal family' had taken sides.
Everyday the gossip mill was coming up with more outrageous lies and pathetic explanations for the cause of the fight. Some of them were so completely ridiculous that even the sleaziest tabloid would feel embarrassed publishing them.
Since no one knew the cause for the fight, making up a reason seemed to be the best way to keep themselves entertained.
As Rory passed by Tristan's locker on the way out of school she stopped by to look around for him. She'd try apologizing again. She didn't know what would make everything better but she had to keep trying. It seemed that no matter the amount of times she said she was sorry he wouldn't cave.
She finally spotted him across the hall flirting with some bimbo Rory couldn't remember the name of. He glanced up and saw her.
For a moment their gazes locked and the intense heat coming off of him made her look away. A simple 'I'm sorry' wasn't going to make this go away.
She quickly walked out of the school wanting to be away from everyone that she knew was talking about her behind her back.
As she was about to get into her car a hand grabbed her from behind.
She yelped and spun around. When she saw it was Logan, Paris, Adi and Colin she became nervous.
They weren't as bad as Tristan. While he would say nasty remarks to her they'd simply ignore her, sending her a few sad glances every once in a while.
Adi and Paris stayed behind the boys. It was obvious it wasn't their idea to come over. Out of everyone in the group they were the usual grudge holders.
Logan gave Rory a small smile. Colin didn't go that far but he didn't look at her with hatred. He actually seemed to be looking at her with, well, she didn't know how to explain it but it wasn't a glare, more along the lines of a peaceful 'lets take baby steps look.'
Rory looked up at them with something close to hope in her eyes.
" Hi guys," she muttered, not really sure what to say.
" Rory, look we've been talking and well Colin and I at least are, well not exactly angry anymore, just hurt." He saw she was about to interrupt and put his hand up to stop her. " I know you've said you're sorry and didn't mean to hurt us but you did, and well it took us a while to get passed that but we don't like fighting with you Ror cuz we love you. But you lied to us for a fucking year and a half. It's just gonna take some time okay?"
Rory looked up at him and nodded. What could she say?
" Alright well Hayden, we've got to go, but we just thought we'd.. I don't know let you know that while you're not exactly forgiven, there is a road that will eventually lead there. " Colin said quietly.
With that Logan and Colin walked away leaving a hurt Rory staring after them.
It was then that she noticed Adi and Paris were still there with her. She turned to look at them, not knowing how to act. They quickly looked at each other and both turned to glare at Rory.
" I don't care what they say Rory. You've hurt us and broken our trust. They may be able to forgive you but we can't. Get used to it," Paris told her. She didn't yell it or even get huffed up about it. Just calmly made her statement and went off to follow the boys.
The only thing worse then an angry Paris is a calm, hurt Paris.
Adi walked up and looked Rory in the eye. It was then Rory noticed the tears that were beginning to form in the corners of Adi's eyes.
" Rory.. I thought we were best friends. How could you do this to me, to us? I always thought, I don't know, we were kind of the closest you know. I told you everything. How could you do this to me? We've been friends forever." Adi spoke with such raw emotion that Rory felt herself beginning to crumble. Any self composure that she'd been trying to keep was cracking at the seams.
" I'm so sorry," was all she could get out in a quiet, pain filled voice.
Adi held her gaze, both of them now having tears running down their cheeks.
After a couple moments like that Adi simply shook her head. She gave Rory one last look and quickly ran over and squeezed her as tight as humanly possible.
" I'm sorry but it isn't enough," she whispered into Rory's hair.
Adi then turned and ran to find the others.
Rory stood there, keys in hand staring at nothing. How had everything gone so horribly, horribly wrong?
Rory felt like hell. She'd barely slept all week. Every time she laid down ready to go to bed all her mind would focus on was Tristan and the way he had looked at her. The betrayal, hurt and anger she had seen in his eyes was painful to witness, and just caused her to feel more rotten then before.
She understood why Logan, Colin, Adi, Paris and Tristan were mad at her. Really she did. They'd made a pact the summer after freshmen year to tell each other everything, no secrets.
Flashback, summer before Sophomore Year
Rory was lying with Adi and Griffin staring up at her ceiling. They weren't really doing much of anything, just having another hangout night since none of them felt like going out.
The quiet was nice, and Rory hadn't felt so at peace in a while.
Of course that hadn't lasted.
Suddenly they heard Tristan yelling for Rory. He burst into the room as they were rising to see what was going on.
"It's Louise and Maddy," he panted, "Get in my car now. Logan and Colin just got a phone call from Louise saying that these 2 guys they've been seeing have them locked up in their apartment. They're completely drunk and in trouble. We've got to go now!"
The sheer urgency in his voice got Griffin, Rory and Adi out of their shock and started to move.
"But they told us they weren't seeing anybody this summer! It was supposed to be a hookup summer, nothing more! Adi yelled in frustration as they ran down the stairs heading towards the back door.
"Obviously they lied." Tristan replied grimly.
They'd gotten to the apartment in time to save Maddy and Louise from getting raped or worse, but they'd had a long talk afterwards discussing everything.
That summer was also the only time they saw Paris have a real breakdown. She ran away for a week and no one knew where to find her, or where she went.
She'd simply left a message on everyone's phones telling them she needed time.
It turned out that her parent's fighting had driven her to the breaking point. Everyone had vaguely known her family life wasn't to be admired, but Paris wasn't the type of person to let on how bad things really were.
When she came back she confided everything to them.
It was just another factor that contributed to the need for the pact. The promise pact had been made, stating as the only guideline that above all other things the everyone in the group must be completely honest with each other, no secrets or lies. To this day it had never been broken. At least not until Rory did the unforgivable and did so.
Rory understood that the one thing that can never be broken in a friendship is trust. She truly did understand why her friends were mad at her; she didn't blame them for it. She was hurt, but never angry at them, only herself.
She'd lied to them for over a year.
Hell, she actually thought Griffin, Finn, Louise and Maddy were being too kind. She wanted to feel bad, because she had been a horrible person.
Rory was lying under her blankets just listening to the wind blowing outside, thinking of everything she'd done wrong in her life, which happened to be a lot in case anyone was wondering, when she heard a knock at her door.
"Come in," she called, barely loud enough for anyone outside to hear. She wasn't really up to visitors and half hoped whoever was out there wouldn't hear her, assume she was asleep and leave.
She wasn't so lucky.
Griffin walked into her room and strode over to her bed. He gently laid down and pulled Rory to him.
Rory smiled up at him. Griffin was the one true person she could count on, always. They could sit in absolute silence and just get each other, nothing needed to be said. He'd protect Rory from anything and everything if he could. They would be best friends forever. No matter what he would be a constant in her life and she'd accepted that a long time ago.
Griffin had a strange way of making people feel at peace with themselves. Maybe that was why at the moment he was the only person she could stand to be around.
He'd been angry but gotten over it, and he'd really been the only one other then Finn to truly stand by Rory.
With Maddy and Louise it was alright because they'd gotten over it quite quickly, they'd made guy mistakes after all, but Rory felt so guilty that she spent half the time she was with them apologizing. Plus they did send her looks sometimes, and while she was best friends with them both she knew they partially wanted to be able to talk to the others in the group , but couldn't with the battle lines that had been drawn.
It was basically Team Rory or Team Tristan.
Also as close as she was with Louise and Maddy, Adi and Paris had a special bond with her, and she needed them. Louise and Maddy were amazing friends but could be easily distracted at times.
Not to say that they weren't loyal because they were, but Rory had always been a bit closer to Adi and Paris.
Finn was just like Griffin, strong and supportive, trying to cheer her up no matter what. His sense of humor always got her out of self-pity mode for a while. He may act like a complete idiot most of the time, but he was one of the most loving and trustworthy guys you could find.
She was just as comfortable with him as she was with Griffin; it was just that she and Griffin had a different kind of connection.
Maybe it had to do with the fact that they'd dated for about 5 or 6 months of freshmen year. It was really how Griffin had been introduced to the group. Rory had brought him in and the rest had easily accepted him and made him a part of their family.
"Hey there," Griffin whispered quietly. He was gazing at her waiting to see what she was feeling. He'd never had to coax her into telling him anything, it just came out.
"Hey," she whispered back. She crawled closer to him. "I don't know what to do anymore Griffin, I really don't. I didn't mean to do this, really I didn't… I never wanted to hurt anyone I just wasn't thinking you know. And I've tried to be okay with everyone being mad at me but...but... I can't deal with it anymore!"
She began to sob. "I don't... I don't know what to do! I've ruined everything and, and..."
Griffin cut her off, "Shhhhh don't cry Ror, shhhh."
He pulled her against his chest and just held her while she cried, softly stroking her head.
"Shhh baby, don't cry. It'll be okay."
"It's just everyone, everyone is affected and I don't like it! It's not supposed to be this way. And me and Tristan we've never fought before. Never! And now he can't even bear to look at me. I've ruined it all," she broke down sobbing again.
Griffin could feel something inside him crumble. It broke him to see her like this. He knew that out of all of them Tristan and Rory had a special relationship. It was obvious to anyone with eyes. He also knew that they cared more deeply about each other then even they understood.
Griffin pulled Rory's face up so that he could look into her eyes.
"Rory, listen to me. You did something wrong but its O.K. It will pass, just give it time. And you and Tristan will be fine again; he was just worried about you because you're everything to him. You're everything to all of us, but especially to him. You know that I would never lie to you Ror. So believe me everything will be okay." He gazed down at her while slowly speaking the words softly.
She looked up at him with tear filled eyes.
"Do you believe me Ror?"
She kept looking up into his eyes and then slowly nodded her head.
He smiled. "Good I was afraid I'd have to do something drastic to get you to snap out of it. Maybe go get a tape of the Teletubbies and start playing it."
Rory's face slowly broke into a watery smile and she even giggled a bit.
" Evil boy." Was all she got out, but Griffin knew that she was good again. Her fear of teletubbies was always a good way to bring her back to reality. According to her the weird-never talking-gigantic-colored-monsters were just way too freaky to be around.
He grinned at her. " Yup." Was all he said.
After that they just lied there, doing absolutely nothing, but somehow Rory knew things maybe could get better.
They'd been lying on her bed facing each other just looking at each other and smiling. Nothing needed to be said they were content. Griffin was still holing Rory because he knew she needed to feel protected.
He was about to get up when the door burst open and Tristan walked inside saying "Rory we need to talk…" but he trailed off as he took in the scene on her bed. Rory and Griffin, under the covers, pressed together, looked as if they were doing, well, not friend things. More along the lines of what couples do.
He didn't know why he suddenly wanted to beat the crap out of Griffin but he did. He wanted to rip the guy limb from limb, tear him apart… the sudden heat he was feeling made him want to explode. If he stayed here any longer he knew he'd lose control.
A fire burst into his eyes and he quickly spun on his heel and left the room, leaving a shocked silence in his wake.
Hey everyone I'm so sorry about going MIA. I just haven't felt very up to writing lately. I was in the hospital for a while because I was in a rather bad car crash and well.. not to go into detail but I had quite a while of recovery and writing hasn't been a main priority.. I've been dealing with some issues and stuff from the crash.
Anyways on a brighter note I do think I'm back for good and hopefully I can get this story back on track if there are even any readers out there anymore?
If not I'll just take the story down because I do understand I've been absent for a long time. Thanks for any and all reviewes you guys keep me happy !!