AN: Evidence that I am now back. My second chapter in two days. My ego trip is now coming to a close. Thanks for all the reviews. I know that the last chapter was a filler chapter but there's some good action in this one.
Chapter 18: Paris
Rory woke-up a little bit later the next morning. She had a restless sleep, consisting of a small nightmare but it was still horrible. The nightmare was just about Max kidnapping her. But instead of Max it was Logan.
"Are you alright?" Paris asked once she saw that Rory was up.
"Why?" Rory asked hoping that she hadn't been talking in her sleep.
"You were just tossing and turning more than usual," Paris said.
"You know when I toss and turn?" Rory asked getting out of bed.
"It was hard to miss last night, was it a bad dream?" Paris asked just a little nervous on what the answer would be.
"Just a little one," Rory admitted. She knew that Paris would worry a little bit now. Ever since Max Paris would worry about her a little bit more than she probably would have.
"So what's bothering you, because you wouldn't have had a bad dream if something wasn't bothering you" Paris said.
Rory sighed, 'I might as well tell Paris because she won't stop until I give her a straight answer,' she thought.
"My mom was raped the other night," Rory said trying to keep all emotion in her voice level.
Paris gasped and Rory thought she could even she a few tears in her eyes.
"I'm sorry," Paris said really not knowing what else to say.
"Don't worry about it, it just brought back some bad memories," Rory said.
"Do they know who did it?" Paris asked.
"I haven't heard yet but they probably won't, my mom showered afterward," Rory said looking at the time.
"Damn, I have to get to class," Rory said getting up and throwing some clothes on.
"We'll talk later?" Paris asked. She didn't want Rory to be alone in all of this.
"Yeah, we'll talk later," Rory said as she walked out the door to her class.
After Rory's class was over she had to go to the paper, which also meant facing Logan.
Rory was relived to see Paris already there working on her article.
"So have I missed anything?" Rory asked walking up to Paris.
"Nothing much, just Doyle's daily meltdown," Paris said as Doyle came over to them.
"Gilmore, shouldn't you be working on your article," Doyle said.
"Going right there boss," Rory said walking over to a computer to get to work.
As Rory started to work she felt like someone was watching her but every time she looked up, she saw no one.
Suddenly someone started to instant message her.
'You look sexy today' the message said.
At first Rory just tried to ignore them but the messages just kept on coming. She finally had enough and turned the messaging off.
Rory worked for about half an hour before Paris came up to her.
"You ready to leave or are you staying here?" Paris asked. Rory looked around the room and saw that only a few people were left. Then she noticed that Logan was there.
"I'm coming with you, I can finish this article later," Rory said gathering her stuff as she left with Paris.
Rory could swear that as she left she could hear Logan grumble angrily but pretended not to notice it.
Once they got back to the dorm room Rory could tell Paris was ready to talk.
"Do you want to talk about what happened?" Paris asked in a concerned voice.
Rory sighed. "Not really but you're going to find out anyway so I'll fill you in," she said before continuing. Paris just nodded.
"Well apparently my mom was raped before but repressed it, I'm a child of rape, my dad's not my real dad, and now my mom was raped again," Rory said all in one long breath.
Paris was shocked at that entire statement not really sure how to react. "Is there anything else?" Paris asked. She wanted to be sure that Rory still wasn't hiding anything.
For some reason Rory felt a comfort around Paris that she hadn't felt around Jess. She wondered for a second why she felt this way. Then she came back to reality.
"Yeah, some guy has been harassing me lately," Rory said. She hoped that answer would suffice.
"Who is it, Doyle, that Marty guy you know?" Paris asked her anger flaring.
Rory felt tears coming down her face. "It's Logan," she said softly.
"Does anyone else know?" Paris asked.
"No, I couldn't tell anyone else, I wanted to tell Jess but I just couldn't," Rory said.
"Why?" Paris asked knowing that this would help her.
"I'm just afraid that he'll do something, or leave me, I think," Rory said.
"You think?" Paris asked.
"I don't know, I do trust Jess, I slept with him the other night," Rory said. Paris looked at her shocked.
"I don't mean sex, I mean just sleeping next to him, it's the first time we've ever done it," Rory said.
"So you trust Jess but not enough to tell him everything," Paris said trying to make sense of what Rory said.
"I know it's confusing but its how I feel," Rory explained.
"Why do you think you feel this way?" Paris asked.
"I'm not sure, I think I'm just afraid that he'll do something or think I'm doing something," Rory said. Paris nodded.
"It sounds like you do trust him but you're afraid that he'll leave you or hurt you," Paris said as she started pacing around the room.
Rory was going to say something but Paris kept on talking.
"But you trust me more and not him, what could make you feel this way?" Paris asked.
Rory thought for a moment. "I guess I don't trust men," Rory said taking a shot in the dark.
"That would make sense, other than Jess when was the last time you ever really talked to a guy?" Paris asked.
"I guess I've never really talked to a guy since what Max did to me," Rory said softly as realization came across her face.
"You need to talk to and trust Jess fully, it may hurt but it will be worth it in the long run," Paris said.
"You're right I need to talk to him" Rory said as she picked up the phone and dialed a familiar number.
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