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Authors Note: Hey all! See! It didn't take me long to get this chapter out! However this is my last night of my break so I doubt I'll have chapters out this freqent until another break, which is probably summer. But I will try and attempt to update one of my fics at least once a week. I refuse to go to bed until I update this fic and one of my other ones. I figure since this is one of the last chances I'll have to update regularly I might as well do both for a change.Normally I only write one chapter per day, so this really is a treat lol. As of right now I have a plan formulating in my head for a new fic! Once I get the plot all organized it'll be up. I actually have two idea's I'm not sure which one will be put up first though the Trory or the Trogan. You know now that I think of it I need to write a Rogan. But unfortunatly in the Trory that I'm planning to write it wouldn't work with Logan since we know what his father does. Tristan's father we don't know all that much about so its easier to play with that. Anyway you probably don't have a clue what I mean at all so I'll shut up now...

Dedicated: This chapter is dedicated to Brandon!

Disclaimer: I do not own anything! So don't sue.

Recap:

Once her sobs subsided, she pulled away from Logan. Who stood up and walked over to the scattered pieces of paper. Wordlessly, he read what was written and handed it to Tristan. Tristan read the note quickly. The look on his face quickly went from confused to shock, at what he had just read.

You're next. If you go to the police, I'll kill her. Don't think that I won't.

He looked up from the letter, looking from Rory to Logan, still in shock. Logan then handed him the 8 x 10. The picture was of a dark and dirty room. In the room, sat a woman. Tristan had a strange feeling of recognition when he took a better look at the woman. Her face and clothes were covered in dirt and dust. It looked like she hadn't brushed her hair in weeks. Her face was gaunt and paste white.

Tristan dropped the picture in shock, when the meaning of the picture finally struck him. He looked over at Rory who was gripping her blankets tightly, unable to look at him. "Why didn't you tell me?" he asked at last. Fearing her answer.

Chapter 8

Rory looked at Tristan angrily "You know what's going on" she hissed in anger. "After my mom went missing, it was all over the news for weeks!" At this point, she started pacing around the room, and began to yell, waving her hands around. She then came to stand in front of Tristan, pointing at him and glaring. "Stop pretending you don't know what's going on when you do!" She was shaking now, on the verge or tears, as she sat down on the bed.

"I'm not pretending anything!" Tristan exclaimed still confused "I didn't know your mom was kidnapped until now!"

"That's a likely story!" Logan spat out at him, sitting on the bed and wrapping his arm around Rory's waist "You're just playing innocent so you can get Rory!"

"This is really none of your business!" Tristan replied glaring at him jealously.

"You see…" Logan replied smirking at him as Rory buried her face in his chest "…that's where you're wrong. Whatever concerns Rory is my business"

"How do you figure?" Tristan said, his voice steadily rising.

"Easy." Logan replied calmly "I care about her."

"I care about her too you idiot!" Tristan yelled.

"How can you claim to care about her while pretending to not know what happened to her mother?" Logan said smugly, with a smirk on his face.

Rory turned away from Logan and looked straight into Tristan's blue eyes "Yeah" she said softly "You claim to care about me but how could you possibly care about me when you weren't here for me when I needed you the most?"

"Rory." Tristan said softly, ignoring Logan's glare, bending down in front of her so they were eye level. "I swear to you. I didn't know anything about it until now. If I had, I would have found a way to be here for you."

Rory looked deep into Tristan's eyes silently. After a few minutes she looked away, unable to hold his intense stare. "I believe you" she said finally.

"What?" Logan yelled jumping off the bed. "How can you believe him? Its obvious he's lying to get you to forgive him!"

Tristan stood and glared at Logan briefly before turning to look at Rory again. "Mary" he said, his voice even. "You know I would have been here if I had of known."

Rory was about to answer but Logan cut her off "But you weren't! I was!"

"Logan." Rory said grabbing a hold of his hand thoughtfully. "I know you were, and I really appreciate that, but right now I really think I need to explain some things to Tristan."

"But…" Logan started to say but Rory interrupted him. "Please, Logan?" she said pleadingly looking straight into his eyes.

"Oh alright" Logan sighed "I'll leave you two to talk. But I'll be back in half an hour to take you to see your father."

"Okay" Rory agreed standing up and leading Logan to the door, opening it and letting go of his hand "I'll see you then." she leaned up and kissed him quickly on the lips "Thanks." she whispered in his ear.

"Don't mention it Ace." he whispered back, putting his hand behind her neck and pulling her towards him kissing her softly. He pulled away after a few seconds, leaving Rory longing for more. "Bye Ace." and with that he slipped out the door and walked down the hall. Rory watched until he was out of sight.

Tristan came up beside her. "Well" he said jealously. "As fun as that was to watch, do you mind telling me what the hell is going on now?"

Rory pulled the door closed and turned to face him, blushing. "Sorry, Tris." she said walking away from him. "I forgot you were here."

"No you didn't!" Tristan insisted following her. "You knew I was here all along! Logan just wanted to rub my face in it!"

"He did not!" Rory answered quickly plopping on her bed.

"He did too!" Tristan replied sitting down across from Rory "And you know it!" After a few moments of silence, he let out an aggravated grunt.

"Rory stop stalling!" Tristan exclaimed "and please, just tell me what's going on!"

"Okay! Okay!" Rory said holding her hands up in defeat "I'll tell you!"

She paused, looking up at him, biting on her lower lip. 'She doesn't know what to say.' Tristan thought 'This is probably the first time that this has ever happened to her.' He just looked at her, and waited patiently for her to start talking. After a minute or two Rory looked away. Tristan took her hand, to encourage her to start.

"Once I get started please don't interrupt me." she said softly "It's hard enough just trying to get it out. The faster we get this done, the better."

"I won't." He promised, as he lightly squeezed her hand. "Now tell me what happened."

"Okay." she said slowly, and took a deep breath. "It all started about seven months ago…" she paused again and looked at Tristan who nodded once to encourage her to continue "…when my mom started getting these weird little love notes." Upon seeing Tristan's confused face, she added, "You know, like the kind you get when you have a secret admirer." He nodded in understanding.

"What did these love letters say?" he asked, cautiously.

"Hey!" Rory exclaimed, glaring at him. "You promised you wouldn't talk!"

"Sorry!" he said quickly, taken aback by her outburst. She sighed.

"It's all right." She replied. She took a few moments to calm herself down before starting again. "So where was I? Oh ya, the notes. At first, the notes she got would say things like 'You're so beautiful.' or 'I wish I could tell you how I feel.' You know, that short of thing." He nodded again, keeping silent, knowing the next few parts were going to be difficult to get out. Her face, suddenly twisted in pain at the next memory. "Then the notes started getting really scary saying things like 'Why don't you love me like I love you?' and 'I'm going to show you how much I love you if it's the last thing I do!' One time he even sent her a list of what she wore one day, who she talked to and where she went." Rory took a deep breath "That was when we decided to go to the police. The first few notes she got, she just found amusing, but the last note she got was 'You went to the police! You betrayed me and now you have to pay!'" When she looked at him, he could see her eyes welling up with tears. "The next morning, I woke up and she was gone." She choked out. They sat there in silence for a few minutes.

"Wow!" Tristan said finally, taking a deep breath. "How could I have missed that?" He said shaking his head.

"I don't know." Rory trying to blink back the tears, at having to relive the memory and pain of losing her mother. "I didn't go to school for two weeks and when I came back it was just to pack my locker and leave. I just assumed you knew." she said quietly. Tristan just looked at her sadly, when suddenly the look on his face changed as he seemed to realize something.

"Rory." He said. "You said you missed two weeks of school…and the day you came back, that's when you and I saw each other last, right? That was the day you left?"

She just nodded, looking at him curiously, wondering what he was getting at. "The two weeks you were out? I was out too! I had gotten suspended again, so my parents took me with them to England. That day I saw you packing up your locker? The day we kissed? That was my first day back. That's why I didn't know about your mom!" he exclaimed, taking both hands in his, pleading with her to believe him. Then, looking down at their hands, he added in a softer voice. "That's why I didn't come looking for you."

"Didn't anyone tell you why I left? Didn't anyone tell you what happened?" She asked skeptically. "I'm sure it was the talk of the campus!" she scoffed, still not sure if she believed him.

Tristan looked away and shook his head as a blush crept up his cheeks. "No" he said, his voice still soft. "No one said a thing. They didn't because I wouldn't let them. I didn't want anyone to disgrace your name. I didn't want you to become the other infamous Lorelai…" This last part was said with slight bitterness. "…so I…" He paused, and if possible, his voice got softer, still unable to look at her, "…I didn't let them talk about you." She noticed that his face took on a pained expression. "It hurt too much to hear your name, knowing that I may never see you again. So no one was allowed to say your name around me." He took a sideways glance at her, his lips were twitching up into a slight smirk. "A couple guys found that out the hard way."

"Oh." she said slowly, slightly taken aback by his revelation. "Okay." They just sat there, taking it all in, hands still clasped together to offer comfort, and strength.

Tristan looked her in the eye again, as he took another deep breath, "Mary, as much as I don't want to, I have to ask." He waited for her to acknowledge that it was ok to continue. When she gave a slight nod of her head he asked, "Was this the first time you've gotten a package like this?"

Before Rory could answer they heard a knock at the door. "One second." She said, before sliding off the bed to open the door. On the other side were Logan and Christopher.

Before Rory had pulled the door completely open, Christopher pushed his way in, past Rory. "Is it true?" he asked frantically, before turning around to grab Rory by the shoulders. "Is he after you now?"

Lol another bit of a cliffy. Well not really but meh. I actually started to write this chapter over a week ago (as you can see from the authors note above) but I got tired and didn't finish it. Then I got the Trojan Horse Dialer Virus and couldn't get online until This Monday. So I though it was useless to write a chapter when I had to wait awhile to put this one out. Instead I wrote it all when the grade 10's at my school were writing the literacy test. Hehe anyway I hate this chapter! I hate how I wrote how Rory tells Tristan but I didn't know how to write it the way I wanted to! Oh well I guess. This is sort of a short chapter again but I wanted to end it there so it would be easier to start the next chapter. However for the next chapter when I want to end it I'm going to keep going and end it at the second cliffy I have coming so it'll be longer.

Warnings For The Next Chapter: Rory answer's Tristans question and Rory gets another note

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