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Authors Note: Hey all! I must really be dedicated! I'm writing this chapter standing up! Now that's dedication! Why am I writing standing up? Simple because I finished all of my work in the particular period I'm in and I wanted to update figured I'd use the time to my advantage. But low and behold as I entered the library a class was using it! And the only computers left were the stand up ones. I would use a chair to sit down but then I'm to low and I'm on the short side and it was really hard to write like that. So I being the dedicated person I am decided to write anyway. You all better appreciate this update lol I'd only do this for you all. Ah my friends keep laughing at me. I really must love you all I could be sitting down drinking a slushie but instead I'm standing up in the heat writing. Hmm...now that I think about it I can't remember the last thing Tristan said to Rory in the last chapter oops. Well anyway that's it so onto the next chapter.
Dedicated: This chapter is dedicated to the 17 days left I have of school not including exams! Yay! Only a bit more!
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls and am not making money off of this.
Recap:
Rory nodded. "I've been in boarding school most of my life." she explained. "I haven't really been around this town all that much." Tristan watched on with interest as she continued deep in thought. She no longer looked at him, but at a spot just above his shoulder, as she seemed to be pulling information from her memories. "On vacations, my family would fly out to visit. This is the longest amount of time I've spent here since I was eight." She shook herself out of her reverie, and looked him in the eye, determination written all over her face. "All I know about this town is that no one really likes my family but is too afraid to admit it. I don't have a clue why either. So please clue me in to why we are supposed to hate each other!" She finished, raising an eyebrow at him.
Tristan looked at Rory in amazement. "I can't believe you have no idea what our father's do. I'm surprised, your father never mentioned my father."
Rory shrugged and looked at Tristan, waiting for an answer. Tristan took a deep breath before he continued. "My father…" Tristan said slowly "…is a judge. He's been trying to put your father in jail for as long as I can remember." He finished, looking at her expectantly.
Rory wrinkled her noise in distaste. "Why in the world would he try and do that?" she asked clearly confused again. 'God! She's so innocent!' he thought to himself as he watched her.
"Because Mary," Tristan replied smirking. "Your father is a mob boss and my dad has been trying to take him off the streets for years." He took a step back as he watched the emotions play across her face, and waited for her reaction.
Chapter Four:
"Would you quit saying that?" Rory asked clearly annoyed. "My father is not a mob boss!"
"I'm sorry." Tristan replied honestly, looking down. "But it's the truth."
"It is not!" She said, practically stomping her foot.
"It is!" Tristan said calmly. "I've lived here my whole life. It's all I've heard since I was a kid…this has been going on since before I was born! Ask your father and see what he says." He said, shrugging.
"Fine!" Rory replied sniffling. "I will!"
With that she spun on her heal and walked briskly out of the bathroom, with Tristan following close behind.
"Where the hell are you going?" he asked once he reached the hallway. He noticed Rory and Jacob heading in the opposite direction of the gym with their backs to him.
"To Gym." Jacob replied like it was obvious, as they stopped and turned to look at him.
"Well…" Tristan replied chuckling slightly. "…first of all you're going the wrong way and second, class is almost over what's the point in going?"
"I shouldn't miss school the first day!" Rory answered back.
Tristan surveyed Rory silently, 'She's such a Mary' he thought 'My Mary.' He shook his head at that last thought. 'Where did that come from?'
Realizing she was watching him since he hadn't said anything, he replied "Its gym." With a raise of his eyebrow he continued. "You're not going to miss anything. Besides we never do anything important on the first day Mary."
"Okay." Rory replied looking at Tristan in confusion. "But my names Rory not Mary."
"I know that Mary!" Tristan said with a smirk as he sauntered off down the hall, turning slightly he called "See you at lunch!" and then he was out of sight.
"That was weird!" Jacob said as he watched the teenager walk away, Rory nodded in agreement. "Well," Jacob said slowly, "What do you want to do till lunch?"
"We could walk around and figure out how to get to my last two classes?" Rory suggested with a shrug.
"Okay." Jacob agreed, quickly grabbing her schedule and scanning the classroom numbers, "Look for numbers 116 and 101."
Rory nodded, linked arms with Jacob and dragged him down the hall hurriedly.
-20 Minutes Later-
Rory and Jacob walked quickly towards the cafeteria tables. They found an empty one towards the back, and sat down quickly. Rory had her back facing the Chilton students and Jacob sat facing them.
"It's been a long day so far!" Jacob said as he took a bite into his cheeseburger. "And it's only half over!"
"I know!" Rory agreed plopping a gravy covered french fry into her mouth, "There's something really weird about this school!" She said, as she turned and glanced around the semi quiet cafeteria. People turned away quickly, pretending that they hadn't been looking at her. "People are always quiet when I'm around" she continued turning back around to face Jacob. "They pretend that they weren't looking at me when I know they were! They're creepy! I don't know what's with them!" She huffed while picking at her food.
"Maybe it's the fact that you have a bodyguard?" Jacob suggested laughing slightly knowing what Rory meant, seeing the teenagers turn to stare as soon as she turned back around.
"Maybe," Rory agreed taking a sip of her coffee, "but for some reason everyone thinks my dad's a mob boss or something!" she finished with a laugh. "That's ridiculous…isn't it?" She said looking up at him.
Jacob shifted his eyes, suddenly extremely interested in his food.
"Jacob" Rory repeated, noticing his uneasiness. "It's ridiculous, right?"
"Rory." Jacob replied looking up, but avoiding her eyes, knowing that if he looked into her eye's he'd tell her the truth. "I think this is a conversation you need to have with your father." He said looking away again.
"But it's not true!" Rory whispered. "Is it?"
"What's not true?" Tristan asked sliding into the chair next to Rory, not noticing the intense stare between her and Jacob.
"Nothing!" Rory replied looking at Jacob pointedly.
"It's obviously not nothing!" Tristan said matter of factly. "If it was nothing then you'd tell me." He said with a smirk.
"How exactly, do you know that?" Rory asked, clearly annoyed "I don't know you! Why would I tell you anything?" She bit out, immediately regretting it. It wasn't Tristan's fault that she was upset. Not this time.
"You wound me Mary!" Tristan said dramatically throwing a hand to his heart in mock hurt, giving her puppy dogs eyes. "Don't you trust me? I thought we were friends!" He sighed dramatically.
"To be friends I'd have to know you for more than three hours!" Rory replied standing up. "Now if you'll excuse me I have something to take care of" She looked at Jacob once, then took off toward the cafeteria doors.
Tristan looked at the now standing Jacob, confusion written all over his face. "What did I say?" he asked Jacob.
"You didn't say anything per say…" Jacob replied walking around the table. "Rory's really smart and she knows that someone has been keeping things from her. Things that she had no prior knowledge of until today. How would you act if you were in her position?" He said glancing at Tristan, before he went after her.
Tristan watched Jacob leave to go after Rory. A feeling that he hadn't felt before, ripped through his body. 'What the hell?' he thought 'I can't possibly be jealous of him, can I? She's just a girl that I can use to get back at my father right?' Tristan sat in the cafeteria silently for the rest of lunch, pondering his feelings.
Jacob pulled carefully into the Hayden mansion drive way. As he stopped the car Rory jumped out. Running past the guards, without the normal hello. She jerked the front door open, and ran inside. "Dad!" she screamed, "Where are you?"
"He's in the study." a guard answered quickly, seeing Rory's confused face.
"Thanks Eric" Rory called as she ran in the direction of the study.
"You're welcome!" he called back.
Rory burst through the door of her fathers study. "Is it true?" Rory yelled, seeing her father sitting at his desk writing something on a piece of paper.
"Is what true?" Chris asked looking up at his daughter, fully aware of what Rory meant.
"Are you a mob boss?" Rory asked softly, deep down knowing the truth.
"The truth?" Chris asked standing up and walking over to his daughter. Rory nodded, afraid of what he was going to say, but knowing she had to know the truth. Chris pulled Rory into a hug before answering "Yes. I am."
Jerking from his embrace Rory looked at her father, eyes filling with tears. She whispered the first thing that came to mind. "Why?"
Hey all! Another cliffy and this chapter was more of a filler than anything! This one wasn't that big but yeah. I know I said that Rory and Chris would have a heart to heart in this chapter but I decided to put it off until next chapter. It's really hot out and I have a bit of homework to do so I decided to stop writing. Besides the pool has been calling my name for like an hour but I had to keep writing cause I want to work on Because Of You tomorrow. Anyway I thought that was a pretty good place to end things. Well I don't really like how I wrote the Rory and Tristan part I was going to do it totally differently but decided against it. If I did it the way I planned then they would be together way sooner than I wanted so I didn't. Anyway I don't like Rory in this chapter but hey how would you act if you found out your parents had been lying to you whole life and your father killed people for a living? Probably the same way. Yes you all I started this chapter standing up! Got quite a bit done to standing up you all should try it lol. Well that's it for now! Next update will be out soon!
Warnings For The Next Chapter: Rory and Chris's heart to heart, Tristan's thoughts on Rory
Oh I had a question from a PM, a person asked me who I tell my fic idea's to and stuff and the answer to that is my beta loVe23. I tell her all of my idea's and chapter fears whatever. Lol don't even try getting anything out of her cause she won't tell you any of my idea's lol
If you haven't already, check out my new fic it's called Because Of You and it's a Trogan!
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