Chapter
13: Yanking Out My Heart
Feeling
fine, Lets rip out yours instead of mine
And all you need
Are
several ways to watch me bleed?
Well, thanks for stoppin' this
beating in my chest
It's easier now, and I'm happy like this
Just
like this
Even though I ain't coming back now
I didn't mean
to seem as though
I was so ungrateful for all you've done here
For
yanking out my...
Honestly
You'd fuck your friends for all
your needs
And stay the course
No, the universe ain't
yours
Well, thanks for stopping this beating in my chest
It's
easier now, and I'm happy like this
Just like this
Logans
POV
He had no idea what to do. Paris and Colin. Colin
and Paris. Every time he said it the throbbing in his head felt more
and more like he was being beat with a bat. He had been walking
around the campus for awhile, not really paying attention to where he
was going, and bumping into the people who didn't see him coming.
Last night when he herd Colin call the girl on the phone Paris, the
thought that it could be her did pop into his head, which is why he
had reacted the way he did. But after leaving the apartment, and
doing a lot of what he was doing now, he had convinced himself that
it wasn't her, it couldn't be. Rory was with them last night, why
hadn't she said anything? Maybe she just wanted to talk to Paris
about it first, that is after all who her loyalty was to. And then
this morning, there she was at his door. And the kissing! Why did she
have to kiss him in front of him?! Was it completely nesscery?
What did she think she was proving by it? That she's over him, and is
with Colin now? Well if that was it, she sure did a damn good job of
getting her point across.
Finally stopping at a bench he sat down and pulled his cell out of his pocket, hitting 3 on his speed dial. He listened to 'Gold Digger' play as the ringtone, until the voicemail clicked on. 'Ello mates well I'm obviously occupied at the moment, either by my one true love Ms.Vodka , or a fabulous red head. Either way I'll most likely be out for a few days, so I'll try to get back to you then - that is if I can remember who you are. Anywho this message seems to be getting a tad on the long side, so I will leave you now, so you may leave me a unbelievably loud message, that will cause me excruciating pain come morning time, when I have a hang over. Oh and Rory Love if this is you, would you please stop changing my voicemail, telling my lady friends that I am divorced with 3 kids, and deeply involved with a transvestite named Frank. Remind me to thank your lovely mother for teaching you how to work a voicemail. And to change my passcode.' Beeeep. Logan sat quietly for a second before regaining his composure. 'Finn and Frank ... it's cute. Anyway ... I figured in case Colin forgot to pass along the message I'd tell you myself...' He paused for a long second before shouting into the phone. 'YOUR AN ASS!' With that he snapped his phone shut. 'Idiot Finn.'Opening his phone again he held down the 2 button until Tristins name popped up. He listened as 'Sexy Back' began to play. 'I really need to find friends with better taste in music...' The voicemail clicked on. 'Hey this is Tristin, sorry I wasn't able to take your call, I'm most likely in class right now but if you leave a message I'll be sure to get back to you as soon as I can. ... Paige if this is you, please call grandpa,I would have left you a message but your voicemail's full!! OK well leave it after the beep...' Beeeep. 'Hey man, it's Saturday so I know your not in class. Hearing your message, I'm guessing Grandpa's still on your case? Well hell better you then me I guess. I tried calling Paige the other day to, but she apperantly has become a friend of caller ID, because I'm pretty sure she answered and hung up on me. I swear that girl's going to send all of us to an early grave. I still don't understand how he never knows where she is. I guess we weren't any better at her age huh? The only time our parents knew where we were, was when there was some party we just had to attend. And I've apperantly forgotten that this is a message. Sorry. So, second day here and already everything's all screwed up. Just uh - give me a call whenever you can. Alright? Bye.' He snapped his phone closed again and slouched down into his seat, why did he feel like the world was working against him today?
There
was only one other person that he could think of, that he could
possibly talk to at the moment, and he really wasn't sure if calling
her was ok. Flipping his phone open again he scrolled down the names
in his phonebook before he came to her, he sat and played with her
info for a few seconds, changing her name so that it popped up at the
top of the list. Hesitating for a moment longer, he finally pressed
send. Her ringtone began to play, 'I Write Sins Not Tragedies'.
'Panic! at the Disco, Alright Ace ... I can approve of that.' When
her voicemail clicked on he found himself still humming the song.
'Hey it's Rory - well you know that - obviously, I mean you
called me. I know I'm rambling mom ... I didn't even want to do this
... no! ... no!... MOM NO! ... Because. ... Because it's my
phone - I should be the one on the voicemail. ... Yea well lifes
not fair. ... You wouldn't dare! ... Oh yea?! Well I'll tell
Grandma that when you call out of friday night dinners your not
really sick or have to work, you just have a date with Luke. ... Well
where do you think I got it from? Did you or did you not just
threaten to have Luke and Mark withhold coffee from me? ... What?
... Oh crap! it's still going! ... Stop laughing! How do you stop
it?! ... MOM help me! ... Mom come on I don't know how to-' Beeeep.
He couldn't stop laughing and was aware that he was recording a
message. 'Hey Ace ... it's Logan. I gotta say ... that message
really helped put me in a better mood. So uh - I don't want you to
think I'm all stalkerish or something, I tried calling Finn and
Tristin before I called you - well not like your a last resort or
something - I just didn't know if it was Ok for me to call you, or if
you were busy or anything - which you obviously are, which is why I
am now rambeling on to your voicemail like a freak ... OK lets start
over. Hey Rory - it's Logan. Just thought I'd give you a call, see
what you were up to. Kind of needed a friend to talk to ... so - yea
give me a call back whenever you can. Uh anyway ... I guess I'll talk
to you later ... Bye.' Closing his phone one more time he
sighed. 'Nice job Huntzberger - you just made a complete idiot out
of yourself.' He put his phone back in his pocket, stood up, and
continued walking aimlessly around campus.
Dragonfly InnHaving finished their tour about an hour ago Rory and Tristin were now sitting outside at a table drinking coffee and talking. Rory had just finished explaining her choice of attending Yale, instead of the originally planned Harvard, when her phone began to ring in her pocket. She took it out and glanced at the caller id screen, there was no name, she pushed end, sending the call to her voicemail. She placed her phone on the table in front of her and smiled at Tristin.Smirking he leaned forward. "Ok so - you know I've got to ask."
Not knowing what he was talking about, she simply laughed. "Hey look at the time..." She glanced at her bare wrist.
Tristin laughed. "Don't worry, I've never been
one to pry." Rory let out a loud laugh. "Real cute
Mary." He ignored the roll of her eye's when he called her
by her nickname and continued on. "What the hell happened
after I left? I mean Chilton's still around right? It didn't fall to
pieces without me?" "You know strangely enough it
survived." "Shut
up, you know what I mean. It was ..." "That's
not true." "Ok...Harvard?" "Oh if you don't
want to talk about it that's -" "Oh so it was just something you did, to
get on your Fathers nerves? That's not embarrassing - my Mom does
that to my Grandma on a daily bases."
Tristin smiled at the small
blush on her cheeks. "Ya know Mary if I didn't know any
better I'd think you actually missed me."Rory let
out a small laugh. "Well it's a good thing you know better
then."Nodding and laughing he decided it was
time to change the subject. "New subject. Your
pick."
Tristin laughed then shook his head again. "Well it wasn't entirely about that. I mean when I came home from Military School things were different between my Dad and I. I had grown up - changed ... my only goal wasn't to piss him off anymore. Not that I don't enjoy every single time that I do."Even though Rory laughed she was still slightly confused. "Well that's good - I'm happy for you Tristin... But ... if it wasn't because of your Dad then ...?""Yea - I was hoping if I distracted you, you'd forget what we were talking about..." He laughed a little nervously.
"A
Gilmore never forgets.""Like elephants?" "HA!
I am so telling my mother you called us elephants!" "Someone?""A
girl."
A small laugh escaped from her lips before she had the chance to hold it back. "Oh my god are you serious? Your choice in college was based on a girl? I really don't know why that surprises me, you never were one to give up on a conquest easily." She shook her head, not sure if she was amused or disappointed, but not seeing any reason for disappointment she went with the latter.
Tristin couldn't decide if the tone in her voice was disappointment, irritation or amusement, but either way he became defensive. " For your information she wasn't a conquest. She was my girlfriend - who at the time I thought I was in love with and vice versa. But it's nice to know your opinion of me Rory." He sat back in his chair and crossed his arms over his chest, doing a perfect imitation of a 5yr old who was being denied a new toy.
Guilt immediately filled her and she felt her face began to heat up. 'Calling me Rory - I must have really struck a nerve. I'm such an idiot. He told me because he trusted me not to judge. Idiot Idiot Idiot ...' "Idiot" She muttered quietly.
Tristins head shot up, surprise taking over his face. "Excuse me?"She was confused at first, then she realized what she had said and how he must have taken it. "Oh my god not you! I'm so sorry - I was calling myself an idiot - in my head - well obviously not only in my head but ... I'm sorry - for momentarily thinking you were the same guy you were in high school. And for calling your girlfriend a conquest." She looked down embarrassed.
"Ex-girlfriend." Was all he said.
Rory smiled. "Ex-girlfriend."Sitting
forward again his smile returned. "So what did you mean last
night when you said you had 'already seen me today'?"
She
sighed thankful for the topic change. Then again when she thought of
everything that had happened the day before. "Do you
believe in Karma?"Although he was confused he
answered her. "No I've always been a fate kind of guy
myself."Remembering her conversation with Logan she
smiled. "Yea me to." And with that she began
to explain every detail of the previous day, starting with her
inability to multitask and finishing with her leaving the pub
apparently smelling like the family drunk.
When she was finished Tristin sat quietly for a minute before he burst out laughing. "He got hit on by a dude?"Rory let out a laugh while nodding. Her phone beeped again, this time she took notice to it and picked it up. "Sorry can I get this?"He motioned with his hand to 'go ahead'. "I'm not going anywhere."Smiling she got up and walked a few feet away from him, before dialing her voicemail. She punched in her code, 263333 which on a phone spells out coffee, and listened to the female recording tell her she had 1 new message. 'Hey Ace ... it's Logan. I gotta say ... that message really helped put me in a better mood. So uh - I don't want you to think I'm all stalkerish or something, I tried calling Finn and Tristin before I called you - well not like your a last resort or something - I just didn't know if it was Ok for me to call you, or if you were busy or anything - which you obviously are, which is why I am now rambling on to your voicemail like a freak ... OK lets start over. Hey Rory - it's Logan. Just thought I'd give you a call, see what you were up to. Kind of needed a friend to talk to ... so - yea give me a call back whenever you can. Uh anyway ... I guess I'll talk to you later ... Bye.'
Sighing she closed her phone and walked back
over to Tristin. "I think you might have a missed
call."Tristin gave her a confused look before
reaching into his pocket for his phone. "Paris? ..."Rory
shook her head. "Nope - Logan."Stopping
his search he looked even more confused then before. "Logan
called you?" "Yea and he didn't sound like
he was doing to well. He said he tried calling you and Finn before he
called me, and that he needed someone to talk to." "Sure.
Just let me go tell my mom bye, then we can go.""
I want to say bye to."
They found Lorelai behind the front desk with the phone to her ear. She looked extremely irritated. 'I know that Mom - but I can't help it.' She rolled her eye's, which caused Rory and Tristin to laugh silently. 'I know it's extremely rude of me Mom. ... Because like I said before, I have to work.' She stayed silent looking down at her nails. Then suddenly her head snapped up and she glared at Rory. 'She was joking mom. ... She was just being mean.' Rory tried to hold back her laugh, while Tristin looked confused. 'She would to make it up! ... Because she's my daughter ... no I'm not admitting that I lie. ... You know what Mom fine, I'll be there Saturday night at 7, with a tiara and bells on. ... no mom I wont actually be wearing those things. ... Are you serious? ... Because I like Luke - I like dating Luke and you and your friends will tear him apart, resulting in him never wanting to see me again. ... ok m- ... i kno- ... MOM! We'll be there, Me, Luke - and Rory.' Rory's face quickly sobered up and Tristin began to laugh. Lorelai stuck her tongue out at her daughter, then smiled wickedly. 'Of course mom I'll tell her. ... OK Mom ... uh-huh yea ... OK Mom I'll talk to you soon, I have to get back to work now. ... OK Bye Mom.' She placed the phone on the receiver, then immediately pointed an accusing finger at Tristin. 'I blame you traitor boy!'Shaking his head he looked at Rory. "They always do - something goes wrong - blame the boy who got sent to Military School." His voice had a lightness to it that told them he was joking. He looked at Lorelai and tilted his head slightly to the left. "What may I ask, did I do this time?"
'You rubbed
off on her!' Her accusing finger turned in Rory's direction.
'Traitor girl! If you two ever get married you'll have little
traitor children then grandchildren and it'll go on forever, each
generation, a new set of traitors. You've ruined the world!' 'And
to think, it all started with the original Traitor ... Traitor Mom!!
How could you?! I bet grandma wasn't even thinking about making me
attend whatever it is I now have to attend because of you. ...
Traitor Mom!'
Lorelai
deflated, and a sweet smile made it's way to her lips. She began to
twist her hands in front of her nervously. 'Oh yea about that
... you have to bring a date.'At a loss for words
Rory just kept shaking her head and glaring at her mom. "I
can't believe you. Now I'm going to have to beg -" 'Oh
and she said a real date, no Finn. ... Her words - not mine.' "Where
am I supposed to find a date by next Saturday? Last minute dates are
the reason why I have male friends. Agh! We're going home - before
you get Tristin roped into this to." "Don't worry Bible Boy -
you have leverage."
Lorelais mouth fell open. 'And what exactly is that?' She was looking at Tristin.
Not
knowing what to say he looked between Rory and Lorelai, begging Rory
for help. "Uh-"Rory cut him off, sensing
that he was about to blow it. "Like he would tell
you!" 'Ha! It's because he doesn't have anything!' "He
has whatever I tell him!"
Rory smiled
triumphantly and began to pull Tristin towards the front door. "Well
I am your daughter!"Tristin was laughing
as she opened the door, and pulled him through. "Bye
Lorelai!"
Yale: Colin & Finns
dorm room
Paris slowly opened her eye's, instantly regretting it when she felt the bright sun shining through the window, attempting to blind her. Groaning she rolled over, finding Colin laying next to her sound asleep. A loud, very long, screeching noise broke-out through the dorm. The same noise that had woken her up. When it finally stopped, she closed her eye's again, in an attempt to fall back into her dream land. But as soon as she began to drift off, the screeching broke out for a third round. Now irritated, she threw the blanket back, wrapped a sheet tightly around her body, and went in search of the, soon to be laying in the street - three floors down, cell phone.
Still half asleep, she found the offending object sitting on the bar in the living room. Without thinking she flipped it open. "How many times are you going to call, before you realize he's isn't going to answer?"The line was quiet, she herd a sharp intake of air, then a male voice speaking softly, as if he couldn't breathe. 'Your not Finn.'Her breath caught,she pulled the phone from her ear and looked at the name on the screen. Closing her eye's she sighed and brought the phone back to her ear. "Logan -"A bitter laugh came through the line, cutting her off. 'God Tink you must really hate me.' She herd his voice crack slightly, but he quickly covered it up. 'Please make my day and tell me your not only being with Colin but Finn to. I knew we were close - but this is a bit much don't you think?'She didn't know what to say, there really were no words. 'Finn!!!?'Logan let out a low whistle. 'Unless Colin doesn't know.''Agh! The nerve!' "Listen Logan, Finn's not here, so unless you have more bitterness you need to blow off - I'm going back to bed, it's starting to get cold, these sheet's aren't all that thick you know." She knew it was low - but where did he get off talking to her like that.?
The line went dead, and she began to think he had hung up on her, then she herd him inhale a very long breath. When he spoke, it was low and husky, and made her take a deep breath. 'You know Tink 'Bitch' doesn't really work for you. No matter how natural it seems to have become.'"Yea well, the jealous, bitter, ex-boyfriend doesn't really work well for you either. On the up-side? You have jackass down pat. " The line stayed quiet but she knew he was still there. "I'll be sure Finn know's you called." And with that she held down the end button - turning the phone off all together.
'Wow ... that was a little harsh ... Logan?'Paris looked up at Colin, she hadn't herd him enter the room, then she looked back at the phone in her hand. "He was calling for Finn. See, it's Finn's phone." She held it up and showed it to him.
'I believe you Paris, you don't have anything to prove to me." He walked over to her and wrapped his arms around her waist.
One hand holding the sheet up and the other holding the cell phone against her chest, she gave a small nod. "I know. I just don't want you to think I called him or that he called for me or -"She was cut off by he's lips crashing down over her's. It took her a few seconds to get over the surprise, and respond. When they broke apart, they were both left struggling for air.
'I trust you. You trust me?'Not having to think about it, she gave a small nod and leaned her forehead against his with her eye's closed. "Yes."He smiled and dropped a feather light kiss on her jaw bone. 'I'm going to ask you something, and you have to promise not to freak out." When she didn't object he kissed her again just beneath the spot he kissed her before. 'This whole - no strings thing ...' She tensed slightly. He angled his head so that he could lay another soft kiss on her neck, she shivered. This time when he spoke he kept his lips lightly against her skin. 'I know it scares you, but ... there's nobody else. Not for me, not sense the day you came banging on my door.' He felt something vibrate against his lips, he couldn't make out what it was, it sounded like something between a laugh and a moan. He kissed the spot again, he could feel the goose bumps rise on her bare skin. He kept his voice soft against her skin. 'It's only you Paris. I'm...I'm addicted to you." His lips traveled to the spot where her neck and her chest met and exhaled softly before kissing her there.
Not trusting her leg's to keep her up, she wrapped her arms around Colin's neck, the sheet falling slightly open in the process.
When her arms moved around his neck and the sheet fell open to revel her bare chest, he pulled her closer against himself and tightened his hold. Now he placed his lips over her rapidly beating heart. 'I want you.' He kissed her fully on the lips, softly, slowly, then whispered against her lips.' All of you.' Pulling back, their eye's connected. 'Be my girlfriend.?'
Their
eye's stayed locked in an intense stare until very slowly, a smile
made it's way onto Paris face and she gave a small but giddy nod.
"OK."Surprised, Colin stared at her for a
second, before breaking out in a huge grin.
'Yea?'"Yes!"Overwhelmed with
happiness, he crashed his lips against her's, causing her to stumble
backwards her back hitting the bar. In a swift movement he lifted her
up and on top of it, instinctively her legs wrapped around his waist,
the sheet landing in a pool on the floor.
Logan's
POVLoagn sat on the couch in his dorm, staring at his
cell phone, which lay in pieces on the floor.After Paris had
hung up on him, he stood shocked for about a minuet, before the phone
came into contact with the wall. He wasn't a 100 percent sure but he
had a feeling that it was the sheet comment that had pushed him over
the cliff he was teetering on the edge of. His mind kept throwing
these mentle pictures of her and Colin, wrapped in nothing but a
sheet, into his head. He had stopped himself 3 times in the 20
minutes sense she hung up, from going over there and ripping them
apart. He couldn't do that though, he couldn't be the ' Jealous
Ex-boyfriend ' as she had so graciously put it. He hated that
word and was happy that there was only one girl who could use it
against him, even if it did sting like hell when she did. Although,
every hate filled word she spoke to him stung like hell. He still
remembered the first time she spoke to him as if he were nothing to
her, like he never had been. It was the day she broke up with him, a
day he remembered like it had just happened
yesterday.
flashback Monday morning Chilton
1999Walking down the Chilton hallway, Logan pulled
uncontiously on his blazer, then ran a hand through his already messy
hair. He was nervous, scratch that, he was scared as hell. "Why do you automatically
assume I did something? Maybe I'm just not all that intrested in
knowing which sluty cheerleader you had in your bed this weekend."
Tristin stopped and caught Logan
by the arm turning him so they were face to face. Sighing
Logan looked down at the floor, when he looked back up his focus was
beyond Tristin, it was locked on the girl who had just entered
through the double doors at the end of the hallway. Tristin turned to
see what had caught his cousins attention, then smiled when he saw it
was Paris. When he looked back over to Logan his simle faded. Logan
looked like he was about to be sick. Looking back over at Paris, who
had puffy eye's filled with determanation, and who was also making a
bee line for Logan - Louise and Madaline following suite, he knew to
throw himself in the middle. He stepped in front of Logan then
whispered with a tilt of his head in her direction. Her voice was frighteningly calm and for
a second had Logan believeing that she didn't know, that is until hew
saw, or more like felt, Tristin tumble backward. She
searched his eye's looking for some type of denyal. Anything to tell
her that it wasn't true, that it was all just some big mistake. She
didn't find any of it. When his eye's started to get heavy,
and that stinging feeling hit him, he blinked. When his eye's
refocused the wall was back up. She took a step toward him, and he
braced himself, knowing she was going to hit him. When nothing came
he looked her in the eye's and new it was because that would have
been letting him off easy.
Tristin stopped talking and
looked over at his cousin. He knew that tone. 'What did you
do?' He smirked when Logan looked at him with surprise. 'I
know you. I know that voice, what did you do? And how much is it
going to cost Uncle Mitch?'
After
what felt like an internity of silence, he saw just a flicker of the
real Paris appear in her eye's. The wall she had put up, had fallen
and he saw the pain in her eye's, she looked lost.
He felt
like the wind had been knocked out of him. The thought that she would
actually break-up with him, even if it were the most logical, never
really entered his mind. When she walked around his frozen body,
careful not to let even a piece of their clothing touch, he came back
to reality. He caught her by the arm, and spun her back around to
face him. Her eye's were downcast. He grabbed her hand and pulled her
slightly closer. 'Paris.' She tried to pull away, but
he wouldn't, couldn't, let her go. 'Paris please - just look
at me.' His voice was pleading, as it beagn to brake. Her
eye's stayed on the floor. He saw her shoulders began to shake.
'Paris -' Her head snapped up and their eye's connected. He
stumbled backward, dropping her hand in the process. There were tears
running down her cheeks, and she looked like she was struggeling to
breath. His heart shattered, he moved to grab her hand again, but she
swung back around and walked quickly into the nearest girls bathroom.
When he went to go after her somebody pulled him back.
Turning slightly he saw that it had been Louise. She shoved him back
toward a set of locker, harder then anyone would expect her to be
able to, and steped in front of him. 'Get that look off your
face, where do you get off being hurt? Can you even imagine what
she's going through right now? What the hell were you thinking?'He
didn't care that at the moment she looked like she could rip his head
off with her bare hands. He had to make sure Paris was OK. He needed
to talk to her, to explain. 'No.
All your going to do, is turn around and walk in the other direction.
Your the last thing she needs right now, what she needs is a All of a suden Tristin and Madaline were by
their side. Tristin looking completely confused, and Madaline, much
like himself, looked as if she were on the verge of tears. 'Why
don't you ask your cousin what he did. Or better yet WHO!' Tristin stood staring at
the spot where Louise had been standing. Staring sadly in the same direction, she gave a small nod.
When she looked back over at him, he didn't see judgment in her
eye's, just disappointment. 'We got her Logan, just ... leave her
alone for now. OK' Her voice was strong,finalizing. Nodding sadly, he watched her walk away into the same
bathroom as the other two. Tristin was silent when he turned
to face Logan, he jsut stood there, staring at his cousin waitng
until he met his eye's. When he finally did, he pulled his arm back,
his hand forming into a fist. Logan saw him stop himself by shoving
his hands into his pocket's. His mouth opened and closed three times
before the words were finally ready to come out. Before he got the
chance to say them, Logan slid down to the floor and brought his
knees up towards his chest and slammed his head back against the
lockers. Logan began to cry. He wrapped his arms around the
back of his head, resting his face in the cradle his arms made.
Inhaling deeply, he sucked back the tears, wiped his cheeks on his
sleeve and jumped to his feet. "I have to get the hell out of
this place. I - i need a drink. Or something - anything! I just- I
have to get out of here."Nodding Tristin walked with
him from the school and to his car. When Logan moved to get into the
drivers seat, he stopped him. End Flashback
The three teenagers stood in the
empty hallway, the bell having rung sometime before, but class being
the furthest thing from their minds.
Logan looked over at
Madaline and was surprised that she was still there. She hugged her
books to her chest.
As for Paris, she didn't talk to him after that unless she was forced to and it always ended in her yelling. Luckly for him, depending on how you looked at it, he got sent to MIlitary School that summer.
Getting up fron the couch - he walked over and picked up his broken phone and examend it closely, he groand knowing he was going to need a new one.
Riiiing ...Stars Hollow Tristin held the phone impatiently to his ear. 'Why isn't he answering his cell?' Riiiiiiiing 'Pick up the damn phone Logan!' It was as the third ring began that the phone was answered.
'Yea?' Logan snapped into the phone."Such fabulous telephone manners, your mother would be so proud.!" He replied sarcasticly.
'Oh crap sorry Tris. What's up? Where are you? Why aren't you answering your phone?' He shot out, one question right after the other.
"Whoa slow down. First off you called me first.
Second of all, I just got your message, I forgot my phone when I
left. And I'm in Stars Hollow, with Mary."Rory came
into the living room and flopped next to him on the couch. 'Why do
you insist on calling me that? I mean really ... I haven't been a
Mary in awhile.'Tristin's eyebrow's shot up, surprised by
her sudden admission. "Wow Mare. Good to know." He
smirked, and Rory blushed. 'Much. Thank
you. Jerk-face...' 'Ace? Oh tell her Hi for me.'
'Who the hell is Mary?'
Laughing he sighed dramaticaly. "I'm sorry -
I mean I am in Stars Hollow with RORRRRY. Better?" He asked
with a fake sweet smile, in her direction.
" You've let him give you a nickname?! How could you?! I feel so unloved, so un-needed!" He shouted dramaticly.
Rory
rolled her eye's. "You should really be majoring in Drama
Bible Boy. For your information, I didn't let him give me a nickname
- he just stared calling me Ace, with absolutly no explaination as to
what it meant. Sound like anyone you know? I guess irritating me is a
family trate. And come on now ... were you every really
needed?" She smiled sweetly and batted her eyelashes, when
she said the last part so he would know she was joking.Tristin
heard Logan laugh over the phone, he smiled and put it on speaker.
"Hey you have to admit Mary is way more creative then
'Ace'. 'What the hell's wrong with Ace? And Mary?! Come on
anybody who knows what a bible is, could have gotten the meaning of
that! Sh-''Excuse me that is not true! You walk into a
new school and some Brad Pitt wannabe starts calling you Mary even
though you repeatedly tell him your name, you don't automatically
jump to the Virgin Mary. I just thought he was slow or something. My
mom actually told me what it meant. Said they had been using that
one for years. ... So now that you think about it - it really wasen't
all that creative SOS."
"SOS?"Rory flipped
a hand at him, as if to say it didn't matter. 'Spawn of Satan. I'm
trying something out, just go with it.' "Going." 'OK
so as entertainging as it is to listen to the two of you banter, I'm
still on the phone and as my cousin knows first handedly - I don't
really enjoy being ignored.'
'Funny guy's. But I think it was more of a
'Beeeeeeeeeep' He was holding down a button
making the noise ring out through the speaker. Which caused them to
laugh.
"OK OK, Logan ... man come on we're sorry. What's up?"The line stayed quiet for awhile Tristin started to wonder what had happened. Even Rory was starting to look worried. She spoke up first.
'Logan ... what -'He
cut her off. 'I went by Colin and Finn's this
morning.'Simultaneously, they groaned and dropped
their heads against the back of the couch. ''Damn it.
Paris..''
'Damn it. Logan..'
'Yea.
... Can't say the same for my cell phone though...''Why?
What happened?' 'Oh god he pitched his phone at Colins head or
something... or Paris pitched it at his...' 'Nothing
to worry about Ace. Let's just say - your roomate can be very - very
- very ... mean at times.'
' I wasn't even calling for her, it was Finn's phone. What the hell is she doing answering Finns phone?! Obviously after seeing her with Colin, I assume something is going on with him to... bu-''You accused her of sleeping with Finn?! And your still breathing?!' She stared at the phone with a disbelieveing look on her face.
'Just barley Ace. It seems I had intruppted, her and my buddy Colin, and she made no effort in hiding the fact that - how did she put it? - she was cold because the sheet wasn't very thick.' His voice cracked and bitteness poured out.
Rory looked back at Tristin who was
shaking his head against the couch, having fallen back during Logans
explination. She looked sadly at the phone. 'Wow. That is mean.
... I'm sorry Logan.' 'Don't be. I deserve it. kind of a
'What goes around comes around' type of thing.''Nobody
deserves to be hurt. No matter what mistakes they've made.'
'Thank's Ace. Tris - you coming out this way? Or heading straight back for Boston?'"I don't know yet. I was thinking about spending some time at the rival school, seeing what all the bulldog fuss was about. Only problem is I'm pretty sure my mom will skin me alive and serve me as a finger sandwich at one of her DAR meeting's."Logan laughed and Rory groaned in disgust.
'Damn it Tristin - those
sandwiches were one of the only things I looked forward to about
those meeting's. Now I'm never going to be able to eat one
again.'He laughed, then realized what she had said.
Apperantly Logan had to because he suddenly became quiet. "
Mare ... why do you go to DAR meetings?"She had been
focusing on not picturing Tristin squashed between two slices of
bread. She hadn't really been listening to what she was saying. She
shook her head as if to clear it of all thought's, then smiled.
'Because I'm apart of the DAR Blondie!' "First of all
don't call me Blondie. Second, when and why - the hell did you become
apart of the DAR?" Logans
POV
They both laughed at
Logans uncomfortable tone of voice and continued teasing him. Also
effectivly making him forget about what exactaly was going on in a
dorm room, just across campus between his Best friend and his ...
ex-girlfriend. OK so maybe he let them believe he had
forgotten.
'You know - I still haven't gotten over the fact
that Rory is Mary. The way you used to -' "So
yea I'm gonna head out that way. I told my mom you needed help
unpacking and stuff anyway. So I'll be there sometime tonight."
' OK. Ace? What about you? You coming back tonight? Maybe we can go out or something. ' He knew how that sounded and knew it would get to Tristin, which is why he said it.
Stars HollowTristin jerked forward, but before he could hang up the phone he stopped himself. He looked over at Rory and saw the nervous look on her face, like she didn't know what to do.
' Sorry Logan I didn't hear you, what did you say?' She stammered.
When Logan laughed, she looked away from Tristin's intense stare, embarrassed.
'I asked if you were coming
back tonight. If you are, maybe the three of us can go get a drink
or something.''The three of us.'
"The three of
us.Jerk probably did that just to try to get to me."A
smile made it's way to both of their faces. ' Well uhm I hadn't
really thought about it. Besides, you - me - Tristin and alchocal?
You think that's smart? 'Tristin smirked and leaned close
into her personal space. "What Mare - don't trust yourself
around me when your drinking?"Making herself ignore
the feeling she got in her stomach, when she felt his warm breath on
her cheek, she shrugged her shoulders. 'Can you blame me?' He
pulled back slightly in surprise, which made Rory smirk. 'They
havn't passed the 'I was drunk, I didn't mean to castrate him!'
defence yet.'Logan burst into a fit of laughter, and
Rory smiled widly.
Shaking his head Tristin pointed an
accusing finger at her. "That wasn't very nice." "Hey
I never claimed to be nice. The whole Mary thing was purly an
assumption. And you know what they say about assuming..." 'Tristin
makes an ass out of himself?' 'So
how bout it Rory? Save me from having to spend a boring night at home
with Tristin, complaining about how he hasn't gotten any in over a
year. SOS!!' "IT IS! Logan tell her
that's a lie!" 'OK calm down man. Tristin has a new
girl every weekend Rory.''Wow every weekend huh? Your
losing it DuGrey, there used to be a time where you had a new girl
everynight. What happened?' 'Well Ace come on now, give
him a break. It takes a few days for the meds to kick in and clear
everything up...'
"BYE
LOGAN!" 'See you tonight!'
He shook his head warningly. "
Don't." 'What?' "He was joking! It's not
true!"
She giggled again. 'I know.' He nodded, they sat quietly for about a minute, until Rory burst with laughter again.
Tristin
groaned loudly, shook his head, got up and walked into the kitchen.
"I'm going to kill him!!"Rory laughed some
more as she got up to go after him. ' Awe Tris come on, I'm
sorry!' Logans POV
Even
though I ain't coming back now
I didn't mean to seem as though
I
was so ungrateful for all you've done here
Even though I ain't
coming back now
I didn't mean to seem as though
I was so
ungrateful for all you've done here
For yanking out my...
And
If I could only see this
If I could have one good reason
All my
feelings out of season
Am I to thank for yanking out my...
For
yanking out my…
Feeling fine, let's rip out yours instead of
mine
And all you need
Are several ways to watch me bleed?
Well,
thanks for stopping this beating in my chest
It's easier now, and
I'm happy like this
Just like this
Even though I ain't
coming back now
I didn't mean to seem as though
I was so
ungrateful for all you've done here
Even though I ain't coming
back now
I didn't mean to seem as though
I was so ungrateful
for all you've done here
For yanking out my...
For yanking out
my...