True Feelings 4/?
From:	lexmorgan007@yahoo.com (Lex Morgan)
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TUESDAY MORNING

Rory was on the bus and was still replaying what dean
had told her in her head time after time , and she
still couldn’t make sense of it all. ‘If he cared for
me, then why did he break up with me?’
She had talked about it with her mother and Lorelai
had told her that Dean cared enough to let her go
because she belonged with someone else who could make
her happier than she could. And that person, Lorelai
said, was Tristan.

Rory thought it over and over and she still couldn’t
believe that her mother and dean thought that she
belonged with Tristan.
‘This is the same Tristan that called me Mary for
months, tortured me, how could I possibly have
feelings for him?’ 
Then she thought back about that night in the club
when they had been arguing and Tristan whispered that
he loved her in her ear. She thought about how much
fun they had together while doing the project, and
thought about the time that their hands had brushed
slightly, and made her blush. When she thought about
him, she smiled. 

‘Why am I smiling, it’s Tristan, I don’t have feelings
for him.....do I? Who cares it’s the end of the year,
I just want to finish this project and finals, and get
out of here.’
With that she got off the bus and headed in the school

MR. MEDINA’S CLASS:

They had been in there for a while and seen another
bunch of student projects that weren’t a whole lot
better than yesterdays bunch. People were nearly
falling asleep at the same plots and character
emotions that the films portrayed. Then Mr. Medina got
up and said: 
“Well we’ve finished everybody except Tristan and
Rory’s, the floor is yours guys.”

Tristan and Rory looked at each other and smiled and
then both made their way t the front of the classroom.
Tristan had the tape in his hand. 
“Well, we decided to do a comedy, because we thought
that we would have more fun” Tristan Started “Actually
our inspiration came from a visit to a coffee shop in
Rory’s town, stars hollow.” He stopped so Rory could
begin talking.

“Well, actually it’s based on a true story about a
coffee addicted woman” they both started to giggle a
little. And Mr. Medina had a smile on his face because
he remembered that Lorelai was a coffee addict.
“
Well I guess we’ll just let you watch it.” Rory
finished
With that Tristan put in the tape and the two sat down
in some empty seats and watched with the rest of the
class.

Everyone suddenly perked up at the sight of Lorelai
trying every way possible to get her daily fix of
coffee. Even Paris was laughing. Rory and Tristan
looked at each other and smiled. Rory looked t his
smile and it looked truly genuine, not one of those
smirks that he uses to impress girls, but a smile that
looked like he cared. Rory thought to herself ‘maybe
it is possible that I have feelings for Tristan.’

Right as she was thinking the last scene came on in
which Luke and Lorelai fell on top of each other after
being push and ripped by Miss Patty, Kirk and Taylor.
At this point everyone had almost fallen out of their
seats laughing and when the movie ended they all
clapped and hooted at Tristan and Rory’s project.

It was the last day of school and the last class, so
everyone was a little excited, and they were all wide
awake from watching the last video project. They were
all waiting to be dismissed by Mr. Medina.
“Well, that was a very creative project you two, very
entertaining, well i can see that you are all anxious
to get out of here, so class dismissed, but don’t
forget about your finals next week. Have a good
summer.”

A WEEK LATER, AFTER FINALS

Everyone was excited and ran to their lockers. Rory
packed up her stuff in some extra bags and proceeded
to walk to the bus. On her way a car pulled up next to
her.
“Rory, can I give you a ride home? You look like you
have a lot of stuff”
“Yea, that would be good, thank you Tristan” she said
as she climbed into the passenger seat of his car.

ON THE WAY TO STARS HOLLOW

“So, Rory, what are your plans for this summer?”
Tristan asked her
“I’m not really sure yet, I might go with my
grandparents to Martha’s Vineyard for a weekend, and
I’ll probably hang out with Lane.” She told him
“Your lucky that you have such a great family and
great friends, so do you and dean have any plans
tonight?”

Rory’s smile faded as she wondered if she should tell
Tristan what happened last week, she had been avoiding
it, and him for a while now. She sat there for a
moment and thought about the situation. ‘should I tell
him that dean wants me to be with him, and that
everyone thinks that I have feeling for him, and that
I am starting to realize that maybe I do? I think I
should wait till I am completely sure about my
feelings, I should get things sorted out.’

“Rory...are you there?” Tristan asked

“oh, yea, sorry, um, my mom and I have Friday night
dinner at my grandparents house. ” she wanted to
change the subject fast “so.. that biology final was
pretty tough wasn’t it?”

“yea, i guess”

‘why do i always seem to bring up biology when i don’t
know what to say to him?’ she thought to herself.

They had arrived at Rory’s house and rory got out of
the car.

“Thanks for the ride Tristan, I’ll see you later, have
a good summer.” she said as she walked inside

As Tristan drove away from her house, he thought to
himself, ‘something is different about her today’ 
As he was driving through the town he saw a grocery
store and decided he would pick up something for
dinner since his parents probably wouldn’t be home.

He walked into the store and walked around looking for
something that he wanted. He decided on Macaroni and
Cheese, since he wasn’t the best cook in the world. So
he grabbed a box and a six pack of soda, and made his
way to the check out line, he paid for the items and
then walked outside. On his way out, he ran into
someone.

“Oh, jeez, I'm sorry..i wasn;t paying attention”
Tristan said picking up the bag he dropped
“Tristan?” Dean asked
“yea, how.....oh it’s you” Tristan answered
“I;m sorry about knocking into you” Dean apologized
Tristan was wondering why dean was actually being
somewhat kind to him.
“Listen man, I just want to tell you that Rory and I
are done working together so you don’t have to worry
anymore” Tristan said, thinking that dean wanted to
talk to him about the amount of time that he was
spending with Rory.
“oh....um....rory didn’t tell you did she?”
“tell me what?” Tristan asked
“We broke up last week.” Dean told him  “um.. i go on
break right about now, do you mind if we take a walk,
i need to talk to you.”
“um. yea..” Tristan was still confused

Dean went inside and took of his apron and come out
again.

They walked for a few minutes without saying anything.
“look man, i didn’t make a move on rory or anything if
that's what you think.” Tristan said, still obviously
confused
“no.. it’s nothing like that. I like rory a lot, i
think i may even love her, but i had to let her go,
because I know that there is someone else who could
make her happier than me, and all I want is for her to
be happy, even if it means i can’t be with her. “ Dean
was still talking when Tristan interrupted
“What are you talking about?” he asked

“just listen for a minute.” dean told him “I see you
two together, working on that project or studying, and
she’s so happy, and so are you. You have so much more
in common, you go to the same school, have goals for
college, come from rich families, and you both care
for each other. and maybe she’s not ready to admit it
yet, but i can see in her eyes that she needs to be
with you, and obviously you care a lot about her. And
if this is going to make Rory happy, than that's what
I want. she’ll probably need some time to sort through
her feelings, but i know she needs you right now.”

Tristan was speechless, he didn’t know what to say,
was dean being serious, did rory actually have
feelings for him, need him. He had a million thoughts
racing through his head when he was interrupted by
deans voice.

“I should probably get back to work now.” dean started
to walk away and Tristan turned towards his car.

“oh and Tristan” dean said turning around “if you ever
hurt her, i swear i'll kill you.”
“I'd never hurt her” Tristan said
“good”

End of Part 4

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