She's Back

Chapter 8

TRISTEN'S POV

"Im fucking losing my mind!" Jay shouts from his bedroom, I laugh from downstairs. He comes running down. "Call Rory now!" He says to me. I do as told, because the poor guy looks fucking tired. But why would he want Rory?

PHONE CALL

"Hello?" She says.

"Goodmorning, can you come over and help." I say

"Okay? I'm on my way." She says hanging up.

I jump in the shower and wash my hair. I put some gel in my hair so it looks like how it always is. After cleaning myself up and preparing myself for school, I go back downstairs and cook some waffles. "Knock,knock boys." Rory says, walking into the kitchen with a baby car seat. "Goodmorning Rodriquez." She says. I walk over to her while no one was around and kissed her. "Goodmorning Mitchell." I say, pulling away from her as Jay comes in with Emily. "There she is." Rory says grabbing Emily and kissing her cheek roughly and then they both disappear into the living room.

"So, what's up between you two?" Jay askes, sitting down. "What do you mean? We are just friends." I say, flipping the waffle. "I'm not stupid Tristen. Where were you guys at lunch? How about after school? Oh, yeah. Who were you talking to at three o'clock in the morning?" He askes. "Damn, am I on some kind of answer a million question show? It's none of your business anyway, you already have a lot of other shit to worry about. Dont come worrying about me!" I yell at him. "Fine, whatever." He says leaving.

"She's down for a nap Jay. I think I'm going to go. See you guys at school." I hear Rory tell Jay in the hallway. "Thanks." I over hear Jay say and then Rory came in the kitchen. "Bye." She says, walking towards the door.

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"Hey." Nick says, catching up to me in the school hallway. "Sup man." I say, still walking. "Where's Rory?" He askes. "Why do you want to know?" I say, stopping. "I just want to thank her for what she did at the party." He says, I point to her locker. "She should be there in like five minutes." I say. "Thanks dude." Nick says, leaving.

RORY'S POV

"I'll see you guys later?" I ask my three best friends, Gloria,Amanda and Hallie. "Yeah, we'll see you after school." Gloria says. "Umm, actually I-I have to g-go walk my dog." Hallie says, stuttering. "Youre lying." Amanda says. "N-no Im not." Hallie claims. "Yes you are, It's easy to see that. You stutter and you sweat when you lie." Gloria says, handing her a tissue. "Also, Hallie. You dont have a dog, you're allergic." I say. "So, spill it. Who are you going to see after school?" Amanda askes. "Fine, Allen." She says

"Allen? Who is that?" I ask. "Short brown hair, skater, trouble maker." Gloria says, then the bell rings. "Crap! Got to go!" I say, running down the hallway. Someone pulls my arm as I run pass my locker. "Hey! Nick?" I say reconizing him. "Hey, you wanna come to my house tonight to study?" He askes. "Yeah,yeah. Sure, but I'll call you later. I really need to get to class." I say quickly. "Alright." He says biting his lips. "Bye." I say racing to my class.

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"I heard that Nick wanted to 'study' with you." Gloria says walking up behind me. "Yeah,so what?" I say. "So what? Rory! He's going to take advantage of you. What subject are you guys 'studying' on?" She askes. "He didnt say." I say. "Aurora..." She says. "Oh my gosh! Im so clueless, Nick is a dead boy. Watch when I tell my brother." I say, storming towards the football boys locker.

"Where the hell is my brother?!" I ask furiously, walking into a locker room with a bunch of boys with their shirts off. "Baby sis, what happened?" Aaron says, looking my in my teary eyes. "Nick. That's what happened. Apparently 'studying' would have turned into something else." I cry. "Rory, Nick always takes nice girls like you and turn them into a mess. But the only way for him to know not to mess with you, is to show him a lesson." Aaron says, walking madly towards the lunch tables.

He grabs Nick's collar and shakes him, also throwing a punch. Everybody jumps up and create a crowd. "Dont you ever dare plan something like that with my sister. Understand?" Aaron says, Nick nodds shaking. Aaron takes off back to the guy's locker room. The beauty of having a brother going to the same school. "Dont ever, ever get close to me again." I say through my teeth and leave.

"Hey, I heard about what happened you could have just told me. I would have dealed with it, why didnt you tell me?" Tristen says, as we walk to his car. "I dont know. I wasnt thinking, the first person I thought about protecting me was Aaron." I say, he grabs my hand and forces me to face him. "But Im your boyfriend, if there is a problem I should be the first to know." He says. "Yeah, so what? Aaron is my brother, been there since my rough life started. He knows more about me, I dont know anything about you and you dont know anything about me. If i feel the need to go tell my brother something I should have the right to do so." I say, pulling my arm away from him.

"You want to know each other? Fine, I'll go first! The parents you met are my foster parents! My birth mom was adicted to drugs! My birth dad was a molester! I have been in therapy for three year, three fucking years! Why am I in therapy?! Because I have fucking problems too, not just you! Im known for being a player! Sleeping with a different girl everynight! What if I dont want to be that guy anymore?! Im tired of the bullshit going on in my life! I need you to understand that! You are the first girl that I feel a connection to! Aurora, the world has problems too you know! Not just you! So stop making people feel bad for you! Im tired of my bullshit! Im just tired." He yells, with veins popping out of his forehead, neck, face. Tears slowly come down his face, I hug him tightly. "Im sorry baby, Im so sorry. Do you want to spend the night tonight?" I ask him. "Your brother." He sniffles. "Fine, I'll go to your house." I say, he smiles and hugs me. I smile and a tear comes down my cheek. "I love you." He says. "I love you too." I say, hugging him tighter.