Easy for you to say, Rory thought bitterly. Your crush actually reciprocates your feelings.. Rory shifted a little more on the bed and made himself take another deep breath. Getting angry now would not be good for either of them, and difficult is it to get a lecture on love and its many forms from a seventeen-year-old, Rory managed not to voice his frustration. “It won’t happen, Ben.” Rory told him, trying very hard to keep his tone even. Rory gave him a pointed glance when Ben said he was hiding something. Now how could he know that? Granted, Rory was hiding something, and Ben had always been pretty good at reading people, at least as far as Rory could tell. But even so, it was a little... uncanny.
“Alright Ben,” he said slowly, making very sure to keep his gaze. “I’m not with Fiona for a whole myriad of reasons, some of which I’ve already explained to you and some of which I’ve explained to her. But the biggest one, the most personal one, is that I am hopelessly in love with someone else. Someone who is not your sister.” He pursed his lips in an attempt to keep them from quivering. “There. Are you quite satisfied now?” It was difficult not to keep the contempt from his voice.