Chapter Two - Closure

A/N: Thank you all for your reviews and adding this story to your alerts! It's a great honour! I have obviously decided to continue this thanks to Anna and Midnight-Gypsy101. I hope you enjoy chapter two! This story may only have a few chapters altogether.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls. If I did, Dean would've been out of there so fast and Lorelai would never have married Chris.

Rory Gilmore kept herself composed for the entire wedding ceremony. She gave no indication of being upset at all to anyone. Lorelai Gilmore was also hiding her own disappointment at Chris leaving to go support Sherry in her pregnancy. The wedding ceremony was short, simple and sweet. Sookie and Jackson were absolutely perfect for each other and everyone was happy for them. Once the ceremony was over, there were still a couple of hours until the reception. Richard and Emily met up with Lorelai and Rory and they all decided to go to Weston's Bakery. Rory would've preferred to go meet up with Jess for a short while or talk to her mother about her recent break up with Dean. Unfortunately, she had to put these wishes on hold for her grandparents.

"Oh, wow, isn't this a charming place?" Emily cooed as she looked around excitedly like a child on Christmas morning. They all sat down at a table and began to look at the quaint menu.

"Well, we thought you guys might enjoy this place more than Luke's diner." Lorelai told them.

"So Rory, how's that boyfriend of yours?" Emily asked gleefully with a sly smile. Rory panicked as she heard her grandmother ask this question. She decided that this was not the best time to announce a break up that had only happened a little over an hour ago.

"Uh, Dean?" Rory asked and Emily nodded.

"We didn't see him at the wedding." Emily stated and Lorelai was confused at this. She definitely remembered sending him and Lane to go look for Rory when she disappeared.

"He wasn't at the wedding?" Lorelai asked, still confused.

"He was for a little while but had to go work at the market. It was a last minute thing." Rory lied.

"Also, where did Christopher disappear to? I wanted to talk to him about business." Richard enquired and Lorelai explained that Christopher was called back to Boston for work. This was the first time that Rory had heard anything about her father's disappearance from the wedding. She wasn't sure if she should've been more surprised than she was.

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Rory and Lorelai arrived back at their house with scant minutes to get ready for the reception. Richard and Emily had gone back to their home in Hartford to freshen up for the reception as well, which gave Lorelai plenty of time to pry into Rory's lie.

"Mom, I need to talk to you." Rory announced and Lorelai invited her daughter to come and sit on the couch with her. "Dean and I broke up at the wedding and that is why he wasn't there. Well, it was sort of a bit before the wedding but you know what I mean." Rory announced and Lorelai was shocked.

"Why? What happened?" Lorelai asked and she was even more confused than before. There was no good reason for them to break up. The memory of learning that Rory had missed her graduation because she went to New York to see Jess still haunted her. As far as she knew, Jess was still in New York, despite knowing that her daughter had fallen for the bad boy.

"Jess is back from New York. I had another stroke there. I don't know what happened. I saw him and I went and talked to him. All of a sudden I kissed him and he kissed me back and I ran off. I was crying at that pond and Lane found me there. She told me that Dean saw us and he eventually found us and broke up with me. I found Jess a little bit later and apparently Dean got into a fight with him." Rory recounted the story and Lorelai was overwhelmed with the drama of this story. What ever happened to the good old days when Rory wore wings and invited everyone to a caterpillar's funeral? Lorelai breathed in and out. Tears started to flow once again from Rory's blue eyes and Lorelai pulled her daughter into a comforting hug.

"You don't have to go to the reception if you want. You and Lane can hang out here if you want. You could stay here on your own if you wanted." Lorelai suggested and Rory decided to stay here on her own. "I should probably tell you something before I go to the reception. Sherry is pregnant and your father went back to her." Lorelai announced and Rory was silent in her arms.

"We're a fun pair tonight." Rory whispered and Lorelai suddenly realised that she was late. She gave her daughter money for take-out and headed out to the reception in the same dress that she wore for the wedding.

Rory sat on the couch, wondering what she would do that night. Exams had finished and she didn't really need to study for anything. She flipped through channels on the TV and decided that there wasn't anything to watch. Rory headed over to her bedroom and studied her bookshelf. She picked up her copy of Howl and sat on her bed as she looked through the familiar markings of Jess Mariano. She read them more than she read the actual poem, which in itself was a mystery. Once she had finished reading Howl and the margin notes, Rory changed into a simple but nice top and jeans. She headed out into the slightly chilly air and walked right over to her favourite diner.

As she reached Doose's market, only being a few feet away from Luke's, a tall figure came out of the market and crashed into her. Rory fell to the ground and quietly cursed whoever had knocked her down. As she looked up, she saw that it was Dean. He still looked really mad over what had happened at the wedding but if he intentionally knocked her down, then he was overreacting. Rory picked herself up from the ground and stood in front of her ex-boyfriend. That title was a little weird to place on a boy who had been with her for two years.

"Dean, I'm so sorry about what happened today. Please believe me. I don't expect you to forgive me, or anything. I just want you to know how sorry I am." Rory apologised but Dean waved her off like an inconsequential fly. He started to head back towards the square, back to his home and Rory quickly followed. Realising that she wasn't going to give up on him just yet, Dean spun around to stop Rory following him.

"Look Rory, do you know how much you hurt me today? I don't want to deal with you now." Dean started to clench his fists as he walked away. The last thing he wanted to do was hurt her because he still loved her. He couldn't believe that he still loved her, despite all the bad, despite seeing her kiss another guy and breaking up with her. He was too hurt to say very much and now all he wanted to do was go home. He didn't want to deal with this now, or ever.

"Well, if not now, when? We can't just forget this ever happened. We need to work it out now!" Rory shouted. She couldn't believe how immature he was being right now. Dean stopped walking and came back at Rory.

"You came with me to Sookie's wedding and you ran off to kiss Jess! Right in front of me! Do you know how much it hurt to see you go and kiss him?" Dean yelled, feeling his heart break with each word. He couldn't believe that someone so beautiful like Rory could do something so terrible and cheat on him.

"I didn't know you were going to be there." Rory said.

"So, that just makes it all okay?" Dean shot at her and Rory decided that she didn't want to do this anymore either. However, she started this and she needed to finish it.

"No! I didn't know he was going to be there. I thought he was still in New York and we would never see him again. I wanted to start over again but then my dad came and he had to talk to me and he left and Jess was there. I'm his friend; I couldn't very well ignore him right after I saw him! It just happened! I don't know what's wrong with me." Rory shouted although she felt like she was repeating everything. She had told him all this at the wedding but Dean hadn't stuck around long enough to really listen objectively.

"What do you even see in that jerk?" Dean spat and Rory sighed. Should she really tell him?

"He's so smart and nice and yes, he can be a jerk sometimes." Rory started but Dean decided that he didn't really want to know. He continued to walk home as they had both made it to the square with the gazebo.

"Dean, please wait!" Rory called and Dean stopped walking again. There was something about her that made him obey to her every command. Dean sighed and spun around to look at her. It was the least he could do for her. "Dean, I'm so sorry! I don't know what's wrong with me. I never meant to hurt you like I did and I completely understand if you never forgive me or never want to see me again. I just want you to know that you were the most amazing boyfriend in the world. You made me so happy, you were nice to my friends and you made my mom like you. You built me a car from scratch and I know that Jess wrecked it. You came with me to that stupid debutante ball. I'm so sorry and I'm going to miss you so much. I really did love you. Please just do me one favour and believe me. I hope that one day you won't hate me any more." Rory sighed as she finished her long apology. It felt like a monologue for her. Dean just stood there, tall and breathing. He didn't say a word and he didn't know what to say.

"Yeah, I hope so too." Dean walked back to his home and this time, Rory didn't follow him or stop him in any way.

Instead, she headed in the other direction to Luke's. She looked back one last time to see her and Dean parting for the last time. Was it a good thing that Dean and Lane had seen them? Did it make everything easier for Rory to choose Jess? Rory couldn't help that she had fallen in love with Jess. She finally had her closure with Dean, even if it was a screaming match out in public. If the whole town didn't know about the break up before, they sure did now. Rory couldn't be sure if this was a good thing or a bad thing. Now she was definitely over with Dean, there was much to look forward to. There was wallowing -a day of pizza, pyjamas and An Affair To Remember. A relationship with Jess and she could finally go through with all those urges that she had always had. Intelligent conversations with him about Hemingway and Ayn Rand at the bridge. There was so much to look forward to and so much to put behind her.

To Be Continued…

A/N: Please review! I love reviews! Hopefully there aren't any timeline issues with this. Third chapter is almost done.