A/N: I'm sad to see that Gilmore Girls is going away after only one more episode but I'm also happy that I started this story when I did. Now I can use this to continue on to the ending I wish we could have had instead.

Dean pulled away from her hesitating to continue.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

"We shouldn't do this…I mean we can't do this. Not unless we're both committed to each other. I can't pretend that there isn't someone else."

"There's someone else?" Rory asked afraid and misunderstanding what Dean had meant.

Dean let out a small laugh. "Not for me but you're with Logan now."

"Didn't I mention earlier that things aren't so great between Logan and I?"

"No you didn't say much at all on the subject actually. And that still doesn't change the fact that you're still with him."

"Yes technically but I'm not the only one who is struggling to find reasons for us to stay together. I think we're both just trying to ignore the obvious hoping that our feelings will change."

"Are you sure you didn't get married? Because all of this is starting to sound vaguely familiar."

"No I didn't get married." She stared at him for a while studying him, he used the moment as an opportunity to do the same. "I'm really glad we ran into each other today." She told him reaching for his hand to hold in hers.

"I'm really glad you ran into me today as well, I'm bruised from it, but I'm still glad."

"Shut up you do not have a bruise." She said playfully hitting him.

"Okay I don't have a bruise, but it did hurt for a second." They both smiled at one another for a moment. "And it's going to hurt a lot more to see you walk away again."

Rory stood up from the couch, not letting go of his hand. "Come on, you didn't give me the full tour yet. I still haven't seen your bedroom."

Dean found it to be very amusing as she led the way towards the bedrooms after asking him for a tour. She reached the first door and turned back to look at him for some direction. He nodded indicating that she was at the right room.

"So this is your room?" Rory asked stating the obvious.

"Yeah, this is it."

"I like it." She whispered walking closer to him. "It's reminds me of you."

"I can't imagine why."

"So how's the bed…comfy?" She asked as she walked over and took a seat on the edge of it.

"I think so. Did you want to stay the night? If you do I don't mind sleeping on the couch, you can have my room."

"I would love to stay here, but you're not sleeping on the couch."

"Rory come on, I'm not going to make you sleep on the couch."

"I'm not sleeping on the couch either." She explained making herself comfortable against the pillows.

Not sure how to react Dean stood for a while longer thinking about what Rory just said. Not that he wasn't appreciative of the situation, but he wanted so badly to know how Rory truly felt, he wanted to know for sure that this wasn't her revenge to something Logan had done.

"Dean?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you think it's possible to meet the person you want to be with for the rest of your life when you're only sixteen?"

"Yeah I do."

"I've realized that you're the one, I think I've always known that. It used to scare me; I think that's why I pushed you away so much. I fell in love with you the moment that I saw you, I would have never told you that at the time, but I did." Rory smiled at Dean and he moved over to the side of the bed and took a seat. "Did you know that after I ran into you at school that day I went home that night and told my mom that I didn't want to transfer to Chilton anymore? I made up a story about being afraid that I wouldn't fit in or that I wouldn't do well there but it was because of you. She of course saw right through the lie and lectured me about not making decisions based on what a boy is doing."

"You did not do that..."

"Ask her if you don't believe me. I'm sure she will love the chance to embarrass me."

"I just can't believe you wanted to give up an opportunity like that, I mean you had just met me."

"I know and sometimes I wonder how different things would have turned out if I had gone to Stars Hollow High instead. Particularly between me and you, I mean if I had been there you would have never talked to Lindsay in the first place." Rory said in a jealous tone.

"Oh yeah…" Dean said laughing at her now.

"Yeah and maybe it would have been me who you proposed to."

"Things would have been different; you wanted to go to Harvard. I would have never stood in the way of that."

"Sometimes I wish you would have." Rory said sadly.

"Rory what's wrong? Where is all of this coming from?"

"Nothings wrong, it's just that with graduation coming up soon, there just haven't been many job offers or internships for that matter. I'm beginning to feel like the last eight years have been for nothing and to top it all off I also lost you. I just want to be happy again."

"Rory it's still early you're going to get plenty of job offers. Any paper would be lucky to have you and one day they're all going to know that."

"You know there is actually a paper here in Charlotte I was thinking of applying at. Maybe if I get the job we could get a place together."

"Alright just so I know I'm hearing you right, you just said that you wanted to get a job here in Charlotte and move in together, correct?"

"That is definitely something I would like for us to consider."

"Rory don't get me wrong, all of this sounds amazing. It's actually been a recurring dream of mine but I don't understand where this all came from all of a sudden. I have to know that you're doing this for the right reasons and not because you're running from something else."

"I really hurt you didn't I? You don't even trust me anymore."

"Rory…it's not that."

"No it's okay, I wouldn't trust me either."

"That's just it; I do trust you and I still love you. So unless this is really what you want…"

"You're what I want."

He stared at her for a moment realizing how scared she looked waiting for his response. In that moment all he wanted to do was hold her and make her smile again. It was finally happening, not being able to hold back any longer.