Day of Show
Rory and Lane arrived early hoping to get a spot close to the stage. Apparently everyone else attending had the same idea, the place was packed full of people.
"So I guess this is as close as we are going to get." Lane said once the two could no longer move forward.
Dean and Jess arrived shortly after Rory and Lane.
"There are a lot of people here." Dean said as they tried to make their way toward the main floor.
"Come on, follow me and stay close. We need to get as close as possible. You just have to make a path through all of the people."
"You make it sound so easy."
Dean followed Jess's path through the crowd. The closer they got to the front, the more they became separated from one another. Dean trying his best to keep up with Jess stumbled over a cup someone had thrown on the floor. To prevent himself from falling he grabbed onto the shoulder of the nearest person. Regaining his composure he began to apologize to the girl he could have easily hurt.
"I'm so sorry. I didn't see that cup on the floor. Are you alright?" Dean asked concerned.
Rory smiled at him. "Yeah, I'm fine Dean. What are you doing here? Well I mean, obviously you are here to see the concert, but what are you doing in New York?"
"I'm sorry, but do I know you? I mean obviously you know who I am but I don't remember you."
Rory stood in shock but before she could respond to Dean's question Jess returned to get Dean.
"Dean, come on I have someone saving us a spot near the front." Jess announced right before noticing who Dean had run into.
"It was nice meeting you, again. Sorry about earlier." Dean said back to Rory as Jess dragged him towards the front.
Lane and Rory looked at each other with the same puzzling look on both of their faces.
"So that was Dean, who had no clue who you were. And that appeared to be Jess Mariano who pulled him away, right?" Lane asked.
"Well that's good that you saw it too, because I was starting to worry for a minute. What's going on? Why are Dean and Jess hanging out?"
"I think the more important question is why Dean doesn't know who you are."
Jess and Dean made it back to the spot near the front of the stage.
"Hey Jess, that girl back there knew my name. Do you know who she is?"
"Yeah, that's Rory your ex-girlfriend. As well as my ex-girlfriend but you dated her first, then me, then you again not too long ago actually."
"That's the girl you asked me about when I came home from the hospital."
"Yeah."
"Should I go talk to her? She knew who I was and she seemed friendly."
"No, do not go talk to her. Dean, you left your wife to be with her and three months later she moved onto someone else."
"I was married?" Dean asked shocked.
"Oh yeah, I meant to tell you that. No offense Dean but you suck at relationships."
Just as Jess finished his sentence the curtain on the stage began to open and the crowd started to scream.
"I'll tell you more about later, but trust me you should avoid her at all costs." Jess screamed at Dean above the crowd.
The band came on stage and began to play. Everyone had a great time at the show. Jess ran into some old friends he used to hang out with in New York before he moved to Stars Hollow. The show ended and everyone began to slowly exit the venue.
"Dean you want to come out with us? We're going to one of our old hangouts and play some pool." Jess asked
"No thanks, I'm starting to feel a bit tired but thanks for the invite."
"Alright, you're feeling ok to make it back by yourself?"
"Yeah I'm fine, don't worry about me. Go out and have fun."
Dean remained inside for a few more minutes after Jess left. Debating rather he should walk home or take a cab. Deciding to walk he headed towards the exit.
Rory noticed Dean leaving alone. She had been able to spot him all night, but not once had he looked back at her.
"Lane, do you think you can find your way back to the hotel without me?" I need to find out what's going on."
"I think I can handle it, I'll be fine. Besides, I'm going to meet the band anyway."
"How are you going to do that?"
"I learned a few backstage tricks when Hep Alien went on tour."
"Thanks Lane. Be careful and I'll see you later tonight."
Rory ran to catch up with Dean who had already made it outside. Once she spotted him she yelled for him to wait up.
"Hey Dean, wait a second."
Dean turned to see who was calling him.
"Oh, hi again. Hey I'm really sorry about earlier, are you sure you are ok?"
"Oh don't worry about that, unless of course you are referring to you not knowing who I am. That you can be sorry about, I don't think that is very funny."
Dean began to feel a little nervous, he felt as if he were being yelled at by a stranger. He put his hands in his pockets trying to look less nervous in front of her. "Rory, right?" Dean asked a little unsure.
"Yes Dean, you know my name. Stop messing around. What's going on?"
Dean hesitated telling her. "Do you really care to know? Because from what I've been told, you don't. Jess told me everything that happened between us."
"First of all why would Jess need to tell you what happened between us? Secondly how does Jess know about us?"
"Well I can answer your first question. I was in an accident and I have amnesia. As for how does Jess know, I'm not sure but he told me to stay away from you. So far I've taken all of his advice and he has been a great friend so I don't see any reason not to trust him in this situation."
"Dean, you hated Jess. You two never got along."
"And why exactly did we hate each other? Did it by chance have anything to do with you?"
Rory didn't know what to say, she just stared down at the sidewalk.
"I'll take that as a yes." Dean said as he turned to walk away from her.
"Dean wait, can we please talk about this?" She asked running after him.
"What is there to talk about? We're over right? You left me for someone else after I left my wife for you."
"Dean you have obviously been given the cliff notes version of what happened. Please don't leave like this; I can help you to remember."
Dean stopped walking. "What do you want from me?"
"I miss you. I want to be able to call you if I need a friend to talk to. We used to be able to talk to each other as friends, I want that back." Rory said now with tears in her eyes.
Dean tried to refrain from pulling her into a hug but gave in within seconds of seeing tears fall down her face.
"Come on, our dorm is just a few blocks away from here, we can talk there."
Rory nodded in agreement to the invitation as she wiped the tears away from her eyes. The rest of the walk to the dorm was relatively quiet. Dean unlocked the door and allowed Rory to enter first.
"So, you and Jess are roommates?"
"Yeah, I thought I mentioned that."
"Not exactly, but I picked up on that."
"So how did the two of you end up here together?" Rory asked.
Dean just shook his head.
"Oh I'm sorry. I feel like such an idiot right now."
"It's ok; I wish I could answer you. I would love to be able to remember. The doctor said it was temporary but it could take some time to come back."
"So what happened? I mean what kind of accident were you in?" Rory asked sitting down on the bed.
"Well I don't have any memories of the accident either but from what Jess told me I was pushed out of the way of a drunk driver and pushed through a rather large window. My head must have broken the window as well as my fall."
"So this happened recently?"
"Last Monday night."
"That's so weird, I saw Jess on Monday morning. We ran into each other getting coffee."
"Starbucks coffee?"
"Yeah, it was Starbucks."
Dean shook his head. "Jess brought me back coffee that day, but the cup said Rory on the side."
"Yes, my cup had Jess's name on it. I figured that's what must have happened. Wait, Dean you remember something that happened on Monday morning before the accident?"
"Yeah I guess so, but that's it. I remember seeing the cup and having lots of questions."
"I'm going to write this down; you should keep track of everything that you remember so you can tell your doctor." Rory stated as she searched for a notebook and pen.
"You don't have to do that."
"No, I want to. I want to help you remember. I want you to be able to remember me. You have been such an important part of my life that I can't imagine what it would be like to forget everything about you."
Dean sat down next to her on the bed. "So how long have we known each other?"
"Since 10th grade, you had just moved to Stars Hallow and I was leaving Stars Hollow High to go to Chilton. You came up to me on my last day and introduced yourself. I almost didn't go to Chilton because of you. I told my mom I changed my mind but she read right through me. Oh and just so you know I never told you that before." Rory said blushing a little.
"So if you left, how did we end up together?"
"I didn't move, I just switched schools. We had a few dates and I kind of asked you to be my boyfriend. You were happy to accept and that night we slept together." Rory said with a laugh.
"What? When we were sixteen?"
"No we fell asleep at Miss Patty's. All we did was sleep but everyone else saw it another way. My mom really hated you for a long time after that."
"Miss Patty's? Is that like a hotel or something?"
"Oh no, Miss Patty is a dance instructor in Stars Hollow, but she's a whole other mess we'll talk about her another day."
"Why did we break up?"
"Which time?"
"I don't know let's start with the first."
"Well the first time you told me that you loved me and I wasn't able to say it back right away. Eventually I realized how stupid I was being and so I told you how I felt and we got back together. The second time we broke up was over Jess. I thought at the time I had feelings for him but it was more of a friend relationship, that's when I really messed things up for us. After you broke up with me you started seeing Lindsay shortly after and became engaged very quickly."
"So Lindsay was the name of my ex-wife?"
"Yes, you two were only married for about six months before we started to see each other again. At first we were just hanging out as friends but it lead to more, much more."
"I can't imagine what I was thinking being married and acting that way."
"You told me that it was a mistake and that it was over between the two of you. You weren't happy, you had to drop out of school and you worked all the time. We still loved each other; I guess we were both being a little selfish though."
"So what happened after that?"
"I tried to end things between us; I didn't like sneaking around behind Lindsay's back. I went to Europe for the summer and you stayed with Lindsay but I wrote you a letter when I was away. And she found it and read it, you moved back with your parents that same day. Eventually we worked things out between us and we got back together for about three months. You ended things one night at my Grandparents house, you got the impression you didn't belong in my life anymore. And that brings us to now, tonight is the first time I've seen you since that night."
"Hopefully I will eventually remember all of this on my own and it will make a lot more sense to me."
"You will remember, you're too stubborn not to." Rory said smiling back at Dean.
"I know this is going to sound weird to you being that I couldn't even remember your name earlier tonight but I think I still have feelings for you. I may even be in love with you. There's just something telling me not to let you go, again." Dean said as he moved closer to Rory.
There lips met and it quickly turned into more. Dean lowered her down onto the bed and Rory quickly found the hem of his shirt and pulled it off of him. Piece by piece their clothing began to make a small pile on the floor. Just as the last piece of clothing hit the floor the door of the room opened and Jess walked in.