"Rory…and Dean what are you doing here?" Lorelai asked after opening the door.
"I need to talk to you. I've been acting really stupid lately and I want to make things right again. Can we come in and talk?"
Lorelai stepped aside and let the two enter the house. Everyone went into the living room Lorelai and Rory sat on the couch and Dean sat in a nearby chair.
"Mom I'm really sorry. I want to go back to school; it was stupid of me to just leave like that. I don't want to live with Grandma and Grandpa anymore either. I'm going to fix everything."
"That's all I need to hear." Lorelai said pulling Rory into a hug. "I've missed you so much."
"I've missed you too mom."
As the two pulled apart Lorelai's gaze went to Dean who had been sitting in the chair quietly the whole time.
"You're going to need to explain when he came back into the equation though."
"Well technically he is the reason I'm here. Oh by the way Dean, this is my mom Lorelai."
"It's nice to meet you again." Dean said smiling.
"Wait a second, why did you just introduce Dean to me? I've known the kid for six years."
"Mom Dean has amnesia. He was in an accident and as of now he isn't able to remember a whole lot that happened before it. I ran into him and Jess at a concert but he didn't know who I was. That's when we started talking again. "
"Jess and Dean were at a concert together?"
"Yeah they are roommates at NYU. Completely random, by the way, neither of them had a choice in who they would be staying with."
"Well it's a good thing you did have amnesia Dean or you may have killed Jess."
"Oh no, Jess being a roommate came before the amnesia. But from what I can tell now we both got along fine before the accident." Dean said.
"When did it happen?"
"A week ago today actually. I couldn't remember anything until I ran into Rory. Which very well could just be a coincidence but I don't think so." He said as his eyes met Rory's.
Lorelai noticed the look they each gave each other. It made her stomach turn into knots; she had never seen Rory look at anyone like she was right now.
"So what is the plan now? What are you going to do about school?" Lorelai asked Rory.
"Well actually I've decided to enroll at NYU."
Both Lorelai and Dean stared at her in shock.
"Why didn't you tell me?" Dean asked sitting upright in the chair.
"Because I didn't know for sure yet, now I do."
"Why don't you want to go back to Yale?" Lorelai asked.
"I may go back to Yale but not this year. Dean needs my help right now, and if I go to Yale I won't have time to help him."
"Rory as much as I would love for you to be around more, I can't let you do this because of me." Dean said.
"Dean my mind is made up. I'm going to NYU, you were always there for me when I needed you and now it's my turn to be there for you."
"Well if this is really what you want to do, then I'm all for it. I'll take NYU over dropping out any day." Lorelai announced.
"Thanks for understanding mom."
"So are the two of you going to be in town for a while?" Loralie asked.
"Well actually just for the night. I was kind of hoping you would let us stay here tonight. We could all have a movie night and catch up on things."
"That sounds like a perfect plan. I actually have to run to the inn for about an hour. I could swing by on my way back home and pick up some movies for us. Hey why don't the two of you come with me, Sookie would be thrilled to see you."
"Actually I was kind of hoping to show Dean some pictures and things that I have in my bedroom, I think it will help him to remember."
"Why does that sound like code for something else to me?"
"Mom, come on. You know that's not what I meant."
"Alright well I'm going to go ahead and leave. The two of you better behave yourselves."
Lorelai turned towards the door to leave.
"Oh and mom don't forget to factor in Jess and Luke when you are picking the movies. I'm assuming Luke lives here now, the flannel shirt on the stairs kind of gave it away."
"Well yeah Luke lives here but Jess doesn't."
"No but he is in town right now and I'm sure he will be coming home with Luke from the diner tonight."
"So just so I'm straight on this, we do all like Jess now correct?"
"Yes that is correct. Jess not bad."
"I'll be back as soon as I can." Lorelai said as she left out the front door.
"So you ready to see my old room?" Rory asked Dean.
"I can't believe you are going to school at NYU. Why didn't you tell me you were thinking about this?"
"I wanted to know for sure what I was going to do. You know how earlier when you woke up I was gone?"
"Yeah."
"Well that is where I went. I was getting all of the information I needed to get my transcripts transferred. This is what I want to do."
Rory held her hand out to Dean, once he grabbed her hand she pulled him along in the direction of her bedroom. Once they entered the room Rory went to the closet and pulled out a rather large box of stuff.
"What's all that?"
"This is my Dean box; I'm just trying to find my photo album. Oh here it is." Rory pushed the box to the side and walked to the bed to sit down.
"Come sit down next to me. I want to show you these pictures."
Dean sat next to her on the bed. As Rory flipped through the pages of the book she explained to Dean what was happening in each picture. They had gone through almost the entire album and Dean was not able to recall any of the memories, although they both seemed to be enjoying taking a look at their past. Rory flipped to the next page and Dean noticed a picture from the opening of the dragonfly.
"What was happening in this picture?" Dean asked Rory.
"Oh that was the opening of my mom's inn. You used to work for Tom who was the contractor. This was the day of the test run. My mom wanted a picture of all the crew who worked on The Dragonfly."
Rory stared at Dean who was being very quiet all of sudden.
"Dean what's wrong? Do you remember something?"
"We had a fight that day. I was jealous of someone, but I wasn't able to tell you for some reason. And I remember doors, there were doors everywhere."
"Yes Dean, you remember. You were jealous of Jess. You were with me at my dorm and then Jess came and I asked you to leave. The next day you were upset that I asked you to leave over him and you thought that Jess and I got back together. I had to explain to you that we didn't, I didn't understand why you were so mad because you were married and that's when you tried to kiss me."
"I tried to kiss you?"
"Yeah pretty close to it actually but then Tom called out your name and we jumped apart. Hence the whole door fiasco, you were hanging the new doors. Do you remember anything else from that day or night?" Rory was sure to add the night part in.
"I don't…." Dean's voice trailed off as the front door opened and Lorelai began to shout.
"Rory Dean I'm back please be dressed." Lorelai shouted from the foyer.
Rory walked out of her room into the kitchen to greet her mom and Dean followed shortly after appearing behind her.
"Okay I'm getting major Déjà vu here. The two of you have to stop exiting that room like that together." Lorelai said as she sat some bags down on the table.
Dean looked at Rory with a confused look. "I'll explain it to you later." She said answering his thoughts.
"What's in the bags?"
"Oh junk food and breakfast for tomorrow. I figured Luke could cook us all breakfast here so we can spend some time together before you all head back to New York."
"You will get no complaints from me or Dean on this idea. College students never give up a home cooked meal."
"I stopped by and saw Luke and Jess on my way to the market. They are going to let Caesar close the diner tonight so we can get our movie night started. I'm going to order the pizza. Any special orders?"
"No just the usual please. Dean and I will be in living room if you need us."
Dean and Rory went into the living room and sat on the couch to claim their seats for movie night.
"I'm glad we came here. Thank you for making me do this." Rory told Dean as she placed a soft kiss on his lips.
"You're welcome. And thank you for helping me remember."
The front door opened and Luke and Jess walked in. Luke went into the kitchen to find Lorelai and Jess went into the living room.
"Geez, the two of you are still attached to each other. Miss Patty told me all about the show the two of you put on for all of Stars Hollow earlier today." Jess said as he removed his jacket and threw it onto a nearby chair.
"What show?" Lorelai asked as she and Luke entered the room.
"Can we please just watch the movie now?" Rory asked trying to keep everyone from asking questions.
"Fine, I'll put it in." Lorelai walked to the DVD player and inserted The Breakfast Club.
When the opening credits began to roll Luke and Jess both started to complain. Even if Dean had a reason to complain about the movie something told him that in this house it wouldn't be wise to so he kept his thoughts to himself as the movie began to play.