Rory sat on the couch anxiously waiting for the phone to ring. When she heard the knock on the door she nearly jumped out of her seat onto the floor. She went to the door and opened it seeing her mom.

"Have you heard anything yet?" Lorelai asked with concern.

"No, I keep calling his cell phone but the voicemail just keeps picking up. I've called all of the hospitals in the area too, nothing."

"Okay let's just go sit down on the couch; we need to go back through the steps of everything that happened before Dean left tonight."

"Where is Luke?"

"He is looking around town for Dean. I told him to check Miss Patty's, it wouldn't be the first time he accidentally fell asleep there."

Rory began to smile a little but it didn't last long. The comment made her start to cry again.

"I'm scared mom, what if something happened to him? I mean the only other reason why he wouldn't call me is if he started to have second thoughts about the wedding."

"Do you think maybe he is having second thoughts?"

"I don't think so, everything was fine. We got home tonight around five and I went upstairs to try on the dress. Dean stayed down here and a few minutes later he told me from outside the door that Tom had called and he needed his help with a job. He said that he loved me and would be back in a few hours."

"That's everything, he didn't say anything else?"

"Yeah, everything was fine between us when he left."

Rory started to break down in front of her mom. Lorelai pulled her into her arms, as if she were a small child again, holding her tight.

"Rory everything is going to be okay. I'm sure there is a logical explanation behind all of this."

Lorelai's cell phone began to ring as soon as she finished her sentence. Checking the caller ID she saw that it was Luke.

"Hey, any luck?"

"Nope, no one has heard from or seen him, including Miss Patty. We are all going to continue the search though. I'll call you if I have any updates."

"Okay Luke…bye."

"Did Luke find out anything?"

"No not yet, he and Miss Patty seem to be assembling a search party though."

"Its 6:30 now, doesn't Luke have to open the diner?"

"No, Caesar can handle it, besides this is way more important."

"He's been gone now for over twelve hours."

Rory had barely gotten that comment out when they both heard keys opening the front door. Rory ran to the door just in time to see it open and Lorelai stood up in front of the couch. Dean walked into the house; it looked like he hadn't had sleep in a week.

"Dean, thank God. I've been so worried about you." Rory said as she wrapped her arms around him tighter then she ever had before.

"I'm sorry, I lost track of time. When the sun began to rise I headed home."

"Where did you go? Why didn't you call me?"

"I had to get out of the house. I needed to think….about us." Dean swallowed hard as the words came from his mouth.

"Dean what's going on? If you are having doubts about the wedding, you should talk to me about it."

"Yeah, I thought we had come to the conclusion that we were going to be honest with each other about everything no matter how it may make the other feel."

"Exactly Dean, that's why you should have told me if you were having doubts. We can work this out together."

"Rory I'm not having doubts. I have always known exactly what I want."

"Well what's wrong then? Dean we are getting married in three days, we have to talk about this."

"No, we're not getting married. You're not ready. I really thought things were going to be different this time, but I have to stop kidding myself."

"Dean you're wrong. I want to get married, I love you."

"I can't do this right now." Dean said as he walked past Rory and towards the stairs.

Once Dean was on the stairs he noticed Lorelai had been standing in the living room the whole time listening to their conversation. He turned to go up but hesitated for a moment and then turned back to face Lorelai again.

"I bet she told you though? I'm sure you know all about it." Dean asked Lorelai.

"Dean what are you talking about?" Rory asked now getting frustrated.

"Have any good job offers handed to you lately?"

Rory realized what he meant right away. Unable to speak at the time she stared back at him in silence and then turned to stare at the table her purse was sitting on.

"Hey at least we didn't rent that moving truck yet. Everything is still comfortably waiting for you in that cozy apartment you conveniently still have."

Dean took off upstairs and left Rory and Loralie in the living room alone.

"You didn't tell him about the job offer?" Lorelai asked.

"No, not yet, I was planning on staying here. That is what I wanted to do. I don't want that job anymore. I was going to tell him about the offer and what I decided to do tonight but then he never came home. He must have seen the letter in my purse last night and got the wrong idea."

"Well I'm going to have to take Dean's side on this one. If you would have just been honest with him, as you had promised, none of this would be happening right now."

"I know, I have to fix this."

"I'm going to go back home. I really hope the two of you can work this out."

"Me too. Thanks for coming over mom. I'll call you later."

After Lorelai left the house, Rory grabbed the letter from her purse and headed upstairs to talk to Dean.