Dean knocked on Rory's dorm door. "Hold on." Rory said flustered. A few minutes later, Rory opened the door. Dean grabbed her and kissed her. Rory pulled away. "I've got to study." She said.
"Let's go."
"Dean! Where are we going?" Rory asked as he held her and began walking. "There is so much to do! For school- for the wedding…" Dean led her to the parking lot, and she stopped, staring at his car. Then turning to Dean, she looked at him with a confused face.
" I don't know. But you have to get out." As they got into the car and Dean began to drive, Rory recalled the road trip with her mom and though Rory didn't know it at the time, coincidently Dean and she were driving to that same city. "Almost there, and no where near it. What matters is that we're going." Rory smiled and though still stressed, she trusted Dean.
An hour and a half later, "Where are we going?" Rory said finally growing impatient. "Boston."
"Boston?" Rory cried. "Why Boston?"
"Why not?" Dean asked.
Rory took a deep breath. As much as she knew there was to do, at least for tonight, she was in Boston. At 7:00, they arrived and found a restaurant to eat dinner.
"It'll all be okay."
"I know." Rory said, and she did know, with Dean she knew it would all be okay. But this didn't stop her from worrying about the wedding plans and other minor details. "I know, I just want it to be perfect."
" I get that." Dean said. " I understand, that it is an important day. But who will care if the flowers are perfect, or if the balloons don't come. In 5 years, they won't remember if the food was bad, or if the music sucked. All that they will remember is that we're married, and always will be."
Finally, Rory was completely at ease. She had been a perfectionist her entire life, but Dean had made her realize none of it really mattered. They mattered. Lorelai, Luke and Alex mattered. Having health and happiness, and that she knew Dean would provide. The rest of it, was just stuff, plain useless, ordinary clutter. "I love you." Rory said, and kissed Dean.
When they finished dinner, they walked around the city, since the weather was nice. It grew late, and they found a hotel to stay in for the night. The next morning, around ten, they had an amazing breakfast at Brasserie Jo's and drove to Stars Hollow to organize some last minute, meaningless wedding details.