"What's up?" Rory asked nervously.
"You don't love me anymore do you?" Dean asked in all earnest.
"What? Yes, I do. What are you talking about?" Rory asked.
"Well, I know you love me, but…you don't LOVE me," Dean reiterated.
"I'm not seeing where you're going with this," Rory said.
"You know I love you, right?"
"Yes," she replied, her eyebrows furrowing in confusion.
"But, your heart doesn't belong to me anymore, does it?" said Dean, trying to catch her eye. She looked down.
He placed a finger under her chin and tilted her head so that she looked at him.
"It belongs to someone else now, doesn't it?"
Rory blinked and she felt a tear flow down her cheek.
"I'm sorry," she whispered.
"Don't be sorry. I'm not mad," said Dean, placing a comforting arm around her. "But it isn't fair to me, or him, that we let this charade continue. Is it?"
"Dean, I love you sooo much," said Rory trying again to apologise.
"I know. But there's no spark anymore, is there?" Dean stated, rather than asked. Rory whimpered into his shoulder. "I'll always love you Rory, but right now, there's someone better for you."
"But, that other girl," Rory started.
"Rory, Tristan loves you, not her. I can see it every time you look at each other. It's like he's falling in love with you, more and more, each and every time he sees you. You have that special thing going. That…bond. If you don't tell him how you feel then you're not as smart as I thought you were. So you better not put me down as a reference for Harvard, or I'll tell them what a fool you are that you let him get away from you."
Rory sniffed and smiled.
"You're the best guy in the world, did you know?" Rory asked.
"I had an inkling," said Dean, smiling.
"So what now?"
"Well Tristan can have you when I go, but
for now, show me this window he got cut on last night. I want to see his blood!"
"Dean!" Rory smacked him on his arm.
"Kidding!" he said holding up his arms in protest. "Kinda."
AN: Okay all you Trorys. You have to like Dean a bit. I noticed that Marcus is starting to get a following. It's because he won that trivia cup, isn't it? Chicks love the trivia cup. Please let me know if you liked this chap cos I'm really interested in knowing if this went down well. Too sappy? Spill your guts to me!