Dean was so by a tree near the bench. Close enough to… kill. But at the second that his had was about to hit the trigger, Rory ran to Jess. Dean didn't know why she would be running to him, but he knew that he couldn't do what he was about to do in front of her. He did however eavesdrop on them.
Rory hugged him and they began kissing. "I love you Jess," said Rory. Jess kissed her. "I love you too Lorelei Gilmore." Rory cuddled to him and he put his arms around her protectively. "Never leave me?" she asked, looking into his eyes. "Never." He whispered back. They kissed again, Dean could barely watch. Then Rory stopped and said, "Jess, you're not mad that that when we… had sex it wasn't my first?" Jess was stunned, "Rory, No! I would never ever be mad at you for that. It's not your fault." Dean didn't understand. So if Jess hadn't raped Rory, then who had?
Brent emerged from the shadows. "Did she tell you that in the bathroom at Chilton it had been willingly?" Jess turned and his face turned to rage. Behind the tree, Dean understood and his face was even worse than Jess's. Jess got up. "You fucking asshole." He approached him. Dean then came out of the bushes. He held the semi-automatic up and pointed it at Brent. "Let Rory's real boyfriend handle this one Jess." Jess backed off and went to Rory, he wasn't about to fight with a man with a gun.
Dean said, "So you're the one who hurt Rory. Nobody gets away with that. Nobody." Brent said, "Oh my god Rory, babe, how many jealous boyfriends are about to kill me because I bed you before they did?" It was the last thing he ever said. Dean fired the gun again and again. Rory was screaming, and Jess said, "Dean, let us leave?" Rory looked pleadingly at him, "Dean please. Let us go." Dean's smile faded, "Rory I would never ever hurt you." Jess and Rory turned and started to walk away, and it hit Dean that the sound of the semi-automatic in this small town was sure to bring many people running. He ran away.
Later that night, Lorelei was bringing tons of Coffee from Luke's, he was making as much as possible for Rory. Jess was staying with her and she simply buried herself in his arms. "God, did that really happen?" Jess nodded, "yeah. Dean killed Brent." Rory was pale. "What are we going to do? The police are going to want to know who did it." Jess rubbed her neck, "Ror, I promise everything is going to be all right. Dean bought a semi automatic earlier today, they already have him in custody." Rory frowned, "Dean didn't even know about Brent! Why would he buy that gun for?" Rory, he thought that the person who had done that to you was had been…. Me." Rory said, "He was going to.." Jess nodded and ran his fingers through her hair. "It's okay now Rory, I love you." She closed her eyes and said, "I love you too Jess."
Dean was sitting in a small cell at the police station. He could hear Lorelei arguing with the sheriff, the walls were thin. "No, I have to talk to him!" The sheriff wasn't budging, "against the rules." Lorelei was angry now. "You know what's against the rules? My beautiful, innocent daughter getting raped by some jerk. The fact that her life will never be the same again! If I had had access to a semi-automatic I would have been doing the exact same thing Dean did. Actually I'd have been much much crueler. So don't you stop and try to tell me what's fair and what's not. You are going to let me talk to him."
The next noise Dean heard was the bars opening. Lorelei walked down to where Dean's cell was and looked at him through the bars. "No weapons?" she asked, trying to make jokes. "None," he replied, somberly, "I thought.. I didn't know that this Brent guy even existed. I thought it was Jess… I was going to kill Jess." Lorelei said, "Listen Dean. Rory really loves Jess and he loves her back. You can hate him as much as you want, I used to too, but he treats her perfectly. He loves her. He protects her." Dean cut her off, "that's all I wanted to do. Protect her." Lorelei said, "Dean, the state is pretty hard on murderers." He let out a monotone laugh, "I think I'll easily be able to plead insanity." She said, "I don't know why I came, but part of it is to say Thank You. I can't believe that you would have hurt the boy my daughter loves, but the fact that in the process you killed the man who hurt my baby, well all I have for that is thanks. Rory is scared right now, might never be able to say it to you herself, but you did her a big favor." Dean smiled, "I saved Rory." Lorelei frowned, "No Dean, Jess is saving her. Day by Day. It's not your job to save her." Lorelei left, and Dean sat down on the small cot. She Loved Jess. He couldn't believe it. She loved Jess.