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It was 3 days later. Rory woke up, her mother was calling her name.
R: "What is it?" she asked a little more irritated than she meant when her mom entered the room.
L: "Lane on the phone for ya, thought you might wanted to talk to her, 'cause she's your friend and all."
R: "Alright, got the point."
Her mom handed her the phone.
R: "Hey Lane"
Lane: "I have to talk fast, 'cause I only have a few minutes........maybe even seconds"
R: "Don't you always talk fast?"
Lane: "Then I have to talk faster"
R: "Well, shoot"
Lane: "You know I'm grounded and all and that I have to stay in my room all day and I'm kinda bored, so I look out of the window very often?"
R: "........yeah"
Lane: "Well, yesterday I saw something and I think you should know"
R: "What did you see?"
Lane: "Maybe it's nothing, but I just think you should know"
R: "Know what?"
Lane: "I saw Dean"
R: "So?"
Lane: "With Shearen. I think he was tutoring her, but I'm not sure about that, I just saw books and they were laughing and talking and I hate to say this..........., but they looked like an item"
R: ".....an item?"
Lane: "Yeah, you know.......a couple"
Rory didn't know what to say.
Lane: "Are you still there?"
R: "Yeah.......I'm still here"
Lane: "I'm really sorry"
R: "I know"
Lane: "I really gotta go, my mom's coming"
R: "Yeah"
She hung up. For a moment she stared at the phone in her hand. She couldn't believe this. Dean wouldn't do this, right? He promised not to tutor her anymore. Lane said they looked like a couple. She closed her eyes for a sec. She didn't know for sure if he was really tutoring her. She shouldn't accuse him before she knew for sure. She had to talk to him. She got out of bed and got dressed. She quickly brushed her hair. Then she went into the kitchen. Her mom was talking to.................the dishwasher.
R: "Mom, I'm going to Doose's.......but I first I wanna know what you're doing"
L: "Well, this stupid thing isn't doing what it's supposed to do and sometimes you hear this story about plants. That they grow quicker when you talk to them, right? So, I thought it wouldn't hurt if I tried to talk to the dishwasher."
R: "It won't hurt, but I think if anyone but me sees you doing this, they're gonna lock you up"
L: "Good point, it's not working anyway"
R: "You didn't really expect it to answer you or anything, right?"
L: "............no................"
R: "I'll ask Luke to take a look at it"
L: "Yes, please and bring home some coffee"
R: "I will"
She left the house and walked towards Doose's. Dean was having a break and he sat on a bench in front of the market. He smiled when he saw her. She sat down next to him.
D: "Aren't you gonna gimme a kiss?"
R: "That depends"
D: "Depends on what?"
R: "On your answer to the next question"
D: "What's the question?"
R: "Are you still tutoring Shearen?"
Dean looked at her.
D: "What makes you think that?"
R: "Lane saw you"
D: "Oh"
R: "So it's true?"
D: "She asked me to......"
R: "You promised!"
D: "I know and I'm sorry"
R: "And it's not even the tutoring-thing that bothers me. Lane said you guys looked like a couple, that bothers me"
D: "We were just having fun"
R: "You should have told me that you never stopped tutoring her"
D: "I was gonna"
R: "When?"
D: "Soon"
R: "You keep telling me she's just your friend and I can accept that, but I see you with her all the time and I know I can deal with that if I have to, 'cause I trust you, but when you do this behind my back.........I don't know what to think anymore, Dean"
D: "I understand"
R: "I really want to yell at you, right now, you know that? And that's nothing like me, so I'm gonna go now, before I lose myself"
She got up and walked away. On her way to Luke's.
It was 3 days later. Rory woke up, her mother was calling her name.
R: "What is it?" she asked a little more irritated than she meant when her mom entered the room.
L: "Lane on the phone for ya, thought you might wanted to talk to her, 'cause she's your friend and all."
R: "Alright, got the point."
Her mom handed her the phone.
R: "Hey Lane"
Lane: "I have to talk fast, 'cause I only have a few minutes........maybe even seconds"
R: "Don't you always talk fast?"
Lane: "Then I have to talk faster"
R: "Well, shoot"
Lane: "You know I'm grounded and all and that I have to stay in my room all day and I'm kinda bored, so I look out of the window very often?"
R: "........yeah"
Lane: "Well, yesterday I saw something and I think you should know"
R: "What did you see?"
Lane: "Maybe it's nothing, but I just think you should know"
R: "Know what?"
Lane: "I saw Dean"
R: "So?"
Lane: "With Shearen. I think he was tutoring her, but I'm not sure about that, I just saw books and they were laughing and talking and I hate to say this..........., but they looked like an item"
R: ".....an item?"
Lane: "Yeah, you know.......a couple"
Rory didn't know what to say.
Lane: "Are you still there?"
R: "Yeah.......I'm still here"
Lane: "I'm really sorry"
R: "I know"
Lane: "I really gotta go, my mom's coming"
R: "Yeah"
She hung up. For a moment she stared at the phone in her hand. She couldn't believe this. Dean wouldn't do this, right? He promised not to tutor her anymore. Lane said they looked like a couple. She closed her eyes for a sec. She didn't know for sure if he was really tutoring her. She shouldn't accuse him before she knew for sure. She had to talk to him. She got out of bed and got dressed. She quickly brushed her hair. Then she went into the kitchen. Her mom was talking to.................the dishwasher.
R: "Mom, I'm going to Doose's.......but I first I wanna know what you're doing"
L: "Well, this stupid thing isn't doing what it's supposed to do and sometimes you hear this story about plants. That they grow quicker when you talk to them, right? So, I thought it wouldn't hurt if I tried to talk to the dishwasher."
R: "It won't hurt, but I think if anyone but me sees you doing this, they're gonna lock you up"
L: "Good point, it's not working anyway"
R: "You didn't really expect it to answer you or anything, right?"
L: "............no................"
R: "I'll ask Luke to take a look at it"
L: "Yes, please and bring home some coffee"
R: "I will"
She left the house and walked towards Doose's. Dean was having a break and he sat on a bench in front of the market. He smiled when he saw her. She sat down next to him.
D: "Aren't you gonna gimme a kiss?"
R: "That depends"
D: "Depends on what?"
R: "On your answer to the next question"
D: "What's the question?"
R: "Are you still tutoring Shearen?"
Dean looked at her.
D: "What makes you think that?"
R: "Lane saw you"
D: "Oh"
R: "So it's true?"
D: "She asked me to......"
R: "You promised!"
D: "I know and I'm sorry"
R: "And it's not even the tutoring-thing that bothers me. Lane said you guys looked like a couple, that bothers me"
D: "We were just having fun"
R: "You should have told me that you never stopped tutoring her"
D: "I was gonna"
R: "When?"
D: "Soon"
R: "You keep telling me she's just your friend and I can accept that, but I see you with her all the time and I know I can deal with that if I have to, 'cause I trust you, but when you do this behind my back.........I don't know what to think anymore, Dean"
D: "I understand"
R: "I really want to yell at you, right now, you know that? And that's nothing like me, so I'm gonna go now, before I lose myself"
She got up and walked away. On her way to Luke's.