Chapter 1: Reflecting

Okay here is the only chapter that just about everyone is going to read, the story will be complete tomorrow or something so read it!

Read on! P.s. the whole chapter is in Dean's thoughts!

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**In Dean's Thoughts**

He loved Rory, right? Yes of course he did, he was madly in love with her, head over heels in love with her. The type of love; which is only portrayed in movies, but this love was real. At times it frightened him how much he loved her. He would never imagined that by the time he was sixteen he would love someone as much as he loved Rory. Of course he had loved her now for two years.

He lived for Rory, he strived on seeing her. Everyday when she stepped off the bus to say hello to him his heart skipped a few beats. He wanted to marry her, to be without her for the rest of his life. He never wanted to hurt her, ever. He knew he was being overprotective lately. But you have to be when your going out with someone like Rory, someone that you love so much, but that other people love also. Yes he knew other people loved Rory. In fact that was the problem.

When he had first gotten together with Rory, she was nervous, she was overly nervous. She had never been kissed, never had a boyfriend, and all of a sudden she had both. And both were from him. He knew that that had scared her a bit. But it had worn off; it had worn off very quickly. He had been fascinated with her the first time he saw her. She was smart, and witty. When he had first saw her, she had been reading a book, she always read books. She looked so peaceful and unaware of everything else that was surrounding her. He had just stood there for what seemed like a second, but what was actually about half an hour, just watching her. Watching her brush her hair away from her face, watching her read with such intent, watching her turn the pages, watching her not notice a thing. She didn't even feel the penetrating, adoring stare that he was covering her with. Eventually Rory had gotten up and walked away, heading home. That was the first time he saw her. Ever since he had been fascinated by her, watching her every move, not wanting to miss a thing.

Dean was enchanted and mesmerized by Rory. On their third anniversary he had told her that he loved her. And he meant those words more then he had meant anything he had ever said before. He had loved her since the moment he set eyes on her, but she obviously didn't feel the same way, because she hadn't told him that she loved him too. He had been heartbroken and confused, the only that he could think of doing was ending it with her. It was too heart breaking to know that his girlfriend that he loved with all his heart and soul didn't love him back. It was the most saddening thing that Dean had ever known.

He had been suspicious of Tristan wanting Rory ever since Rory first started going to Chilton. At first it seemed like Tristan just wanted to get into Rory's pants, and considered her just another conquest. But then Dean had started to notice a change in the way that Tristan viewed Rory. He had started to look at her more longingly, more lovingly. As though he wanted her to be more then a conquest. And Dean had realized, Tristan was head over heels for Rory. Totally in deep love with her. Dean had also noticed a change in Rory. At first he ignored it but then it became too obvious, Rory had started to flirt with Tristan, she would tease him, taunt him, and banter endlessly with him. That's when he started to get protective. Of course according to Rory nothing had happened between them, but they were still acting the same towards each other even after two years. And Tristan hadn't had any of his one-night stands or any other girlfriends since he had been engulfed in his for Rory. Tristan knew it, Dean knew it. But of course, Rory being Rory, she had no clue.

A while after Dean and Rory had broken up he had decided to come surprise her at her school. She had been thrilled to see him. She had flung her arms around his neck and said that she loved him and that she hated Tristan. Dean was overjoyed to hear this, but Tristan wasn't (though he eventually got over it, unfortunately when Rory explained that she didn't actually hate him). Dean and Rory had gotten back together. But ever since they had gotten back together things hadn't been the same as they were before. Dean was still drooling at even the thought of Rory, but she wasn't drooling for him. She was distracted. There weren't the same sparks that there had been earlier on in their relationship. They weren't totally in awe with each other's lives anymore.

Someone up in the sky or something, one of those people in charge must have decided, that no Tristan wasn't enough to distract Rory. Though Tristan may just have been the main reason that Dean and Rory's relationship had broken up a little bit. No the power up there had decided that Rory needed yet another distraction. This distraction was Jess. The second that Dean heard about Jess he started to hate him. Jess was a bad boy, who all the girls seemed to swoon over. Almost immediately Jess had taken notice of Rory. Dean noticed this and snapped into over jealous mode, he had gotten used to Tristan, but here was a new guy, and with both Jess and Tristan who knew how Rory would react. Jess would provoke Rory, make fun of Dean, and try everything in his power to get Rory away from Dean. Of course Rory NEVER noticed, she was an incredibly smart girl, just not too bright about other people's feelings. Rory and Jess had become friends, and at least Rory saw it, as that was all they ever would be. But Jess wanted more and that started to affect Rory, and whether Rory knew it or not, she wanted more too. She flirted with Jess non-stop.

Dean was more confused then anything in the world. He didn't understand where their relationship was headed. Rory was flirting with two other guys who were head over heels in love with her. But she was with Dean, that counted for something right? And she said she loved him. But did she really mean it? That's what Dean wanted to know, did Rory really mean it? He didn't know what to do with their relationship, should it continue, or should he let her go, as painful as it would be for him, should he let her go for one of the other two? He had no idea; any way he turned he knew that it would be painful. But in the end, he believed he would make the right decision.

************************************************************************ Hey so did you like it? I hope you did. Now of course there are two choices, to be with Rory or not to be with Rory. And I don't personally know which one is right (except if it was for Tristan then I think Rory should drop Dean in a second). So you guys get to decide which one you think is right, and read the next and final chapter, which of three final chapters will choose? Lets see! And review please! Thanks!

Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease -Anna