Disclaimer: We don't own the characters. (Psst! Jess! Back under the bed, they might see you!) We don't own the show. We only wish. Don't sue!

And we're back to Lisa for authorship of this one :)

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"Paris we've been working on this for HOURS. Can we please stop now? It's late. I'm tired. And I want to go to bed." Rory said. Paris looked at the clock. It was 12:30 in the morning.

"Fine. I suppose we've done enough. But don't forget, I want your sections done by Tuesday so we can get together after school and get the presentation worked out!" Paris said, standing up. "Thank you for the hospitality Tristan, don't sleep too late I expect perfection on this project!" Paris said, leaving.

Rory looked at Tristan and just laughed. "Paris is too much sometimes. But anyways, I was serious. I'm exhausted. Thanks for letting us come here to do the project, Tristan. I'll see you at school Monday." she said, standing up and grabbing her jacket. Tristan stood up too.

"Yeah...see ya Monday, Mary." Tristan said giving her a weird look.

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"This was really fun, Dean. Thanks." Lindsay said. They were sitting in Luke's having some ice cream after the movie.

"Yeah, it was fun. Thanks for hanging out with a bored guy." Dean said, smiling. Luke shot a weird look at them over the counter as Dean left some money on the table and stood up to walk Lindsay home.

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The next morning, as usual, Rory and Lorelai appeared at the diner. They had their usual coffee and breakfast, and then Dean came to pick up Rory.

"Morning, Ror." he said, leaning over to give her a kiss. "Hi, Lorelai." he greeted her.

"Morning Dean. You guys have big plans for the day?" Lorelai asked.

"Not really..just hanging out, spending time together, you know." Rory said.

"Sounds cool...don't do anything I wouldn't do!" Lorelai teased, winking at her daughter. Rory just rolled her eyes.

"I've got my phone. Call if you need me." she said, leaving the diner, hand in hand with Dean. After the door closed, Luke came over to talk to Lorelai.

"Hey, Lor?" He asked.

"Yes Lukey?" Lorelai asked.

"Don't call me that. Anyways, is everything okay between Dean and Rory?" Luke asked.

"Didn't it look like stuff was fine? Why, what's up Luke?" Lorelai asked, confused.

"Well...it's just Dean was in here with that Lindsay girl last night. You know the one, right? Blonde?"

"Yeah, I know Lindsay. She goes to Stars Hollow High. Rory knows her. Don't worry, Luke. Nothing's going on, Rory had a project to do last night. Dean's allowed to hang out with friends, you know." Lorelai said.

"I know. I got a weird feeling, is all. I guess it was nothing. It was pretty late." Luke said.