Chapter 5: Conflict of Emotions and Twin Love Lives
Two Weeks Later.............
[Rory]
"ROSS COME ON!" the on-screen Rachel yelled. "THIS ISN'T A MARRIAGE THIS IS THE WORLD'S WORST HANGOVER!"
There was a knock on the door and Lorelai walked in.
"Hey," said Lorelai.
"Hey," said Rory.
"What are you doing?"
"Watching Friends."
Rory turned off the TV and Lorelai sat down in the chair next to her and pulled out a box of chocolate.
"I thought you could use something sweet," said Lorelai. "Plus, I tasted the deserts here and they taste like dog poop."
"Thanks, mom," Rory said.
"You want to dig into that now?"
"Hell yes."
Rory and Lorelai opened the box and eating the chocolate.
"So, how's the tutoring with Dean going?" Lorelai asked, taking a caramel.
"Great," Rory said, eating a truffle. "And not just the tutoring. Just hanging out with him, too. I mean, its great hanging out with him. We talk. We joke. I make him laugh. He makes me laugh. He brings me food whenever he's working his shift. Not the hospital crap food. Real food."
"You make yourself sound homeless instead of recovering from a car accident."
"Sorry. It's just so great talking to him again."
"Really?"
"Yeah. He's also showing progress. He got good grades on his last exams. If he gets an A- on this one, he'll be off academic prohibation."
"Wow."
"Yeah."
"You still like him."
Rory nearly choked on her chocolate. What Lorelai said startled her. Lorelai ran over and whacked Rory on the back.
"Are you okay?" Lorelai asked.
"What?" Rory rasped out.
"Are you okay?" Lorelai repeated.
"No, what you said before that."
"You still like Dean."
"Where did you get that from?"
"You can't stop talking about him."
"So? Sometimes I can't stop talking about Paris. Does that mean I like her?"
"Yes."
Rory whacked a laughing Lorelai in the head with a pillow.
"Mom," Rory said. "I don't think I like him anymore."
"Sweetie, you're blushing."
"So? Maybe I'm hot."
"And you couldn't stop talking about Dean just now."
"I just did."
"No, if you weren't still in love with him, when I have asked 'How's the tutoring with Dean going?' you just would have said 'Great.' When I asked you said 'Great. Not just tutoring. He brings me food and we joke and blah blah blah blah blah blah blah."
"Oh, please. You're wrong."
"Am I?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, missy miss. I'll bet you twenty bucks that in two months or less, you guys are going to end up together."
"Deal."
Rory and Lorelai shook hands.
"So, have you asked out Luke yet?" Rory asked, taking another chocolate.
"Nope," Lorelai answered, taking a truffle.
They continued on with girl talk.
[Dean]
Dean chewed on his pen cap as he tried to focus on his exam. He felt something wet hit him in the back of his neck. He wiped it off and found a spit ball. He turned around to see Mitch, Lindsay's new boyfriend, and his friends struggling not to laugh, but laughter escaped from their mouths. Professor Greenwood stood up from his desk.
"Mr. Dixon," he said, addressing Mitch. "Would you like to tell the class what you and your friends are laughing about."
"Umm...." Dean loved when Mitch had no comeback.
"Please share," Professor Greenwood said. "I'm sure the class would love to stop what their exams to listen to what you were laughing about."
"W-w-w-we weren't laughing about anything," Mitch stammered.
"Well, then maybe you should cease the talking, don't you think?"
"Sorry, sir."
"Don't say sorry. Just do it."
Mitch quieted down and Dean returned to his test. He noticed everyone around him was handing their exams. Luckily for Dean, this was his last class before his shift. Dean finally finished and walked up to the front of the room and handed in his test.
"Mr. Forester," Professor Greenwood said. "Do you have a moment?"
Dean sat down in the chair next to Professor Greenwood.
"I've noticed that for the past month you've been having trouble," Professor Greenwood said. "Not academically, but also socially. Would this have anything to do with your divorce?"
"Pretty much," Dean said.
"What's been going on?"
"You don't want to know."
"Yes, I do. You can tell me."
Dean told him all about the divorce and how everyone was spreading rumors about him and beating him up because of his divorce with Lindsay and how that got in the way of his studies.
"Well, you've been doing well for the past two weeks," Professor Greenwood said.
"I work as an orderly in Connetucit Memoral Hospital," Dean said. "My high school girlfriend before Lindsay had gotten in a car crash two weeks ago. She's still recovering now. She's been helping me with my studies."
"You still love her, don't you?"
Professor Greenwood's question shocked Dean. He didn't know if he was comfortable answering that question.
"I take it that's a yes," Professor Greenwood said.
Dean shifted uncomfortably in his seat.
"Let me tell you a story," Professor Greenwood said. "There was this girl that I really loved in high school. Her name was Darcy. She was the smartest girl in school. We were together for two years, but then this guy moved into town and Darcy fell in love with him and we broke up during our senior year."
Wow, Dean thought. That's exactly what happened to me.
"This guy's name was Gary," Professor Greenwood continued. "He treated Darcy like dirt. I hated him and he hated me. It took me a while to get over Darcy and then I met another girl named Lizzie. Lizzie and I had plans to be married at the end of the year and then go to college together. Around that time, Gary moved out of town and broke up with Darcy. Lizzie and I were married the summer before our freshman year of college, but when college started we were very miserable, so we got divorced. Darcy and I ran into each other and after a few weeks, we got back together. A few years after that we were married and we're still married today."
It was weird. This guy's love life was exactly like his love life with Rory and Lindsay. Sure, some details were a little different, but it was still basically the same.
"Um, Professor Greenwood," Dean said. "I don't mean to pry, but how did you and Darcy-I'm sorry- Mrs. Greenwood, run into each other?"
"We ran into each other at a friend's wedding," Professor Greenwood answered. "We were seated at the same table, we danced, and then we had a date the next day."
Okay, so Professor Greenwood's meeting up with Darcy and Dean's meeting up with Rory was very different.
"One more question, if you don't mind," Dean said. "Did all the students on your campus hate you and spread rumors about you and beat you up for getting a divorce with Lizzie?"
"Well, they weren't too fond of me," Professor Greenwood answered. "But, they gave me the cold shoulder for a while. Did Mitch do something to you earlier?"
"He was throwing spitballs at me."
"Well, then I'll be having a talk with Mr. Dixon and so will the head master. In the mean time, Mr. Forester, keep up the good work."
"Thanks."
Dean got up from his seat and walked towards the door.
"One more thing, Mr. Forester," Professor Greenwood said.
Dean turned around.
"You go get her back," Professor Greenwood said. "And once you got her, don't let her go."
"Thanks," Dean said.
With those last words he turned and walked out the door.
To Be Continued........................
A/N: Too cheesy, but I was very very very very very very very very bored. I hope I didn't steal anything from anyone else in this. Anyways, Chapter 6 is coming soon.
Two Weeks Later.............
[Rory]
"ROSS COME ON!" the on-screen Rachel yelled. "THIS ISN'T A MARRIAGE THIS IS THE WORLD'S WORST HANGOVER!"
There was a knock on the door and Lorelai walked in.
"Hey," said Lorelai.
"Hey," said Rory.
"What are you doing?"
"Watching Friends."
Rory turned off the TV and Lorelai sat down in the chair next to her and pulled out a box of chocolate.
"I thought you could use something sweet," said Lorelai. "Plus, I tasted the deserts here and they taste like dog poop."
"Thanks, mom," Rory said.
"You want to dig into that now?"
"Hell yes."
Rory and Lorelai opened the box and eating the chocolate.
"So, how's the tutoring with Dean going?" Lorelai asked, taking a caramel.
"Great," Rory said, eating a truffle. "And not just the tutoring. Just hanging out with him, too. I mean, its great hanging out with him. We talk. We joke. I make him laugh. He makes me laugh. He brings me food whenever he's working his shift. Not the hospital crap food. Real food."
"You make yourself sound homeless instead of recovering from a car accident."
"Sorry. It's just so great talking to him again."
"Really?"
"Yeah. He's also showing progress. He got good grades on his last exams. If he gets an A- on this one, he'll be off academic prohibation."
"Wow."
"Yeah."
"You still like him."
Rory nearly choked on her chocolate. What Lorelai said startled her. Lorelai ran over and whacked Rory on the back.
"Are you okay?" Lorelai asked.
"What?" Rory rasped out.
"Are you okay?" Lorelai repeated.
"No, what you said before that."
"You still like Dean."
"Where did you get that from?"
"You can't stop talking about him."
"So? Sometimes I can't stop talking about Paris. Does that mean I like her?"
"Yes."
Rory whacked a laughing Lorelai in the head with a pillow.
"Mom," Rory said. "I don't think I like him anymore."
"Sweetie, you're blushing."
"So? Maybe I'm hot."
"And you couldn't stop talking about Dean just now."
"I just did."
"No, if you weren't still in love with him, when I have asked 'How's the tutoring with Dean going?' you just would have said 'Great.' When I asked you said 'Great. Not just tutoring. He brings me food and we joke and blah blah blah blah blah blah blah."
"Oh, please. You're wrong."
"Am I?"
"Yeah."
"Okay, missy miss. I'll bet you twenty bucks that in two months or less, you guys are going to end up together."
"Deal."
Rory and Lorelai shook hands.
"So, have you asked out Luke yet?" Rory asked, taking another chocolate.
"Nope," Lorelai answered, taking a truffle.
They continued on with girl talk.
[Dean]
Dean chewed on his pen cap as he tried to focus on his exam. He felt something wet hit him in the back of his neck. He wiped it off and found a spit ball. He turned around to see Mitch, Lindsay's new boyfriend, and his friends struggling not to laugh, but laughter escaped from their mouths. Professor Greenwood stood up from his desk.
"Mr. Dixon," he said, addressing Mitch. "Would you like to tell the class what you and your friends are laughing about."
"Umm...." Dean loved when Mitch had no comeback.
"Please share," Professor Greenwood said. "I'm sure the class would love to stop what their exams to listen to what you were laughing about."
"W-w-w-we weren't laughing about anything," Mitch stammered.
"Well, then maybe you should cease the talking, don't you think?"
"Sorry, sir."
"Don't say sorry. Just do it."
Mitch quieted down and Dean returned to his test. He noticed everyone around him was handing their exams. Luckily for Dean, this was his last class before his shift. Dean finally finished and walked up to the front of the room and handed in his test.
"Mr. Forester," Professor Greenwood said. "Do you have a moment?"
Dean sat down in the chair next to Professor Greenwood.
"I've noticed that for the past month you've been having trouble," Professor Greenwood said. "Not academically, but also socially. Would this have anything to do with your divorce?"
"Pretty much," Dean said.
"What's been going on?"
"You don't want to know."
"Yes, I do. You can tell me."
Dean told him all about the divorce and how everyone was spreading rumors about him and beating him up because of his divorce with Lindsay and how that got in the way of his studies.
"Well, you've been doing well for the past two weeks," Professor Greenwood said.
"I work as an orderly in Connetucit Memoral Hospital," Dean said. "My high school girlfriend before Lindsay had gotten in a car crash two weeks ago. She's still recovering now. She's been helping me with my studies."
"You still love her, don't you?"
Professor Greenwood's question shocked Dean. He didn't know if he was comfortable answering that question.
"I take it that's a yes," Professor Greenwood said.
Dean shifted uncomfortably in his seat.
"Let me tell you a story," Professor Greenwood said. "There was this girl that I really loved in high school. Her name was Darcy. She was the smartest girl in school. We were together for two years, but then this guy moved into town and Darcy fell in love with him and we broke up during our senior year."
Wow, Dean thought. That's exactly what happened to me.
"This guy's name was Gary," Professor Greenwood continued. "He treated Darcy like dirt. I hated him and he hated me. It took me a while to get over Darcy and then I met another girl named Lizzie. Lizzie and I had plans to be married at the end of the year and then go to college together. Around that time, Gary moved out of town and broke up with Darcy. Lizzie and I were married the summer before our freshman year of college, but when college started we were very miserable, so we got divorced. Darcy and I ran into each other and after a few weeks, we got back together. A few years after that we were married and we're still married today."
It was weird. This guy's love life was exactly like his love life with Rory and Lindsay. Sure, some details were a little different, but it was still basically the same.
"Um, Professor Greenwood," Dean said. "I don't mean to pry, but how did you and Darcy-I'm sorry- Mrs. Greenwood, run into each other?"
"We ran into each other at a friend's wedding," Professor Greenwood answered. "We were seated at the same table, we danced, and then we had a date the next day."
Okay, so Professor Greenwood's meeting up with Darcy and Dean's meeting up with Rory was very different.
"One more question, if you don't mind," Dean said. "Did all the students on your campus hate you and spread rumors about you and beat you up for getting a divorce with Lizzie?"
"Well, they weren't too fond of me," Professor Greenwood answered. "But, they gave me the cold shoulder for a while. Did Mitch do something to you earlier?"
"He was throwing spitballs at me."
"Well, then I'll be having a talk with Mr. Dixon and so will the head master. In the mean time, Mr. Forester, keep up the good work."
"Thanks."
Dean got up from his seat and walked towards the door.
"One more thing, Mr. Forester," Professor Greenwood said.
Dean turned around.
"You go get her back," Professor Greenwood said. "And once you got her, don't let her go."
"Thanks," Dean said.
With those last words he turned and walked out the door.
To Be Continued........................
A/N: Too cheesy, but I was very very very very very very very very bored. I hope I didn't steal anything from anyone else in this. Anyways, Chapter 6 is coming soon.