A/N: I hope I'm not copying anyone.

Dedications: Emily, Carol, Smile1, Bluedancer, and strawberry girl.

Disclaimer: This story is based on the lifetime movie "And Then There Was One" and the books "'Till Death Do Us Part" and "For Better, For Worse, Forever" by Lurlene McDaniel (it's where I got the information about tumors). I do not own any of these or Gilmore Girls.

Prologue

The ten-year-old boy walked into his house in Chicago from baseball practice. He had been doing a lot of activities after school. His head was pounding.

"Hi, honey," his mother said. "You want something to drink?"

The boy waved off his mother and went upstairs to take some Advil, but it didn't help. I'm probably hungry, the boy thought. At dinner, he sat down with his family at dinner with his head throbbing, but after he had a few bites of his roast beef, he fainted.

He was rushed to the hospital. After a week of CAT scans, radiology, and MRIs, the boy's diagnosis was figured out. The boy squeezed his mother's hand as the doctor came out.

"I'm afraid that your son has a brain tumor," the doctor said.

"What?" his mother said, softly her eyes filling up with tears. "There has to be some mistake."

"I wish I had better news for you," the doctor said.

"How could this happen?"

"Basically stress or tragedies."

The boy couldn't focus on what the doctor was saying. His emotions swirled. He had a tumor? How could this have happened? How could he be stressed out at age ten?

A few weeks later, he went through radiology and other medication and the doctor told the boy and his parents that it was a low-grade astrocytoma and that the chances were good that it would not return. The boy was relieved. But, he couldn't get over the trauma of the past weeks when he thought he was going to die. For the rest of his life, he tried so hard to forget about it, but little did he know that it would come back to haunt him.

EIGHT YEARS LATER

Rory Gilmore closed the door after her ex-boyfriend, Jess Mariano. He had tried to take her back, but she didn't want to go through the events from the previous year. It was a hard decision, but she felt a little better that she made that decision. She realized that her feelings for him were gone and that they were elsewhere.

She went into her bedroom and went through pictures from the past four years. When she did she came across a photo of her and her ex-boyfriend, Dean Forester. She looked so happy with him. A wave of yearning crashed upon her. She missed him. She wished that he hadn't gotten married.

"Rory?" a voice called. "Are you home?"

"In my room!" Rory called back.

Lorelai came into her bedroom and plopped on the bed.

"Oh, I don't mind sitting and not reclining on the cushions," Rory said sarcastically.

"Thanks," Lorelai said. "Want to hear some gossip?"

"Sure," Rory said.

"Dean got divorced," Lorelai said.

"Really?"

"Uh-uh."

"Wow! Why?"

"Apparently, they both fell in love with other people."

Me! Rory thought. But, she knew it wasn't true. Rory sighed.

"You want to go to Luke's?" Lorelai asked. "And gossip some more?"

"Sure," Rory said.

Once they were at Luke's Rory saw Dean walking down the street.

"I'll be right back," Rory said.

"Where are you going?" Lorelai asked.

"Up your butt," Rory said, sarcastically.

"Okay, just don't go around the corner," Lorelai replied.

"Ew!" Rory shuddered as she went outside. Leave it too her mother to say something gross.

"DEAN! HI!" Rory shouted.

Dean turned around. His face lit up as soon as he saw her.

"Hey!" he said, walking up to her. "I haven't seen you in a while!"

"I know," Rory said. "So, are the rumors true?"

"What rumors?"

"About you and Lindsay."

"Yeah. But, not the part that I realized I was gay."

"But is that part that you both fell in love with other people true?"

"Yeah."

"Ah. How long have you been broken up for?"

"A month."

It felt so good to see him again. Suddenly, Rory felt her old feelings for Dean come back. He still looked the same. He still acted the same. Before, Rory even knew what she was doing, she grabbed Dean and kissed him. It wasn't until they pulled away when she realized what she had done. Oh, my god, Rory thought. What did I just do?

"I-I'm sorry," Rory stammered. "I didn't realize.....bye!"

Before Dean could reply, she took off and ran home. For a week she avoided him. She was embarrassed that she had kissed him.

"You can't avoid him forever," Lorelai said.

It was Saturday night and Rory

"Yes, I can," Rory said. "I can stay in here forever."

"Do you love him now?"

"I don't know."

"Think about it. How did you feel when you heard he was divorced."

"I felt happy."

It was the truth. Rory was ecstatic when she found out. She didn't know why....until she had kissed him. When she kissed him she felt like she hadn't been kissed in a long time until that moment on the street.

"Okay, yes, I love him," Rory said. "But, I can't get involved with him."

"Why not?" Lorelai asked.

"Because I just realized this now," Rory replied. "And because I'm not the other women he fell in love with."

"Are you sure?" Lorelai asked.

"Yes. I kissed Jess. Hello? Where has your memory gone?"

"I ate it."

Lorelai got up from the couch. "I have to go, honey," she said. "Luke's waiting for me."

"Okay, bye!"

Lorelai walked outside. A few minutes later, someone knocked on the door just as Rory was getting ready to watch TV.

"YOU LIVE HERE!" Rory shouted, thinking it was her mother. "JUST COME IN!"

The door opened, but instead of her mother, Dean walked in.

"Uh, hi," Rory said, feeling her palms sweat. "Do you want to sit down?"

Dean nodded and sat down next to her.

"I'm sorry," Rory said. "I shouldn't have done that. I don't know what I was thinking. I-"

"Shut up," Dean cut her off.

"What?" Rory didn't know what kind of reaction that was.

Dean leaned forward and kissed her intensely. His hands cupped her face. The familiar warmth spread throughout Rory's body as they sunk into the kiss. Dean's hands moved from her face and into her hair. After a while, they pulled away.

"Am I the other women you fell in love with?" Rory asked.

"It's always been you, Ror," Dean said.

"Oh, my god," Rory said, her eyes filling up with tears of joy.

"I know," Dean said, once again crushing his lips against hers.

"I missed you," Rory said, when they pulled away again.

"I missed you, too," Dean said.

After four years of dating, Rory and Dean were happily married after Luke and Lorelai were.

To Be Continued....

A/N: I would've done a whole story about how Dean and Lindsay got divorced and all this other crap, but this is the prologue and it's supposed to be rushed. Trust me. The boy with the tumor and Rory and Dean's romance are linked. And now, I present to you the first chapter.