"Morning Rory," called Luke, and Rory stepped through the coffee shop door.

p "Hey Luke, is my mom here?" Rory asked. "No I don't think so. Wouldn't she be at the Dragonfly?" Luke said with an odd tone to his voice.

p "Oh yeah, sorry Luke. I'm spacing out a bit this morning" "Rough night?"

p "Awful. Listen, is Lane here?"

p "No, she left five minutes ago. Something about a Korean girl, and her mom, and ruining her life, and a chainsaw. No idea. But she'll be back soon, if you wanna stick around and have a donut and coffee."

p "Thanks Luke, but I gotta go. If you see my mom tell her I'm sorry, ok?"

p "Sure," Luke replied, with the same strange tone.

p And with that, Rory turned and walked out of the shop. Luke watched as she passed along next to the glass, until, eventually, she turned the corner, and left the horizon.

p Dean turned the corner, still in a daze from the morning's events. He watched the cracks in the pavement as he walked along down the sidewalk. And, as he turned the corner, not watching where he was going, he collided with something, and fell backwards. Something was on top of him. Looking closer, he realized.

p "Rory?"

p "Dean?"

p "Hi..."
p "Hi...."

p "Uh, whatcha doin?"

p "Oh nothing really...Just, you know, walking...around town. Fresh air..."

p "Oh yeah, definitely. I was just uh, on my way to uh, go uh...same..."

p "Cool. Do you know if my mom's still at the Dragonfly?"

p "Yeah, I think so. I'm supposed to head over at 2 and drop off some new chairs"

p "Cool...uh...how are things with Lindsey?"

p "I like your hair today, its so soft and pretty, it...it... frames your....eyes."
p "Um thanks... I...like your hair too... it looks...nice"

p "Thanks....Well uh...listen... I really gotta go... I'm really busy you know...But uh, nice running into you"

p "Yeah...me too...you know....lots of things to do. I'll...see you later Dean"

And with that, Rory turned around and walked back to the diner