Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls or anything relating to that. This
is purely my own thoughts on how I want the show to go –
A/N I'm sorry for any out of character actions
Chapter 1
While Rory and Dean's "special night" is kept just between them and Lorelai; Dean's marriage with Lindsay continues to fall apart. She watches every move that Dean makes and won't allow him to be friends with anyone other than her friends. One day he finally can't take it anymore and just explodes.
"Lindsay! I can't take this anymore, I don't know what happened to what we had, but it's over. I've been thinking about looking into and lawyer and I think it's time that I do...this isn't a marriage!"
"This is about Rory isn't it?"
"Whether this is about Rory or not doesn't matter, leave her out of this. The problems in our marriage are because of you and me...no one else!"
"Dean, honey, stop yelling. We can get through this."
"There is no more getting through this – I'm out of here."
Dean races out the door, but isn't sure where to go. His heart tells him to go straight to Rory, but his head warns him to stay away from Lorelai who's still angry about him cheating on Lindsay. He decides to calm himself down by getting coffee at Luke's, if he can't be with Rory, he might as well be like her. Dean should've expected that when he walked through the door, he'd see Rory and Lorelai there drinking coffee and harassing Luke. Jess was hanging around too – just staring at Rory from a distance.
Dean casually walked over and sat down at the counter asking for a coffee when Luke finally returned to work. It didn't even faze Dean to see Luke give Lorelai a kiss before walking back although he didn't know about them dating.
"Why the long face?"
"Marriage."
"Say no more. What can I get for you?"
"Coffee and ..." Dean's eyes move towards Rory.
"The coffee I can get you, the girl's another story. Dean, did anyone ever tell you about your bachelor party?"
"I got drunk."
"Do you know what you said?" Luke asked pouring the coffee.
"No..."
"You told me that you loved Rory, not Lindsay."
Those words stuck in Dean's head the rest of the day. He knew that drunken words often contained more truth than anything said sober. More than anything, Dean wanted to get the divorce over with so that he could be with Rory. Luke offered his room to Dean because he was spending the night at the Dragonfly with Lorelai and Dean gladly accepted, not realizing he'd be spending the night in a small apartment with Jess.
"So, the wife kick you out?"
"Lay off, Mariano."
"So it's Rory."
"What...?"
"You don't have the only heart she's broken."
Dean had never seen a sensitive side to Jess, then again he never wanted to. Jess stole his girlfriend that night at the dance, though he'd had her heart already. Dean and Jess spent the night talking about Rory and Jess uncharacteristically helped Dean to find a divorce lawyer. Dean just left out the details that he and Rory had slept together and as soon as the divorce was over they'd be back together. It was very obvious that Jess was still very much in love with Rory, but both knew that he blew it the day that he left for California.
The next morning they walked downstairs to find Luke already working and the Gilmores at their usual table drinking what was most likely their third cups of coffee for the morning. Dean and Jess looked at each other and almost laughed because of the amount they talked about Rory. It was shocking to see the two of them getting along...almost as friends. Jess got to work next to his uncle and Dean went over to Rory and Lorelai.
"I'm calling a lawyer today."
"Good, you get divorced before coming near my daughter again."
"Lorelai, I'm sorry...but the marriage has been over."
"I don't care – that's still adultery, now get lost."
Rory just looked at Dean with a look of longing as he walked out the door of Luke's. Then her and Lorelai asked each other what he was doing walking out of the apartment that early ... with Jess.
"Luke, honey, can you come here for a minute?"
"What do you want? Can't you see we're busy?"
"Why was Dean in your apartment?"
"Fight with the wife, I sympathized with him over the divorce and let him stay there since I knew I wouldn't."
The girls were still confused, but Luke walked away. It was the first time Dean and Jess had ever been seen getting along and Rory knew it had to do with her.
The summer was a very long one. Rory was preparing for her second year at Yale while helping Dean and his lawyer finish out the divorce. Paris was calling every other day about something different, whether it was what to do about the dorm room or how to avoid Asher and warn his new "fling." Professor Asher Fleming had broken Paris's heart once again turning her into an absolute nervous wreck. Rory dealt as much as she could with Paris and still helped Dean. The hardest part of all was for Rory to patch up her relationship with her mother which just kept falling because of Dean. Lorelai wasn't sure whether she was disappointed or just afraid. She wanted Rory's first time to be special, but special meant with her own boyfriend – or even husband, not a married man.
The end of the summer approached and it seemed that it was ending metaphorically as well as literally. Dean arrived at the Gilmore household two days before Rory was leaving for Yale with his official divorce paper. It had taken two months...two very hellish months, but the divorce was over and Dean and Rory could finally be together. Lorelai knew that she had no choice but to give her blessing or she'd lose her daughter, just as her mother lost her. Dean and Rory celebrated with a very passionate kiss that sent chills throughout both of their bodies. Lorelai gave them a look that said "Dean being single does not mean jump his bones now."
Since Lorelai knew she couldn't do anything to keep them apart, she allowed their relationship to blossom for the next two days. Much to Lorelai's surprise...and dismay, Emily showed up on moving day to help Rory get to Yale. Both Luke and Dean had spent the night and were still in bed when Emily arrived. Lorelai snuck into Rory's room and whispered "Grandma's here" causing Rory to start panicking and attempting to hide Dean. Instead she left her room with Dean in it and shut the door to greet her grandmother.
"Are you ready to start your sophomore year?"
"Yep, I'm packed and mom and I were getting ready to leave."
"In your pajamas?"
"Oh yea, mom, it's the new fad."
"I don't care for your humor, Lorelai, now both of you get dressed then I'm taking you for breakfast on the way to Yale."
Lorelai went upstairs to get dressed and told Luke not to leave until she was out of the house, gave him a kiss, and left. Rory on the other hand, had a hard time saying goodbye and giving Dean a simple kiss. She asked him to drive to Yale that night because Paris wasn't arriving until the next morning.
Lorelai, Rory, and Emily packed Rory and Emily's cars and left for New Haven. Rory was living in the same room as last year with the same roommates. Tanna had already been moving her stuff in and greeted Rory with a big hug. Emily then continued to list people she had to contact to get special treatment for Rory. Emily finally heads back to the small house she rented for her and Richard's separation leaving Lorelai and Rory to themselves.
"Have fun this year. Come home to see me though, not just Dean."
"I will mom, don't worry. I love you."
"I love you too. I have to get back to the Inn before Sookie lights it on fire."
Lorelai gives her daughter a hug and kiss and heads back to Stars Hollow. Minutes later Dean arrives and Rory doesn't even let him in the room before kissing him. The two start making out in the hall when she hears a familiar voice.
"Well if it isn't Mary and bagboy."
Chapter 1
While Rory and Dean's "special night" is kept just between them and Lorelai; Dean's marriage with Lindsay continues to fall apart. She watches every move that Dean makes and won't allow him to be friends with anyone other than her friends. One day he finally can't take it anymore and just explodes.
"Lindsay! I can't take this anymore, I don't know what happened to what we had, but it's over. I've been thinking about looking into and lawyer and I think it's time that I do...this isn't a marriage!"
"This is about Rory isn't it?"
"Whether this is about Rory or not doesn't matter, leave her out of this. The problems in our marriage are because of you and me...no one else!"
"Dean, honey, stop yelling. We can get through this."
"There is no more getting through this – I'm out of here."
Dean races out the door, but isn't sure where to go. His heart tells him to go straight to Rory, but his head warns him to stay away from Lorelai who's still angry about him cheating on Lindsay. He decides to calm himself down by getting coffee at Luke's, if he can't be with Rory, he might as well be like her. Dean should've expected that when he walked through the door, he'd see Rory and Lorelai there drinking coffee and harassing Luke. Jess was hanging around too – just staring at Rory from a distance.
Dean casually walked over and sat down at the counter asking for a coffee when Luke finally returned to work. It didn't even faze Dean to see Luke give Lorelai a kiss before walking back although he didn't know about them dating.
"Why the long face?"
"Marriage."
"Say no more. What can I get for you?"
"Coffee and ..." Dean's eyes move towards Rory.
"The coffee I can get you, the girl's another story. Dean, did anyone ever tell you about your bachelor party?"
"I got drunk."
"Do you know what you said?" Luke asked pouring the coffee.
"No..."
"You told me that you loved Rory, not Lindsay."
Those words stuck in Dean's head the rest of the day. He knew that drunken words often contained more truth than anything said sober. More than anything, Dean wanted to get the divorce over with so that he could be with Rory. Luke offered his room to Dean because he was spending the night at the Dragonfly with Lorelai and Dean gladly accepted, not realizing he'd be spending the night in a small apartment with Jess.
"So, the wife kick you out?"
"Lay off, Mariano."
"So it's Rory."
"What...?"
"You don't have the only heart she's broken."
Dean had never seen a sensitive side to Jess, then again he never wanted to. Jess stole his girlfriend that night at the dance, though he'd had her heart already. Dean and Jess spent the night talking about Rory and Jess uncharacteristically helped Dean to find a divorce lawyer. Dean just left out the details that he and Rory had slept together and as soon as the divorce was over they'd be back together. It was very obvious that Jess was still very much in love with Rory, but both knew that he blew it the day that he left for California.
The next morning they walked downstairs to find Luke already working and the Gilmores at their usual table drinking what was most likely their third cups of coffee for the morning. Dean and Jess looked at each other and almost laughed because of the amount they talked about Rory. It was shocking to see the two of them getting along...almost as friends. Jess got to work next to his uncle and Dean went over to Rory and Lorelai.
"I'm calling a lawyer today."
"Good, you get divorced before coming near my daughter again."
"Lorelai, I'm sorry...but the marriage has been over."
"I don't care – that's still adultery, now get lost."
Rory just looked at Dean with a look of longing as he walked out the door of Luke's. Then her and Lorelai asked each other what he was doing walking out of the apartment that early ... with Jess.
"Luke, honey, can you come here for a minute?"
"What do you want? Can't you see we're busy?"
"Why was Dean in your apartment?"
"Fight with the wife, I sympathized with him over the divorce and let him stay there since I knew I wouldn't."
The girls were still confused, but Luke walked away. It was the first time Dean and Jess had ever been seen getting along and Rory knew it had to do with her.
The summer was a very long one. Rory was preparing for her second year at Yale while helping Dean and his lawyer finish out the divorce. Paris was calling every other day about something different, whether it was what to do about the dorm room or how to avoid Asher and warn his new "fling." Professor Asher Fleming had broken Paris's heart once again turning her into an absolute nervous wreck. Rory dealt as much as she could with Paris and still helped Dean. The hardest part of all was for Rory to patch up her relationship with her mother which just kept falling because of Dean. Lorelai wasn't sure whether she was disappointed or just afraid. She wanted Rory's first time to be special, but special meant with her own boyfriend – or even husband, not a married man.
The end of the summer approached and it seemed that it was ending metaphorically as well as literally. Dean arrived at the Gilmore household two days before Rory was leaving for Yale with his official divorce paper. It had taken two months...two very hellish months, but the divorce was over and Dean and Rory could finally be together. Lorelai knew that she had no choice but to give her blessing or she'd lose her daughter, just as her mother lost her. Dean and Rory celebrated with a very passionate kiss that sent chills throughout both of their bodies. Lorelai gave them a look that said "Dean being single does not mean jump his bones now."
Since Lorelai knew she couldn't do anything to keep them apart, she allowed their relationship to blossom for the next two days. Much to Lorelai's surprise...and dismay, Emily showed up on moving day to help Rory get to Yale. Both Luke and Dean had spent the night and were still in bed when Emily arrived. Lorelai snuck into Rory's room and whispered "Grandma's here" causing Rory to start panicking and attempting to hide Dean. Instead she left her room with Dean in it and shut the door to greet her grandmother.
"Are you ready to start your sophomore year?"
"Yep, I'm packed and mom and I were getting ready to leave."
"In your pajamas?"
"Oh yea, mom, it's the new fad."
"I don't care for your humor, Lorelai, now both of you get dressed then I'm taking you for breakfast on the way to Yale."
Lorelai went upstairs to get dressed and told Luke not to leave until she was out of the house, gave him a kiss, and left. Rory on the other hand, had a hard time saying goodbye and giving Dean a simple kiss. She asked him to drive to Yale that night because Paris wasn't arriving until the next morning.
Lorelai, Rory, and Emily packed Rory and Emily's cars and left for New Haven. Rory was living in the same room as last year with the same roommates. Tanna had already been moving her stuff in and greeted Rory with a big hug. Emily then continued to list people she had to contact to get special treatment for Rory. Emily finally heads back to the small house she rented for her and Richard's separation leaving Lorelai and Rory to themselves.
"Have fun this year. Come home to see me though, not just Dean."
"I will mom, don't worry. I love you."
"I love you too. I have to get back to the Inn before Sookie lights it on fire."
Lorelai gives her daughter a hug and kiss and heads back to Stars Hollow. Minutes later Dean arrives and Rory doesn't even let him in the room before kissing him. The two start making out in the hall when she hears a familiar voice.
"Well if it isn't Mary and bagboy."