"Hey, it's me." Rory hears when she answers her ringing phone.

"Hey Dean, I'm almost to Stars Hollow." She said as she saw the exit sign. "Are we still on for tonight?"

"Yea, of course. What happened today? Is everything ok?" Dean asked.

"It's a long story, I'll explain when I get there." She told him. They hung up right after and she continued on her way. And hour later she arrived in Star's Hallow and met Dean at his friend's apartment. "Hey there." She said as she hugged him.

"Hey," he said back as he kissed her softly. "You ready?" he asked as he took her hand and walked down to his truck. When they got to the truck he opened her door and kissed her again before returning to his side. They chatted comfortably about their days on the way to the restaurant.

"So you still haven't told me where we're going yet." Rory said when there was a lull in the conversation.

"That's cause it's a surprise." He said as they pulled into a parking lot. "But don't worry, we're here." He said as he turned off the engine.

"Oh, I remember this." She said with a smile. "The three month anniversary." She remembered as they got out.

"Yea, that was a special night, and I feel like this is too." He took her hand and kissed it before they went in. Dinner was perfect. Desert was perfect and after dinner they got coffee and walked around the town square talking about everything possible and nothing at all.

"So there's something I wanted to talk to you about." Rory said as they walked around the town square. She knew she had to tell him how she felt but she wasn't sure how to say it.

"I wanted to talk to you too." He said.

"You go first." She inwardly sighed with relief.

"Rory, I love you. I know we've said it before but I really do love you. And I know that we both have a lot going on, you at Yale, me starting school again, it's crazy. I love that you are at Yale and doing everything your doing, but it's really hard not being able to see you very much." He continued and Rory suddenly got scared. The last thing she wanted was to break up.

"Dean, we can make it work, we do make it work. We're good together." She started but Dean interrupted.

"Hold on let me finish. The way I see it there are three ways to fix it." He said as they sat down in the gazebo. "There's option one, we can just keep going the way we have been and hope it all works out. But honestly I don't see how that can be good." He paused and Rory sat silently scared. "There's option two, we could break up now and save the trouble of things ending badly."

"Dean..."

"But I really don't like that option either. So I think it leaves us with the last option." He paused again trying to gauge her reaction.

"And, what's that." She asked very quietly swallowing hard.

Dean turned to face her and took her hands. "I love you and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, but I want to do things right and take them slow. So I think we should move in together." He finished and looked up at her trying to read her eyes. She sat silently for several minutes. "Please, say something."

"Are you serious?" she asked stunned. It was not what she had expected.

"Yea, I am." He looked down at their hands. "I understand if it's too much, it was just an idea..."

"NO! I think it's a great idea!" exclaimed as she threw her arms around him. "I love you!" she whispered.

AN: I know nothing about Connecticut, but considering Stars Hallow is fictional in the first place I guess it's ok for me to say that there is another college that Dean could go to near Yale, but just as a note I'm totally not sure if there really is... I just go where the inspiration takes me