A/N Okay this one's really short but I felt like it should be by itself.

Disclaimer: I don't own anything.

Rory had the night to herself. Lorelei had to work late and so after a night of movies, food, reading and some wallowing she decided to go to bed. Just as she was getting into bed, there was a knock at the door.

"Dean, uh, hi..." She didn't know how to greet him. It had been a few days since they last talked and a few days since her encounter with Lindsay. She hadn't heard anything about either one of them in that time and was wondering if Lindsay had approached him about it.

"I don't know why I'm here."

"Okay, well do you want to come in? I was going to bed but I could.."

"How could you do this?"

"What?" She knew what he was talking about but didn't quite have any explanation.

"You know what Rory. How could you tell her? Why couldn't you just leave us alone? You're not happy so we have to be miserable too?"

"Dean that's not fair. Anyway, as your wife I think she deserves to know what kind of person she'd married too."

"What kind of person? What are you talking about. Obviously I can't be that terrible of a person if you want me so much. You know one day you're telling me how much you love me and the next I'm this horrible person. People make mistakes."

"So now I'm just a mistake? You told me you loved me too you know. God, I can't stand this."

"You don't love me. Everyone knows it. Everyone knew it about halfway through our relationship and we just refused to believe it. Don't you understand that nothing is going to change that? I love Lindsay and I thank God that she loves me enough to work through this."

"You guys made up? After all this you guys are still together?"

"Why disappointed?"

"Just surprised."

"Well unlike you she knows how to forgive."

"What are you talking about? I forgive people."

"What about Jess? How many times did he try to make it up to you? You love him and yet you just can't accept that people make mistakes."

"Jess? Oh my God this has nothing, I repeat NOTHING to do with Jess. I have no feelings whatsoever for Jess. We're friends. I've FORGIVEN him enough to be friends. Anyway, since when are you defending Jess?"

"I'm not it's just... never mind this isn't what I came over here for. I just wanted to tell you that I think you did a really mean thing the other day. I also wanted to say goodbye."

"Goodbye?"

"We're moving. Lindsay and I decided to move to Chicago. We just want to go somewhere without so much history and start over. So we're going as soon as possible. Goodbye Rory." Dean turned and left without looking back.

"Goodbye Dean," she whispered as he got into his car.

Lying in bed, Rory tried to figure out what exactly it was that she was feeling. She wasn't sad that he was leaving, she was just lonely. She felt totally alone. Suddenly there was no safe boyfriend waiting in the wings for her. From now on, she was on her own.