(Thursday Morning. Court Room)

Rory, Lorelai and Luke sat together as the trial began. As predicted, Dean and Jess were both on trial. When Dean walked into the courtroom his eyes fell upon Rory. He stared at her for several moments. She looked very confused and upset. He wanted to feel sorry for her, and tell her everything was okay, but at the same time he hated her and her mother. It was their fault he was mixed up in this to begin with.

Jess walked in after Dean. He first noticed Luke who was trying to keep from looking nervous. Then he looked at Lorelai, she looked very beautiful today. He hadn't noticed before just how attractive she was. No wonder Luke was crazy about her, Jess thought to himself. Then, he spotted Rory. Sweet, innocent Rory. He could only imagine what this was doing to her. She looked up and her eyes met his. He leaned his head forward, then brought it back, symbolizing a hello. She slowly raised her hand and signaled hello back.

Many people took the stand that day. Sookie, Miss Patty, Babette, Gypsy, and Jackson all gave testimonies. Most of the stories leaned in the innocense of Jess and the guiltiness of Dean. The story was appearing very heavily one sided. During a recess, Jess walked back to speak with Luke and Lorelai.

"This is going over well." Jess began.

"Yeah, it is." Luke smiled. "Looks like you're going to be okay."

Jess focused his attention on Rory. "Hey."

"Hey." She repeated.

"Thanks for coming."

"Jess, there's something I need to tell you." Luke began. "We're not so sure now that Dean is the real killer."

"What?" Jess asked in disbelief.

"I got a note at the diner."

"So?"

"So, Dean wasn't at the diner that day."

Jess put his hands behind his head in frustration. "That doesn't mean dean didn't set me up." Jess replied.

"Yeah, it kind of does." Lorelai added.

"Well, that's not for you to decide." Jess remarked. "It's up the jury now."

"Jess.." Luke began.

"Hey, I didn't kill anyone either! But that isn't stopping them from putting my ass on trial." Jess quickly turned and walked back to his seat.

After the recess was over the judge called the court back to order.

"Ladies and gentleman that will be all for today. Court will open again tomorrow at 10:00 am. Thank you." He hit his gavel and dismissed the court.

(Luke's Diner later that day)

"Rory, I'm sorry." Lorelai said trying to break the silence that had fallen between them.

Rory didn't respond. She continued to push around the food that was on her plate.

"I was wrong." Lorelai confessed. "But Dean had all the evidence against him Just like Jess did."

"You said you was so sure." Rory mimicked.

"I Know." Lorelai replied sorrowfully. "I shouldn't have."

"You shouldn't have tried to figure things out anyway." Rory snapped. "You're not a detective. All you did was make things worse."

"Okay..." Lorelai began. "I deserved that."

"He's not going to want to be my boyfriend after all of this." Rory replied as tears filled her eyes. "He hates me now."

"Sweetie..."

"He hates me... and it's your fault!"

"Rory, honey, I'm sure he doesn't hate you."

"There you go saying how sure you are of something again." Rory jumped up and ran out of the diner.

Lorelai quickly took after her. Rory darted out into the street forcing a car to slam on its breaks. Rory froze as she saw the car skidding towards her. She tried to get out of the way, but it was as if her body had forgotten how to move. Suddenly, Lorelai's arms wrapped around Rory and pulled her out of the car's path. They both fell back onto the sidewalk gasping for breath.

Lorelai immediately began to check her daughter. "Are you okay?" she asked concerned.

Rory shook her head yes.

"Promise me you'll never do anything like that again." Lorelai replied, as tears whelmed in her eyes as well.

"I promise."

Lorelai helped her daughter up from the ground. The young man who was driving the car came running over to them.

"Oh my god! Are you okay?" he asked.

"She's fine." Lorelai answered.

"I'm so sorry! I tried to stop, but the car kept going. I..."

Lorelai held up her hand. "It's okay. Honest. We're just going to head on home."

"Is there anything I can do?" the young man asked hopefully.

"No thank you." Lorelai replied guiding her daughter down the street.