Plans of Reunion

Summary: The S.H.B.A., S.H.T.B., S.H.N.W.O., S.H.C.C.S.H.C., aka Taylor, want the town sweethearts together again. When he mentions it at a town meeting, everyone starts plotting, and Miss Patty has a plan that just might work. Narco future fic.

Pairing: Rory/Dean with mentioned Luke/Lorelai.

Disclaimer: If I were Amy Sherman-Palladino I'd have better things to do than write fan fiction. And you'd be seeing this story unfold onscreen soon. Well, actually you wouldn't, because Rory and Dean would never have broken up in the first place, so the town wouldn't need to plot to get them back together.

AN: Any DC fans who think they recognize any DJo lines are probably right. I've been in a very Soulmate-y (esp. Coda-y) mood lately. I should probably add to my disclaimer that I'm in no way affiliated with Dawson's Creek, either.

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"What about you? You should have graduated last year, too, and you should be working some good job now, or be coaching a sports team, with some beautiful deserving blonde, who I would no doubt hate instantly, as your girlfriend. You could have done anything with your life, why are you still working at Doose's?"

Rory glared at Dean, and he glared back at her. They'd both insulted each other, but they both felt as if the other one had insulted them more. "I'm working at Doose's to earn extra money to help my parents pay for college," Dean finally said.

"Oh," Rory shrank. Of course, his charges had to be true, and hers weren't.

"Just wondering, but why do you picture me with a blonde? I've dated three girls, you, Lindsay, and Beth, back in Chicago before we met, and Lindsay was the only blonde."

"I don't know. I don't really, I was just on a roll, and blonde was faster to say than brunette." He laughed at that. She was glad that he hadn't asked her why she'd hate this mythical college girlfriend of his.

"I'm sorry."

"For what?"

"Everything. For not telling you why I was ending things. For making you into the other woman. For what I said earlier."

"Don't be. You were right about what you said, and I've never thought you made me into the other woman. I did that to myself. And about the other, well, if I had known why you broke up with me, I would definitely be in a different place right now, but that's okay."

"You'd have graduated, you mean?" Rory was silent. "Why? What happened?"

"I thought I was a part of that world you left me in, and I started acting like it."

"So, it's my fault that you didn't graduate," Dean said, his voice laced with guilt and pain.

"No, it's mine. For thinking that the only way to let you go was to let myself go, too. I'm onto you, you know. You can't keep it a secret forever."

"Keep what a secret?"

"How incredible you are. You're the most amazing person that I've ever met, and I've missed you so much since that party. Wherever you go, where ever your life takes you, you will always have a piece of my heart." Even in the dark, she could feel that she had embarrassed him. "It doesn't have to be a huge part," she reassured him quickly.

"Just enough," he agreed. "You know, I could say all those things about you, too. They'd all be true. More true than they are about me."