AN: Finally the part you've all been asking for. I told you to be patient. I just needed to get all that done before getting this up. For all you Dean lovers... I suggest you not read this... I really love bashing Dean! SO DEAN LOVERS BEWARE!

Part 25: The Break Up

"Crap... oh, crap." She answered the phone. "I'm sooo sorry... I know… I'm sorry... You are? Okay, I'm on my way." Rory hung up and turned to the group. "I've got to go. I'll see you guys later." She grabbed her book bag and ran off towards her dorm.

"Wanna go see what she's so in a hurry about?" Colin asked picking up some of her and Steph's bags.

"Probably Paris." Logan responded.

"I'm always up for a little entertainment." Steph said causing them to laugh. They all took up as many bags as they could carry and walked after her.

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Rory ran to her dorm and saw him sitting on the bench outside of her room. She put her bag down as he stood.

"I'm so sorry, Dean. I didn't have my phone and I didn't think you'd wait for me till..." she checked her watch. "Two in the morning."

"You said if you couldn't make it, you'd call."

"And I just told you I didn't have my phone."

"I've been calling you all night."

"I just got my phone back." She repeated. She looked up at him. He had his jaw clenched and his eyes narrowed. "Are you mad?"

"Mad doesn't describe what I'm feeling at this moment."

"You have no right to be mad right now, Dean. I told you that I was going to be gone for a few days. I didn't have my phone and couldn't call. I already said I was sorry."

"You think I'm mad because you didn't call! Christ, Rory! I've been the one calling for the past month if you haven't noticed. No, I'm not mad because of that!"

"Well, care to enlighten me as to why I'm the object of your wrath or would you like me to read your mind seeing as I'm so good at that?" She asked sarcastically, crossing her arms over her chest.

"Read any newspapers lately?"

"News..." Rory paled. "No."

"Imagine my surprise walking into Doose's and seeing this." He said pulling out something from his back pocket and throwing it at her. Rory opened it and stared. There was a picture of her and Logan dancing, both laughing. The engagement party.

"Gilmore-Huntzberger Heirs To Wed"

The caption read in big, black, bold letters as if mocking her.

"Where did you get this?"

"Stars Hollow Gazette." Rory closed her yes. She told Logan to tell his dad to hold off all news of the engagement until she could tell Dean and he had done so, but she had forgotten that she lived in a town where the population was one hundred and the gossip queens ran the damn paper. She had told Miss Patty and Babette not to tell anyone. They had kept their promise. They had let them read the news. They were very sly.

"I didn't want you to find out like that."

"So it's true?"

"I was going to tell you tonight!"

"What? After the sex?" They hadn't noticed the four people standing a few feet away.

"Bastard!" She yelled. "You knew..."

"I knew what? That you were fucking some guy here while I was in Stars Hollow working my ass off?"

"That isn't..." He continued ignoring her.

"I left my wife for you; my god, my marriage was ruined because of you!"

"Bullshit, Dean. That's bullshit and you know it! It takes two to have sex, I sure as hell was not in that bed alone that night!" Dean opened his mouth to say something, but she continued. "This isn't all about me either you know!"

"What?"

"How long have you been screwing Lindsay, Dean?"

"What the hell are you talking about?" He asked, but his head was down.

"I have eyes and ears all over that town, Dean! Stars Hollow was mine way before it was yours!"

"I should have never gotten involved with you. Everyone warned me against it."

"What?"

"You're that fucking princess, Rory. Everyone in that town loves you! You can do no fucking wrong."

"That's not true!"

"Who do you think they blamed for my and Lindsay's marriage break up? Huh? Cause it sure as hell wasn't you. That time when Jess crashed your car? Jess was blamed."

"I never knew you to be Jess Mariano's cheerleader, Dean." Rory said wondering how they had gotten so far off topic.

"I'm not, trust me, I'm not."

"What does this have to do with you mauling Lindsay outside of Doose's?" Rory asked.

"Nothing, absolutely nothing." Dean sighed running a hand through his hair.

"I'm getting married, Dean."

"Yeah, to some rich asshole."

"He's not an asshole." Rory muttered. Dean rolled his eyes.

"How long?"

"How long what?" she asked as she looked up at him.

"How long have you been sleeping with him?" Rory's eyes widened.

"I'm not sleeping with him. What the hell are you talking about?"

"Well, obviously he's got to be getting some if he's marrying you." Rory nodded.

"Right, cause I'm some skanky slut that opens her legs for just any guy. You know, if you want to get some other girl's opinion, ask Lindsay." She made her way to the door, but Dean stopped her.

"Lindsay is not a slut."

"And now you're defending her, how sweet. Look, Dean, I was going to tell you today. I was going to tell you that yes, I am engaged. I was going to explain to you that it was not my choice in the matter. I was going to tell you that the marriage between me and Logan is arranged and has been for years. That I just found out about it last month. I didn't want to tell you because I hate hurting you, but you know what? Right now I really just want you to leave. Leave Yale, leave Stars Hollow, leave Connecticut. Cause I don't want to see you anymore. Now let go." She wrenched her arm away, but Dean grabbed her.

Hey!" They both turned and saw Steph, Colin, Finn and Logan standing a few feet away.

"She said 'Leave,' mate." Finn said. Dean looked down at Rory.

"What, now you're hanging out with the rich?"

"Let go, Dean." He let go of her arm as Logan, Colin, Finn and Steph walked over to her.

"You okay?" Logan asked. Rory nodded. Dean scoffed.

"I hope you're happy, Ror. Really happy. Let's hope your marriage lasts as long as mine."

"I would leave now." Colin said stepping up and taking a step forward. "There's a 99.9 percent chance that our friends are walking around and at our signal they will attack." Dean gave a condescending nod.

"Right... well.. .Rory… I'll see you later." He turned and started walking away. Rory leaned up against her door, her head resting on the wood.

"You okay?" Logan asked.

"I knew that he was going to bring all that up. Jeez, I just didn't know he'd blame me." She muttered to herself. She looked down at her hand and shook her head handing the now crumpled news article to Logan. "The only paper in the world you father doesn't have control over had to be in the town that I live in." Logan frowned and opened the article and sighed at the picture.

"I'm sorry, Ace." Rory gave a shrug.

"We were done anyway, marriage or no marriage. We were done." She started going through her bag in search for her keys, then looked at the white board. Paris was at Doyle's. She continued the search and cursed.

"Shit. Shit, shit, shit, shit, shit." Rory said dumping the contents on the floor and looking through them.

"Ace... Ace... God, stop!" Logan said grabbing her trembling hands.

"I can't find my keys."

"You'll stay at Steph's tonight."

"I want to be alone."

"And you'll be alone with Steph." He picked up the items and put them back in her bag. He stood up and grabbed her hand and started walking towards Steph's dorm, the group already ahead of them.

"I've never had good relationships." Rory muttered. "Dean was always a safe person to be with."

"It's going to be okay, Ace." Logan said rubbing her back in comforting circles. Rory leaned into him letting his warmth chase away her cold. They walked to the dorm and saw that Steph had left the door open for them. They walked in and saw Colin, Steph and Finn smiling sadly at her.

"Come on, let's get in something comfortable and we'll wallow." Steph said as she took her from Logan and led Rory to her room.

"That sounds so good right now." Rory murmured as they walked into the room and closed the door. Logan sighed and closed the door and sat on the couch between Colin and Finn.

"She all right?" Finn asked.

"She will be. I think we all know her well enough to know that she's strong and she can handle anything that comes her way." Colin and Finn nodded in agreement.

Rory and Steph put on their pajamas. Rory's were blue pants with yellow rubber duckies on them and a matching white top with a duckie decal while Steph's were blue with white clouds and matching blue top with cloud decal.

"I'm going to make a really quick phone call." Rory said searching her bag for her cell. Steph gave a nod.

"I'll go tell the guys to make a quick stop at the grocery store." Rory smiled as Steph left her alone. Rory got out her cell, sat on the floor against the wall and dialed a number that she only dialed if she really needed to talk. She got the voicemail and cursed.

"I hate that you still don't know that when your damn phone vibrates, you flip it open and answer. You don't push any of the buttons. You just flip open and put it up to your ear." Rory sighed and continued. "I really needed to talk. And you know that I would never call you unless it was urgent. But I can't talk to my mom. We're not talking. Well, I'm not talking to her. And I don't want to talk to Tristan or Lane cause they... I don't know. You were the first person. Look, just call me back... This is Rory by the way." Rory hung up and stared at the wall. Well, this night had gone to shit.

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Steph came out of the room and went straight to the kitchenette and started writing things down on a piece of paper. Once she was done, she went over and handed the list to Logan.

"Be a dear and go get me and your future wife everything on this list."

"What the hell are bonbons?" Colin asked as he read it over Logan's shoulder.

"Just get what you can. Me and Rory have some serious wallowing to do. Now go." Logan sighed and got up just as Rory stepped out the room holding her phone.

"We'll be back." Logan said as the guys left.

"Where did they go?"

"They are getting things for our girls' night. Now come on, we'll pick some movies." Rory smiled. She didn't have her mom, but Steph was running a close second.