Chapter 5: Plans for Christmas Vacation:

It was two months into the school year and Rory had only talked to Dean on the phone a few times. The e-mails had been more frequent than the phone calls and a lot longer sometimes. One day, just before the end of November, Rory was sitting in her dorm room thinking about the day she'd just had when her laptop beeped at her. It was telling her that she had an e-mail. Since she'd been sitting there doing nothing for an hour and a half when she should've been doing homework, she decided to see what was in her inbox. It was an e-mail from Dean.

To: Rory Hayden
From: Dean Forester
Subject: Christmas Vacation

Hey Rory,

This is short 'cause I have class in like five seconds but will you be going back to Stars Hollow for Christmas vacation? And is your Christmas vacation the same time as mine? Mine is the 17th to the 27th of December. If it is and you are, then could we meet up sometime during it to talk? I know it will be the first time we've talked face to face since I dropped you and Lane off at school but I really think that we need to. E-mail me back as soon as you can.

Dean

P.S.

I've been thinking about us a lot lately. I don't know why but I think it's because my roommate is always hanging out with his girlfriend and I really miss you.

After reading the e-mail from Dean, Rory sat and thought about her reply. After about ten minutes she e-mailed him back.

To: Dean Forester
From: Rory Hayden
Subject: RE: Christmas Vacation

Hey Dean,

Yeah I'm going back to Stars Hollow for Christmas. I have two weeks vacation though. It does start on the 17th, so we'll be home around the same time at least. I'm sure we could find a time to meet and talk but I don't really know what things will be like and I won't really know until I actually get home. My mom and dad want to go to Fiji for Christmas so it looks like I may be in SH for only three days. Most likely the 17th-20th because they want to leave early on the 21st. Actually, I think that our plane leaves at 4:30 A.M. on the 21st. Mom's parents are coming and so are dads. This could be interesting. Call me on the 18th and we can make plans.

Rory

P.S.

Have you really been missing me? Is that why you want to talk during Christmas Vacation? Hope you weren't late for class.

After e-mailing Dean, she sat there for a few more minutes thinking about, well, Dean and her relationship. Then, since her computer was still online, she decided to do some research on Fiji. All she knew about the trip was that it was a family thing and that it would be her entire Christmas vacation. Well, almost her entire Christmas vacation. She was researching Fiji because she was interested in the stuff she could do there. Although she figured that she might just end up reading and studying most of the time. There were some things she knew the family would do together, things other than eating food. Maybe some scuba diving, swimming, snorkeling, etc. Rory was researching Fiji when her computer beeped again. She got another e-mail, but this one was from her parents.

To: Rory Hayden
From: Mom and Dad
Subject: Fiji

Hey Babe,

All the plans for the trip to Fiji are set. Our plane leaves at four-thirty A.M. on the 21st of December. You'll be driving here on the 17th right? Talk to you later!

Love,
Mom

Rory quickly e-mailed her mom back and told her that Dean wanted to talk.

To: Mom and Dad
From: Rory Hayden
Subject: RE: Fiji

Hey Mom,

Sounds fun. Yeah, I'll be driving home on the 17th with Lane. Dean e-mailed me today and told me that he wants to talk sometime during vacation. I told him to call me at home on the 18th 'cause then we could plan a time to meet. Truthfully, it's not something I really want to do but since I already told him I'd meet him I don't want to back out.

See you soon!
Rory

Yet another beta version of a chapter. My beta for this story had chapter three and finshed it sometime this week but for some reason I didn't actually get to uploading it until tonight and then I sent her chapter four and she finshed it today and after that I had sent her three more chapters to work on and she has done most of them already so I'm just uploading them now. I'm pretty sure this is a milion times better than it was.