Chapter 4

After finding out that Rory got into Chilton, she got a bit sad thinking about all the time she spent at that school and how many people she'd miss. She suddenly thought that she'd have to meet new people and probably snobby ones too so she'd know no one.

The next day at school, Rory had to clean out her locker. "And we get to wear uniforms." Rory says whilst getting two more books out of her locker and placing them in the box currently in her arms. "No more having people check you out to see what jeans you're wearing 'cause everyone's dressed alike in boring clothes and just there to learn." She says whilst closing her locker.

"Okay, there's academic-minded and then there's Amish." Lane jokes. "Funny." Rory says with a small smile. "Thank you!" Lane says sarcastically. They walk a short distance down the hall and Lane adds, "So, I told my mom you're changing schools." Lane says looking at Rory.

"Was she thrilled?" Rory asked raising her eyebrows slightly. "The party's on Friday." She says jokingly. "I gotta go. I have to have a pre-hayride cup of tea with a future doctor. How do I look? Korean?" She says with a slight sarcastic smile. "Good. Bye" Lane says walking away out of school. "Bye." Rory says not focused enough on her belongings in her arms.

A couple of books fall to the ground, Rory bent down to pick them up along with some other pieces of screwed up paper. She looked slightly up to see a pair of legs wearing khakis and she jumped slightly.

"God! You're like Ruth Gordon just standing there with a tannis root. Make a noise." Rory told the 'legs'. "Rosemary's Baby." The 'legs' say. Rory looked up to see who belonged to the legs and voice. She stood up with the books and bits of paper still in her hands, "Yeah." She said surprised he knew what she meant, "Well, that's a great movie. You're got good taste." Mystery Boy said with a nod and the cutest smile ever. Rory suddenly turned shy and looked down with a light smile.

"Are you moving?" He asked Rory seeing her with a box full of books and other random things. "No, just my books are." Rory stated. "My family just moved here from Chicago." He states, trying to get the conversation flowing. He was doing a better job than Rory that's for sure.

"Chicago...windy...Oprah." Rory spills out trying to find things that related to Chicago but that was all she had on the spot. "Yeah. Yeah, that's the place." Mystery Boy leaned in closer. "I'm Dean." Rory looked up slightly and said quietly with a smile on her face, "Hi."

Dean was waiting for Rory to say her name but she didn't until she got what he was hinting at. "Oh, Rory. Me. That's-that's me." Rory stutters embarrassed that it took her so long to get it out.

"Rory." Dean said it out loud to hear what it sounded like and he liked the sound of it coming out of his mouth. "Well, Lorelai technically." Rory quickly interrupts his thoughts. "Lorelai, I like that." Dean said truthfully. He liked both names, they both sounded nice coming out of his mouth.

Before Dean could think about which one he preferred, Rory interrupted his thoughts once again, "It's my mother's name, too. She named me after herself. She was lying in the hospital thinking about how men name boys after themselves all the time you know? So why couldn't women? She says her feminism just kind of took over. But personally, I think a lot of Demerol also went into that decision." Rory rambles, Dean was amused at how fast she was talking and how nervous she seemed. He wasn't much better himself but he was hiding it well. "I never talk this much." Rory confirms.

Dean decided it was probably best that he go look for a job to pay for rent with the Forester's because he felt bad that they were adopting him and didn't want to feel like they owed him anything. "Well, I better go." "Oh, sure." Dean thought Rory looked kind of disappointed so he kept the conversation going a little bit longer. "I have to go look for a job."

"Okay, good." Rory awkwardly says to Dean whilst looking down at her books. He decided that was the end of the conversation so he started to walk away with a smile on his face. "You should check with Miss Patty." Rory says making him turn back towards her. "What?" He asked confused who Miss Patty was. "About the job. You should check with Miss Patty. She teaches dance. She was actually on Broadway once." She rambles again.

Confused again, Dean says, "I-i don't really dance much." Looking awkward as usual, Dean was getting a little bit of his memories back but not much just that he wasn't a great socialiser. "No, no, she just kind of knows everything that's going on in town. She'll know if someone's looking." Rory clarifies to Dean who looked uncomfortable.

"Oh, great. Uh, thanks." Dean says about to turn to walk away when he sees Rory's head looking down. "Hey, what are you doing now?" He asks thinking they should talk more. "Nothing." After she realised she sounded very eager she added, "Much." With a little laugh at the end. She looked down at the stuff in her arms, "I should throw this away at some point." With another little laugh added on the end.

"Well maybe you could show me where this Miss Patty's place is.." Dean says hopeful that she agrees as he wanted to spend a little more time with her before he had to go back home, home? Is it home? "Yeah, I guess so. I really don't have anything important to-Let's go."

She realised that she was rambling again and decided to cut herself off it was wasting time, time that she could be spending with him walking home.

Dean reached down and picks up the box of Rory's things and they both walk out together.

This was more of a filler chapter, like a set the scene sort of thing. I'm a loser and watched each episode very carefully and typed exactly what each person had said to get it as accurate as possible :)