Chapter 5

Walking out of school and going past all of the cheerleaders and other classmates Dean thought he'd start with the questions, "So, have you lived here all your life?"

"Yes. Well, pretty much. I was actually born in Hartford." Rory corrects herself, from what Dean could already tell she was a perfectionist and wanted everything to be told the right way the first time. "Well, that's not far." Dean states not actually knowing where Hartford was or how far it was.

"30 minutes with no traffic." Dean can sense that Rory is very smart and well driven and he liked that about her, she was also witty. Not knowing if that was what she was going for but she made him laugh. "Really?" Dean just expected a yeah or an 'Mm hmm' but instead he got, "I timed it." Not expecting it, he just said, "Okay, then." With a small chuckle.

Walking past Weston's Bakery, Rory was struggling with conversation topics so when she saw the bakery she immediately blurred out, "So, do you like cake?" Dean was very confused to hear that come out of her mouth. "What?" Rory suddenly felt very shy and annoyed at herself for saying that. "They make really good cakes here. They're very...round." She was confused with what was going through her brain at the moment.

"Okay, I'll remember that." Dean laughed, thinking 'This girl is amazing, she's so funny.' "Good, make a note. You wouldn't want to forget where the round cakes are." Dean looks at Rory and sees a 'why did I just say that' face and tried to save her embarrassment. "So, how are you liking Moby Dick?"

Her face lights up at this question. Dean takes a mental note to ask her questions about books next time. "Oh, it's really good." She says with a smile on her face. "Yeah?"

"Yeah. It's my first Melville." Not having a clue what she was saying, Dean was just listening to make her happy. "Cool."

"I mean I know it's kinda cliché to pick Moby Dick as first Melville but..." She stopped talking for a second thinking back to the question, "Hey, how did you know I was reading Moby Dick?" Dean got a little nervous as Rory stopped in her path, stopping Dean as well. "Uh. Well, I've been watching you." Realising after he said it, that it sounded very weird. "Watching me?" Rory questioned feeling her palms start to get sweaty. "I mean, not in a creepy, like, "I'm watching you" sort of way. I just, I've noticed you." Dean felt relieved that he had saved himself some embarrassment.

"Me?" She asked as if she was asking what was so nice about her. "Yeah." Dean said hoping he didn't scare her away. "When?"

Dean took a deep breath, "Every day. After school you come out and you sit under that tree there and you read. Last week it was Madame Bovery. This week it's Moby Dick." Dean explains to Rory.

"But why would you-." Rory starts but Dean interrupts her question before she could ask it. "Because you're nice to look at. And because you've got unbelievable concentration."

"What?" Rory was confused at what Dean was talking about. "Last Friday these two guys were tossing around a ball and one guy nailed the other right in the face. I mean, it was a mess, blood everywhere, the nurse came out. The place was in chaos, his girlfriend was all freaking out and you just sat there and read. I mean, you never even looked up." Dean was so into the story that he carried on, "I thought, I have never seen anyone read so intensely before in my entire life. I have to meet that girl." When he was finished, he looked at Rory's face and saw that it was a little red and she looked surprised that someone had noticed her.

"Maybe I just didn't look up because I'm unbelievably self-centered." Rory tried to convince Dean of this but he wouldn't have it, "Maybe, but I doubt it." Rory let out a little laugh and smiled at Dean, Dean showed his pearly whites off too with his huge grin.

Rory turned her body to indicate that she was going to continue walking, "So, did I ask you if you like cake?" She said to try and make herself less embarrassed. "Yeah, you did." Dean tells her laughing lightly. "Oh, 'cause they have really good cake back there." Dean laughs and shakes his head as they walk towards Miss Patty's.

A/N: another filler chapter I'm sorry, I promise next chapter is more of my story.