Sorry I haven't updated in a while. I HATE EXAMS! Ok, well now that they are over I may update more. It depends on how busy I am with homework and all the b-ball games and volleyball practice and games. I love being in high school but sometimes it is just too hectic to handle. I'm just one person! Ok, rant over, now back to the story.
In the waiting room, the whole gang is waiting. Luke, Lorelai, Rory, Jess, Sookie, Jackson, and even Dean came. They have been waiting for about half an hour and are getting really antsy. Finally the doctor came out and went to Luke and Lorelai.
"What is it? What's wrong?" Lorelai asks.
"Well, we did a couple of test and my conclusion is that her appendix exploded." The doctor says.
"What does that mean?" Luke asks.
"It means that we have to go into surgery to repair the damage that it did. We just need your permission" he says and gives a clipboard to Luke. He signs it and gives it back to the doctor.
An hour later Maria comes out of surgery and is up and alert. Luke, Lorelai, Rory and Jess have already been in and seen her. Rory and Jess went back home, Luke and Lorelai are wondering the hospital for some comfy blankets. Dean is pacing at the door, waiting till he gets the nerve to come in.
"Dean, what are you doing?" Maria says while trying not to laugh.
Dean stops and walks into the room. "How are you doing?"
"Other then the pain in my side, I'm great." Maria answers.
"You know you had us all worried" Dean says as he gets comfortable and pulls up a chair.
"I did?" Maria asks.
"Yeah, you're the town's sweetheart." He answers.
"What about you? Were you worried?" Maria says with a smile on her face.
"Yeah, I mean I like you and we thought something was wrong and..." he answers with a stutter in his voice.
"Well, I like you too. I mean I like you like you." Maria says looking down at her hands. When she looks back up, she stares straight into his eyes.
He then goes in for the kiss. They kiss for a couple of seconds and that's when they hear a tap on the door.
Lorelai and Luke are standing there with a smile on Lorelai's face and a stern look, kind of like get-the-hell-away-from-my-daughter-before-I-hurt-you, that type of look.
"Mom, Dad, I want you to know that I like Dean, and what you just saw, I've wanted for a long time" Maria says and then looks at Dean.
Dean looks back at her and smiles but then quickly looks a Luke and the smile goes away.
Luke then looks between Maria and Lorelai and realizes what Lorelai said before was true. If he didn't just except it, he was going to loose his daughter completely. And he did not want that to happen. So he gives into a smile and sits down besides Dean. He puts his hand on Dean's shoulder and says to him, "I want you to know that you have a special lady right here. You better treat her right. Or you're going have to deal with me. And I'll do more then just keep you out of the diner. (Remember when Luke found out about Rory and Dean breaking up the first time)
Dean shakes his head yes, shakes Luke's hand, and smiles at Maria.
So it's been a couple of weeks and Maria and Dean have been going along smoothly. They have gone on a couple of dates, much to Luke's dismay, and they have tried to spend every free minute that they have together.
One day Dean came into the dinner and asked to talk to Maria upstairs. When they were all comfy on the couch, Dean turned to her and asked "Do you know Lindsey Whiteman from my third period English?"(Guessing on the last name)
"Yeah" Maria says slowly. (She has fifth period English)
"Well you know that assignment that Mr. Hazel gave us. I have to do my project with a partner and he picked Lindsey." Dean says.
Maria doesn't get what Dean is trying to tell her at first but then she remembers that sometime last year it was rumored that Lindsey really liked Dean. To bring matters worse, Lindsey likes him more this year and Lindsey always gets what she wants.
"Oh, why are you telling me this, it's only a school assignment." Maria says trying to make it sound like she's not jealous.
"Because the project requires me to go over her house" Dean says.
"Ok, I'm fine with that. It's no problem" Maria says with a fake smile on her face.
"Ok, good" Dean says and gives her a sweet, kind of long, kiss.
When they break apart, Maria looks at her watch. "You know my dads going to be up here in a couple of minutes."
Right when she finishes that, Luke comes through the door. "Opps, sorry, we need more ketchup down there."
Maria and Dean just look at each other and then they head downstairs.
Now you know how Rory has Lane, well Maria has her best friend named Brett. (This is a girls name by the way)
Brett comes up to Maria outside the diner. "You are going to hate me when I tell you this"
"Tell me what?" Maria says questionably.
"I just found out that Dean and Lindsey are partners for that project in English class" Brett says then closes both of her eyes waiting for a response.
"I know" Maria says.
"You know?" Brett asks.
"I know" Maria repeats. "Dean told me yesterday"
"Well do you know that he is going over his house tonight to do that project" Brett says with an all knowing look in her eye.
"Yes, and I'm fine with that" Maria says unconvincingly.
"So what do you want to do tonight?" Maria asks.
"Oh, maybe walk around town a little bit; try to sneak a peak at Dean" Brett says.
It goes to night outside Lindsey's house.
Maria and Brett have been walking around town for a couple of hours now and it's a small town so they have been in many circles. They have come by Lindsey's house many times and about their 20th time around, they see the front porch light come on. So what do they do, they run and hide in the bushes just so they are hidden but can still see what is going on. They see Dean and Lindsey saying good bye on the porch, when all of a sudden Lindsey grabs Dean's face and kisses him. Hard.
Now Maria would not be surprised about the kissing if Dean were to back away right away. But he didn't. The kiss lasted for a good 30 seconds until Maria could not take it anymore and ran to the diner with tears in her eyes. Brett just stayed there to see the rest of the show and then she decided to let Maria may not want to hear the rest and Brett went home.
Back to the diner scene, Maria ran through it and then to the apartment, tears running down her face the whole time. Both Luke and Lorelai were in the diner when they see Maria and they chase after her. They find her on her bed crying into her pillow.
"Maria honey, what's wrong?" Lorelai says while she sits on the bed.
Maria looks up at her mom and then puts her head on her mom's chest so they are both lying down. "Dean" is all she says.
The whole time Luke stayed back letting Lorelai do her thing because he is not good with that sort of thing. When he hears Dean's name that is when he steps closer and speaks up. "What happened with Dean, did he do anything to you? If he even touched you in the wrong way I swear to God I'll kill him" Luke says with anger in his voice.
"I saw him…kiss…Lindsey" Maria gets out.
Sudden relief came over Luke when he realized that his baby girl wasn't hurt physically but a new anger came over him when it meant that Dean cheated on his baby girl.
Lorelai looks at Luke with pain in her eyes and Luke then get the signal and leaves the girls alone. He goes back down to the diner.
When he is finally closed up he goes back upstairs to find both Lorelai and Maria asleep in the same position that they were in before. He goes a grabs a blanket from the couch and drapes it over the both of them. He kneels down and wipes the tears from Maria's face and kisses her forehead. For some reason he does the same to Lorelai.
The next morning both Lorelai and Maria come down in clean clothes (Lorelai keeps some spare in the apartment). Maria looks ok but not a good as she should be. Maria grabs an apron, folds it, wraps it around her waist, and gets to work. The diner bells ring and in walks Dean with a smile on his face. (If I saw this I would want to smack that smile of his face. I sometimes feel the same way when I see him in Supernatural. I love both shows and I like him but sometimes….grrrr... Ok I'm good) He goes to the counter and leans in to kiss her but she doesn't even try to kiss him back. She folds her arms across her chest and just glares at him.
"Hey what's wrong" Dean asks with a surprised look on his face.
Lorelai and Luke are sitting a table, watching what is going on. More like Lorelai is pinning Luke to the table to hold him back.
"How long have you been cheating on me?" Maria asks.