A/N Let me know if you have any comments on how I'm doing
"Miss Gilmore?"
"Oh yes." Rory came back to reality, from her daydreams. " I'm sorry Professor Jenkins." The class laughed. Rory was embarrassed and she paid attention through the rest of class. When it ended, she went up to him to talk for a minute. "I'm really sorry. It's Friday and you know it's been a long week…(the truth was she was thinking about her date with Dean)"
"I know, but remember your mid-term is coming up. You've been working so hard this semester, I wouldn't want to see you blow it now."
"And I won't sir, thanks for the concern. I'll be sure to get the notes from today."
"That's a good idea."
"Bye. Have a nice weekend."
"Thanks, you too Rory."
Rory went back to her dorm kind of frazzled. To her teacher, she was pretending to be calm, but MIDTERMS they were next week and had kind of slipped her mind. It was very un-Rory like. She never let this kind of thing happen.
As stressed out as she was, she was still dying to see Dean so she got ready for the carnival. She went out to the front, and Dean pulled up. As soon as she got into the car, Dean new something was up. "Rory, what's wrong?" He asked concerned.
"Nothing." Rory said. There was silence and Dean made this face at her showing he didn't believe her. "My professor caught me daydreaming in class. I couldn't concentrate."
"Rory, it's okay, you had an off day it happens to everyone."
"No. Dean, I forgot about midterms, they are this week!" Dean understood the importance of a situation in which Rory Gilmore forgot midterms. Only a few blocks off Yale property, he turned the car around. "What are you doing?" Rory asked.
"We're going back." Dean said.
"No, no. Let's go to the carnival really, I can study Sunday or something."
"Come on. We're staying in tonight. We can go to the carnival tomorrow, if that's what you want. Call your mom, tell her you're not coming. You go study, I'll go find the store on campus and buy some coffee and junk food. I'll be back soon."
Rory smiled. "Thanks."
"Yale comes first Rory. Chilton was more important than me six years ago and now, you have to concentrate on graduating, first."
"And then…"
"Yes and then, maybe one day we'll get married." Dean smiled and so did Rory. "But now stop stalling, and start studying."
Rory called Lorelai to let her know she'd have to bail tonight. Dean was out, for about half an hour and came back with coffee, a pie of pizza, and 3 boxes of candy. "That's all." Rory asked.
"I can always go back out." Dean said.
Rory studied for an hour and a half and Dean read a magazine he bought at the general store. "Study break?" Rory walked over to kiss him.
"Okay." Dean said and they continued on. A fair while later, when they had lost track of time and Paris burst in. But unlike, Rory she did not back away.
"Hi Dean." Paris said. "I need to talk to Rory."
Dean looked at Rory, thinking what's the deal with this. Rory mouths I'm sorry, to him. Dean takes a deep breath, "Well it's late. I better be getting home anyway. I'll call you tomorrow, to see what we're doing.
"Okay." Rory gives Dean one last kiss, which turns out to be longer than expected, until Paris interrupts that is.
"Today…" She says obnoxiously.
"Paris," Rory begins. "Who do you think you are…I can't believe you-" Rory was cut off.
"He broke up with me."
"Oh." Rory felt like a jerk for getting so mad. "Paris, I'm sorry. It'll be alright. You deserve better anyway." They shared the candy and leftover pizza, and Rory spent the rest of the night comforting her.