The next morning, Rory woke up at 9:30, surprisingly early. She grabbed a cup of coffee and decided to drive to Stars Hollow. It was her turn to surprise Dean. At 10:30, Dean called Rory. Since she was in the car, he of course got the answering machine, well that is what he wished. Instead, Paris answered, by sobbing into the phone.

"Paris?"

"Why did he break up with me. I mean I bet all of his other girlfriends, were stupid and that's why his parents didn't like me I have a brain. I mean it's not my fault if I pointed out the architectural safeties that their house lacked. I was doing them a favor!"

"Um... Is Rory there?"

"No. But I don't know, what do you think I did that was so wrong… I mean-" Paris said.

"I'm sorry Paris, but I really got to go." Dean said.

"But… wait-" Paris pleaded. But Dean had already hung up

Dean, thinking that Rory must have just been out for some coffee called her cell phone. "Hey Rory. So what do you want to do today?"

"I'm not sure… hmmm…" She stalled as she walked up to his front door.

"Well… we could go to the movies or," Rory rang the doorbell. "Hold on. Someone's at the door. I'll call you back in second, it's probably just a package or something."

"Okay." She hung up the phone and he opened the door. Standing there in his bathrobe, he said, "Rory, what are you doing here."

"Oh, I wanted to surprise you, but I didn't really think about this part,(she points to his bathrobe) of the plan."

He let out a little laugh. Though shocked at first, he also was definitely excited to see her, "Oh come on in." He opened the door and let her in. "Here, umm there is coffee in the pot, I'll be right back."

"Okay." Rory replied.

When Dean came back into the kitchen, he sat down in the chair next to her. "Now," He said. "Well, the carnival doesn't start until 3. I thought we might grab some lunch in a little while."

"Sounds good, I heard this new café opened next to Al's pancake world."

"Actually," Dean began with a tiny bit of nervousness in his voice. "I thought maybe we'd go to my parents house. Sounds weird, but I don't think, you've ever met them."

"Nope, I haven't." Now Rory looked a little uncomfortable.

"Don't worry, you'll be fine, they're not crazy or anything." Dean attempted to calm her down.

"Yes," Rory started. "But what you don't understand is that I know how to deal with the crazy. I grew up with crazy, it is the sane people that I have trouble with." She joked.

"You seem to be dealing with me just fine." He smiled.

"Yes, but if you can understand a conversation between me and my mom, you are not a sane as you think you are." Rory joked and gave him a kiss.

"So we'll go over there around 12?" Dean said pretending to state it as a question.

"Shouldn't you check with your parents?"

"I already did."

"Without asking me?"

"Kind of…" Dean said smiling. He knew by now, that his smile could get him out of any fight. Rory was a sucker for his smile.

"12 sounds good, but next time tell me okay? I like to be prepared." Rory said.

"I know. I will." Dean said happy that his smile did not let him down.

"But, you better take care of those teeth, mister or you will no longer have power over me." Rory said jokingly, reading his mind.

A little while later they were welcomed into the Forrester house and had sat down to eat some sandwiches.

" So, Rory what are you doing now?" Dean's mother asked.

"I'm a senior in Yale and I have a part-time internship at the Newspaper that runs nearby." Dean's parents were impressed and that made Rory feel proud. At Logan's, she was always looked down upon for having aspirations.

"But weren't you in the same grade as Dean?" Mr. Forrester questioned.

"Yes. But I took a year off." Rory said.

Dean's father made a face of curiosity. Dean was a little worried, about his parents hearing the boat-stealing story, but he interrupted more so, because he knew how much it pained Rory to talk about it. "These sandwiches are good mom."

"Thanks." She said I little surprised. The sandwiches, were just ordinary sandwiches.

The lunch went on without too many problems. Though the parents had never met Rory, they felt like they had. She was all Dean talked about for a year or two. Rory being the like-able person she was, charmed the parents, just as Dean expected she would. At 2:00, Dean felt he had fulfilled his duty, of introducing Rory to his parents. "We better be going." Dean began.

"Oh what are you guys doing today?" His mom said in attempt to stall.

"Carnival, and maybe movies later." He looked at Rory for approval. They hadn't discussed the movie part. Rory just nodded.

"Thank you." She said to the parents. Then the two of them left for the carnival.