Dean and Rory both quickly exited the room without hesitation allowing Miss Patty to settle in. Once they were outside of the room they ran into Luke as they tried to make their way down the stairs.
"Oh hey Rory…Dean."
"Hey Luke, I gotta get back downstairs. Mom is probably wondering where I am, it's been one of those kinds of days for her."
"Yeah I think you're right she did seem a little flustered a second ago."
"Yeah I better get down there. I'll see you later Dean." Rory turned to him with a look he hadn't seen from her in a while leaving him a bit anxious to be alone with her again.
"So Dean haven't seen you around for a while, how are you and Lindsay doing?"
"Well I'm doing great, as for Lindsay you will have to ask her yourself. Excuse me; I have to help get the rest of these doors up."
Dean brushed past Luke leaving him with a concerned look on his face that faded once he heard the sound of Taylor's voice beginning to ascend the stairs. Luke quickly ducked into his room to avoid the wrath of Taylor.
"How's it going? Everything smooth so far?" Rory asked her mom as she reappeared.
"As smooth as it can be without half the doors hung and then you have to consider the people that we invited here. And with all that said, yeah I think everything seems to be right on schedule. Hey wait a minute, where did you disappear to for so long?"
"Mom I need to tell you something. But you have to promise to listen to everything I have to say before expressing your opinion on the subject."
"Okay well first off that's not fair. But if I don't agree you won't tell me. So okay I will listen first."
"Good, but we can't talk about it here; too many people around."
"Well when are you going to tell me?"
"Later when we are in our room I guess."
"Oh no you don't, you can't just say I have something to tell you and make it sound all important and then tell me I have to wait until later to hear it. Come on." She said grabbing Rory and pulling her towards the kitchen and into the pantry. "Okay spill."
"Mom you're acting like a lunatic."
"Just tell me already."
"Dean and I kissed upstairs in Miss Patty's room."
"What?"
"Well first let me start by telling you that he and Lindsay have decided to get divorced. Apparently this has been decided for a while now but neither of them has told their family yet."
"I can't believe this, how did all of this happen?"
"I'm not sure, Dean said that they were fighting a lot and they both just think that they got married too soon."
"No I don't mean their divorce, I mean you and Dean. Are you the reason they're fighting?"
"No mom, nothing happened between us until today."
"Rory you can't be serious. The two of you have been spending a lot of time together lately, even I noticed."
"Mom it's not like that. Before it was just the two of us being friends, nothing more."
"Even if that is true Rory people are going to talk. If the two of them are so serious about getting a divorce then why haven't they gone through with it yet?"
"I don't know, we didn't get to talk about everything. Miss Patty kind of walked in on us."
"Oh no, Rory why are we hiding? If Miss Patty knows then so does half of the town by now."
"She promised she wouldn't say anything as long as we let her know what was going on."
"And you believe her?"
"I don't have much choice."
Lorelai sighed. "So you still like Dean?"
"No, I still love Dean."
Lorelai didn't respond to what Rory said she just simply took a seat on a nearby stool.
"So Luke brought me flowers."
"Really, that's so romantic." Rory mocked.
"Hey missy you are in no position to make fun of or judge."
"So what did you say to him?"
"Nothing, I just babbled like an idiot and turned around and ran smack into a door."
"Sounds about right." Rory said nodding. "You know what, I think it's great. You and Luke together, I mean the two of you have practically been a couple for years now, well excluding the benefits of course."
"Dirty girl." Lorelai said pointing in Rory's face.
"Well it's true. But I just want you to know that if the two of you want to be together then it's completely fine with me, as long as you don't break up. And if you do I'm taking Luke's side, he has the coffee."
"Well of course how else would I get my coffee?"
"Maybe we should get back out there. This crowd can get rowdy without chaperones." Rory stood to leave but Lorelai stopped her.
"Rory?"
"Yeah?"
"I'm okay with you and Dean getting back together but can you wait until their divorce is at least underway?"
"I don't want to make a promise that I can't keep. I'm going to talk to Dean about it later, as soon as I know you will too."
"And Miss Patty too, don't forget you promised to keep her informed. And you just said that you don't want to make a promise that you can't keep."
"And Miss Patty too. Now come on let's get back out there…I'm sure we've missed a lot already."
