Later that afternoon….
Dean went back to the apartment he and Lindsay still shared together after work. Once inside he slammed the door shut. Lately that had been his way of telling Lindsay that he was home without actually having to talk to her. After it shut it didn't take long for her to appear.
"What are you doing here?" Lindsay asked.
"I live here…I need to change clothes."
"You said you would be late tonight."
"And I will be, after I change I'm leaving."
"Good I have friends coming over tonight and I told them you wouldn't be here."
"Great thanks for the warning…who wants to be around your friends anyway?" Dean stated before taking off up the stairs.
Dean quickly showered and changed and was back downstairs in minutes. Lindsay was now watching TV in the living room but that didn't stop her from staring at Dean taking notice of how he was dressed when he wasn't looking.
"Where are you going tonight anyway?" Lindsay shouted from her seat.
"Out."
"Out where?"
"Just out. Since when do you care where I go?" Dean responded as he sat down at the table to put on his shoes.
"Just curious why you are so dressed up is all."
"I'm going to the test run at the inn."
"Lorelai invited you?"
"Not exactly…Rory did though."
"Well what did you say when they asked us to come?"
"What do you mean?"
"Well if she invited you then she knows that we're married. I just assumed they invited us as a couple."
"No Lindsay you weren't invited. I told you Rory invited me."
"You've been hanging out with her a lot lately." Lindsay stated as she walked passed Dean and into the kitchen.
"Yeah I have." Dean said without looking up from the floor.
"So are you going to be coming home tonight?"
"I don't know…Lindsay we need to talk."
"About what?"
"This situation that we're in, I'm tired of it. I don't want to live like this anymore. It's time to go through with the divorce."
"But Dean my parents won't…"
"I don't care, this is it. We made a mistake, it happens."
"My parents are going to be so disappointed in me. Dean I don't know how to tell them this."
"Fine I'll call them then."
"Dean no."
"Stop using your parents as an excuse, you don't need their permission to get divorced."
"Let's just wait a few more days."
"I can't do that Lindsay."
"Why not...what are a few more days?"
"A few more days are a lot when you're in love with someone else. Rory and I will be together tonight and to most people it will appear to be a date and that's because it will be. So when they ask I'm not lying to them."
"You told her about the divorce?"
"Yeah I told her today."
Just as Dean answered her question there was a knock at the door. Lindsay ran over to answer it revealing her friend Amy.
"Hey…you're early."
"Yeah sorry I was so excited about tonight I wanted to go ahead and get started. I have everything we need…." Amy's voice trailed off when she noticed Dean sitting at the table. "You're not supposed to be here."
"You don't know how accurate those words really are." Dean said as he stood and walked to the door.
"Dean wait." Lindsay called after him just as he stepped out of the apartment.
"Cant we think about this some more?" She whispered.
"What is there to think about? It's over Lindsay."
Dean walked away and Lindsay went back inside to find that her friend Amy had overheard them.
"Don't worry Lindsay when he gets home tonight he'll realize what he's giving up and he will be begging you to take him back. There is no heterosexual man that can resist some of the lingerie that I have picked out."
"No, it's too late. This isn't going to work, he still loves her."
"Who?"
"Rory Gilmore."
Meanwhile back at the inn everything seemed to be right on schedule. Everyone was happy and there had been few complaints, unless you count Taylor's rants. Everyone had just settled downstairs for games after dinner. Rory and Tom had decided to play against each other.
"Hey, how's it going here?" Lorelai asked.
"She's letting me win. It's very annoying."
"How's it going with you?"
"Well, we locked the kitchen crew in with Michel for twenty minutes, and it backfired a little. Six of them quit, and we have to start hiring again tomorrow. When you're done, would you run home and grab some CDs? I totally forgot to have them in case one of the guests wants to play something in their room."
"Sure, no problem. Hey, you do notice that Jason's sitting in the other room, right?"
"Yeah, I'm handling it"
"Okay."
After Tom won the game they were playing Rory quietly slipped out without anyone noticing to get the CDs. Just as she stepped foot on the porch Dean was approaching the door.
"Hey." They both said in unison.
"What are you doing here?" Rory asked.
"I wanted to see you."
"Oh." Rory said smiling and thankful that it was dark outside because of her cheeks turning a shade of red.
"So are you leaving?"
"Oh no, well yes technically. But I'm supposed to come back…mom needs me to get some CDs."
"You mind if I walk with you?"
"No, of course not. I'd actually prefer that you did."
A/N: Italics are from the actual episode…not mine.
