"So Lorelai forgot the CDs tonight huh?"
"Yeah but I can't hold this one against her…she's had a busy day."
"How is everything going with the test run?"
"Believe it or not we have had very few problems, except for Sookie overstaffing."
"Well if that is the biggest problem you've had all night then I think everything is going to be fine."
"Yeah me too. I'm so happy for my mom…this has been a dream of hers now for so long and it's finally happening."
"It's a good feeling."
"What?"
"When you finally get something you've wanted for a long time."
Rory smiled back at Dean. "Yeah it is."
Just as she broke her stare away from Dean she tripped over a small stick but managed to regain her balance with Dean's help.
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah I'm fine; just a little clumsy is all."
Dean didn't let go of her, instead his hand found hers and they continued to walk for a while holding hands. A few moments later Rory managed to find her voice and ask the obvious question.
"Should we be doing this? I mean earlier you said that no one else knew about yours and Lindsey's situation. People will talk if they see us like this."
"No it's okay…I talked to Lindsey today. I told her about us and I also told her it was time to go through with the divorce."
"But you had reasons for hiding it. You said you were keeping it from your parents…do they know now?"
"I'm not exactly hiding anything from my parents that's more her thing. Mine are pretty aware of how unhappy I've become. Most of the time I crash at my parent's house anyway just to avoid having to go home and fight with Lindsey."
"How long has this been happening?"
"To be honest it started when the honeymoon was over."
"I'm sorry all this is happening to you. I wish I could make it go away."
"What do you think you're doing right now?" Dean laughed. "You know you don't have to feel sorry for me…I made a mistake. Things happen for a reason you know?"
"And what is the reason for you having to marry Lindsey exactly?"
"I was finally able to really become your friend again."
"Dean we were always friends."
"Not really…after you started dating Jess things were awkward. Once I was married we got to see and talk to each other so much more. It was like there was this wall that was lifted from between us. It felt really good to have that back."
"So I'm a little confused. We never really did finish our conversation earlier at the inn being that we got a little sidetracked. Where do we stand now?"
"Well I think it pretty obvious what I want…"
"Dean!" Rory shouted as she slapped him slightly in the arm.
"Geez I was just going to say that I wanted us to be together; to be Dean and Rory again."
"Really?"
"Yes really."
"I want that too."
"Well then its official we are Dean and Rory again."
"Technically we have always Dean and Rory though."
"Yes well you know what I mean."
"Yes I do but I'm still a little confused about how exactly this is going to work."
"Why?"
"Well you're still married to Lindsey…"
"We're getting a divorce."
"And in the meantime what are your plans…where are you going to live? Who gets to stay in your apartment?"
"I'll probably just move back home that's where I spend most of my time anyway."
"I'm just worried about how this is going to look to everyone else."
"We don't have to tell them yet if you don't want to."
"That's just it, I don't want to hide or sneak around."
"I don't want to sneak around either. You know there is no reason for us to hide anything. It's not like Lindsey doesn't know. Everyone else can just get over it; we were all completely honest with each other about everything."
"Yeah I guess you're right. So you're sure this is what Lindsey wants too…to get divorced?"
"Yeah I mean she practically kicked me out of the house when I went home to change. The only thing she is having a problem with is telling her parents."
They began to approach the house. It was now dark out and neither Rory nor Lorelai remembered to turn on a porch light before they left.
"I guess we forgot to turn on a light." Rory said as they made their way around the house to enter through the kitchen door.
"It's not a bad walk from the inn to your house."
"Yeah I guess not; knowing us though that is definitely a good thing." Rory continued to talk as they walked into the house. "I mean you have no idea how many times one of the Gilmore girls have been late for something because of transportation issues…"
"Rory?" Dean tried to get her attention back to him now that she was scurrying away trying to get done what she came to the house for in the first place.
"Yeah?"
Dean moved closer to her. "We never did finish what we started earlier at the Inn." He whispered in her ear.
"Oh yeah…refresh my memory. Where were we exactly?"
"Right about here." He said as their lips met and he lowered her down onto the bed.
