Dean pulled slightly away from her face to see her expression. Clearly there was no hesitation, if anything; it was more of a want.
"Dean?"
"Yeah?"
"What are thinking right now?"
A sudden expression of sadness came across his face. "I'm thinking about how bad I really want this but…
"But what?"
"But I can't." Dean said as he managed to roll himself away from Rory onto the other side of the bed.
"I don't understand, earlier you said things were…
"I know and they are but I want this to be right, everything with me and you. And if we do this now it won't be."
"Okay when then?"
Dean laughed playfully at Rory. "When I officially move out of the apartment and the divorce papers have been filed. And of course when you are really ready." He said stressing the really part.
"How do you know I'm not ready now?"
"If I know you at all, I also know that with every new thing comes major debating. Pro and con lists, analyzing, talking it over with your mom…"
"Okay I get it you can stop now." Rory blushed at the thought of discussing sex with Dean with her mother.
"Sorry…I just want to be right. And don't worry it's not going to be long before all of that is taken care. I plan on moving out starting tomorrow."
"Oh don't even worry about it. All that sex Jess and I had last night should be plenty for me until you figure out what you want." Rory said with a half smile on her face.
"Excuse me?"
"Ha, you should have seen your face. You're so easy."
"That's not even funny to joke about Rory."
"Yeah you're right, I'm sorry."
Rory's changing of the subject really started to get him thinking about the situation and suddenly had questions that needed to be answered.
"So you and Jess never did get, you know, that serious did you?"
Rory smiled. "No we didn't."
"Oh okay good, that's really good to hear." Silence came over the room for a moment until Dean spoke up again. "What about at school this year…has there been anyone you've gotten to know? I mean you have been dating…
"Dean wouldn't it just be easier for you to ask if I'm still a virgin?"
"Heh, yeah I guess it would be." Dean stayed quiet for a second waiting for an answer but didn't receive one. "Well…are you?"
"YES Dean, I mean come on if I didn't have sex with you after we dated for so long and I also didn't have sex with Jess while in a relationship…do you really think I would just do it with the first college guy to come along?"
"No I don't, but it's still good to hear. I just thought maybe there was a small chance." Dean closed his eyes and took a deep breath. "Today has been an exhausting day."
"Aww poor baby…what time did you wake up this morning?"
"Four…Tom wanted us all at work by five so we could do all of the last minute jobs around the inn." Dean yawned as he finished. "Wow I'm sorry, I guess lying down in this bed really got to me."
"It's okay; you're not the only one who got up early. I had to leave from school extra early this morning to get here."
"We should take a nap." Dean suggested as he made himself more comfortable on the bed.
"That would be nice but I don't think my mom would appreciate it too much."
"No probably not."
"Actually we should probably be heading back soon. Just imagine everything we've missed in the last half hour…
"So you want me to go back with you?"
"Well yeah, I mean if you want to."
"Yeah of course I want to, I just wasn't sure if you wanted people to know yet."
"I thought we decided not to care what other people thought?"
"Yeah I guess we did. So what are going to be doing when we go back to the inn? Everyone will be going to bed soon." Dean said looking at his watch.
"Oh well earlier we were playing games after dinner…
"Games…what kind of games?"
"Board games…you know Scrabble, Yahtzee, Candyland. Those kinds of games."
"Sounds good…let's do it." He said standing up and holding out his hand to help Rory off of the bed.
Rory gathered the CDs that she needed before heading out the door. The walk back didn't seem to take as long as the walk home, of course things were a little less awkward now between the two of them. As they made their way towards the inn they both stopped dead in their tracks at the sight that they saw.
"Is that your mom and Luke making out?" Dean asked obviously a little more confused then Rory was with the situation.
"Uh yeah I guess it is. Apparently they're dating now…didn't you know?"
"What since when?"
"I don't know…my mom told me about it this morning and she has been acting all kinds of crazy about it all day."
"Why?"
"Well because she wasn't really sure if they were dating…she just kind of had that feeling. But apparently they are."
"Do I even want to know the beginning of this story?"
"No probably not." Rory said with confidence. "But look at them; they are so adorable together….
Rory thoughts were interrupted by the sound of a screaming Kirk running outside with nothing but a pillow covering him. Dean and Rory continued to watch the madness unfold as Kirk continued to run past them and towards the square.
"Okay so I am a bit delusional right now from lack of sleep but that was definitely Kirk running outside naked…right?" Dean asked to clarify.
"Yes that was definitely naked Kirk running past kissing Luke and Lorelai…I told you we would miss a lot in that half an hour we were gone."
