When she approached his door she was nearly out of breath due to her wasting no time at all to get there. A moment later she was greeted by his smile.

"Rory, what are you doing here?" He asked surprised.

She reached out and put her arms around him before answering. "I wanted to be with you for New Year's Eve." She pulled away and took another look at him. "Wow, you're all dressed up there, are you going out?"

"Yeah I am. Come inside, we should talk." He said pulling her hand and closing the door. He waited for her to take a seat on the couch before explaining.

"So where are you going?"

"I sort of have a date tonight." He could see that she looked hurt. "It's just a favor for Kyle and his girlfriend; she had this friend in town that needed a date for tonight. I haven't even met her yet."

"Oh."

"I wish I would have known a little earlier that you wanted to come over tonight because I would have called this thing off. But they're on their way over now."

"You know there's a terrible flu going around that you could have instantly caught."

Dean laughed. "Yeah but this is a favor to Kyle and he saw me about five minutes ago and I was just fine."

"Come on Dean there's always the truth…how about mentioning that it's your girlfriends last night in town and possibly the last time that you can be with her for quite some time."

"My girlfriend?" He asked a bit shocked. "I wasn't aware that I had a girlfriend."

"Well maybe you do, at least if you stay home with me tonight."

"Rory I can't just blow this girl off, I mean she would be alone tonight. I made a commitment and I don't like to break them."

"So you would rather be with her then me?" She asked sad.

"No, god Rory don't you see what you're asking me to do, she will be here in seconds? I just wish you would have mentioned this earlier, things could be different. Look, I don't think we will be out very late, I could call you or stop by your house on the way home."

"No…"

"Well do you want to wait here? I'll come home as soon as possible." He asked her while kneeling down in front of her as if he were almost begging.

She thought about it for a moment before answering. "Yeah, I'll wait here, as long as you promise you won't be late."

"I'll do my best. We will have our own New Year's, okay?"

"Yeah okay."

"So you want to wait in my room until we leave?"

"No, if I'm going to allow you to go on a date with another girl I'm at least going to see what she looks like."

"Well don't you think it will be a bit awkward introducing my girlfriend to my date?"

"No more awkward then it already is with you going out with her in the first place."

Kyle walked out into the living room noticing Rory and Dean right away as well as the strange position they were in.

"Dude, you're not like proposing are you?" Kyle asked confused.

Dean stood up and held out his hand to help Rory up as well. "No Kyle, we were just talking."

"Good, I thought I had interrupted or something. Hey wait; you're still going tonight right?" He asked suddenly scared.

"Yeah I'm going. Rory is going to wait here for me." Dean kept eye contact with her as he said the words to make sure she meant it and that she would really be here when he returned. Their eye contact was broken by the sudden knock at the door.

"Dean actually before you get that, I think I will go to your room. I'll see you later tonight." She gave him a quick kiss and walked away before Kyle opened the door.

He watched her as she walked away and into his room. Suddenly feeling sick to his stomach he had a feeling that this could be the last time that he ever saw her again.

Later…..

Rory awoke suddenly. It took a moment to remember where she was until she remembered falling asleep in Dean's bed earlier that night. Dean was nowhere in sight and the house was still quiet. Reaching for her cell phone she was shocked to see that it was almost three in the morning, and at the same time realized there were no missed calls from Dean. She became worried and angry at the same time, not sure what else to do she dialed his cell. It rang several times and went to voicemail; she didn't bother leaving a message. Instead she turned on the light and searched the room for a piece of paper to write on.

Dean,

I wish I had happier things to write in this letter but I realize now that we were never really meant to be. The two of us may as well live on different planets; I guess sometimes things just don't work out, even when you really want them to. It's funny though, I never thought I would be the one waiting for you. I really hope you find what you're looking for, Happy New Year.

Love,

Rory

She folded the note and left it on top of the pillow. Quickly gathering the few things that she brought with her she made a quick exit and drove back to her mom's house.