A very stunned Rory could do nothing but stare back at him, she tried to speak but nothing came from her lips. "I…" Dean knew she was nervous he noticed her lips trembling as she tried to speak.

"Rory…I know you're having doubts about this right now but I promise we can do this, we can make this work." He began to get worried, last time she stumbled on her words like that was when he first told her that he loved her and she wasn't able to say it back.

"I could have died today." She finally managed to get out. A bit taken aback Dean waited to see where she would go with this. "I would have died alone and my mom would have had to tell you about our baby." She said sniffling trying to stop the tears from falling. "I've been given a second chance to make things right, and I don't want to mess things up this time. Dean I promise I'm going to make all these years up to you, I want everything with you."

"Are you saying yes?"

She smiled. "Yes…yes I want to get married." He hugged her as best he could making sure not to disturb the bandage on her side from surgery. Before he could pull away she used all of the strength she had left in her body to pull him back and kiss him passionately. They both smiled at each other as their lips finally parted.

His hand slowly and gently made its way to her stomach under the covers. "I can't believe we're going to be parents."

"I can't believe how fat I'm getting."

"What? Rory don't be crazy, you're beautiful."

"No, wait until you see me outside of this bed. My stomach isn't the only thing gaining weight; you may want to reconsider that proposal once I'm back on my feet." She joked with him.

"Yeah sure I'm just going to throw away a dream I've had since I was sixteen because you've gained ten pounds, I don't think so. Besides no one is more sexy to me then the women carrying my baby." Dean noticed the goose bumps that suddenly formed on her arm. "Are you cold or is what I'm saying having that much of an affect on you?"

"Well I think it's a little of both, but if you got into bed with me we could probably solve both of the problems at once."

"Rory, we can't do that here."

"Why not, it's a private room and people should knock before coming in anyway."

"Rory, you just got out of surgery. What if I accidentally hurt you?"

That last thought was interrupted by a quick knock at the door and it quickly opened. Lorelai poked her head inside. "I'm sorry to interrupt you two but I left my purse in here which also has my cell in it and I promised Sookie I would call with all of the updates…"

"Mom it's okay, come inside."

Lorelai did as instructed and closed the door behind her as she entered the room. She quickly took notice of the silence and the fact that both Rory and Dean seemed to be watching her as she walked over to her purse.

"So how is everything going in here? I mean are we both happy to see each other?" Lorelai asked hopeful while noticing that Dean held Rory's hand in his own.

"Yes we are both very happy to see each other…" Rory explained her eyes now back on Dean.

"So you told him then?"

"No she didn't…the nurse did. It's okay though, it'll make for an interesting story to tell our kids when they get older." Dean said making both of them laugh a little.

"Wait a minute, kids? What is it that I don't know? Rory you're not having twins are you?"

"No mom I'm not having twins. Dean and I have decided to get married and it seems that we both want more children, that's all you've really missed." She joked.

Lorelai began to smile. "Not that I'm complaining but I've spent the last month trying everything to get the two of you together so that you could talk and you're telling me that after only fifteen minutes alone with each other you've decided to get married?"

"Yes that is exactly what we are telling you."

"Well good, this is good." Lorelai took a seat in the chair next to the window. "This is really good. So does this mean you're coming home?"

"We haven't exactly discussed all of the details yet…like you said earlier; we've only been talking for about fifteen minutes..."

Dean's smile slowly faded into a smaller one. When he asked her to marry him he also assumed that Rory would want to raise their baby in the same town they both grew up in but now things could be different, she had after all lived in the city for a few years now, maybe she assumed he would want to move here.

"Honestly though I really think I'd like to come home and have you around to help…I mean I have no experience with babies, what if I suck as a mom? But then there is the fact that Dean's family is here now." She explained looking back to Dean. "I thought you may want to be near your family, I mean I know they would also be lots of help." She explained to Dean.

Now he had mixed emotions about the topic, thirty seconds ago he was all for staying in Star's Hollow but the fact that he may need his parents help never did cross his mind, until now. Guilt suddenly hit him as well, assuming Rory would only have her own reasons for staying here; he was surprised to hear that it was him she was thinking of. "Maybe we should just think about it for a few days and then we can make the decision together."

"Yeah you probably shouldn't plan the rest of your life while you're still on drugs from your surgery anyway. At this point you two should probably just leave it at getting married. You need to focus on getting better and then all of this can be decided when you've both had time to think about the future." Lorelai said.

Another knock at the door drew all of their attention to it. Luke walked inside but didn't say anything yet in fear that he would be interrupting. "Sorry Luke, I was on my way back when these two informed me that they have decided to get married."

"Married…really?" Luke asked surprised.

"Yeah isn't this great? I told you something good was going to come out of this."

"Well yeah, that is great news. And the even better news is that Rory and the baby are going to be fine." Luke smiled sincerely but still confused at the sudden arrangement. "Lorelai I hate to do this but I just called the diner and Lane doesn't have a set of keys, by the way Rory she sends her love and she said to tell you that she is going to come see you as soon as she gets a chance to get away for a day or two."

"Thanks Luke, I'll give her a call later."

"Anyway they will have to close in a few hours and no one else has a set of keys and the only other set is locked inside the apartment upstairs. So I'm going to have to head back in the next couple of minutes in order to make it there by closing time."

"Oh okay well, maybe I should just stay here, I mean I don't want to leave Rory alone."

"She won't be alone Lorelai, I'm not going anywhere until she does." Dean quickly explained.

"Right of course you're going to stay, I was just offering in case you needed to get back for some reason." Lorelai said a bit stunned by the fact that her daughter didn't seem to need her there anymore.

"Kyle would be the only person I'd be going home to and I think he will be fine without me for a while." Dean said laughing a little at the thought.

"Well I guess I will see you tomorrow." She said hugging Rory goodbye.

"Mom you don't have to make the trip back here, I mean the doctor said I would most likely be going home sometime tomorrow and Dean is here to help me. If you're needed at work I understand, I know you're busy this time of year."

Lorelai looked at her sad but happy at the same time. "Okay then, I'll call you in the morning."

"Alright." Lorelai pulled away and walked towards the door where Luke was still standing.

"Bye guys, drive home safely." Dean said before they both left.

"We will, you take care of her." Lorelai said before finally pulling the door shut leaving the two of them alone.

Dean looked back at Rory just as the door shut. "I plan on it." He said to her softly making her smile.