Episode 105: Cinnamon's Wake

[Rory's is getting on the bus to go to school, Dean follows her and gets on the bus.]

DEAN: Hey.

RORY: Aah! Morning.

DEAN: Good book?

RORY: I don't know yet.

DEAN: I saw you standing in line so I thought I'd say hello. (pause) Hello?

RORY: Hello.

DEAN: Oh, hey, uh, thanks for helping me get the job at the store. I mean it's not a career or anything but it's got me solvent.

RORY: Solvent's good.

DEAN: Yeah, uh, are you always this serious?

RORY: No.

DEAN: So, uh, how long does it take you to get to school?

RORY: Um...forty minutes if the bus driver's focused but longer if he's trying to win something on the radio. Hey, this bus is going to Hartford!

DEAN: Yeah, I know.

RORY: But you go to school here. You have to get off the bus! (calls to driver) Hey, he has to get off the bus!

DEAN: Wait. You're forgetting something.

(Bus stops.)

DEAN: Buses make stops. Good-bye Lorelai Gilmore.

(Dean gets off the bus.)

[Rory goes into Doose's Market to see Dean so she goes to the check out counter where he's bagging items.]

CASHIERI: Is this all you want, honey? A head of lettuce and a mouse trap?

RORY: That should do it.

DEAN: That's a couple of must-need items there.

CASHIERI: $2.27.

RORY: I only have a dollar.

DEAN: I could loan you the rest.

RORY: Uh, no, I'll just take the lettuce.

DEAN: Perfect. You could use half of it for a salad then use the other half to clobber the mouse with.

(Rory starts to leave.)

DEAN: Paper or plastic?

RORY: I'm fine.

(She leaves the store.)

[Rory's at Babette's house because of Cinnamon's wake. Someone knocks on the door and Rory answers it.]

DEAN: Oh, hi, wow. I wasn't expecting you.

RORY: Or me you. I mean, you, me. I mean, come in.

(Dean takes the drinks into the other room. Lorelai walks by.)

LORELAI: Do you know him?

RORY: No.

LORELAI: No?

RORY: Well, he goes to my old school, so I see him there sometimes but I go to Chilton now.

LORELAI: Thanks for the update.

RORY: You're welcome.

(Lorelai leaves and Dean comes back.)

DEAN: Do you have a second?

RORY: No. I have gum.

DEAN: No, thanks, uh, look --

RORY; I have to get back.

DEAN: Oh, sure. I'll see you later.

(Dean leaves. While watching him out the window)

[Rory is outside in Babette's yard, surrounded by gnomes. Dean walks up to her.]

DEAN: Hey.

RORY: Jeez, you scared me.

DEAN: Yeah, uh, look. I just wanted to say that I'm sorry.

RORY: For what?

DEAN: Well I've been kind of bugging you lately. Uh, I thought -- I don't know -- I thought that maybe you liked me. But it's obvious that you're not interested so I just wanted to say that I get it and I'm not gonna bother you anymore.

(Dean starts to leave. Rory gets up and follows him.)

RORY: Wait! I AM interested.

DEAN: You are?

RORY: Yes. I gotta go.

(Rory leaves and Dean smiles)