[Rory sitting on a bench reading in front of Star Hollow High. Dean come out, sees her and goes and sits with her]
DEAN: Is there anything in there about me?
RORY: I don’t know. You name wouldn’t be Lithium would it?
DEAN: Aren’t you supposed to be in school?
RORY: We had a half day today - teacher conferences. So I thought I’d come by and surprise you.
DEAN: Well you know how much I hate surprises.
RORY: Yes, I’m very sorry.
[Dean kisses her]
DEAN: That’s for surprising me.
RORY: I have learned my lesson.
[Dean kisses her again. Rory stops him after a second]
RORY: I have to talk to you about something.
DEAN: Ok, I have to talk to you about something too. Come here [ kisses her again]
RORY: Ok stop.
DEAN: Sorry. [leans in to kiss her again]
RORY: No stay!
DEAN: Why?
RORY: Because I really need to talk to you about something.
DEAN: [sighs] Alright.
RORY: It’s about Todd.
DEAN: What about him?
RORY: What do you think of him?
DEAN: He’s my friend.
RORY: I know.
DEAN: So that would signify a positive impression.
RORY: Right. Ok. Good.
DEAN: Yes, can I kiss you now?
RORY: I’m not done yet.
DEAN: Fine. Go ahead.
RORY: Well you know Lane.
DEAN: Yeah, I do.
RORY: She likes Todd.
DEAN: Ok.
RORY: And I think that they would really hit it off.
DEAN: You - you don’t even know Todd.
RORY: No but you do. And you like him - you said so.
DEAN: I did.
RORY: Ok then. There you go.
DEAN: I would - I would really like to kiss you now.
RORY: Yeah so would I.
DEAN: Ok, good. We agree [leans in for a kiss while she leans back]
RORY: I think we should set them up.
DEAN: Todd and Lane?
RORY: Yeah. We could all go out together - like to a movie or something on Sunday.
DEAN: Rory -
RORY: It would be really casual - no big deal.
DEAN: I just -
RORY: What?
DEAN: I mean, I’m just not sure that I see them together.
RORY: You don’t think Todd would like Lane?
DEAN: I’m not sure.
RORY: Lane is great.
DEAN: Yeah, I know.
RORY: She’s my best friend.
DEAN: Yeah, I-I know that.
RORY: Todd should be so lucky to get a girl like her.
DEAN: I didn’t mean -
RORY: I mean I can’t believe that you don’t think that she’s good enough -
DEAN: [over Rory] No, no, no -
RORY: or I don’t know pretty enough.
DEAN: I didn’t say anything about her not being pretty enough -
RORY: Well you did -
DEAN: Let me finish. I just don’t know if he’ll like her because I don’t know what kind of girl he likes.
RORY: Well -
DEAN: But if you want to do this, then I’ll talk to him.
RORY: You will?
DEAN: Yeah.
RORY: And you’ll mention Sunday?
DEAN: I will mention Sunday.
RORY: Thank you.
DEAN: You’re welcome. So...was that it?
RORY: Yeah that was it.
DEAN: Then can we...
RORY: Kissing. Right, let’s go.
[they kiss]
[Rory and Dean are in line outside a bookstore. She’s looking at Lane and Todd in line behind them.]
DEAN: What are you doing?
RORY: Nothing.
DEAN: They’re fine.
RORY: I am not looking at them. I’m looking at the world around me.
DEAN: The world is fine too.
RORY: I just want to make sure they’re having fun.
DEAN: They’re having fun.
RORY: How do you know?
DEAN: They’re not in prison or in some sort of medieval torture chamber.
RORY: Well when you measure it that way -
[Rory looks at Dean after his friend Todd tells Lane that he wants to major in Gym.]
RORY: Gym?
DEAN: We work on our bikes together. He’s got the good tools.