CUT TO FRONT YARD
[Rory walks out the front door as Dean walks up to the house.]
DEAN: Hey.
RORY: Hi.
DEAN: Where you going?
RORY: I have to build a house.
DEAN: Okay, so where you going?
RORY: I'm serious.
DEAN: You're going to build a house?
RORY: It's for charity and I'm late, and why don't you go on inside and you and my mother can continue the 'Rory's building a house' routine and when that gets boring you can move on over to 'Who's on First?'
DEAN: Well, how long are you gonna be gone?
RORY: I don't know, why?
DEAN: I just thought we could hang today. Maybe see a movie, get something to eat. We could go to a bookstore, I'll watch you browse for six or seven hours.
RORY: I would love to but I have to do this thing today.
DEAN: Blow it off.
RORY: I can't.
DEAN: Did I mention the bookstore for six or seven hours?
RORY: How about tonight? We can get a pizza and go on Amazon. You'll be just as bored watching me ordering books, I promise.
DEAN: Deal.
RORY: Good, I have to go.
CUT TO STARS HOLLOW BUSTOP
[Dean is waiting on the bench as Rory steps off the bus.]
DEAN: Hey. You look good in dirt.
RORY: Dean, hi.
DEAN: So how was it?
RORY: Long day. Long long day.
DEAN: The day is over. Let's talk about the night. Uh, there's a 7:30 showing of Barbarella, and I thought you can bring your mom's purse, you know the one with that monkey face and we'll sneak in some burgers and. . . what?
RORY: I can't.
DEAN: Get your mom's purse?
RORY: I can't do anything tonight.
DEAN: Why not?
RORY: Because I have a lot of planning to do.
DEAN: What planning?
RORY: I'm like ten years behind on my extracurriculars.
DEAN: What are you talking about?
RORY: Paris has been accumulating these things since she could walk. I mean, she has a list of good deeds that could bump Mother Teresa off the Harvard list.
DEAN: Okay, I'm lost.
RORY: I've been studying my butt off my whole life and I really thought that that was enough, but then Paris tells me that everyone makes good grades and it's the extras that put you over the top. And I thought that she was messing with me like she always does, but she's right. I mean, it makes total sense.
DEAN: What does?
RORY: Good grades aren't enough. I need to do things. I need to volunteer. I need to work for charity, I need to help the blind, the orphans, I don't know. I just need to do something.
DEAN: Fine, but what does this have to do with tonight?
RORY: I need to start now.
DEAN: Now? You have to help the blind and the orphans now?
RORY: Didn't I tell you that I was ten years behind?
DEAN: Well you can't make up for ten years in one night Rory.
RORY: I know. I just need to get organized.
DEAN: Well, Rory, it's summer. I mean, summer's the time to hang out and kick back.
RORY: I can't hang out or kick back. I need to find a retarded kid and teach him how to play softball. Oh God, listen to me. I am horrible. I am under qualified and horrible.
DEAN: Wait a minute. I thought we were gonna spend some time together.
RORY: We are.
DEAN: When?
RORY: I don't know. Tomorrow maybe?
DEAN: You were busy today.
RORY: I told you. . .
DEAN: So we made plans for tonight.
RORY: Yes but. . .
DEAN: And now you're blowing me off again.
RORY: I am not blowing you off.
DEAN: You're going to summer school three days a week.
RORY: You knew about that.
DEAN: Yes, but we've been apart for awhile now and I figured you'd want to spend some time with me.
RORY: Dean, this is about Harvard.
DEAN: Oh, well excuse me, it's about Harvard, I forgot. Okay, fine.
RORY: You're mad? You're mad because I want to be sure that I get into a good college?
DEAN: Nope, I'm mad because my girlfriend doesn't seem to have time for me anymore.
RORY: Dean, stop it. This is important.
DEAN: And it can't wait for one night?
RORY: No.
DEAN: Fine.
RORY: Why are you acting like this?
DEAN: Like what?
RORY: Like you're two.
DEAN: Hey, I'm not going to Harvard, I could care less about Harvard. I just wanted to hang with you. But relax, since apparently I'm two, maybe I'll just grow out of it.
LORELAI AND MAX'S ENGAGEMENT PARTY
DEAN: Hey.
RORY: Hey.
DEAN: This is quite a party.
RORY: Elegant and understated, just like my mother.
DEAN: So, uh, how are you?
RORY: I'm fine, how are you?
DEAN: Me? Uh, I'm an idiot.
RORY: No you're not.
DEAN: I'm so sorry Rory.
RORY: I'm sorry too.
DEAN: I don't even know what happened.
RORY: We had a fight, that's all.
DEAN: I mean, I've just missed you and…
RORY: I've missed you too.
DEAN: I got…I don't know, I got jealous of Harvard for a minute, which is crazy 'cause I love the fact that you're gonna go to Harvard. And then you have to do something that's gonna help you get there, and I…I don't even, I don't even really understand it myself.
RORY: Well, I didn't help. I was all wigged out when I got home.
DEAN: Well, you had all the right to be.
RORY: It's just that when it comes to Harvard, I sometimes get a little tunnel vision, and it's getting closer…
DEAN: Whoa.
RORY: …and I have to think about it…
DEAN: You do not have to explain.
RORY: But I don't want you to feel unimportant, because believe me, you're not.
DEAN: I'm glad.
RORY: I mean it. The only way you could be more important to me is if you had a Kit Kat bar growing out of your head.
DEAN: Well, I can't make any promises, but I'll give it a try.
RORY: I'm sorry.
DEAN: Don't be. I mean, I'm not going to a fancy school. I don't have that kind of pressure. I can't even imagine what that must feel like.
RORY: You could go to a fancy school if you wanted to.
DEAN: I don't think so.
RORY: Why not? You're smart.
DEAN: No, you're smart.
RORY: You are too.
DEAN: Rory.
RORY: And I could help you organize all of your extracurricular activities because I'm now an expert at it.
DEAN: I don't…
RORY: How are your wilderness skills?
DEAN: Hey?
RORY: What?
DEAN: Do you accept my apology?
RORY: Yeah, I accept your apology