Stars Hollow was a small town. Everybody knew everybody’s business. So when the dance marathon debacle went down. The whole town was buzzing about it.

Rory Gilmore, the town’s pride and joy, was just dumped by the new city boy who everyone knew was ‘just trouble’. What they seem to look past was that Rory essentially dumped him. She chose Jess. Dean was tired of watching it all unfold from the sidelines.

Being a good friend of Dean’s, You know this.

Heartbroken and crushed it’s like Dean has gone into hiding. You see him walk down the hallways of Stars Hollow High with a storm cloud over his head.

You decide its time to get him to talk. He can only keep it all in so long. So you climb the tree.

tap tap on his window. It opens and he blinks in surprise. “Uhh…you know we have a door, right?” He chuckles, his teasing smile doesn’t quite meet his eyes.