A/N: Season 5, Episode 8: "The Party's Over." Post Yale Male Party. Dean gets angry. I own nothing!

"Hi, Dean." Rory exited the front door of the senior Gilmores' house slightly tipsily. She was adorned in three forms of diamonds, and clothed in a sleek, black dress.

"Hi." he greeted her flatly.

"I'm so sorry that I was late, but I'm here now. My grandparents," Rory gestured to the house, "are having this party. And I thought they wanted to have it for their friends, but it's a disguised plot to get me married off to a guy--any guy--from Yale"
She smiled at him now. "But it's not up to them who is in my life, and you are in my life, and I love you. So are we good?" She looked up into his face hopefully.

"Rory, are you hearing yourself talk?" Dean asked incredulously. "They don't want you with me. Why did you put up with this party when you knew it was a ruse?"

"Well, it would have been rude to leave." Rory sighed. "I wanted to, but I couldn't."

"What, the maid and the butler tied you to a chair and made you drink and hang out with the guys from Yale?"

"Dean--"

"No, Rory. Just don't. It's obvious that you really care what they think, which I didn't think you did, but okay. You care about what they think, so I'll go. You're obviously too good for me. Should I use the servant's driveway to leave?"

"I don't want you to leave." Rory leaned against Dean. "I love you. I want you to stay. Come talk to my grandparents."

"No, Rory! I'm not going to! I'm just going to leave."

"Dean, wait!" Rory reached for his arm, but he reacted too quickly, catching her across the face with the back of his hand. She stumbled back with the impact, losing her balance off of her four inch high heels. She fell to the ground, but Dean didn't stop.

He pinned her to the ground with one hand over her mouth and beat her with the other. She screamed behind his hand, but the drinks she'd had had slowed her system, and she couldn't think straight, let alone see straight. All she could see was a white haze.

Then, all of a sudden, it stopped, and she felt nothing more.

Inside, Logan, Colin, and Finn were taking turns guessing what Rory and Dean were doing outside. The most they could come up with without sounding too gross was kissing. They then decided that they'd waited long enough for Rory to come back inside, and proceeded to go outside to find her.

What they found was Dean on top of Rory's still form, breathing hard. Blood trailed from Rory's face to Dean's hand.

"What did you do?" Logan shouted at Dean, helping Colin and Finn restrain Rory's attacker. Dean fell silent, and Finn called the police while Logan and Colin wrestled Dean to the ground and pinned him facedown to the driveway with Logan holding Dean's arms back and standing on his spine.

Colin left them to get everyone at the party's attention. Soon, Dean was on his way to jail in a police cruiser, and sooner, Rory was transported to the hospital.