Dean: Good book?
Rory: I don't know yet.
Dean: I saw you standing in line, so I thought I'd say hello. Hello?
Rory: Hello.
Dean: Hey, 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 is good.
Dean: Yeah. Are you always this serious?
Rory: No.
Dean: So, 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.
Dean: Hey, this bus is going to Hartford.
Rory: Yeah, I know. But you go to school here. You have to get off the bus. Hey, he has to get off the bus.
Dean: Wait. You're forgetting something. Buses make stops. Goodbye, Lorelai Gilmore.

Dean: Hey.
Rory: Jeez, you scared me.
Dean: Yeah, look, I just wanted to say that I'm sorry.
Rory: For what?
Dean: Well, I've been kind of bugging you lately. I thought- I don't know. I thought you maybe liked me, but it's obvious that you're not interested. So I just wanted to say that I get it. And, um, I'm not gonna bother you anymore. [walks away]
Rory: Wait! I am interested.
Dean: You are?
Rory: Yes. I got to go. [runs off]

Rory: I guess I should get home.
Dean: Wait a second, you want a pop or something?
Rory: A pop?
Dean: Give me a break. In Chicago they call it pop.
Rory: Well, in Connecticut, we call it free soda. And, yes, thank you.
Dean: All right, guess what's in each hand, you get the soda.
Rory: Okay, the whole concept of a free soda is that it's free. You don't have to work for it.
Dean: Sorry, you got to sing for your supper.
Rory: Or your soda.
Dean: Guess.
Rory: Okay. In this hand you have- [Dean kisses Rory] Thank you. [runs out]

Cashier: You girls having another movie night?
Lorelai: Yeah, it's Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory.
Cashier: Ooh, that's nice. Isn't that the one with Gene Hackman?
Dean: Uh, Gene Wilder.
Lorelai: You're a Wonka fan?
Dean: Yeah.

Lorelai: Ooh, ooh. Oompa Loompas!
Rory: My mom has a thing for the Oompa Loompas.
Lorelai: I don't think finding them amusing constitutes a thing.
Rory: No, but having a recurring dream about marrying one does.
Lorelai: Don't get me started on your Prince Charming crush, okay? At least my obsessions are live. You have a thing for a cartoon.
Dean: Ooh. Prince Charming, huh?
Rory: It was a long time ago. And not the Cinderella one, the Sleeping Beauty one.
Dean: 'Cause he could dance.
Rory: Yeah.
Dean: I've got sisters.

Dean: My turn to speak?
Lorelai: Fine. Go ahead. You can lay on all the rules you want. And you can have the whole town spy on me and stare at me, and chase me through the streets.
Lorelai: Oh, I like the "chase you through the streets" idea.
Dean: But I just want you to know that I'm not going anywhere.
Lorelai: Well, it's gonna be a short chase then, isn't it?
Dean: I need you not to hate me. If you hate me, then I don't have a shot in hell with Rory.
Lorelai: Rory has her own mind.
Dean: Yeah, but you're her best friend. What you think means everything to her, and you know that.
Lorelai: I want to like you, 'cause Rory likes you.
Dean: But you don't.
Lorelai: I want to. And I usually get what I want.
Dean: Fair enough. [movie continues] She's taking a long time on her face.
Lorelai: Yeah, well, Rory is a perfectionist.

Dean: Tell your mom thanks for inviting me.
Rory: I'm sorry if this was totally weird. I mean, with my mom inviting you over-
Dean: No. It was good, really.
Rory: Really?
Dean: Yeah. [they kiss] Thank you.

Dean: What's that?
Rory: Just some cookies.
Dean: Rocky Road.
Rory: Yeah.
Dean: Wow, she brings me cookies. How can I repay her?
Rory: How about a little Charlotte Bronte?
Dean: How about something else? [kisses Rory]
Rory: That's good, too.

Dean: Okay, this dancing thing is not something I want you to get used to or comment on.
Rory: Now, that goes both ways.
Dean: Hey, if I kiss you, is a nun gonna come out and boot me out of here?
Rory: It's not a Catholic school.
Dean: So I can kiss you?
Rory: Yeah, you can kiss me. [Dean kisses Rory]

Dean: That was quite a dance.
Rory: I seriously don't know what got into him.
Dean: I do.
Rory: What?
Dean: He has a thing for you.
Rory: No, he doesn't. It's just a game to him or something.
Dean: He has a thing for you.
Rory: He does nothing but insult me and make me miserable.
Dean: He has a thing for you.