A one night stand with spring break guy could have been a good way of showing how Rory's charachter is evolving without actually making her a bad person. And I don't care what anyone says - Rory was 18 when she cheated with Dean. Yeah they were both young, but teens younger than that know that cheating is wrong. Heck, a girl in my elementary broke up with her boyfriend for cheating.

A one night stand could have been a less high risk - less out of Rory's moral charachter zone - way of showing Rory's charachter development in college. It would also have made her less hated by fans.

If the writers wanted to bring Dean into the mix to show that maybe Rory missed him or regretted messing up what they had, they could have placed the canoodling right after her phone call with Dean. They could have included a drunken phone call to Dean afterwards telling him how she wished it was him. (Drunken as she got drunk afterwards not during - consent is key) LITERALLY anything.

And before people say, oh yeah but Rory was too "good" to sleep with a guy she didn't even know, NO SHE ISN'T. She slept with the wookie. That whole debacle should have been a college debacle not a 32 year old Rory debacle, but AYITL isn't cannon anyway so I digress. She cheated on Dean with Jess. She cheated on Logan with Jess. She cheated with Dean. I think a one night stand wouldn't have been such a stretch for her charachter.

It could have even been a short spring break fling with a natural cut off at the end.

A pregnancy scare could have been written in if the writers wanted drama between Lorelai and Rory. There were so many things they could have done.

And spring break guy was HOT. I would have much rathered she get with him than with toilet bowl mullet Dean.

No hate to Jared who is hot as heck with the right hair cut.

They should have written a one night stand for Rory rather than an affair.