Rory Gilmore put her key in the familiar key hole and turned it. She opened the door and walked inside.
"Mom!" she exclaimed.
"Rory, is that you?!" Lorelai yelled.
"No, it's your other daughter. Of course it's me!" Rory exclaimed.
Lorelai came running downstairs and ran straight to Rory and hugged her.
"Gosh, a year has been too long." Lorelai said.
"But it was all worth it, Obama won." Rory smiled.
"And I only voted for him because you were working on his campaign." Lorelai smiled.
"No you didn't." Rory said.
"Ok so maybe I didn't, but it was a reason why I voted for him." Lorelai said.
"Ok." Rory smiled.
"Well, let's head down to Luke's to celebrate your homecoming." Lorelai said.
"Yes, I missed his coffee." Rory said.
On the car ride over, Lorelai asked Rory.
"So have you heard from Logan in awhile?"
"6 months ago he called me up and told me he met up with his high school girlfriend." Rory said.
"What?!" Lorelai said.
"There's more. He realized she was the type of girl he should marry, so they're engaged." Rory said.
"And why did he tell you this?" Lorelai asked.
"So I would know he was happy." Rory said.
"Wow." Lorelai said.
"How are you and Luke?" Rory asked.
"Knew you were going to ask that. We're good, taking it slow." Lorelai said.
"And dad? And grandma and grandpa?" Rory asked.
"On occasion, I'll see or talk on the phone with Christopher. And I still have Friday night dinners." Lorelai said.
They pulled up to Luke's and got out of the car. They walked in and everyone yelled.
"Rory!"
Everyone came up to Rory and hugged her. After all the hugging, Rory and Lorelai sat down. Luke came up and gave them each coffee.
"Luke, I missed you coffee. The coffee on the bus sucked." Rory said.
"Good to have you back." Luke smiled.
Luke walked away to take care of other customers.
"So what's next in your life?" Lorelai asked.
"I wanted to talk to you about that. I stopped by New York City before I came back home." Rory said.
"Why?" Lorelai asked.
"I decided to give the New York Times another shot. Turns out they love how I was on Obama's campaign. So they gave me a job as a reporter." Rory said.
"Rory! That's great!" Lorelai yelled as she hugged her.
"What's going on?" Luke asked.
"Rory is going to be a New York Times reporter!" Lorelai exclaimed.
"That's great!" Luke smiled.
At the same time, everyone else all came up to Rory and hugged her.
"It's perfect, you came on Friday. So I don't have to be alone with my parents." Lorelai said.
"On come on, its gotten better hasn't it?" Rory asked.
"Fine, it has." Lorelai said.
"So where's Lane, Zack, and their twins?" Rory asked.
"Still living in the same house. Lane is actually not in the band anymore." Lorelai said.
"What? Why?" Rory asked.
"She realized it was too hard being a mom and being in the band at the same time was too hard. She quickly found her replacement, it turns out her cousin is a pretty good drummer." Lorelai said.
"Well, I'm better go say hi to her." Rory said.
Rory hugged her mom goodbye and waved goodbye to Luke. She walked out and started to walk over towards Lane and Zack's house. On her walk over, everyone came up to her and gave her hugs to welcome her back. She finally made it to Lane's and knocked on the door. Lane answered the door.
"Rory!" Lane smiled as she hugged her.
"Lane! It's so great to see you!" Rory smiled.
The two girls caught with what happened over the past year. That night Rory stood with her mother at the door of her grandparents' house. They rang the doorbell and the maid answered. They walked in and Emily quickly greeted them.
"Rory, you're back!" Emily smiled as she hugged her.
They sat down in the living room.
"Martinis?" Emily asked.
"Good for me." Lorelai said.
"And me." Rory said.
Emily smiled.
"Richard, get in here!" Emily yelled.
Emily handed them their drinks and sat down.
"So Rory how was it?" Emily asked.
"Oh you know. Spent a year on a bus, reporting." Rory said.
"Did you go to the inauguration?" Emily asked.
"Yes, I was right there." Rory said.
"That's so exciting." Emily said.
Just then Richard came in.
"Rory, you're back!" Richard smiled as he squeezed her.
"Hey grandpa." Rory said.
"Dinner's ready." The maid said.
The four went to the dinner table. Halfway through dinner, Rory spoke up.
"I have some big news."
"What is it Rory?" Richard asked.
"I'm going to be a New York Times reporter." Rory told them.
"That's fantastic!" Richard exclaimed.
"I agree." Emily smiled.
"I know." Rory smiled.
"When do you start?" Emily asked.
"Monday." Rory said.
"What?" Lorelai said.
Rory looked at her mom.
"Why so soon? Do you even know where you're going to live in New York?" Lorelai asked.
"Yes, I'm renting an apartment that is 5 blocks from the New York Times." Rory said.
"You found a place so soon?" Lorelai asked.
"Well, I got in last Friday and went straight to the New York Times to apply for a job. Then for a couple days I went apartment hunting. I found one and put down first month's rent. That's when I came home." Rory said.
"And you didn't tell me this?" Lorelai asked.
"I thought you be mad." Rory said.
"I'm mad because I just found out." Lorelai said.
"I'm sorry." Rory said.
"It's alright. I shouldn't be mad since you'll be gone again soon." Lorelai said.
"I'll be able to visit more." Rory said.
"This is really good steak mom." Lorelai said.
"Thanks Lorelai." Emily said.