"Mom!" yelled Rory.

"What?! What ? what? Who's dead? Who died? What's going on here??" yelled Lorelai. She hated when people woke her up.

"Mom!! Why aren't you awake?!"

"I'm not awake because I'm sleeping! Do you not see me?? Laying in bed? Trying to sleep, until a very loud , soon to be dead daughter of mine WOKE ME UP!"

"Mom! Did you forget what day today is?"

"Yes, the day my daughter died!"

"Mom! Yale? Ring a bell?"

"Rory!! You can show up at Yale anytime you want as long as it's before 12 midnight! And guess what?! It's not 12 midnight! It's 10 o'clock in the morning!"

"But mom!"

"Lorelai Leigh Gilmore! I slept at three am last night because my daughter wanted one last movie marathon before she went to college! So, as a fabulous mother, I made sure that happened. Now, all I want is a few more hours of sleep!" with that Lorelai pulled her blankets over her,

"Fine, I'll go without you!"

Lorelai answered with a simple 'whatever' and fell back asleep.

two hours later

Lorelai finally woke up, took a shower, and got dressed. She walked down the stairs and saw Rory curled up on the couch sleeping.

"Rory…rory.." said Lorelai

"Mom?"

"Honestly. I wake up for you and what are you doing? Sleeping!" said Lorelai in a mocked tone.

Rory got up from the couch and walked to the kitchen, something about coffee.

As Lorelai stood in the living room, she thought about all the fun things her and Rory did. Now her daughter was going to go to college and she would be all alone in this house. A tear rolled down her cheek. Her daughter was going to do the one thing she could never succeed in doing. Go to college. Her parents never knew that her dream was to go to college, be successful, and make them proud. However, now her daughter was making her proud and living the dream that both of them dreamt of for so many years. This is her daughter's time. 'I should be happy. And I am.' Lorelai thought.

"Mom!" called Rory, breaking all her thoughts.

"Yes?"

"Come on let's go! I got everything into Luke's truck."

"Alright I'll be right there."

In the car, Rory kept talking on and on about what she had to do and what needed to be done in a certain amount of time. As for Lorelai, she kept her mind on the road, and nodded every now and then to keep Rory satisfied.

Finally, they reached Yale. After unpacking everything and getting Rory's room the way she wanted it, Lorelai left.

"Excuse me?" said a pretty girl, standing in the doorway. "I'm Stephanie, you must be Lorelai."

"Yes that's me! But I'm known as Rory, because my mom's name is also Lorelai, and with one person named Rory, it's less confusing." Said Rory.

"Ah, I see. Well, I'm your roommate. "

"Nice to meet you."

"I'm so happy. I was so scared that I'd be stuck with a roommate who was a drug addict, or a maniac."

"How do you know I'm not a drug addict?" asked Rory, in a playful tone.

"You're not are you?" asked Steph. Clearly a little scared.

Rory laughed. "No of course not."

"Oh good!"

"Listen I'm heading towards the Yale Daily News, to see if I can get a position on the paper. Want to come with?"

"Nah! I'm not a writer. I'll stay here and get unpacked."

"Okay! Bye Steph."

"Bye!"

Rory left her room and spotted a coffee stand.

"Hi! Umm, (looking for the person's nametag) John, can I have a large coffee?"

"Sure, that'll be $3.50."

Rory handed him the money and walked again towards the YDN. While walking, a tall man bumped into her spilling her coffee on the floor.

"Oh sorry love." said an Aussie.

"No problem, I didn't see where I was going." said Rory.

"I'm Finn. Let me buy you another coffee."

"Oh no, I was half way done anyways. But could you do me a favor and tell me where the YDN is. I'm a little lost."

"Certainly love. Just keep going straight and you'll see a room with mad people in there."

Rory laughed. "Thanks Finn. I'm Rory by the way. Well I'll see you."

"Bye love."

Finally Rory reached the YDN, Finn was right, there were so many people running around that they did look like maniacs.

"Excuse me, I'm looking for the editor." said Rory to one of the passing people.

"He's right over there."

"Thanks."

"Hello, I'm Rory." as she approached the editor.

"Hi." said the editor shortly.

"I was wondering if there was a position available for the paper. I'd really like to be on the staff."

"Hmm, do you have any experience?"

"Oh yes! I was the editor at my highschool."

"Where'd you go?"

"Chilton."

"I see. They have a nice paper there. What's your name?"

"Lorelai Leigh Gilmore, but I go by Rory."

"Well Ms. Gilmore, you just landed a job on the YDN. You start on Monday. I'm Doyle by the way. The editor of the great YDN."

"Oh thank you, thank you, thank you. You wont be disappointed."

Rory left the room happily. Nothing could go wrong. That was what she thought, Little did she know, her past was about to come back and haunt her,

A/N: Who do you think will be waiting for her???? Dean? Jess? Tristan? Hehe.. We'll see. Please review! Thank you! D