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Author's Note – Some of you guessed the mystery person already, good for you! You get a big ass cookie! Throws Cookies Alright! On with the story

Rory was shocked at all the work her mom and Luke put into her graduation party. They had decorations every where, and every single one of her favorite foods, and a huge stack of presents under a banner that said Congratulations Rory! And practically the entire town was there. She was completely shocked by the sight of it all. She knew that Her mom and Luke wanted to have a party for her but this was more like Marti Gras.

"Rory!" She spun around to see Paris calling her.

"Hi Paris" She responded, walking towards the girl.

"So now that school is done, are we ever going to speak to each other again?" She asked abruptly

"Of course we are, we're friends Paris." Rory said. "Lets go get some cake!"

Paris smiled. "Great idea."

The two of them made their way to the table where a huge cake was sitting. Rory grabbed two plates and handed one to Paris. "So... you didn't see Logan at graduation did you?"

"No, I didn't. Why, was he supposed to come back from London?"

"Well he told me he was. Maybe his flight was delayed or something." Rory said, worried.

"Thats strange, hook me up with some ice cream on this cake and I'll call the airports. Do you know the flight number or anything?"

"No, I just know that he said he was going to fly back today to see me graduate. He didn't even say what time." Rory answered.

Rory scooped two different kinds of ice cream onto their plates and listened to Paris get nasty with the people who work at the airport. She was glad to have a friend like Paris who would do this kind of stuff for her.

"Okay Rory, they said Logan was on a flight from London to New York earlier this afternoon, the plane landed about six hours ago."

"So he was here then. Why didn't he come to graduation?" Rory asked in unintentional Bambi-voice.

"I have no clue. You tried calling him right?"

"Yeah, cell is shut off."

Rory seen Lorelai trying to shove her way through everyone to get to the kitchen. "Rory?" She called, "Where are you?"

"By the cake mom!" Rory responded.

"Ah-ha!" Lorelai shouted. "Always look for the girl by the sweets."

"Hey mom, can I ask you about something without you getting all weird on me?"

"Of course baby, ask anything."

"Is Jess in town?"

"Wow, um no he isn't. But he will be for the wedding I'm not really sure what day he is coming, you'd have to ask Luke about that. Why Rory?"

"Oh no reason, I just thought I saw him somewhere, I must have been mistaken."

"Yeah, Luke would have told me if Jess was here already."

"Mom, would you be mad if I left the party for a little bit and went for a walk?"

"Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, everything is fine. I just wanna clear my head."

"Then its okay for you to go, and by the way you are an Ivy League graduate, you don't need to ask mommy for permission to go on walks anymore." Lorelai smiled, taking pride in her daughter.

"Thanks mom" Rory gave Lorelai a quick hug and strolled out the door to head for the Gazebo.

Rory felt bad for leaving her party but she needed a moment to clear her head. She was really upset about Logan not showing up or answering her calls. When she got to the gazebo she tried Logan again and this time he picked up.

"Hello?"

"Logan? Where are you?" Rory asked

"Hey Ace, I'm in New York with my dad, whats up?"

"Why didn't you come to my graduation today? You said you'd be there."

"Oh crap, I forgot that was today. I've been so busy lately its hard to keep track of anything."

"Thats great, well I have to go. There is a party being held for me."

"Talk to you tomorrow, Ace?"

"Sure, whatever." With that she flipped her phone shut. In the past months Rory's relationship with Logan was going downhill. When he first left for London they talked all the time for hours on the phone and made it a point to see each other once every other month. Now they have quick phone conversations three times a week and she hadn't seen him since Christmas.

"Hey you." A voice called out and startled Rory.

"Hey!" Rory turned around to see Jess. "What are you doing here?"

"I'm here for the wedding. Your mom and my uncle getting hitched. You remember about that right?"

"Yeah, I knew you were coming for the wedding but its a week away. Mom said you weren't coming for a few more days." Rory explained.

"Luke told me you were graduating today. I wanted to see it, so I figured I'd just leave early."

"A-ha! I did see you there. I thought I was imagining it. Why didn't you come say hi to me or Luke?"

"I didn't really want to make my presence known. I like to go unnoticed, you know that."

"Yeah, well too bad. Why don't you come back to the house with me? There is a party going on, lots of food and desserts, and Luke would be happy to see you."

He shook his head "Nah I don't think so."

"Why not?"

"I'm not really in a party mood." He enjoyed being oppositional.

"Come on, Jess." Rory said with a fake pout.

"Rory, no. I don't really think its a good idea for us to be around each other a lot. And its especially not a good idea for someone to see us talking. The town might slaughter me, you know how they are."

Rory wondered why he didn't want to be around her. They hadn't seen each other since Luke and Lorelai's engagement party, they hadn't talked to each other a whole lot but they got a long.

"Stop it, just come back to the house and have a piece of cake and talk to Luke for a while. I think he misses you sometimes."

"You are so full of it! He is glad I'm not around here to stir up trouble."

"Jess, thats not you anymore. And Luke talks about you and your gallery all the time, he is proud of you and I guarantee he would like a visit so just stop being difficult and come with me."

"Fine, I should have known better than to argue in the first place. What a Gilmore wants, she gets."

Rory smirked at him and led the way.