Author's Note: Okay, so I guess this is the last chapter. I'm really sorry, because I know that this last chapter is going to disappoint all of you. I thought back to my original plan for the story and I had an ending, which is basically this one. But I usually write for me, not for other people, so this is the ending that I pictured. So yeah. Also I even considered a Romeo and Juliet like ending, but I thought that if Rory ended up dying I'd get a lot more angry reviews. So yeah lol. This is my ending. Sorry for the rant.


A week or so after the accident Rory went back to school at Chilton. In a way she was happy. She didn't like missing school, she even made sure that her teachers e-mailed her every assignment so that she wouldn't fall behind. But in the same way she was sad. She was basically a zombie all week. She got up drank coffee did school work drank more coffee ate something and went to bed. Everyday. Lorelai gave up on trying to reach her. She knew that Rory would crack, and would have to talk eventually.

Rory felt good wearing her Chilton uniform for the first time in over a week. Lorelai smiled as Rory walked into the kitchen. "Coffee?" She asked, still smiling. It was good to see Rory up and around.

"Isn't that a given?" Rory laughed and Lorelai poured her a cup of coffee. Rory grabbed a Pop-Tart and kissed her mom on the cheek. She started to walk out the door when Lorelai caught her.

"Aren't you going to be a little early? Come on Rory, sit down. Drink your coffee. You have plenty of time to catch your bus." Lorelai really hoped that she would just sit down. Rory did. She took a drink of her coffee. "So, are you excited to go back to Chilton?"

"I don't know, I guess. Although a week without Paris was really nice." Rory said smiling. She looked at her mom. "Do you think I'm ready to go back to school?"

"Do you think that you're ready to go back to school?" Lorelai countered.

"I guess. I've been alright this week. It was nice to have a break." Rory said quietly, looking at her coffee. She didn't really ever want to leave the house. She would love to finish school at home, but when she brought that up to Lorelai, Lorelai rejected it in an instant.

"Rory, why don't you stay at home for a few more minutes, I'll drive you to school." Lorelai offered. Rory smiled.

"Sure, Mom, sounds good." Rory replied. By the time she and her mom got in the car they sat in awkward silence. Lorelai dropped her off at Chilton, Rory leaned in and kissed her mom on the cheek.

"Bye Rory!" She called as Rory left the Jeep.

"Bye Mom! Love you!" Rory called back. Rory walked into the school and down the hallway to her locker. She noticed that people were staring at her and she tried her best to ignore them. The bell rang and she was going to be late for class so she shut her locker. For a split second she thought she saw him standing there. She blinked and he was gone. She ran off to her first class. She made it to lunchtime. As she got her lunch tray she looked across the caf. She swore that she saw him standing there, giving her his little half smile of his. After lunch she decided that she couldn't take it. Rory Gilmore did something that she never imagined she would do. She grabbed her backpack and ran out the doors. She ran and got on a bus. She didn't know where she was going, or if she was ever coming back. She realized two things, one was that she was more like her mother than she thought she was. Two was that she had let one boy take over her life, and the thought scared and saddened her at the same time. She may be physically alive, but she felt that she was gone in that car crash. She was gone, and no one could stop her.