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Chapter 10

Rory and Holly walked in and sat at the counter at Luke's.

"Hey Luke." Rory said.

"Hey Rory, Holly. Isn't today the day?" He asked.

"Yeah, we're going right now." Holly nodded.

"You both look so calm. How do you feel?" Luke asked.

"A little nervous." Rory said.

"A lot nervous!" Holly admitted.

"But a last Luke's fix before we go will help." Rory smiled.

"Well, today is whatever you want on the house." He smiled.

"Wow, we feel important." Holly quipped.

"You are important. Where's your mom?" Luke asked.

"She's coming. She's having a little bit of trouble with your truck." Rory said.

"What is she doing?" Luke said looking out of the window to see Lorelai reversing his truck down the road.

"Well, she kind of backed the truck out of our driveway all fine and everything but once she hit the road, she couldn't get it out of reverse, so she..." Rory said.

"Backed it here?" Luke exclaimed.

"Slow but steady." Holly smirked, watching Luke race outside. "She's in so much trouble." She grinned at Rory.

A little while later, Lorelai and Luke returned.

"So are we ready to hit the road?" Lorelai asked.

"Yeah, just let me get Caesar to make something to go." Rory smiled heading off to find him.

"I'm just going to run to the loo." Lorelai said, leaving Holly and Luke at the counter.

"So...you're really going to let mom drive your truck?" Holly joked.

Luke smirked slightly. "I've drawn her a diagram. I'm trusting you and Rory to make sure she doesn't wreck it."

Holly grinned. "We will do our best." She was quiet for a moment before glancing up at him. "Have you heard from Jess?"

Luke glanced at her and sighed. "No." He said.

Holly sighed. "I ranted at him over the phone after the graduation." She admitted.

"Yeah?" He said.

"I'd been getting these calls but noone ever spoke. I know it was him so I just got so annoyed that I went off on one. And now...well, I'm feeling kind of guilty." She admitted.

"I'm sure he doesn't blame you. You have every right to be upset." Luke said.

"Do I though? Jess was obviously going through something. I was the only person he talked to. I don't know why he thought he could but he did. And I...I felt like I could talk to him as well. I...I said some stuff I regret now because he was a really good friend and now...now he thinks I hate him." She said quietly.

"I'm sure he doesn't." Luke said softly.

"I'm worried about him." She admitted. "Do you...He will be ok right? I mean, I know he can look after himself but..." She sighed. "I'm worried about him."

Luke sighed. "I'm sure he's ok. As you said, he can look after himself." He said.

"I know but he shouldn't have to." Holly said. She glanced at him. "I just hope he's ok, that's all. If...if you hear from him, can you tell him...can you tell him I'm sorry? And that...that I hope he's ok." She said.

"I doubt I will hear from him but yes, I'll tell him." Luke said softly.

"Thank you." She smiled softly.

"He's lucky to have you, you know." He smiled.

Holly shrugged. "I think it might be the other way round. But thanks." She said as Lorelai and Rory returned.

"Got the food!" Rory said.

"Great! Ready to go?" Lorelai asked.

"Yep!" Rory smiled.

"Yeah, as ready as I'll ever be." Holly said.

"Bye Luke." Rory said.

"Yeah bye Luke! And thanks." Holly smiled.

"Good luck, both of you." Luke smiled at them.

Holly was stood by security at the airport watching the queue go forward. She turned to her mom and Rory. "I guess this is it..." She said nervously.

"I can still come with you. Help you get settled in..." Lorelai said.

"Yeah, Hol, I really don't mind." Rory said.

"No, it's fine." Holly assured them. "I'll be fine."

Lorelai blinked back some tears. "You'll call me when you land?" She said.

Holly nodded, trying to keep back her own tears. "I promise." She said.

"Come here." Lorelai said pulling her daughter into a hug. "I love you so much."

"I love you too." She said tremulously.

"And I am so so proud of you." She said.

"Yeah?"

"Extremely proud." Lorelai smiled softly. "You're going to do amazing things, hon. Just...don't forget to call home every so often yeah?" She said.

Holly smiled. "That's a given." She said. She glanced at Rory and then hugged her tightly as well. "Have fun at Yale." She said.

"Have fun at Stanford." Rory smiled.

"I should get going." Holly said gesturing to the queue.

"Yeah, of course. You don't want to miss your flight." Lorelai said. She gave her daughter another hug. "You need anything, you just call me ok? I can be on the next flight out." She said.

"I will." She promised. "Bye mom, Rory..." She smiled tremulously. She gave them both another hug before slowly turning round and heading through security, giving them a final wave before she disappeared from view.

Later that day, Rory saw her mom returning after going to get her a second load of stuff and she greeted her at the door to her suite.

"Oh hi." Lorelai said.

"Saw you coming." Rory said.

"What's up?" She said.

"You just have to see it." Rory said leading her inside.

"No!" Lorelai exclaimed seeing Paris in the living room of the suite.

"Yes." She nodded.

"Paris?"

"And Terrence, her life coach." Rory smiled slightly.

"Like on Oprah?"

"Yep."

"They're setting up her crafts' corner."

"No!"

"Yep."

"Hey, this the place?" Luke said appearing at the door.

"This is the place." Lorelai nodded. "Oh, whoa, hold it a minute! You can't bring that thing in here." She said seeing him pulling the mattress inside.

"Well, I'm not taking it back out." He said. "Hi Rory." He smiled at her.

"Hey Luke." Rory smiled slightly.

"No, we're unloading bags and boxes first." Lorelai said.

"Look, that Tess already had her antennae up about the mattress and she wouldn't stop watching me so I had to do something." He said.

"Well, wait until she's gone and then bring it back out!"

"It's heavy. The only way I got it into the building is with help from Chip. Now I have to go help him unload his stuff because that was the deal." Luke said. "The mattress stays. Now if you'll excuse me." He said before heading off.

"Start pushing." Rory smirked.

Holly found herself infront of her dorm. She took a deep breath before opening the door and going in. She glanced round and saw a cosy little living room with a tv, a bathroom and three bedrooms all with two single beds in them. She saw her initials on a post-it on one of the bedroom doors so she assumed that was hers. She started to unpack by herself when she heard footsteps come into the dorm. She took a deep breath before heading out of her bedroom. She stopped when she saw who it was. "You've got to be kidding me..." She said.

"Good to see you too." Tristan chuckled.

"It's seriously you? You're one of my dorm mates?" Holly exclaimed.

"Is that such a bad thing?" He joked.

"Are you kidding?" Holly grinned going forward to give him a hug. "You have no idea how good it is to see a familiar face!"

"Well, it's good to see you too." Tristan smiled. "I never knew you were interested in Stanford." He said.

"I didn't either. Until I started looking into it." Holly said. "I never knew you were interested in...well...furthering your education."

"Touche!" He chuckled.

"Sorry, I didn't mean it like that. I just meant, well, at school you weren't exactly into it." She said.

"Yeah, well, military school gave me a new perspective on things." He shrugged.

"Well, good. I always knew you could do well if you put your mind to it." Holly teased.

"I know you did." He smirked.

Just then they heard two familiar voices coming down the hallway heading to their dorm.

"And things just get even more surreal..." Holly said shaking her head, watching the door as Madeline and Louise came walking in. "What are you two doing here?" She laughed.

"Are you two going here as well?" Madeline exclaimed.

"No, we're just illusions." Tristan chuckled.

"Oh my god, this is going to be..." Madeline grinned.

"Amazing!" Louise grinned.

"Pinch me now." Holly whispered to Tristan.

"Anything else you need, you'll write it down, ok?" Lorelai said.

"I've got more than I need. Stuff I don't need." Rory said.

"It's all necessary stuff."

"The disco ball?" She smirked.

"You can't host your much-anticipated Salute to Barry White Night without a disco ball!" Lorelai exclaimed.

"I forgot I was anticipating that." Rory laughed. "Where's Luke?" She asked.

"He's already out at the truck." She said. "So, this is it..."

"This is really it." Rory nodded.

"Learn a lot of stuff."

"I'll try."

"You'll be a frequent visitor?" Lorelai smiled.

"I'll be a frequent visitor." She promised.

"You can use the washer and the dryer."

"I don't need any inducement."

"Good." Lorelai smiled tremulously.

"But don't you get rid of that washer and dryer." Rory joked.

"I won't. Ciao, baby." She smiled giving her a hug.

"Bye, Mom." Rory smiled softly, watching her leave.

"I still can't believe the four of us are room mates!" Holly said as she collapsed onto the couch next to Tristan while Madeline and Louise sat on the other.

"I know, crazy right?" Louise said.

"I didn't even know you two were applying here." Holly said.

"You didn't ask." Madeline said.

"Well, I guess that's true..." Holly said.

"I know you probably thought we were just two bimbos who aren't interested in education and just hang around with boys all day but we do care." Louise said. "About our education. And Stanford is one of the best universities in America. We want to do this right and get good degrees."

"That's true." Holly nodded. She glanced at them. "Just for your information, I never thought that." She said.

"Really?" Madeline said.

"You always got good grades so it was obvious you did focus on your studies as well. I guess some people don't have to try so hard to get good grades." She said. "I actually respect you two."

"Oh..well, thanks." Louise said surprised.

"And you're right. This is going to be fun." Holly smiled. "It will be nice getting to know you better as well."

"Plus we've got a cute guy to look at every day." Louise smirked, glancing at Tristan.

"Oooh, Louise, our dates are here!" Madeline exclaimed, glancing at the day.

"Ooh great! Don't stay up for us guys!" Louise grinned at Holly and Tristan.

"Bye!" Madeline grinned.

Holly smirked as the two of them left with their dates. "Nice to see they haven't completely changed!" She laughed.

Tristan chuckled. "Madeline and Louise will always be Madeline and Louise. But I kind of respect that." He said as the doorbell rang.

"You expecting anyone?" Holly asked.

"Nope." He said.

Holly got up and went over to the door and opened it. She froze when she saw a very familiar figure standing infront of her. "Jess..." She said shocked.

"Luke kicked me out, my dad's pretty much rejected me. I have no one. I have nothing. I...I have nothing." He said, his voice thick with emotion. "I didn't know where else to go..."

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