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Chapter 10

Rory and Sophie walked into the kitchen in the morning to find their mom studying.

"How's it going?" Rory asked.

"Urghhhhhhhhhh!" Lorelai groaned.

"That bad?" Sophie smirked.

"At least it will all be over tomorrow." Rory sympathised.

"Oooh do you get like a graduation or something?" Sophie asked.

"Um yeh I think I do. On Wednesday." Lorelai said. "But it's not a big thing. Just you two there is fine." She shrugged it off.

"What about Luke?" Sophie asked.

"He'll have to work. He would be bored anyway." Lorelai said.

"Mom, he's your boyfriend. At least tell him about it!" Sophie said.

"Yeh mom. Luke would want to be there." Rory said.

Lorelai smiled slightly. "You think?"

"Yep!" They both said.

"Ok I'll tell him."

"What about Grandma and Grandpa?" Rory asked cautiously.

"No. Definitely not." Lorelai said.

"Mooommm..."

"No Rory." She said sternly.

"Fine."

Rory and Sophie left to go to the diner. They knew their mom and they knew she wouldn't ask tell him about the graduation. They went in and sat at the counter.

"Luuukkeee..." Sophie started.

"No." He said.

"You don't even know what I'm going to say!" Sophie said.

"Anything involving the two of you, it's normally safest to say no."

"Mom's having her business school graduation on Wednesday. She said she'd tell you about it but we know she won't. We also know she'd love for you to be there. Please come!" Rory said.

Luke looked at the two of them. "Why didn't she want to tell me?"

"She just doesn't think it's a huge thing but it is. It's big for mom." Sophie said. "Please come Luke!"

"Try and stop me." Luke smiled at the girls.

They grinned.

"Now we have to invite Grandma and Grandpa!" Rory said to Sophie as Luke gave them coffee.

"She said she didn't want them there." Sophie said.

"Yeh but trust me Soph. It would mean a lot to mom for them to be there." Rory said. "We can go after this." She said.

Sophie sighed. "Fine..."

"Do you two need a ride?" Luke asked having overheard their discussion.

"The diner's busy though.." Rory said.

"Caesar can cover." Luke said.

"Ok thanks Luke!" Rory smiled.

After they had eaten, Luke gave them both a lift to the Gilmore Mansion. He thought it was sweet what they were doing for their mom. He decided to wait outside in the truck for them though.

Rory and Sophie rang the doorbell and Emily answered. "Well this is a surprise. Come in girls." She smiled.

"Hi Grandma." Rory smiled.

"Hi." Sophie said.

They sat down with their grandmother and asked for their grandfather to join them which he did.

"So what brings you here?" Emily asked.

"Um well, you know how mom has been going to business school. Well she's got her last exam tomorrow and then she's graduating on Wednesday." Rory said.

"Yeh we know it would mean a lot to her if you were there. This is a big thing for mom." Sophie said.

"Well that's it really. This is the address and it starts at 7." Rory said handing a piece of card over.

Emily and Richard glanced looks at each other.

"We better get back. Mom will be wondering where we went." Rory said.

"We'll ring you a cab." Emily said.

"Oh no need. Luke brought us." Sophie said.

Emily stiffened at his name. "Well ok."

They said their goodbyes and left and Luke drove them back.

Soon Wednesday came. Rory and Sophie were going to meet their mom at the place after school. Luke was going to take them, which Lorelai didn't know. As predicted, Lorelai hadn't told Luke about her graduation.

Lorelai was in a room fitting her robe when she heard her mother's voice coming from the hall. She went to the hall and found her mom with a camera crew.

"Mom? What are you doing here?" She said shocked.

"You didn't think you'd miss your graduation, did you?" Emily said. "Really Lorelai, this is a big thing. We wanted to be here."

"We? Dad's here?" Lorelai said.

"Of course he is!"

Lorelai couldn't help but smile. Her parents wanted to be there. She sort of regretted not telling Luke now. She went out into the hall way when she saw Rory and Sophie walking down the corridor.

"Mom!" They shouted and ran towards her hugging her.

"Hey sweets!" Lorelai smiled, hugging them back. She then looked up and then that was when she saw Luke walking towards them in his suit. She couldn't believe it. "Wow you two have been telling everyone!" She said to her daughters, who looked guilty.

"Hey!" Luke smiled and gave her a kiss.

"Hey!" Lorelai smiled back. "Thanks for coming.."

"I wouldn't miss it for the world." Luke said sincerely.

Lorelai smiled.

Soon the ceremony was starting and it was Lorelai's turn to walk on the stage and receive her diploma. She turned and looked at her family. Rory and Sophie were both cheering really loudly, Luke was smiling and clapping, and her parents were sat there smiling. She could have sworn she saw a tear in her mom's eye. She was touched that they were all there. She smiled at them and then left the stage.

Afterwards, she went to the gathering room and was immediately tackled by her two daughters. "You did it mom!" They said happily.

Lorelai smiled. "I did." She smiled at Luke who was stood a bit away as her grandparents were approaching.

"Lorelai, we're very proud of you." Richard said handing her a white envelope.

"Thanks daddy." Lorelai said touched.

"Picture time!" Rory said.

She took one of Lorelai with her parents. Richard then took one of her and the girls. Sophie then looked and saw Luke, stood a bit away from them not wanting to intrude. "Luke, we need one of you and mom!" She smiled.

Emily stiffened but didn't say anything as Rory had taken the camera and Sophie was dragging Luke towards them. Lorelai smiled and stood next to Luke, who put his arm round her.

"Got it!" Rory smiled.

"I'm very proud of you." Luke whispered to her.

Lorelai smiled. "Thanks. I love you."

"I love you too." Luke said.

They smiled and looked at each other for a minute, knowing this was the first time they had said that to each other.

On their drive back, everyone was really happy. The day had gone perfectly. They'd arrived at the Crap Shack. Luke was staying over tonight as Lorelai wanted him to.

Sophie found him in the kitchen making coffee. "Luuukee..." She said hesitantly.

"What is it this time?" Luke raised his eyebrow.

Sophie smirked. "Um I was wondering if you maybe needed help at the diner at weekends?" She asked quietly.

Luke was surprised. "Well we are short staffed at the moment. Why?"

"Well I sort of enjoyed the buzz when I was helping out last time...I was wondering if you had a temporary job going maybe?"

"Well I guess you could do a few hours at the weekend but you need to make sure it's ok with your mom first!" He said.

"Thanks Luke!" Sophie beamed excitedly. She took him by surprise by giving him a hug. He returned the hug, bemused, and watched Sophie skip away.

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