Summary: AU

Summary: AU. What happens when 23 year old Rory Gilmore-Hayden graduates from Yale and moves to Stars Hollow. Who will meet who? Who will fall in love with who?

Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls, it's story, characters or episodes. They were created by Amy Sherman-Paladino and are owned by Dorothy Parker Drank Here and the WB/CW

A/N: Talk about motivation….here I am again. I told myself I was going to sit down and force myself to type. And I did.  I think there will probably only be one more chapter after this….we'll see. Then maybe I'll get around to my other stories as well. Thanks again. And, as always, read and review.

Chapter 25: My Life as a List

Luke was worried. He had seen Rory wandering around in a daze the day before. Now, he'd come out of the kitchen at 7 this morning before he'd had any customers, after hearing the door chime, and saw an envelope sitting on the counter. The envelope, as he was now referring to it. It was her handwriting on the front, a simple, elegant scrawl, with only his name. And it was so thick. He was afraid to open it.

The breakfast rush was over and he knew he had to do it now. Leaving Ceaser in charge he went upstairs and sat down. He slowly opened the envelope and pulled out the pages of the letter.

Luke,

I'm sorry for putting this in a letter. Maybe this isn't the right way to do this, but I needed to clear my head and think…and I always do that the best on my paper.

Growing up my mom and I made all of our important decisions (at least the ones my grandmother did not know about) by making pro/con lists. What follows this letter is a pro/con list of my life. Of what maybe could be our life.

I'm afraid I am not making much sense, I'm sorry. Bill and Irene made a proposal to me yesterday. They want to retire and give the paper over to me. They want me to run the Stars Hollow Daily Gazette. They want me to own the Stars Hollow Daily Gazette. As I write this to you, I still cannot grasp my mind around the concept. I'm only 24 years old. It's the offer of a lifetime. But one I could not, in good conscience, make in haste. Or without a list, or my mother….or, I feel, you.

This letter is also a plea to you. There are two sets of lists. I want the second one to be the one that matters…but, in the end, it is up to you.

Let me know, would you?

Yours,

Rory

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List One

Pro

1.Own my own newspaper!

1.Be my own boss

3Stay in Stars Hollow

4.Maybe I could get Jess to work for me

5I could change the paper however I want

6A new learning experience

7I want to stay near Luke

8.I want to do this!

Con

1. TONS of work

2. TONS of work

3. ?

4. Jess would have to work for me

5. If anything happens to the paper, it's my head

6. I know nothing about owning a paper

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List Two

Pro

Luke

Con

What if he doesn't want me?

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And then Luke did a double take and almost fell off his chair. In beautiful script, in the middle of the page, no larger or smaller than the lists, were these words….

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Luke….will you marry me?