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Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls or any of the characters, though I wish I did. br

AN: I am very thankful to my first reviewer, authors-anonymous, for the advice. I've changed some things, and since I'm a bit of a dumby, I deleted the story. So here it is again. It's a tiny bit different now. Btw I thought it was spelled "Lorelai" but I wasn't sure. I was too lazy to go find out.

Too Together

The Departure

Rory's POV

"Sweety, do you have your keys?" asked an anxious Lorelai Gilmore. br

Rory looked at her mother and held up the keys to the car her former boyfriend had given to her. She was awfully happy that things had ended well with them. It had actually been a mutual decision. Especially since she was headed to Harvard and Dean was not. br

"Passport, ticket?" she asked. Rory held those up as well. br

"Good, and how about underwear? You know how dangerous Florida can be." Lorelai said. br

"Mom," Rory said flatly, " what does underwear have to do with Florida being dangerous? Which it isn't." br

"As far as I know it is, and I hear it can be scary, too, you know all that water and sharks. Besides you can never have enough spare underwear." br

"Uh-huh. My turn to interrogate. Do you have the number to the hotel?" br

"Yes, of course," Lorelai stated, but Rory saw her eyes shifting around the living room. br

"Don't forget to charge your cell phone every night because I might need to reach you," Rory said while rewriting the number. br

"Uh-huh, I'll remember." br

"Anything else?" Rory asked. br

"What's the number to 911?"asked Lorelai, with a smile on her face. br

"911." Rory said, going along with her mom's joke. br

"Thanks, kiddo. What would I ever do without you?" Lorelai asked. br

"Not much. Now go get in the car." br

"All right, do you need help with your bags?" Lorelai inquired. br

"Yeah can you grab that little bag over there? Thanks," Rory replied when her mother picked up the little case, which held her toiletries. She grabbed the larger suitcase and walked out to the car. She got in the driver seat and headed to the airport. br

Spring break in Florida was just what she needed. A week away, the only unfortunate part was that her best friend, Lane, had had to cancel at the last minute due to her overbearing mother. Rory had decided to go anyway, mainly because Lane had forced her to. She had said she would fell even worse if she were the cause of Rory not getting this much needed break. All the anticipation about getting her acceptance letter from Harvard had left her a little…exhausted. br

Rory and her mother arrived at the airport, and were met at Rory's terminal by a few dedicated friends. br

"Surprise!!!" Lane, Dean and Sookie yelled. br

"You guys," Rory said shocked with a smile on her face as she gave out hugs. br

"We just wanted to see you off," said Lane. A little while later it was time for Rory to board the plan. So she went to say a final goodbye to Lane. br

"Before you say anything I wanna give you this. You don't know how hard it was to get this. Don't open it till you get to Florida. Promise." Lane told Rory quickly. br

" I promise. What is it? My grandparents already gave me a credit card last week. I wish you were going," Rory said. br

"Me, too. And it's a gift. See you when you get back. You can tell me about all the flings you have. Bye," Lane said with one last hug. br

"Bye." Rory said and walked down the terminal and finally got on the plane. br