"Rory, sweetie? Bring the munchies in, okay?" Lorelai called out to her. Rory arrived, with two big bags of chips, pop, and a large cheese pizza. "My survival food," Lorelai grinned, taking a bite of pizza. Rory laughed at her mom. It was amazing how they stayed so skinny with eating all of this junk. During Beaches, Rory started to get tired and snuggled up against Lorelai. Lorelai put her arm around her ,kissed her on the forhead, and realised not for the first time that Rory was graduating tomorrow. Her baby girl.. all grown up. Lorelai could think to the first time she brought Rory into Luke's diner. Tears came down her cheeks as she self-consiously started to sniffle. "Mom? What's wrong?" "You're.. you're graduating tomorrow!" Lorelai said desolatly. "Awe, Mom..," Rory affectionatly said, laughing a little to herself.

When the movie was over, Rory hugged Lorelai and went to herself. Lorelai made herself a cup of coffee, sitting deep in thought, then finished and went to her bedroom to go to sleep also. "Hey sweets," Lorelai said as Rory came into the kitchen, rubbing her eyes in her PJ's. "Coffee.." Rory said, holding out her cup. Lorelai laughed. Like mother, like daughter. "You know babe, you don't have to go to school today. We can stay home, hang out, and then go to the ceromony." "As much as I'd like that mom, I kinda want to go to school.. I mean, it's the last time I'm going to step in that school again. Thanks though." She kissed Lorelai on the cheek. After drinking her coffee, Rory ran to get dressed. The school bus honked, and Rory ran out the door. Lorelai called out to her. "I'll pick you up after school, okay?" Rory nodded as she boarded the bus.

The next morning as Lorelai entered work, Sookie bombarded her with questions. "Where will we sit? Are Emily and Richard coming? Is she excited??" "Front row, of course Sook, and yeah she's excited but she's also a bit scared. She's actually finishing, and I'm so proud of her. All I wanted was for her to graduate, now I kinda wish I did." Sookie gave Lorelai an affectionate smile, and they both went back to work.

Rory listened for the last time to her English teacher. They weren't really doing anything, but Ms.Brown was just suggesting some books for summer reading. Suddenly an announcement came onto the speakerphone. "Can Rory Gilmore please come to the office with her books?" She got permission and whispered to Paris, "See you tonight!" Rory went to the office, and saw Chris. "Dad?"

"It's me," Chris said. Rory hugged him. "What.. what are you doing here so early?" "Well Lor said that I could pick you up a bit early cause I haven't seen you in awhile. Why don't we get some coffee and I'll drop you at home before the ceremony so you can get ready." Rory nodded as Chris took her bag. They got into the car and started to drive. After it had been half an hour, and two coffeeshops past, Rory started to get a bit wary. "Um, Dad.. where are we going?" Chris replied casually, "This shop that's really close to here. I go here on my way to work, you'll love it." But as they kept driving, Rory got this seemingly scary vibe.

Smiling to herself, Lorelai got out of the car and went to the school to wait for Rory. The kids started pouring out, but Rory never showed up. Half an hour later, when the last kid had gone, Lorelai started to get worried. She got her cell phone out. "Luke?" "Lor? What is it?" "Rory's not at school, do you know where she is?" "Maybe she went to Paris's house. Listen, the ceromony is about to start. Come here and I'm sure she'll be here when you arrive. See you soon, okay?"

When she got there, Lorelai hurried over to Luke. He shook his head worridly. "What?" Lorelai said. "Are you meaning to tell me that she didn't show up?" He shook his head again. "Luke, I'm starting to get worried." Lorelai said. Luke pulled her into a hug, and they just stayed like that. None of them wanted to believe anything was wrong, just yet. They would wait a few more minutes and see what came out of this.