Lorelai Gilmore had a beautiful funeral.

Red roses were everywhere, with a few yellow daisies mixed in here and there. Dean
wasn't there, but Jess was. He held Rory's hand throughout the service, not letting go of
her long enough for her to fall apart and cry. There would be infinite time for that once
out of the public eye.

Rory would never forget the day her mother died. She had come home to find her mother
on the couch in the living room, a knife protruding from her chest. There was bright,
crimson blood everywhere. The bright color of red was burned into her mind. Rory had
checked her mother's pulse, and found her hand to be cold. She could feel the bile rising
in her throat and, tears streaming down her cheeks, she called 911.

That day she lost the most important person in her life. In the next week, she lost Dean,
but gained Jess. Dean pushed her to be with him all the time, while Jess always seemed to
be there when she needed him. She had told Dean she needed space, and he got angry,
calling her a slut, and accusing her of wanting Jess. She didn't deny it, and Jess had
already decided to break up with Shane. The timing was perfect to finally get together,
but they didn't. As a friend, Jess comforted Rory as best he knew how.

The funeral was over, and Jess and Rory were sitting across the table from Christopher in
a booth at Luke's. Jess was lightly holding Rory's hand, and sitting almost silently, not
wanting to cause any disturbance, because he knew Rory's dad didn't like him. Luke had
offered to let Rory live with him, so she could spend the rest of her senior year living in
Stars' Hollow, and attend Chilton. Christopher agreed that, though he desperately wanted
her to live with him, living with Luke was what was best for her.

A week later, Chris left. Rory moved her things into Luke's. She cried as she closed the
door of the house she'd grown up in for the last time. Jess was there with her. As he
drove her back to Luke's, she continued to cry. They pulled into the back lot. Jess
glanced at Rory, his heart breaking as he watched her shoulders shake violently. He
wrapped his arm around her and held her once more as she cried.