A/N, ok this is the last chapter. This was my first official story I've
written for this website (or any website) I appreciate the reviews, the
suggestions and the encouragement. If you want the names of some of my next
stories, get my email address from my profile (roridean@hotmail.com). I
realize that some of you thought the story was done. But it's not. This is
it. Hope you enjoy.
He looked through the pictures. It had been his graduation from Yale. He had been the valedictorian. He could remember his speech clearly; he promised himself he would never forget it.
"Ok, well I've never done the speech thing before. I never planned to go to Yale. I never thought I would get in. I guess I got lucky. You're wondering why I came here. There's one reason. My Rory. Rory Gilmore was my one true love. After a week or two of being here, she died in a car crash. She was expected to go to Yale. She was expected to be here in my place. We all have our inspirations, she was mine. She came to Yale saying that school was first. She got into major league schools all over, but Yale was her destiny. I came here in place of her. To finish something she couldn't. She came here for journalism, that's what I took. I realize that these speeches are supposed to be longer, but what else is there to say? So congratulations class, you did it. And somewhere up there, she's looking down and thinking so did she. And she did."
He had many pictures of him but now enough of her. Looking back, he thought about things he did, and things he didn't, wondering if what he did was a mistake. Yale was the greatest thing that had happened to him, and so was she. Did he ever get married or date after she was gone? No. He stayed single, believing that you only have one special person in your life, she was his. Though he did adopt. A troubled kid, that reminded him or himself. He was able to watch this kid do everything that he would have watched the kid do with Rory. She would have been a great mother. He had been a journalist, moved back to Stars Hollow, and lived with his Uncle and Aunt. Yes, they had finally gotten married. They had three kids. Little Joe, Jake and his personally favourite Rory. These kids were considered as his cousins, yet they meant the world to him. They grew up with his child. Rory made it into major league schools and went into Harvard. The first Rory's destination. Lorelai and Luke looked so happy together yet he knew there was a hole burned through their hearts, Rory had been like a child to Luke and was Lorelais' everything. She was gone.
Her funeral was the saddest day of life. Everyone was there, from Dean and Lindsay to Tristan and Paris, all of Stars Hallow, even Max Medina was there. She was loved by so many people. No one knew what to say, they never thought that this would happen. Had he kept her ring? No, she had kept it on the same finger he kept it on. Her hand was placed on her heart.
"Mr. Mariano, are you ready?"
"Yes, just a minute." He rethought everything that he had done in his life; it had all been for her. There wasn't a single thing he did that he regretted. Sitting in the hospital bed, he made sure his ring was on right, he requested for it to never be taken off. He would be buried beside her.
"I'm ready." The doctor came in and pulled the plug, as he thought of his first love, and his only love.
*
"We are gathered here today to remember my dad. When he first came to Stars Hollow, only one person seemed to understand him, Rory Gilmore. My dad showed me what true love meant. He fell in love with her, and loved her even more, even though she went to Yale. Before she left he gave her a ring, he called it a friendship ring, meaning she would never forget him. He had one too, to never forget her. He never did. That one day when he called her, he said the last words to her. Rory Gilmore I love you. She had said 'Jess, you say that too much.' With him jokingly replying how rude she was being without saying it back. Her last words were 'I Love You Jes.'"
The rings say the rest.
Completed August 25, 2003
He looked through the pictures. It had been his graduation from Yale. He had been the valedictorian. He could remember his speech clearly; he promised himself he would never forget it.
"Ok, well I've never done the speech thing before. I never planned to go to Yale. I never thought I would get in. I guess I got lucky. You're wondering why I came here. There's one reason. My Rory. Rory Gilmore was my one true love. After a week or two of being here, she died in a car crash. She was expected to go to Yale. She was expected to be here in my place. We all have our inspirations, she was mine. She came to Yale saying that school was first. She got into major league schools all over, but Yale was her destiny. I came here in place of her. To finish something she couldn't. She came here for journalism, that's what I took. I realize that these speeches are supposed to be longer, but what else is there to say? So congratulations class, you did it. And somewhere up there, she's looking down and thinking so did she. And she did."
He had many pictures of him but now enough of her. Looking back, he thought about things he did, and things he didn't, wondering if what he did was a mistake. Yale was the greatest thing that had happened to him, and so was she. Did he ever get married or date after she was gone? No. He stayed single, believing that you only have one special person in your life, she was his. Though he did adopt. A troubled kid, that reminded him or himself. He was able to watch this kid do everything that he would have watched the kid do with Rory. She would have been a great mother. He had been a journalist, moved back to Stars Hollow, and lived with his Uncle and Aunt. Yes, they had finally gotten married. They had three kids. Little Joe, Jake and his personally favourite Rory. These kids were considered as his cousins, yet they meant the world to him. They grew up with his child. Rory made it into major league schools and went into Harvard. The first Rory's destination. Lorelai and Luke looked so happy together yet he knew there was a hole burned through their hearts, Rory had been like a child to Luke and was Lorelais' everything. She was gone.
Her funeral was the saddest day of life. Everyone was there, from Dean and Lindsay to Tristan and Paris, all of Stars Hallow, even Max Medina was there. She was loved by so many people. No one knew what to say, they never thought that this would happen. Had he kept her ring? No, she had kept it on the same finger he kept it on. Her hand was placed on her heart.
"Mr. Mariano, are you ready?"
"Yes, just a minute." He rethought everything that he had done in his life; it had all been for her. There wasn't a single thing he did that he regretted. Sitting in the hospital bed, he made sure his ring was on right, he requested for it to never be taken off. He would be buried beside her.
"I'm ready." The doctor came in and pulled the plug, as he thought of his first love, and his only love.
*
"We are gathered here today to remember my dad. When he first came to Stars Hollow, only one person seemed to understand him, Rory Gilmore. My dad showed me what true love meant. He fell in love with her, and loved her even more, even though she went to Yale. Before she left he gave her a ring, he called it a friendship ring, meaning she would never forget him. He had one too, to never forget her. He never did. That one day when he called her, he said the last words to her. Rory Gilmore I love you. She had said 'Jess, you say that too much.' With him jokingly replying how rude she was being without saying it back. Her last words were 'I Love You Jes.'"
The rings say the rest.
Completed August 25, 2003