Another Chapter. When reading this I encourage everyone to listen to Hoobastank's "Running Away." It fits the way I want you to feel during this chapter.

Disclaimer: Why don't I own this show? Because I seriously am not brilliant enough to create something so addicting.

The Hour of 12 PM

Jess sat there looking back on his life. On the past year to be specific. Why am I running away? What are your running away from Mariano? Then suddenly it came flooding back to him. The smug look of bagboy, the fight, Rory, high school, Shane, Rory, Luke's, Wal-mart, Rory, and then she was looking at him. He could see her now, smiling at him. Her hair falling gently on her face as it always did.

Back in Stars Hallow, Rory was standing in front of her mirror once more. She was looking at herself wearing her graduation cap and gown. Was this what she wanted? To be moving on without someone she cared about? Why was he running away? What did he have to run from? She couldn't think of any other person she'd want more to see right now then him. She looked at herself once more. Did he love her?

In the kitchen Lorelai looked into her coffee for the answers she had been searching for. Why did she kiss Luke? Why couldn't she tell him how she felt? Was it because she cared about him so much? She stirred the sugar around and around in the black abyss. She sighed and placed her hand on her cheek. She had to go tell him.

Meanwhile, Luke was wiping down a counter. Why did Jess call here? What was going through that boy's head? Leaving a Gilmore. They were annoying at times, and their rants were scary when they were together, but they were also amazing at making someone feel better. Lorelai had always been the one to make Luke feel different. She really brought a change to his life. She was unpredictable, and that was something he loved. Unlike himself, reserved and conservative. But it was time to move on. Lorelai Gilmore didn't feel the same way for him. It was time to think about his future, and to think about other people.

The scene fades back to Jess looking through a window. It's muggy out. Would he be too late? Why didn't he give her a chance to show him that there was hope? Was there hope?

Rory looked back at herself. Was there hope? She straightened her mortarboard and then looked at herself once more. Only four hours left now. Soon she'd be giving a speech that would make her a hypocrite in many people's eyes. She talked about following your heart and experiencing everything life had to offer. When in reality she was sitting here, conforming to a future she had planned. Her heart wasn't here. Her heart was miles upon miles away. In a place she had never been. A noise startled her and she looked out the window. Nothing.

Lorelai stood outside Luke's now. He was still wearing that stupid baseball cap. In all the years she knew Luke why didn't she burn the stupid thing? He wore it the same way, the same stupid backwards hat way. He was so set in his ways. Always set in his ways. But always comforting her as well. Especially when it came to Rory. The night Rory and Jess were in a car accident, Luke was there. She looked at him once more. Could she really do this? Was there any hope?

Rory shook her head, it was nothing. Was she running away? Was Jess right all along? He went to California because he was following his heart. Where did her heart lie? She unzipped her gown and took off her mortar board to reveal a white dress. Her heart belonged to him. She had to find his number, had to reach him. That involved hunting down Luke.