Lorelai entered the room very late that night. The preparations took up most of the day. The wedding was the next day, and they had to make sure everything was just right.

She walked into the kitchen and gasped at what she saw: Rory lying on the floor, semi-unconscious.

Lorelai ran to her daughter's side and began to pat her face for her to wake up. She sighed in relief when Rory mumbled a bit and slowly opened her eyes. "Mom, what are you doing here?"

"Well, I finished work."

"But it's only 9."

"No, it's 11:30 at night sweetie."

"What, that's impossible-." Then Rory saw the clock. It was, indeed, 11:30 PM.

"That must have been some fall you had there."

Then Rory remembered the event that happened the night before. She, then, brakes down in tears. "Oh, Mom."

Lorelai collected her daughter as he said reassuring things to her, while Rory cried in her lap.

¤ 6:30 AM ¤

Lorelai woke up on the couch, with Rory's head on her lap. The night before, after Rory had cried for about 5 minutes, she told Lorelai the story. Then, they got the cookie dough ice-cream from the fridge and wallowed together.

So, now there was only one thing that she knew Rory would want when she woke up: coffee.

Lorelai gently escaped from her said position on the couch, got dressed, and set out for Luke's. Then she found herself in front of it in no time. Lorelai entered the diner and immediately sat at a stool in the front of the empty diner. Luke was no where in sight. "Hey Luke!" she yelled, "Where's your 6 AM crowd?"

"Not here." Luke appeared from the kitchen. "What on earth are you doing here at 6.30 in the morning?"

"Rory needs coffee."

Luke's face went from annoyed to sympathetic. "What happened?"

"Well, it's a long story. And I don't want Rory to think I am telling the whole town, so I think I should keep it to myself, for at least a little while."

"Oh, come on Lorelai, it's just me."

Lorelai gave in. "I don't think you will be seeing John for a while."

Then Luke's face went from sympathetic to angry. "What happened?"

"He's going into military school."

"Really?" Luke's mad-dog face sobered down a little.

"Yeah, and he just told Rory on Friday night that he would be going tomorrow."

Luke didn't know what to say. "Wow."

"Yeah."

"Well, um, you can have all the coffee you want, I guess."

Lorelai's face brightened up. "Really?"

Luke looked annoyed again. "For Rory."

Luke started to fill up the coffee cups.

Lorelai put on a face of sympathy again, "Right," Luke handed her 6 coffee cups, "Well I guess I got to get back. See you later Luke."

"Yeah, tell Rory hi and that I am sorry."

"Sure, bye Luke!"

¤ At the house ¤

Lorelai entered the house and saw that Rory was up already. "Hey hon. You want some coffee?"

"I need to call him."

"Who?"

"John."

"Oh, um, sure sweetie."

"I mean he is leaving tomorrow, I just think he should know that I didn't mean what I said..." Rory started to drink a cup of coffee. "I do love him."

"I know you do."

"Well, I think that he should know that I do... still."

"Yeah babe," Lorelai handed her the phone, "take your time, I am just going to be upstairs."

Rory nodded and Lorelai went to her room.

¤ On the phone ¤

"Hello?"

"Hey, John, it's me."

"Hey."

Silence.

"So... are you still mad at me?"

"No, John I was never mad at you."

"You sure sounded like it."

"I just didn't, don't want you to go."

"I know sweetie... it's just... I need to do this for me."

Rory is now crying. "I know... sometimes you have to let the people you love, go."

"Yeah."

Silence.

"Go look outside your door."

"Wha-"

"Just do it."

Rory walks over to the door and opens it.

Standing before her is John. Rory sighs with a smile and invites him in.