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Note: Italics are when someone is thinking.

Maybe he will, maybe he won't

Chapter 1

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"Hello!" Laureli Gilmore walked around Chilton, talking to anyone she could, telling them that she was the valedictorian's mom. "I am Rory Gilmore's mom, you know, the valedictorian? Yeah, well, just wanted to let you know!!!" She loved this!! And, as she observed the school Rory had been going to for the past 2 ½ years, she marveled at the sight of it, and at the same time, laughed at it, because it was too small for Rory's dreams now. Laureli headed back across the school for the ceremony. She found Rory's grandparents, Emily and Richard, sitting on the other side-which was the opposite of the two seats Laureli saved for them.

"Um. Mom. Dad," Laureli said as she came up to them.

"Oh," Emily sounded disappointed to see her. "Hello Laureli."

"Aren't you going to sit with me?" Laureli said, "I saved some seats for you." She pointed over to the seats on the other side of the courtyard.

"You never mentioned us sitting with you." Emily argued.

"Sure mom. Now come over here and sit with me. The ceremony is about to start."

"But wouldn't it be rude to move right before the ceremony started?"

"Fine then. Sit there if you want." Laureli started to walk away. Emily and Richard shrugged and followed her to sit in the seats she saved them.

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"Fellow students of Chilton High school, class of 2003," Rory Gilmore, valedictorian, was standing on stage, saying her grand speech, the last one before Yale, "….Thank you, friends and family of all the graduating students here, for coming to this special ceremony." Rory continued. But before she could go any further, someone walked in that she would've never expected.

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Should I go? Should I sit here and just listen to her talk? That beautiful voice…Jess thought as he hid behind the bushes. He couldn't stop thinking about her in New York, so he decided to come back for her. To stay. So how was he going to do this? He couldn't just waltz right in. That would be rude, wouldn't it? Well, how could he know? He wasn't going to graduate high school. He sighed. He was going to have to do this. He peeked around the bushes. There's an empty seat. And it isn't next to anyone. This will be perfect. I'll just have to sneak in and watch her graduate, then go somewhere alone and find her after everyone leaves. He peeked around the bushes again to figure out the perfect time to jump in. Drat, I made a sound. He shifted and tried not to make a rustling sound. He hoped no one heard that or someone would come over there and tell him to get real and come watch the ceremony in a seat like a normal person. He ran his fingers through his hair and tried again. There's my chance. Here it goes…

I hope it's long enough! I'm trying to work on making my chapters longer. Please give me some tips on that, because that would help A LOT! lol Thanks for your comments and I'll try to post more ASAP!

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