A/n:Thanx to those of you who reviewed. I love you all! Ok, and here is chapter 6…enjoy!

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Lorelai returned to New Haven, where she had been staying in a hotel for the last few days, about an hour after her talk with Luke.

She went straight to Yale. Rory's class ended in about 20 minutes, so she decided to wait in her dorm.

Flipping through the channels, she found a baseball game. She had no idea who was playing, but it reminded her of Luke, so she watched it.

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"Mom? What are you doing here?" Rory asked as she walked into her dorm.

Lorelai was shaken out of her thoughts by the sound of Rory's voice. "Just waiting for you." Lorelai pushed a button on the TV remote, turning it off.

"Ok," Rory started, slowly. "Why?"

"Because, there is something I need to discuss with you that cannot wait." She stood up from the couch. "I went to see Luke today."

"Oh, no." Rory sighed.

"He left her…for me." Lorelai moved out of the way to let her daughter take her recent spot on the couch.

"Are you staying then? In Stars Hollow?" Rory met her mother's gaze as she asked these questions.

Lorelai shook her head. "No, I'm not staying." She paused to take a deep breath. "He wants to come with. He said we could start a new life…together." Lorelai braced herself for whatever was to come out of her child's mouth. But nothing came but a simple question.

"What about the diner?"

Lorelai gave a sigh of relief. "He'll get someone to manage it."

"And you want him to come? You want to be with him? You're sure about this?"

Lorelai took in all of Rory's questions. A smile playing on her features, she answered all of them with a simple, "Yes."

Rory looked straight ahead, not saying anything for a moment. Lorelai grew nervous.

She didn't look at her mother when she spoke. "Then he'll come. We'll be a family, like we've always wanted."

Tears threatened to fall from the elder Gilmore's eyes, and she didn't fight them.

Rory stood up and hugged her mother. "I love you, Mom. And I love Luke. I just want you guys to be happy."

Lorelai's tears continued to cascade down her cheeks as she hugged her daughter. "You're so good to me."

"Just repaying the favor," Rory replied.

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Lorelai stood outside the diner. It was the last time she would enter it for only God knows how long, if ever again. She took a deep breath before reaching on top of the door for the spare key. She slowly unlocked the door. Her hand shook as she opened it, and silently she slipped inside. Setting the small piece of paper on the counter, she took a long look around. She sighed. "Goodbye," she whispered. She glanced at the clock, 4:45. 'He gets up at quarter to five every morning. Except when he's with me.' She smiled. Slipping out the door as quietly as she entered and replacing the key, she drove home with thoughts of her diner man.

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Luke came downstairs later that morning at 5:30. As he took down the chairs from the tabletops, he noticed a small piece of paper on the counter. Only she knew where the spare key was. He picked it up slowly. A smile spread across his face. Garfield stationery. Holding his breath, he began to read.

Luke,

I talked to Rory. She said we could be a family. We still don't' know where we're going. Maybe that's a good thing. We'll go where the wind takes us. We're leaving on the 2nd of June. We'll be leaving at 6:00 am. Gilmore time, of course. I won't be coming back to the diner. I can't.

I love you,

-Lorelai

P.S. Bring coffee.

Luke smiled as he played with the diamond ring in his pocket.

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Rory's graduation was an extravagant event, as most IV League school's ceremonies were, I assume. Luke and Lorelai acted as if they were simply friends. They didn't want Emily and Richard on their backs. Rory had the grueling task of telling the Gilmores about the trip. They, of course, shot Lorelai down for being spontaneous.

"You should know exactly where you're going so you can plan ahead. My God, your mother-"

Rory cut her grandmother off. There weren't many times in her life that she yelled at her grandma, but this could be added to the list.

"Has been through enough! You have no idea what she has been through in her life! But she has tried the best she could to be everything for me! And just to fill you in, the trip was my idea!" With that, Rory walked away calmly, leaving Emily and Richard's jaws on the floor.

Rory met Lorelai and Luke in the parking lot. They were showing affection, albeit it was only hand-holding, but at least it was something.

"Aw. I would have sworn I'd have to separate you two with a crowbar." Rory smirked at the two.

Lorelai smiled. "Well, you would have had you come out two minutes sooner."

The Gilmore girls laughed as Luke's face turned a very bright shade of red.

"So, we're leaving tomorrow?" Rory asked as the laughing died down.

Lorelai looked to Luke, then back at her daughter. "Yeah. Yeah, we are." She smiled when Luke squeezed her hand. It was reassuring that he wanted to be with her, no matter the location.

"And everything is packed and at the house?" That was Rory: always organized.

"Yes, darling. Everything is ready to go."

Rory's next question came out softer, almost in a whisper. "And you're sure you don't want to sell the house? 'Cause we could wait a couple days and pack everything up, if you're not." She was looking at the ground as was the couple standing in front of her.

Lorelai looked up and raised Rory's chin with her index finger. "I'm sure. Who knows, maybe one day we'll come back. And if we do, we'll have a place to live. Besides, I really don't think all that stuff will fit in the jeep." That was Lorelai: always making an uncomfortable situations a humorous one.

Rory grinned. "Good," was all she said.

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A/n: Ok, so I'm sure Lorelai could've come up with something better than that to lighten the mood, but I couldn't. So, what'd y'all think? Depending on how much I type up, next chapter will prolly be the last. But don't cry. It has a happy ending! I think it's happy anyway…Please review, I'm working on a happy dance and would love a reason to try I out. lol…no, not really.