Alright, here's my short little wrap-up. This has been a blast writing this fic, and I'm still amazed at how well it picked up within the section. You guys are awesome.

I wanna thank ProFfeSseR and Rusty Bedsprings espically, because you two have reviewed nearly every single chapter as well as every single Gilmore Girls fic that I have written to date. You guys are the best. Rusty, you know you're my number one gal! And ProFfeSser, you know you're awesome in my book and I finally know how to spell your name (and hopefully, I didn't just make a complete idiot out of myself right there...), and I love ya babe!

Miss-Lionesse, Pokey,Beautiful Butterfly, andLukenlorelaifan you guys are right up there behind ProFfeSseR and Rusty for the most reviews as well as reading and reviewing my other fics. You guys rock! And I really hope to get around to reading some of your guys' own fics as soon as my life gets a little less hetic.

At number three, comes in the grouping of: Potostboyeluvr, Kyizi, Bloomin Daisy, Mrs. Scott Patterson, Dimension, Epona9009, Once Upon a Whim, Phoebe4u, Ozluv04, Estick, Yrag, Sucker4soccer, Katie, Orange Sherbert, Rita, Izzpuppy, Bloodymary2, Forsaken Goddess, Karah Bella, and LittleGGlover for being repeat offenders in the reviewing game. You guys may not have gotten every single chapter, and/or every single fic, and some more then others, but you're views where always appericated and I really began recogizing a lot of your names. You guys are awesome.

And for the most random and hilarious reivews, goes to none-other-then Muffin is Injured. Muffins, you are quite the ranter. I bow to your power. lol. And it's such a compliment to have a writer that you love come, review, and love your story as well. Much love, babe. Peace Out. lol.

To any and all that reivewed my last chapter and was not mentioned in the above section, thank-you so much. I'd look up your names, but I stupidly closed the window, so you'll just have to deal with the genertic thank-yous and such.

Ah! I still can't believe this is over! It was so much fun writing it, but it was time to end it. Things were settled, Lorelai needed to come out of her dream. And that little java junkie itch was really getting to me, so I began work on my newest fic Green Light you know, in case your insterest...heh...heh...totally not an avertisment just there...heh. I couldn't resist.

Thank you again. I hope to see you all again on future projects.

"I'll be there for you, when the rain starts to fall. I'll be there for you, like I've been there before. I'll be there for you, cause your there for me too."

(The Rembrants, "I'll be There for You")

When Lorelai opened her eyes, the scene had dramatically changed. Just a few seconds ago she was in the diner, Rory had left, she was alone. And now, here she was, in Luke's bed, in his apartment, and he was sitting next to her with a worried look on his face and a cell phone in the other hand. Scratch that, not a cell phone, her cell phone! Luke the man that has been and forever will be against cell phones caught red handed with Lorelai's phone! She'd have to save this for a later mocking date.

"Hey sleepy head," he smiled back down at her, breaking her chain of thought, "Rory's been trying to reach you all night. She's on her way down here now,"

Lorelai cut him off by pulling him into a tight hug. It was all just a dream. A stupid dream. She had Rory. Rory was hers and hers alone, and she didn't want to share, dammit!

Luke tensed noticeably at first, probably from the shock, then relaxed into the hug. "Hey, there, you okay?"

Lorelai mumbled out an answer into his shoulder. What exactly that answer was, not even she knew. It just felt like a 'I should say something' moment, so making a noise was her best cover-up.

"Rory should be here any minute now. I told her to just come up here," he continued, "Are you sure you're okay?"

Lorelai sighed, "I just had the worst dream in recorded history. And let me tell you, I've had some whoppers."

"Oh."

"God, you must think I'm a complete mess right now," Lorelai mumbled out, "Doesn't want to go home alone, takes your bed, hugs the first person she sees,"

"No," Luke cut her off, "You may be crazy, but you're not a mess."

Lorelai looked up at him, but still refused to move from the hug.

He looked back down at her, "Trust me, I know what a mess is. You've met my sister, the wonderful Liz Danes. Then her son, the ray of sunshine named Jess. And then there's Jimmy, Liz's ex-husband that spilt right after she gave birth. Now those are messes. You, however, fail to meet the requirements."

Lorelai's face grew into a warm smile, then she leaned her head back down onto Luke's shoulder, and wrapped her arms around him even tighter. And she had no intention of leaving that spot until Rory came and she just switched arms.

There are some days in a woman's life where she just needs to be hugged. And Lorelai's days had been piling up slowly but surely ever since she dropped her little baby off at college. Long story short, she had a lot of making up to do.

"You're the best," she whispered to him.

Luke just rubbed her back slowly, having gotten the silent 'I need a hug' memo. "No problem," he just answered simply.

She didn't know how long they sat like that. It felt like only a few short seconds, but Lorelai knew it had to be longer then that. But the next thing she knew, the door to Luke's apartment was flying open, and Rory bounded into the room, just as much as a mess as her dear old mom.

"Mom!" Rory shouted the second she broke into the room.

Luke just patted Lorelai's back, and stepped away, leaving room for Rory to run and jump into her mother's arms. "I'm so sorry, I didn't realize what I was doing! God! I'm sorry!"

Lorelai just hugged her daughter even closer to her, just glad to have her back in her arms. It was just a dream. A stupid dream. Rory was hers and hers alone.

"I love you, kiddo," she whispered back to Rory. "God, I love you so much."

"I love you too, Mom," Rory said back to her. And not just in that 'I have to say it' manner that most kids say to their relatives, but true, heart-felt words.

Because they weren't just a mother and a daughter. They were also each other's best friend. And nobody can break a bond like that.

Sometime, in the hug fest of '04 (as it would later be named), Luke had left the two girls alone to have their 'girl time' as he called it and opted to sit in his diner alone, probably clutching a baseball bat and a beer, seeing as how his apartment had now been chick-a-fied, and Rory and Lorelai had managed to move from a sitting hug position to a laying hug position, and continued to abuse their diner privileges by staying there that night instead of going home.

"Hey, question," Lorelai broke the comfortable silence that the two girls had found themselves in, "If I needed you for something, and you happened to be in England with Prince William, would you drop him and run back to me?"

Rory gave her mother a look, "Why would I be in England with Prince William?"

"Well, in my dream you said you would give up Prince William proposing for me," Lorelai pointed out. "And I just wanted to check to see if that was just dream Rory or if the real Rory would do that too."

Rory snuggled up closer to Lorelai, "Yea. I'm drop him like a bad habit for you. Hell, you gave up Johnny Depp for me."

"Well, dream Lorelai did," she teased.

"Hey!"

"Well you're off with Prince William in England! You get a prince, I only get this years sexist man alive! I mean talk about a bum deal!"

Yep. This was everything that she wanted. Sure college t-shirts and misguided world views had their allure every once in awhile, but she still could not help but come back to the fact that if she had gotten all of that stuff, then she would have never gotten Rory.

And she couldn't have that. Not even for Johnny Depp.

Fin

Again, thank-you all. This has been a pleasure.
Hugs and kisses.