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Summary: Takes place during " A Tale of Poes and Fire" All events are the same up to where Lorelai asks Luke to spend the night
A/N: I want to clear some things up I noticed. Lorelai doesn't need to borrow the 30,000 from Luke lets pretend she has it Lol. And Jess is now in California but only visiting till the end of the Summer.
Chapter 8I Will Always Be Here
It was the day of Rory's graduation and everyone was excited. Rory was a little down that Jess was in California for the summer and would miss it but she had her mom and Luke. She was getting ready in one of the rooms in Chilton and she was thinking of everything that has changed in her life. She will be in college next year and wont be at home anymore, this though scared her not only because she would be on her own but because she would be leaving her mother. But she does have Luke, Rory thought. Luke wow I can't believe their finally together, I am so happy for them, Luke is like my dad I love the guy to death. I hope he knows that. I will make sure he knows that I truly accept him into this family. Rory's thoughts were interrupted by Luke himself.
"Hey" Luke said as he walked up to Rory
"Hey, thanks for coming" She says and hugs him and he hugs her back tightly
"No problem I really wanted to see you get up on stage and finally graduate" Luke said and smiled
"Me too, Im kind of scared though I'll be going off to college all by myself and no mom and I just want to make sure that you will take care of her. Even if things don't work out for you guys which I know wont happen anyways just please help her she will need it, I know mom and she will try to make it seem like she is ok. But it will build up and crumble, so be their for her please" Rory asked nicely
"Rory, I will always be here, no matter what happens I promise you I will always be here with you and your mom" He said and Looked straight into her eyes and he saw tears forming so he hugged her close
"Luke I want you to know that I see you as a father to me and I don't want to make you uncomfortable or anything but I love you and I am happy you are with mom now" She said and smiled
"Rory I love you too and I have always seen you as my daughter, now were getting all sappy" Luke said shyly
Rory giggled.
"O yah I almost forgot here" Luke said as he gave her a present from his pocket. It was a little box and was wrapped with a small pink bow.
Rory slowly opened the box to reveal a beautiful gold necklace that had a heart locket attached to it. On the front of the locket it had her name scribed on it and on the back had the year 2003 (which is her graduation year) She then opened the locket and it had a picture of Lorelai and on the other a picture of Lorelai. She looked up at Luke as a tear ran down her face
"Luke…this is beautiful, thank you" She said and hugged him once again
"Well I'll let you go get ready"
"K thanks again it means a lot to me…everything" She said and smiled
"I know" Luke said to reassure her and smiled back
Luke then walked out of the room and down the hall, but he didn't notice Lorelai standing right next to where he and Rory were and didn't realize she had heard the whole thing. She too had tears in her eyes so she walked down the hall to find Luke.
When she went outside she found him way off too the side near a bridge with a little pond. She went of to him and wrapped her arms around him from behind.
"Hey" She whispered in his ear
"Hey" He said and turned around and pulled her into embrace
"I like this" She said
"Like what?" He asked slightly confused
"Me and you even though its still new it's really special to me and I really like us" she said proudly
Luke just looked at her, smiled and kissed her passionately
"I want you to know Lorelai Gilmore that I will always be here for you and I love you" He said and looked into her eyes
"I Love you Lucas Danes" She said and kissed him softly
"Luke I have been meaning to ask you something but you have to promise not to run scared" She said a little scared
"Lorelai I promise I wont" He said and chuckled
"I know it's still soon in the relationship but I was wondering once the Dragon Fly opens next months and Rory is all settled with school if you would like to move in with me and like I said its still new and I know I probably sound- (Lorelai was cut off by Luke's lips on hers)
"I would love to move in with you, when you and Rory are ready" He said sweetly
"Thank you, I love you" she said
"I love you to" He answered and they just hugged each other for a few minutes until they heard a cough
"Sorry to interrupt but the ceremony is starting in 10 minutes we might want to take our seats" Emily said with Richard by her side
"Thanks lets go" She grabbed Luke's hand and the made their way to their seats were Sookie and Jackson were already
"Hey you two where did you run off too" She smiled
"I'll tell you later" Lorelai whispered to her best friend
They all took their seats in the order of Richard, Emily, Luke, Lorelai, Sookie, and Jackson
"I just want you to know I am so proud of you for raising a great daughter and getting to open you dream inn and that I love you" Luke whispered and in Lorelais ear but Emily heard and smiled
"I love you too, and thank you" She said and grabbed his hand and they then focused on the ceremony that was about to start. And they both had smiles that should there happiness and how content they were.
THE END
Authors Note- Thank you so much for all the reviews you guys are the best! There will probably be a sequel soon so watch out. Hope you enjoyed and if you didn't sorry, but I enjoyed writing my first fan fiction! Thanks again!