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This fic takes place at the beginning of the episode in Season 1, "Christopher Returns". It's another way to get Luke and Lorelai together.

(Two years later at Rory's graduation. Luke and Lorelai are married and have a one-year-old daughter, Jacki)

Jackson, Sookie, Luke, Lorelai, Emily, and Richard sat in a row, with Lorelai and Luke's baby girl on her grandmother's lap. Christopher was in the row behind them, but no one had noticed. Their attention turned away from Jacki, the little girl who looked like a Lorelai clone, and back to Headmaster Charleston as he began to speak.

"It's a distinct pleasure for me to introduce to you our valedictorian. This young lady was a second-year transfer from a modest school where she distinguished herself immeasurably. She is humble, hard working, competitive when need be, and unparalleled in her academic achievements. Ladies and Gentlemen, Rory Gilmore-Danes."

Rory walked onto the stage and began her speech. She knew that it would make everyone who had come with her cry. She too did not know that Christopher had come. She had sent him the ticket, but assumed that he would ignore it.

"Headmaster Charleston, faculty members, fellow students, family, and friends, welcome. We never thought this day would come. We prayed for its quick delivery, crossed days off our calendars, counted hours, minutes, and seconds, and now that it's here, I'm sorry it is because it means leaving friends who inspire me and teachers who have been my mentors - so many people who have shaped my life and my fellow students' lives impermeably and forever. I live in two worlds. One is a world of books. I've been a resident of Faulkner's Yoknapatawpha County, hunted the white whale aboard the Pequod, fought alongside Napoleon, sailed a raft with Huck and Jim, committed absurdities with Ignatius J. Reilly, rode a sad train with Anna Karenina, and strolled down Swann's Way. It's a rewarding world, but my second one is by far superior. My second one is populated with characters slightly less eccentric but supremely real, made of flesh and bone, full of love, who are my ultimate inspiration for everything. Richard and Emily Gilmore are kind, decent, unfailingly generous people. They are my twin pillars without whom I could not stand. I am proud to be their grandchild. Luke Danes has been my only father figure for my entire life. He owns his own successful business, and even though he is not my real father, he played that part as I was growing up. I'm extremely grateful that he is my father. Thank you, Dad, for everything you have given Mom, Jacki, and me. But my ultimate inspiration comes from my best friend, the dazzling woman from whom I received my name and my life's blood, Lorelai Gilmore. My mother never gave me any idea that I couldn't do whatever I wanted to do or be whomever I wanted to be. She filled our house with love and fun and books and music, unflagging in her efforts to give me role models from Jane Austen to Eudora Welty to Patti Smith. As she guided me through these incredible eighteen years, I don't know if she ever realized that the person I most wanted to be was her. Thank you, Mom. You are my guidepost for everything. As we prepare ourselves today to leave . . ."

Rory found Lorelai, Luke, and her baby sister soon after the ceremony was over. "Hey, guys!" she exclaimed. She took Jacki from her mother's arms and held her, balancing her on her hip.

"Hey, doll," Lorelai said. "You were fantastic." Lorelai continued to babble, however it soon veered of the topic of Rory's graduation and went to Lorelai's graduation to the movie 'The Graduate'.

Chris was walking through the crowd, trying to find Rory. However, he was far more interested in finding Lorelai. He hadn't seen anything going on between her and Luke and assumed that the baby on Emily's lap was Sookie's. He came up behind Lorelai and Luke and heard Lorelai babbling about God knows what. Luke put his left hand on Lorelai's shoulder. 'He's married,' Chris thought, 'I can finally have Lorelai.' But then, Luke kissed her. "Ooh, I like your way to shut me up," Lorelai said, and she, Luke, and Rory burst out laughing, soon to be joined by a laughing Jacki, who had know idea what was so funny.

Christopher decided to stay back just for a little while, to watch. He then heard Lorelai start talking again, "Seriously, babe, you were amazing. Your speech was fantastic. It made everybody cry. Including your stone-cold dad." 'No. Lorelai couldn't have seen me. She would've made a scene. If she saw me, then why didn't she say anything? But I didn't even cry,' Chris thought.

"Dad, you cried?" Rory asked. 'What! She's not talking to me. She's talking to the diner freak! She's calling him Dad?'

"Yeah, so what?" Luke said. "It was a great speech, sweetie," Luke announced, tears filling his eyes.

"Oh, Dad," Rory said, rushing to hug him. Jacki also raised her arms and wrapped them around her daddy's neck. Luke laughed and took Jacki from Rory. Sookie and Jackson joined them seconds later.

"Hey, guys," Sookie said to the group. She turned to Rory, "Your speech was amazing, honey," Sookie claimed, and Jackson nodded his head in agreement. "All those things you said about your grandparents and Mom and Dad were all true. You were awesome up there."

Chris felt his heart break at the words Sookie said next. "Okay, time for the traditional graduate and parents picture. And of course, your sister, little Jacki. Okay, on the count of three. One. . .Two. . .Three," Sookie said, and she snapped the picture on her new digital camera.

She showed it to Rory, Lorelai, and Luke. A jealous Christopher saw the picture and saw how good they looked as a family. Lorelai and Luke stood on either side of Rory, and Rory was holding Jacki on her hip like she had done earlier. They were the perfect family.

Christopher left that day, nobody knowing that he had been there. He knew that Lorelai and Rory were happy.

Lorelai and Luke walked out of Chilton that day happier then ever. Lorelai turned to Luke and said, "I got the whole package. With you." They both smiled and she rested her head on his shoulder.

Rory left Chilton carrying her sister, feeling as though she had taken over the world. She had a Mom and a Dad that cared about and loved her and her sister at least 100 times more than any other kid. She had everything that she had always wanted and more. She thought back on the time when her parents had been in a fake relationship to fool her real dad. Rory hadn't cared that Chris hadn't believed them. Rory knew that her Mom and Dad were together and had always wanted to be. They were all happy.