Here is the final chapter. I am sad to see this story ending but still.

Hope you like the ending.

We landed back in Hartford, and nothing changed. Not our attitudes. Not our relationships. The only thing that changed was the location.

We spent the summer together. It was perfect.

Tomorrow was the first day of school in Hartford. We were going back to where it all started.

"You're spending tomorrow with me" I explained to Tristan.

"Demanding aren't you" He teased.

"Yes I am!" I teased back.

"Rory! Where are we going?" Tristan asked, about tomorrow.

I kissed him, to try and get him to drop the subject. We broke apart.

"You'll find out tomorrow." I told him.

"Fine, be that way!" He huffed playfully, then kissed me and left.

Mom and I talked a lot over the summer. She knew Tristan was the one, and so did I.

He was perfect, doting, loving, protective, smart, and witty. Not to mention, handsome! In short he was amazing.

I drifted to sleep that night thinking about the summer.

How many changes I went through. How many new people I met. How many new experiences I went through. It was truly a life changing summer.

The next morning I woke up early, one of my new habits, and got ready for the day.

Mom and I ate breakfast at Luke's seeing Jess and Luke again.

At the exactly seven minutes after the scheduled time, 3:00 pm, Tristan knocked on the door.

"Where are we going?" He asked as I pushed him out the door and yelled bye to Mom.

"You'll find out soon enough." I told him, sternly.

"Put this on!" I instructed, while handing him a bandana. He did as told and got into the Prius. I started driving back to the one place that held so many memories.

It was the first day back for Chilton so the teachers were still there, some of the students were still there too.

I dragged Tristan into the school and kept him blindfolded.

We walked into a classroom and I stood him by the door. Then I took the seat that I used to sit in.

"You can take off the blindfold!" I told him. He did, quickly, wanting to know what was going on.

He smiled as he realized what I was doing.

"What happened right here?" I questioned him, knowing he knew the answer.

"The first time I ever saw you!" He answered smiling.

"Very good, put the blindfold back on." He did and I dragged him to another spot.

"You can take it off again." I informed him. He did again and realized we were in the exact same spots as we were when he said good bye.

"Where are we?" I asked him.

"Exactly where we were when I said good bye." He replied remembering.

"Mhm, and guess what? My boyfriend's not watching." I said in a stage whisper. He grinned as he caught on, and kissed me.

"New memories." I told him. New memories. That's what we were doing.

He put the blindfold back on knowing that was what was coming next. I took his hand and walked out to the courtyard.

"Off please!" I asked of him.

He did and looked around.

"This is where I asked you to PJ Harvey, and you turned me down." He said frowning.

"Yes it is, but now the tables are turned." I pulled out two tickets and showed them to him. "Will you go with me?" I asked shyly.

"Yes." He responded simply. I kissed him and when he went to put the blindfold on. I placed a hand on his arm to stop him.

"You don't need that anymore." I told him.

I again grabbed his hand and walked down the right hallways to find the spot Mom and I were on graduation day. This time I had come prepared.

"This is where Mom and I carved our initials, and I want to add yours." I told him, showing him the small knife.

"We are leaving our mark, on Chilton. On the world." I explained to him.

He laughed and squatted down and I started to carve.

RG TD LG

We were forever going to be in this spot and just like the last time. I smiled at the thought.

I looked up to see him frowning, and then he grinned again.

"What?" I asked him.

"It's missing something!" He told me vaguely and then took the knife from me and carved a + sign.

So now it read: RG+TD LG

Normal POV

They didn't know if they would be together forever, but they did know that they would be together forever in that one spot.

They didn't know if they would be happy, but they were happy right now, and that's all that mattered.

After they carved their initials they lay down in the grass in front of the school. All around them the world was going by. But for right now, they stood still in time.

Nothing else mattered right now. Just them. Nothing changed that.

Epilogue

Jason and Katie got married their 3rd year of Yale, at the age of 21.

Lorelei and Luke got married Rory's 4th year at Yale.

Tristan and Rory got married 6 months after she graduated Yale, at the age of 23.

Jess found love in his best friend from New York, Hannah. They got married 1 year after Tristan and Rory, while Jess and Hannah were 24.

Jason and Katie have 2 daughters, Ashley and Gabby. Both are 5.

Lorelei and Luke have 1 son, William. He is 4.

Tristan and Rory have 1 son, Jeremy. He is 5.

They have 2 daughters, Madison and Samantha, twins who are 3.

And right now they are expecting a boy.

Jason and Tristan opened up their own law firm and are doing very well.

Katie pursued her dream of being a teacher, while being a mom.

Rory works for the New York Times, and emails her articles to them, while being a mother of 3 and a half.

Jess and Hannah run a bookstore in Philadelphia, but regularly talk to the group.

Katie and Jason and Tristan and Rory live next to each other in Stars Hollow.

It's been ten years since that summer, and all of them are as happy as ever.

There we go. The ending and epilogue. Hoped you like it and the story.

I want to thank my beta LoVe23! And all of my reviewers and readers.

You guys kept me going.