Orangesherbert7- The reason I don't have Kirk dancing with Lulu is because his dance partner for the marathon has always been Donna Delane. Check out season three episode seven. Every year it's him and the same woman.

purplelollipop17- Thanks for the premee twin survial story.

kylie1403- The story is not rushed. I jump around on the timeline a little. I proably should have mentioned that in the chapters so I apologize for any confusion. Also honey, please work on your spelling/spacing so your reviews can be better understood.

A/N: I forgot my timeline when I wrote the last installment. The dance marathon had to be moved to the winter due to scheduling stuff and so that's why things are a little confusing for this next few chapters. Everything will make sense soon I promise.

Chapter 16: Fights, Invites, and Twin Trouble

The time had come finally. The day that the Lorelais had been dreaming about for years. The time when Rory would graduate from an Ivy League college. Lorelai Leigh Gilmore-Danes was graduating from Yale that very day.

The Danes house was a bustle of activity. The twins now two months old were finally home from the hospital. Christian or Chip, as he was affectionately called by his mother and sister, was still sickly. While in the NICU (Neo Natal Intensive Care Unit) he developed several ear infections and was suffering from sleep apnea. Sleep apnea is when you stop breathing during your sleep. As adults we learn to wake ourselves up, but babies haven't developed that part of their brain yet and they stay asleep. Sleep apnea is the most likely cause of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.) While Audrey the smaller of the twins was perfectly healthy, Chip needed constant attention. He cried constantly, he was colicky and had to be kept moving to keep him happy. He barely ate and he never left the house. Lorelai had Friday night dinners moved to her house so they would have to expose Chip to the outside world.

Now it was spring and the air of Stars Hollow was getting warmer. Lorelai finally decided to venture out with both Chip and Audrey. Chip was very much a Momma's boy and Audrey already had Luke wrapped around her tiny fingers. If Luke and Lorelai were King and Queen of Stars Hollow, Chip and Audrey were definitely the Prince and Princess. Miss Patty doted over them something fierce. The town was crazy but that's what Lorelai loved about it.

A few days before, across the state at Yale University, steady love birds Marty and Rory wer having a major argument. Marty had been offered an internship to be a part of the design team for a new coaster at Cedar Point. Rory had also been given a great opportunity. She was offered a chance to teach creative writing in Paris.

"I just don't see how it's going to work out Marty," she was arguing. "We're going to be half the world away from each other. Long distance just never works out."

"You could come with me Rory. You could teach in Ohio," Marty countered.

"Marty it's Ohio. I don't want to go to Ohio."

"Can't we just try? Try and make it work? It's worth a shot right?"

Rory stared at her boyfriend. She wanted to make it work but the logical part of her heart knew there was no way a long distance relationship was going to last. But she wanted this thing with Marty to last. She hung her head in defeat.

"Ok Marty. We'll try."

Marty gathered her into his arms holding her close. Maybe there is a way to make sure that this works out.Marty thought of the small velvet box in his room. That small velvet box contained a very important object. He was going to wait and ask her after graduation. He had already talked to Luke and Lorelai and had received their blessing. All had to do now was wait for the perfect moment.

After Marty left Rory sat down on her bed, the only piece of furniture left in her dorm room. Graduation was three days away. She had dreamt of this moment for so long. She was going to walk across the stage in her cap and gown with her family sitting in the audience full of love and support. Her mother, her father, her grandparents and her new siblings Chip and Audrey, all of them there to see her proudest moment. She just hoped she wouldn't cry during her speech.

She packed up her graduation dress that Emily had bought her and went out to her car that was full of all her things that she had forgotten to take back home with her yesterday. She was going home. She drove the familiar streets of New Haven and onto the lonely highway, passing the exits for other small New England towns. Finally the one she wanted came into view. Welcome to Stars Hollow. She drove to the center of town and stopped her car outside her dad's diner.

She looked into the window and saw her dad and baby sister waiting on customers. She turned to walk around before going in she walked right into a familiar face.

"Dean, hi!" she exclaimed. "Oh my God! It is so good to see you!"

They shared a hug. They began to chat nonstop. He was back for the a couple of weeks, on break from school in Chicago. They caught up, excited to hear about the developments in each others' lives. He was shocked to learn that Luke and Lorelai had gotten married and had twins. Rory pointed into the diner to show him little Audrey.

"If you're not doing anything on Saturday, I'm graduating from Yale. You were such a part of my life for so long that I would really love it if you were there to see it."

"I'll be there Rory. You can count on it," he said.

Well that's it for now. The thing with my stories is that they are all one big thing on my computer and I break them apart to post them here. I hope you guys like it.