A/N: This part is set directly after the last chapter. Therefore, they are still at the mailbox right now.

Chapter 8

"So where do you want to go to school?" Jess asked.

"I don't know I'll have to think about it." Rory said.

"How many pro/con lists are you gonna make?"

"I don't know." Jess stared at her. "Four."

"Four?"

"One for each college."

"Oh, excuse me." Jess said mockingly.

"Jess, no mocking. This is a huge decision I have to make. It's not going to be easy."

"I know. I have to make that same huge decision. Columbia, Harvard, or Yale?"

"I guess you do. I'm not used to that yet. So you can come over tomorrow and we can make pro/con lists together."

"Is your dad gonna be here?"

"I don't think so, he said he is going to go to banks and try and get loans tomorrow. Will he do it? I'm not so sure."

"Well, that doesn't matter that much."

"So you'll be here tomorrow?"

"I'll come over at noon with food from the diner."

"You know me too well."

"That should be a good thing."

"It is."

"I better get going or Luke's gonna report us missing before we go on our date Saturday."

"I'm really looking forward to that."

"Me too. But, I actually know what we are doing."

"Mean."

"Goodnight, Rory."

"Night, Dodger." She said and they kissed softly, but passionately. He then, walked the opposite direction to the diner and she went into house.

"YES!" She yelled when she got into her house.

"What's up?" Her dad asked.

"I got accepted into four colleges, my boyfriend got scholarships to three colleges, and to top it all off, grandma and grandpa love him!"

"That's great, Ror." To tell you the truth, Rory liked it better when Jess called her Ror. "Wait, where else did you apply other than Harvard?"

"Yale, Princeton, and Columbia."

"Does your mother know?"

"No."

"You should call her and tell her."

"I will, right now."

"Wait, where did Jess get into?"

"Yale, Harvard, and Columbia, on full scholarship, I might add." Rory said proudly.

"Good for him. Now go call your mother. I know it's late but you know her, she's like always up."

"Your right. Thanks, Dad." She said hugging him. She ran and grabbed the phone and dialed her mother's cell.

"Hello!" Lorelai answered perkily.

"Mom?"

"Yeah, hey Sweets. What's up."

"My college acceptance letters came today."

"Letters? Did you say letters, as in plural."

"Yes."

"Where else did you apply?"

"Princeton, Yale, and Columbia." Rory said uneasily.

"Really? Why did you apply elsewhere? And, without telling me?"

"I needed colleges to fall back on. Chilton doesn't let you just apply to one school. I didn't tell you because I knew you'd react like this." Rory said, now yelling.

"You could have told me."

"Well I'm sorry."

"I have to go."

"Bye." Rory said bitterly.

"Bye." Lorelai said just as bitterly and hung up.

Rory went into her room and cried herself to sleep. She didn't wake up until ten thirty the next morning. She found a post-it on her head that said 'Went to get a loan, dad.' on it so she got up and took a shower to get ready for Jess to come over to make their lists. She put on Jess' Tool t-shirt with jeans and her black chucks.

Then, the phone rang. Rory went to answer it. "Hello." She said sleepily.

"Hi." Her mother said.

"What do you want?"

LORELAI: See, my head knows that whichever one of these places you go, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Yale. . .it's gonna be great. It's gonna be awesome, and you're gonna come out on the other side an even more amazing you. But I just wish my head could sit down and have a chat with that gnawing feeling in my gut that's there every time my parents get involved in anything and tell it, it's gonna be okay.

RORY: It's gonna be okay.

"I wish I could believe that."

"So fight over?"

"Fight over. So did you get in to any of them?"

"All of them."

"Yes!"

"Well, there's something else."

"What? Am I gonna like it?"

"Yes, you're gonna like it."

"Good. Tell me."

"Jess got scholarships to Yale, Harvard, and Columbia."

"That's great, Honey!"

"I know. I'm so happy for him. He's actually coming over right now. We're gonna make pro/con lists for colleges, so, I'm gonna have to cut this short."

"Okay, Hon. Bye. I love you. Follow your heart when you choose and call me when you decide."

"I will bye." They hung up and the doorbell rang. She saw Jess standing there with food. She gave him a kiss and said, "Hey."

"Hey. That's my shirt!"

"I know. I stole it. It reminds me of you."

"Keep it, it looks good on you." Jess said and Rory blushed furiously. "We better get started. There's no guarantee on how long it's going to take you to eat and choose a college."

"You're right. Come in."

Hours later they had not made their decisions. "I have no idea where I'm going." Jess said.

"Neither do I." Rory said stressed. "I will never, ever be able to decide. The only thing I do know is that Princeton is out of the question."

"Well, I gotta get back to the diner. I told Luke I'd be there by five and it is now four fifty." He said standing and giving her a goodbye kiss.

"I have to call my mom, but I'll come by later."

"Okay. Later."

"Bye."

When he left, she ran to grab the phone again. She dialed and waited. She got the voice mail so she left a message. "Mom, it's Rory. I'm just calling to tell you…we, Jess and I, have no idea where we are going. We need your help when you get back. Call me later. Love Ya. Bye." She said and hung up.

A/N 2¡Mantenga revisar y yo mantendré actualizar! If you don't know what that means, look it up! I have no idea which college to send them to. Harvard, Columbia, or Yale? I know you guys are sick of waiting but I'm sorry! So here's what I'm gonna do, The first review I get, with a college choice, the college in the review will be the one in the story. So be the first review!