Chapter 30 - Rory POV… 10 years later…
It's been a long journey but we finally made. Today Savannah is graduating from high school. Tris and I were in the kitchen waiting for Savannah and Lucas to come down when there was a loud bang upstairs. "Now what?" Tris said.
I marched upstairs to find out what was going on with my kids. I walked into Savannah's room to see her jewelry box laying on the floor. "What is going on?" I asked my kids.
"She's been in the bathroom for 2 hours and I still have to take a shower." Lucas said.
"Lucas, today is a big for her. Go use mine and your dad's bathroom." I told him. He walked out of Savannah's bedroom and down to mine so that he could take a shower. I turned to Savannah. "You know that this is hard for him right?"
She looked at me confused. "Van, he's used to having you here and seeing you everyday. How do you think he feels, knowing that soon your going to be leaving for college and he's not gonna see you everyday?" I said.
She nodded. "I guess I didn't think about that. Mom, you know that this is hard for me too, right? It's going to be strange not strange not see you and Dad everyday." Savannah said.
I walked over and hugged my daughter. "Oh Van… We're going to miss you too, but let me tell you something." I said, leading my daughter over to her bed and we sat down. "Your going to love college. I met some of my closest friends when I was in college. I met Aunt Steph, Uncle Colin, Uncle Finn and Uncle Logan all when I was in college." I told her.
"Mom, I hate to ask but…"
"But what?" I asked.
"I overheard Aunt Steph and Uncle Colin talking one night when I was over there. They were talking about how before you married Dad, that you were married to Uncle Logan. Is it true?" Savannah asked me.
"Van," I said letting out a loud sigh. "Yes, I was for a very short time. Your Uncle Logan and I dated in college and the night before I graduated he proposed to me. I said yes. However, there were things that happened that couldn't be forgiven. Now don't get me wrong, your Uncle Logan isn't a bad person, he just makes some bad choices sometimes. It just so happened that one particular choice that he made cost him our marriage. But in the end it worked out because not too long after that was when your dad and I reconnected. It was one of the best decisions that I've ever made." I told her.
It had been years since I had thought about my marriage to Logan. I mean after all, when he found out that Alyssa was pregnant, he had proposed to her and they had gotten married. They'd ended up having a girl, which I guess was technically Savannah's half-sister, but we had all agreed that their was no need for that information to come out unless absolutely necessary. After my talk with Savannah, I headed back downstairs to wait with Tristin. I found him in the living room looking at the pictures on the mantle. "You know, just because she's graduating doesn't mean that she's not still your little girl." I said, noticing that he was looking at the first picture that I ever took of the two of them.
"Stop it Ror." He said.
I couldn't help but laugh. "Honey, she's just as scared about going to college as you are about her going to college." I told him, remembering when I almost didn't want Mom to leave me at Yale.
That evening, we were all gathered at the plaza for Savannah's graduation party. Steph and I were standing at the bar watching everyone when I noticed someone walk in. It was strange but the person looked familiar. I was about to walk over and introduce myself when Savannah beat me to it. Only thing was, she wrapped her around his neck. Steph and I shared a look. "Who's that?" She asked me.
I shrugged my shoulders. "I have no idea. Never seen him before, but the strange thing is he looks familiar to me. Almost like a ghost." I said. Steph and I made our way over to Savannah. "Hey Van, who's your friend?" I asked her.
She turned around and smiled at us. "Mom, Aunt Steph I'd like you meet my boyfriend… James. James, this is my mom Rory Dugrey and my Aunt Steph." Savannah said.
I looked at him for a minute before I said anything. "You got a last name, James?" I asked him.
"Yeah, it's Forrester." He said.
"Steph get Tris." I said quietly. Steph walked off to find Tris and they returned a few minutes later. "Tris, honey, this is Van's boyfriend… James Forrester."
Tris looked deep in thought. "Why does that last name sounds familiar?" Tris asked.
"Well probably because I'm pretty sure that his Dad is Dean." I said.
"You know my dad?" James asked.
"No, no, no, no, no. This is not happening."
THE END.
A/N: OMG! It's finally done. I kinda feel I wanna cry. I have been working on this series for three years. For the longest time I never thought that I would get to this point or this day, but it's finally here. I really hope that you guys have enjoyed this story as much as I have enjoyed writing it. Who knows? Maybe once I get my other stories written… maybe I'll write a series based on Savannah's college years. There's a thought. I also want to say that I appreciate the patience that you guys have given me as well as the support. Don't forget to let me know what you guys think.
