Author's Note: One more chapter after this one...sad to say it. But we're reaching most of the resolution. The Portmans are OK with Dom, uh, the Deena stuff gets wrapped up in this one. Kitty and Julian back together, Lexi and Danny, um, being awkward around each other for another year. So yeah, we're pretty much done, but like I said, there is one more loose end to tie, and it will be tied, don't you worry.

Disclaimer: I don't own the Ducks, or Gilmore Girls...which you'll see later on.

Chapter 17: The Future, The Jess, The Girlfriend

Two weeks later Deena wandered slowly and happily into the house, she was wiped out, practice having been particularly demanding. She smiled as she walked into the living room and plopped tired onto the couch.

"Deena is that you?" She heard Heather call her.

"No, Mom," She shouted back, "It's your other daughter."

"Come in here," Heather said, "There's something here for you." Deena sighed rousing herself off the couch, when she walked into the kitchen she saw her mother holding a thick envelope, with a red and gold seal on the corner. "Are you ready?"

"It's thick," she gulped, "Really thick, do you think?"

"You won't know until you open it," Heather handed it to her.

"Should we wait for dad?" Deena said, her hands trembling.

"Dee, baby, I've been staring at that thing all day," Heather shook her head. "It's taken everything I have to not open it myself."

"Can we at least call him?" Dee said, "I feel like he should be with me for this one." Heather nodded, picked up the phone and dialed Adam's office, handing the phone off to Deena. "Dad?" She said quickly.

"Baby, what is it?" He asked, "I'm just packing up here."

"It came," she said, she knew no further explanation was needed.

"Did you open it?" Adam dropped the file he was holding on the spot.

"No, I wanted to," she sighed, "I didn't want you to miss it."

"That's very sweet, but seriously, open it!" He said excitedly. Deena ripped along the seal and pulled out the letter and a brochure.

"Deena Banks," She said, her voice shaking with excitement, "We are pleased to inform you that you have been accepted to Boston College, ready for enrollment next fall!" She shouted and jumped up and down, "I got in!"

"You got in!" Heather closed eyes and hugged her, "I'm so proud of you."

"Daddy, I got in!" She squealed on the phone.

"I, I heard," He stuttered and sat down, "It's great Dee. It's really great."

"I have to call Julian," she said excitedly, "And Ryan, and, I just, Daddy thank you so much for pushing me!"

"Your welcome, sweetheart," He smiled, so happy he could barely move. She got in, she was happy about it. His daughter was going to go to his college. "I'll let you go make the phone calls, see you in a little while. I love you."

"I love you too," she said, "Bye." She squealed and hugged her mother again, running up to her room to call her brother.

Julian sat on the couch, Kitty in his lap, the two of them contentedly kissing. They hadn't been together like this since high school, both of them in the same place at the same time, no need for planes or hours and hours of driving to get to each other. It was sheer joy, just to know that they could be with each other at a moments notice, not having to plan for weeks ahead of time. Of course the years of separation only made the time together better. They were interrupted by the ringing phone. Kitty pulled away.

"You should answer that," She said, he shook his head.

"Leave it," he smiled, lowering her down onto the couch, she giggled as her kept kissing her. The ringing not stopping, finally the machine picked it up.

"Julian, it's Dee!" They heard her squeal, "I have big news, but it's not over the machine news, so," He sighed and reached over picking up the cordless receiver.

"Hey, squirt, what is it?" He said.

"I got into BC!" She said, "I got in, and I'm going, and I'm so excited!"

"You got in?" He asked, he heard her squeak on the other end. "She got in, Kitty, Deena got in to BC." Kitty smiled sat up and clapped. "Kitty's applauding you. It's great, kid, really great."

"Alright, I have to go," Deena smiled, "Bye Julian."

"Bye," he hung up. "Now where were we?" He smiled leaning down and kissing her.

"Julian," Kitty smiled, as he kissed her neck, "I've been thinking, after we get married, where are we going to live?"

"Here," He shrugged, looking around at the house in New Jersey that he had been living in for the past year, "I mean, it's perfect right."

"I think we should live in the city," she said.

"The city," he nodded, "Where did this thought come from?"

"I just think, it's hard enough for me to keep working not being in LA," she explained, "If I'm not in a major urban area, it's going to be damn near impossible."

"OK," He smiled, "The city it is." He kissed her. "I don't really care where we live."

"You mean that?" She squinted at him.

"I'd live in a cardboard box with you," he laughed.

"That's sweet," She kissed him, a confused tone in her voice, "I guess. But tonight, tonight no city."

"No city?" Julian raised is eyebrows and kissed her.

"Nope, tonight, we stay here," she laughed touching her forehead to his.

"Mm," he kissed her, "Yes, tonight we most definitely stay here."

"What are you doing next year?" Theresa asked Dominic, breaking out of a rather intense session of kissing, the TV going in the background.

"You hopefully," He grinned. She glared at him, "Kidding, kidding, college, I guess."

"Yes, but where?" She asked. "Like any place in particular?"

"I have a few places in mind," He shrugged, "Right now Northwestern tops the list," She smiled, and practically knocked him over, straddling him and kissing him. "I see you like that."

"That's in Chicago," She whispered into his ear, "I'm going to be in Chicago."

"Yes," He nodded and kissed her again, "That's a big part of the draw." She looked over at the TV.

"Oh, I love this part," she said turning around.

"Why'd you call?"

"I well, I don't know,"

"I'm glad you called,"

"Really?"

"Yes, maybe you can explain to me what this crazy woman is talking about!"

"Oh The Fountainhead!"

"I really remind you of him?" Dom laughed, "I can't for the life of me understand why."

"Well, I personally like you much better," Theresa said, giving him another kiss, "But yes, generally speaking, you are a lot like him. You even have the same last name."

"That I can't deny," he laughed. "We do have the same last name. He was so much cooler on Heroes."

"You're a guy, and hopefully a straight one," she smiled, "Of course you thought he was cooler on Heroes." They sat for a minute.

"You wanna go for a ride?" He asked.

"Random," she nodded, "But good, OK, sure."

"Let's go," He smiled, standing up and then helping her up. She kissed him. "God, you're beautiful, how'd I get so lucky?" He pushed a piece of hair that had fallen out behind her ear.

"Keep counting your blessings baby," she smiled, "I plan on sticking around for a while."

"I love you," he kissed her. "Let's go."

"Lex, I really have to go," Danny said impatiently into the phone. He'd just spent the past fifteen minutes listen to Lexi babble on about the leaky faucet in her apartment. Since their fight their conversations had gotten deathly boring, to avoid any kind of confrontation or awkwardness.

"Do you have to go see her?" Lexi said, none to kindly.

"Tina, and no, I'm working and my break's almost over and Dad's looking at me like he wants to kill me," He sighed, "You know, maybe if you had talked to her, you would see that she's actually really great."

"Oh I'm sure she is," Lexi said, trying to hide the malice in her voice, "I'm sure she's fantastic." She sighed, "Just, don't change for her or anything OK?"

"Lexi, I'm not going anywhere," He shook his head, "I'm still your Danny ok?"

"OK," She smiled, glad to hear it, "Now get back to work, your Dad doesn't pay you under the table below minimum wage to stand around and talk to me!" He laughed.

"Bye Lex," He said hanging up. What was he doing? He shook his head and walked back over behind the bar.

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