At 7:30, Rory's alarm went off. Lorelai did Rory's hair, and then her own. An hour later the three of them left for Yale. They stopped by and picked up Dean. "You look great." He said as her got into the car.

"Thanks." Rory said.

Since Luke was driving and Lorelai rode shotgun, Dean and Rory were sitting next to each other in the backseat.

"I feel like I'm taking you two out on a date." Lorelai kidded.

They laughed. "How was your bachelorette party?" Dean asked.

"You knew?"

"Of course I knew. You thought I was actually 'working late'?"

"So what did you do?" Rory asked curiously.

" Some of my work friends, hung out and watched the baseball game."

"That's code for, they all went out to a bar, and watched gorgeous strippers, and he doesn't want you to know."

Rory laughed. "No really." Dean defended himself, quickly. "The Cubs played the Brewers, and won 7-5."

"A likely story." Lorelai accused.

Rory patted Dean on the back, "It's ok. I believe you." She joked in an overly sympathetic voice.

They arrived and Rory went to go change into her cap and gown. The three of them sat down next to Emily and Richard who had arrived half an hour earlier. The ceremony began, and as Lorelai would recap it, a bunch of old guys gave boring speeches. A while later, when Lorelai was busy day dreaming about Alex being born, and going to school. She knew the time would fly quickly just as it had with Rory. The old guy spoke again, "Now, we have a speech from one of our graduates, Lorelai, or as we know her, Rory Gilmore." The audience applauded, and Lorelai turned to Dean, "Did you know about this?" She whispered. Dean shook his head.

Lorelai eyed her mother accusingly. "Stop looking at me like that." Emily said. "I know nothing." Then they all were quiet as Rory began to speak.

"Yale has taught us a lot. We learned so many things from our professors, and possibly even more from each other. I'd like to share something that I learned during these years at Yale. When we're little, we're told we can be whatever we want to be when we grow up. Through high school, I was still being sent that very same message. But as a junior, I was an intern at a newspaper. At this newspaper, I was told I didn't have what it takes to be a journalist. As most of you know I took a break from school. But it turned out all right because learned a lot from this experience. In life, people won't tell you that you can be whatever you want. But that doesn't mean it's not true. We have made it this far and we can pursue whatever dreams we set our minds to. We also must stay open minded. I learned from my mom that, even if you take some difficult turns in life, and end up somewhere you never expected. It may have been the place you were looking for all along."

The audience applauded loudly. Lorelai was smiling, as she had been throughout the entire speech and had tears streaming down her cheeks. Luke put his arm around her

"Thank you, Rory." One of the previous speakers said. She walked back, and sat down with the rest of her class. " Now we will present the diplomas." It took a long time, and Rory and Lorelai were just reflecting. They began listening again, at the Gs.

" Paris Marie Gellar." She stood up and received her diploma.

Then it was Rory's turn. "Lorelai Leigh Gilmore." Luke began to cry, and Lorelai's tears began to flow at a much steadier speed. Even Dean was rubbing at his eye, trying to hide his teary eyes. Rory accepted her diploma, and shook the man's hand. Once the diplomas were handed out the rest of the alphabet, the ceremony ended and the 5 of them went out to a nice lunch in New Haven.