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A/N: And, this the end! Hope you liked it :)

Epilogue

"Hi mom." Rory said, answering her cell phone.

"Come hoooooooome!" Lorelai whined.

Rory laughed. "It's Wednesday."

"Skip classes today!" Lorelai said.

"Let me put that another way." It's Wednesday. What's happening today?" Rory asked, putting books into her messenger bag.

"Oh." Lorelai said. "I'd blocked it out. You're already skipping classes today."

"Just one." She said defensively.

"Can't he find his way by himself?" Lorelai asked.

"Mom!" Rory said. "You promised to be nice about this."

"No I didn't. I promised not to talk you out of it, and believe you me it's been a hard one to keep."

"Well I appreciate it." Rory said with a smile.

"Eh, I like ya. What can I say? I just can't believe you actually conned him into moving back." Lorelai said.

"I didn't con him into moving back. I've told you that." Rory said. "And it's not like he's moving back to Stars Hollow."

"Thank God for small favors." Lorelai said. "What time are you going?"

"His plane lands in Hartford in an hour and a half, so soon." Rory said, smiling at the thought. Jimmy had loaned him enough money to get himself a small apartment in Hartford. He was going to have to find a job immediately and work his ass off to keep it, but he wanted to do it.

"You sound so happy." Lorelai commented.

"I am." Rory said. "You know that."

"Know, yes. Understand, not quite yet. It all seems so unbelievable. I mean, he hurt you so bad, kid."

"Yeah, I know." Rory said. She knew that no matter how many times she tried to explain it, her mom was never going to be able to comprehend that she and Jess were back together. "I can't explain it any better, mom. It just feels…right."

"Yeah, yeah." Lorelai said, still unsure. "Oh, hi Luke! C'mon in. Luke's here to fix the banister."

"What'd you do to the banister?" Rory asked.

"The question should be, 'what did the banister do to my pretty black boots?'" Lorelai said, and Rory could hear the pout in her voice.

"Say no more. Hey, could I talk to Luke for a second."

"Sure…" Lorelai said confused. "Rory wants to talk to you for a sec."

There was a muffled noise as the phone changed hands and Luke's gruff voice said, "Rory, hi."

"Hey Luke. Jess is coming back today." Rory announced happily.

"Yeah, I know." Luke said. "We're having lunch next week. Not quite sure how that's gonna go, but we're gonna give it a try."

Rory laughed a little. "That's great."

"Yeah." Luke said, and the phone call lapsed into an awkward silence.

"Luke?" Rory said.

"Yeah?" He asked.

"I really think there is fate out there, pushing people together."

"Yeah, well, I don't…" Luke trailed off. "Who knows? Maybe."

"Maybe." Rory agreed, realizing that was probably the best answer to that question.

"If there was ever proof, I guess it's you two." Luke said. By his vagueness, it was obvious that Lorelai was listening.

"Thanks for everything, Luke." Rory said. "There's gotta be some good karma in your future for this."

"We'll see." Luke responded. "Here's your mom."

"What was that about?" Lorelai asked.

"Nothing." Rory said. "Just a thing." There was a knock on her dorm room door.

"I've gotta go, Mom. Someone's here and I have to get to the airport."

"OK, call me later." Lorelai said. She sounded ready to hang up but then asked, "You're really happy?"

"Yeah, mom." Rory said. She was used to answering this question.

"OK then. Bye babe."

"Bye."

Rory grabbed her messenger bag and walked over to the door. No matter who was at the door, she was kicking them out and heading to the airport.

Rory opened the door and revealed a very disheveled Jess.

"Jess!" Rory exclaimed, dropping her bag and wrapping her arms around him.

"Hey." He said, kissing her deeply on the mouth.

"What are you doing here? Your flight doesn't land for over an hour."

Jess shrugged. "Yeah, I lied. Wanted to surprise you."

Rory hugged him again and pulled him into her dorm. "I wanted to pick you up, though! And now we have to go all the way back to Hartford so we can set up your place."

Jess shrugged. "I didn't say it was the best plan. I got an earlier flight, and I wanted to see you."

Rory smiled and took his hands. She kissed him, and he wrapped his arms around her waist. They moved to the couch and Rory crawled into Jess's lap. She kissed his neck and he tightened his grip on her waist.

"This is nice." Rory murmured against his neck.

"More than nice." Jess said, trailing his hands up and down her arms.

"How did we get so lucky?" Rory demanded.

"I dunno." Jess murmured, pressing a kiss to the sensitive spot under her earlobe. "Chalk it up to fate."

Rory smiled at his sentiment, enjoying the fact that his sarcasm couldn't hide the fact that he meant it.