Chapter 5: The End

A typical Saturday night at Number 37, Maple Street. Rory Gilmore sat on the couch, reviewing the final manuscript for her novel The Gilmore Girls, all set to be published in the coming summer. She hoped that the book sold well, enough for her to buy a proper house and move out of her mom's, so she and her preschool-aged daughter - whom she had taken to just calling Odette to avoid confusion with the Lorelai name - could start an independent life together.

Little Odette sat next to her mother, watching a movie on TV. The Swan Princess, if Rory remembered correctly what film she had blindly taken out to entertain her youngster. It was about a princess cursed under a spell that made her a swan. A princess who just happened to be named...

Yes, Odette! I'm here! The Prince was now trying to comfort a dying Princess Odette in his arms. Rory tried not to shudder at the semi-deja vu she now experienced just glancing up at the screen from her work.

Derek! I feel so weak...

No! You'll live Odette! Odette?

"What does she want, Rory? Something wrong?" Luke sauntered into the living room, thinking Rory was tending to his adopted granddaughter about something. Then he looked again, doing a double take at the screen when he saw the Prince weeping over Princess Odette while calling her name over and over.

Luke frowned. "Wait... the blonde in this movie's named Odette too? Copycats! Philistines!" He shook his fist at the TV, as if it was a crime that anyone – fictional or otherwise - shared his granddaughter's nickname.

Rory burst out laughing. "Luke, this came out in, like, 1994. When I was a kid. I'm sure it's just a coincidence."

"Oh," Luke blinked. He shook his head. "I must be losing my marbles. Although, it better be 'just a coincidence'..." he growled darkly as he left the room.

Rory and Odette looked at each other and giggled.

"Grandpa's silly!" Odette laughed.

"Yes. Yes, he is," Rory smiled, shaking her head in amusement.

What a life she now led! A life that - for all intents and purposes - had just about come full circle.

A/N: When I realized Logan's fiancé was named Odette, of all names, I couldn't resist this little tweaking humor! Hilarious, right?