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She sat in her childhood room looking around at all the boxes that she had just finished packing. She looked at the empty closet with just the hangers resting in there before turning to look at the garment bag that rested on the back of the closet door. She just smiled as she unzipped it and slowly ran her fingers down the ivory material. She couldn't believe that this was really happening finally. She was getting married. She knew this was a long time coming, but she still felt butterflies in her stomach. "I'm getting married tomorrow." She mumbled to herself as she pulled the dress from the bag and looked in the mirror as she held it up to her. She found herself thinking back to the night he proposed.

It was the night of the annual dance marathon. The dance marathon had always been a special thing for them. It was at one of those silly dance marathons when Dean dumped her all those years ago, finally allowing the town princess and rebel get together. They had gone and watched her mother lose again, but as he walked her home he pulled her the other way. They ended up sitting on their bridge looking up at the stars in the sky. They didn't have to talk, that's something that they both loved at these moments. "He was right you know." He said softly as he held her close. She just smiled thinking back to the conversation that had taken place in that very spot after that first dance marathon. "I loved you then, yet somehow I love you even more now." He practically whispered.

"We are like cheese." She replied with a laugh as she smiled at him as she lost herself in his big brown eyes. She loved the fact that she didn't have to explain her crazy comments to him; he always got them and then laughed with her right then.

"That we are." He said still laughing from her moment of randomness. "You know I have been thinking." He said as his voice became serious again. "We have been together for a long time now and it doesn't look like we are going to be falling out of love anytime soon." He said as he started to fidget as he pulled something out of his pocket. Her eyes went wide when she saw the ring box resting in the palm of his hand. She started tearing up before he even got the courage to open his mouth again. "Marry me?" He practically whispered as he leaned in closer to her. She just nodded before capturing his lips with hers. It was the most perfect … well maybe not most, but definitely in the top five … kiss ever. "That was a yes right?" He asked as he pulled away resting his forehead on hers.

"Yeah." She answered as she smiled at him.

"It's about time. I was starting to think that Jess was never going to make an honest woman out of you." She heard her mother's voice coming from behind her before she turned. She just smiled at the woman that raised her. It meant the world that she had her mother's approval on this matter. Lorelai Gilmore had never been the biggest fan of her daughters love, but lately she seemed to be more understanding. "God, it can't believe that this is our last night being those delightful Gilmore girls." It broke her heart to see her mother tear up as she stood in the doorway of the room watching as her daughter put the dress back where it belonged.

"I never thought about it that way." She replied as she walked towards her mother. She hadn't. She was too excited about becoming a Mariano to realize that she was no longer going to be a Gilmore. "But, think of it this way we will always be those delightful Lorelai's." She added with a smile as she walked out into the kitchen with her mother following behind.

"Well … yeah." Lorelai replied as she sat down at the table pushing a blue package towards her daughter, who just looked at her for a moment. "It's a wedding present." She replied as she tapped at it.

"Mom you didn't have to do anything else." Her daughter said as she sat down and started to peel the paper off the package. She just smiled as she looked at a scrapbook.

"Luke and I went through and picked out all our good Rory and Jess pictures for it." She said as she watched her daughter start to look through it. The first picture was of Jess helping Rory out of the sleigh they rode in together during Stars Hallows one and only Bracebridge dinner. They had fought during that whole ride for the most part, but somehow in this picture they looked happy. She wasn't even sure how anyone was able to capture that moment, but suddenly she was glad they did. The next few pictures were memories of the good old high school days up until she reached the one from her high school graduation. His arms were wrapped around her. The way he was holding her close you could tell she was starting to show. She felt a tear run down her face as she thought back to that year.

Her legs felt like jello as she dropped on to the cold bathroom floor. She didn't regret it. She kept telling herself that as she stared down at the pink plus sign that changed her whole life. She just cried her way a crossed town and into Luke's diner. She looked around for a moment before Luke just pointed her upstairs. She ran up the stairs not sure of what she was going to say. Not sure how he would react. She just opened the door to find him sitting on the bed reading like he always did. "What's wrong?" He asked as he rushed to her side. He didn't waste no time wrapping his arms around her.

"It wasn't supposed to be this way. I was supposed to go to Harvard and take the world by storm. Now we can't." She choked out in a mess of sobs. "I don't know how to take care of another person." She said as she pulled away from him.

"Rory … what is going on?" He asked as he looked into her eyes.

"I'M PREGNANT! I'M PREGNANT AND NOW I HAVE RUINED OUR LIVES!" She yelled as she started pacing around the apartment. He just stood there in shock for a moment before pulling her back into his arms.

"I love you. We will figure this out." He replied softly as he rubbed her back as he held her. "Everything is going to be fine."

If only they were that lucky she thought as she looked at the picture. Finding out she was pregnant at eighteen was one of the hardest things she ever had to deal with, but nothing would ever trump what happened after. More tears fell as she thought about the worst day of her life.

He was so small. So helpless. How could she had been such a bad mother that this moment was all she was going to ever get? She thought she was doing everything right, but it was apparent that something went wrong. She just cried as she held the lifeless body of her son. She thought back to when her sister was born. There was a nun in the nursery holding a still born singing "Jesus loves you". She explained it as carrying the child's soul up to heaven. So as she sat there saying goodbye to the child she would never be able to meet she sang softly. "Jesus loves you, this I know, for the bible told me so…" She was barely ever able to get the words out. As soon as the nurses took him she buried her head into her boyfriend's shoulder crying like she had never cried before.

She looked down at the angel necklace that she wore around her neck. Her mother had given it to her not long after that they. It gave her hope and the will to move on after that thinking about her angel up in heaven. It was easier than thinking about the grave that sat next to Luke's parents with the name: Jess Alexander Mariano the second written on it. "You know maybe this wasn't the best gift." Lorelai said as she looked at her daughter who was lost in thought clearly. Rory just looked down for a moment before looking at her mother.

"I think I am going to take a walk." She replied softly as she stood up. "When I get back we can finish looking through this. It only can get better from this point." She said as she looked at the picture again before walking away. She found herself walking towards the bridge thinking about the day before.

She was sitting in the home that they spent the last year fixing up together. It was going to be their home. She already could picture the happy years they were going to spend in that house. It sat on the lake. Looking out the window in the office/library they made the original master bedroom into you could see their bridge. It was a beautiful picture. She loved sitting on the window seat that he had built for her looking out at it. But, something was different that day. As much as she loved how they made this room she was thinking of different plans for it as she looked out the window. "How did I know I could find you here?" She heard him ask as she heard his footsteps moving closer to her. He just sat down in front of her and smiled. He looked at her face and could tell that she was thinking. He knew her so well, that's just another reason she loved him. "What are you thinking about?" He asked her.

"This room." She replied as she smiled at him. "I know that I said I thought it would be a great place for us to sit and read, but I have been thinking that the room a crossed the hall might be better. That way we can make this room a nursery." She said as she looked into his big brown eyes. His face lit up at her words.

"Ror, are you trying to tell me something?" He asked her with a big goofy smile plastered on his face. He knew that she was going to the doctors for a routine appointment. Was it possible it was something more?

"Yeah." She said as she nodded. "I'm … we're pregnant." She whispered to him as she smiled. She could feel the tears of joy running down her face as his lips captured hers.

"I'm going to be a daddy." He practically squealed as he placed his hand on her stomach. She had never heard him sound like that before. She just smiled and watched him be happy. Trying not to worry about what happened before. This was a new adventure.

She smiled when she got to the bridge. He was sitting there reading. She just walked over and sat down next to him. "Isn't bad luck for the bride to see the groom before the wedding?" He asked her with a laugh as he sat down the book he was reading. She couldn't help, but to smile as she looked at the cover. It was the book that started it all.

"You never did buy your own copy did you?" She asked with a laugh as she looked at him.

"Nope, but after tomorrow everything that is yours will be part mine so I guess I don't have to worry about it." He replied as he smiled as her. "Isn't that right, Mrs. Mariano?" He asked her as he moved closer to her.

"I guess it is." She said with a smile before getting up. "It's not bad luck if it is less than five minutes." She replied before she started to walk away.

"But, we still have a good three minutes." He said as he looked up at her.

"No we don't because you are going to watch me walk away like you always do." She said with a laugh.

"You think a lot of yourself Gilmore!" He called as she started to walk away. She just turned around and smiled at him. "I'll see you tomorrow!" He called out again as he smiled at her.

"I'll be the one wearing white!" She called back before walking away. Everything was going to be alright. She could feel it.