Thank you for all the reviews, you all rock! So here's another installment in the story.

"Momma look!" A newly five-year-old Emerson twirled in front of the mirror.

"Wow babe!" Lorelai smiled down at her daughter spinning happily.

"Rory look at me! You twirl too!" Emerson practically demanded as she twirled and giggled. Rory smiled over at her little sister.

"Yeah kid, twirl."

"What are four Mom?"

"I'm five Rory." Emma stopped spinning just long enough to hold up a hand fingers spread. She had been doing this since her birthday last week. She loved telling everyone she was five now, every citizen of Stars Hollow had heard at least five times. "Like Momma did Rory!" Emerson tried again.

"Like Momma did." Rory whispered back.

"Come on kid this is a Gilmore tradition get your butt up and twirl with your little sister." Rory rolled her eyes, but slowly got up. She walked over to Emerson and held out her hands. Em smiled up at Rory and gladly took them, the two twirled together, white dresses flowing. Lorelai smiled at her daughters remembering her own wedding.

"When you were a little girl you loved to twirl around in the dresses we got you, I just watched you smiling because it reminded me of my wedding day. I was never allowed to twirl when I was a girl so on my wedding day, in my dress, when no one was looking, I twirled and twirled, it was my little secret."

Lorelai looked over at her mother, surprised that Emily wore a small smile, one that said she was remembering a great moment in her life. Lorelai could never remember seeing that smile before. She also couldn't remember a time after she turned eight that Emily was that nice to her. Lorelai caught her mother's eye, grinned mischievously, and stood up.

"Oh for heaven's sake Lorelai, I didn't mean for you to twirl." Emily sighed, but Lorelai just smiled back. She gave Emily one last playful look and twirled. Emily rolled her eyes at Lorelai but all the same got that little smile back.

Lorelai stopped just long enough to stare Emily up and down.

"No Lorelai." Emily stated firmly, but Lorelai started to walk over to her anyways.

"Come on Mom." Emily backed up a little bit, but Lorelai caught her hand, and then the other one.

"Lorelai, no!" Emily said again, with a little more force, but the mischievous smile was back on Lorelai's face and she started to make Emily twirl with her. "Lorelai!" But she smiled, and even let a laugh sneak through.

Lorelai smiled remembering one of the only times she had ever laughed out of happiness. And at the fact that she had actually gotten her mom to twirl, something she would have never guessed she could do. She knew no one would ever believe her, but she liked that, it was like their little secret.

"Mom!" Rory practically yelled, she was standing right in front of Lorelai. Lorelai snapped out of it and smiled at her daughter. "Remembering your wedding, twirling with Grandma?" Rory smiled at Lorelai's sheepish nod. "I thought about it all morning too." Rory said as she held out her hands. Lorelai gladly took them and the two began twirling, just like they did when Rory was a little girl.

Luke had been pacing around the Inn. It had taken Rory some serious persuading to get the Huntzbergers' approval on the Inn, but in the end they surrendered, like most people did to the Gilmore Girls. Finally Luke couldn't take it anymore, he needed to go see his girls. He walked up the stairs to where Lorelai had been helping Rory and Emma get ready. He knocked lightly but when he didn't get an answer and heard giggling from inside, he peeked his head in, he smiled at what he saw. All three of his girls were spinning in circles happily. Each of them truly happy, giggling incessantly. Luke quickly grabbed the camera from his pocket and took a picture of the girls. That got their attention.

"Hey what are you doing?" Lorelai tried to say sternly, but she was still smiling, and now trying to balance herself.

"Dad-dy!" Emerson rolled her eyes, doing her best to look annoyed.

"Alright, alright, I'm leaving. You look beautiful kid." Luke directed at Rory, but when both Lorelai and Emerson cleared their throats dramatically, he turned to them "My beautiful wife you look absolutely amazing, and you sweetheart, look stunning." He said dramatically rolling his eyes.

"Hey, I feel like that wasn't a compliment mister." Lorelai said skeptically.

"You know you're beautiful." Luke said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Lorelai smiled happily as he left the room.

"Well look at you, crazy in love with your husband." Rory giggled. Lorelai just grinned.

"Hey, it's almost time. You're getting married kid!" Lorelai made some last minute touches to Rory's hair and make-up and then went to get Luke.

"Luke, Hun, ready?" Luke looked more nervous today, than he did the day of their wedding. "Hey, what's wrong?"

"She's getting married Lorelai!" He practically screamed.

"Luke, she's twenty seven years old, she was bound to get married someday. Just think we could have grandkids in like a year!"

"Our kid is only five!" Luke said back almost horrified.

"Luke, what's really wrong here?"

"I took someone else's daughter, Lorelai, she chose me over her Christopher. He's here, I wouldn't be able to handle watching somebody else walk my daughter down the aisle. I can't believe your mother hasn't had a fit about this." Luke ranted. Emily had surprisingly come around in the last few years and accepted Luke, if only for Emerson's and Rory's sake, but she did.

"She knows you are more Rory's father than Christopher ever was. Listen to what you just said: you couldn't handle watching somebody else walk your daughter down the aisle. Would you have been okay, if after all these years, Chris showed up just in time to walk your daughter down the aisle?" Lorelai asked and Luke sighed at that. "Now come on, your daughter is waiting for you to walk her down the aisle."

"Go get seated. I've gotta go get my daughters." Luke said as he gave her a kiss. "God, I can't believe she's getting married Lorelai."

"I know I feel like it was yesterday we were running around the Inn together." Lorelai quickly kissed Luke, and walked off, the tears already brimming her eyes. Luke walked off in the direction of the Bride's Room. He knocked and then walked in.

"Nervous?" He asked noticing Rory's slightly panicked look at his presence.

"Oh god yes!" She breathed out; he laughed, and walked over to her.

"Emma, go find Lane, she'll tell you were to go, and no running in that dress."

"Okay Daddy." And Emma took off running, but when Luke cleared his throat she slowed to a fast walk. Luke then turned back to Rory.

"Hey, you want this, you've wanted this for so long. Sweetheart, you'll go down there, you'll be beautiful, and you'll get married to the man that you have loved for the last six years. The man that you can depend on fully, that you feel like you can accomplish anything with, the one that loves your little sister just as much as you do, and the one that can stand up to your overprotective stepfather and end up making him like him almost as much as you do." Luke said and Rory smiled at the memory of Logan making Luke and Lorelai like him.

"Mr. Danes." Logan greeted Luke with an outstretched hand. Logan was slightly terrified of this man; this was the man that his girlfriend looked up to so much. Luke eyed him suspiciously; this was the guy that had his fiancée's daughter (which he basically considered his little girl) in a back room making out on the worst night of his life.

"Logan." Luke said coldly, Rory shot him a look and he reached out his hand. "Glad you could make it." Luke continued much more pleasantly. Damn those Gilmore girls breaking him with just a look. Rory smiled brightly. "Lorelai, Rory's here!" Lorelai came running out of the kitchen.

"Rory!" Lorelai said hugging her tightly. Rory looked confused.

"Mom, you weren't cooking were you?" Rory asked horrified, and then looking at Luke, "You didn't let her cook did you?"

"What? God no, she was arranging Paul Anka's food like he likes it in his bowl." Luke said just as alarmed at the thought of Lorelai cooking. Rory breathed a sigh of relief. Logan watched the scene with amusement.

"So…you made dinner?" Rory asked just to be sure.

"Most of it, you're mom wouldn't let me make parts of it. Sookie was over earlier making the dessert and appetizers." Luke said rolling his eyes. He was annoyed that Lorelai insisted he wouldn't make them right.

"Sookie's the amazing chef at the Dragonfly right?" Logan asked, everyone looked his, almost having forgotten he was there.

"Oh, Logan, sorry about that, yes she is." Lorelai said with a smile plastered on her face, she leaned over and gave Logan a small hug. "Luke, shouldn't you go check on dinner?"

Lorelai asked noticing his face.

"Ah…yeah, be right back, can I get anyone something to drink?" Three negatives, and Luke was off. The girls giggled and walked off to the living room, Logan began to follow, but quickly decided against it. The girls had just recently gotten back together after Rory's hiatus from Yale, and were still catching up and bonding again. He walked towards the kitchen, he was going to make Luke like him, he knew how much this man's approval meant to Rory.

"Hey Luke, anything I can do to help?" Luke rolled his eyes, and then turned to face Logan.

"Um, I need butter, it's on the top shelf of the fridge." Still a little too cold for Logan's liking, but he got the butter out and brought it to Luke.

"Alright, I'm going to level with you here Luke, you don't like me much, I know this. We did meet under terrible circumstances considering I'm dating your daughter, but I need you to like me. You are pretty much Rory's hero, so it's going to be a problem for her to be with me if her dad doesn't approve." Logan said, getting right to the point, Luke didn't even turn around.

"I'm not her dad."

"You are, I know all about Christopher and their relationship, but she idolizes you. Through that whole apart time, she told me all about how Chris kept screwing up her life and Lorelai's, and how pissed she was at Christopher for ruining her family again and again. She was mad at Christopher for hurting her parents. She never noticed it, but she talked about you as though you were her father and Chris was some jackass without a connection to her. She told me all about you Luke, she made sure I knew everything you did for her. You are her dad." Logan staring at Luke's frame, he still had his back to Logan. Logan grabbed the butter off the counter and put it back in the fridge leaving Luke to think about what he had said.

"Damn he's good." Luke whispered. He was amazed that Logan knew exactly what to say. Luke shook his head, Logan was starting to win him over, with something as simple as telling him how Rory thought of him. "Damn-it." Luke cursed himself outloud for being so easy.

"Something wrong Luke?" Rory asked as she came in the kitchen.

"Nope, just thinking out loud. You've got yourself one hell of a guy there kid." Rory smiled, she knew Logan could make them like him.

"Oh yeah, why?"

"He must really like you, coming in here and sucking up to me, although, he looked real nervous." Luke grinned.

"Yeah, he said he'd rather meet Chris." Rory said, realizing that that was a little weird.

"Tell him to keep you out of those back rooms, and I think he might eventually grow on me." Luke said with a wink. Rory smiled brightly.

"Good."

"Dad, not step-dad." Rory said coming out of her trance, and realizing what he said. That made him smile.

"Are you ready now? I think there might be a couple of people waiting down there for you." Luke smiled at her.

"You know dad, no one would ever believe me if I told him what a softy you can be." Rory giggled.

"Yeah yeah, let's go." He said holding out his hand. She grabbed it and the two started walking out the door. "I know I told you this before, but you look amazing Ror." Rory just smiled adoringly at her dad.

The reception:

Rory and Logan danced to "It's Your Love", a little cliché, but the only song the couple could agree on, and so it was. The two danced, looking at each other so happily. Logan wore a goofy grin the entire night, watching his bride's every move. He still couldn't believe she was his. When it came time for the father daughter dance is when Logan sought out Chris. Logan knew his wife had had a hard time deciding whom to dance with for this song, she even thought about doing two dances, but it was Lorelai who had convinced her in the end to choose.

Chris noticed Logan's presence seconds before the music started to play. He had hoped that even though Rory never asked him that this would still be his dance. Logan's presence told him that he had been let down just like he had let her down so many times. Chris was disappointed, in Rory, in Lorelai, in Luke, but mainly himself. The song Rory chose made it worse, "There You'll be", Luke had fully taken his place, years ago, but tonight was the first time Chris really noticed.

Chris looked at Logan knowing exactly why he was standing abnormally close, he was protecting Rory, just like Chris himself should have so many times. Logan watched Chris, almost feeling bad for the guy. And then softly, before turning to watch his daughter dance with another man, Chris whispered to Logan.

"Don't ever let someone take your girls away from you." Logan just shook his head, seemingly appalled.

"I'd never give 'em the chance." He stated firmly. Chris bowed his head in defeat.

"I let him take her, both of them, and they both fell in love with him."

"He's a good man." Logan stated. Chris stood; Logan stepped closer, but backed off when Chris walked towards the bar. Logan watched his wife dancing happily talking to her dad.

"You're married." Luke stated as though he couldn't wrap his head around the idea.

"I know, god that's crazy." Rory smiled back.

"I just can't believe it, more though I can't believe I like Logan, he's taking you from me and your mom."

"Hey, you'll never get rid of me." Rory giggled.

Lorelai watched admiring her husband, who so easily accepted Rory as his daughter long before the two even dated. She watched the two interact, this was by no means a one-way relationship Lorelai was pretty sure Luke was Rory's hero and always had been.

"Momma?" Emerson asked from Lorelai's lap.

"Yes baby?"

"When I get married will Daddy dance with me too?"

"Of course baby, that's what Daddies do."

"Good." And with that the two went back to watching.

When the dance was over Rory came to get her little sister from Lorelai, Rory took her out on the dance floor and the two danced, both giggled the entire time. Logan had joined them shortly after they got out there, the three danced together happily. After a couple of songs, Rory took Emerson to the bathroom.

"Rory, will I still see you like I do now?" Emerson asked as she washed her hands and Rory freshened her make-up. Rory took the little girl and set her on the counter.

"No babe, I'll still come play with you but not as much. Pretty soon I am going to have my own family, and you'll have some nieces or nephews. But Logan and I are married now, so I'll spend lots of time with him. We will still come play with you sometimes when Momma and Daddy go out, but not every time." Rory tried to explain, she and Logan had been really busy lately, they barely saw the kid as it was. Emerson just looked up at Rory, her disappointment not quite hidden by the smile on her face.

"Okay Rory."

"How about this when Logan is gone on business, sometimes we will ask Momma and Daddy if you can sleep over at my house? Or I can come over and spend the night with you? How does that sound?" This seemed to perk the little girl up.

"Yay!" She jumped up and hugged Rory tightly around the neck, and planted a kiss on her cheek. "I'm gonna go tell Momma!" Rory helped her down, and she took off running.

Rory stared after her. She had been really involved in Emerson's life, she was in the delivery room when Em was born, and the two had their night every Wednesday. Logan knew how important the night was to Rory and Emerson had him wrapped around her finger, so he had insister Rory keep doing it throughout their engagement. But now Rory felt like she should be spending time with Logan, not her little sister, she knew if she told Logan this he would say to spend time with Emerson, knowing how much Rory loved her, but Rory still felt like she shouldn't. The idea of having Emma over when Logan was gone had actually made both girls happy. Rory quickly finished her make-up and returned to the dance floor.

"So, what's this I hear about a certain five year old taking my place if I have to leave on business?" Logan asked smiling as Rory walked up to him.

"Oh, well she was a little disappointed I wouldn't be there on Wednesdays any more so I told her when you were gone she could stay over." Rory admitted shyly.

"Why won't you see her on Wednesdays anymore? And who was the disappointed one?" Logan grinned at her.

"Yeah, alright I was too, and we're married now Logan, I can't go there every Wednesday to watch her and leave you at home."

"No, but I can come with you when I can."

"No-"

"Yes, you are going to keep going, and I am coming with."

"No-"

"Fine, I'll make you a deal, you'll go every other week, and every other of those every others, I'll go too. Problem solved." Logan smirked and Rory tittered at his choice of words, but planted a big kiss on his lips. "I thought so." He chuckled.

A few days later:

"Momma, where's Rory tonight?" Emerson asked snuggling into bed, Lorelai lying next to her.

"Rory's on her honeymoon, Lovey." Lorelai winked at Emerson.

"Hmm.." Emerson said pensively, "you tell me the story Momma, and then tell me the new story." She said eyes bright smile big.

"The new story? I don't think I know that one." Lorelai said while she tickled Emerson.

"Mom-ma!" Emerson squealed laughing energetically. Lorelai stopped and the two snuggled into Lorelai's bed and each other.

"Alright, alright." And Lorelai began telling her the story of her own wedding. The new story was Rory's wedding, four days since the wedding and Emerson had already loved the story, mostly because she was part of it.

Luke always watched by the door of whatever room Lorelai was in with Emerson, sometimes her room, sometimes theirs, and every once and a while Rory's. She rarely slept in the same bed more than one night, but the night of Rory's wedding and the two nights after she had started out in her bed or Rory's bed, only to wake up feeling lonely and end up in his and Lorelai's bed.

Earlier that day when he went to drop Emerson off at school she had cried, well sobbed would be a better word. She hadn't done this since the first day; she loved school, just like Rory. He placed a kiss on the top of her head and started to walk away, a pitiful "Dad-dy" and an intake of shaky breath is what brought him back to her side, swiftly picking her up. He apologized to the teacher, but said he couldn't leave her there. More proof the little girl had him tightly wrapped around her little finger. The teacher looked almost relieved though, this was way out of character for Emerson. The teacher told Luke all they were really doing today was telling each other about their best friends. And Luke understood, he explained to the teacher about Rory's wedding, and Emerson's trouble adjusting.

Emerson stuck to Luke's side all day, every time he set her down her lip started to quiver and her big blue eyes clouded over, so he would quickly pick her back up. He walked around the diner all day with Emerson in one arm. Her little head on his shoulder, thumb in mouth. He hadn't had to do this with her in about a year, and normally even then when she was sick, so rarely at the diner. People tried to help out and take her for a second, but after she screamed bloody murder when Miss Patty and Babette tried he knew it wouldn't work, they were her favorite townsfolk. So he carried her around all day, only setting her down on his lap when he would take a break. Another thing that worried him was his normally bubbly daughter didn't say more than two words all day, she was like Lorelai normally you couldn't shut her up.

He and Lorelai did their best all night to cheer her up, and it worked a little bit, but she still wasn't herself.

Emerson had been asking for more stories of Rory as a little girl and would sit for hours on Luke's lap begging him to tell some and then sitting quietly listening. Luke felt bad for the little girl, for some reason she felt like she had lost her best friend. Part of the problem was that since Rory was on her honeymoon, she hadn't been calling like she used to, but that would change in about another week. So Luke and Lorelai just had to deal with it until Rory called or stopped by.

The day Rory returned nine days later she went to Stars Hollow to visit. After hearing how much Emerson missed her she told Luke and Lorelai she'd pick up Emerson from school.

"Rory!" Emerson screamed as soon as she saw Rory, she took off full speed from her chair where the class was finishing and jumped straight into Rory's arms, hugging her tightly. Rory had attempted to stay out of sight, but failed miserably. "You came back! I didn't think you would!"

"Of course I did, Momma told you I would. Now get back in there and finish up." After seeing the look Emerson gave her she quickly added, "I'll still be here when you get out!" Rory set her down and gave her a pat on the butt and the little girl went back in checking back every few steps to make sure Rory was still there.

As soon as the class finished, Rory went to apologize to Emerson's teacher.

"I'm sorry, I knew she missed me, I wouldn't have picked her up if I had known it was that much."

"No, it's okay, she's been moping around this classroom for two weeks, frankly I'm glad you're back too!" The teacher laughed. "If she's off the rest of the class is off."

"Well, she should be back to normal now-" Rory was interrupted by Emerson running up to her.

"Rory, look what I made you! It's for you n Logan at your house." She said holding out about five of her latest art projects. "Bye Miss Scott!" She grabbed Rory's hand and led her to her cubby to get her stuff.

"Bye Miss Scott, sorry again for the distraction!" The teacher waved bye back at the girls and they were off. "So little one tell me about your week while we go get ice cream at Daddy's."

"Daddy said I didn't have to go to school last week, I spent the whole day at the diner with him!" Emerson said happily. Luke had told Rory, and she knew it was anything but happy. "And Momma has been telling me The Story, and your story now too, but she doesn't tell it like you do. And Daddy tells me stories about you when you were little, and they let me sleep in their bed whenever I want!" Emerson giggled excitedly.

"How come you need to sleep in Momma and Daddy's bed now?" Rory asked trying to figure the little girl out.

"My bed is alone, Momma and Daddy's isn't." She said looking up at Rory. They had been walking through the square so Rory took the little girl to the gazebo and sat with her on the bench.

"Emma sweetheart, you know that I am still going to come play with you right?"

"But not as much." The little girl said sadly.

"Every other Wednesday, but I'll still be there, and I'll call you all the time if you want me to. And tell Momma to call me if you need to. Honey, you are still going to see me all the time and talk to me all the time." Rory said trying to make her understand that this was not the end of them hanging out.

"Really I can call whenever I want?" Emerson asked, eyes wide.

"Yup, whenever you want. Just tell Momma or Daddy." Rory smiled.

"Will you tuck me in tonight? Momma doesn't tell it the same."

"Sure babe. I'll tell Logan to meet me down here for dinner."

"Yeah, tell Logan I miss him, maybe he will play CandyLand with me." Emerson giggled, she loved playing CandyLand with Logan, he always let her win, unlike Lorelai.

The girls reached the diner and Emerson bounced in first. "Daddy! Daddy!" Emerson yelled not seeing her father in the immediate vicinity.

"Emma, no yelling!"

"Look Daddy! Rory came back!" Emerson said, her smile was contagious and Luke and the rest of the diner smiled back at her.

"Well good!" Luke said and the diner nodded in agreement, Emerson's presence had been depressing everyone around lately.

"She's gonna tuck me in tonight!" She was so happy she was having problems getting up on her stool. Luke picked her up and set her down on it, and Rory sat next to her. He went into the kitchen and got each an ice cream sundae. He watched as the two chatted excitedly, Emerson's smile never fading and Rory was just happy to be able to make her smile.

Later that night after dinner and two games of CandyLand, it was time for bed. Rory was able to get Emma into her own bed. After about forty-five minutes of waiting for Rory to come back down Luke went to go see what was taking so long. Emerson was sleeping, but was clinging to Rory, Rory's options were to wake her up and move her, or just wait til she moved on her own. So far she had chosen the latter. Luke paused at the door and smiled and then he went to go help Rory. He gently peeled Emerson back and Rory carefully slipped out of bed. Rory walked quietly out of the room, while Luke said goodnight to Emerson and kissed her on the forehead. Rory was watching from the door, much like Luke had done when she put Emma to bed. He stopped at the door and put his arm around Rory.

"You made her day. She has barely smiled since your wedding. That girl is absolutely infatuated with you Ror, I don't know what you did, but you are her hero. And I want to thank you for putting that smile back on her face." Luke said giving Rory a squeeze before walking back towards the stairs. Rory stood there for a half second longer then met up with Luke. "She'll be fine Rory. Don't worry about it."

"You sure."

"I think you are having just as tough of a time adjusting to this as you are." Luke smiled.

"Maybe. But Dad, I just don't want things to change, why do you think that it took so long for me to say yes to Logan's proposal. Emma has been like my stand in, she showed up right around the time my biological clock started ticking. It's terrible, she's not my kid, but she's filled that spot while I wasn't ready for a kid of my own. What happens when I have a kid of my own?"

"Well then, you take our kid one week, the next we take yours. Everyone still sees everyone and we all get to have a night out!" Luke smirked.

"You always seem to know how to cheer the Gilmore girls up Dad."

"Not your little sister, she can be quite the emotional basket case if she wants to be." This made Rory's smile get bigger.

"Yeah, but that's your own fault, she's Gilmore by middle name only, if you could have talked mom into a hyphenated last name and not just a second middle name I am sure she would be easier to deal with."

"Yeah, that's the problem, genetics has nothing to do with it." Luke smirked.

"Oh wait until I tell mom that one!" Rory giggled and ran down the stairs. Luke shook his head, but smiled, Rory was still a little girl at heart.

This was the longest chapter yet, 4,999 words! Hopefully you liked this one too. I'm thinking about focusing more on the entire family and not just Rory and Emerson anymore, tell me if you'd prefer that, or more clips from Rory and Emerson's lives. Flashbacks: good/bad you hate them/ you love them?