A/N: This is the last chapter. Hope you like it!
The next morning, Jordyn runs in to her parent's room the minute she wakes up. She hops onto their bed and yells, "up!"
A groggy Jess looks over at her and gives her a kiss on the forehead. "Let's go baby."
He stands up and throws her over his shoulder and carries her downstairs. Jordyn giggles the whole way. He puts her down and starts making breakfast.
"What do you want to do today?" Jess asks.
"Something fun."
"Huh, how bout the park? We can all go. Would that be fun?"
"Yeah!"
"Ok, it's settled."
~Later~
"Maddie, take off that dress! We're going to the park, not the prom!" Rory informes her daughter.
"I like this dress!" Madison whines.
"Fine, put some shorts on underneath it."
"Yuck. I'll change."
"Good."
Mason comes out of his room just as Madison goes into hers.
Jess takes one look at him and laughs.
"What are you wearing?" Jess asks.
"Goggles."
"I see that. Why?"
"Why not?"
"Good answer. Let's go."
Mason leads his two sisters and two parents out the door and down the street to the park. Rory holds Jordyn's hand to cross the street and she lets go when she hits the sidewalk. She pulls the backpack she is wearing off her back and gives it to Rory. Jordyn, along with her brother and sister, run to the playground. Rory moves closer to Jess and replaces Jordyn's little soft hand with Jess's larger, masculine hand.
They take a seat on a bench overlooking the playground watching their children swinging, climbing and running.
Jess stands up to see what novel he has with him. He is horrified to realize that he had forgotten to bring one with him.
Rory watches him and looks in her purse and pulls out three novels. She holds them out for Jess to see. Jess examines each one. He eventually decides on Me Talk Pretty One Day. This never fails to put a smile on his face, and he was just in that kind of mood today. He thanks Rory and opens his book. Rory is happy she brought two David Sedaris books with her, so she opens up Barrel Fever. Rory and Jess sit close to each other reading and looking up to keep an eye on their children.
Jordyn walks over to her parents and Rory gives her a big smile and lifts her up and puts her on her lap. Jordyn takes her backpack that was sitting on the floor and looks through it. She hands Rory her "Getting to Know You" question of the week. It was a variation of show and tell. Every week was something totally different. Find something blue. How old is your oldest relative? What do you have more than 100 of? Rory takes the sheet and reads it over. Ok Jordyn, the question is, "Where did you get your name?" Rory looks over Jordyn's head and grins at Jess who is already beaming at her.
"Oh! There's a story? Tell me!" Jordyn squeals eagerly.
"Well hun, you were the only kid that your daddy and I named together." Rory starts to explain.
"Why? What about Maddie and Mason?" She asks.
Rory becomes uncomfortable and doesn't know how to answer that. Maybe now is the time to explain it to her, although she is a little young. Rory looks over at Jess and gives him a look pleading him to take over this explanation.
"I named Maddie and mommy named Mason. I think both of those names are just names we liked, not much a story behind them." Jess says.
"Actually, Mason's middle name is Christopher, which is my father's name, so that means something to me. But you, your name is full of meaning. Your middle name is Lorelai, which is Grandma Lorelai's name and my name, only I go by Rory for short."
Rory takes a pen and writes "Jordyn" on the sheet of paper she is holding.
"What does this say?" She asks her little girl.
"Jordyn."
"Right. Now look at this." Rory rewrites it, "JoRdyn, there's a J and an R in your name. For Jess and Rory. Mommy and daddy used the first letters of our names to make your name, so it's very special to us. You're very special to us." Rory kisses the top of her head and Jess leans over and gives her a kiss and gives Rory a peck as well.
Jess always thought that he would get used to being married to Rory and that he might stop having moments where he was in awe over the girl that had decided to spend her life with him, but it hasn't happened yet. Rory was his first and only real girlfriend, the kind that expected things out of him, the kind that he would care if he lost. If it weren't for her, he probably would be alone right now because he would have never learned to love.
"Thanks Mommy, thanks Daddy. That's a good story! My class will like it! I'm going to go play." Jordyn informs her parents.
Maddie and Mason run over to their parents out of breath. Mason takes a seat with Rory still in his goggles and Maddie sits on Jess's lap. Rory takes two juice boxes out of her purse and hands one to each child. They smile appreciatively and drink their juice in silence. After they sit on their parents laps and finish their juice and catch their breath, they start filling their parents in on everything that is happening in the second grade.
"Travis Alexander can't even read! He tried to read a word problem out loud and stuttered on every word!"
"Yeah! Every word!"
Rory and Jess looked at each other, both knowing that they felt the same way when they were younger about other people who couldn't read and through the rest of their lives about people who just don't. It was one of those moments where, even though they would probably have reacted the same way, they needed to tell their kids otherwise so they know what is considered right.
"Kids, don't make fun of Travis, he is a very nice boy." Rory says. Jess smiles at her insincerity.
Maddie just begins another story, "Sara Willaby sent Tommy Davis a note saying 'Do you like me? Circle: yes or no.' He sent it back and circled them both! Now she doesn't know if he likes her! But he knows that she likes him!"
"Wow, that's intense," Jess replies.
"Bye!" The twins yell as they jump off the bench and go play.
"I'm hungry," Rory says to Jess.
"Luke's?"
"Yeah, lets get the kids."
~ At Luke's ~
The whole Gilmore family is sitting down at a booth all savoring their burgers and giggling at Jordyn's joke. What do you get when you cross a cocker spaniel and a rooster? A Cock a doodle doo!
Dean walks in and becomes extremely distraught seeing Jess give Jordyn a high five and then resume his position of his hand on Rory's. The family was having fun.
Dean walked over and interrupted their lunch.
"Hey kids!"
"Dean!" They all were excited to see him.
Dean reached into the paper bag he was holding and handed Maddie a couple of kids CD's. "These were the CDs I was telling you about. My sister was happy to give them up. I hope you enjoy them. Jordyn, here is a coloring book and a box of crayons, and Mason, here is my lucky baseball glove. I hope you like it."
All the kids take turns thanking him and giving him a hug.
"Why the presents Dean?" Rory asks.
"Rory, I just wanted to come and tell you that I'm going back to Chicago. I've been thinking during my time here, and I talked to Lindsay and we've decided to get back together, so I'm flying out today. I just wanted to come here and say goodbye to you and your kids. So I will see you around I guess."
"Bye Dean, I hope everything works out for you. Have a good life." Rory says sincerely.
Dean walks out and by time he is out the door Rory is already smiling with her family. She'll forget about this little visit by tonight, and he won't stop thinking about it until… well, it's hard to say when. But maybe if he can start this kind of life with Lindsay, he will be truly happy, as happy as Jess and Rory, maybe his family will keep his mind off of the lovely Rory Gilmore.
The kids are carrying on about who has the biggest fry.
"Are you glad Dean left?" Rory asks.
"I guess. I don't really care either way."
"Yeah, I guess, me neither. I love you, Jess."
"I love you, Rory."
A/N: I've noticed a lot of fics where Rory starts out with (insert hot guy's name here) and then leaves him for (insert hotter guy's name here). So I wanted Rory to start with the same guy (not to mention hottest guy!) and end with him too. Hope you liked it. Please let me know what you thought of the story as a whole!