After ordering the wedding invitations, Dean and Rory had a nice dinner, and a pretty quiet evening. Rory was excited to shop for her wedding dress, and at 10 the next morning, Rory went over to her mom's. "All ready?"

"Almost!" Lorelai yelled hobbling around with one shoe, on holding the other.

"I'm so excited!" Rory said.

Lorelai grinned, looking at her little girl, "me too."

Rory and Lorelai spent hours in the dress shop. Rory tried on dress after dress after dress. She must have tried on at least 30, before she found the perfect one. Rory stood behind the curtain, and shouted so loud that the whole store could here. "Mom! This is it! I found it, and it's perfect!"

Lorelai drew the curtain open, and speechlessly stood staring at her daughter. The dress was pure white, with straps about three quarters of an inch wide. It was a gown, and above her belly button in a stripe, were somewhat hidden, white flowers embroidered across. It was a simple dress, but Rory hadn't wanted anything extravagant. Finally, Lorelai found words. "I love it."

Satisfied, the two of them went out for lunch. "So how's life?" Lorelai said casually once they had been seated at the sandwich shop next door to the dress store.

"Good." Rory said. "Good. Nothing too much is new. I mean except the wedding of course. Otherwise, school is school. What about you?"

"Fine." Lorelai and Rory sat for a moment, reading their menus and relaxing. "Whoa!" Lorelai said sort of surprised.

"What? Are you okay?" Rory said concerned.

Lorelai calmed down. "Oh yeah. He's just kicking. I got scared. It's been what, like 23 years?" Rory nodded. "God, I'm old." Lorelai added.

Rory laughed. "So how are you and Luke doing? The newlyweds."

"Great." Lorelai said. "Believe it or not nothing's too different from before."

"That's good." Rory said.

"Excited for graduation?"

" It seems so far away. But wow, it's almost March, only three months away then, I guess. I'm definitely excited. College is great, but I'd never imagined I'd be excited to leave. I'm ready to start my life. Well, you know what I mean, out of school."

"Yeah. So do you and Dean want kids?"

"Yep." Rory answered not provoking a deep conversation.

Lorelai didn't leave it at that. "How many?"

"What's with the interrogation?"

"Whoa."

"Sorry. I don't know. Dean and I haven't really discussed it yet, we might wait a few years. But I don't know, two or three, you?" Rory said hoping to get away without more questions.

" I'm old." She said again in a whiny voice.

"So one?"

Lorelai laughed. "Yup, probably just one."

"And me! Don't forget about me!" Rory said jokingly pretending to feeling neglected.

"Never." Lorelai said suddenly serious, again looking at her daughter with that silly grin which parents wear when they think about their children.'

Rory and Lorelai drove back to the house, where they found Luke cooking some chicken for dinner. Since, Dean wasn't allowed to see the dress (Rory didn't believe in her mom's five minute rule) they made sure to show it to Luke before Dean arrived.

"It's nice." Luke said smiling.

The doorbell rang. "I got it. It's probably Dean." She opened the door.

Before he walked in, standing there in the doorway, he gave Rory a kiss. "Did you find a dress?"

"Nope." Rory said. "I found the dress." She finished. Dean kissed her again and then they went to sit down at the table for dinner. After they finished eating, they showed Luke and Lorelai the invitations, who of course loved them, too.

Around 7:30, Rory stood up from the table. "Thanks, Luke. Dinner was delicious. But we better get going, I've got to grab my stuff and get back to Yale."

"Okay." Lorelai said and gave her a hug. Rory hugged Luke, and the men exchanged handshakes.

Dean and Rory drove back to their house, and Rory packed up most of her stuff, making sure to leave some of it at her home. "Okay, I've gotta leave now." Rory said sort of sad.

Dean, also in a sad tone, "Alright." He gave her a kiss.

"See you next weekend."

"Or before if you need." Dean said implying he was always willing. "I know you're busy with classes, but call me, if you can." He said.

"Always." Rory said. They shared a last kiss, in the doorway and Rory left, and Dean shut the door behind her.