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A/N: Ok, the long awaited chapter 10 is up, the final and last chapter of That Damn Stella, Thanks. Sorry it's been so long since I updated, it's just that my computer hasn't been saving things, so it's been really hard to do all this in just one day. Trust me, took me forever to write it all. I really hope you like it, because this is the last chapterof this story. Ok, I know many of you aren't exactly Literati fans, but I love it, so just put up with it. It's still majorly JJ, but it's also gonna be Literati from now on too. Read and review please, I love those reviews. Here's some shout-outs to some reviewers.
SHOUT OUTS:
Kylie1403: Of course I fixed it, I wouldn't leave it like that! Thanks, took me forever to write that chapter.
Orangesherbert7: Some people who are JJ don't really care for Literati, but I love Literati. Glad you like it. Yeah, no idea where the raccoon idea came from, but I love it too. Poor, poor Kirk, getting beat up by Luke! You notice that in the show, no one, no one, has ever actually hit Kirk! I mean, they mess with his head a little and tease him, obviously, and people threaten him a lot, like Luke, but no one has ever actually hit Kirk.
Ronata: Yes, I hate stupid writers block. I had it for this chapter a little too.
Luv888: I'm really getting used to writing a lot longer chapters now, so I just keep writing till I hit past 10 pages! Amazing, isn't it? Some people don't really like long chapters, but I love em. I'm so, so happy you liked it, it took me a long time to figure everything out.
You May Kiss The Gilmore...
"You did what?"
Lane hopped up and down, squealing at the news. Her and Rory stood in the front yard of the Kim house.
"I told you I sort of-"
Lane squealed again. "Kissed Jess! Then what happened?"
"Well Kirk-"
Lane stopped bouncing around. "Uh oh, nothing good ever starts with Kirk..."
"He came rushing through, I can't remember, he said something about his raccoons." Rory said, putting her hand to her face.
"Yay! I knew you and Jess were perfect for each other." Lane smiled and clapped her hands together.
Rory frowned. "We didn't exactly...we're not dating in the sense...I mean..." She took a deep breath. "Kirk ran through, and we got out of the lake and I didn't say anything to him."
"Did you tell your mom yet?" Lane asked.
Rory shook her head. "She's shopping for wedding stuff with Luke, some last minute things." She bit her lip. "I don't know how I'm going to talk to him, I mean, I've only known him a month, and I kissed him. I knew Dean for 3 months before I kissed him! What was I thinking, I'm never going to be able to face him again!"
"You have to go to the wedding with him..." Lane pointed out.
Rory groaned and sank down to the grass.
Luke dropped Lorelai off at home and climbed up the stairs to the apartment. He opened the door-he...he opened the door...Luke gave a push and the door opened as something heavy fell over. "What the-" Luke started to find the apartment filled with boxes.
Jess came from the bathroom, a scowl on his face. "You do realize you just knocked over your stuff, which most likely is something breakable." Jess said, walking around a mess of boxes.
"What did you do?" Luke asked in confusion.
"Packed..."
"What, you leaving?" Luke sarcastically said.
"It's your stuff..." Jess said, sitting on his bed and opening Catcher on the Rye.
"You packed my stuff?" Luke said, with a look of confusion on his face. "Why did you pack my stuff?" He said, wondering why his crazy nephew was being nice.
"I was bored." Jess dryly said.
"You packed my things because you were bored?"
Jess looked up from his book, slightly angry. "Look, I packed all your stuff, now you can take it and move it into Lorelai's house, so just be grateful and stop bugging me..." he said, turning on his music really loud.
Luke let out an exasperated sigh. "Thanks..." he mumbled. He saw a scowl he hadn't seen for almost two weeks. "What's with you?"
Jess threw down his book and walked out the door with a slam.
"Rory hon! You here?" Lorelai called out.
"In my room!" Rory called back, looking back down to her list as she tucked it into a notebook. Lorelai walked in and smiled.
"Hey, how was shopping?" Rory asked, picking up her book.
"Good...we picked out bridesmaid dresses because Luke won't let me make them..."
"Ooh, what color?" Rory asked.
Lorelai smiled. "They are a really pretty shade of blue. I mean, the hem has..."
Rory and Lorelai walked towards Luke's in the morning, when they saw a crowd surrounding the entrance to Doose's. "Wow, what do you think is going on?" Lorelai excitedly said as they rushed towards the market. They squished through the swarm of people only to find yellow police tape stopping their path.
"...I want to know who did this! You are the police, this is your tape!" Taylor Doose's voice reached a new pitch of anger.
"Taylor, I've contacted every precinct in the area and no one knows anything about a murder!" The Sheriff said.
Lorelai and Rory gasped. "A phony murder!" Lorelai said, seeing the chalk outline. "Here in Stars Hollow!" Rory said. "Who would do this?" Lorelai asked, with a laugh.
Rory looked up from the pavement and looked past the crowd to a smirking dark-haired hoolum. Their eyes connected for a moment and he turned and walked away.
"Rory!" She heard her name being called and turned, seeing Dean's head over the much shorter crowd. She turned to her mom quickly. "I'll be right back mom..." Rory said, heading reluctantly over to Dean. Lorelai, who was too busy watching the show between the officer and Taylor just nodded and murmured an "uh-huh".
"Rory...I wanted to say I'm sorry..." Dean said once Rory reached him.
"It's ok..." Rory started, shaking her head.
"No it's not, I shouldn't have said those things about you, I'm sorry...it's just...I don't like him..."
She looked up him.
"People say..."
"People say a lot of things...but they don't know him..." Rory firmly said, defending Jess. Dean looked like he was going to say something, but he held it back.
He noddded. "So...how are things...?" Dean hesitantly asked.
Lorelai laughed as she pulled a shirt out of a box.
"What?" Luke said, taking his head out of the closet.
Lorelai held it up. "You like Jimmi Buffet?" She chuckled. Luke groaned. "It's not mine."
"Sure it isn't..." Lorelai teased with a wide grin on her face.
Luke let out a 'jeez' as he went back to unpacking his stuff.
"Buffethead..." Lorelai murmured happily and Luke rolled his eyes.
"Mom? Luke?" Rory's voice came from downstairs.
"Up here...we're unpacking..." Lorelai said. Rory slowly climbed the stairs.
"Anything interesting going on?" Rory asked, desperate for conversation to keep her mind off of things.
"Nibbling on sponge cake, watching the sun bake, all of those tourists covered with oil," Lorelai sang softly with a big smile as Luke groaned.
"What are you-?" Rory's face twisted into confusion.
"Wasting away again in margaritaville..." Lorelai happily sang, louder now.
"Lorelai..." Luke warningly said. Lorelai smiled and stopped as Rory looked from one to the other in confusion.
Rory shook her head and went downstairs. Luke was still putting his stuff in the closet when Lorelai started humming Margaritaville again.
"Are you guys coming to the town meeting or not?" Rory called from below.
Lorelai smiled and Luke rolled his eyes at her. "Crazy lady..." he mumbled.
"And you love me for it..." she grinned widely, wrapping her arms around him and pecking his cheek. Luke smiled slightly as they walked downstairs.
Rory stood at the bottom of the stairs, looking grumpy.
"Wow, nice face..." Lorelai joked, putting an arm around Rory as she took Luke's hand.
Rory looked to the floor, her face a slight red. "I'm fine..." she said, knowing the elder Gilmore would ask what was wrong.
Opening the door to Miss Patty's, Lorelai stopped complaining about being early when she saw a room full of people already seated and Taylor at the stand.
"-we must do something about-" Taylor stopped when he saw the group.
"What's going on Taylor?" Luke suspiciously asked.
Taylor looked frustrated, and finally spilled. "Well, if you must know, this is a meeting I called."
"About what Taylor? Meetings are supposed to start at 7, and if there is an emergency meeting, the whole town should go." Luke factually said.
Taylor huffed, his face contorting into an unknown expression. "I called a meeting to discuss the Jess situation."
Luke snapped. "What? What about Jess? What situation?" He angrily demanded to know.
"He is vandalizing our town!" Taylor exclaimed, and the majority of the town agreed loudly.
"He stole Rufus!" Babette cried out.
"He took a hose from my garden..." Fran Weston noted.
"He also stole money from the bridge funds! We cannot allow him to stay in Stars Hollow! He is menacing the town! He is a bad influence, a hoodlum!"
Luke got angry, and was about to speak when Rory opened her mouth.
"Do any of you even know him? Not one of you has taken the time to talk to him, and you're judging him when you don't even know him! He was pulled away from his home and thrown here, where he doesn't know practically anyone! Before you even tried to get through his attitude, you accuse him of being a thug-"
"Hoodlum." Bootsy corrected.
"Whatever! You don't even know him! You don't care about that though, you automatically assume things and choose to treat him like a criminal! You may not care about him, but I do, I care about him, and I don't think you should treat him this way!"
The quiet room burst into whispered discussions as Rory quickly rushed out into the warm summer air, blushing furiously.
It was dark and cold, and Rory heard footsteps as a voice called her name.
"Rory!"
"What?" She yelled, spinning around quickly as her eyes widened like saucers.
"Jess!" He stood a foot from her. "I-" He wrapped his arms around her quickly and kissed her deeply as he brought her close. She wrapped her arms around him after a moment, kissing him back. A moment later, she pulled away breathing heavily as she looked at him shyly.
"You heard it?" She asked, unaware he had been standing by the door, smirking, then of course, listening to Rory's speech. Her cheeks burned as they reddened. He responded by pulling her close again, kissing her more passionately.
They pulled away breathlessly.
"Wow..." Rory said, then blushed at her comment. In the light of the lamppole, she could see him smirking.
"I'm that good, huh?"Jess teased.
"Don't be so full of yourself..." she scoffed. They both had smiles on their faces.
"So..."
"So..." Jess responded with a smile. He hesitantly leaned towards again, in a soft kiss.
Letting go after a moment, Rory smiled at him, then suddenly gasped, her mouth falling open.
"What?" Jess asked, a hint of worry in his voice.
Her eyes grew in size as she looked behind him.
"Ohmigod! They're watching us!" She said. Jess turned quickly and the crowd which had been poking their heads through the partly closed door mere seconds ago, scrambled back to their seats, tripping over each other.
Jess groaned.
"Now they know..." he mumbled.
"Is that ok...?" Rory asked softly.
He smiled, a real genuine smile. "Are they still watching us?" he started to smirk.
She peered around his head.
Her mom, Luke, Patty, Babette, Sookie, Kirk, Taylor, Bootsy, Andrew, Gypsy, and Dean were. They stood, peering through the again opened door. Babette and Patty were giving her a thumbs up. Kirk kept blowing his fingers like he was trying to whistle. Lorelai was trying to stop Luke from going out there, but with an eyebrow raised when their eyes met. Dean was scowling, and Bootsy, Andrew and Gypsy were hooping, but you couldn't hear it well. Taylor stood, shaking his head, his arms crossed.
"Yes..." she said, a little suspicious.
"Well then, let's give them a show..." he said, smiling as he leaned forward and tenderly kissed her. Babette let out a wolf whistle and Gypsy, Patty, and Bootsy were cheering.
Rory pulled away sooner than expected, with a blush creeping onto her face. "Jess..." she said, embarrased. He smirked and took her hands as they headed to the bridge to be without an audience.
"Where're they going?" Babette's raspy voice asked.
"Lorelai, doll, aren't you gonna follow them? With that boy, oh," Patty chuckled, "I wouldn't be able to control myself in public, let alone without anyone else around."
Dean stormed out angrily, and conversation rapidly included him as well.
Lorelai hesitated, and said goodbye to everyone, which, of course, went unoticed because of the new gossip to be made.
She pulled her fiance out, walking in the direction of her house.
"Lorelai, you can't let them go off unsupervised! They're together now, and probably doing god knows what!"
"Let them be..." Lorelai said, positioning his arm around her.
"What kind of mother are you, letting your daughter off with- with-"
"That hoodlum?" Lorelai joked.
"That's not funny. Do you actually trust him?"
"Of course not." She responded, opening the door.
"Well..." Luke started, but Lorelai put her finger to his lips. She moved it and kissed him softly. "Don't worry about it..." she quietly said. "It trust Rory, and that's enough."
Luke let out a frustrated sigh.
"Now...to bed Mister..." she joked, smiling widely.
"I have an early delivery tommorow..." Luke said, disappointment in his voice.
Lorelai let out a playful groan. "Fine..." she huffed. "But once we're married, you're staying here whether you have an early delivery or not..." she poked his chest. "After all, you love me, don't you?" She joked with a grin. Luke smiled at her."I do..."
"Hey, save it for the wedding mister," she kissed him gently. He laughed.
"Well, stay until Rory comes home. It's too quiet without anyone else..." she smiled. He agreed.
Rory and Jess parted at the front door of her house.
"It's late...mom might be mad..." Rory explained. Jess smirked.
"Well, she probably has Luke to occupy her..." he said. Rory's hands flew to her ears as she squealed an 'ew'.
"Goodnight..." she softly said. "Night..." he quietly repeated, the half smirk, half smile still on his face. He leaned towards her and softly kissed her.
The door flew open in the middle of their goodnight kiss. "Hello!" Lorelai loudly said, Luke standing behind her. The couple jumped away from each other.
"Mom!" Rory exclaimed, looking embarrased again.
Luke turned to Lorelai. "I gotta go." He said, kissing her tenderly. "Don't run off on a road trip this time..." he joked. Lorelai smiled softly. "Promise..." she whispered in his ear, pecking his lips.
Luke's face grew serious, and he went over to Jess, grabbing his arm. "We have to talk..." he seriously said.
Jess pulled his arm away, rolling his eyes. "Geez..." he muttered under his breath, casting a glance at Rory. She bit her lip and smiled faintly asher mom turned to her.
"Well, this is going to be an interesting story..." Lorelai prodded, her eyebrow raised.
There was shuffling sounds as Rory sleepily walked into the kitchen, grabbing a glass. She filled it with water and turned around, noticing a light shining from the top of the stairs. Rory put her cup on the table and dragged herself up the stairs. She smiled when she saw her mom in her wedding dress, circling around in the mirror.
"It's late..." Rory said, tired. Lorelai jumped and almost fell over, grabbing the closet handle. "Jeez!" She cried out.
"You're beginning to sound like Luke..." Rory teased, seeing her mom's flushed face, embarrassed at being caught.
"I just..." Lorelai let out a sigh. "What do you think?" She asked, her voice enthusiastic.
Rory smiled and went over to her mom, hugging her tightly. "Counting down the days?" Rory grinned. Lorelai began to get a little emotional, nodding. "Pregnancy, huh?" She joked with a happy laugh.
The paper plate fell to the floor, splattering the food everywhere. "Damn..." Lorelai muttered, annoyed at how clumsy she had become these past 6 days. "Rory!" She called out. Rory rushed into the kitchen.
"Could you take these plates out?" Lorelai said, bending down to pick up the plates. She couldn't hide her sleepiness. But she didn't want to ruin her bachelorette party for everyone else.
"Mom...you look tired." Rory noted. "Maybe we should send everyone home..." She logically said. There came a laugh from Miss Patty, Babette and Gypsy and Lorelai shook her head, heading back into the living room. Sookie almost ran into them as she hurried into the kitchen. "Oh! Sorry," she laughed drunkenly. "I need to check on the- the...what was I doing again?"
Rory shook her head and led the two women back into the living room, one drunk, the other pregnant.
Lorelai plopped onto the couch, picking up her cell phone as Rory went back intot he kitchen. She checked her messages only to find she'd missed a phone call from Luke. She smiled, and hesitantly dialed, walking up the stairs so Rory and the drunken girls wouldn't see her making the 'illegal' phone call to her fiance.
"Hey..." Luke said, standing in the corner of his apartment as the very sad bachelor party sat in the center of the room.
"Hey Mister. You should be out partying, not in your apartment! I was going to leave you a message!" Lorelai playfully whined.
Luke groaned. "It's not exactly party time. It's Jackson, Andrew, Kirk, Jess and me sitting around drinking beer. Well, Jess is sneaking beers, and Kirk says he's allergic to beer. Something about making his lungs hurt."
"What's Kirk doing at your bachelor party?" Lorelai asked with a laugh.
"He invited himself. It's his mother's bridge night."
Lorelai laughed. "How's your night going?" Luke asked.
There were thumps as Rory's feet pounded up the stairs, and she shook her finger at her mother.
"I have to go. Apparently I just broke one of the biggest bachelorette party rules," she laughed. They said their goodbyes.
3 hours later, the house was emptied of all partygoers. Lorelai waved goodbye to Sookie and she walked up the stairs. Rory followed and they both collapsed onto the bed.
"You're getting married tommorow..." Rory said in awe.
Lorelai smiled. "Yeah...I'm getting married tommorow..." she said, closing her eyes.
"It's late..." Rory said after a moment. "Midnight late. And we have a wedding to go to tommorow," she joked, getting up. "Night mom..." Rory kissed her mom's forehead, crawling down the stairs sleepily as her mother said goodbye, dazed.
Her cell phone rang as Rory reached her room, and she picked it up and fell onto the bed.
"Hey..." a deep voice greeted. "How was the party?"
"Exhausting...yours?" Rory smiled.
"Boring. Kirk talks in his sleep." Jess said.
"Anything good?" Rory smiled.
"He's a blackjack dealer..." Jess said with a roll of his eyes.
Rory laughed. "That's creepy. So besides Kirk falling asleep at Luke's bachelor party..."
"Nothing much." Jess explained. "Luke busted me for drinking some beer."
"You shouldn't be drinking it anyways..." Rory smiled.
"Yeah, well, at least I won't have a killer hangover at the wedding tommorow, like Jackson definitely will."
"I can't wait to see you in a tux," she teased.
Jess groaned.
Lorelai woke up, feeling refreshed. She knew she'd had a dream last night, but she couldn't remember what happened in it. It must have been a good one though, because she felt good right now. Oh right, she was getting married today.
Sitting up, she spotted a note and a pink rose on the pillow next to her. She smiled and sat up straighter, picking up the note and flower. She jumped up and headed downstairs, where Rory sat at the kitchen table. A glance at the clock told her it was still early, especially for a Gilmore.
"Look what I found on my pillow this morning..." Lorelai said in a sing-songy voice with a smile. She handed Rory the note as the younger Gilmore read it aloud.
"'Can't wait for later. I made your death juice. Love, Luke.' Aww! Who knew Luke could be such a softy.I was wondering who made this coffee," Rory said with a smile.
Lorelai grinned and took a cup out of the cabinet. "Just enough for two," she tsked, shaking her head. As much disappointment as she felt at not having more coffee, she felt like she was walking on air. How cliqued... she thought.
They had poptarts and coffee and when they finished, they gathered their stuff together to take to the Inn.
"What do you think?" Rory asked, doing a quick spin in her bridesmaid dress.
"You look great!" Lane smiled, clapping her hands together. "Can you believe Luke and your mom are finally getting married?"
"I know!" Rory and Lane squealed in excitement.
"Have you seen Jess in a tux yet?" Lane asked.
Rory shook her head with a smile.
The door opened and Lorelai came out, followed by Sookie. Lane gasped and Rory smiled.
Lorelai stood there, smiling, wearing her flowing white dress. The dress reached down to her feet, hovering an inch above the ground. The satin top was strapless and had a flower in the center.
"Isn't great!" Sookie enthusiastically said, jumping up and down. Tears came to Lorelai's eyes.
"Lorelai, are you ok?" Lane asked.
Lorelai bit her lip, still smiling, and wiped at her eyes quickly. "Yeah, yeah...it's just..." she laughed and cried of joy.
Rory smiled back. "It's pregnancy hormones..." she said with a laugh, hugging her mom tightly. They let out some laughes and looked out a small window, into the outside patio of the Inn.
People were sitting in the chairs, and Luke was going out. The girls laughed at seing him so nervous and fidgety. Lane nudged Rory when Jess came out, and Lane smirked. The story had spread like wildfire after Jess and Rory had their little "show".
Jess looked uncomfortable, and Rory felt her cheeks get red. He looked good in his tux.
Sookie took a glance at the clock.
"Well...it's time..." she grinned, and bounced out the door, grabbing her bouquet of flowers. Rory grabbed hers and Lane left with a grin as she went to join her mother.
Sookie came running back in. "They're ready!" She hopped up and down enthusiastically. Lorelai bit her lip and smiled, tears still in her eyes. They went out the door and Rory gave her mom a quick but tight hug before they went outside. Music started to play, thecrowd silenced, and the flower girl went out.
"Aww..." the crowd cooed at the little girl.
"She's using all the flowers at once Richard," Emily criticized.
"Emily..." Richard warned.
Rory gave her mom a quick smile before stepping out, followed by Sookie. Rory spotted her grandparents and smiled at them, glad they came.
"The dresses are the wrong shade..." Emily pursed her lips together.
Jess saw Rory and felt his breath get caught in his throat. He tried to steady himself again, but felt Luke elbow him. Jess turned and glared at him, and saw Luke freeze when he saw Lorelai. Jess laughed and elbowed Luke, who reflexively smacked him across the back of the head. "Jeez..." Jess muttered, rolling his eyes.
The corwd watched, turning their heads as Lorelai walked by. Babette and Patty joyfully sobbed, and Emily tried to conspicuously dab at her eyes.
The wedding march played and Lorelai took slow steps down the aisle, feeling emotional. She saw Luke shifting from foot to foot at the altar, and a wide grin grew on her face. She reached the altar, and Luke lifted the veil, a goofy grin on his face.
Rory smiled at them and caught Jess's eyes, who mouthed to her 'they've got it bad'. Her smile grew and she nodded quickly.
The reverend opened his book.
"We are gathered here today to join together Lorelai Victoria Gilmore and Lucas Scott Danes in marriage." He began."Do you, Lorelai Gilmore, take Lucas Danes, to be your husband,to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, from this day forward, till death do us part?"
Lorelai's smile grew and she nodded. "I do..." she said.
"Do you, Lucas Danes, take Lorelai Gilmore, to be your wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish, from this day forward, till death do us part?" The reverend continued.
"I do..." Luke said.
"I now pronounce you husband and wife...you may-" the reverend stopped when he saw that Luke had already grabbed Lorelai's waist and they were passionately kissing. The crowd began clapping, and of course the regular Stars Hollow freaks hooting loudly. They pulled away smiling and Lorelai turned to Rory, who had tears in her eyes.
"I thought I was the one who was supposed to be pregnant and emotional..." Lorelai laughed as they hugged.
"Presenting, Mr. and Mrs. Danes!" The audience stood up, clapping and cheering as Lorelai took Luke's hand with a big smile on their faces.
The hordes of people rushed towards the pair, hugging and squeezing (especially Miss Patty on Luke).
The reception started, Lorelai stood by Luke, talking to Sookie and Jackson.
"Uh oh, Emily alert," Sookie said, pulling Jackson as they disappeared into a crowd.
"Wha-" Lorelai said as her and Luke turned around.
"Lorelai..." Emily said, her tone flat.
"Could I talk to you privately?" Richard asked Luke, who slightly recoiled back. "Um...sure...?" He said, giving Lorelai a 'what's going on' look. She shrugged quickly and turned to her mom.
"You came..." Lorelai said in surprise.
"Well, we were invited," Emily retorted, clutching the package she held tighter.
There was an awkward silence. "Here...I thought it'd be better to give you your wedding gift in person..." Emily held out the package. Lorelai took it with a confused glance at her mother.
Handling it like a bomb, Lorelai slowly unwrapped it and let out a gasp.
"I saw it in a catalog. I thought it was ridiculous, of course, but I know you like that kind of stuff." Emily justified.
Lorelai held the Hello Kitty toaster in her hand, a smile on her face. "Thank you..." she murmured, surprised at the elder Gilmore.
"Yes...well...congradulations on the baby..." her mother said. "Didn't I see Sookie here earlier?" She changed the subject.
Lorelai shook her head. "No, I don't think so..." she lied.
"I could've sworn..." Emily frowned.
"Maybe you're schizophrenic..." she teased. Emily let out an exasperated sigh. "Lorelai, can't you be serious for once."
They were silent again.
"Well, I guess I'll be seeing the three of you at dinner once you get back from your honeymoon." Emily said.
"Three of us?"
"You, Rory and Luke. After all, he is part of the family now..." Emily smiled knowingly and as Richard and Luke came back. "Goodbye Lorelai," she said, taking Richard's arm and leaving.
"What did he want?" Lorelai wondered aloud.
Luke looked confused. "He wanted me to franchise my diner." He furrowed his eyebrows.
Rory spotted Jess sitting on the steps of the potting shed, and she walked away from the reception party.
"Hey..." she said, sitting next to him.
"Hey..." he said back, kissing her tenderly. She blushed when they pulled away.
"Don't like parties?" Rory joked, grinning.
"Never been a wedding person." He said.
Rory took his hand with a shy smile. "You know, my mom and I used to sit out here. You know, when we lived here, in the potting shed. We'd watch the weddings and feed bread to the ducks." Jess smirked at her, and Rory snapped out of her daydream.
"Hey, come back to the party. They're gonna start opening gifts soon, and Taylor's already drunk. He's babbling about when he was a magician." She urged, standing up and tugging at his arm.
He groaned. "I already got groped by Miss Patty and Babette." Jess said. Rory smiled and laughed. "We'll hide you in a closet..." she teased. They walked back to the party.
Lorelai sat on Luke's lap as Sookie brought out the cake. She frowned and let the knife hover above the white cake.
"I told you not to get too attached Sookie..." Lorelai smiled.
"Goodbye Chester..." Sookie said, dramatically turning her head as she cut into the cake. She put a piece on the plate, then cut another. "I hope your happy..." Sookiemuttered with another frown as she handed the plates to the newlyweds.
"Very..." the new, Mrs. Danes cheerfully said, taking the cake.
"Tradition says you have to feed me Mr.Danes..." Lorelai's grin grew.
"You're insane if you think I'm going to treat you like a two-year old." Luke rolled his eyes.
"Hey! No insulting the pregnant lady! Now feed me Seymour!" Lorelai pouted.
"I'm not feeding-" Luke started, but was interrupted by a soft white mush being squished into his face. he wiped part of it off and glared at the smiling woman he had just married in front of him. The crowd around them laughed.
"You're hilarious..." he dully said. Lorelai smile wider and licked it off his cheek as the crowd laughed harder.
"Oh dear, I do hope we all get a turn," Miss Patty muttered to Babette with a devious smile.
Lorelai giggled loudly before a plate of cake was smushed in her face as well. "Ugh!" She playfully cried, glaring at Luke with wide eyes. "Well, you should be a comedian..." she mumbled before taking a handful of cake (at Sookie's cries of fear) and throwing it at him. "FOOD FIGHT!" She yelled loudly.
Food began to fly everywhere, some people ran to away, trying to avoid the mess.
"Be careful, my dress!" Emily's commanding voice rang out.
Rory grinned widely and narrowly avoidedbeing hit by a piece of Sookie's chicken. "Now aren't you glad you came back to the party?" She asked Jess, picking up a piece of cake to throw. Jess threwquiches at Taylor, who of course freaked out.
"Very." He said, throwing cake in her face. "Ah!" She cried out.
"It's now time for the newlywed couple to have their dance," Kirk announced. Lorelai smiled as Luke extended his hand to her. She smiled brightly, taking his hand as they walked to the center of the dance floor.
"I still can't believe you hired Kirk as the dj," Luke complained.
"Hey, he's not that bad...plus he was cheap and wouldn't stop bugging me about it. It was the dj or photographer," Lorelai smiled. They gazed at each other for a moment.
"Oh my god!" Lorelai whispered loudly.
"What?" Luke asked quickly, concerned.
"You can waltz!" She smiled brightly, giggling. "Did you take lessons?" She laughed.
"Nope, it's a god-given talent..." he joked.
Lorelai smiled and put her head on his shoulder, closing her eyes.
"Please!" Rory pleaded Jess to dance with her.
"Don't think so..." Jess shook his head.
"It's tradition for the maid of honor to dance with the best man!" Rory asked again, jumping up and down.
"It's time for the traditional dance between the best man and maid of honor." Kirk announced, as if on cue. "See!" Rory pouted.
"Doesn't mean I'm gonna do it." He said, pulling out a book from his back pocket.
Rory rolled her eyes and let out an exasperated sigh. She dug in her purse for the book she wasn't done with yet, and handed it to Jess. He raised his eyebrow and took it.
"And $5." He offered.
She kissed him tenderly.
"That should be worth $5 at least." She smiled, standing him up.
"You Gilmores think a lot of yourselves," he said with a roll of his eyes, as she dragged him onto the floor. They joined the couple and Lorelai turned to Jess. "Hands to yourselves mister." She warned Jess, who rolled his eyes again.
Rory wrapped her arms around his neck as Kirk invited the rest of the people to dance.
"You're a pretty good dancer..." Rory teased Jess.
"Geez..." he muttered, his arms around her waist. They slowly danced to the music when Rory felt a tap on her shoulder and Lorelai cut in.
"Wha-"
"Listen. You're going to be alone with my daughter for a week." Lorelai started and Jess rolled his eyes. "I trust Rory, but if you hurt her, at all, I will kill you, a slow and painful death. Hedge clippers may be involved." She warned. "Got me?" Lorelai got a tap on the shoulder this time.
"Could I cut in dear?" Miss Patty ask, and Lorelai got a devious smile on her face, but Jess's eyes widened. "I'm not feeling that good..." he mumbled, quickly going of the dance floor. Rory stood by the buffet and laughed as Jess walked quickly up to her.
"Miss Patty try to grope you again?" She teased him.
"Come on, let's get out of here," Jess said, taking Rory's hand and pulling her outside. "Jess..." she giggled, as Jess led her out by the lake, kissing her fiercely.
"Jess..." she said, pulling away. "We need to get back, they're gonna leave soon..." she asked. He kissed her again. "Jess, please...?" She asked again.
"Rory...come on..." he said. He went to kiss her again. "Please?" She asked. "I promise I won't let Miss Patty or Babette near you..." she said.
He leaned forward and kissed her again. "Don't make promises you can't keep..." he said, kissing her more softly. Rory smiled. "Come on, she led him back to the party.
They went back and Lorelai grabbed Rory, hugging her tightly. "We're going to leave hon," Lorelai grinned. The crowd started heading into the Indepence Inn to get to the front. Luke looked at Lorelai, who told him to hold on a second.
"This is it. Our first time apart for more than a day..." Lorelai squeezed Rory again.
"Mom, don't get all emotional..." Rory asked, hugging her mom back.
"I won't." Lorelai said. "I will tell you this though..." she said, taking her hands. "Screw that tradition where the maid of honor sleeps with the best man." Rory blushed. "Mom..." she said.
"I know, just...be careful. Make sure to eat everyday..." Rory laughed at this. "Take care..." she said, hugging Rory again. Lorelai put her arm around her shoulders as they walked out to the front. The crowd of people was gathered around the front, waiting for the car to take Lorelai and Luke to their honeymoon.
A horse driven carriage turned the corner and drove in front of the Inn, much to the crowds oohs and ahs.
"A real Cinderella tale," Rory smiled at her mom.
"Now all we need is a pumpkin." Lorelai joked, and they giggled.
Lorelai got ready to throw the bouquet as the crowd separated. Rory ran and quickly joined them.
"Ready?" Lorelai turned back and smiled. She tossed the bouquet into the air as all the girls hopped up and down to catch it.
There wasa gasp as everyone turned to see who caught it. Lane held the bouquet in her hands, a big smile on her face. Rory smirked at Lane.
"Lane!"
"Yes Mama," Lane quickly said, throwing it back into the air. The cries and gasps rang out again, and Lorelai laughed to see Miss Patty was holding it.
"Whoo! Go Miss Patty!" Lorelai laughed, and Lukewrapped his arm around Lorelai's waist. The crowd waved to them as they got into the carriage.
Luke looked at Lorelai as they got into it. "Hey...you good?" He asked her.
She flashed a smile at him. "Yeah..." she waved to Rory and everyone else as the carriage started off towards the house where there was a car waiting to take them to the aiport. She flashed him a smile and put her head on his shoulder. "I'm good." She whispered, smiling more.
The crowd waved as Lorelai and Luke rode off in the horse driven carriage Lorelai had insisted on.
The group slowly shrank away as people went home. Rory said goodbye to Lane, who gave a sly smile at Rory and Jess.
"Hey..." Rory went back to Jess. "Hey...taking you home?" He asked. She nodded.
Theypulled up in front of her house and got out, heading towards the porch.
"So..." she said with a smile.
"So..." he repeated, smirking.
Rory smiled. "I had fun..." she shyly said.
"Interesting..." he remarked about the wedding.
He leaned forward and kissed her tenderly.
"So, I'll see you tommorow?" He asked as they pulled away, holding the back of her head. She smiled.
"I'll be the one asking for coffee..." she said with a smile. He kissed her one more time and said goodbye, driving away in the green truck.
Rory watched him drive away, smiling.
THE END
A/N: Don't fear, I'll make a sequel! I mean, Lorelai is still pregnant after all. The sequel may take a while, because I have to update my other stories. Sorry about that. What did you think of the food fight thing? I just thought it was something Lorelai and Luke might do, especially with them feeding each other. Did you get the 'Feed me Seymour', cause my friend didn't get it, even though my sister did. I really hope you liked it, it took me forever to write.
The sequel probably's going the be called Right Your WayPlease review! Tell me what you think of the title. Look out for my story when it comes out.
See ya!