Author's Note: Ummm... review. Yeah. This is... sadly... the last chapter. :(

"Grandma?" Rory said, storming into the sitting room.

"Oh, Rory! What a surprise!" Emily said, smiling brightly. Rory's expression did not waver from its furious mask.

"I want you to apologize to my boyfriend."

"Excuse me?"

"Look, Grandma, I love him very very much and he means the world to me. I had hoped that you would be happy that I was happy, but apparently that's not possible. So I want you to apologize," she said, her arms folded across her chest indignantly.

Emily's face froze in shock, but after a few minutes of silence, she replied, "Fine. I'll give him a call if you'll give me a number."

Rory smirked, satisfied.

Jess stared at the phone in shock. He didn't care that there were atleast three customers in the diner, wrapped up in scarves and heavy coats, shivering in the early December snow-filed air, begging for hot cocoa.

He didn't care that Luke was waving his hand in front of his face, trying to snap him out of whatever sort of a trance he was in.

Had he really just gotten a phone call from Emily Gilmore, apologizing for her treatment of him at their dinner?

He shook his head in utter disbelievement, and called out to his girlfriend as she entered the diner.

"Rory, you will never believe who I just got a call from."

Rory smiled. "My grandmother?"

Jess gaped at her, his mouth flopping uselessly. "You... talked to her?" he asked, confused.

Rory nodded, and Jess smiled, the mystery solved.

"I can't believe she actually apologized," he said, shaking his head in disbelief.

"Did it sound sincere?" Rory asked, somewhat doubtful.

Jess scoffed. "No. But it was better than nothing."

Rory grinned, kissing him softly before turning to Luke and demanding coffee.

"So... tomorrow is the last day of school before Winter break. Are you excited?"

Jess kept his face straight when he responded. "Why would I be excited to spend two weeks without school, with lots of chances to spend uninturrupted time with you?"

Rory rolled her eyes. "Fine, if that's how you feel..." she said, starting to walk away.

Jess reached out at grabbed her arm. "Don't go," he said, his voice mock-pleading.

"Oh, but I must," Rory replied placing a dramatic hand on her forehead. She reached around Jess and grabbed her coffee, pecking Jess on the lips and turning toward the door. "I have a report due tomorrow, I want to go over it one more time. Pick me up at six?"

Jess nodded and watched her leave, a small smile on his lips.

"MEEEEERRRRRYYYYY CHRISTMAS!!" Lorelai shrieked, throwing the covers off of a still-sleeping Rory.

Something was very wrong with this picture, Rory decided as she forced her eyes open. Her mother was acting the part of the child. Then again...

"Mom? Early..."

"The sun is up, and you should be too!"

"Mom, it's 6:30 in the morning, the sun is still asleep, and you should be, too,"

"I already called Luke and Jess, they're coming over at seven. That gives you a half an hour to make yourself pretty!"

Rory paused in her efforts of getting up. "Why are Jess and Luke coming so early?" Rory asked. "Especially Luke, he never comes..."

She trailed off when she saw her mom blushing madly.

"Oh, my God," Rory said, grinning. "How?!"

"Last night, at the Christmas Eve party at Sookie's? We, um, kissed..." she said, trying to act as though it was no big deal. Rory read through that and saw the excitement bubbling over.

"Mom! That's amazing!" She said, giggling, and jolting herself out of bed to get ready.

"Merry Christmas," Jess said when Rory answered the door, before pulling her in to him by the waist and kissing her deeply.

"Hey, hey, none of that here," Lorelai said, waving a disapproving hand at the couple.

They ignored her.

"Hey, Lorelai," Luke said, stepping up to her and kissing her softly.

Rory grinned, having broken away from her kiss soon enough to see the action. "Well, aren't you one to talk."

Jess scrunched his face up. "If they get married, we'll be step-cousins."

"Oh, gross! Jess, did you have to say that?" Rory said, hitting him on the shoulder.

Jess smirked. "Yup. So let's go open presents, cuz."

Rory rolled her eyes in exasperation and grabbed Jess's hand, walking him into the living room.

The fire was crackling merrily in the fireplace (Luke's doing) and hot chocolate was in the hands of all four of the present people.

Wrapping paper was scattered around the room and presents were piled up on the table.

Rory's favorite gift was a copy of the Fountainhead from Jess. She had been confused when she first opened it, but when she cracked the cover, she realized that he had read it, and written notes in the marigins, just for her.

She felt happy, truly satisfied with the place she was in her life. Every day the memory of the gun shot was getting farther and farther away, fuzzier as time passed. Things were good. Things were great, in fact.

Later, after dinner was over and Luke was gone, Rory and Jess were in her room, wrapped up in their own little world.

"Rory?" Jess said after a small lull in their conversation.

"Hm?" She responded, distracted by reading Jess's neat precice hand writting in the margins of the book.

"I love you."

Rory broke into a huge grin and dropped the book, tackling him onto the bed. "I know," she said.

Jess frowned. "Not nice," he said, as Rory leaned over him, her lips teasingly close to his own, but pulled away at the last second.

Jess grabbed her by the waist and pulled her into him, kissing her, giving her no room to escape.

He flipped their positions so that he was on top, continuing his attack of her lips as he drowned in the feelings she always managed to arouse in him.

However, their make-out session was inturrupted by a knock at the door.

"Hey, guess what today is?"

"What?" Jess said, paying little attention.

"Ummm... the 31st of December?" Rory said, raising her eyes at him.

"New Years Eve," Jess acknowledged, nodding his head.

"Yeah, my mom's throwing a huge party. You're going to be there, right?"

"Well, Luke's going to be there, and I sure don't have other plans," Jess said, shrugging.

"Yay!" Rory responded, throwing her arms around him.

The party was a roaring success.

Members of Stars Hollow were scattered all over their home, drinking and talking, dancing and making fools of themselves in various different ways.

"It's New Years!" Lorelai called excitedly to her daughter.

"I... know, Mom," Rory said, smiling and rolling her eyes.

"No, I mean, we only have one more hour of this year left! One hour! And then everything ends!" her arms were above her head, she was gesticulating wildly around, clearly having one too many drink in her system.

Rory just shook her head, resigned, and turned around, nearly running into Jess, who had been walking toward them.

"Hey, there," Jess said, kissing her and handing her her previously requested drink.

"Hello. Only one more hour!" Rory squealed, almost as excited as her mother.

"I know. Can you believe we've been together for four months now?"

"Yeah," Rory said, smiling. "It seems like longer, though. It feels like we've always been like this."

Jess nodded, lost in thoughts.

An hour later, they were gathered around the TV with the rest of the pary, staring at the News broadcast.

"Ten, Nine," the count-down began, and Rory smiled brightly, her hand tightening around Jess's.

"Eight, Seven," This was truly the perfect moment.

"Six, Five," She was anticipating many more New Year's moments like this, with the same man beside her.

"Four, Three," Because she knewthat no matter how obstacles they had to overcome...

"Two..." They would end up together in the end.

"One! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!" Rory smiled as Jess immediately spun her into him, and kissed her deeply.

It was a regular, cheesy, and as was rule with them, cliche, ending.

AN: THE END! SAD. :(((((( Ok, Review please, I love hearing what you think! Look for my stories in the future!