OK so I decided to release this early for you all. This is just more or less a filler chapter before the wedding. Very short compared to the chapters recently. I will release the Wedding Chapter on Wednesday. Thank you for all the reviews. I really do appreciate them. Now in this chapter I may have put that there are 6 engagement pictures and in a previous chapter I put 3 or 4 pictures. It was supposed to be 6 pictures. Anyway, keep reviewing and the chapter will be released on Wednesday for sure.

Wow! This night is just full of surprises. Between all of these secret videotapes, Rory's heartfelt goodbye when I was leaving for London, and now finding out that my mom has a picture of us? I'm trying to wrap my brain around this. It's so unlike her. She and my grandpa have horrendously disliked Rory for no good reason since the moment they met her.

"Mom did?" I gaze at my sister skeptically. "Are you sure you haven't had a lot to drink tonight, Honor?"

"I'll let that slide Logan since you're getting married tomorrow. Of course it was her who took it. It was either her or dad but given what Rory said on the videotape I'm leaning more towards mom."

Unbelievable. Even after being in my family for 25 years there are still things I don't think I'll ever understand. There are more pictures that are coming up. There are a bunch of them from my graduation, a couple from the party at the pub after our grand theft boating incident. I see Rory's face turn melancholy but she doesn't say anything. I know she's thinking of when she and her mom weren't talking. She had a really hard time with that. The pictures come up from my farewell party right before I went to London. My face turns melancholy then. I never told anybody this but when I left that morning as soon as the elevator door closed, I started to cry too. I broke down too. It was a pretty horrible flight.

The pictures from our Christmas trip to London as the next ones that come up. Rory spent two weeks with me there. It was a great trip though mainly because we knew I was moving back to the US. There are pictures from my trip to Stars Hollow the first time and one of them is with us and Lorelai. It's a really great picture considering I'm pretty sure that all of our smiles are genuine. More graduation pictures but this time it's Rory's. We took a family picture that day with me, her, her parents, and her grandparents and that huge rock I got her. The next bunch are from our trip to New York and Palo Alto. Colin, Steph, and Finn are in several of those. Now it's moving day pictures, both our first house and then the condo we moved into 6 weeks ago. Lorelai, Luke, Colin, Finn, and Steph assisted with both moves. We owe them a huge deal of gratitude. Lastly are our six engagement pictures.

I peer over at Rory who is glancing back at me with a huge grin on her face. As the montage ends, everyone applauds at a job well done by Finn and Colin.

"OK." Rory stands up and addresses everyone. "Wow! On behalf of myself and Logan, we would like to thank all of you for being a part of our wedding. Thank you also to everyone that helped with our moves. It will be the last time we move for quite awhile, I promise."

Everyone quietly laughs.

"Also a special thanks to Colin and Finn for that…very amazing retrospective of us. It's been nice to go back and look at the videos and the pictures, so thank you. And last but not least, another very special thank you to my mom who helped between the moves and with the wedding planning keep me sane in times when Logan, try as he might, could not. Logan…" She gazes down at me. "Anything to add?"

Not really. I mean she pretty well summed it up with her speech but I stand up anyway as she sits down. "Well, I think Rory about covered it all but I just want to reiterate how much we appreciate all of the help you guys have given us. We really are lucky to have you as friends and family and we love you all. Thank you again." I sit back down and thread my fingers with Rory's.

"Well, that's it." Finn tells everyone. "We'll see you all tomorrow when we watch our favorite couple exchange their vows. Goodnight."

Rory and I get up from the table with our hands still interlaced together. We head to the elevator and ride up to the penthouse where our suites are.

"So Ace…did you have a good time tonight?" I turn to face her as soon as the doors closed.

I see her grin and nod. "I had a great time. You?"

"Yeah, me too. A few surprises of course but none of them bad."

"Yeah I know."

"What do you think was the biggest surprise of all?" I ask her.

"Honestly? Hearing that your mom took that picture of us together at your graduation."

"Yeah, that threw me for a loop too. I had no idea that picture even existed."

The elevators doors open and we step out and head to her bridal suite.

"Wait here." She tells me. "I'll go get your present." She unlocks the door and returns a moment later and hands me a small present. I reach inside my inner suit jacket pocket and hand her the actual present I got her. We open them at the same time and I hear her gasp. I bought her a Tiffany Diamonds by the Yard diamond necklace. There's 15 round diamonds along the platinum chain.

"Logan, that's so gorgeous. Thank you." She gives me a quick kiss.

"You're welcome." I grin at her as I finish opening my present. I open the box and find a black alligator strap chronograph watch.

"Wow! That's nice. Thank you Ace." I lean down and kiss her. She tries to pull away but I don't let her.

"Logan…" She mumbles.

"Hmmm…" I start to trail kisses down her neck. "Do you have any idea how badly I want to make love to you right now?"

"I know." She whispers. "But you know we can't." She reminds me and I groan in dissatisfaction. "Oh come on, Logan." She coaxes as her arms get wrapped around my neck. "Think about it. By this time tomorrow we'll be married."

I grin. "I know. I'm so happy."

"Me too." We kiss again. "You better get going." She tells me.

"Yeah, I better go." I give her a long kiss then. "Goodnight, Ace. I love you."

"I love you too, Logan. Goodnight."

I turn and head down the hallway to my suite and find Colin, Finn, Seth, and Robert already drinking about ready to start a poker game.

"Are you going to play Logan?" Colin asks me as he shuffles the cards.

"Yeah sure." I say as I take a seat in between Finn and Seth. "What a night. It was quite a party."

"Thank you, thank you." Finn gets up and does a little bow.

"You would take all the credit for it, wouldn't you Finn?" Colin groans.

"Jealous?" Finn smirks.

"Hardly." Colin scoffs then proceeds to deal the cards. "So what did you get from Rory?"

"A watch." I gather my cards and sift through them. "A pretty cool watch actually."

"Excellent mate. So did she like the necklace?"

"Yeah, I think so." I tell them.

We play a couple games which I lose both but luckily it's not a lot of money; well by my standards it's not.

"Aren't you guys supposed to be letting me win considering that I'm getting married and how I paid for the wedding not to mention your guys' week long trip to Vegas while I'm on my honeymoon?"

"I will give you our trip to Vegas, Huntz but correct me if I'm wrong here isn't it your future wife's money that paid for the wedding?" Robert smirks.

"No." I argue.

"Uh, yeah." Colin chimes in. "I think the only things that you have paid for were our trip and Rory's gifts. Everything else over the next two weeks was paid for by Rory."

"Excuse me…" I glare. "That is not the case and you all know it. We split the rehearsal dinner and I also paid for the honeymoon too. Quite frankly the wedding was paid for by Richard and Emily as they allotted her an amount they wanted her to spend on it. As for the rest of the trip, it was her great-grandma who gave her the guidelines on how to spend it."

"Ahh…" Seth nods. "That's right. Rory's great-grandma. My grandpa told me she was something else."

"From what Rory has told me which wasn't much but what she knew of her, she was something else." Which is true. She told me all about how her great-grandma couldn't stand Emily or the fact that she had married one of her cousins. I know that freaked Rory out the most.

"How is she doing with this whole LDB initiation?" Colin asks as we place bets.

"You saw her. As long as you don't bring it up or tease her about it, she's fine. You start to tease her about it, she starts plotting. You know that, Colin. Think about our trip to New York and Palo Alto."

Colin smirks. "That's right. She honestly shouldn't worry that much."

"I know that and you know that Colin but when it comes to Rory, it's in one ear and out the other."

"Do you think she's ready for this?" Seth asks honestly and I frown.

"Are you talking physically or mentally?"

"Both."

"Yeah, I think she's more than ready on both fronts. She's been at the gym at my work I'd say a good 2 or 3 times a week."

"Really?" Finn looks amazed.

"Yeah. I actually caught her once on the treadmill and there was another time she was lifting weights." I did a double take when I witnessed it. I thought surely I was dreaming.

All the guys start laughing.

"What? It's true."

"Forgive us, mate but Rory hates exercising and you expect us to believe that she's been lifting weights?" Finn says in between chuckles.

"She has." I insist as I take a drink of my scotch. "Think about it. You two helped us move into the condo."

"Yeah so?" Colin asks.

"Well think about how it differed from when we moved into the house. Do you remember her carrying a lot of heavy stuff when we moved into the house?"

"No." They answer in unison.

"And how about when we moved into the condo?"

Finn and Colin get quiet then.

"Yeah, she did. She started to work out in anticipation of our condo move. The added benefit of course is that it will come in handy for the initiation. Don't worry; she's ready." I confirm.

We play 3 more games and I am able to win 2 of them before I decide it's time for me to head to bed. The rest of the guys are still playing and I have no idea whether or not they will even go to bed. It's not uncommon for us to play the whole night through.

I wake up at 10 o'clock and stretch. I grin. This is going to be a great day, I vow to myself. I'm going to make sure of it. I hear talking outside my bedroom and I know the guys are still playing poker. I reach over on my nightstand and grab my BlackBerry. It's time to text my beautiful bride.

Good Morning Ace

A moment later I get a response

Good Morning Logan. Sleep OK?

Slept fine, I text her, u?

Great

Ready 2 b Mrs. Huntzberger?

Was ready 5 months ago

I'm grinning from ear to ear now.

"Ahh…Logan looks as giddy as a schoolgirl." Finn drolls as he sticks his head in the bedroom. "He must be talking to reporter girl."

"I'm texting her yes." I clarify as I get a new message from her.

Need 2 go. C u soon. Luv u

Luv u 2. I have never in my life been this content with the way my life is going. My job is going amazing, we have settled in well to the new condo in San Francisco, and Rory…well, there are no words to describe Rory. She's just incredible. Between the move, planning the wedding, and preparing to take on the task of editor in chief of the online magazine, I'm surprised that she hasn't collapsed from exhaustion. The time hasn't come yet apparently but somehow I think it will be soon.

I had thought that it would take Rory a long time to adjust to the California way of living but she seemed to adapt to it fairly easily. Granted she was homesick for about the first 10 days or so and was calling her mom like every 3 hours but that soon dissipated.

We have the immediate future planned out. Rory will start the editor job in January. She will actually be able to interview and hire who she wants for her staff. Scott and I decided how many people we would need for the start the online magazine We figured there would be about 15 people to start with and the possibility to go up to 25.

As for the subject of kids, we covered that too but I think we'll hold off on that for a couple years. That way we can enjoy our newlywed life. Don't get me wrong, though. I can't wait until we do. To have a little girl with my blonde hair and Rory's blue eyes or a little boy with Rory's auburn locks and my brown eyes will be pure heaven.

"Logan!" Colin bangs on my bedroom door then comes in. "Hey! You need to get going! We have to be at the church at noon for pictures."

"OK." I nod then glance over at my clock and do a double take. God, it's almost 11. Colin's right. I need to get going. I dash into the bathroom and take a quick shower. I step out 15 minutes later after shaving and drying my hair. I come out of the bedroom after putting on my Ralph Lauren tux and hunter green cummerbund. I see all of the guys there in their wedding attire and Honor is among with them wearing her plum bridesmaid dress.

"Well, he emerges." Finn comments.

"Here I am." I state as I'm trying to tie my bowtie. I gaze at Honor curiously. "Honor, what are you doing in here? Shouldn't you be with the bridesmaids?"

"I was but I wanted to check and see how you were doing." She pushes my hands away and ties my bowtie for me.

"I'm doing great." I tell her honestly. "You look beautiful by the way."

She smiles. "Thank you. I love this dress. Rory has excellent taste when it comes to bridesmaids dresses."

"Speaking of, how does my bride look?" I ask curiously. It doesn't matter what she says though. I know Rory will look gorgeous. Rory always looks gorgeous.

"Amazing." Honor beams. "She looks absolutely amazing."

I grin. I can't wait to see her. I head into my bedroom to grab my wallet and also the watch that Rory got me. Honor follows me in and shuts the door behind her.

I frown at the gesture. "What are you doing?"

"Umm…" She's hesitating. This can't be good. "Are you going to say anything to them about what you found out?"

I sigh. I was actually wrestling with that last night. "I don't know, Honor. I want to keep this day peaceful. If I say anything to them it's going to be after the dinner. Not that it really matters anyway."

Honor scowls. "Why do you say that?"

"Because we've got the biggest hypocrites for parents, Honor. Now that they know that she's an heiress, they'll be sweet as pie to her. I don't know. I'm going to do some more contemplating here before I do anything." I tell her as we head back into the living room.

Fifteen minutes later, we pull up to Saint Paul's Chapel and file out of the limo one by one. The outside has tons of flowers and decorations and a marquee declaring that it's the Gilmore-Huntzberger wedding. I'm in the sanctuary of the church, discussing with Colin and Finn which one of them I think is going to get married next when the doors fly open and there she is…my angel. She looks as gorgeous as I thought she would. In a word…she's breathtaking.

I know; it's pretty short. The next chapter is the wedding. In case you can't guess my favorite jewelry store is Tiffany's(and I'm nowhere near one). I use it a lot though for my Gossip Girl story that I'm writing. Oh! And as for the Rory working out in the gym, when I had originally planned this story out, there was going to be a chapter(or part of a chapter) that actually had her working out but I couldn't fit it in. In next few chapters there will be little hints about where they're going for the LDB event. If anyone wants to know, I'll tell you, just let me know in a review. I promise next chapter will be out on Wednesday. Reviews please! I love them!