Hello all! Here is Chapter 17! Thank you for reading! Please review and keep reading! You won't be disappointed!

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January 22nd 2001- Luke and Lorelais Wedding Day- The Reception/After Party

After telling the guests to start partying, Lorelai and Luke go over to their giant dining table, that is large enough for the whole town to sit at. Lorelai takes Luke's hand in hers and leads him over to their seats, which are in the very middle of the table. Rory and April follow them over. April looks at her mother with a big smile, "Mom, you look like a princess. The dress is beautiful." April looks at her father and smiles again, "Dad, you look like a prince." Luke smiles at his youngest and gives her a wink, then looks over at Rory, "Pumpkin, you're so very quiet. What's up?" Rory looks over at April and gives her a mischievous smile, "April has a surprise for you. But not until we do toasts and you guys cut the cake." April pushes Luke into his chair and pulls out her mothers chair, "Sit. Sit. We have to get started." Lorelai sticks her tongue out at Rory, who is sitting next to Luke on his right. April sits next to Lorelai, on her left, and smiles at her mother, "This is one of fun parts."

Kirk ushers everyone to their seats and smiles, "Hello everyone. As the best man, I'd like to welcome you all to the wedding that we waited thirty years for…" He pauses to gain his thoughts, "… I knew Luke long before Lorelai. But I've known Lorelai since elementary school. The year was 1972. Lorelai was in kindergarten, and Luke was in second grade. From the moment I saw them look at each other, I knew they were meant to be. He never stopped talking about her when they were apart. That happened many times because of Lorelais mother. But they always found each other again. I will say that they are amazing parents to Rory and April. I'm so proud of everything they have accomplished in thirty years. So please raise your glasses." Everyone raises their glasses and Kirk smiles, "Here's to the Bride and Groom."

Around the tent, glasses clink, hands applaud, Kirk sits, and Sookie stands, "Hello everyone. I'm so happy to be here tonight as maid of honor. Lorelai and I go way back. We met a few days before she met the love of her life…" Sookie pauses with tears in her eyes, "…I can't believe, it's been thirty years. I'm so happy that you finally have him for good this time. You two were made for each other. You two have so much more left to accomplish, in this lifetime. I can't wait to see what you guys do next. I can't wait to keep seeing my nieces grow up. You are amazing parents. And I can't wait for more little angels. I love you both so much…" Sookie pauses to raise her glass, "To the Bride and Groom. May you have many amazing years together." Glasses clink around the room again, hands applaud, Sookie sits down, and April stands up. April walks over to the stage and stands by the piano. A pianist comes over and takes a seat on the piano bench. April smiles at her parents then looks around the room, "Hi everyone. Thank you for coming to my parents wedding. I'd like to sing a special song, that I picked just for them. I hope you like it mom and dad."

The pianist starts playing, "At Last", by Etta James. Aprils strong soprano voice echoes through the room, causing everyone to gasp in surprise. Lorelai whispers to Luke, "Babe. She's amazing. I didn't know she could sing like that. Sure the occasional goofy singing, but not like this." She turns to Rory, "Did you know that she could sing?" Rory nods her head, "Yep. We both kept it a secret from you. She wanted to serenade you and dad. So surprise!"

Once April hits the last note, the whole room breaks out into tears and applause. Luke and Lorelai are sobbing like babies, and yelling, "That's our baby!" April grins, "To the Bride and Groom, whom I am so lucky to call my mom and dad." April walks off the stage, and is engulfed in a giant hug by her parents.

Once April is siting back in her chair, Rory runs up to the stage, "Hello everyone. Welcome. I'm so happy to be here tonight. My parents are finally married. It's taken them thirty years to get here. Wow. How far we've come. As you all know, my dad had missed out on four years of my life. I still remember meeting him for the very first time. It was the day my grandpa William passed away. It was a sad, but happy day for me. I was glad to get to know my grandfather, for the first four years of my life that he was alive, but the only thing missing was my dad. I remember my dad loving me so much, like he hadn't missed all of that time. I remember watching him and my mom, love each other like no time had passed for them either. He had also missed seven years of Aprils life. Even though we had some road blocks along the way, we were able to find each other. My mom was so overjoyed when we were finally able to call ourselves a family. She had been so torn apart…" Rory pauses to wipe the tears out of her eyes…, "I'm so lucky to be your daughter. You both have no idea. You've given me everything I could ever want, and more. Thank you." Rory can barely say anything else, as she chokes back happy sobs.

As she walks back to her seat, Richard rises from his seat, and walks to the microphone, "Hello everyone. Thank you for coming to this amazing wedding. I'd like to say a few words before the Bride and Groom speak. I am the proud father of the Bride. When Lorelai was about to turn four, my wife Emily, wanted Lorelai to go to private school. Lorelai had over heard our conversation, and she wasn't having it. She marched right up to her mother and said, 'Mom, I want to go to elementary school in Stars Hollow. And that's final!' She was very adamant about it. So, I finally convinced Emily to let Lorelai go to school in Stars Hollow. That beautiful August day, was first day that I had seen Lorelai smile in a long time…", Richard smiles and wipes a tear off of his cheek, "…Luke has been so good to her, and for her. I trusted him to be her protector, and he has exceeded expectations." Richard sighs, "The day she found out that she was pregnant, Emily had found the pregnancy test in the trash. Emily confronted Lorelai, and told her despicable things. I was supportive, I knew how amazing Luke and Lorelai would be as parents. They had actually been separated for a month when Lorelai found out…", Richard pauses and looks at Luke, "… But, once Rory was almost five years old, Lorelai decided to tell Luke that he was Rorys father. I watched Luke take care of Rory, and he was so good to her. I knew that I made a good choice of allowing Luke to keep being with Lorelai, when Emily had shunned him out of her life. Even through all the times Luke was forced to stay away from Lorelai, I supported them and tried to make sure that they'd see each other again. Once April was brought home, I saw something change in Luke. He was suddenly was superman to two little girls. I watched him mature." Richard looks over at Lorelai and smiles, "For Lorelai, becoming a mother to April and Rory and a lifelong partner to Luke, made her mature greatly. She became Wonder Woman to her daughters and her husband. I'm so proud of her for everything that she's accomplished. I'm so proud of the both of you!" Richard raises his glass, "To my daughter and Son-In-Law."

As glasses are raised,Richard goes back to his seat and sits, as Luke stands up with a microphone in his hand, "Hey everybody. Thanks for coming and being a part of this special day for me and the little missus." Everyone laughs as Luke gives Lorelai a playful grin, "I'd like to say thank you to my father in law, for everything he's done for the past thirty years." Luke looks down at Lorelai, "I would like to say a few words to my wife. Without her… I wouldn't be who I am today." Lorelai tilts her head up to meet Luke's eyes, and he takes her hand in his, "Lorelai, I can't believe it's been thirty years already. We so young, but I knew that I loved you more than anything in the world. You have made me a better man. You let me know that I'm stronger than I think I am, that I can do anything I want. Because of you, Rory, and April, also your confidence in me… I opened our diner. I know that myname is on the sign, and I'm the one who works there. But that diner, is ours." Lorelai pulls Luke down a bit, to wipe a tear off of his cheek. Luke clears his throat and grips her hand tighter, "You have given me so much. Like, our two beautiful daughters. Our two most wonderful gifts. They are just like you in many ways then one. They maybe act like me, just a little bit… but they are you. But I love them just as they are." He starts choking up and kisses Lorelais hand,"I just love you so much, baby. I can't imagine my life without you. You are everything to me. You are so beautiful, hardworking, hard headed, strong willed, and crazy. But that's what makes you… you. I'll never forget the day we met, and you yelled at me. Scared me to death. But then I asked you, 'What cha reading?', and the rest was history. I never looked back, and I'm glad I didn't." Luke smiles as Kirk walks over and hands him his signature blue baseball cap, "With this ring, this cap is also a true testament of my love and devotion to you. I promise to never take it off, except for dinner with your father, or anything that won't allow me to wear my hat…" Luke pauses to put the hat on his head, "…This night is an exception. But don't worry I'll take it off for the pictures." Luke pauses again to raise his glass, "To my wife. My angelic and beautiful wife. To many more years to come."

Once Luke sits back down, Lorelai kisses him sweetly, takes the microphone, and stands, "Hello my large but lovely family. I'm so glad you could make it. I've dreamed of this day since I was three. I actually met my husband, a year later. So I think it was fate. Our daughters call it luck. But, it was more of a dream." She pauses to recount the day they met, " He was the most beautiful little boy that I had ever seen. I can't tell you how many times in the past thirty years, I've apologized to him for totally yelling at him, the moment we first met. He was so sweet to me afterwards through." Lorelai smiles, " He had the hugest love for Star Trek, and flannel shirts. His favorite book back then, was ' Journey To The Center Of The Earth'. I think it still is." She looks down at Luke to get confirmation, who tries to act like it's not true, when his eyes tell a different story. Lorelai giggles, "Lucas, you are a really bad liar." She tosses her hair and smiles, "I just wanted to take a minute to tell you that I love you so much, and to thank you for everything. I am so lucky to have you as my husband, and the father of our two beautiful daughters." Lorelai takes a breath and raps her hand around the locket around her neck, "So you promised me that you'd always wear your hat? Well, I promise to keep wearing the locket you gave me. With this ring, this locket is also a true testament of my love and devotion to you." Lorelai stops to look at Luke again, and hears quiet sobs and sniffles around the tent. She starts choking up, and raises her glass, "To you my love. My one true love. My only love. My best friend. I'll love you always and forever, backwards baseball cap."

Once Lorelai sits down, Sookie stands up and snaps her fingers, "Time to cut the cake!" A few men and women wheel in a giant buttercream frosting, gold and blue wedding cake with tons of daisies on it. Luke gets up and takes Lorelais hand, and leads her over to the cake. Sookie hands them their initial engraved cake cutting knife, and Luke looks at Lorelai with a twinkle in his eye. As the photographer snaps pictures, Lorelai returns the twinkle back.

Lorelai takes the knife into her hand, and Luke places his hand over hers, and together they cut into the cake, cutting the very first slice. After cutting, Luke takes his fork and gets a piece of cake on it for Lorelai. Lorelai also takes her fork and gets a piece of cake on it for Luke. They then intertwine arms, and feed each other a piece of cake. When Luke notices a piece of cake on the side of her mouth, he giggles and leans in, "Kiss?" Lorelai smiles and leans in. As Luke goes to press his lips against hers, he slides his tongue along her bottom and top lip and slowly makes a quick slide around the corner of her mouth. Lorelai laughs and whispers, "Tease." Luke chuckles and seductively whispers , "Don't worry. This is just foreplay."

After the cutting of the cake, Lorelai stands up and looks at Richard, "Dad, let's dance." Richard smiles at her, takes her hand, and heads to the dance floor, where "I hope you dance", by Lee Ann Womack plays.

As they dance, Richard stays silent, but he beams with pride at his little girl, who is now a married woman.

After their father/daughter dance, Richard walks back into the sea of guests, while Luke is pushed out on to the floor by Sookie. Lorelai sits on a chair and pulls up her dress to show off her garter and she smiles brightly at Luke, "Honey. It's time to throw it out into the crowd of men!" Luke chuckles and gets down on his knees, and slowly pulls the lacy garter down and off of her leg, while gently caressing her leg on purpose. He stands up and throws it to the crowd of men. Finally a voice shouts, "I got it!" Luke looks around and sees Kirk holding it in his hand and Luke sighs, " Oh geez. Did Kirk really have to catch it?" Sookie runs over and hands Lorelai her bouquet, "Okay sweetie. Just throw it." Lorelai turns around and has her back to all the ladies as she throws it. Suddenly, Lorelai hears Lulu exclaim, "I caught it! I did it!" Lorelai giggles, then looks at Kirk, "She's all yours Kirk." Kirk goes over and takes Lulus hand, and they both smile at each other.

Luke takes Lorelais hand in his as they make their way to the microphone, "I just wanna thank everyone for being here today. Now, the party is about to get even more exciting!" Lorelai turns the microphone to herself, "The whole park is open to everyone. Go ride on Dumbo or go meet Mickey Mouse! Food is everywhere for you to pig out! Enjoy and have fun!" Everyone cheers and runs out to the park.

Lorelai looks at Luke, "Let's go walk around and enjoy everything. I'm going to take you to meet Mickey and Goofy." Luke chuckles, "I'll do it… but only cause I love you crazy lady." Lorelai smirks, "Can I get you to wear a pair of Mickey ears?" Luke groans, "No. Not happening." Lorelai pouts and crosses her arms, "But Luuukkkkeee. Please. How about over your baseball cap?" Luke tries to keep his stance on the subject, but Lorelais pouty face takes it all away, "Fine. Put them on me." Lorelai laughs an evil laugh as she puts the ears over Luke's baseball cap, "Hahaha. My pout strikes again." Lorelai looks him over, "Why my mighty fine stud, you look gorgeous. I love you." Luke intertwines their fingers, "You are so beautiful. And I love you too."