Tristen pulled the car into the driveway, parking behind Lorelai's jeep. Turning to Rory, he said
"You ready?"
"As I'll ever be."
"Where's your ring?"
"Right here." She said, pulling a chain out from under her shirt, revealing her wedding band, "Where's yours?"
"Right here." He said, holding up his right hand and showing her the band.
"Did you bring the gift for William."
"Yeah." He said, patting his pocket, "So there's nothing else to do. I guess we should go."
They opened the door and climbed out of the car. Slowly they made their way up he sidewalk to the front door. Tristen rang the bell and a woman opened the door a moment later.
"Good evening Mr. DuGray, Ms Gilmore."
"Hi Sara." Rory said, as they stepped inside.
"Can I take your coats?"
"Thank you." Tristen said slipping off his coat & helping Rory with hers. He handed them to Sara
"Your families are in the living room."
"Thanks." Rory said, leading Tristen down the hall.
They walked into the living room. Rory saw her grandmother talking to her mother, her grandfather was playing with William and Luke was chatting with Janlen.
"Hi everyone." Rory said
William looked up to see his sister.
"Rory! Tristen!" he shouted, running over to them
Rory scooped him up in her arms.
"How's my favorite brother."
"I'm your only brother." He said
"Which is why you are my favorite." She said, hugging him again, "So how's school."
"Its okay. Mrs. Jackson is teaching us about the Solar System."
"Really, that sounds like fun."
"Yeah, we had a test and I got a 90 cause I forgot one planet."
"That's still good." She said, "And I think Tristen might have a special treat for you."
She let him go and he ran over to Tristen. Rory smiled as Tristen picked up William and carried him over to the couch. He pulled a small package out of his jacket and handed it to William. After opening it, William's face lit up. He hugged Tristen then ran off to show Luke and Janlen the book.
Lorelai watched her son talking to his father and Janlen. After a moment she walked over to Rory. Smiling, she said
"How I ended up with two kids that enjoyed reading so much is beyond me."
"Guess you were just lucky."
"So how is work?"
"Its great." She said, "Things have been steady so I'm always busy."
"And the house."
"Is coming together. I'm working on the bedrooms right now."
"And how is bible boy treating you."
"Wonderful." She said, "I have to tell you what he did the other day."
Lorelai pretended to cover her ears.
"I don't need to hear about my little girls sex life."
Rory began to blush.
"Mom." She whispered
Lorelai uncovered her ears.
"Sorry, so tell me what he did?"
"He invited Paris down for a visit. We spent the day shopping and relaxing."
"Sounds like fun. How is Paris?"
"She and Jamie got married last summer."
"Paris Geller got married." She said, "And she didn't invite you."
"They got married in Italy." Rory said, "And she's going to have a baby."
"Way to go Paris."
Rory started toying with the chain around her neck. She knew that she should tell her mom before they made the announcement.
"Mom, is there somewhere we can talk."
"We are talking."
"I need to tell you something."
"All right."
They walked out of the living room and into the hallway. Lorelai leaned against the table, looking at her daughter.
"So what's up?"
"I'm don't want you to get angry or upset."
"Conversations that start out that way are usually never good."
"Just promise me you won't."
"I can't do that until I know."
"I'm asking you to trust me mom."
"All right, I promise not to get upset. Its not like you got married or something."
Rory's eyes widened.
"You didn't…you got married."
Rory nodded, still not speaking.
"When? Where?"
"Yesterday at City Hall."
"Why?"
"I was going insane mom." She said, "The dresses, the invitations, the hall, the church, the guest lists, the music. I couldn't do it by myself."
"You could have called me. I would have helped."
"Mom, Tristen and I just wanted something simple."
"And I wanted to see my little girl walk down the aisle."
Before Rory could respond, Lorelai walked away, heading down the hall towards the living room.
"Mom wait."
Lorelai ignored her, walking into the living room. Everyone looked up as they entered the room.
"Mom, dad I'm sorry but we have to be going." She said, "Will get your things together, Luke can you get my coat please."
Luke started to stand when Rory said
"Mom please don't be mad."
Lorelai spun around
"Rory I don't want to talk about this anymore."
"What is going on." Emily asked
"Nothing." Lorelai said, turning to her mother.
"Mom." Rory said, "I'm not going to apologize for what I did. It was my choice."
"I demand to know what is going on." Emily said, making her way over to where her daughter and granddaughter stood, staring at each other.
Neither of them spoke. Tristen stood up and made his way over to where Rory was standing.
"I think I might be able to answer this one."
"No one is talking to you." Lorelai said
"Don't talk to him like that mom." Rory said
"I just want someone to tell me what is going on."
Lorelai turned to her mother. After a moment, she pointed to Rory and Tristen.
"They decided they did not want to wait until June to get married." She said, "So they got married yesterday in the city courthouse."
Emily turned to them.
"Is this true."
"Yes grandma." Rory said, " I realize that everyone is upset but this is what we wanted and I hope that you will all be able to understand that."
"But Rory, we had a perfectly wonderful ceremony planned for June."
"I know grandma but we didn't want it." She said, "Tristen and I wanted a simple ceremony."
"She's right Mrs. Gilmore." He said, "We didn't want the day to be about business deals or country club members."
When no one spoke, Rory turned to Tristen.
"I think its time we left. Please get our coats."
He nodded, walking out of the room.
"I'll call you in a couple days mom."
Tristen walked back in the living room, handing her her coat. She slipped it on and they walked out of the room. Rory felt the tears welling up in her eyes as they walked down the hall. Tristen slipped his arm around her shoulder, pulling her close to him. He kissed the top of her head.
"It will be all right." He whispered, leading her out the front door.
Meanwhile inside the house, everyone was silent. Finally Luke broke the silence.
"What is the matter with you two."
Lorelai and Emily turned to him.
"Luke you don't understand." Lorelai started
"Lorelai I understand more than you think." He said, "Rory is your daughter and you love her right."
"How could you even ask me that?"
"Because of the way you were acting." He said, "You are treating her like she committed a capital offense. She married the man that she loves."
"But its the way the way that she did it." Emily interrupted
"I believe that I must agree with Luke." Richard said, "The kids did nothing wrong. Lorelai if you ask me, Rory is a lot like you were at that age."
"That's not the point dad."
"If I may interject." Janlen said, getting to his feet. "I understand how upset you both are at the way that things have happened. However you also need to look at it from their point of view. Rory and Tristen are different that we are and than you are Lorelai. I believe that as long as they are happy than we should be happy for them."
"Janlen is right." Luke said, "Lorelai I will ask you one more question, do you want your relationship with Rory to be like the one you had with your parents when you were that age. Do you want Rory to only talk to you when necessary for almost 16 years, do you want your daughter to have a child and it be so hard to get together that you missed all the important parts of her growing up."
"Luke is right Emily." Richard said, "Do you want to miss any part of our granddaughter or our future great-grandchildren lives because of something so little."
Neither of them spoke. Finally Lorelai said
"I…I have to go."
With that she ran out of the room
Tristen and Rory slowly walked out to their car. He unlocked her door and opened it. As she was about to get in, she heard
"Rory! WAIT!"
She turned to see her mother running towards them. Moving away from the car, she ran to her mother. Lorelai threw her arms around her daughter.
"I don't want it to be like it was with my mother."
"What?"
"I don't want to lose you."
"You would never lose me mom."
Lorelai pulled back, wiping the tears off her daughter's cheeks.
"Is this really how you wanted it?"
"Yes mom." She said, "And we plan to have a small ceremony in June for family and close friends."
"I'll help."
"I know."
Lorelai pulled away from her daughter, looking at Tristen.
"Come here bible boy."
Tristen closed his door and walked over to them. Lorelai looked at him for a moment.
"You better treat her right."
"I plan to Lorelai."
Lorelai took a step forward, opening her arms. After a minute she hugged him.
"Take good care of my baby." She whispered
"I will." He whispered
Slowly they pulled apart. Lorelai turned back to her daughter.
"I almost forgot…congratulations babe."
Well I think that will be the end for now. Hope everyone enjoyed it.