** Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters of Gilmore Girls. If I were that all powerful then Jess would be staying put! So, in summation... Please don't sue me!**

March 2009

Adam and Rory stepped out of the limo and onto the Gilmore's front lawn.

"So… this is where you used to live?" He smiled slightly.

"Yeah." She said, looking around her and taking it all in.

She hadn't wanted to take the limo to Stars Hollow, but Adam had insisted they make a big entrance. She would have been happier taking the bus.

"Are we just going to stand here all day or …" He was interrupted by the ringing of his cell phone. He pulled it out of his jacket and turned away from Rory.

She smiled slightly and watched him for a moment. They had met just outside the building she worked in. He had been talking on his cell and walked right into her. At first she thought he was an obnoxious idiot. He sent her flowers to apologize. He'd been smitten from the first minute.

She had eventually agreed to go out with him and they had been dating ever since. That was almost a year ago.

"Rory!"

Rory looked up at the sound of her name being called. A large grin spread across her face when she saw her mother.

"Mom!" She called back, running across the yard to meet her.

They hugged for a moment and then Lorelai pulled back to look at Rory.

"You cut your hair." She smiled.

"Yes I did."

"It looks good." Lorelai nodded in approval.

Adam started shouting into his phone, causing them both to look over.

"So, that's the lucky guy, huh?" Laughed Lorelai.

Rory blushed.

"Yeah. Don't mind him… he does that a lot. He works for his dad, he's being prepared to 'take over' some day." She said, shaking her head.

"Did you tell him that he won't last 10 minutes around here wearing that suit?"

"Yes. But he likes suits." Smiled Rory.

"Hey Rory." Luke said, stepping out onto the porch.

"Hey Luke." She beamed back at him.

Lorelai and Luke had been married for 3 years. They'd finally gotten together just after she moved away to Yale. And they were married just under 2 years later.

"Hey Rea Rea."

Rory walked over and kissed her little sister on the forehead. Luke adjusted how he was holding her so she could see Rory better.

"She got big." Mused Rory.

"She did." Nodded Luke. "She has the same appetite as your mother."

"Poor thing." Laughed Rory.

"Hey, I heard that." Said Lorelai, finally bringing an end to her silent study of Rory's fiancé.

Adam finished his conversation and put his cell phone away.

"Sorry about that." He sighed, walking over to join them. "I'm going to have to stop working so hard. Apparently the company falls apart when I'm not within a 10 mile radius." He rolled his eyes.

"Must be nice to be loved." Smiled Lorelai, offering her hand to Adam. "I'm Lorelai. Mother-in-law to be I guess."

"Hi, Adam Hamilton." He said, taking her hand and shaking it briefly.

"Nice to meet you. This is Luke… he has his hands full right now, but I'm sure he'd shake your hand if he didn't." Said Lorelai, glaring at Luke briefly. She got the feeling he wasn't going to be fond of Adam.

"Nice to meet you Luke. Rory's talked about you both a lot." He nodded. "And I'm guessing this is Rhiannon?" He asked, holding his index finger out to Rhiannon who grabbed it with her whole hand and shook it.

"Yeah, our little bundle of joy." Said Luke. Rhiannon made a high pitched squealing noise.

"She's cute." Laughed Adam.

"She's vocal. I'm sure you'll get to hear her full range while you're here." Lorelai grinned, stroking Rhiannon's cheek with the back of her index finger.

They turned and headed inside.

"So, Adam, what kind of business are you in?" Asked Lorelai as she led them into the living room and cleared some of Rhiannon's toys off of the couch.

"Insurance." He smiled, straightening his tie.

"Oh gosh, my father is going to love you then." Said Lorelai, already imagining sitting through hours of boring insurance talk.

"Rory's told me all about him. I can't wait to meet everyone." He said enthusiastically, taking Rory's hand in his.

"That's great. Luke, you entertain our guest. Rory, come help mommy make drinks."

"Lorelai…" Luke protested.

"Be nice." She mouthed at him as she dragged Rory into the kitchen.

Luke and Adam sat and looked at each other in silence. Adam didn't know what to say to Luke and Luke had already made up his mind that he had nothing to say to Adam.

"So…" Said Lorelai, pulling some glasses out of the cupboard.

"What? Don't you like him?" Asked Rory, closing the fridge and placing the apple juice on the counter.

"It's not that honey. He's just… not the kind of guy I pictured you with." She sighed. "I don't want him to stifle you."

"What are you talking about?" Laughed Rory.

"Well… he's a lot like your grand father."

"Because he works in insurance?" Frowned Rory.

"No. Just… his whole demeanor. It seems very familiar." She sighed. "And… you're more of a free spirit than my mother was. I don't want you to end up being anything less than what you want to be." Said Lorelai gently.

"You think I'm going to end up like Grandma?" Smiled Rory, pouring the juice into the glasses.

"God, I hope not." She laughed. "Just… make sure you're sure."

"I'm as sure as I'm going to get in the next 7 days mom."

"Wow… that's so weird. You're getting married in a week." Said Lorelai, looking at Rory and shaking her head.

"I know. Adam wanted it to be as soon as possible. So I agreed on the condition that we could have the wedding here. In Stars Hollow."

Lorelai nodded and watched Rory put the juice back in the fridge. She was worried that Adam wasn't right for Rory. She had nothing against him, he seemed very nice. But something about him grated on her. Something about he and Rory didn't fit. Didn't belong.

She sighed and picked up two of the glasses, following Rory back into the living room.