A/N: Ok everyone so that big moment is finally here! This is the last
chapter to this story. I can't believe it's finally over. It's kinda
weird. Because even when I'm not updating often (like the past month) I'm
still thinking of what I could write into my story. So I'm going to try
and finish 'In Anothers Eyes' super quick because I have thought of another
story. I'm not sure if it's been done before or not, but I don't really
care because if it has it hasn't been done the exact same way as me... You
get what I'm saying? I just hope you guys will like it as much as you have
liked this one. So again thanks for all the supporting reviews and thanks
for sticking in there with me when I had so much trouble with uploading
chapters those couple of times. Thanks everyone. Smile1 told me to go out
with a bang and I really hope I did. Give me your overall reviews of the
story please, good or bad or both it doesn't matter. You guys have been
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*~Oddmoonbi~*
What The Heart Wants 41
Usual Disclaimers Apply
"Oh jeez, oh jeez! Sookie I can't do this."
"Yes you can Lorelai." Sookie said as she put more make-up on Lorelai's face.
Rory sat beside her mom putting her heels on. "Mom it will be ok, Luke will be right there beside you. And I'll be right behind you. And if you want to get into deep detail Grandma and Grandpa will be right there in the front row if you need them."
Rory received a dirty look from her mother for her comment. "And why would I need them?"
Sookie just watched the two argue.
"Well, Lane will be in the third row if you should need her." Rory looked over at Sookie real quick for support, Sookie started nodding her head and both women looked back at Lorelai.
"Yea, yea Lorelai, Lane will be in the third row if you need her."
Lorelai let out a loud sigh. "What will I need her for? It's my wedding, and unless she has gotten married and just not told anyone I really don't think she could help me with anything." Lorelai saw both Sookie and Rory start to say something. She pulled a flat hand under her chin from one side to the other. "Anything."
"Yes ma'am." Rory answered and returned to her shoes.
"Yes ma'am." And Sookie returned to Lorelai's make-up.
"Hmmp." Lorelai just rolled her eyes.
***
"Are you sure this is right, I mean what if she said yes just because she pities me?" Luke paced back and forth across the room, then stopped and looked at Jess for an answer.
Jess was sitting carelessly in a chair in his tux, which of course was putting wrinkles in it. Jess leaned forward and rested his elbows on his knees then put his chin on the back of his fingers. "Yea Luke, she's marrying you because she pities you. She thinks that if you marry her then you will move in with her into her castle in the woods on top of the mountain. And then she can make you her slave."
Luke just looked at Jess, and then shrugged his shoulders. "That doesn't sound too bad. Ah what am I saying?" He threw his hands in the air and started pacing again. Jess just laughed and leaned back in the chair. Luke again stopped and turned to Jess; he pointed at Jess then yelled. "What the heck do you think your doing?"
"Sitting, why what does it look like to you?"
"Well to me it looks like your trying to ruin my wedding by wrinkling your tux. Now get up." Luke threw his fist back with his thumb out.
Jess put his hands in the air. "Ok, ok jeez." He then set his hands on the arms of the chair and pushed himself up. "I thought it was the women that were supposed to worry about these things." Luke just threw him a dirty glance, one that just made Jess smirk. "Ok listen Uncle Luke, she loves you and you love her. You both always have, you both are just too oblivious to know it." Jess walked over to Luke and put his hand on his shoulder. "Ok, trust me."
Luke just looked at Jess out the corner of his eyes, and then he turned to face him. "I don't know if I should. I mean what if all that business about me becoming a slave is all true?" Both men started laughing, relieving some of the days stress.
***
Rory walked down the hall and out to the doorway, she glanced to her right and saw Jess standing there. She smiled, and then looked back at all the guest in their seats. There really wasn't that many, at least not to them. Just the town people and then Luke's and Lorelai's parents and close family and then some outside friends. Rory took a deep breath; she knew that once she stepped out that door that it was no turning back, she would start the process of her mother's marriage. She let the breath out then took the step, Jess held his elbow out and she put her arm threw his. Both smiling they walked down the isle together. Jess leaned over a little.
"This is a little weird huh?"
"A little, you might want to look up the definition."
"I saw you had trouble taking that first step huh?"
"A little." Rory tried to focus on keeping her smile in place and not crying.
"I got a dictionary in my car, you can borrow it."
With that they split and Jess walked by Luke, he gave him a pat on the shoulder then took his place behind him. Rory took her place right across from Jess. Then Sookie and Jackson walked down the isle and took their places. Then the music started and all the guest stood and turned to watch Lorelai walk down the isle. Luke looked up and there she was walking beside her father. She was wearing a long white dress, with a long train. Luke was in awe, she was more beautiful than he had ever seen. Before he knew it she was standing next to him, and the ceremony had started.
The Preacher stood behind Lorelai and Luke. "Who gives this bride?"
"We do." Richard answered then went and sat beside Emily. Lorelai smiled at her parents they were actually being nice. She returned her eyes to Luke's and smiled, he returned her smile with one of his own.
***
After the wedding Luke and Lorelai went and changed, then the reception was held in the middle of town. There were tables set up with Sookie's food on them. Then there were tables with chairs around them and people filling them. Jess and Rory were sitting beside each other. Lorelai and Luke were sitting with Sookie and Jackson. Lane and Dave were sitting with Jess and Rory.
"When are the toasts going to start?" Lane squealed. "I wanna toast!"
"What are you going to toast to Lane?" Rory asked after sipping her champagne.
"I...I...I don't know, I just want to ok."
Everyone at the table except Lane started laughing. "Alright Lane, I'll start the toasts ok." Jess grabbed his glass and stood walking out so everyone could see and hear him.
Mrs. Patty hollered. "Oh everyone, a toast, a toast! Quiet now, quiet."
Everything became quiet, and everyone's eyes were on Jess. He swallowed, then looked over at Rory she gave him an encouraging smile. He now regretted standing up right away, he had no idea what he was going to say. He turned to face Lorelai and Luke's table.
"I'm not to sure about what I'm supposed to say, I'm not too good at these things." There was a little laugh from everyone. "But I do know that I hope you two are happy together. Everyone in this town has waited for this day to come, and I know that they have known you two, have known the story behind you both longer than I have. But when I first came here, the chemistry between you both was the very first thing that I noticed. So Luke and Lorelai Danes I hope you have a great marriage together." Everyone but Jess raised their glasses. "But I'm not done quite yet. The second person I noticed in this town." He turned and faced Rory. Rory's face went white, and her heart skipped a beat. Lane's mouth was wide open when she turned to look at Rory, but Rory didn't notice, her eyes were locked with Jess's.
"When I first noticed her, I knew there was something different about her. I wasn't sure what it was, but I knew it was there and that inspired me to get to know her. So I pulled some tricks to get her attention. And of course it worked." Rory started to blush and looked down, she brought her eyes back up to Jess's. "But, no one knew who done any of it. But of course she did. Nobody ever liked me, I was the rebel, the bad guy, and I always caused all the trouble. If someone accidentally spent more money than they thought they did, or didn't shelve something that they thought they had. I was automatically blamed because I was different, I wasn't from here. I was raised differently, and I didn't talk that much. So that made me trouble. But for Rory, she ignored all the warnings from people telling her that I was trouble." Jess turned and looked at all the town people. "And I have forgiven all of you for that, because I realized that it really doesn't matter." He turned back to Rory and once again locked eye contact. "But then I realized that I loved her when I left for New York and she skipped school and missed her mother's graduation to come and bring me home. But of course I was stubborn and didn't come home right away, but when I did decide to come back it was Sookie's wedding day. And she came to welcome me home, but the welcome was more than I was expecting."
"Then of course I had to leave her again when things got too hard in school for me. But this time we were together. And I hurt her, I hurt her bad. I didn't want to leave; I just didn't want to disappoint her. And of course now, now I know that, that's no excuse for leaving her like that. Leaving right before major events in her life when she would need me. But then after five years we found each other again. And of all the places to meet again, in a laundry mat, when we both were behind on washing our clothes." Everyone laughed, then again it was silence and Jess continued with his story. "We've been threw a lot since I've known her and she's always stuck by me, but I truthfully can't say that for myself. I've run out on her a lot of times. But I'm thankful that I've had another chance to show her that I'm here for her. But hopefully I can make-up for one or two of the times that I've run out on her." Jess looked down at the ground, and took a deep breath. Then he looked up to find that Rory hadn't moved. Her eyes were full of tears, and she had a small smile on her face. He again returned her smile with his. He made eye contact and locked it. "Lorelai Leigh Gilmore." Lorelai and Sookie both took in deep breaths. And then both grabbed their husband's hands. "Will you marry me?" Jess then was the only one that raised his glass.
Rory's eyes were full of tears and she was hoping that she had heard him correctly. But then when she felt Lane grab and squeeze her arm she knew it was real. Rory jumped up and ran to Jess; she threw her arms around his neck and kissed him. Neither one of them heard the town's cheering, they were so in-tuned with each other. Both realizing that everything was right, and that nothing would be wrong again.
*~Oddmoonbi~*
What The Heart Wants 41
Usual Disclaimers Apply
"Oh jeez, oh jeez! Sookie I can't do this."
"Yes you can Lorelai." Sookie said as she put more make-up on Lorelai's face.
Rory sat beside her mom putting her heels on. "Mom it will be ok, Luke will be right there beside you. And I'll be right behind you. And if you want to get into deep detail Grandma and Grandpa will be right there in the front row if you need them."
Rory received a dirty look from her mother for her comment. "And why would I need them?"
Sookie just watched the two argue.
"Well, Lane will be in the third row if you should need her." Rory looked over at Sookie real quick for support, Sookie started nodding her head and both women looked back at Lorelai.
"Yea, yea Lorelai, Lane will be in the third row if you need her."
Lorelai let out a loud sigh. "What will I need her for? It's my wedding, and unless she has gotten married and just not told anyone I really don't think she could help me with anything." Lorelai saw both Sookie and Rory start to say something. She pulled a flat hand under her chin from one side to the other. "Anything."
"Yes ma'am." Rory answered and returned to her shoes.
"Yes ma'am." And Sookie returned to Lorelai's make-up.
"Hmmp." Lorelai just rolled her eyes.
***
"Are you sure this is right, I mean what if she said yes just because she pities me?" Luke paced back and forth across the room, then stopped and looked at Jess for an answer.
Jess was sitting carelessly in a chair in his tux, which of course was putting wrinkles in it. Jess leaned forward and rested his elbows on his knees then put his chin on the back of his fingers. "Yea Luke, she's marrying you because she pities you. She thinks that if you marry her then you will move in with her into her castle in the woods on top of the mountain. And then she can make you her slave."
Luke just looked at Jess, and then shrugged his shoulders. "That doesn't sound too bad. Ah what am I saying?" He threw his hands in the air and started pacing again. Jess just laughed and leaned back in the chair. Luke again stopped and turned to Jess; he pointed at Jess then yelled. "What the heck do you think your doing?"
"Sitting, why what does it look like to you?"
"Well to me it looks like your trying to ruin my wedding by wrinkling your tux. Now get up." Luke threw his fist back with his thumb out.
Jess put his hands in the air. "Ok, ok jeez." He then set his hands on the arms of the chair and pushed himself up. "I thought it was the women that were supposed to worry about these things." Luke just threw him a dirty glance, one that just made Jess smirk. "Ok listen Uncle Luke, she loves you and you love her. You both always have, you both are just too oblivious to know it." Jess walked over to Luke and put his hand on his shoulder. "Ok, trust me."
Luke just looked at Jess out the corner of his eyes, and then he turned to face him. "I don't know if I should. I mean what if all that business about me becoming a slave is all true?" Both men started laughing, relieving some of the days stress.
***
Rory walked down the hall and out to the doorway, she glanced to her right and saw Jess standing there. She smiled, and then looked back at all the guest in their seats. There really wasn't that many, at least not to them. Just the town people and then Luke's and Lorelai's parents and close family and then some outside friends. Rory took a deep breath; she knew that once she stepped out that door that it was no turning back, she would start the process of her mother's marriage. She let the breath out then took the step, Jess held his elbow out and she put her arm threw his. Both smiling they walked down the isle together. Jess leaned over a little.
"This is a little weird huh?"
"A little, you might want to look up the definition."
"I saw you had trouble taking that first step huh?"
"A little." Rory tried to focus on keeping her smile in place and not crying.
"I got a dictionary in my car, you can borrow it."
With that they split and Jess walked by Luke, he gave him a pat on the shoulder then took his place behind him. Rory took her place right across from Jess. Then Sookie and Jackson walked down the isle and took their places. Then the music started and all the guest stood and turned to watch Lorelai walk down the isle. Luke looked up and there she was walking beside her father. She was wearing a long white dress, with a long train. Luke was in awe, she was more beautiful than he had ever seen. Before he knew it she was standing next to him, and the ceremony had started.
The Preacher stood behind Lorelai and Luke. "Who gives this bride?"
"We do." Richard answered then went and sat beside Emily. Lorelai smiled at her parents they were actually being nice. She returned her eyes to Luke's and smiled, he returned her smile with one of his own.
***
After the wedding Luke and Lorelai went and changed, then the reception was held in the middle of town. There were tables set up with Sookie's food on them. Then there were tables with chairs around them and people filling them. Jess and Rory were sitting beside each other. Lorelai and Luke were sitting with Sookie and Jackson. Lane and Dave were sitting with Jess and Rory.
"When are the toasts going to start?" Lane squealed. "I wanna toast!"
"What are you going to toast to Lane?" Rory asked after sipping her champagne.
"I...I...I don't know, I just want to ok."
Everyone at the table except Lane started laughing. "Alright Lane, I'll start the toasts ok." Jess grabbed his glass and stood walking out so everyone could see and hear him.
Mrs. Patty hollered. "Oh everyone, a toast, a toast! Quiet now, quiet."
Everything became quiet, and everyone's eyes were on Jess. He swallowed, then looked over at Rory she gave him an encouraging smile. He now regretted standing up right away, he had no idea what he was going to say. He turned to face Lorelai and Luke's table.
"I'm not to sure about what I'm supposed to say, I'm not too good at these things." There was a little laugh from everyone. "But I do know that I hope you two are happy together. Everyone in this town has waited for this day to come, and I know that they have known you two, have known the story behind you both longer than I have. But when I first came here, the chemistry between you both was the very first thing that I noticed. So Luke and Lorelai Danes I hope you have a great marriage together." Everyone but Jess raised their glasses. "But I'm not done quite yet. The second person I noticed in this town." He turned and faced Rory. Rory's face went white, and her heart skipped a beat. Lane's mouth was wide open when she turned to look at Rory, but Rory didn't notice, her eyes were locked with Jess's.
"When I first noticed her, I knew there was something different about her. I wasn't sure what it was, but I knew it was there and that inspired me to get to know her. So I pulled some tricks to get her attention. And of course it worked." Rory started to blush and looked down, she brought her eyes back up to Jess's. "But, no one knew who done any of it. But of course she did. Nobody ever liked me, I was the rebel, the bad guy, and I always caused all the trouble. If someone accidentally spent more money than they thought they did, or didn't shelve something that they thought they had. I was automatically blamed because I was different, I wasn't from here. I was raised differently, and I didn't talk that much. So that made me trouble. But for Rory, she ignored all the warnings from people telling her that I was trouble." Jess turned and looked at all the town people. "And I have forgiven all of you for that, because I realized that it really doesn't matter." He turned back to Rory and once again locked eye contact. "But then I realized that I loved her when I left for New York and she skipped school and missed her mother's graduation to come and bring me home. But of course I was stubborn and didn't come home right away, but when I did decide to come back it was Sookie's wedding day. And she came to welcome me home, but the welcome was more than I was expecting."
"Then of course I had to leave her again when things got too hard in school for me. But this time we were together. And I hurt her, I hurt her bad. I didn't want to leave; I just didn't want to disappoint her. And of course now, now I know that, that's no excuse for leaving her like that. Leaving right before major events in her life when she would need me. But then after five years we found each other again. And of all the places to meet again, in a laundry mat, when we both were behind on washing our clothes." Everyone laughed, then again it was silence and Jess continued with his story. "We've been threw a lot since I've known her and she's always stuck by me, but I truthfully can't say that for myself. I've run out on her a lot of times. But I'm thankful that I've had another chance to show her that I'm here for her. But hopefully I can make-up for one or two of the times that I've run out on her." Jess looked down at the ground, and took a deep breath. Then he looked up to find that Rory hadn't moved. Her eyes were full of tears, and she had a small smile on her face. He again returned her smile with his. He made eye contact and locked it. "Lorelai Leigh Gilmore." Lorelai and Sookie both took in deep breaths. And then both grabbed their husband's hands. "Will you marry me?" Jess then was the only one that raised his glass.
Rory's eyes were full of tears and she was hoping that she had heard him correctly. But then when she felt Lane grab and squeeze her arm she knew it was real. Rory jumped up and ran to Jess; she threw her arms around his neck and kissed him. Neither one of them heard the town's cheering, they were so in-tuned with each other. Both realizing that everything was right, and that nothing would be wrong again.