Hello all you dedicated readers! This is the moment you've all been waiting for… here's the epilogue. Enjoy! All of my thank you's are at the end.
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Sixteen year old Jemma Mariano sat down at the kitchen table. "Hey, Mom?"
Rory looked up at her daughter. "Yeah, babe?"
"Can I get my belly button pierced?" Jemma asked.
"Why do you want one of those?" Rory inquired.
Jemma sighed. "Well, Aunt Lane and Uncle Dave are letting Journey get one."
"Lane and Dave also named her after an eighties band," Rory replied.
"So? You named me after yourself," Jemma stated.
"Yes, but we call you Jemma," Rory said.
"Come on, mom, just think about it," Jemma pleaded. "It's just a belly button ring."
"And then it's just a tattoo and just a tongue ring and just another ear piercing," Jess stated, coming down the stairs.
"Morning, Dad!" Jemma greeted.
"Hey, kid," Jess greeted, kissing his daughter's head. "Why all this talk of getting something pierced?"
"Well, Lane and Dave are letting Journey get one," Jemma said.
"And they also named her after an eighties band," Jess stated.
Jemma sighed. "God, you're worse than mom."
Jess smiled at Rory. "So, did you drink all the coffee?"
"Nope," Rory replied. "Jemma did."
Jemma smiled at her father. "How about this, I'll make you coffee and you can contemplate the belly button ring, deal?"
"How about this," Jess countered. "You make me coffee and then I'll let you ask Lorelai if you can get the belly button ring."
Jemma sighed. "Fine."
"Well," Rory said. "I'm off. I'll wait for you in the car, Jess. Jemma, no new piercings, got it?"
Jemma smiled at her mom. "Okay."
"Bye," Rory said, kissing Jess lightly.
"Bye," Jess replied, kissing her again.
Rory ran out of the house to the car, leaving Jess and Jemma in the house.
"Kid, I'll see you later," Jess said, kissing the top of her head. "Don't pierce anything without asking Lorelai, got it?"
"Alright, Dad," Jemma said, placing a thermos of coffee in front of him. "What time will you and mom be home?"
Jess took the thermos. "I have to talk to a few people to get this book squared away. You're mom has an article due by four. Be at Luke's at five and we'll have dinner there. Have a good day at school."
"Alright, bye," Jemma stated, running up the stairs.
Jess smiled and left. Jemma ran to her room.
All around the room were pictures. Pictures of her as a child, a picture of her mother and Tristan DuGrey, a picture of her father and mother on their wedding day.
And the last picture she saw made her smile. It was the picture taken when the family had gone to the bridge. Her mother was sitting next to her and her father was behind them with his arms around them. She smiled, gently touching the picture.
The phone rang, breaking her out of her reverie.
"Hello?" Jemma asked.
"Ready for school?" Dave Rygalski, Jr., whom everyone called David, asked.
"Give me two minutes, and I'll be there," Jemma replied.
"Awesome," Dave said. "Hurry, Journey's all ready to go."
Jemma smiled and hung up. She hurriedly put on her Chilton uniform and quickly ran out of the house.
"Hey!" Journey greeted.
"Hey," Jemma replied. "Ready?"
The twins nodded, and the three of them walked into Luke's.
"Wow, three uniforms," Lorelai said. "You all look the same. Except for you, David, you're a boy."
"She's had five cups of coffee today," Luke stated, setting three to go cups down on the counter.
"Grandma, it's not even seven yet," Jemma stated.
"Oh, I'll be fine," Lorelai replied, getting off of the stool. "Have fun in school, and call me if you need anything, okay?"
"Totally," Jemma said, hugging her grandmother. "Bye, Grandpa Luke."
"Bye," Luke stated gruffly. "Have fun in school."
Jemma smiled and she, Journey and David ran to the bus.
Rory and Jess were in the diner soon after, and saw Jemma at the bus stop.
"She's a good kid," Lorelai stated.
Rory smiled. "She is, isn't she?"
"Must be her great parents," Luke stated.
Jess took Rory's hand and they made their way to their car. They watched Jemma step onto the bus and they smiled, realizing that their life may not have been picture perfect, but life was more exciting that way.
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That's it! Hope you liked it! I'm going to start writing a sequel pretty soon, so look for it!
Thank you to:
LiquidSanity, nature-girlie, smile1, jimmy legs, OTHlover04, spike.vs.angel, Samantha, Graga Serrs, Sarah, Conflict, DriftAway, Luke Rules, kiki, gemstar2, blue dancer, poodernite, maigain, litchick08, Roganu-chan, Linda, Jill, popie, StephieM, X-identaty, Tanja, TeXaS vBaLl 13, Becks1, meghan, RoryJess4Evea, Cheerio, IceQueenK8, Nyla, megan, Stargazer-Lillies, Senator-Natalie-Amidala, fanficreader…
Thanks much! Over and out…
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Sixteen year old Jemma Mariano sat down at the kitchen table. "Hey, Mom?"
Rory looked up at her daughter. "Yeah, babe?"
"Can I get my belly button pierced?" Jemma asked.
"Why do you want one of those?" Rory inquired.
Jemma sighed. "Well, Aunt Lane and Uncle Dave are letting Journey get one."
"Lane and Dave also named her after an eighties band," Rory replied.
"So? You named me after yourself," Jemma stated.
"Yes, but we call you Jemma," Rory said.
"Come on, mom, just think about it," Jemma pleaded. "It's just a belly button ring."
"And then it's just a tattoo and just a tongue ring and just another ear piercing," Jess stated, coming down the stairs.
"Morning, Dad!" Jemma greeted.
"Hey, kid," Jess greeted, kissing his daughter's head. "Why all this talk of getting something pierced?"
"Well, Lane and Dave are letting Journey get one," Jemma said.
"And they also named her after an eighties band," Jess stated.
Jemma sighed. "God, you're worse than mom."
Jess smiled at Rory. "So, did you drink all the coffee?"
"Nope," Rory replied. "Jemma did."
Jemma smiled at her father. "How about this, I'll make you coffee and you can contemplate the belly button ring, deal?"
"How about this," Jess countered. "You make me coffee and then I'll let you ask Lorelai if you can get the belly button ring."
Jemma sighed. "Fine."
"Well," Rory said. "I'm off. I'll wait for you in the car, Jess. Jemma, no new piercings, got it?"
Jemma smiled at her mom. "Okay."
"Bye," Rory said, kissing Jess lightly.
"Bye," Jess replied, kissing her again.
Rory ran out of the house to the car, leaving Jess and Jemma in the house.
"Kid, I'll see you later," Jess said, kissing the top of her head. "Don't pierce anything without asking Lorelai, got it?"
"Alright, Dad," Jemma said, placing a thermos of coffee in front of him. "What time will you and mom be home?"
Jess took the thermos. "I have to talk to a few people to get this book squared away. You're mom has an article due by four. Be at Luke's at five and we'll have dinner there. Have a good day at school."
"Alright, bye," Jemma stated, running up the stairs.
Jess smiled and left. Jemma ran to her room.
All around the room were pictures. Pictures of her as a child, a picture of her mother and Tristan DuGrey, a picture of her father and mother on their wedding day.
And the last picture she saw made her smile. It was the picture taken when the family had gone to the bridge. Her mother was sitting next to her and her father was behind them with his arms around them. She smiled, gently touching the picture.
The phone rang, breaking her out of her reverie.
"Hello?" Jemma asked.
"Ready for school?" Dave Rygalski, Jr., whom everyone called David, asked.
"Give me two minutes, and I'll be there," Jemma replied.
"Awesome," Dave said. "Hurry, Journey's all ready to go."
Jemma smiled and hung up. She hurriedly put on her Chilton uniform and quickly ran out of the house.
"Hey!" Journey greeted.
"Hey," Jemma replied. "Ready?"
The twins nodded, and the three of them walked into Luke's.
"Wow, three uniforms," Lorelai said. "You all look the same. Except for you, David, you're a boy."
"She's had five cups of coffee today," Luke stated, setting three to go cups down on the counter.
"Grandma, it's not even seven yet," Jemma stated.
"Oh, I'll be fine," Lorelai replied, getting off of the stool. "Have fun in school, and call me if you need anything, okay?"
"Totally," Jemma said, hugging her grandmother. "Bye, Grandpa Luke."
"Bye," Luke stated gruffly. "Have fun in school."
Jemma smiled and she, Journey and David ran to the bus.
Rory and Jess were in the diner soon after, and saw Jemma at the bus stop.
"She's a good kid," Lorelai stated.
Rory smiled. "She is, isn't she?"
"Must be her great parents," Luke stated.
Jess took Rory's hand and they made their way to their car. They watched Jemma step onto the bus and they smiled, realizing that their life may not have been picture perfect, but life was more exciting that way.
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That's it! Hope you liked it! I'm going to start writing a sequel pretty soon, so look for it!
Thank you to:
LiquidSanity, nature-girlie, smile1, jimmy legs, OTHlover04, spike.vs.angel, Samantha, Graga Serrs, Sarah, Conflict, DriftAway, Luke Rules, kiki, gemstar2, blue dancer, poodernite, maigain, litchick08, Roganu-chan, Linda, Jill, popie, StephieM, X-identaty, Tanja, TeXaS vBaLl 13, Becks1, meghan, RoryJess4Evea, Cheerio, IceQueenK8, Nyla, megan, Stargazer-Lillies, Senator-Natalie-Amidala, fanficreader…
Thanks much! Over and out…