Disclaimer: I still don't own the Gilmore Girls. Although, I wish I owned Luke and Jess.

Chapter 21

Lorelai bundled up in warm clothes and headed to the diner. Both Luke and Jess had left already, leaving her all alone in the house. Luke said he was going to be at the diner, so Lorelai decided to surprise him before he left for the construction site. The excitement of the engagement party was giving Lorelai momentum to do something really crazy. She wasn't sure what crazy thing she was going to do, but waking up before seven was a start.

She was headed through town square with a smile plastered across her face. She walked into the diner and walked up to the counter. She was surprised when she saw Logan walk out of the back. "Logan? What are you doing here?" Lorelai asked.

"Luke said he needed help. I don't have class today, so I offered to lend a hand," Logan replied.

"Is he in the back?"

"He's not here. He's probably at your house working on the rooms."

"Ok, thanks. Can I get a cup of coffee to go?"

"Of course." Logan poured Lorelai coffee and handed it to her. She dug through her purse for money, but he put his hand up in protest. "Mr. Danes said you're not to pay for anything."

"I swear, he's going to go out of business because of me."

"Have a nice day and I hope you find Luke."

"Thanks. See you later Logan."

Lorelai walked out of the diner and headed down the street, smile still in tact. That smile instantly faded when she looked across the street and saw Luke, but he wasn't alone. He was walking with a woman, a young, attractive woman, and he was grinning like an idiot as they talked. Lorelai couldn't believe it. The woman couldn't be a day over twenty five. How could Luke do this to her? Today was supposed to be a happy day. Her heart broke into a million pieces when the girl kissed Luke on the cheek. She dropped her coffee and ran back to the diner. Logan looked up when he heard the bells chime.

"Lorelai?" he asked. "What..." Lorelai ran past him before he could finish his sentence. This can't be good. He picked up the phone. "Mrs. Melville? This Logan Huntzberger, Rory's boyfriend. It's Lorelai. You need to get to Luke's diner right away."

"How could I be so blind?" Lorelai sobbed to Sookie and Rachel. "He was so happy. He was humming, getting up early, coming home late, and open about our sex life in front of people."

"He talked about your sex life in front of people?" Sookie asked in shock.

"Not just anyone. He said it to me, Max, Logan, and Rory," Rachel replied. "This just doesn't sound like Luke. Are you sure he's seeing someone else?"

"I saw him with her twenty minutes ago," Lorelai replied, a little more calmly. "They were across the street, walking and laughing and smiling. She looked like she was in her twenties."

Just then, the door opened and Luke stepped into the apartment. "Lorelai," he called. "Good, you're here. Are you ok?"

"What do you care?" she bit. She noticed the young woman from the street standing behind Luke and fury got the best of her. She picked up a book and threw it at her fiancé.

Luke blocked the book with his arms. "Lorelai! That almost hit me! What the hell has gotten into you? Why are you throwing books at me?"

"Oh, like you don't know."

"No. I don't know! My cousin was on a train for fourteen hours just to meet you and you're not giving her a pleasant first impression." Lorelai's rage turned into embarrassment. She started to laugh and threw her arms around Luke's neck. "She isn't always this crazy."

Lorelai kissed Luke's cheek. "Hi. I'm Luke's fiancé, Lorelai Gilmore."

"Hi Lorelai. I'm Michelle Danes. The Colonel's daughter and Lucas's cousin. And don't worry, he has been with weirder women," Michelle joked.

Rory ran into the diner. She arrived in town an hour ago. She met up with Jess to get her key at the construction site. She hoped to see Logan there, but Jess said he didn't show up. So she went to the old Danes house, unpacked, and headed to the diner for coffee. She was surprised to see Logan standing behind the counter taking orders, but didn't ask. "We need to talk," she said, grabbing him by the shirt and dragging him to the upstairs apartment.

"Where's the fire Ace?" Logan joked. Rory pulled out the invitation from Mitchum. "What's that?"

"That's what I was going to ask you. I called my mom on Monday and Luke asked me what 'In Omnia Paratus' meant. When I asked him where he heard the phrase he said it was on the invitation you delivered to him on behalf of Mitchum Huntzberger. Logan, why is your father sending my mother and Luke an invitation with the brigade's emblem plastered on the front?"

"I don't know. I didn't know what the hell I was delivering. My father just told me to deliver it."

"I don't get it. What does the brigade want with my parents?"

"I'm not sure. Something's not right. My father would never do something like this unless he's got a motive. He and the brigade elders are up to something. They gotta be."

"You don't think the brigade's going to do something to them do you?"

"To be honest, I'm not sure."

"So what should we do?"

"There's nothing we can do. I've got a bad feeling about this Ace. A very bad feeling."

The entire town shut down for Luke and Lorelai's engagement party. All the shops and stores closed early and everyone put what they were doing down to go to Patty's. In the studio, there was a raised platform with two throne like chairs near the stage. A banner hung above the platform that said, "Congratulations Luke and Lorelai." Patty and Taylor stood at the podium set up on the stage.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we thank you for joining us today to celebrate a joyous announcement. I am proud to announce that the unspoken king and queen of this great kingdom of Stars Hollow are to be wed!" The crowd cheered.

"Without further ado: her majesty Lorelai Gilmore of the Gilmores of Hartford, the Queen of Coffee," Taylor said.

"And his majesty Luke Danes of the Danes of Stars Hollow, the King of All Things Flannel."

Luke and Lorelai walked into the room and headed for the platform. Lorelai was wearing a dress much like the one she wore to Liz's wedding, except it was baby blue. Luke was in a suit with a baby blue tie to match Lorelai's dress. "This is ridiculous," Luke whispered to Lorelai as they stood in front of the thrones. "My sister is insane for doing this."

"I think it's cute," Lorelai whispered back.

"You think everything's cute."

"I'd now like to introduce you to the maid of honor and best man: Princess Rory, keeper of all books and Prince Jess, keeper of his majesty's diner," Taylor introduced. Rory and Jess, both in crowns, took the staircases on either side of the platform and stood beside Luke and Lorelai.

"To crown our king and queen, I give you King Richard and Queen Emily of Hartford," Patty said.

Richard and Emily headed toward the platform. They too were wearing crowns. Richard carried a crown for Luke and Emily carried a crown made of flowers for Lorelai. They took the front staircase and placed the crowns on Luke and Lorelai's heads.

"Hold on, there's something missing," Jess said loudly. He pulled out Luke's baseball cap and put it under the crown on Luke's head. The crowd burst into laughter. "Ok, now we can continue."

"Let the festivities begin!" Lorelai yelled once the crowd died down. She and Luke descended the staircase to mingle with their guests.

Lorelai walked around the room in search of Luke. Jackson said something to him an hour ago and now Luke was gone. She interrogated him about Luke's whereabouts, but he gave nothing away. As she made her way through the crowd, she accidentally bumped into Rory. "Oh, sorry Rory," Lorelai said. " Have you seen Luke?"

"No. Have you seen Logan?" Rory asked.

"Nope. Sorry kiddo." Lorelai noticed the two men with Rory.

"Oh, Mom, these are some of Logan and my friends from school, Finn and Colin."

"Hello Ms. Gilmore," Colin greeted.

"Lovely party ma'am," Finn smiled.

"Yeah, it's very eccentric," Colin laughed.

"Just like the people in this town," Lorelai said. "I'd love to chat, but I need to find my fiancé."

"Isn't that him?" Finn asked, pointing to the stage.

Lorelai looked to the stage. Luke was standing in front of a microphone with a guitar. "Can I have everyone's attention please?" he asked. "I've been working on a little surprise for Lorelai for a few weeks now. I want to thank Miss Patty and the band here for helping me out. Dave Rygalski was supposed to be helping me with the guitar, but he couldn't make it tonight. A big thanks to Mr. Logan Huntzberger for standing in. So, I, uh, I'm…I'm gonna get on with this." Luke began to play his guitar and opened his mouth to sing Edwin McCain's "I'll Be".

Lorelai couldn't believe it. Luke hated singing. He barely ever sang to himself, let alone other people. She had to admit, he was a pretty good singer and guitarist.

Luke kept his eyes locked with Lorelai's as he sang. He hated singing. He hadn't let a musical note escape his lips or finger tips for a very long time. But this was for Lorelai. He would do anything for her and he wanted to make sure she knew that.

When Luke and the other musicians finished the song, the entire studio erupted in applause. No one in Stars Hollow would have thought their resident hermit was so musically talented. Luke and Logan headed off the stage and made their way through the crowd to Lorelai and Rory.

"Oh my God Luke," Lorelai smiled as she threw her arms around Luke's neck. "You were great!"

"So you liked it?" Luke asked.

"Liked I? I loved it!"

"Are you sure it was ok? I spent days trying to figure out what song to sing. I know you wanted me to sing a Gary Allen song, but..."

"Gary Allen? Why would I want you to sing a Gary Allen song?"

"That night we fell asleep in the living room. You said something about country and Gary Allen and I figured you liked country and Gary Allen so I…you don't like country or Gary Allen do you?"

"You like country and Gary Allen."

"No I don't. I mean I can stand country, but I don't necessarily like it."

"You have a Gary Allen CD. I saw a Gary Allen CD in one of your boxes."

"My cousin works for a record label and he sent me a bunch of CDs of artists under the label. I didn't actually go out and buy a Gary Allen CD."

"I was teasing you."

"I've been getting up at four A.M., working through my breaks, and staying late after closing hours to practicing how to sing and play guitar all because you were teasing me. I've been working with Patty everyday for the past five weeks."

"That's where you've been going?"

"Yeah. Where did you think I was?" Lorelai just laughed and hugged Luke.

Logan and Rory sat at their table as they watched Luke and Lorelai dance with their guests. At the moment, Luke was dancing with Patty and Lorelai with Morey. "Luke's danced with just about every woman here," Logan laughed. "Well, except the woman with Liz."

"Oh, that's Crazy Carrie. He's rightfully keeping his distance," Rory joked. She looked around the room and gasped when she saw Mitchum enter the studio. "Oh my God. Logan, look." Logan looked toward the door. "What's your dad doing here?"

"I don't know. Stay right here. I'll find out." Logan got up and headed toward his father. "What are you doing here?"

"Is that how you greet your father?" Mitchum asked.

"Dad, what are you doing here? You've met Luke once and you don't even know Lorelai. Did the Gilmores invite you?"

"Why are you so angry I'm here? You asked your friends to attend."

"What do you want with Luke and Lorelai?"

"I beg your pardon?"

"I…" Logan leaned closer to his father and spoke in a whisper. "I know about the invitation."

"Am I supposed to act surprised?"

"What does the brigade want with Rory's parents?" Mitchum said nothing. "I know the brigade is up to something."

"Excuse me?"

"Look Dad, tell the brigade elders to leave Luke and Lorelai alone. They don't have to be a part of whatever you have planned."

"Have you forgotten who's sending you to college or pays for that nice little car you speed around town in? Don't pretend you know what you don't. Whatever the brigade has planned for Mr. Danes and Ms. Gilmore will not be halted. I suggest you stay out of this and out of our way."

Logan wanted to say something, but decided against it. Something was definitely up. Logan looked over his shoulder to see Rory had left their table to go talk to Jess. A minute later, they were on the dance floor. Maybe Dean was right. Maybe he underestimated Jess Mariano.

"Ladies and gentlemen," Kirk said into the microphone, getting everyone's attention. "The lovely couple would now like to share a special dance. If we could please clear the dance floor."

Everyone walked off the dance floor. Luke held his hand out to Lorelai. When she gave him her hand, he gently pulled her into him and they started to sway to the music playing "A Love that Will Last" by Renee Olstead.

Just about everyone had paired off to join in the dance. Rory had figured Logan and Mitchum would be talking for a while, she went to keep Jess company. Their conversation ended as they watched the couple on the dance floor.

"Hey," he said suddenly. "Do you want to dance?"

"Who? Me?" Rory asked.

"There's no one else here. Come on. Dance with me. Unless you're afraid Logan might get mad."

"I'm not afraid of Logan and he's not going to get mad."

"Oh yeah? Prove it. Dance with me."

Rory realized Jess had pulled her into a trap. "You're good." He took her hand in his and led her to the dance floor.

"Hey, you're not a bad dancer," Rory said in surprised.

"I wanted to learn for when I took you to prom so I asked Luke to teach me," Jess explained. Rory raised a brow at his last statement. "Don't ask how he taught me. Just know he did."

"So you learned how to dance."

"For you."

"For me." Rory smiled at Jess and made the gap between them smaller as they danced.

"This has been a great party," Lorelai remarked.

"I have to admit, it has been," Luke said. "If I'm saying it's good, you know it has to be."

"God Luke. Look how happy everyone is."

"Looking at you makes me happy."

"Keep talking like that and you just might get lucky tonight."

"Ah jeez. There are people around us Lorelai."

"You weren't so embarrassed to talk about our sex life in front of Max, Rachel, Logan, and Rory."

"I was drunk."

"You were not. I guess it was just the party that got you talking so freely."

"I guess so."

Lorelai looked around at the other couples dancing. A smile grew across her face when she spotted her parents. She couldn't believe it. Richard and Emily Gilmore were actually dancing together without any space between them and they were smiling. They were actually smiling!

"Look over there," Lorelai said, pointing to her parents. Luke looked in the direction Lorelai was pointing. "They look happy. Don't they look happy?"

"Yeah. They look happy."

Richard brought Emily's hand to his lips and kissed it. She smiled back at her husband and rested her head on his shoulder.

"Do you think they'll get back together?"

"They look like they want to."

"I hope they do. They were so happy together. I want them to be happy again."

Luke noticed a tear fall from Lorelai's eye. "I love you."

"I love you too." She kissed his on the lips and rested her head on his shoulder.

Logan watched as Rory danced with Jess. He felt something in the pit of his stomach, but he couldn't figure out what it was. "Who's the townie dancing with Rory?" Colin asked.

"Jess Mariano," Logan replied. "He's Luke's nephew."

"Wouldn't that make him Rory's cousin?" Finn asked.

"No. Jess shares no blood relation with Rory. They used to date."

"Really? And you're alright with her dancing with him?"

"It's just a dance."

"Between former lovers, it's never just a dance," Colin remarked.

"I trust Rory."

"Yes, but do you trust him?" Finn asked.

Editing Note: By request of FanFiction. Net, I removed the lyrics from this chapter.

Next time on "Meet Me at the Chuppah": Luke gets stuck with baby sitting duty when Sookie leaves her kids at the diner with him. Logan is surprised when he finds out his father hired a construction crew to finish the rooms for the Gilmore-Danes house. Dean warns Logan about Jess.

A/N: Ok, I need ideas for Sookie and Jackson's baby's name. If anyone has any suggestions, please let me know because I'm out of ideas. Oh yeah, it's supposed to be a boy.