AN: I hope no one wanted to kill me yet…..seriously sorry about the wait…major writers block. Yea, this story is really yelling to be finished cause to tell you the truth im getting tired of it. I might have a sequel or something, probably will. So, this is the end. The end of an era. The end of a way of life. The end of the story. I would like to thank a lot of my reviewers and everyone who read this. Some stuck with me through the whole story. From start to end. Some read this in one day, to those, I bow down to you.
Disclaimer: I don't own anything.
Welcome to about 3 years later. Well this part of the chapter is dedicated to what you have missed. Around Christmas break; because of an article Jess wrote on them, Lane and Dave's band hit it big and tour as the opening act to The Casers. They have agreed to thank Lorelei, Rory, and Jess in all their liner notes and follow through since they got a record deal shortly before they won the gig. Because of the article on a breakout band, Jess gets a huge bonus and does not have to row anymore because he has the money to pay for his tuition. This makes Jess happy because seriously Jess? Sports? Do those two words go together?
On February 14 of that same year, yes Valentines Day, Lorelei gives birth to John Lloyd Danes. The middle name was chosen Lloyd because she was watching Say Anything right before hand and Luke couldn't stop her. Luke turns from afraid-of-kids-guy to father-of-the-year in .5 seconds. He surprises everyone; they all thought he would send Lorelei to do the dirty work.
Rory graduated with honors. She is now a journalist starting out for the Stars Hollowian, but everyone knows she is moving on for bigger and better things.
That is pretty much all you have missed. It is now late spring, Jess's graduation day. The ceremony has just ended and Jess is walking to his groupies.
"We were going to take the infamous family picture with the kid in the robe, why did you take it off!" Lorelei yelled as he approached.
"Because we took too many of those before the ceremony." Jess said just as Rory ran up to him and hugged him.
"Congratulations!" She exclaimed giving him a kiss.
"Ewww," Little Johnny exclaimed from behind Luke's leg.
Rory just mockingly sticks her tongue out at him and he responds the same way.
"Congratulations," Luke says giving him a weak, awkward hug.
"Ditto," Lorelei smiles at him.
Jess thanks them both then leans down in front of John, "How 'bout you, do I get a congratulations from you?"
John gives him a stern look and says, "Huh."
Jess stands up and says, "I taught him well."
"No this is this test if you taught him well:" Rory responds, "John, who is your favorite author?"
"Hemmingway," John smirks.
"We are raising a mini-Jess, what have we become!" Lorelei jokes.
"Where were you guys!" Lane yells approaching the group.
"Right here, smart one." Rory laughs.
"We snuck in the back, we didn't want to get noticed." Dave says and gives his congratulations to Jess, following Lane.
"Okay, now we can go," Rory announces and they all start walking towards their cars after that.
"We will meet you all at the diner," Lorelei yells out towards them.
In their cars:
"So, is he actually going to do this now or do you think he is going to chicken out?" Lorelei asks Luke from the passenger seat.
"Ask what? ASK WHAT?" John screams from the back seat.
"Nothing," Luke says, "Your mother is just so hyped up on coffee that she doesn't know what she is saying."
"Oh," John says and looks less interested in what they are saying.
"And, yes Lorelei, he will go through with it, he did ask her to move in with him already." Luke says a matter-of-factly.
"This is something good!" John screams from the backseat.
"No, its very boring grown up stuff." Lorelei looks back at him.
"Fine," John goes back to not caring, "And I don't care anyway."
In Rory and Jess's car:
"So, you have just graduated from Yale in the top 5 of your class, what are you going to do," Rory asks.
"Sleep," Jess responds.
"Too many late nights studying?"
"No, too many late nights with you keeping me up, telling me to study," Jess smirks and looks over at her from the drivers seat and sees her smiling.
"So when we get into Stars Hollow…" Rory starts.
"We go over to the bridge for the present giving, I know." Jess smirks
They both take a walk down memory lane as they look back on the previous year.
"Jess, come on. We have to go meet everyone at the diner." Rory whines as Jess drags her by the hand to the bridge.
"Come on, don't I get a bit of my little graduate all to myself?" Jess asks.
"Yes, later on. Now lets go." Rory says.
"What if I tell you its present time," Jess smirks.
"Present time! Finally! You have killing me about this present!" Rory says excitingly and now follows Jess more easily. "Wow." They approached the bridge. "A stereo…how…how nice?" Rory tries to be polite.
"The stereo isn't the present. Play the CD on it." Jess nods towards it. She runs to the stereo as he sits on the ledge.
The first song starts playing; San Dimas High school Football Rules by The Ataris.
"Jess…" Rory says lightly.
"It was the song we played to scare the hell out of Taylor." Jess says, still staring into the water.
"Can I?" Rory motions to the next button.
"It's your present."
Then Honorable Mention came on by Fall Out Boy.
"Jess, this is sooo not you." Rory laughed.
"Nope, but you like it and we have discussed it and its on there." Jess smirked.
She then skipped to the next track. Next Year by Foo Fighters.
"The rest of the songs aren't the songs?" Rory asked smiling
"Yup, except the last one, which is Your Boyfriend Sucks by The Ataris. I think that pertains to the early years of us."
"This is the best present ever."
"I know, we should go to the diner now so grab it." Jess motioned toward the stereo. "And lets go."
"I want to know what the next song is though!" Rory said, being pulled by Jess again.
"Just Like Heaven by The Cure."
They already arrived at their house and started walking over to the bridge.
"So, you get me a good present?" Jess asked.
"I don't know, nothing can measure up to the one you got me last year." Rory said.
"Yea, but that was kind of weak," Jess said.
"I thought it was perfect."
"Huh." Jess shrugged.
They arrived to the end of the bridge; Jess took a seat at the edge of it and watched Rory grab something from under a tree and bring it onto the bridge. She handed a paper bag over to him.
"Wow," Jess said as he looked in the bag.
"I hope you like it." Rory smiled.
"Its great." Jess smiled, taking out a leather jacket, "Its better than my older one that is falling apart. Thank you." Jess said, giving her a kiss and then trying it on.
"Your welcome, okay we should probably go." Rory said getting up.
"Uhh, wait, one more thing." Jess said, getting up. "I don't have a way with words or anything, but…"
"What are you doing?" Rory asked, watching him get on one knee and pulling something out of his pocket. "Oh, no way." She smiled.
"This is way to cliché for me." Jess said laughing, "But, Rory, somehow you choose me over a billionaire and over some stalkerish, obsessive guy. I am lucky to be with you and I am happy to be with you. I love you more than anything. You bring out the best of me somehow I am not Mr. monosyllabic around you. Wow, this doesn't sound like me, it sounds like a movie or something that you would make me watch."
"Jess, get to the point." Rory laughed.
"Oh, right. Well, Rory, will you marry me?" Jess smirked.
"Yes!" Rory cried, pulling him up so she could kiss him. They broke apart and he pulled a ring on her finger. Jess truly smiled and Rory cried out of happiness.
"Well, now we have to go or they will start to send a search party out for us." Jess said.
"Do we really have to?" Rory asked.
"Yea," Jess reluctantly said, "believe me, I would rather stay here."
Rory and Jess both walk into the diner. They are both smiling and Rory is trying to force back the tears of joy.
"Sur…prise." The town says, first cheery, then confused.
"Oh my gosh he did it!" Lorelei exclaimed hugging her daughter, "he finally proposed."
"You two are getting married!" Some one screamed in the crowd.
"Wait, I don't get it. Jess is my cousin, Rory is my sister, wait what would that make them to me. Wait! I don't get it!" John exclaimed.
"You put him up to this didn't you?" Rory asked her mother.
"You do not get your 5 dollars." Lorelei looked at him.
"Oh, man." John exclaimed. "So, Jess will not only be my cousin, but my brother?"
"No, you aren't getting any money now." Lorelei laughed.
A couple months later:
"Do you Jess Mariano, take the Lorelei Gilmore to be your lawfully wedded wife?"
"Yup," He responded.
"No, you are supposed to say I do," Luke whispered from his spot as best man.
"Fine, I do." Jess rolled his eyes, Rory laughed at his responses.
"Okay, and you Lorelei Gilmore take the Jess Mariano to be your lawfully wedded husband."
"I do."
"Then I pronounce you husband and wife."
A/N: Well, thank you. I am not sure if I will have a sequel or not. If I do, I will post something at the end of this story. It probably won't be for a while. Thank you all for reading this. I hope my sweat and blood paid off.
