A/N: Like I said, I was babysitting when I came up with the idea for my next chapter(s). I didn't had the time to write it out until now and I hope you like it. I tried to make the paragraphs less long, so I hope this is easier to read. Arlene, you will see that you figured me out. I hope you like the way I wrote it though.

I wrote this chapter about two weeks ago. After that I sent it to my cousin so she could check it for grammar mistakes. Obviously she had a very busy time with school and all and for a week she promised me several times to send it back.
Today I finally received it in my mailbox. I would like to know what you prefer, a chapter with unedited like before which I post right after I wrote it, or a chapter edited, but because of that, posted a week or so (depends on how fast my cousin is). I think I prefer posting the chapter as soon as possible, but it's all up to you!!!

For now, I'm sorry it took this long to update and I hope that the chapter was worth the waiting.

Chapter 17: A change in plans

Lorelai woke up very early that morning. The room was still dark and she had no idea what time it was. She was still laying in Luke's arms. She smiled realizing how much she loves to do that, and at the moment she hoped that this was how she was going to wake up every morning for the rest of her life. 2 Years ago a thought like that would have scared her to death, but not anymore.

She thought about the dream she had that night and all the sudden she knew what she wanted. She turned around, carefully not to wake Luke, to see what time it was. 4.30. She could sleep for at least 2 hours before she had to get up, and even Luke wouldn't wake up this early. But honestly she didn't wanted to sleep anymore. She wanted to talk to Luke, tell him about her dream. She turned in his arms once again.

He shifted when she did that, he muttered: "You okay."

She argued whether to reply or not. She knew that if she said nothing he would fell back asleep, but she also knew she wouldn't, and she wanted to tell him this. "Luke?"

"Mmm…"

"Let's do it today."

"What?" He opened his eyes.

"Let's do it today."

He looked at her with a confused look on his face. "Do what today? What time is it?"

"4.30"

"Why the hell are you awake at 4.30. You don't have to get up in 2 hours."

"I had a dream and I couldn't sleep afterwards. Sorry I woke you up too."

"That's okay, what's wrong?" He searched for her hand and took it in his.

"I don't want to wait, in my dream we..."

He expected her to continue but she stopped so he prompted: "We what?" He had no idea where she was talking about. Of course, with her that happened a lot, but there was something with the look in her eyes that told him this was a something serious. Something was bothering her.

"In my dream we decided to wait. And then in the end it didn't happened at all. So let's just do it today."

He still had no idea where she was talking about. "It?"

"The wedding."

Aha, now it started to make sense. "But I thought you wanted to wait?"

"I know what I said, but I lied. I don't want to wait. Normally I need Rory to analyse my dreams but this one was very clear. When I woke up in your arms just now, all I could think was 'I want to wake up like this every day for the rest of my life.' I know that 2 years ago a thought like that would have scared me to death. But not anymore. Now all I want is to wake up and to be your wife. And my dream told me that we shouldn't wait anymore."

"Lorelai"

"I know it takes forever to plan a wedding but we can do it fast. We can't wait a few weeks because Rory will be gone, so why not do it today? I can ask Michel to take another shift at the inn and the gazebo is already decorated so that's a perfect location for the wedding. And the town can come, and my parents, and all we have to do is find someone who can marry us." After her ramble her voice softened. She lifted herself so she could look in his eyes. "Luke, do you want to marry me today?"

He thought about it for a while and than carefully said. "No."

Before he could continue the look on her face went to sad and she turned her head away, not wanting him to see. He turned her head so she was facing him, and used his thumb to wipe away the tears that had appeared in her eyes. "Hey, don't do that. I didn't say I don't want to marry you. I said no to marrying you today. We can't plan this wedding in one day, we need a little more time than that."

"But we don't have much time Luke. Rory will be leaving again within a few days."

"I know, but like you say, she won't be leaving again within a few days. We just need a little more time than just one day to plan the wedding."

She didn't respond. She thought about what he said. Maybe he was right. It kind of made sense. The dream had just freaked her out. Yesterday she felt like it didn't matter when the wedding would take place, if it just did. But today everything seemed different. She had no idea what had changed, maybe it was the dream, but maybe it was just time.

"Let's get married on the 31st of December."

"What?" Lorelai looked up.

"If you think you can find someone to cover for you at the inn, let's get married on the 31st of December. We'll have 5 days to plan the wedding and if we can find someone to marry us, we can plan the ceremony that way, we'll be married at midnight exact."

"Are you serious?"

"I've never been more serious in my life."

The expression on her face went from sad to happy again. "You know, you're the most romantic man I've ever met."

He smiled back. "Honestly, I never knew I had it inside me. You somehow know how bring it up in me."

She thought about a appropriate reply, but for once couldn't find the right words, so she placed her lips on his.

Lorelai arrived at the inn just in time. After she had discussed the details of the wedding with Luke in bed that morning, they had taken showers and got dressed. He went first as always, because he was the first one to leave, and, more important, because he was a lot faster than her.

When she entered the kitchen later, breakfast was already prepared. She was surprised to see Rory at the breakfast table, but remembered the jetlag her daughter had. She had told Rory about the new wedding plans. Rory had never been more excited about something in her life. They all realised that there wasn't much time, so the planning had to start right away.
Luke had the task to find a minister who was willing to work that night.
Rory promised to ask Lane if her band could play at the wedding, to find a store where they had wedding dresses in maternity size, and to make a list of everything else that needed to be done.
Lorelai herself had to find someone to cover for her at the inn the next few days, she had to ask Sookie to cater, find a location, and call her parents. They agreed to meet each other at 2 o clock at the diner.

Lorelai entered the kitchen, looking for Sookie. She saw her friend was busy preparing breakfast. "Morning Sook."

"Oh, hey Lorelai. How was Christmas?" She looked up to face her friend.

"Better than I could ever have imagined."

Sookie smiled when she saw the smile on her friends face. "What happened?"

Lorelai poured herself a cup of coffee and sat down. "Where do you want me to start." Lorelai smiled at her friend and started telling the whole Christmas eve story.

"Oh my god!!!" Sookie screamed, and replied the line a few more times as she was jumping up and down.

"I know." Lorelai replied. But it's getting even better. "This morning Luke and I decided that we don't want to wait. The original plan was to schedule the wedding late July but we don't want to wait. Rory's leaving again at the first of January so we want to get married before that. The plan is midnight at New Years eve."

"Oh my god, that's so romantic." Sookie screamed again. She was so excited.

"The thing is," Lorelai continued, "we only have 5 days to plan the wedding, and I'm supposed to work that night."

Sookie took a few deep breaths, trying to calm herself down a bit. "We can figure something out. We can ask Michel to cover for you, and if he doesn't want to, we'll find someone else. This is way more important."

"Really?"

"Yes, oh, and we have to, and we need to, and how do you feel about.."

"Sookie!"

"Yes?"

"Calm down. I would love you to cater the wedding but you have to calm down. There isn't much time so freaking out won't work. If I wasn't 7 months pregnant I would be jumping up and down with you but I have to think clear, which isn't so easy, but there isn't much time and I need a location and Luke's going to find a minister and Rory's going to find me a dress and..."

"Lorelai." Sookie smiled at her friend.

"I know." Lorelai smiled back and pulled her friend into a hug.

"What kind of location do you have in mind?"

"I was thinking the inn's garden or else the gazebo."

At the same moment Michel walked in. "Don't you girls have some work to do?"

"Yes we do. Oh, Lorelai's getting married." Sookie yelled.

"Oh, congratulations." He replied with his annoying accent. "But are you getting married today because there is a lot of work to do around here."

"Not today, New Years eve."

"But you're working on New Years eve."

"I know, but I was hoping you want to cover for me."

"Hell no, I already worked Christmas. We had a deal."

"I know we had, but again, I was hoping you'd take New Years eve also. Of course, there will be a huge bonus."

"No, my mother is coming. I'm not working on New Years eve."

"But Michel…" Lorelai thought for a moment. "Okay, I understand." She turned to Sookie. "Do you still have Tobin's number. I bet he's willing to take the shift."

"My notebook is in my purse, let me get it." Sookie stood up.

"No wait." Michel replied. "You can't ask him to work for you. I'll do it."

"But you said.."

"I know what I said but I changed my mind. I'll ask my mother to come with me." He turned around to walk away. When he reached the door he turned around once more. "And can you please get to work now?"

Lorelai smiled. She knew he would fell for it. Michel covering for her made the date official.

"Sook, I have one more question. Do you think we can have the wedding at the inn? I know were supposed to have that New Years eve party but I want the wedding to be outside. And as we're already throwing the party here, a few extra quests wouldn't be a problem, would it? It's really hard to find a location on such short notice, and if you say no I'll find something else but…"

"I think it's a great idea. The quests would love it right? The first wedding of the year, in our inn, and they can witness it. Oh, we can put up flowers, and we have fireworks and and.."

"So, you think it's okay?"

"Okay, really Lorelai, it's more than okay."

"But the place is totally booked."

"I know. Just inform the quests that there will be a wedding and that they are invited. Some of them are already here, and you have phone numbers of the others."

"That's a good plan. So it's settled?"

"Absolutely."

"Good, I better get to work now, otherwise Michel will come after me. I'll make sure I'll notify the quests of the wedding."

"Okay honey. And Lorelai?"

"Yes?"

"I'm really happy for you."

Lorelai was able to take a break around 11-o clock. She walked into her office and sat down behind her desk. First she called the quests that hadn't arrived yet. None of them had a problem with the wedding taken place during their visit, and most of them told her that they were pleased to be invited. She made a list of all the quest that she had informed already. There was one couple left, which didn't answer. After that she picked up the phone again, and dialled her mother's number.

A woman's voice answered after a few rings "Gilmore residence."

"Hello, this is Lorelai Gilmore speaking, is my mother around?"

"Just a second miss Gilmore."

Emily replied a couple of seconds later. "Lorelai?"

"Hi mom."

"Is everything alright?"

"Why wouldn't it be?"

"Well, you've been here just yesterday. Normally you…"

Lorelai knew what her mother meant but decided to let is pass "Actually I have some news."

"Really?"

"What are you doing on New Years eve?"

"You know what we're doing on New Years eve Lorelai."

"Yes I do. But I was wondering if you could skip the event and go somewhere else instead."

"Where would that be?"

"Luke and I have decided that we don't want to wait with the wedding until July. If it was for me we would have gotten married today but Luke says we can't plan a wedding in just one day so we settled for New Years eve."

Emily started smiling. She wasn't really looking forward to the event they had to go to but until now she had no excuse, and this one was the best excuse a woman could ever have. "I'm very happy to hear that you decided to advance the wedding. I'm just wondering how you intent to plan a wedding on such short notice?"

"Luke's looking for a minister that is willing to work on New Years eve at the moment. The wedding will take place at the inn. Sookie will cater. Rory's there to help, and I was wondering if you want to help as well."

Emily's smile went even bigger. Since the day Lorelai was born she dreamt about planning her daughters wedding one day. A long time ago she realized that dream would probably never come trough, until today. "I would love to. Just tell me what I have to do."

"I'm meeting Luke and Rory at the diner at 2 o clock. I'd love for you to come. We're going to see what everybody found out already, and discuss the things that need to be done."

"I'll be there."

"Okay, see you later mom."

"Bye Lorelai."

Lorelai paused a second before entering the diner a little after 2. Her mother was already there. She and Rory where talking about something. Lorelai noticed how happy her mother seemed. She spotted Luke serving coffee to his customers. There weren't many people. Three people who looked like tourist where sitting at one table, and Kirk was sitting at the counter.

Luke looked at the door when he heard the bell jingle. He smiled when he saw who entered. He walked towards her and kissed her. After that she took a seat next Rory. Luke followed her. "Who's hungry?"

"Stupid question to ask a pregnant lady." Lorelai smiled.

"Of course. What kind I get you?" He smiled back.

Everybody ordered and Luke went to the kitchen to give the orders to Caesar. After that he poured Lorelai a cup of coffee and walked back to the table and sat down.

"Thanks babe." Lorelai said. "Did you found a minister?" She sipped her coffee.

"It took a few phone calls but yes, I found one. He's coming by tomorrow evening to discuss the details."

"Sounds perfect." She turned to Rory. "How about you?"

"I searched the Internet and found the most perfect store. I called them and if you want we can step by tonight. I explained that we don't have much time to plan the wedding and that you're supposed to work most of the time. I told them that we're looking for a dress in maternity size and she told me that it's their specialty. The drive is about 45 minutes, and she's expecting us at 8."

"Thanks hon. that sounds absolutely great. I got Michel to cover for me on New Years eve. He protested at first but after I brought up Tobin he gave in."

"Smart move." Rory smiled.

"I know. So, now we have a date and a minister and a location."

"This morning you mentioned the gazebo?" Luke asked.

"Yeah I did, but I figured with the towns festivities that wouldn't work so I asked Sookie about the inn. We can have the wedding itself in the garden. I know it would be very cold and anything, but there is snow and there will be fireworks at midnight."

"As long as we can wear coats, an outside wedding is fine by me."

"Good. So, the actual wedding will be in the garden and the party can be inside the inn. We already planned a party for the quests as it's New Years eve. We already booked a band so that is covered also. Maybe we can ask Lane's band to play outside…"

At that moment Caesar brought their plates. After he left Luke said: Lane's in the storage room, I'll go get her."

They both came back a few seconds later.

"Lorelai, congratulations." Lane said, giving Lorelai a hug. "Luke told me about the engagement this morning."

"Thank you." Lorelai smiled. "You have anything to do on New Years eve?"

"No, sadly enough I don't. Why you're asking. Oh wait, that's when the wedding is right?"

"Yes. We where wondering if you and the band could come and play a few songs. We're having a party at the inn and inside it's covered but we'd love to have some life music during the actual wedding."

"Yes yes yes. We'd love to!! Oh, I have to ask Zack and Brian and Gil, but I'm sure they want to."

"So that's settled." Luke said.

"What do you want me to do?" Emily asked.

"I was hoping you and Rory could make the quest list and the invitations. And I would love you to come with me for the dress shopping tonight."

"I would love to."

"Good, that's settled. Rory you know who we want to invite. Luke and I will go trough the list tonight and than tomorrow we can send the invitations. I'll ask the staff at inn to do the decorations. Am I missing something?"

"Well," Emily said, "You've got an engagement ring, but you do need wedding rings also."

"You're right. We need those. Luke, you and I go shopping tomorrow."

"I don't want to wear a wedding ring."

"That one isn't negotiable mister."

"Fine, we'll go."

"Thank you." She leaned in to kiss him.

With that, the most important things where discussed. They finished their lunch and all went back to work, Lorelai to the inn, Luke and Lane to serving customers and preparing for the dinner rush, and Emily and Rory with the invitations and the quest list. There isn't much time to plan the wedding, but it already promised to be a wedding nobody would forget any time soon.