A/N: Thanks to Towntroubador for your review. The reason I chose Logan to be Luke's best man is simply because I didn't think Luke would choose Taylor. Seriously, he can't stand him! I thought Logan was the best guy to go with. Sorry if you think it's going too fast, I'll try to slow it down. I'm so so so sorry for the long wait, I've been distracted, what with school starting and camp and such things. I hope you enjoy the chapter and I'm already working on chapter 8 so it shouldn't be too long a wait. Please remember to Review, the more revviews I get the faster you'll get an update!

Rory wakes up smelling coffee. She drags herself out of bed and puts on her slippers. She is still groggy when she enters the kitchen and plops down in a chair.

"Morning Sunshine." Says Lorelai, pouring Rory a cup of coffee

"Morning…" replies Rory, stifling a yawn.

"Didn't sleep to well?"

"I think I have a sugar hangover."

"Well you know what that means!"

"What?" says Rory, confused

"You're falling out of practice! Yale's not doing you much good!" says Lorelai, mockingly

"Very funny Mom." Rory takes a sip of her coffee "As usual, coffee does the trick. I'm awake now!"

"You know, apples are better to wake you up in the morning…" starts Luke

"Don't even think of finishing that sentence. 'Apple' is not a word that exists in the Gilmore girl's vocabulary." Says Lorelai

"Whatever you say…" Luke rolls his eyes

"So what's on the agenda for today Mom?"

"Not much… I thought that we could go shopping, if you wanted to."

"I'd love to! I need some new clothes anyway."

"Good. So do you think you'll be ready to go in half an hour?"

"Yup, no problem." Rory gets up from the table and goes back into her room to get changed. As she is pulling her shirt over her head, her cell phone rings. She stumbles across the room and sees the caller ID flashing 'Huntzberger', so she picks it up.

"Hello?"

"Hey Ace."

"What's up Logan?"

"Wow, very to the point today."

"Well Mom and I are going shopping, we have to leave soon."

"Okay. I was just calling to make sure the wedding plans were all solid. It's still the second right?"

"Yep, still on the second. You're still coming, right?"

"Of course! I'll come on New Years Eve and stay around to help set up and everything."

"Thanks. I have to run now, talk to you later."

"Bye Ace."

Rory hangs up the phone and goes into the kitchen.

"Who was that?" asks Lorelai, having heard Rory's side of the conversation

"Logan. He's coming down on New Year's Eve to help with the wedding and stuff."

"Oh that's good. So you're ready to go?"

"Yeah, let's hit the road!"

"Bye Luke, we'll be back later." Calls Lorelai

"Bye guys!"

Lorelai and Rory head out to the car with two cups of coffee. Decaf for Lorelai of course. They chat a little bit as they drive and before they know it they're pulling up in front of the mall in Hartford. They get out of the car and go into the mall. They stop in the doorway.

"This place is bigger than I remember." Says Rory

"Yeah. Where do we start?"

"Well how about Wal-Mart? They must have maternity stuff."

"Yeah, okay. Wal-Mart it is!"

They start walking down to their left.

"Do you even know where Wal-Mart is mom?"

"I thought you knew!"

"Why would I know? I haven't been here in ages!"

"Okay, okay. Look, there's a map, we can find it on there."

They go over to the map and Lorelai finds Wal-Mart. They are dismayed to find that it is all the way across the mall, where they came in.

"How could we have missed it?" Asks Rory, slapping her hand on her forehead.

"I don't know, but let's go!"

They set off in the direction of Wal-Mart, but are distracted as they pass a maternity store.

"Oh let's look in here Mom!" Rory grabs her mom's hand and pulls her into the store. They are browsing around the clothes when Lorelai spots a little blue and gray flannel shirt.

"Rory, Rory, look at this, isn't it perfect?" She says, holding it up. It was the perfect size for a newborn.

"It's adorable! Maybe we can find a pair of jeans and a baseball cap too!" They look around the store a little more, and eventually find a small pair of jeans and a baseball cap that reads 'I love Daddy'. They take it all to the cash register but when they get there Rory quickly grabs the stuff again and runs to the back of the store. Lorelai follows her looking worried.

"What was that for Rory?"

"I saw Luke! He's coming this way!"

"What? Luke in a mall? No way!"

"I saw him, I…" she is cut off by Luke's gruff voice from the front of the store.

"Lorelai? Rory?"

"Quick, hide the clothes, we'll come back for them later." Says Lorelai. Rory shoves the clothes under a rather large teddy bear, then she and Lorelai walk out to the front of the store.

"Luke? What are you doing here?"

"Lorelai, I'm so glad I found you. Something's happened!"

"What… What happened?" Asked Rory

"This is something I've just gotta talk to your mom about right now Ror. I'll explain everything to you in a few minutes okay? Do you want to get a coffee or something and meet us back here when you're done?" Luke took Lorelai's hand and pulled her towards a bench and sat her down.

"Okay, but do you promise you'll explain what's going on when I get back?" asked Rory skeptically

"I promise." Luke looked sincere as he said this. Rory turned slowly in the direction of the food court, and walked slowly away. After she was almost out of sight, she turned around and saw her Mom hugging Luke with tears streaming down her face. She knew that she had to hurry, because it must be something very, very important Luke had to tell her.