Chapter 34
There are no interesting details, so I'm just going to skip until Lorelai and Luke get married. Oh yeah and just so you know, Lucy's 14th birthday was on August 9th, so now she's 14.
"Hey Rory?" Lorelai called from her bedroom.
"Yeah?" Rory called back from the library.
"Is Lane here yet?"
"No."
"Lucy?"
"No."
"Do you know when they're getting here?"
"No."
"Rory!"
"What, I really don't know."
"Well, then can you come up here and help me while we wait?"
Rory sighed and said, "Fine."
"Thank you."
Rory went upstairs to find Lorelai standing in her wedding dress and looking at herself in front of the mirror.
"What are you doing?" Rory asked.
"I'm looking at myself, what does it look like I'm doing?" Lorelai said.
"How long have you been standing there?"
"About 10 minutes."
"10 minutes, why?"
"Rory I need your honest opinion, do I look fat to you?"
"No, why?"
"Liar! I am fat; I still have all that extra baby fat."
"You do not Mom. It's probably just your mind playing tricks on you."
"No, it's not. I see what I see."
"You're only seeing what you want to see, but I don't see why you want to see baby fat." Rory said confused and lay down on Luke and Lorelai's bed.
"You're the one going to Yale, not me." Lorelai said shrugging her shoulders.
"Whatever Mom."
Lorelai looked at her watch and said, "When are Lane and Lucy going to get here?"
"Relax Mom. They'll be here."
"They need to be here now. Sookie was already here to try on her dress."
"Breath Mom. Why don't you go watch the babies sleep? Maybe it'll calm you down."
"The slightest movement will wake them up. I can't take that chance."
"Okay."
"Mom, we're here! Sorry we're late!" Lucy called from the front door.
"Finally!" Lorelai said impatiently. She and Rory went downstairs. "Hi Lane. Your dresses are on the guest room bed."
"I don't understand why we have to try on the dresses again. We've been trying them on everyday for the past week. Unless someone has a rapid weight increase, they're always going to fit the same way." Lucy complained.
"You never now. It could be like what we're seeing isn't really what's there. Like you could have all of a sudden been 5 feet, but then quickly went to 5-foot-6 like that." Lorelai said.
"I'm sure Mom."
"Would you guys just go and try on the dresses, please? For me?" Lorelai said and pouted.
"Fine." Rory said.
Wedding Day
That night, Emily, the bridesmaids (Rory, Lane, and Lucy), the maid of honor (Sookie), the ring bearer (Davey, with the assistance of Jackson), and the flower girl (Martha, though she really couldn't do anything) stayed at the house, while Jess (the best man) and Jackson (usher) stayed at the diner with Luke.
3:39 a.m. on August 26th
Lorelai was awake. She couldn't sleep, no matter how hard she tried. She went to Rory's room where Lane and Lucy were also sleeping, and climbed on her bed. She started poking Rory.
"Rory, I can't sleep." Lorelai whispered continuously poking Rory.
"Go away." Rory grumbled.
"But I can't sleep. Don't you care?"
"No."
"How mean. I'm going to go and talk to Lucy. She's nicer than you."
"That's nice."
"Lucy?" Lorelai whispered as she went on the bed beside Rory's.
"What?" Lucy said groggily.
"I'm getting married today."
"Thanks for the info, can I go back to sleep now?"
"Yes."
"Thank you."
"Hey Luc?"
"What?"
"Can I sleep beside you?"
"Sure, just don't kick me."
"Do I ever?"
"Yes." Rory and Lucy said in unison.
"You hush, you meanie person." Lorelai said to Rory.
"How about we all be quiet so we can all go back to sleep, that way we aren't cranky when it's time for the actual wedding?" Lane said.
"Let's do that." Rory said.
"Fine." Lorelai said getting into bed beside Lucy.
"Did you bring the baby monitor?"
"Yeah, now let's all go back to sleep."
"Okay."
7:21 a.m.
"Mom it's time to get up." Lucy said pulling the covers off Lorelai.
"I don't wanna!" Lorelai whined.
"Says the girl who woke everyone up at 3:30 to say she's getting married."
"That's right! I am!" Lorelai hopped off the bed.
"Hurry up Mom! Grandma says that the hairdresser is almost here." Rory called from the kitchen.
"I'm hurrying!"
"Well can you hurry faster please?"
"I don't even think that makes sense, and you're the one going to Yale."
"Yes, we've understood the point."
"Lorelai, Morgan's crying and I don't know what to do?" Sookie said panicky.
"Sookie, don't you have two kids already?" Lorelai said.
"I know, but she won't stop. It's been going on for some time now."
"How bad is it?" Lorelai said getting worried.
"I don't know, but maybe you could comfort her."
"Okay, I'll be there in a sec."
"Okay."
"Mom! Hairdresser's here!" Lucy called out.
"I'm coming!"
"Mom, hairdresser's here." Rory said coming into the room again.
"Yeah I know. I'm coming. Hey Rory?"
"Yeah?"
"Go check on the kids. I want you and Lane to keep all 5 babies preoccupied for the time being, while I get my hair done, Sookie needs to go to the inn and check on the food, and my mother's is going to be here and at the church making sure everything is together."
"Okay, I can do that." Rory said and left.
10:06 a.m.
"Has everyone got their hair done?" Emily asked.
"Yes." Everyone in the living room said in unison.
"Okay, now Clarke is going to put this on your head, so when you go and change, it won't ruin your hair."
"Okay."
Everyone scattered back to what they were doing.
"Rory, Lucy, Lane?" Lorelai called out.
"Yeah?" Lucy said.
"Before you leave, can you guys change the triplets, and don't forget to bring the baby bag."
"Okay." Rory said.
"Oh my God!" Lucy cried.
"What is it Luc?" Lorelai asked.
"My dress, my dress has a tear in it."
"Here give it to me. I'll fix it and you go get the triplets ready, I'll tell you when I'm done."
"Okay."
11:36 a.m.
"Dad, I'm ready!" Lorelai shouted.
Richard came out of the kitchen to see Lorelai standing on the stairs in her long, white wedding dress with a sequin design.
"You look beautiful Lorelai." Richard said.
"Thanks Dad."
"Shall we go?"
"We shall."
11:45 a.m.
"Is she here yet?" Luke asked anxiously.
"Luke, you need to relax. This isn't healthy. She will be here." Jess said.
"What if she changes her mind like she did with Max?"
"Oh trust me she won't."
"How do you know?"
"Rory told me that she woke everyone up at 3:30 this morning, and for the past week, she's been making all the girls try on their dresses at least once a day. She won't change her mind."
"Okay."
Outside of St. Michael's Church
Richard and Lorelai arrive
"Are you ready Lorelai?" Richard asked as he helped her out of the limo.
"Well, if I'm not, I really don't have a choice now." Lorelai said.
"I really am happy for you Lorelai."
"Thanks Dad."
"And you do know that I really do love you?"
Lorelai smiled and said, "I know, and I love you too Dad." Lorelai gave Richard a hug.
"Let's go."
"Okay."
"She's here guys." Lucy said waving around the bouquet of flowers she needed to hold down the aisle.
"Luc, by the time you get down the aisle, you won't have any petals left." Sookie said.
"I totally knew that."
"I'm sure you did Lucy." Rory said.
"This is so exciting." Lane said excitedly.
"I know. I'm so happy for Mom and Luke."
"Me too." Lucy agreed.
"Hi Mom." Rory said as Lorelai entered the room.
"Hi." Lorelai said nervously.
"How are you feeling Lorelai?" Sookie asked.
"Nervous."
"That's completely normal. It'll be fine. Soon you and Luke will be officially married and you guys can spend the rest of your lives together."
"Thanks Sook."
"How much more time?" Lucy asked.
"A few minutes." Emily said as she entered the room. "Get in your places. Where are Davey and Martha? Hold up your bouquet like this Lucy."
When everyone was ready, Emily said, "Now, I'm going to go and sit down. Wait for my cue Jackson to tell the girls to go."
"Okay." Jackson said.
Emily gave Jackson the cue, and Rory went up the aisle, then Lucy, and then Lane, followed by Jackson holding Martha and Davey, and then Sookie came down. Afterwards, everyone in the pews stood up. Here Comes the Bride was playing, and Richard was taking Lorelai down the aisle. Under her veil, Lorelai was already tearing up as she saw Luke. They both smiled. When they got to the front of the altar, Richard kissed Lorelai, and took his seat beside Emily. Lorelai and Luke looked at each other and smiled again.
"Dearly beloved, we are gathered here in sight of God and the presence of this company, to unite Lucas Danes and Lorelai Gilmore in holy matrimony…" the priest said.
As the priest was talking, Rory and Lucy were trying very hard not to cry, but couldn't help it, along with everyone else in the audience.
"Do you take Lorelai as your lawful wife, to have to hold, from this day foreword, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?"
"I do." Luke said and Lorelai smiled.
"Do you take Luke as your lawful husband, to have to hold, from this day foreword, for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and cherish until death do you part?"
"You bet I do." Lorelai said. Rory and Lucy smiled.
"Now, the exchange of rings." The priest said.
"With this ring, I thee wed, and pledge thee my troth." Luke said as he put the ring on Lorelai's finger.
"With this ring, I thee wed, and pledge thee my troth." Lorelai said to Luke and put the ring on his finger.
"By the power invested in me by the God and the State of Connecticut, I now pronounce you husband and wife. You make kiss the bride."
Lorelai was grinning from ear to ear. Luke pulled Lorelai into a deep passionate kiss. Everyone around them was now whistling and clapping.
Luke and Lorelai held hands as they walked back up the aisle together as Mr. and Mrs. Lucas Danes.
Author's Note: I know I probably skipped some stuff in the wedding ceremony, but that was only because it would a) be really boring to read and b) because it would take too long to write. This is just the first part of the wedding. The next chapter will be at the reception.