1Logan was nervous. He was nervous and fidgety and didn't like the fact that he was either one of those things. Normally Logan had nerves of steel. He was calm, cool, and collected but sitting in the Las Vegas airport at 11:00 at night Logan just felt like he was going to puke. He ran his hand over his face and tried to shake away this nibbling feeling that she wasn't going to come after all. He replayed her short voicemail over and over again in his mind. She sounded sincere. Some would even say that she sounded excited. Still he couldn't help but wonder if she wasn't sitting in Hartford laughing and thinking that this was a wonderful way of getting back at him for all of his mistakes. He was replaying the message in his mind again when he heard them announce that her plane had landed. He rushed through the crowd to the gate and waited impatiently for her to get off the plane.
Rory quickly collected her purse and got up from the seat. She didn't even bother seeing if Colin, Finn, or Stephanie had heard that they had landed. She took a deep breath. She looked down at her nails briefly and sighed. This whole elopement had really taken its toll on her now very short nails. She sighed only Logan could get her to bite her nails again. She didn't even bother saying goodbye or anything to the flight attendant. Instead she just sort of pushed her way past them and sort of ran to where he would be waiting. She looked back for a moment to see if they were anywhere near her and wasn't shocked to see that they were still on the plane. Was she the only that was really excited to see Logan? She guessed that it probably had something to do with the fact that she was marrying him. She saw his messy blonde hair and smiled. She sort of ran toward him and in classic romantic comedy fashion she jumped into his arms.
Logan held onto Rory for dear life and smiled. He had been waiting all day to see if she would come and now she was here and he didn't think he'd be able to let her go. During the entire flight all he could think of was how good their lives were going to be now that they were getting married. They would have kids and be happy. They would have the whole fairy tale romance that people dreamed of. When people asked how long they had been together he could say since we were freshmen in high school. The sheer thought of that reply made him smile.
Stephanie found it difficult to hold back the tears as they neared the couple who were simply standing there holding onto each other. It was the type of scene you would see in a movie. She wondered if Logan had something scripted and sweet to say. She laughed silently to herself at the thought of him saying something like "You had me from hello... " she once again let an aw escape her lips. She kicked herself for almost keeping this moment from happening. All because of some dumb prank that she had thought would be hilariously funny. She was just grateful that Rory had a sense of humor because she had a feeling that if someone had done that to her she would have had a cow. She grabbed Colin's hand and smiled. This was the way things were supposed to be for all of them but especially Rory and Logan. Nobody in Hartford deserved this kind of bliss more than Logan and Rory.
"You know Logan if you let her go she's not going to run away but if she did runaway she would get like halfway to the exit and then be too winded to finish. Believe me Rory isn't really a runner on a normal day which means that after everything she's been through today I highly doubt she's going to have the strength to outrun all of us." Colin joked and punched his friend in the arm.
Logan let Rory go and smiled. "Haha Colin that is so hilarious. Almost as hilarious as the thought of you actually breaking someone's nose. I heard about Stephanie's prank."
Rory stifled a laugh. "Okay we're not going to discuss that for the rest of our lives because not only does it make Stephanie feel awful it also was too dramatic for words." When Rory and Finn had gotten to the address the cops had given them they discovered that instead of going to a station the cops took Colin to a Dunkin' Donuts. It turns out that they were actors hired to do a job. Everything was this big prank that Stephanie had devised after Colin and Finn tricked her into thinking that Filene's had been bought out by Wal-Mart.
Logan looked at his watch. "We've got twenty five minutes to make the chapel."
Rory looked up at him alarmed. "What? We're getting married tonight?"
"I can't wait another minute Rory. Everything is set up. All we have to do is get there before 11:30. The ordained minister has to be upstairs to watch Jay Leno." Logan explained and then kissed Rory on her forehead.
Stephanie squealed. "I am so excited. This is going to be so fabulous. I still can't believe you somehow pulled off getting married before me."
"That's because Rory doesn't want a fifteen thousand-dollar ceremony." Colin pointed out as they walked out of the airport.
"You all do realize that now Vegas will always be special. I love Vegas. I'm telling you dreams come true here." Finn replied as he got into the back seat of Logan's rental.
Lorelai fidgeted in her seat as she waited for the group to show up. She looked at her watch again and sighed. Logan had promised that they would be here by 11:30. Now she was having her doubts. How would they make it in time? The drive from the airport took forever. She looked over at her husband and smiled. "Is it normal that we are attending our daughter's quicky wedding that she didn't even invite us to?"
"Oh of course it is. I think I saw something on Desperate Housewives just the other day about a situation just like this. Seriously the real question is whether or not it's normal that we are giving our only daughter our blessing to marry Logan. She's only twenty-one Lorelai. Isn't that a little young to get married?"
"We were seventeen Chris."
"You were pregnant." Chris shot back.
Lorelai laughed. "At least Rory's getting married at twenty-one because she wants to and not because she's sort of being pushed into the situation. Before you say something about how you don't want me to think that I had to marry you that's not what I meant. I married you because I loved you. I knew that there was no one else who could get me the way you did. You knew the five things that really matter when it comes to a woman. Logan loves Rory the way you love me. We both know that. We've known that. We have to give them our blessing because this is a blessing. Rory has found love at a young age. She's found a good decent guy who will take care of her and support her in every decision she makes. She's one of the lucky ones."
Christopher sighed. His little girl was growing up and he didn't know how he could be happy about that. In his head whenever he thought of Rory he saw this little brunette that could ask you more questions than you could answer. He started to say something back to Lorelai when the door to the church opened and in rushed Finn smiling.
Finn rushed toward the minister and whispered in his ear that the bride and groom along with their respective witnesses were changing and would be out in a minute. Then Finn took his seat in the front row.
Rory looked at herself in the mirror and then looked at Stephanie. She was stunned. "Did you tell him that I had loved this dress when we went shopping that day?"
"No Rory to tell you the truth I was so self-consumed that day that I hardly noticed anything but the one I picked. I mean I remember thinking that one was amazing and that you looked lovely in it but to tell you truth that was all that I did was think about the dress not talk about it." Stephanie told her friend and gave her a peck on the cheek.
Rory looked stunning in the long white gown. It was the kind of gown that you wore at a big wedding not something like this. She wondered if she was only bride to ever get married here that looked like she was on her way to a gala. She was quite sure the answer was yes. On the way in they saw pictures of the happy couples and almost all of them were wearing regular clothes. One of the couples was actually wearing Elvis costumes.
Logan took his place at the front of the chapel and waited for her to enter. He knew that she was probably standing in that room shocked about the dress. He'd found it on-line when he started planning this whole thing. He knew that this was the dress for Rory. It should have been called Rory. He smiled when he saw the door open and Stephanie sashay into the room. She was wearing the green dress that they had bought her the other day. He thought she would think it was funny.
Rory slowly walked into the room and was surprised when she saw that her parents were here. They were here in this chapel about to watch her get married. She wondered if her father had known this whole time. Logan was too traditional for his own good. She took her place at the front of the chapel beside him and almost started to cry right then. He was wearing a simple tux but he looked stunning. Not many men could make a tux look as good as Logan could.
The minister opened his mouth to speak and surprised everyone by sounding like Andy Rooney. "Dearly beloved we are gathered here today to join together Lorelai Leigh Hayden and Logan Elias Huntzberger in holy matrimony. If there is anyone in this church who objects please speak now or forever hold your peace. Okay I'm going to ask you two one long question and if you agree simply say I do and if you don't well say you don't. I hate those long speeches about nothing that you always see as conventional weddings. Do you take the other to love them for the rest of your life even if it may not always be fun and exciting, even if there may be hard times, even if it may mean sacrificing things that you normally wouldn't think you could give up, even if it means loving one when they are sick?"
Rory wanted to laugh at the fact that Logan had hired an Andy Rooney impersonator to perform their wedding. She knew this was why she loved him. He knew her. "I do."
Logan looked at Rory and smiled. "I do too."
The minister smiled. "I thought you might say that. By the power invested in me by the State of Nevada I know pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."
Logan kissed Rory as if there was no tomorrow. As if in the next two seconds the world was going to end. He kissed her like this was their last kiss. He told himself that he would always kiss her like this.
When Rory pulled away, she whispered "What no wedding band?"
Logan blushed and motioned for Finn to come up here. "The bands."
Finn pulled them out of his pants pocket and handed them to Logan.
Logan gave one to Rory and then put the other on her finger. He allowed her to do the same. "I'll love you forever."
Rory smiled. "I'll love you forever and a day."
Lorelai and Christopher walked up to the couple smiling brightly. Both of them had tears in their eyes. "Thank you so much for making sure that we were here today Logan. It means the world to us. Now I know you guys don't was us here spoiling the rest of your honeymoon so we are going to go ahead and stay the night and then fly back in the morning. We wish you all the happiness in the world."
Logan looked down at Rory and smiled. "Now that I have Rory as my wife there is going to be nothing but happiness."