Now, on Saturday, the day of Lane and Zach's wedding, Rory was with Lane and Paris at Lane's house. "I'm kind of nervous," Rory told them.

"I'm sorry? You're nervous? I'm the one who's getting married in a few hours. I'm not going to think about it until it's completely necessary. Lets talk about the bachelorette party, that was so fun," Lane said pacing in her bathrobe.

"It was fun. I haven't been that drunk in a while," Paris told them. "I wonder how the bachelor party went. Have you talked to Jess about it?" Paris asked Rory.

"I didn't see him this morning. I came here and I'll see him just before the wedding. I'm happy that I didn't drink last night, Jess wasn't there to save me," Rory laughed.

"Now, I wish I had had a few drinks last night. Maybe I can have one now, to calm my nerves," Lane suggested.

"Lane, no. That isn't necessary. It's going be perfect. You and Zach are so happy and you are going to stay happy. This is the right move for you. You've got a damn good life, don't ruin it with a drink. And think about it, what would you do if Momma Kim walked in on her drunk daughter on the day of her wedding. I know that it wouldn't be good," Rory pointed out.

"OK, I'm with you there. You guys should go get dressed and then you can help me get dressed and take some pictures. Rory, I am so sorry again about the hideous dress," Lane told her.

"Don't be. It's actually not that bad. It's not something that I would ever think of wearing, but it's not as bad as I was expecting," Rory said and then her and Paris left the room with their garment bags so that they could get changed in the other room and the bathroom. "I'll take the bathroom," Rory offered.

"OK, I'll see you in a few minutes," Paris said before she walked into the guest room. When Rory was done changing she left the bathroom at the same time that Paris was leaving the guest room. "Nice," Paris told her.

"You look so pretty, Paris," Rory said and all of a sudden Lane poked her head out from her bedroom.

"Rory Gilmore and Paris Geller, lets go," Lane yelled to them. "Momma is coming home soon and she said that I have to be ready for pictures or else. I do not want to know what the 'or else' is."

Rory and Paris followed her back into her room. Rory opened the large garment bag holding Lane's dress and put the dress on the back of the door. "At least your dress is beautiful," Paris commented.

"I know. I love it," Lane said. She took off her bathrobe and had her slip on while she stepped into her dress that Rory and Paris were now holding. Once Lane was in her wedding dress, Rory zipped the back.

"Perfect," Rory commented. All of a sudden there were tears in Rory's and Lane's eyes. "I'm going to miss you."

"Miss me? You're moving back here in six months and we talk almost everyday when you're in New York," Lane pointed out. "You won't have time to miss me."

"I'm gonna miss talking to you about my boy troubles because you'll be in utopia with your husband. I'll miss being able to pull you away at any moment when something comes up because you'll have your husband. And I'll miss having you to myself because I'll be at least second on your list, if not lower, because you'll have your husband," Rory blurted out, tears forming in her eyes again.

"Rory, you don't have to worry about 'my husband' ever getting in the way of our friendship. Zach knows that I need to talk to you and that you need to talk to me. He gets that and even if he tried stopping me, I would never stand for it." Lane hugged Rory and rubbed her back. When they pulled away from their hug they saw that Paris had tears in her eyes also and they all joined a joyful, somewhat sappy, group hug.

Rory still wasn't ready to let Lane go, but decided that it was necessary. Not to mention, she had Paris and Sarah. She had Jess and her mother too. It had always been different with Lane. They were eternally best friends and now that Lane was about to get hitched, Rory really regretted that she felt as happy as she did for Lane. She was happy, she was over the top, but she knew that she would miss her and she knew things would change, but she had to move on.

Paris didn't even know that Rory was moving back to Stars Hollow until Lane pointed it out to Rory earlier. While Lane was asked for alone time with her mother, Paris and Rory waited outside. "So, you're moving back in six months?" Paris asked, breaking the silence.

"Yeah. I had just decided the other day when Jess told me that he would move to Connecticut to stay close. I didn't know how to tell you and I don't know how I'm going to tell Sarah either. Paris, don't think that since I'm moving back we won't stay friends. We will, I'd never let that happen. We've been too close for too long to just stop being friends because of a few miles," Rory told her.

"I know that we won't stop being friends. We just won't be as close as we have been for so long. You'll be missing Lane while me and Sarah will be stuck alone in that apartment, missing you."

"I'm going to be missing you guys too. Always. I'll talk to you everyday and all night if I have to. I still have six months left in New York, we still have time to figure out long distance rates for phone calls and anything else that we need to, to stay as close as possible," Rory gave Paris a hug. Behind Rory, stood a smirking Jess, dressed nicely in a suit.

"Rory," Paris said before pulling apart from Rory and walking back inside Lane's house.

"Hey, sorry I interrupted," Jess said after greeting Rory with a short, but tender kiss.

"It's OK. It will be, anyways. So how was the bachelor party? Any dirty whores try anything on you?" Rory asked when she laid her head on Jess' chest.

"Rory, there were absolutely no whores at a bachelor party. Not even strippers. It was really mellow. I only had one beer and I had to keep an eye on Zach," Jess told Rory.

"Why did you have to keep an eye on Zach?" Rory asked, a little shocked.

"Lane threatened me with bodily harm if I let him get too crazy. He stayed in line, I didn't even have to talk to him about misbehaving," Jess said with an awkward tone.

"Oh... OK. So, how's your day been so far?"

"Long. I feel stupid in this suit. At least it's not a tux, though."

"Yeah, I know. I missed you last night, we didn't get a 'proper goodnight' in before we left for the parties."

"I don't think that I've given you the 'proper hello' yet either," Jess pointed out.

"No, I don't think you did." Rory gave Jess an imitation of his smirk, shortly followed by the real thing from Jess. Before Rory could even wipe the smirk from her face Jess' lips were gently pushed against hers in an intense kiss. Rory kissed him back with all she had, wanting so much more, but staying as calm as possible. Jess lifted his right hand and rested it on the back of her neck, pushing her into his kiss a little harder before Rory pulled away, needing air. "Wow. You are really good at saying hello."

Jess smirked again before kissing her one last time, quickly. "I love you." That was all that Jess had to say to make Rory blush, that's why he did it so often. He loved the way that she blushed, it made her seem so innocent and fragile and that he had to take care of her. This time around he embraced having to take care of her.

"I love you too."

"Good. I should probably get back to Luke's. I don't want to, but I should."

"I don't want you to either, but you should. Not to mention, I should have been inside five minutes ago. I love you and I'll see you later," Rory was about to walk away before Jess pulled her body into his.

She landed with her hand on his chest and a smile on her face. Jess kissed her more passionately than ever before and she was caught off guard at first, but put her all in to it after a few seconds. "Really, you're amazing," Rory said after she pulled away from his lips. "I'll see you soon. I'll be the one before the bride." Rory winked at Jess, who smirked, and walked away into the Kim's house. Jess watched her leave before he turned back towards Luke's.