"Meant To Be"

Before they knew it Rory and Logan's wedding day had arrived. The night before Rory had stayed at her mom and Luke's along with Lane and Paris.

Logan stayed at their now temporarily vacant apartment, since neither he nor Rory had seen or spoken to his parents since the whole ordeal about the baby.

That morning the girls got up early as Lorelai, Emily, Sookie and Lane and Paris assembled at the Dragonfly to help her get ready for her big day.

"So, kid, you nervous?" asked Lorelai.

"No, not really."

"I'm kind of surprised, I thought that I would be, I was the first time we did this, but now I'm not."

"That's because you know how right this is." answered Lane as she came out in her blue bridesmaid dress followed by Paris.

"Ok, let's get you in your dress, veil, shoes, etc." said Lorelai.

"Guys, can mom and I do this alone, we need some mother, daughter time?"

"Sure." responded everybody else as they made their way for the door.

"Thank You." Rory called out.

"So, you want some mother, daughter time?" asked Lorelai.

"Ya, it's just we haven't had any in forever, especially since you came back from California and with me springing on you all this news, about me and Logan and than the baby and now the wedding and everything."

"Hey, it's ok, I get it, and you have a lot going on in your life right now, its fine."

"No, it's not, and I know you feel a little excluded, and I feel bad about that, but..."

"Rory, stop, you don't have anything to feel bad about."

"Yes, I do, I haven't meant to shut you out, it just made it hard because all of this was happening when you were in California."

"I got caught up in this world wind and it clobbered me for awhile, which is why I ran away from Logan."

"Why did you leave him?" Lorelai asked.

"I was scared and confused."

"Scared, about what?"

"About how you would take it and how his parents would take it and how grandma and grandpa would take it."

"And it all happened so, so fast, and I didn't know if we were being hasty, acting on impulse and I wasn't sure if it would last."

"And you know that I'm not always sure about how I feel, like with the whole Dean "I love you" situation."

"I understand." responded Lorelai sympathetically.

"And from the look of things I had a right to be concerned about how you all would react."

"What do you mean?" asked a confused Lorelai.

"Com'on mom."

"Com'on mom, what?"

"Ok, let's take you for example."

"You haven't really talked, talked to me since I told you about Logan, and I'm not sure that you like him and I know he's rich and I know you're probably mad about me being pregnant."

"And Grandma and Grandpa are mad and disappointed about this entire thing."

"And the Huntzbergers are too and they're gonna hate my baby because she's a girl." after saying all of this in one breath Rory was now in tears and began to have trouble breathing.

"Whoa, whoa, honey, stop, ok, take a breath, relax." said a worried Lorelai as she handed her daughter a paper bag to breath into and rubbed her back.

"You need to calm down, for both of you." demanded Lorelai pointing to her daughter's stomach.

"Everything is going to be fine."

"Grandma and Grandpa were just really surprised, as were the rest of us, by your sudden undying love for Logan and your decision to get married.

"And yes, they think that you are too young to have a baby, but just like with you, they will just have to get over it. And they will love her as soon as they lay eyes on her.

"And Mitchum and Shira will NOT, I repeat NOT hate your baby, just wait until they see her."

"As for me, I just want you to be happy Rory."

"I know, but I also know that when you envisioned the life that I would have, the life that you worked so hard to provide me with, this isn't exactly what you expected."

"Hell, this isn't what I expected."

"If you had told me a year ago that I would be in love with and about to marry Logan Huntzberger, I would have thought you were insane and would have died laughing."

"The thought of me getting married this young never crossed my mind."

"I was never really sure that I wanted to get married, let alone have a baby."

"Me, I'm having a baby; I can't picture it, what do I know about babies? I've never been that kind of girl that gets all mushy and wants to hold every kid she sees."

"I don't know how to be a mother, me, I'm going to be somebody's mother."

"Ok, slow down." commanded Lorelai.

"No, I didn't imagine you getting married so young, but you are, here we are, you found the one you want to spend your life with, something that took me until I'm almost forty to find myself."

"And you can still do all the things that you had set out to do; becoming an overseas correspondent, seeing the world, but now you'll just have somebody to be there with you, somebody to hold your hand through it all."

"Mom, you're not usually this sentimental."

"I know must be the day, damn weddings!" responded Lorelai.

"I worked hard to provide you with a good life, one that would make you happy and fulfilled. And you have that good life, right?"

"Right." responded Rory.

"As for motherhood, you're already somebody's mother, that little girl depends on you right now."

"I'm sorry that I've been distant, especially when it comes to the baby, it's just, and you're still my baby and now that you have your own…"

"I know mom, it's ok, you were thrown off, and you have a right to be upset about it, especially with having me so young and raising me alone and everything with Grandma and Grandpa."

"No, I need to be supportive and understanding and not make you feel bad about this like they made me feel."

"I promise Rory, from now on I'm going to be there for you, I'm going to be involved, we can talk about anything you want concerning the baby, we can go shopping, everything, it'll be fun. I'll try to be the best Grand…" said Lorelai, unable to put the word Grandma in with herself in a sentence.

"Having a hard time thinking of yourself as a Grandmother, huh? Rory asked her mother.

"I'll get there, I swear, at least by the time she gets here." Lorelai said, rubbing Rory's stomach.

"Oh and about all your qualms about you personally as a mother, don't worry about it; I never pictured myself as a mother either, but all of a sudden you were there and I loved you and I knew that I needed to take care of you."

"You'll be fine, I have no doubts about either you or Logan as parents, you'll be fine and you'll have lots of help."

"You think?" questioned Rory, still apprehensive.

"I know, especially after seeing you give it to Mitchum Huntzberger, I still can't believe that you said all that to him."

"I know; me either, but something in me just took over, I got really mad and defensive."

"Ya, it's called motherly instinct, you felt like he was attacking your child and you had to defend her. You're good to go."

"Thanks mom, for everything, for everything my whole life, I love you."

"I love you too baby." said Lorelai now in tears.

"Ok, so now, let's get you dressed and married."

"Ok." responded Rory, wiping away her own tears.

This is a review that I received and I thought that I would share it with you all… "Your story SUCKS. The characters are very OOC, and it's really poorly written. Oh, and especially Rory is out of character! Watch the show, you idiot, and maybe you'll get an idea of who she is."

I don't even know how to respond to that. I'm sorry that you feel that way, you are of course, entitled to your opinion, but if anyone doesn't like it, they don't have to read it. I do appreciate all the really positive comments that I have received.