Jess ended up signing the papers and sending them back.
The day of the trip arrived. They had already checked in their major luggage, all they had was their hand luggage.
"So have a good trip." Luke told them.
"Bring me back lots of pictures and a present." Lorelai added.
"We will." Rory assured her. "Just don't get too big while we're gone."
"Try telling that the scales which said I add a bag and a half of sugar every week to my stomach."
"For someone who knows absolutely nothing about baking, you know an awful lot about the weight of a bag of sugar." Jess commented.
Lorelai glared at him. Jess who had Libby in his arms stepped behind Rory.
"Have a good time kid." Lorelai gave Rory hug.
"We will. Say goodbye to Grandma and Grandpa Lib."
"Bye-bye." Libby said happily.
"Do you know where you are going?" Lorelai asked.
"Big plane fly in sky." Libby replied.
"That's right kid. You be a good girl and have a good time."
"Okay." Libby agreed.
"We need to get through security." Jess pointed out.
"Call me when you get there." Lorelai requested.
"Okay." Rory agreed.
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"Business class was a great idea." Jess said when they had strapped Libby into her FAA approved seat.
"It's definitely more legroom than coach and we can afford it." Rory shrugged.
"Mommy." Libby took her pacifier out of her mouth and held it out to Rory.
"I know you don't like having your pacifier any more, but you need it for when we take off so your ears don't hurt."
"We've still got a few minutes before we take off and those great safety demonstrations." Jess pointed out.
"If something did happened you'd be grateful to know where the exits are." Rory remarked.
"The big doors and the ones of the wings marked emergency exit are a big enough clue?" Jess asked. "As long as we don't end up with the flight attendant flying we'll be fine."
"Airplane movies have a lot to answer for." Rory said getting the reference.
"Daddy." Libby said hoping she'd get more attention from her father.
"Kid, you just have to keep it in when we take off and land." Jess told her. "We'll get your book when we're in the air."
"Okay." Libby agreed.
"Why does she listen to you rather than me?"
"She's two; she probably understood the book part." Jess replied.
Libby pulled a face when they finally levelled off.
"See that wasn't too bad kid." Jess squeezed Libby's hand.
As soon as the seat belt light went out Rory unbuckled her seatbelt and took the bag of travel items for Libby and brought it down and put it by her feet. She grabbed out two books.
"Which one Lib?" Rory asked.
Libby pointed to one of the books. It wasn't the kids picture book it was one of the Disney books which followed the story of the movie.
Rory handed the book to Jess.
The flight attendants smiled as they walked past and heard Jess reading to Libby.
When Rory got up to go to the toilet a few hours into the flight, one of the flight attendants stopped her on the way back to her seat.
"He's good with her." She commented.
"He always has been." Rory smiled.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Sure." Rory agreed.
"I check the manifest, is he the Jess Mariano who wrote that book?" The flight attendant inquired.
"Yes." Rory replied. "But don't make a big deal out of it. He prefers that no-one knows who he is."
"Do you think there is a chance I could get an autograph? I love that book."
"If you keep it quite, I'll get one for you. What's your name?"
"Stacey with an e." She replied.
"Okay." Rory agreed. She headed back to her seat.
"You took a while." Jess remarked. Libby had dozed off.
"The flight attendant as it turns out is a fan. She wants an autograph, Stacey with an e."
"She's not going to…"
"No." Rory replied. "Just sign a piece of paper and we'll have a nice quiet flight."
"Okay." Jess agreed. "Do you have any paper?"
TBC