"Jess really tried to talk you out of it?" Lorelai asked.
"He was just making sure it was what I wanted."
Flashback
Rory and Jess stood in the queue for the marriage licence. Jess held Libby who was half asleep on his shoulder in his arms.
"Are you sure you want to do this?" Jess asked.
"Why do you keep trying to talk me out of it?" Rory inquired. "It was my idea."
"Because I want to be certain that it's what you really want."
"It is."
"Are you certain that you don't want the whole white wedding thing?"
"Jess we can have a simple white 'thing' next year with the family. But I want to do this. Do you?"
"What?" Jess questioned.
"Are you trying to talk me out of it because you don't want to get married?"
"I'm the one who asked you." Jess reminded her.
"I know but you keep asking if I'm certain it sounds like you're the one with doubts."
"I want to marry you, but I'm just concerned that you're going to regret not having your mother there that's all."
"What about your mother?" Rory countered.
"I don't care whether she's there or not."
"So are we getting a licence or are we leaving the queue?" Rory asked.
"I think we're moving." Jess gestured to the moving queue.
End Flashback
"That I wasn't going to regret not having you there."
"Do you?" Lorelai asked.
"Honestly it was nice just me, Jess and Libby. We'll still get the family wedding, but it was what we wanted I think."
"Did you at least have a dress?" Lorelai asked.
"Yes." Rory grabbed one of the pictures.
Her dress had been white, knee length with spaghetti straps. Along the bottom edge of the dress there was a gentle blue wave.
"It's pretty. You look beautiful."
"You should see Libby." Rory handed her another picture.
"Do I get to see the video?"
"Sure." Rory got up and put it in the VCR.
Flashback
"We need lots of pictures and the video." Rory told the wedding co-ordinator.
"Of course."
"My mother is pregnant so she'll want to see everything." Rory explained.
"How old is your mother?" The wedding co-ordinator asked.
"39." Rory replied. "Twins."
"How many guests?"
"Just our daughter, she's two."
End Flashback
Flashback
"We are gathered here today." The justice of the peace that had been provided began. "To join together Jess and Rory."
He continued.
"Do you Jess take Rory to be your wife, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish from this day forward?"
"I do." Jess agreed.
"Do you Rory take Jess to be your husband, to have and to hold from this day forward, for better or for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health, to love and to cherish from this day forward?"
"I do." Rory agreed.
They exchanged rings.
"By the power invested in my by the state of Florida, I pronounce you husband and wife. You may kiss the bride."
Jess did exactly that.
"Mommy! Daddy!" Libby clapped her hands together happily.
End Flashback
Rory looked at her mother who was crying.
"Hormones." Lorelai replied. "It was great."
"I'm sorry you weren't there." Rory apologised.
"It's what you wanted. You really can't elope and take your pregnant mother along, it defeats the purpose."
TBC