Time seemed to be flying by, and yet it still seemed so slow. I'm 26 weeks pregnant, or about 6 ½ months. I feel like I'm getting bigger by the second, and I know the worst is yet to come. I was in my apartment desperately trying to find something to wear. Jake was taking me on a date tonight and I was supposed to wear something fancy, the problem is that I have nothing.

After trying on yet another dress that no longer fit, I was about throw all of it out when I heard someone come in the door. "Hello! Is anyone here?"

Lorelai, perfect. "I need help!" I called to her.

She came rushing in and looked around the room, "Wow, what happened here?"

"I have nothing to wear tonight. Nothing fits anymore, ok that's not true, but I can't exactly wear sweats on my date tonight." I sat back down on the bed and landed in a pile of clothes.

Lorelai came over and handed me a bag, "Here."

I opened the bag to find a dress, "What's this?"

Lorelai sat down beside me, "That is what you are wearing tonight."

I pulled it out of the bag; it was a floor length, silver, v-neck dress with an empire waist. I let out a little gasp when I saw it, "Lorelai, it's perfect!"

"Well don't just look at it, go put it on!" She said excitedly.

I put it on and it fit perfectly I walked back into the bedroom, "Lorelai, you are amazing!"

"Oh, I know." She smiled, "And you look beautiful."

I blushed, "Well the dress is really great."

She got a very excited look on her face, "Let's do your hair now!"

"My hair?"

"Yeah, it'll be fun, we can get you all dolled up."

I reluctantly agreed, Lorelai spent the next hour fixing my hair and makeup, something I never would've done. She was just putting on the finishing touches when Jake came in the door. I came out into the living room and greeted him with a kiss, "Hey." I said.

"Wow!" Jake said, "You look amazing."

"Well you get another kiss for that," I told him before kissing him again.

"I have something for you," Jake said as he took my hand, he took out a corsage and slipped it on my wrist.

"A corsage? Jake what kind of date is this?" I asked.

"You'll see, just be patient."

Lorelai came out of my bedroom with a camera, "Ok, now you have to let me take pictures!"

I looked at Jake, "Pictures?"

After several different pictures were taken, Jake and I were finally allowed to leave. When we got in his car I once again asked what was going on, and once again I was told to be patient.

He took me to a nice restaurant just outside of Hartford, we had a nice time talking and the dinner was wonderful, but I spent the whole time wondering what was happening next. Something was up, I could tell that much. After dinner I was disappointed to find that we were headed back to Stars Hollow, maybe there wasn't anything happening.

Once we got back into town he parked, but not in front of Luke's, we were in front of Miss Patty's. Jake came and helped me out of the car and escorted me inside, we got in and he turned on the lights. The whole place was decorated with balloons, streamers and tulle everywhere. There was a long table set up with a variety of snacks and punch. A DJ station was set up in the corner and there was a large banner that read, "Happily Ever After."

I turned back to face Jake, "Ok really, what's going on?"

He wrapped his arms around my waist, "The other day I was thinking about something you told me when we were in New York. There were all these kids walking around in their fancy dresses and suits going to some school dance. You told me that you had never gotten to go to a dance and you always wanted to. So this, Grace, is your school dance."

I stood in shock; "You remembered that?" He nodded and I wiped away the tears that were coming to my eyes.

"Hey, don't cry," He said.

I laughed, "You should've thought of that before you got me pregnant."

He went over and turned on the music and we started to dance. When the song stopped he stopped dancing, grabbed my hands, and got down on one knee. I stared at him in shock and he started talking, "Grace, from the moment I met you I knew there was something special about you and the more I've gotten to know you the more I want to know you."

He put a hand to my stomach, "At first when you told me about this little girl I'll admit that I was scared, but now I'm just excited. I'm excited to be able to do this together, and I want to do it together."

He grabbed a small velvet box from his pocket and opened, "Grace Bennett, will you marry me?"

I didn't even have to think about the answer, "Yes!"

He stood up and kissed me until we heard whispering behind the door. I nodded my head towards it, "What's going on out there?"

He went over and opened the door and people started coming in all dressed in formalwear, "What's a dance without other people?"

I was standing there, smiling at him as Lorelai, Rory, Sookie, and Lane all came and practically attacked me. After they were all done hugging me and inspecting the ring I turned to Lorelai, "So that's what the dress, hair, makeup, and pictures were all about." I gave her another hug, "Thanks Lorelai."

Turning back to the group I announced that I was going to go find my fiancée. I found him talking to Miss Patty and I went over and looped my arm around his. After talking to Patty for a moment we started to make the rounds and greet everyone, just as we were done I saw someone walk through the doors and I ran over to him. "Ty!"

"Gracie! Congratulations!" He said giving me a big hug.

"What are you doing here, I thought you were in Washington all week?" I asked.

"Oh come on Gracie, you didn't think I'd miss this, did you?

Jake came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist, "There's someone over in the corner wearing a suit that you missed."

"Every guy is wearing a suit." I said, wondering why he would point out that particular fact.

"Yes, but guess which guy is wearing it." I turned towards the corner he was talking about and saw Luke. I turned back to Jake and Ty, "Excuse me boys, I'll be right back."

"Hey Luke," I said as I waved to him.

Luke turned and gave me a hug, "Congratulations!"

"Thanks Luke," I smiled, "You look nice."

"You look very nice too." He said.

We stood there for a moment, I had something I wanted to ask him, but I wasn't sure what he would say. "Luke? Can I ask you something, you can feel free to say no."

He told me to go ahead and I continued, "Well you know that my parents probably aren't going to be excited about all this, and I doubt I'll even get them to come to the wedding. So I was thinking that maybe, well you see, you've been kind of like a dad to me and I was wondering if maybe you would want to walk me down the aisle?" I looked down at the floor as I said it.

"Grace, I would be honored to."

He gave me another hug, "Thanks Luke."

A new song started playing and Lorelai came walking over, "Ok Grace, it's my turn with Luke now."

I laughed, and went to find Jake again. We started dancing along with everyone else and Jake leaned down to whisper in my ear, "Are you happy?"

I reached up to answer him, "So happy. It was the perfect fairytale proposal, just like I always wanted."

A/N: I have no idea where that proposal idea came from, but I thought it worked. Let me know what you think! Next chapter we will again be skipping ahead in time and a baby will be born!