Three years ago.
"Luke, I'm so sorry about Rachael, you didn't deserve that" Lorelai said.
"Its okay, some of what she said was true" Luke said.
"What did she say?" Lorelai asked.
"That she felt like my heart was distracted by someone else" Luke said.
"Who?" Lorelai asked.
"You" Luke said. "Lorelai, do you think maybe sometime we could go on a date?"
"Are you serious?" Lorelai asked. "You actually want to go on a date with me?"
"Yeah, why?" Luke asked worried.
"Oh I don't know because I've been waiting for you to ask me on one ever since we met"
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"Mom, it would look very bad if you were late to your own wedding" Rory said coming into Miss Patty's studio where Lorelai was getting ready.
"What? Oh, I won't be late" Lorelai said snapping out of her flashback.
"It is 11:00, the wedding starts in an hour" Rory said. "And you aren't even in your wedding dress"
"Well that's what I need your help for" Lorelai said. "Set Izzy in her carrier and help me with this thing"
Rory set Izzy down and went over to help her mother.
"Have you talked to Grandma this morning?" Rory asked.
Lorelai had told Rory about the tiara when she had come home yesterday.
"No, just yesterday, she said she'd be here to help me get ready" Lorelai said.
"And I will be" Emily said walking into the room. "Traffic was terrible. Lorelai, you're not even in your wedding dress"
"I know" Lorelai said. "But putting on a wedding dress when your hands won't stop shaking is really hard"
"I was so nervous on my wedding day that I ran away" Emily said.
Lorelai laughed.
"You're kidding" Lorelai said.
"No, I ran away while I was in my wedding dress" Emily said. "I had never gotten so many odd looks"
"Did you come back, I mean I know you come back, we wouldn't be here if you hadn't, but did you go back to the church and have the wedding" Rory said.
"Yes, but it started half an hour late" Emily said.
"Wow, it's hard to picture you being late for anything" Lorelai said. "Especially your own wedding"
"Well you're going to be if you don't get your wedding dress on" Emily said.
Emily and Rory helped Lorelai get ready.
"Has anyone checked on Sookie to make sure she hasn't injured herself in the process of getting ready?" Lorelai asked.
"She was fine when I came to check on you" Rory said.
Emily and Rory stepped back and looked at Lorelai.
"You look beautiful" Emily said.
"I agree" Rory said smiling.
Richard knocked on the door.
"Come in" Lorelai said.
Richard entered the room and looked at Lorelai.
"Lorelai, I don't think I've ever seen you look more beautiful then you do now" Richard said.
Lorelai was wearing a strapless white wedding gown with small diamonds around the top. It was long and flowing. She had her mother's silver, diamond encrusted tiara on with her hair in a twist.
"Thank you" Lorelai said. "Hey Mom and Dad, can I have a minute with Rory and Isabel"
"We'll go check and make sure everything is set up and then Richard will come back to walk you down the aisle" Emily said.
Richard and Emily left.
"So this is it" Rory said. "You're no longer going to be Lorelai Victoria Gilmore"
"Who says I'm changing my name?" Lorelai asked smiling. "We've actually decided that I'm going to hyphenate it. At work I'll be a Gilmore, in the mail I'll be a Dane, and Izzy will continue to be Isabel Aubrey Gilmore-Danes. You however can choose to be whatever you like"
"I'm liking Lorelai Leigh Gilmore-Danes" Rory said. "Has a nice ring to it don't you think"
"You want to add Danes onto your name?" Lorelai asked smiling.
"He is legally adopting me as his step daughter" Rory said.
"I think he thinks you're a little more than his step daughter" Lorelai said.
"Hey who knows, maybe I'll call him Dad" Rory said.
It was quiet for a minute.
"I'm really happy, Mom" Rory said. "I get the mom, the dad, and the siblings now, the whole package"
"So did Christopher come to the wedding?" Lorelai asked.
"Yeah, I talked to him" Rory said. "He said that he knows that Luke was more of a father to me than he was for a while but then he asked me if maybe I had room in my heart for two dads"
"And you said?"
"Yes" Rory said. "I mean think about it. Some people don't even get one dad and I get two"
"You're really happy about this?"
"Thrilled" Rory said. "And are you happy?"
"The happiest I've ever been" Lorelai said. "Actually it's tying with your birth and Izzy's birth"
Lorelai looked at Rory and smiled.
"Look at you my firstborn" Lorelai said. "In less then two years you'll be an adult. Then you'll move off to Harvard and become a famous journalist and one day I'll open National Geographic or some famous paper and I'll see your name and then I'll tell people that's my firstborn daughter and I have the stretch marks to prove it"
Lorelai's eyes were filled with tears.
"Mom, what's wrong?" Rory asked concerned.
"I'm just really, really, really happy" Lorelai said.
Rory and Lorelai hugged. Izzy squealed.
"I think someone wants to join this mother daughter moment" Lorelai said picking Izzy up.
"We should probably get going" Rory said. "After all I am carrying her down the aisle"
"My maid of honor carrying the flower girl down the aisle" Lorelai said. "Something you don't see everyday"
Rory smiled.
"I'll go tell Grandpa he can come back in" Rory said.
She took Izzy from Lorelai.
"Good luck Mom" Rory said giving her one last hug.
She took Izzy out of the room. Lorelai stood in front of the mirror.
"This is it" Lorelai thought. "This is what I've been waiting for"
Lorelai sighed.
"Something is going to go wrong, I can feel it" Lorelai said quietly.
"Are you ready?" Richard asked coming in.
"As ready as I can get" Lorelai said.
They started towards the gazebo where the wedding was being held. The music started to play and Sookie started walking down the aisle. Then came Rory holding Isabel. Finally Lorelai and Richard started down the aisle. Luke stared at Lorelai and smiled.
"She looks incredible" Luke thought to himself. "I can't believe I'm marrying the most beautiful woman in the world"
Richard and Lorelai stopped at the end of the aisle. Richard stepped away and Luke took Lorelai's arms. They finished walking up to the gazebo.
"We are gathered here today to unite this man and this woman in holy matrimony" the priest said.
The wedding went on.
"Do you Lorelai take this man to be your lawful wedded husband. In sickness and in health, for richer and poorer, as long as you both shall live?"
"Hmm, hmm, hmm" Lorelai smiled. "I do"
"Do you Luke take this woman as your lawful wedded wife. In sickness and in health, for richer and poorer, as long as you both shall live?"
"I…"
"Wait!"
A short chapter and a cliffhanger, I know it's cruel.