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AN: On with the story...

"So…" Veronica began as she walked over to Logan, who sat on the marble steps.

"So what?" Logan looked up at her expectantly.

"What's the deal with you and Addy and all that hand holding?" she remarked smilingly.

"I don't know what you mean." He smirked at her.

"You are looking supremely confident and Jess just dragged Addy out of here, to talk obviously. So what's going on?" she raised her brow at him.

"If I told you to mind your own business." Logan was unperturbed by her question.

"I'd say, I would if I could but I can't so I won't." she grinned at him impertinently.

"I'm pretty sure that Jess is getting the long and the short of it, so I give you my blessing to ask him yourself." He spread his hands gregariously.

Veronica's eyes narrowed at his answer, "What about Rory?" she discreetly looked at the blue eyed girl talking quietly to her boyfriend.

"What about her?"

"You guys kissed." She hissed at him.

"Rory has a boyfriend and I have Addy. For now we resolve to be drama free until after your wedding, out of respect for you and Jess of course."

Veronica looked at him suspiciously but before she could react; Jess and Addy strolled back into the church. Jess told everyone that they were going to go over everything one more time and then they'd head back to the house and get ready for dinner. There was a murmur of agreement and everything else went smoothly from there.

When Father Patrick pronounced them as husband and wife the couple kissed. This time Jess walked down the aisle with Veronica. Wallace and Addy were arm in arm as they proceeded after Jess and Veronica. Mac and Logan cringed as they held hands and followed the rest of the party.


The restaurant was closed to other customers. Only the Mariano party was allowed inside. The noise level was high, the conversation flowed smoothly. Most of it focused on the bride and groom.

"And I remember her taking her mother's veil and hiding it in her room." Keith smiled warmly at his daughter.

"Who could forget that veil? I remember I've known her for a month; she came into the Kane household with a large bag, the only thing inside was that veil. Lilly told us we were going to play wedding day. I got to be a groom to the two of you. DK was a bit peeved since he had to play the priest." Logan smiled fondly at the memory.

Veronica smiled at his direction, Logan raised his glass at her and she returned the gesture.

"Can we stop talking about me as if I weren't here?" Veronica rolled her eyes in exasperation when the moment between her and Logan passed.

"Very well, I think it's Jess' turn." Muriel Townsend interjected; Veronica shot her a grateful smile, while Jess groaned in anticipation.

"Jess never seemed like the marrying type." Lorelai piped in.

"I bet he wasn't. He was…" Jason Townsend trailed off in deep a thought.

"I think you called him a ladies man dad." Addy contributed.

"That's exactly it." Jason grinned at his daughter.

"Oh my, don't tell them that story Jay." Muriel frowned at her husband.

"Too late. When Jess was fifteen Ri and I caught him with a girl." Jason chuckled heartily.

"Dad!"

"Uncle Jay!" both Addy and Jess shouted simultaneously.

"Come on Jess, Veronica had her turn, now is your time." Jason shot him a look. Jess proceeded to sulk while Jason continued.

"Anyway, it was a cold Saturday night. Ri and I were just going up to our room when we heard a noise coming from his room, which is odd since he left earlier that evening. We went to check and there he was with a girl, I believe her name was Marigold."

"You went out with a girl named Marigold?" Veronica asked laughingly.

"She told me her name was Mary." Jess muttered.

"Yeah because that is so much better." Veronica retorted.

"Anyway, Jess left the house as graciously as he can. The next day at breakfast Addy informed us that we will be setting up a wedding fund for Jess, our eleven year old daughter heard me joke about Jess and Vegas weddings." Jason messed his daughter's hair affectionately earning him an annoyed look.

"That's why you insisted that you pay for the wedding?" surprise was written in Jess' face.

"Well we can't let you have a Vegas wedding, you deserve the best." Muriel smiled at Jess.

"You guys." Jess got up from his chair and hugged the two of them.

"I feel a toast coming on." Lorelai announced.

"Luke will you do the honor of gracing us with a toast?" Keith asked the other man.

"Actually, Jason and I talked and we agreed that he would do the toast tonight." Luke shrugged as he passed the responsibility on to Jason.

"And he would reserve his speech for the actual wedding." Jason nodded at Luke's direction.

"So about that toast." Emily Gilmore smiled archly.

"Ah yes, I've known Jess when he was only fourteen. And after catching him with a girl that cold night he and I had a serious talk the very next day. I told him that I would like to meet only one girl, the one and as expected he scoffed at the idea. Nine years later I received a call while we were in Belgium. Jess paused a lot, hesitated a lot before he blurted out that he found her. Of course Ri and I flew out to Neptune the moment he said the one. We met Veronica; he was just as wonderful as he described her." Jason paused as he looked at the bride and groom warmly.

"It turned out that they were only going out for three months. But the way they acted it was as if they've been together for always." Jason reached out to Addy and she handed him a book. "So here's our gift to you and Veronica." He gave Jess the book.

"What to do and what not to do, a couple's guide to a happy marriage." Jess shot Jason a puzzled look and opened the book, "Its blank Uncle Jay."

"Yes, it is. Marriage is a journey that two people take together. And every marriage is unique, that book is for you and Veronica to fill. Through the years you will learn a lot about each other and that book will bear witness to your union. If ever you feel like you are at the end of your rope then reach for this book and you'll know that what you have is real and true. And if you do a good job at it and you will have we have." He held out his hand and Muriel took it automatically, Emily and Richard did the same and so did Luke and Lorelai.

"To Jess and Veronica, may you two discover what we old couples have. That the journey is all the more fun and always more than worth it, as long as you have the right person next to you." He raised his glass towards the younger couple and everyone did the same.

"To Jess and Veronica." Richard repeated and everyone uttered the same words. Jess kissed Veronica on the cheek and she beamed at him.

Half an hour later most of the guests were ready to go.

"So what's on the agenda for tonight, it's only nine?" Luke asked as he took a look at his watch.

"Well, Emily and Richard are going with us, we have so much to catch up on." Muriel answered for the two and her husband.

"And we have an appointment with Messieurs Richard and William." Lorelai pointed out to him in a French accent.

"What about you younger lots?" Richard asked the younger group.

"Well we were thinking about bowling." Jess answered shooting meaningful glances at the rest of his friends.

"Bowling, sounds like an interesting idea." Richard nodded approvingly.

"Well, count me out. Dad told me we have to talk before he scampers off with you Uncle Rich." Addy smiled at the elder Gilmore.

"We do not scamper my dear we walk with dignity." Richard replied smilingly as he nodded to the group and walked over to the Townsends and Emily.

"So why does your dad want to talk to you?" Logan shifted nervously.

"Nothing to do with us, so quit being so shifty." She pinched his cheeks playfully.

"I'll drive you to Jess' then I'll wait for you at your place?" he raised his eyebrows at her questioningly.

"Sounds like a plan."

"So you guys are going bowling." Logan emphasizing the word bowling, as he grinned suggestively.

"Only you Echolls can make something mundane as bowling sexual." Eli rolled his eyes at him.

"What can I say? It's a talent." Logan smiled in return.

"We all drove here separately, let's all meet up at The Hut and then go from there." Jess looked at Dick, Hunter, Eli and Wallace in confirmation, the four nodded in agreement.

"Is it just me or did that feel not so equal opportunity?" Veronica asked Mac, Rory, Carmen and Natasha.

"I was going to say the same thing. What's the deal with just asking the guys? If I remember correctly I drove us here." Mac commented as she pinched Dick's side.

"Ouch Ghost world. That hurt." Dick frowned at his wife and pouted as he rubbed the spot she pinched.

"Okay so we're out." Logan announced loudly as he grabbed Addy's hand and stirred them away from the outrageous banter that was about to ensue.


"So what did your parents want?" Logan asked as Addy settled next to him.

"They wanted my input on their gift for Jess and Veronica."

"So what are they giving the lovely couple?"

"A map."

"That's it?"

"Yup, oh and all they have to do is point wherever part of the world they'd like to go and mom and dad will give them their property over there."

"Are you serious?" an astounded look crossed Logan's face.

"As a heart attack." She deadpanned.

"Man, now I wish I was Jess." Logan stated wistfully.

"Yuck, don't ever say that again. To think I was about to kiss you. Thank you. Now I have Jess' image in my head, I won't be able to make out with you now." She wrinkled her nose at him.

"I think I can solve your problem." Logan pulled her closer to him to prove his point.


"Are you sure they will be okay with this?" Rory asked for the nth time.

"Jess said he'd call them." Hunter answered also for the nth time.

"They obviously wanted some privacy, that's why they bailed on the bowling trip." Rory reasoned.

"Don't chicken out now Ace." He patted her hand reassuringly.

"I can't believe the bowling trip was a scam." Rory remarked in frustration.

"I know their group is so complicated it's not even funny." He shook his head in exasperation.

Hunter pulled in at the Townsend driveway and put the car in park.

"Ready?" he asked.

"I still don't think it's a good idea." Rory muttered under her breath.

"It's going to be okay." Hunter replied as he opened the car door and went over to her side.

As he was assisting her out of the car the front door opened. A woman in her fifties smiled at them, "Mr. Jess told me you were coming. Miss Addy is in the study. You two should go on in."

"See I told you it'll be okay." Hunter took her hand in his and guided her to the study.

They opened the door and there was a solitary lamp lighting the room. On the sofa were two figures so close to each other that it was difficult to tell where one ended and the other began.

Hunter cleared his throat noisily, bringing the couple out of the moment. Rory felt herself turning red at their interruption. Hunter looked at the wall next to him and flicked on the switch, bathing the room with brightness.

Logan breathed in and then out, "Ah…company." he looked at Addy in exasperation and then kissed her cheek tenderly. He maneuvered his body so he could turn to see who interrupted their make out session while covering Addy with his frame.

"What can we do for you this fine evening?" Logan asked with such hospitality that completely belied his ire.

"Jess said he'd call you." Rory blurted out.

"That Jess. Remind me to beat him to a pulp tomorrow." He looked behind him pointedly.

"Why exactly are you guys here?" Addy asked still out of their view.

"Well they failed to mention that the entire bowling thing was code for pairing off somewhere dark." Hunter replied.

"Seriously next time we'll just have to provide a copy of the secret code of our group." Addy remarked haltingly as if she was struggling with something.

"Need help there sweetums." Logan

"No thanks, honeybunch." Addy answered sarcasm evident in her tone.

"Jess told us we're better off coming here, just so the grandparents and parents won't be aware of all the covert operations." Rory provided helpfully.

"Makes sense. Only he never did call us." Logan grimaced.

"To be fair you did put our phones in vibrate." Addy climbed out from behind him and settled next to him, tugging on her shorts uncomfortably. She gestured towards the other sofa, for Rory and Hunter to sit.

"Ah…vibrate." Logan looked at her with mock longing.

Addy shot him a dirty look and then stood up to walk over the desk where two phones were balanced precariously. "One missed call each; you'd think he'd try harder."

"You two must be tired. Why don't I show you a room, you two can share if you want?" Logan shot up from his seat and offered with such charm.

"Actually we're not." Hunter interjected.

"I would like to see your library. Jess mentioned you have an even better collection than him." Rory smiled at Addy.

Addy looked hesitant. "It's a bit cluttered at the moment. You won't be able to find anything."

"I'll help you clean it up." Hunter offered. He stood up and waited for Addy expectantly.

"Okay." Addy frowned and then nodded. She shot Logan an uncertain smile and the two headed out the door.

Logan looked confused by what transpired while Rory looked like she wanted to be anywhere else but there. He sat back down and looked at her, and then he averted his gaze.

He had to admit he did not lie to Addy about liking the kiss that he and Rory shared. As much as he loved Addy the kiss gave him something that's been missing in his life for the last three years: hope. He hated to think that he and Addy won't be together for always, but somehow the idea of ending things with her after the wedding did not scare him as much as he thought. He felt like something else or someone was waiting for him at the end of it.

"So this is what they meant by that word awkward." Logan finally looked at Rory.

Rory just smiled at him, avoiding any eye contact.

"About what happened last night-"

"I know that it didn't mean anything." She smiled at him tightly.

"I was going to say that it was nice." Logan replied quietly.

"Oh, yes it was nice. But obviously…"

"Look, it's not everyday that I think a kiss is nice. So maybe-"

"But you and Addy-"

"You have got to stop interrupting me woman," Logan interjected with mock ferocity and grinned at her, "If ever you and Hunter don't work out, maybe we can do something, sometime."

"But…" she protested weakly, her heart was racing a hundred miles per minute. Her head was screaming he likes you too. Then the image of Logan and Addy earlier clouded her triumphant feeling. "You and Addy seemed to have worked out your differences."

"We have. But we both agreed that it won't necessarily work out. So if we don't work out and you and Hunter don't work out, maybe we can work something out." He looked at her expectantly.

"I think that would be a great idea." She smiled at him shyly.

"Huh. Didn't think that it would work." Logan smirked confidently.

"What can I say; you are too charming for your own good." Rory giggled.

"And you forgot to mention hot." Logan chided condescendingly.

"Of course, we must not forget your hotness." She nodded in agreement.

"You want something to drink?"


The two were picking up books quietly. Hunter kept looking at her and she mostly ignored him.

"So you and that Hollywood guy." He began.

"What about me and Logan?" she asked him warily.

"I never thought that you would go for the Hollywood type. You were always more of the traditional type."

"By traditional you meant boring." She stated flatly.

"Well…" he trailed off smilingly.

"I'll have you know I've never been involved with someone boring. When I was fourteen I was seeing Martin Fielding, you remember him don't you? Tall, dark, handsome and the same age as you." she looked at him archly.

"He was your G-rated boyfriend?" surprise was evident in his voice.

"You probably thought I was seeing some pimply kid." She rolled her eyes at him.

"So how is good ole Martin?"

"Engaged."

"So why are you with that Echolls guy? If I remember correctly, Fielding is the epitome of traditional, and by traditional I actually meant people from the same background as ours." Hunter went back to the previous subject.

"Can you hear yourself talk? You are such a snob." She frowned at him.

"What are you talking about?"

"People from the same background as ours." She imitated him, "You mean a family that could trace their ancestry to great mother England. You are unbelievable." She shook her head at him.

"Look all I'm saying is that you've always been into that kind of stuff."

"What stuff? You can't pretend you know me, because you don't."

"Look I'm sorry. I just wanted to know more about why you're with that guy?"

"That guy's name is Logan. And I don't need to explain my relationship with him to you." She declared hostility permeating her tone; she tossed a bottle of soda into the garbage can with more force than necessary.

"Bella…" he began tentatively.

"Don't call me that." She replied harshly.

"Adriana..." He put down the books he held in his hands and approached her carefully.

"Damien repeated that name over and over again. I'm not that girl anymore."

Addy dropped the books and turned away from him. He placed his hand on her arm and faced her; he was relieved when she did not jerk her arm away. He slowly encircled his arms around her, she was shaking with pent up emotion but she did not seem to mind the comfort that he is offering.

"I'm sorry." He murmured into her hair over and over again.

Addy pushed him gently away and tried to compose herself; Hunter refused to end the contact and left his hand around her waist.

"I'm okay. I'm sorry for blowing up on you." She smiled at him weakly. "You were being a jerk."

"I know, I know. I'm being a snob and a jerk. Color me jealous." He muttered quietly as he tugged at her shirt.

"Why would you be jealous?" she cast him a skeptical look.

Before he can answer her question the door to the library opened and revealed their significant others. Logan raised his brows at what he saw.

"Dude, you have got to stop touching my girlfriend." He remarked jokingly, a thinly veiled threat was also present in his tone.

Hunter removed his arm around her waist slowly, not at all bothered by the look that Logan was giving him. At Rory's glare he raised his hands on mock surrender.

"Rory couldn't wait any longer. She was too excited to wait." Logan grinned at Rory and she smiled right back at him.

"Well as you can see we are not done cleaning up. But you are totally welcome to browse." Addy smiled at her direction.

Logan walked towards them and put his arm around her shoulders possessively, "Come on sweetums, maybe we can watch a movie once Rory is done looking through your library."

"Sure honeybunch, maybe we can show them your last movie." She suggested sweetly and the two headed out of the library.

"What was going on?" Rory burst out as the door closed.

"Nothing." Hunter replied quietly.

"Come on Logan, we are in this together whether you like it or not." She insisted

"She was warming up to me. I was about to tell her that we broke up when you and that jackass walked in. He's got terrible timing." Hunter shook his head in annoyance. "What about you?"

"He basically told me that they're not going to work out and that when that happens we should start seeing each other." Rory was unconscious of the smile that graced her features.

"Good for you then. But I don't think your plan of just talking to her would work. We may need another game plan." Hunter sighed.

"What are you going to do then?"

"Try and catch her by herself as much as possible. Hopefully that guy won't be constantly glued to her side." Hunter remarked grumpily.

"Look Logan, she's been through a lot. With you and with the other Logan. Just don't break her." Rory warned him quietly.

"I know that. I'll proceed with caution." Hunter agreed.


"What is the deal with you and that guy?" Logan tugged at her hand and led them to the family room.

"He's apologizing."

"What for?"

"For being born?" she shrugged.

Logan faced her and looked at her doubtfully. "He's the guy isn't he?"

"What guy?" she faked nonchalance.

"Come on Addy. He's the I think not know guy." He frowned at her.

"Yeah, he is."

"You like him better than me?" he looked at her in incredulity.

"I don't know. Right now I'm liking you more." She nudged his shoulder gently.

"As much as I appreciate the compliment I'd rather not be tossed over for someone like him." He looked sincerely offended at the idea.

"Come on Logan. I thought these four days would be all about us. I don't want you to waste our last few days together obsessing about another guy." She jokingly remarked.

"Look, I just don't think he deserves you." He replied truthfully.

"Well, lucky for him, that is for me to decide. I admit I have feelings for him."

"And?" he prompted when she did not say more.

"Actually that was it. I don't know if I want to act on those feelings or not. All I know for certain is that I want our last hurrah to be as enjoyable and memorable as possible. And that's not going to happen if you are paying more attention to Hunter than to me."

"If I didn't know any better I would say that you've attacked my masculinity twice already." He finally dropped the subject of Hunter.

"Prove me wrong?" she smiled at him.

"Always up for proving my manhood." He smirked at her but then gave her a serious look, "Just make sure he doesn't touch you for the rest of these four days. Or I'll have to break his hand."

"Man, aren't you possessive? I'll dodge whenever he feels the urge to touch me." She raised her hand in scout's honor.

"How about staying five feet away from him all the time?" he grasped her hands in his.

"That's pushing it."

"Four?"

"Three."

"Three and a half?"

"Three and I'll do whatever you want me to do?" she grinned at him.

"For real? Three feet it is." He smiled in satisfaction. "Think you're up to doing what I want right now?"

"Well…Rory is at the library, who knows how long she'll take to look at all the books?"

"You're right. Let's go get them and watch a movie."

"What?" she looked at her as if he lost his mind.

"Well if they are staying here for the night then it'll be that much harder to get rid of them. So if we watch the movie then we can make out in front of them, making them uncomfortable enough to call it a night."

"Okay…" she looked at him apprehensively.

"Come on, we'll moan and groan and just be over the top about it. They'll be ready to go to bed after a minute of our presentation." Logan looked at her hopefully.

"Do you know how outrageous that sounds?" she was still not convinced.

"The more outrageous it is the better. That way that guy will get the message loud and clear."

"And what message is that?"

"That you are mine." Logan declared confidently, "At least for the next four days." He amended at the look she gave him.

"You know you both refer to each other as 'that guy'." She giggled.

"Come on Addy Bell, let's give them the show that will make them gag." He pulled her to him and proceeded out of the room.

AN2: Okay so that's another update of this fic. Hope you guys like it. As I was writing this I thought that maybe Addy is not the type who would seek counselling so she never really discussed what happened to her. It's basically the first time she ever mentioned it and it was with Hunter. As for Logan, well he is pretty much coming to terms with the fact that he and Addy are over. This is basically just hormones taking over. They are still 'flushing' each other out of their system so to speak. Meanwhile Logan is disliking Hunter more and more, a confrontation will of course ensue and it is not just because of Addy, if you know what I mean (hint hint). Anyway, that's it for the day. I'll probably update again on Tuesday.

To my reviewers:

Lorelei of the Sea: Thanks for the review. I appreciate the constructive feedback. I guess at this point I'm so focused on the story that I tend to get carried away, not paying attention to my grammar. And the RoganE was not actually my idea, LoVe23 suggested it and I didn't want to break Jess and Veronica up so...Anyway, thanks for the feedback and for the review.

Problem Child1: I miss Harry Hamlin and Lisa Rinni as well, thus the voting for dancing with the stars. But the way they both went out was too satisfying to pass up, especially Aaron. And I did read about the youtube 'helpmeveronica' on the CW lounge (shameless plugging). So I checked it out and I agree with you, particularly the second video. Creepy. I haven't checked out the livejournal, I don't know the link but I'll look for it. But I did get access to Veronica's case files. There was even a note from Mac, which hints at the password for V's laptop. The show's going all out and I can't help but be hooked either. Anyway, thanks for the review and for not throwing your tomatoes.

LoVe23: You are so right, I basically wrote this for you. But I really am enjoying it that's why I continue to be inspired. I hope you enjoyed the RoganE moment. And I did come up with a new pairing, LH and Addy. Obviously there are some feelings between the two that's why I figured it's a natural course of their relationship. In the next chapter Addy's view on the possiblity of Logan and Rory will be revealed. And I'm glad that LH is becoming more likable. Although if he and Logan ever come to blows I would still side with Logan. Thanks for the review as always, I'm glad you weren't disappointed with the previous chapter. I always have to think of your possible response because as I said earleir you did inspire this fic.

shotswithMrsKim: Thanks for the review. And you are right about it being complicated in a good way. There will be a confrontation between LH and Addy's parent. But for now they are acting polite just as social gatherings call for. Thanks for reviewing.

MHxxPAPER DOLL: Thanks for reviewing. So there, the two weren't really as sneaky as everyone thought they'd be. Rory basically suggested that they be as straightforward as possible. So talking seems pretty straighforward enough, LH will have to do more obviously, I want him to work for it. And as for the Rory and LH friendship well they were friends before, after being honest with each other it seemed like they can just fall back to their old friendship. Logan and Addy's relationship has always been intense, that's what they actually have to work on. Thanks for the review.

tylerhiltongrupie53: Thanks for your enthusiastic response. I'm glad you are liking this fic. I try to be true to the character, so I'm glad you like it. About Keith not handing Veronica over to Jess is just too funny, I figured he might as well try to get it out his system so he won't do the same thing on the actual wedding, although he just might do it anyway. Thans as always for your awesome review.