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AN: Sorry for the long delay. I'm having trouble with my computer. I couldn't access the internet so few the last three days this fic has been waiting hopelessly in my USB drive. But here you go...the last installment of A Lifetime Ago. I thought this was the best place to end this fic. So to all who bothered to read all reviewed my deepest thanks. Now for one last time, on with the story...

THREE YEARS LATER

Rory strolled into the house, wondering if anyone was home. Before she could react a squeal coming from the living room answered her unvoiced question.

"You are absolutely glowing. I bet you can light up the entire Neptune County!" Addy Townsend walked over her and the two women hugged each other.

Rory smiled demurely "I am not glowing."

"Yes you are!" Addy insisted. "So where's that no good husband of yours? I am dying to know how he reacted."

"He's still unloading our stuff." Rory replied.

"He's going all protective mode on you isn't he?" Addy had a knowing look on her face.

"It's very sweet actually." Rory replied in her husband's defense.

"Of course, so how did he take the news?" Addy was all excited to know.

"Well, I did what you told me. He walked off for an hour-"

"Are you two conspiring again?" Logan Echolls walked over to Rory and placed his arm around her shoulders.

"You have such an awful timing as always. I was just asking Rory what you did when you found out." Addy scowled at him.

Logan frowned at her in return "Do you mean to tell me that you knew before I did?"

Addy stuck her tongue at him, "Of course I did."

"I did tell her first, I needed her input on how to tell you. You know she is absolutely wonderful in that area." Rory nudged her husband playfully.

"Ah so the cider and the flower trail was her idea." Logan raised his brow at Rory.

"I merely pushed her in the right direction. So how about you tell me what you did after you found out." Addy smiled at the couple.

"As I was saying, Logan here walked off for an hour. When he returned he had people following him. He had twelve hundred daisies delivered to the house and a caterer for an impromptu party for the entire town." Rory smiled at Logan fondly.

Addy raised her brows at Logan critically. "That's it."

"What do you mean that's it? I spared no expense for the news. That's only for finding out." Logan scoffed defensively.

"It was great. I wasn't expecting what he did, I loved it honey." Rory caressed Logan's cheek tenderly.

"Spare me the PDA." Addy rolled her eyes at them jokingly.

"You're just jealous." Logan taunted her teasingly.

Addy laughed at him and shook her head in amusement.

"Actually Addy, Logan and I were wondering if you'd like to be our baby's godmother." Rory began softly.

"Are you guys sure? I mean I already have my hands full." Addy looked unsure at their request.

"Of course we want you to be the godmother. After all you have been most instrumental." Logan answered he raised his hand and Rory's to show what he meant.

"Do you know that Dick has the progressive idea of having two godmothers instead of a godfather?" Addy grinned as she said the words.

"Are you telling me that they're not asking me to be the godfather?" Logan looked hurt.

"Of course they are, but only if they couldn't find anyone else." Addy teased him.

"I am hurt and appalled that everyone is questioning my ability to become a good godfather. Wallace told me it's a piece of cake." Logan replied with such superiority.

"I know you'll be a good godfather, but more importantly a good father." Rory tried to soothe her husband's ego.

"Oh shut it Logan. Of course you are the godfather, he was only pondering. Anyway, about your request-"

Addy was interrupted by new arrivals, Jess and Veronica Mariano.

"Oh there he is. How's my godson doing today?" Addy forgot everyone else as soon as she saw the one year old in Veronica's arms. Veronica smiled at Addy and handed her son over to his godmother.

The one year old with sandy blonde hair and deep brown eyes gurgled in delight at seeing Addy.

"Who's my favorite person in the world?" Addy asked the little boy as she lifted him up in the air and down again. The little boy giggled at her actions.

"Oh my god, you're pregnant!" Veronica blurted out when she saw Rory.

"I am." Rory smiled at her.

"How far along are you? You are glowing." Veronica commented as she hugged the brunette.

"I'm almost done with my first trimester." Rory replied.

"That's good. How are you dealing with the morning sickness?" Veronica asked.

"Hate it, but the good thing is that it's not as often anymore." Rory answered her with a rueful smile.

"Good for you. I'm so excited. How did Lorelai react to the news?"

"Happy at first but then Luke called her grandma so she's trying to process that bit of info." Logan answered Veronica.

"Luke finally got his revenge on her. He kept complaining that when our son was born Lorelai was always calling him gramps." Jess smirked at the group.

"That's funny." Addy murmured as she made faces at her godson, who giggled at her happily. "Classic Luke and Lorelai, so when are they getting here?"

"Well they are at Will and Richie's camp for Parent's Day but they'll be here tomorrow." Rory responded.

"Did anyone win yet?" Addy asked Jess and Veronica when she handed Veronica their son back.

"Win what?" Logan asked, intrigued.

"They bet that this little cutie here would say mama or dada first." Addy replied as she pinched the little boy's cheek gently, which resulted with another gurgled laughter.

"We're tied actually." Jess admitted.

"He said mada." Veronica smiled ruefully.

"My godson is so diplomatic already." Addy smiled proudly. "Aren't you Lukey?" she tickled the little boy who squirmed in his mother's arms.

"Don't call him that." Jess rolled his eyes at Addy.

"Why not? It's his nickname isn't it? Lucas Keith Mars-Mariano. Lukey is the perfect combination of Lucas and Keith."

Jess grumbled but stopped when Veronica passed Lukey to him. "We have to come up with something better. I mean Lukey is okay until he is four but what if that name sticks until he is twenty or something."

"Then we'll call him M squared." Addy bit her lip to keep from laughing.

"Funny." Jess made a face at her.

"I already call him LK. That way we won't confuse him with either Luke or Keith. You are such a suck up by the way." Logan turned to Jess.

"I am, am I? So what are you planning on calling your unborn child?" Jess challenged him.

"If our baby's a girl she'll be Lorelai Lynn Echolls." Logan replied grudgingly.

"And if your baby is a boy?" Jess countered.

Logan frowned at him.

"You are just angry that I took Luke already. No chance to suck up yourself, admit it." Jess taunted.

"He'll be Victor Lucas Echolls." Rory interjected as the two men were glaring at each other.

"Two birds in one stone that way." Veronica said thoughtfully.

Addy giggled at the picture that her friends made but frowned when she remembered something, "Where's Hunter?" she asked Jess.

"He's finishing up at the office." Jess replied.

"Your deadbeat boyfriend finally got a job?" Logan eyed her critically.

"He's not a deadbeat. And he's not working for Jess. Jess is publishing his first novel." Addy glared at him.

"You know I can always use a gofer if he needs a job." Logan suggested laughingly.

"He doesn't need a job, he has one already. He's a writer." Addy insisted.

"He's a good one too. I'm overseeing the publication of his book and the man is talented." Jess admitted.

"See? Just because he quit his job with his family three years ago doesn't mean he can't make it on his own. He's actually in talks with your studio about a screenplay he wrote." Addy added.

"Whatever." Logan pouted. Rory smiled at him and pulled his arm closer to her.

"So are you two planning on joining us in our wedded bliss anytime soon?" Rory asked to diffuse the tension.

Addy shook her head in amusement but before she could answer Hunter himself strolled into the room.

"There's Hunterilli." Addy greeted her boyfriend joyously.

"How many times do I have to ask you not to call me that?" Hunter greeted back in an exasperated tone.

"How many times have you asked me already?" Addy retorted as he kissed her cheek.

"About six hundred and fifty one times already." He replied wearily.

"When we reach a thousand ask me again." She responded cheekily.

"So when is everyone else getting here?" Hunter asked as he looked around and saw a few from their group missing.

"Mac and Dick are flying over tonight. Eli and Carmen said they'd be here for dinner. Wallace and his flavor of the month will be here tomorrow, so will Luke and Lorelai." Veronica answered for the rest of them.

"So what are we doing this year?" Rory asked eagerly.

It has become tradition that they all fly over to Neptune, CA, on Jess and Veronica's anniversary. They have a series of activities planned out just as they did three years ago, two weeks before Jess and Veronica's nuptials.

"This year we are going to Baja California." Jess shot a look at Logan.

"Dude." Logan glared at him.

"Actually I planned something else. We are after all celebrating a new addition to our family." Addy smiled at Rory.

"So what's the plan?" Jess asked her quizzically.

"Well we are going to the Caribbean. The yacht, this time I'm providing the transportation instead of letting Dick take care of it; will be waiting for us at the Albacore Club on Tuesday." Addy looked around the room hoping for a reaction.

"That's great. Did you book a hotel?" Jess wondered aloud.

"Nope, Dick has a new hotel over there. He did tell me that he reserved cabanas for all of us. I of course checked to make sure so we have that one covered."

"So tomorrow are we going shopping for the appropriate clothes?" Veronica asked, already excited at the group getaway.

"Of course it's going to be-" Logan was cut off.

"Fun, fun, fun." The entire group finished for him.

Logan frowned at everyone, including his wife, "and a bag of chips." He smirked.

Everyone looked at him, puzzled at his words.

"Fun, fun, fun and a bag of chips, I've always wanted to say that." Logan looked at everyone, rolling his eyes at their expression.

"You're lucky, you're beautiful. Our baby can get his looks from you and his intelligence from me." Rory smiled at him impertinently. Logan gave her a fake frown and proceeded to kiss her smile away.

"Oh come on." Addy protested at their display while everyone else groaned. Logan did not bother to open his eyes and just flashed them his middle finger.


The group divided into two. Logan extracted three cigars and handed them over to Jess and Hunter, the three proceeded outside; while the women stayed in the living room

"So you never did say if you would be our baby's godmother." Rory began as they got settled.

"Of course I'd be happy to." Addy smiled at her.

"Two godchildren already." Veronica commented.

"I don't know why you all want me to be a godparent, but I'm happy to do it just the same." Addy replied humbly.

"Well you are very reliable, responsible, trustworthy, and you love Lukey so much that I wonder why you haven't settled down yet." Veronica stated such praise.

"Thanks. But I'm not ready for that yet." Addy smiled her gratefully.

"Why not?" Rory was curious.

"Well Hunter is still in the process of finding himself and as much as we love each other we agreed that marriage is not for us. After all we are already living together, what more can I ask for?" Addy shrugged.

"You don't want to get married at all?" Veronica was surprised.

"I'm not ruling it out entirely but for now I'm satisfied with what we have. It took us years to get here, so we're following that trend and taking our time." Addy answered simply.

"What if he asks you?" Rory inquired gently.

Addy looked at her a little suspicious at her question, "You know something."

"I don't." Rory denied but the smile on her face gave her away.

"Spill." Veronica said as she put Lukey down on the crib that Addy provided for him.

"Well Hunter was just asking about you know, how Logan asked me to marry him." Rory shrugged helplessly.

"Did you tell him the lengths that Logan went through to ask you to marry him?" Addy asked.

"Yes. But that's all I know. I'm not sure if he's going to ask you for sure."

"Will you say yes if he does?" Veronica asked directly.

"Should I?" Addy rejoined.

"Maybe Jess is better qualified to answer that." Veronica admitted quietly.

"I will only say yes if he fixes his relationship with his family first." Addy was referring to the great fall out between Hunter and Mitchum when Hunter told his father that he refused to work for someone who would endanger the love of his life, which resulted in his loss of employment and a huge rift between him and his family.

"He won't do it Addy, you know that." Rory replied quietly.

"I don't get why he won't. I gave him my blessing, am I not the injured party? What I say should count. Besides I talked to Mitchum a month ago and he apologized to me."

"You talked to his dad?"

"Yes but I told him that I won't actively participate in reuniting them with each other."

"You'll say no if he refuses to fix his relationship with his family?" Veronica looked at her dubiously.

"Of course I'll say yes. I love him and he loves me. I'm just family oriented. The idea that he's relationship with his family is in such disarray is not something I want to live with." Addy admitted.

"Then maybe you should tell him that. I'm going to return the favor you did for me three years ago. Hunter will do anything for you; each and every one of us knows that. If you tell him how you really feel then maybe he'll be more open to forgive his father." Rory explained.

"Okay we are officially done with that topic. Thanks for the advice. Just tell him not to ask me to marry him anytime soon. It'll be just too weird if our engagement falls right next to Jess and Veronica's anniversary.

"We already have enough to celebrate?" Veronica asked laughingly.

"Exactly. Besides I want my own month." Addy grinned at the two of them.

Rory looked at the two of them with such wonder.

"We're happy. I mean all three of us are happy." Rory stated at the looks that Veronica and Addy gave her.

"Who would have thought that the three of us would be here three years ago?" Veronica agreed.

"Yes we are happy. And it's going to stay that way for always." Addy uttered with such conviction.

"How can you be so sure?" Veronica smiled at her reaction.

"Because the problems we had seemed like a lifetime ago and we are with the loves of our lives. What more can a woman ask?" Addy asked the other two.

"Fun, fun, fun and more bags of chips?" Rory answered jokingly.

"You are definitely Lorelai Leigh Echolls, wife of the one and only Logan Echolls." Veronica smiled at Rory.

"Just as you are Veronica Mariano." Addy contributed.

"You have to get married soon, then you'll be a Huntzberger." Rory told her teasingly.

"Actually Hunter wants to take my name, he'll be Logan 'Hunter' Townsend." Addy giggled.

"And here I thought I was wearing the pants in my relationship." Veronica giggled as well.

"Maybe Logan can be a Gilmore." Rory added and the three women burst out in laughter.

"What's so funny?" Logan asked as he joined his wife on the sofa. Jess and Hunter followed suit.

"Oh nothing." Rory answered dismissively. The three women exchanged looks and laughed all over again.

"Do you ever wonder if they have a secret code?" Jess shot a questioningly look at Logan.

"They're women of course they have a secret code." Logan smirked at him.

"It's part of their charm." Hunter added as he put his arm around Addy who beamed at him.

"You say that now, wait till you're married, then you'll be scratching your head all the time." Jess shot back. Veronica elbowed his stomach at his comment and Rory smacked Logan's arm for good measure.

"We are happy." Addy blurted out and the three women cracked up all over again.

"We are?" Hunter directed the question to everyone once the women calmed down.

Addy eyed him seriously, "What do you think?"

Hunter looked at everyone around the room. The answer was yes. Three years ago he was in a relationship that was based on convenience, now he was with the woman he loved more than anything in the world. Rory was expecting her first child with Logan. Jess actually became his friend. Yes they were all happy. But before he could voice his opinion Logan spoke for him.

"Of course we are you doofus." Hunter shot him a dirty look at his words. "I'm going to be a dad and Rory will be an awesome mom, Jess and Ronnie are expecting their second child and you are getting married."

"He is? To whom?" Addy shot Hunter an amused look.

"You are such an ass hat!" Hunter glared at the other man.

"You're pregnant too?" Rory squealed in delight.

"I'm only in my second month. I didn't want to steal your thunder." Veronica hugged Jess as she replied. Jess kissed her temple and smiled.

"I had to tell those guys, they all had big news." Jess told her smilingly. Veronica tilted her head at him and shook her head in mock disapproval.

"You mean you haven't asked her yet?" Logan smirked at Hunter.

"Rory's pregnant, Mac's pregnant and now Veronica, this is so Sisterhood of the traveling Pants." Addy commented laughingly.

"I haven't asked her yet! But I will, when we're done with all of your anniversaries." Hunter looked at Addy uncertainly.

"Maybe Carmen will tell us tonight that she's pregnant too, and then your children will be just like that book. They'll have Lukey as some sort of wise beyond his years older brother." Addy clapped her hands in delight as she walked over to her sleeping godson.

Hunter frowned at her direction when she didn't seem to care about the part of their 'marriage'.

"Yo Addy Bell, don't go leaving Hunter all high and dry." Logan tapped her shoulder to get her attention.

"I heard him." Addy responded dismissively, but she went back to her seat right next to Hunter. "And he knows me so well." She pinched his cheeks as if he was a child, "good call on waiting till we're done with their celebration."

"Does that mean you are saying yes?" Jess looked at his best friend gamely.

Addy grinned at him and shrugged. "We'll just have to wait and see, won't we Hunterilli?"

"Careful Bella, I'm beginning to like that name." Hunter replied as he tucked her hair behind her ear.

"That's the idea." She leaned against him and the two smiled adoringly at each other.

"So are we having dinner here tonight or at the Mariano Manor?" Logan interrupted the moment, causing everyone else to glare at him; it was very rare that Addy and Hunter showed affection beyond a hug and a kiss on the cheek least of all a look that conveyed their complete love and devotion for each other.

"What?" Logan asked defensively.

"Come on honey, before you have to put your foot in your mouth." Rory stood up and grabbed her husband's arm. The two walked out arm in arm.

"We are eating at the Mariano Manor." Jess replied as he held out his hand to his wife, who took it with a smile on her face at his reference to their house as a manor. They went over the crib where their sleeping son lay. Jess let go of her hand and picked Lukey up. Veronica hooked her arm into his once he had their son securely in his arms.

Addy and Hunter exchanged looks and got up as well, following the other couples as they began their walk over to Jess and Veronica's Home.

"Just so you know I am planning on saying yes. But only if-"

"If I talked to my dad, I already did. He groveled a lot, enough to satisfy even me." Hunter grinned at her.

"You know me so well." Addy looked up at him and smiled tearfully.

Hunter put his arm around her, "We really are happy. All of us." Reinforcing Addy's earlier observation.

THE END

AN2: There you go folks. The end of the line. Thank you so much for reading this fic and much love to those who reviewed and followed me through this story. I hope it measured up to all of your expectations. I am so grateful for the feedback and encouragement that I received from everyone as I was writing this. And again, thank you very much.

To my reviewers, one last time:

LoVe23: I absolutely loved you reaction. In my head the only way that Rory would stick around for good is if she knew the inner workings of Logan's mind, thus the Addy conversation. And from that I developed the actual relationship for the two. I'll try and send you the link to the myspace page, hopefully it'll post this time. I rewatched VM two nights ago and I still loved it. It was filled with LoVely moments that just made me giggle like a school girl. Thank you for supporting this fic, it was because of you that I even bothered. Thanks again for reviewing.

Problem Child1: Yes now everyone is happy. Or on the way there. I'm glad that you noticed that Rory is feisty I am starting to like her again. Especially since her reaction to the news that Lorelai slept with Christopher (notice that I didn't even include Christopher as a possible name for Rory and Logan's child). I am heartbroken over the fact that Luke just gave up. It was heartwrenching hearing him say that he and Lorelai just don't belong together. sigh

tylerhiltongrupie: Yay you indeed. Thans so much for the review. And I would honestly like to continue this fic but school has a way of ruining plans. Anyway, if I ever write more about the Jess and Veronica relationship, I'll probably post it on the Veronica Mars section. Again thanks for the reviews, I am forever grateful.

MHxxPAPER DOLL: Thanks for the review. Your description of your reaction made my day. Rory and Addy are indeed friends now. The last chapter was a beginning of a beautiful friendship. And yes Logan did meet Miss Patty and Babette (you spelled it right), I couldn't exactly expect them not to grab Logan's butt, he is after all Logan Echolls. Thanks again for all the reviews.