Every inch of Lorelai's body told her to think about this, but her heart, which always belonged to Luke, told her to go ahead and jump. Luke waited anxiously for her answer. She smiled and gazed into Luke's eyes.

"Okay, Luke Danes…" She paused and smiled even larger. "I'll jump."

A burst of happiness streaked across Luke's face. "You'll jump?"

"Head first." Lorelai replied.

He quickly pulled her into an embrace and held her close. "I love you so much, Lorelai."

"I love you too." She said softly as Luke's embrace warmed her from the cool autumn air.

(The town house)

"I'm not sure how Jess is going to respond to this." Luke replied.

"Well, I know that Rory will be more than excited." Lorelai added.

"Have they even met?" Luke asked.

"I don't think so." Lorelai answered. "Oh, God… Luke, we didn't even consider them. We didn't even think about what it will be like for them… they'll have to live together. Rory has never shared a house with anyone that close to her age, especially a boy."

"They'll be okay." Luke assured. "Jess keeps to himself a lot. He's a very private person. I'm sure, you and Rory will barely even know he's around."

Lorelai's mouth opened. "But what if the exact opposite happens?"

"Exact opposite?" Luke asked, not following.

"You know." Lorelai replied. "Instead of not liking each other, what if they do like each other."

"What's wrong with liking each other?"

"I mean really, really like each other." Lorelai corrected.

Suddenly Luke understood. "Oh." He said blankly. "Well, no… I mean, no… No."

"No?"

"No, that'll never happen. I mean, that would just be too weird."

"Two teenagers… opposite sex…. in a house together and you expect no feelings to arise between them?"

"They'll be more like family. They'll never think of that." Luke said firmly. "If you want, I'll have a talk with Jess…"

"No… No… Let's just not even put the idea of that out there." Lorelai replied. "Besides, if they do… you know, decide they like each other, then we can't really stop them anyway so lets just… leave it alone."

"Okay… Good idea." Luke agreed. He took a deep breath. "Well, good luck."

"Same to you." Lorelai replied as she opened her door. "If you need my help…"

"I'll call." Luke smiled.

"Okay."

He leaned in gently and kissed her. "Good bye." He turned and walked out of the townhouse.

Lorelai closed the door behind him and looked at the clock. It was almost time for Rory to get home, and then she'd break the news that her and Luke were getting married. Lorelai sat patiently on the couch preparing what she would say to Rory. She wasn't very nervous, she knew Rory would approve of Luke. Jess on the other hand may bring up some different feelings. Also, she was starting to ask herself how others would view their sudden decision to get married. Then again, Luke and Lorelai have loved each other for such a long time, that it really wasn't a hasty decision, just perhaps a wrongly timed one. Nevertheless, she had said yes and she planned to stick to it. She'd never lose him again like last time.

The front door opened and Rory walked inside. "Hey, you're home early." Rory noted.

"Yeah…" Lorelai simply answered. "I have news." Lorelai got straight to the point.

"Good news, I hope." Rory replied as she took off her jacket and sat down her backpack.

"So do I." Lorelai said.

"What do you mean?" Rory took a seat on the couch beside her mother.

"Something happened today." Lorelai began. "Something… big. Life changing, even."

"We won the lottery?" Rory asked, in a playful tone.

"Well, not quite. We kind of one a diner man and a nephew."

Rory laughed. "What?"

"Luke asked me to marry him today."

Rory's eyes nearly bulged out of her head. "You're kidding!? Oh, Mom, that's so great!"

Okay, this was close to the reaction Lorelai was expecting and hoping for. So, so far so good. "You're okay with it?" Lorelai asked making sure.

"Of course, I'm okay with it… Did you say yes?"

"I did." Lorelai answered.

"This is so romantic. How did he ask you?" Rory gave her mother her complete attention.

"He took me on a picnic today at the inn. He brought fried chicken and pumpkin pie… and then he hid the ring inside the picnic basket and asked me to jump with him…"

Rory's heart warmed. "I knew he was the one." She replied.

"You do realize…" Lorelai began. "That there's Jess now."

Rory actually hadn't thought about Jess, but now that he had been brought up, it did somewhat tarnish her feelings. She'd never let Lorelai know that though, she wanted her mother to be one hundred percent happy.

"Yeah, of course." Rory smiled. "I didn't expect Luke to just, you know, kick him out."

"I know you haven't even met each other and I'm sure it'll be a big change…"

"Mom, don't worry about it. It'll be nice having someone else around. Someone I can hang with and talk to while you and Luke are enjoying your marriage."

Lorelai smirked. "What exactly do you mean enjoying your marriage?"

"You know what I mean." Rory grinned.

(Luke's apartment)

"So it's not enough that you drag me out here from California, but now you have to move into a house with girls."

"Lorelai and Rory are special people, Jess. If you'd just give them a chance…"

"I don't even want to live with you, what makes you think I want to live with them?"

Luke sighed. "I love, Lorelai. I love, Rory. We're getting married, we're going to be a family and you're going to be a part of that family."

"I don't have to be a part of anything." Jess remarked.

"It's not negotiable, Jess." Luke sternly spoke. "You'll just have to find a way to deal with this."

"You're pathetic." Jess said coldly.

"I'm pathetic?" Luke pointed to himself. "You're the one who got detention their first day of school. You couldn't even make it through your first day without getting into trouble."

"Big deal." Jess shrugged. "I couldn't care less about school."

"That's fine. You don't want to be a good student. No problem. You can work as a mechanic or grave digger for all I care. But you will respect Lorelai and you will be nice to Rory."

"Look, if you have some weird Cleaver family image in your head…"

"Jess…" Luke held up his hand. "All I ask, is for you to be nice."