Rory was rushed upstairs as soon as they got to the house to change and to readjust her hair. She looked in the mirror and couldn't believe that she was a college graduate. And that Logan had been invited to the party. As a guest, not a server. And that her mom and Luke were being make welcome as well. It was all too much to believe.

As she went downstairs the other guests were just beginning to arrive and Rory went to greet them.

"Grandma this party is beautiful, thank you so much for all of this." she gushed. Emily had outdone herself this time, and every aspect was perfect. Rory looked around for her grandfather and saw him talking with a group of Yale alumni.

Suddenly Rory felt an arm around her and turned to see Logan, with a drink in his hand.

"Hey Logan." she said.

"So how long do we have to stay at this thing?" he asked.

Rory laughed. "Well it's my party, so probably a little while."

They mingled with the group, saying hello to everyone but eventually drifting towards Colin, Finn and the rest of the group. Lorelai and Luke joined them for a while too until finally Emily called Rory back into the center of the living room.

"Rory your grandfather and I would like to give you your graduation present now." she said.
Rory went over and sat by them, feeling awkward and embarrassed in front of all those people but also curious.

"Rory now we weren't able to get your opinion on this or it would ruin the surprise, but we took into account that you told us that you would be working for the Hartford Courier, and how much you like Stars Hollow so we bought you a house there." her grandfather said.

"What?" screeched Rory, almost at the same time as Lorelai did.

"Well we were looking for a nice place for you to live, and we got a medium sized house because we figured that Logan would be living there with you, although we can discuss later how inappropriate that is. And someday you might want to get married and have children. I think this could safely accommodate at least two, possibly three if it's tiny." said Emily.

"Of course you shouldn't plan on having small children." Richard warned her. "But if thats how it comes out you don't have to worry."

They pulled out pictures to show Rory who was still stunned by the news. It was a charming house, not too big and not too small, with a nice yard and two-car garage.

Rory gave both her grandparents an ecstatic hug.
"It's perfect!" she exclaimed. "You didn't have to do this, it's way too much."

"Oh nonsense." said Richard. "You are a Yale graduate now, you are joining a very fine group and you deserve to have nice house to live in."

"And you will be in Hartford all the time." said Emily suggestively.

"Of course I'll visit all the time." said Rory. Her mother shot her a 'You see they are manipulating you and yet you still agreed' look.

"I also have something to say." said Logan. "And I figured this would be the best time to embarrass you, while everyone is watching.

Rory turned to look at him, feeling her face burn as he slowly got on one knee.

"Lorelai Leigh Gilmore, will you marry me?" he held out a small but nice ring.

Rory beamed, but the tears that welled up in her eyes spilled down her cheeks.

"Of course I'll marry you." she said as he slipped the ring onto her finger, and then gave her a long deep kiss as the room applauded.

Lorelai and Luke both had tears in their eyes as well as they watched their girl, who suddenly seemed so grown up. Graduated and engaged, all in one day.

Lane came up to give Rory a hug, as did her grandparents and her mom. Rory was at first worried about what her grandparents would say about the engagement but they seemed to have warmed up towards Logan now that he was a legitimate businessman, the owner of two newspapers, so they welcomed him to the family.

As soon as they were more alone she whispered to him "I can't believe you just sprung that on me!"

He gave her a playful kiss. "Well that way you couldn't say no."

"I couldn't say no anyway." she said, kissing him back. "I love the ring."

"It was all I could afford."

"I don't even like big rings. It would be like you were trying to buy me or something." she said.

"Well I did work out a deal with you mom. I'm getting two goats and a cow, plus all her pots and pans."

"Only one cow! She must have no faith in my ability to attract eligible men."

"Well your grandparents threw in the house so it seemed like a good bargain."

"Yeah, if it's big enough for the goats and cow."

"I'm more worried about you hurting yourself with the pots and pans."

"Oh I know what to do with the. They get stored in something called a cabinet, and then never ever touched, looked at or thought about again."

They laughed together.

"I can't believe they bought me a house." said Rory.

"Yeah I can't wait to check it out. Assuming you want me to live with you." added Logan.

"No, I just want to marry you, under the assumption that you would live elsewhere." Rory said sarcastically.

"When can we take a look?" Logan asked, ignoring her.

"Want to drive out to Stars Hollow after the party?"

"Of course."

"I hope you like living there. I mean its always going to be my town, but you haven't seen the half of it yet."

"I'm sure I'll love it. It has a lot of ... character."

"Or characters." added Rory.

"Yeah that too. Don't worry about it, things will be great." Logan gave her a reassuring kiss that deepened and threatened to lead to more until Luke wandered up to them.
"Hey Rory." he said. "I didn't really get a chance to talk to you earlier but I wanted to say congratulations, you know on your graduation and getting engaged."

"Thanks Luke!" Rory said genuinely, glad that he was oblivious to what had been going on before he came.

"So you kids are really getting married?" he asked awkwardly, not knowing what else to say.

Rory nodded. "If he doesn't change his mind."

"Trust me, I won't." Logan assured her.