The following morning Rory and Logan awoke and dressed and hurried downstairs to find a feast covering the tables. The couple walked around the room and saw various people in various hung over states. The not-so-bad hung over group sat and chatted quietly while the way too hung over group sat with large cups of coffee and water with their heads on the table, moaning. Logan and Rory finally sat down with Steph and Colin, who seemed fairly alright.
"Morning guys" Rory said taking a cup of coffee from a passing waiter.
Stephanie groaned. "How many letters did I miss last night?"
Rory winced. "I lost count after sixteen."
"Sixteen? Oh my god I'm never drinking again."
"That'll last about two hours." Colin informed them.
Steph angrily waved her arm towards him.
"What in the hell are you doing?"
"I'm trying to hit you but you won't stay still!"
"I'm not moving."
"Oh my god, my head hurts. It feels like someone is smashing bricks over my head repeatedly." She stood up and held her hands out to the left of Colin. "Help me find the Aspirin."
Colin took another sip of coffee, then grabbed Steph gently by the arms and led her away.
Logan shook his head and took another bite of the pancakes that had been set in front of him. "So what's on the agenda today, Ace?"
Rory looked up from her own pancakes. "Well, we need to meet with my mom and discuss wedding invitations and the guest list. And we need to decide on a cake and the rest of the food soon with Sookie. And we need to make a seating arrangement, book a hall and church or wherever we're getting married and for a reception, set a date, decide on a ring bearer and flower girl and talk to their parents. We pick out your tux and my dress and the groomsmen's tuxes and bridesmaid's dresses. Pick out decorations, find a song, decide on music to be played at the reception, not to mention food, and still have time to run our normal lives!"
Logan widened his eyes. "Okay…. just calm down. Your mom will help us. And I don't think this all has to be decided today."
Rory took a deep breath. "You're right. I don't want to be too stressed. I mean, it's our wedding. It's supposed to be the happiest day of our lives!"
"It will be." He assured her.
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A few hours later the two met Lorelai in the library of the Inn.
She smiled. "Hello wedding goers! Okay, first off I have to ask, do you guys have any preferences for the invitations?"
As if in elementary school, Logan raised his hand.
"Yes, the rich blond kid in the front next to the pretty girl." She said pointing at him.
"Nothing too girly."
"Okay. Rory?"
Rory made a face and said like a little kid, "Nothing to boy-ie."
"Alright children, let's not fight. So we're going for a happy medium invitation, got it. Have you guys set a date? That would help narrow it down."
Rory and Logan looked at each other. "We were thinking some time in the Spring." Logan said.
"Maybe some time in April." Rory added.
Lorelai pulled out her handheld and flipped to April. "Obviously you don't want April first… What day of the week?"
"Saturday." The both said at once.
Lorelai smiled and glanced back down at her handheld. "Let's see…. That would be the 7th, 14th, 21st, and 28th. Any of those sound good to you two?"
"I kind of like the 21st." Rory said.
"The 21st sounds good." Logan said at the same time. They looked at each other and smiled.
"So April 21st it is." Lorelai said happily. "Congratulations. You now have a wedding date." She pulled out a thick book and turned to a certain page. "We have quite a few designs, as you can see. From this page" she flipped forward about fifty pages, "to this page are our spring invitations. I'm gonna go check on a few things and let you two take a few minutes." She said standing up.
"Thanks mom."
"No problem, kid."
Rory and Logan flipped through the book and saw every kind of invitation imaginable. White ones, blue ones, pink, green, yellow, orange, red, silver, gold, round, square, ribbons, bows, flowers, and sequins just to name a few. After a few minutes of careful consideration they finally decided on simple bichrome invitations in black and white. They would say their names at the top with a big "&" sign between the two and the rest of the information would be at the bottom and middle. Once Lorelai had come back in they showed her their pick and she applauded them.
"Now where do you want to have it?" she asked.
"I want it to be somewhere romantic. And I was hoping we could have it outside." Rory said.
"Martha's Vineyard is always a great spot." Lorelai pointed out.
"I know the perfect place. My family owns a house near it. You'd love it, Ace. It's on the beach. You can see the waves and the water everywhere."
"It sounds amazing." Rory gushed.
Lorelai smiled and wrote down the address of the Vineyard Logan gave her in her planner. "You two are the easiest couple I've ever had to work with." She told them. "Most couples have bitten each others heads off by now."
"Well they obviously weren't as in love as we are." Logan said giving Rory a quick peck on the cheek. They then began to work on what exactly the invitations would say. Finally after two hours of very hard work, the group dismissed for the day and agreed to meet back at the same time tomorrow. Right now, it was time to eat." The three linked arms and headed for Luke's.
That night Logan and Rory laid in bed thinking about the days to come.
"Logan?" Rory said suddenly breaking the silence.
"Yeah, Ace?"
"Do you think we can do this?" she asked quietly.
"Do what?"
"Plan a wedding. I mean, your parents are completely against this marriage. And there so much going into it. What if I mess it up?"
Logan sat up and looked her in the eye. "Are you having doubts about this?"
"Not about us. I love you and I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you. I'm just worried about the wedding. I have no doubts in my mind about us."
"Rory, I promise you, everything will be fine. We love each other. And that's all we need. They can throw anything in the world at us, and from the looks of it, they're trying, but it'll be okay. We can take on anything as long as we're together."
Hearing him call her by her real name, Rory knew he meant business. She sighed. "I guess I'm just worried."
"Well don't be."
"I'll try."
"I love you, Ace."
"I love you too."
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"Okay, I've got a plan." Lorelai announced the next day.
Rory eyed her carefully. "What?"
"Don't you trust me?"
"The last plan you had involved toilet paper, raw eggs, and Luke's apartment."
"He needed some fun in his life. Anyway, this plan works better and we can't almost get arrested for it." She pulled out a Palm Pilot.
"You're Palm Pilots having a baby?"
"No! Here, it's for you. It's for the wedding. Look at the "Things To Do" list."
Rory opened the handheld and went to the page. "It's a list of wedding things to do!"
"And when and where to do them." She said proudly. "I've set everything up. Dates for hair appointments, dress shopping, wine tasting, the works. And if you guys need any of the dates changed that's not a problem."
"This is great, mom!" Rory and Logan quickly scanned the list. "Looks okay to me." She said finally.
"Same here." Logan agreed.
"Great!" Lorelai clapped. "So, if you notice you have cake tasting with Sookie in about an hour and dress shopping next week. All I need are your bridesmaids and groomsmen so I can call and let them know and that's it for now."
Rory thought for a minute. "How many bridesmaids do I need?"
"Well, you can have as many as you want. But usually there's five total for each."
"Then Lane and Paris, obviously. Steph….Hmmm… do you think Honor would like to be a bridesmaid?" she asked Logan.
He smiled. "I think she'd be extatic, Ace."
"Then Lane, Paris, Steph, Honor, and you, as my maid of honor." She told Lorelai.
"Me?"
Rory nodded. "Yep."
"You sure, hon? Because I'd be more than happy being the bride's mom."
"You're not just my mom. You're my best friend. And I want you to be my maid of honor. Besides, if I can be the maid of honor at your and Luke's wedding, you can be the maid of honor at mine and Logan's."
"Well, if you're sure." Lorelai stood up. "I'd like to first start off by thanking the academy. Also, my dog Paul Anka. I wouldn't be here today with out you. I'd like to thank my mother for being such a pain in the ass my whole life-"
"Mom" Rory said rolling her eyes.
"Hang on, I'm almost done. I'd also like to thank the little people." She said looking at Rory. "And remember, don't learn to read, drop out of school, and hygene is for losers! Goodnight!" she sat back down.
Rory and Logan stared. "What? No applause? The Grammy's suck. Logan, what about you?"
"Colin as my best man, and Finn, Robert, Seth, and Josh as groomsmen."
"I though you hated Robert." Rory said confused.
"I hate Robert when he was with you." Logan corrected her. "Now that you're mine, I think he's a fine, well rounded human being."
"Gee, that's fair."
"Thanks. I'm glad you agree."
Lorelai checked her watch. "Sookie's waiting in the dining room for you. She demanded that you try her cakes today. And I'm heading over to Luke's."
"Thanks mom." Rory said standing up and giving her a kiss on the cheek.
"No problem babe. See you later Logan."
"Bye Lorelai."
The couple pulled open the doors to the dining room and gasped.
"Oh my god." Rory breathed. "It's beautiful." Each of the several little tables scatted across the dining room had at least ten miniature cake samples covering it.
"Oh, you're here!" Sookie squealed as she came into the room. "Yay!"
"Hi Sookie!" Rory said giving her a hug. "These cakes are-"
"I know, I know." Sookie cut her off. "There's not nearly enough. But I ran out of room in here so the kitchen counters are covered and I put some over there." She pointed to a tall book shelf in the corner. Rory and Logan glanced in the library and saw that she had loaded all of the books on the coffee table and in the chairs and had replaced them with cake samples on the book shelves.
"Are you sure we can try all of these?" Logan whispered to her.
"Trust me, we won't be allowed to leave until we do." She whispered back.
"Ready to get started?" Sookie asked.
"Let's do it." Rory said smiling. Sookie clapped her hands and lead them to a table. They both got comfy in chairs as she explained.
"Okay, I wasn't sure what kind of cake you wanted so I just made a bunch of different kinds. I have twenty different chocolate types because I know Rory loves chocolate. But I thought maybe Logan was a health nut so I made three different types of carrot cake, and some fruit flavored cakes." She babbled. "And then I thought maybe you wanted to go new age, so I made a coke cake. Or maybe you wanted to be easy on the planet so I made an organic cake and an organic carrot cake using no real carrots. And then it hit me. What if they want Jello cake? So I made a few of those. And then I said, 'Rory loves ice cream so why not make a few of them'? And we made a few jelly cakes, cookie cakes, coconut cakes, cookie flavored cakes, crunchy and soft cakes, cakes with fillings, and a bunch of just plain white and yellow cakes because that's traditional. But hey, who wants traditional? Unless you do, and that's totally okay! But you guys can just pick whatever flavor you want, or you can make up a flavor and I'll make that! Or you can decide on something we don't have and I'll whip one up! And then after you know what kind of cake you want we can start picking out icings, icing colors, icing flavors, shapes of the cake, looks of the cake, cake decorations, cake toppers, what you want it to say, the writing style, and anything else you want. Anything you want, anything at all, I'll do it." She told them. She smacked her forehead. "Oh my god, I'm stupid. You need something to wash all that cake down with, don't you? Eddie? Eddie! Bring out some water for Rory and Logan!" she scampered back towards the kitchen.
Logan paused for a second before saying, "I'm scared."
Rory laughed.
"We're going to be huge when we're done here. We won't be able to drive back to Hartford because we won't fit in the car."
Rory laughed again.
"Is she always like this?"
"Oh you have no idea."
They were quiet for a minute. "We're gonna be here for awhile, aren't we?" he said finally.
"You might want to call and cancel any plans you have scheduled in the next month."
"I'll get right on that."
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A/N: Well? Did you like it? Sorry if it was slow. And sorry it took so long! I've been having writers block so bad lately! And I might be updating less frequently now. My 8th grade graduation is only 2 months away and I have SO much to do. Plus, I'm starting a new art class soon and homework is piling up. So I'm sorry if I don't update as quickly anymore. Anyway, hope you liked this chapter. PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!!!!
