Author's Note: I regret to say that this is the end of this story. I would love to still hear what you have to say about this, so please review. I plan to write more in the future, so try to keep a look out!

Epilogue:

The Elder Gilmore's huge house was decorated extravagantly with New Years decorations. Lorelai had taken some convincing, but when she had been bugged enough, she decided that spending New Years Eve with her parents wasn't the worst thing possible. Now she was glad to have gone. Everything was perfect. Emily and Richard had exchanged small pleasantries with their daughter and granddaughter, and then quickly hastened away to tend to other guests.

Rory looked around the room with a huge smile on her face. Everything had finally fallen into place. She pressed herself closer to Logan as the two swayed on the dance floor, and her gaze traveled over everyone else in the room.

The elder Huntzbergers were there, a fact that Logan realized with great disgust. Mitchum had pulled Logan aside earlier in the evening and he had arrived back at Rory's side with a satisfied smile on his face. He had admitted to her that his father was dropping his plea for Logan to move to Seattle, and that he would like it if Logan moved back into his home.

Rory had smiled at that, because she knew that while Logan loved the McRae household, he truly missed living with his sister and his parents. They did love him, even if they had a funny way of showing it.

Juliet and Tristan could be seen dancing not far off, and Rory waved to her friends. Juliet smiled back at her and danced in their direction.

"Hey, guys. Only half an hour till the new year."

"Yeah, I know!" Rory said with a big grin.

"Guys!" four pairs of heads turned and saw a grinning Stephanie run up, dragging a tired looking Colin behind him. Finn and Rosemary trailed up not far behind.

With all four couples on the dance floor, they continued to sway to the music and chat about the New Year and the changes that were coming. Although dancing with Logan in a cast was some what awkward, he had accommodated that and they were both quite comfortable. Rory felt that this New Year would be a new beginning for her, where she could put Dean and her almost-break up with Logan behind her.

Her eyes swept around the room and landed on her mom, talking and laughing with Luke. She smiled softly. Her mom was happy. Happier than she had ever seen her before.

Emily had even been so gracious as to invite the inhabitants of Stars Hollow to the gathering. Rory looked around and saw Miss Patty pinching the butt of a very uncomfortable Jess, Babette trying to convince a very annoyed member of the orchestra that they should do a Karaoke session, and Taylor discussing the world of business with one of Richard's clients. Rory observed that Lane, Zach, Brian, Gill, Sookie, Jackson, Mrs. Kim, Andrew, Gypsy, and various other townsfolk were there. In fact, she couldn't think of anyone that wasn't there. Lulu was over in the corner drinking a glass of wine and Kirk was… where was Kirk? Rory shook her head at the thought of him hiding somewhere in her grandparent's house and making a mess.

"10! 9! 8! 7!" Rory's head snapped around to Logan and he pulled her just a fraction closer.

"6! 5! 4! 3!"

"I love you, Ace," Logan breathed into her ear.

"2! 1! HAPPY NEW YEAR!"

Rory stepped forward and kissed him, her arms securely wrapped around his neck, and his around her waist. She vaguely heard the cheering going on around her, and would have kept herself in her own little world where only Logan and her exist, had it not been for the missing member of the Star's Hollow guest list.

Stepping forward wearing a full-on Easter bunny costume, Kirk stepped onto the stage and called out a loud "HAPPY NEW YEAR!" With a megaphone. Emily and Richard and several of the more elite members of the party looked insulted, but Rory just laughed.

"Oy with the poodles, already," she said.

"Huh?" Logan said.

"Never mind," she said, pulling him in for another deep, satisfying kiss.

THE END