Hey guys, this is the epilogue. I loved writing this story and I hope you enjoyed reading it!

Four years later….

Rory couldn't believe what was happening. Jess had told her he wanted to surprise her for her college graduation, but this was incredible. Jess had taken her out to her favorite restaurant, to her favorite book store, and a horse-drawn carriage ride through the park.

But now they were locked in an elevator because of a faulty fire alarm.

"This sucks." Jess groaned as he tried pushing the button again.

"It's not your fault."

"No, but tonight was supposed to be perfect."

"It was perfect."

"The night is ruined now. I had your favorite movies all ready, and candy and popcorn. It was gonna be great."

"Jess, you really didn't have to put so much effort into the evening."

"But you're graduating from Yale, it's a big deal. And you've got that internship to the New York Times. I just wanted to make your last night as an Eli incredible."

"I think you proved that." Rory leaned forward and kissed him. "Thank you."

"Don't thank me yet." Suddenly, Jess turned to her, "Rory Gilmore, the love of my life, will you marry me?" Jess reached into his pocket and pulled a small jewelry box out and opened it. A small ring sat there, with a clear blue diamond.

Rory just stared at it for a moment, too speechless to say anything. Finally, she smiled, and a few tears ran down her cheeks, "Yes, I'll marry you Jess."

Jess slipped the ring on her finger and held her. "I love you so much Rory."

"I love you too."

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An hour later Rory and Jess finally emerged from the elevator, both a little disheveled. They walked to their apartment and as they closed the door, Jess started laughing, "That definitely makes the list of weirdest places we've ever done it."

"Oh come on. We don't have a list."

"Really? The dock, the gazebo, my car, the beach, the bookstore-"

"The bookstore does not count. Technically, nothing happened."

"The kitchen, the couch at your mom's, the common room of your old dorm, the boxes when we moved here, the movie theater and just tonight with the elevator."

"Fine, there have been a few times."

"A few? Must I remind you of the time behind the counter of the diner last year?"

Rory blushed, remembering the time she and Jess got drunk at Luke and Lorelai's wedding, and were found the next morning by Luke. "Oh, I have to call my mom." Rory reached for her cell phone and hit the speed dial.

Lorelai's tired voice came through a moment later, "Hello?"

"Mom." Rory tried to stay calm but it was difficult.

"Rory? What's going on, why are you calling me at midnight?"

"Jess asked me to marry him!"

"Oh my god!" Lorelai screamed, she was wide awake now. "What happened, tell me everything, well except for the dirty part which I'm sure came after the proposal."

"Well, Jess surprised me with this amazing night out. We got dinner, and he took me to my favorite bookstore, and then a carriage ride through the park. Then we came back to the apartment, and a false fire alarm went off while we were in the elevator. And Jess was apologizing because he thought tonight was ruined, and I told him the night was perfect. Then he proposed!"

"He proposed to you in an elevator?"

"Mom!"

"What, I thought he would propose to you in the carriage or something."

"Well, you should see the apartment. Jess wanted to propose here."

"Is it pretty?"

"It is." Rory said, looking around. There were flowers all over the place and a bottle of champagne set out. There was also an open book on the coffee table, with the words, 'Will you marry me?' highlighted.

"Take a picture so I can see."

"Don't worry I will. It'll just be like when Jess graduated from community college."

"Jeez, don't remind me about the 'Jess's naked butt as a screensaver' again."

"Yeah, I have some problems."

"I don't think it's a problem." Jess said as he wrapped his arms around her and started kissing her neck.

Rory tried swatting Jess's face away but was failing, "Hey Mom, I gotta go. Jess needs some…..help with…something."

"Okay, have fun, but not too much. You don't want to be hung over for your graduation. You'll have to deal with the Grandparents tomorrow."

"Yeah, thanks Mom. We'll see you,Luke, and Will there?"

"Yep. Bye hon."

"Bye." Rory hung up and looked at Jess, "You are really annoying."

"Well, gotta be good at something right?"

"Right." Rory sighed as she turned and kissed him.

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Later while they watched the movies, Rory and Jess thought back to everything that had happened to them, good and bad.

There had been his mom's wedding, the test drive of the Dragonfly when Luke kissed Lorelai. There was when Rory's grandparents tried to throw her a Yale boys party in an attempt to break them up. There was the time when a guy at the newspaper, Logan Huntzburger, had hit on Rory. There was their trip to Florida for Spring Break. There was Rory's pregnancy scare after Florida. There was when they broke up for a month following the pregnancy scare. There was Jess's graduation from community college. There was the time Rory almost dropped out of Yale, following an unsuccessful internship. There was their backpacking trip through Europe. There was the time they moved in together. There was when Jess got his book published. There was when Rory became editor of the Yale Daily News. There was Luke and Lorelai's wedding, Lane's wedding, Lorelai finding out she was pregnant, Will being born, Steve and Kwong being born and of course, Rory graduating.

"So," Jess said as the credits rolled. "Now that you're about to become a full-fledged adult, are there any regrets?"

"What do you mean?"

"Well, anything you would want to do over, or anything you would change?"

"Well…I would have broken up with Dean earlier, so I could have started dating you."

"Obvious."

"And I would totally take back the Luke's fiasco."

"Oh, come on. The look on his face was priceless."

"Fifteen shades of red, I remember."

"Just be glad Patty and Babette never found out about that."

"Oh, they did."

"How?"

"I guess East Side Tilly wakes up early and walks around town in the morning."

"She saw everything?"

"Yup, Luke's rant, you shirtless, and me turning red wearing your shirt."

"Wow, I never knew."

"How did you not know? They hung around the diner from opening to closing and stared in the windows after closing."

"Well, I was preoccupied."

"With thoughts about me?" She said flirty, batting her eyelashes.

"Of course. Thoughts of you and Angelina Jolie."

Rory laughed and threw a handful of popcorn at his head before being pulled to him. Rory touched her hand to his cheek and stared into his deep brown eyes, "I love you Jess Mariano."

Jess kissed her cheek, "I love you Rory Gilmore."

"Rory Mariano." Rory corrected, showing him her ring finger again.

"God, I love the sound of that."

"Me too." Rory said quietly as they shared a sweet kiss.

And I am proud to say it is complete. Yay! Now I can focus solely on OTFITU and DHIAM. Those of you who haven't read them yet….read them. Until next time, Bye.