Chapter 7: Complete the Family
"No, I am not Laurie's father... No comment on if it's Emmett. Or Reuben." (Reuben was Logan Huntzeberger's alias). "No comment, no comment, no comment!" Jess hung up the phone in frustration and turned back to Rory sitting on the couch in their Hartford home. "What did I do? The media firestorm is going crazy. I'm sorry."
Rory shrugged, hugging herself as she stood. "You have nothing to be sorry about. This was your decision. It was your identity you were playing with."
Jess deflated in slight relief. "Thanks." He took her in his arms. A moment of silence and then: "You think you'll right a sequel about you and Laurie?"
He felt Rory tense a little in his embrace. "I don't know. The response for this book was so unexpected and overwhelming."
"Maybe it would help if I tried to field all those questions for you. Everyone wants to know who her father is."
"You are more her father than Logan ever has been," Rory admitted honestly, staring up into his face.
Jess blinked, and then smiled at her. "Then how about this: Rory Gilmore, will you marry me?"
Rory gaped at him for a moment. Jess held up a hand.
"You don't have to answer right away..."
"Yes," Rory suddenly whispered. "Yes."
They held the wedding at the Dragonfly Inn. Toddler Laurie was a flower girl, and Luke gave Rory away. The diner owner also served as his nephew's Best Man. The ceremony was very quiet and done entirely in secret, with only Stars Hollow residents there. The media would get wind of the nuptials soon though; there was no doubt of that.
But as Jess and Rory danced at their reception, they knew that - come media or book sequels or parenting - they would get through it all together.
