So this is. The final Chapter. I hope you have enjoyed it at lest a fraction of how much i enjoyed writing it. I have a couple more idea for more stories but for now I'll just leave this here and say a great big thank you. THANK YOU! You all mean more to me than you know. So without further adieu...

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Chapter 20 – *Piece By Piece

And all I remember is your back
Walking towards the airport, leaving us all in your past
I traveled fifteen hundred miles to see you
I begged you to want me, but you didn't want to

Logan heads back to his apartment feeling like he's just won the lottery. He's spent the entire day with Rory and Richie and it's late and he has work in the morning, but none of that matters. He's got his Ace back.

The night goes by quickly as he showers and heads to bed. Before he falls asleep he texts her to say 'I love you." She responds in kind and before he knows it, it's morning and he leaves for work.

Once at the office he notice a hush has fallen over the normally vivacious crew that works so tirelessly for him and HPG. He looks around concerned until he spots through the window of his corner office, his father.

"Fuck." He says. Apparently he said it out loud because as he approaches his assistant gives him a nod to say, yes indeed, fuck.

Logan composes himself and walks in, "Dad, I would say it's a pleasure to see you, but I'm sure this isn't a social call, so what can I help you with?"

"It actually was going to be a social call, son. I came to inform you of the ridiculous rumors floating around about you and Odette so you could be prepared for any paparazzi questions, but while I'm here what do I happen to see but said divorce papers. Guess the jokes on me huh son?"

Logan has been caught off guard. Divorce? He had no idea Odette had already filed, but as he too can see the papers are on his desk. He should have known better. Of course she did, she already knew he and Ace were going to work this out, way before he did.

But still the thought of losing O hurts his heart. She was an amazing woman who has stood by him through some seriously messed up shit and she loves Richie.

"This is nothing to joke about dad. We are separated and yes, in the process of a divorce. But it's not really any of your business."

"The hell it's not. Not only are you my son, but also my employee. It is 100% my business. This is about that Gilmore girl isn't it?"

"Like I said it's none of your business."

"Logan…"

"God dammit Dad I said it's none of your fucking business. It's my life and my marriage, and my child. You need to back off."

"Well I will do just that."

"Thank you." Logan sits at his desk and tries to compose himself.

"You're welcome. And in I will thank you to have your desk cleaned out by end of day."

"Excuse me?"

"You're fired son. I can't have this type of distraction in my company.

Logan wants to be angry, but he suddenly realizes that he feels like a huge weight has been lifted off his shoulders. He was never meant to work for his father, it was just something he let happen when he didn't care what was going on with his life, but he'd been stifled here.

A Paul Norton and AMMO book, which has offices in New York, has been after him to come on board. They did say that some travel would be necessary, mostly to California where they had another office, but traveling from NY to CA would be easy compared to all the overseas trips his dad had sent him on. Yes it was less money but what it lacked in pay it made up for in creativity. AMMO was young and hip and not held back by the old ways of publishing. Logan suddenly realized that his father was right. It was time to go.

"You're right, dad." He says shocking his father.

"What?" Mitchem says.

Logan knows that he won't be able to take any of the company files on his desk, which really just leaves a few pictures, and misc. items he's acquired. As his father looks on dumb struck he packs his few personal belonging into his brief case.

"It is time we part ways. I don't want to play your games anymore. I did it on my own before, and I'll do it again." He closes the case and picks up the papers that O had sent over. "I may be a Huntzberger, but I will never be you, and that's ok. I have so much more in life right now, then you have ever had."

He reaches out for Mitchem's hand, "So, thank you for the opportunities you gave me here, I appreciate all of them, and I hope you find my replacement quickly and they can take you down the path that you decide this company should go. I'd like to say it's been a pleasure, Mitchem, but we both know it hasn't. Good bye."

He leaves his father standing in the office, dumbstruck, and takes the elevator down to the parking garage. He put his things in the trunk and doesn't once feel unsure about this change in his life. He pulls out his phone and returns the call from Mr. Norton who says he would be thrilled to meet with Logan, anytime, if he would only come to the Los Angeles office.

Logan can't believe the perfect timing of all of this, and he tells Paul he will call him as soon as he knows when he and his family will be there, and pulls out of the parking structure and heads to Ace's. He knows that she'll support him in this, because he knows that she'll support him always and he takes comfort in knowing that no matter how this all ends up professionally he has her and Richie, and god willing Odette and his friends that will always have his back.

He wants to tell O about all of this, but knows that he needs to share with his Ace first, however he may get to kill two birds with one stone as he sees O's car in the drive at that Hartford house.

He opens the door and calls out as he walks in, "Ace, O? You guy here? Is anyone dead?" He laughs.

"Hi." Rory says she enters the kitchen and sees both women at the table with coffee.

"Well hello." He says to them both. "Is this a welcome surprise?"

"It's not a surprise to us, Logan." Odette says. "We've been having lunch together once or twice a week for the past month."

Logan doesn't know what to say.

"Freaks you out a little huh?" Rory laughs.

"A little yeah." He says as he puts down his brief case and hugs his son who is too involved in his toys to care that Logan is home.

"But I've also got some news and it's convenient that you are both here."

"What?" they both say and then smile at each other.

"Oh, I know, the papers." Odette says as she looks at Rory. "Remember I told you I had the divorce paper send over already."

"That's not what I was going to say, but yes that too. And by the way, thanks for the warning on that. Mitchem found them before I did."

"Shit, sorry." She says.

"It all worked out for the best anyway." He says. "Mitchem fired me."

"What!" they both again say in unison.

"Didn't want the mess of our divorce on his company. So I packed my desk and left."

The two women look shocked. He laughs again.

"I'm ok, I swear. It's what it should have always been. I never wanted to work for HPG. Which leads me to the good news."

"There's good news in there somewhere?" Rory says.

"Well Logan giving Mitchem the middle finger is always good news to me." Odette adds.

"I have an interview at AMMO this week. I told them I'd fly up with you and Richie if you'll have me."

The girls exchange a smirk. "What?" it's his turn to question now.

"Well, you are more than welcome to come, but it's not going to be Richie and I." Ace says.

"I'm confused." He adds.

"It's going to be just me and you. Odette is going to take Richie for the first week of my tour. I wanted to get the system down before I started dragging him along and we figured you'd be working a lot and still get to see him everyday." Rory says with a smile. "I didn't think you'd want to be away from him for so long."

Logan feels a lump in his throat and he fights back the tears that want to come as he realizes that the fears he had about O losing her connection with Richie was not going to be an issue. She and Rory have become friends, good friends, and they both love Richie.

"You know the two of you are some of the most amazing woman ever." He says.

"We know." O smirks

"Don't you forget it." His Ace adds.

"Not a chance."

But piece by piece, he collected me up
Off the ground, where you abandoned things
Piece by piece he filled the holes that you burned in me
Six years old and you know
He never walks away
He never asks for money
He takes care of me
He loves me
Piece by piece, he restores my faith
That a man can be kind and the father could, stay

Logan is determined to get out of the office by 5pm today. It's Richie's 3rd birthday party tomorrow and he has to pick up Honor, Elias, and Josh from the airport. The weather in Los Angeles is perfect today and according to the news would be just as great for the weekend celebration.

Paul and Steve from work were thrilled when Logan came on board at AMMO and Logan used the signing bonus to buy him and his family a small house in Valencia CA. It's a commute but it saved them money with him constantly traveling between New York and CA all the time, and it's allowed them to get out of the Connecticut cold and snow and have a birthday BBQ for Elias and Richie.

He knows that the first thing Honor will ask him about his marrying Ace. They have been together since that night together at the Hartford house, but he's never asked her to marry him because he knows that one day it will happen. There's no need to push her into something because it's only a ring and a piece of paper, the real meaning of marriage is the commitment to each other and fighting for everything every day because you want to be with the person for the good and bad, and that stuff, the real stuff, they already have.

As he pulls into the drive with his sister and her family he can tell from the amount of cars that the rest of the guests for the weekend have begun to arrive. Elias can't wait to play with Richie and runs inside.

The house is a buzz with activity for Friday night dinner. Lane tosses a baby carrot at him as he enters the kitchen. Luke is cooking dinner, with Lorelei, Lane and Rory as his assistants. Paris and her wife are drinking coffee while Robert tries to talk his way into a threesome with them. Always fighting a losing battle that boy. Finn and Lane are showing reach other pictures of their families. Yes, the Aussie has a family: his wife, Odette and their three dogs.

Logan was shocked when he found out that Odette and Finn had been hanging out, but it didn't take long to see that his friend was completely in love with O. He had figured it all out of his own, the way Finn acted around her, they way he looked at her and the nervous way that Odette played with her hair when Finn cracked a joke at her expense. So he couldn't help but pretend he was angry when the two of them came to him and asked him about being ok with them. After nearly giving them both a heart attack he had pulled O aside.

"Is this, Finn, what you really want?"

"It is. It's definitely not what I expected in my life and it's not where I thought I'd be, and he's not, he's not James, but he's also funny, and sweet, and so smart and he makes me look at life in way a I never imagined. He makes me happy." She says. "Not the way James did, and not the way you did, but in a way he makes me happy in way neither of you could."

"That's all I needed to hear, O. I love you."

"I love you too Logan."

He knows that he'll always remember that day. Finally Odette seemed truly happy, in way he'd never seen her in the entire time he's known her.

And he also knows that Finn, loves her back and that once a month when Richie spends the weekend with his Aunt O, and Uncle Finn that his family has never felt more complete, even without his parents, who he has not spoken to since the day he left the HPG office in New York.

Lane and Zach spend a lot of time with O and Finn and Logan has to laugh that a group of people that he can't imagine being friends have become best friends.

Robert is still single as is Colin and though they've never said anything to him Logan suspects it's because they mean more to each other then they want to tell anyone. The way Colin watches Robert hit on Paris speaks volumes and that Robert would never actually have a threesome with them, even if they agreed, is something that Logan knows means more then they says. No one pushes, because really, no one cares who they love.

Madeline and Lucy are married and each of them will be here tomorrow with their kids and husbands, along with Emily who is happy living on her own and following her dreams. There will be more people tomorrow than Logan can remember, Jess and his wife, his coworkers, and several of the Stars Hallow family that will arrive sometime tonight.

He can't remember ever being happier in his life, so that night when he lays down to sleep with his Ace, he asleep before his head hits the pillow. Happiness tires him out.

And all of your words fall flat
I made something of myself and now you wanna come back
But your love, it isn't free, it has to be earned
Back then I didn't have anything you needed so I was worthless

Saturday morning flies by as the clan sets up for the BBQ. Logan makes sure the grill is ready and he and Finn marinate the Asada, and chicken, and boil the ribs, in preparation to BBQ. They will also be hamburgers and hotdogs for the kids and chips and beans, and potato salad, along with mashed potatoes and macaroni and cheese and so many other food and sweets that Logan fears the food may take over the house.

The afternoon passed with a few tears from fallen kids and bruises from wrestling but otherwise the party is a hit. Honor's friends all come too; thankfully none of her bride's maids are still her friends so he doesn't have to deal with a reminder of that stupid time in life.

And as evening settles in he stands off to the side and watches as his Ace pulls out the wine and more of the alcohol starts to flow. The kids have been ushered inside and are quietly watching a movie upstairs. He hears the clink of a glass and looks up as everyone's attention is drawn to Rory.

"I'd like to thank everyone who came out today to help us celebrate Elias and Logan's birthday. You are all family to us and we love and appreciate all of you. Please know that we are thankful everyday to have family and friends as amazing you are. So, thank you."

The crowd applauds and cheer with their glasses and when the crown quiets down she continues.

"Logan can you come up here please." He's confused but he'd do anything that amazing woman asks of him, so he goes and stands beside her.

She turns to face him. "You amaze me Logan Huntzberger. Everyday. Everything that you do. Everything that you are. These past few years I realized I don't know a lot more than I thought I knew." She smirks at him.

He looks at her amazed that she can remember what he said to her all those years ago, word for word. He thought only he remembered every word spoken that fateful day.

"What I'm trying to say is, I know that I love you, and I want to be with you forever." She reaches in her pocket and pulls out a ring box. But not just any ring box, THE ring box. He's had it locked away all these years and he looks at it dumbfounded. "Logan Huntzberger, will you marry me?"

Logan wants to laugh; she is asking him to marry her. It's not the usual way these things are done, but then again, nothing with them has ever been done the usual way.

He takes her hands in his, "Remember when we were in the Life and Death Brigade, and we stood on that tower, and held hands. We jumped. Let's do that again, Ace, let's jump."

He pulls her in and kisses her and the crown cheers. He takes the box from her hand and opens it and finally, FINALLY he put that ring on her finger.

"I love you Logan. I never stopped and I never will." She says.

"Right back at ya Ace."

More of group cheers and applauds and more drinks are passed around to toast the newly engaged couple.

Near midnight Logan spots Christopher sneaking in the front door. He shakes the mans hand and directs him towards Rory.

"Hey kiddo. Sorry I couldn't make it earlier. Had to help Gigi with some stuff."

"Hi dad." She says, "It's ok."

"No I should have been here earlier." He adds but its just words to her by now. "What did I miss?" He says grabbing a beer from the cooler.

"Hey Rory I think your mom and I are gonna leave. She's, well, asleep." Luke says as he walks over. "Christopher." He acknowledges her father.

"Ok Luke. Thank you for coming. It was so good to see you and mom. We'll be back in Hartford next week and Richie really want to come by the diner."

"I'll let your mom know. She misses you when you're gone. Congratulations on the engagement."

"You got engaged?!" Christopher asks and she shows him the ring. "Congratulations kiddo." He hugs her.

Luke has started to walk away but she stops him, "Luke, hang on a sec. You know of course mom is going to be my maid of honor but I was wondering if you would give me away?

He glances at Christopher who looks hurt but this isn't about him or her father, it's about Rory. "I would be honored." He says and hugs her long and hard. He has always loved her just like he loves April.

"Thank you Luke, and tell April to get ready to dress shop she's going to be a brides maid."

He hugs her again before carrying a sleeping Lorelei to the car.

"Rory." Christopher calls.

"Thank you for coming dad."she says but he stops her

"Hey kid. Doesn't your dad usually walk you down the aisle?"

"He is." She says. "I love you dad. I do. But you've never made more than the minimal effort to be in my life. Not when I was younger, not as I got older and then when you had Gigi, you had to focus on her. I get that, she only had you to count on, and I'm so happy for her that she has the kind of dad that you have become, but for me, you were never that guy. You're the occasion phone call, birthday gift in the mail, not showing up till midnight on the day of your grandson's birthday part. Long after he's asleep, I might add."

Christopher doesn't know what to say. "I should go." Is what he finally does say.

"I hope you'll come to the wedding. You and Gigi and if she ever wants to know me as more then a picture on your wall I'm always here for her. Please send her my love, and maybe a slice of cake before leave. Goodnight."

She walks over to Logan who has been watching the whole scene. "You know I'm pretty damn proud of my girl right now." He whispers in her ear as he hugs her.

"My wedding should be about me, and when it's mattered it's always been Luke that was there for me and it's he who I want to be the one to stand beside me as I marry you."

"Then that is what you will have. You deserve he world."

"I deserve you. Thank you for always having my back Logan, and for showing me what a real man and father should be. You're kids will be proud of you."

"Thanks Ace." He says and then stops. "Kids?"

"Oh did I forget to mention that?" She says. Waiting for his response.

"But, I mean, you're, you're what?" He says seeking clarification before letting the joy overwhelm him.

"I figured that proposal was public, but this," she puts his hand on her stomach, "should be just between us for a while." She looks him in the eyes, "I'm pregnant. I've been drinking sparking cider all night."

"You're pregnant! I'm going to be a dad, again?" he asks as he still holds his hand on her stomach.

"You're gonna be the best dad, again. In about 9 months, so we better get to working on this wedding so I can still fit in a wedding dress."

But piece by piece, he collected me up
Off the ground, where you abandoned things
Piece by piece he filled the holes that you burned in me
Six years old and you know
He never walks away
He never asks for money
He takes care of me
'Cause he loves me
Piece by piece, he restored my faith
That a man can be kind and a father could, stay

It only took two month to plan the wedding. Having Emily Gilmore as your wedding planner has many a benefit. One is that she can get things done faster then anyone ever. She still has reach and people still owe her. So as Rory stands upstairs in the diner in her wedding dress, the same one that her grandmother wore when she married her grandfather she knows that nothing as been left to chance. She can stand and marvel and the woman in the mirror before her.

"Stop staring at yourself Gilmore, you're not THAT beautiful." Jess says as he leans against the now open door.

She turns to face him and smiles, "Ok, now you are that beautiful. Carry on." He says as he walks towards her.

"You're ready for this?"

"I'm so ready." She responds.

"So if I read your email right you asked each of us to bring to you something. Mine was Old right?"

"Right." She says.

He hands her a piece of paper he's written on. "I figured you could fold it up and put in in your bra or something." He laughs.

She takes the paper and reads a poem by Maya Angelou:

We, unaccustomed to courage
exiles from delight
live coiled in shells of loneliness
until love leaves its high holy temple
and comes into our sight
to liberate us into life.
Love arrives
and in its train come ecstasies
old memories of pleasure
ancient histories of pain.
Yet if we are bold,
love strikes away the chains of fear
from our souls.
We are weaned from our timidity
In the flush of love's light
we dare be brave
And suddenly we see
that love costs all we are
and will ever be.
Yet it is only love
which sets us free

Rory wipes her damp eyes with a tissue. "Thank you Jess. You'll always be my first bad boy." She laughs.

"You'll always be my first love." He says and kisses her on the forehead.

He leaves but leaves the door open for Lorelei and Emily.

"Oh my god!" Lorelei says and already starts to cry.

"Stop it mom." Rory says firmly. "If you start to cry them Grandma will start to cry and then I'll start to cry and then we'll have to redo my make up and I don't have time for that."

Lorelei laughs and hugs her daughter. "You've always been the adult in this relationship."

"I know." She laughs

"Grandma?" Rory asks, as Emily has just been quiet.

"I was just thinking how beautiful you look in that dress and how very proud of you Richard would be. I wish he was here." She says as she too dabs her eyes.

"OH grandma. I wish he were here too. And I only put you on the email as borrowed grandma because you were already letting wear your dress."

"Nonsense, that was a gift. This is your borrowed. This I want back." She holds out the diamond necklace that Richard had given to her at their wedding renewal. "It part of him, and this way maybe he's here with us."

She leans in and clasps the necklace around Rory's neck. "Stunning." Is all she says as she backs up.

Rory plays with the diamonds on her neck. She can still feel her grandfather's energy on them. She can still recall her favorite day with her grandfather, so appropriate for todays activities:

Rory had watches the whole thing from the sideline starting with her grandfather's approach, " Logan!"

"Huh? Richard!" For the moment Logan hadn't looks anything but surprised to see him.

They shake hands " Wow, this is a pleasant surprise! Finn, Colin, you know Richard, don't you?" Logan says as an introduction

"Why, hello, boys. Nice to see you. Logan, I wanted to talk to you. I just heard about the incident."

"The..." Logan is starting to look nervous as are the boys.

"I heard that you professed your feelings for Rory."

"Wha-?" Logan now looks like he's going to shit his pants.

" Mr. Bell is a very dear friend of mine, as is the Dean of admissions. Well, you know this place, news travels fast."

Logan tries to clarify, " Yeah, look..."

But Richard is having none of it, "I have to tell you that, while I understand what could have driven you to such a public display of affection, there is an appropriate time and place for that sort of thing. And a classroom in the middle of class is not one of them."

"No, I know, I..."

"However, what's done is done. It's out. So I dropped by to tell you that I have spoken to your father." Rory wants to laugh out loud as her grandfather drops Mitchem and Logan and Finn, and Colin and Robert all turn a shade of green she's never seen.

" My father?"

" We pounded out a few things. Property agreements, pre-nups, that sort of thing." Boy he's really laying it on thick and right in the gut.

"Okay, I think that there's been..."

" Oh, we came to a very fair agreement. I'm sure you'll be pleased. Now, we're setting up a dinner next week to finalize the engagement and start talking about the ceremony." She can see from her advantage that Logan looks like he's going to throw up and Colin looks about the same, but Finn, Finn has just figured it out. "Emily is handling all the newspaper announcements, so, not to worry. That's all taken care of."

"But..."

"She is a fine young lady, Logan. I want her to be happy. You'll take care of that, I assume. All right, I'll let you get back to your coffee break. Nice seeing all of you again. And Logan, welcome to the family, son."

On that day, the thought of marriage to anyone let one Logan Huntzberger had been a joke, nothing that had ever even crossed her mind, and yet her she stood dressed and ready to do just that, marry Logan.

"How I got stuck with new when we have Ms. Moneybags over there, I don't know." Lorelei says breaking her out of her revive. "But here."

She hands Rory a small box. Inside the burgundy colored box lays a set a small diamond earrings.

"Lorelei…" Emily says in awe. "Those are perfect! Rory aren't they perfect?"

"Mom.." Rory says, "These are brilliant. But way too expensive."

"I'm not as destitute as I was when you started Chilton ok. Luke and I saw these and just knew they would look amazing on you."

Rory takes them out of the box and puts them on. The image of the woman in the mirror continues to surprise her.

"You almost ready for this kid?" Her mom asks.

"I am. Just waiting for Lane for my…"

"Something Blue. I'm here." Lane says as she walks in. The blue brides maids dress accentuating her black hair, the yellow accents bringing out her eyes.

"We'll give you guys a minutes." The two older women leave the lifelong best friends alone.

"You look amazing Rory." She says and hugs her.

"No, no tears. I've already had to dab my eye like 1000 times."

"Ok, no tears. Ok, so remember when we met?"

"Yes you lent me your crayons."

"Yes, and then the next day you brought me a present. You said we were suppose to share it just like the crayons, but lets be real there was no way you were getting this back." From behind her back she pulls out a small blue, fuzzy character with a small plastic hook attached.

"Hammy!" Rory says. "I thought I lost you! I'm so sorry Hammy. I hope this thief took good care of you." She says she hugs the tiny Sprite from the days of Rainbow Brite.

"I can't believe you still have this."

"I always intended to share it with you. You know when I got bored with it, guess I never did." She shrugs.

"Here, hook it to the laces on the back." Lane places the small plastic hook around the laces on the back on Rory corset bodice.

"I'm so happy you guys finally figured this thing out."

"Me too."

A knock at the door turns their attention as Luke walks in. "They're…." he stops.

"They're what?" Rory asks.

"You're stunning." He says. It makes her smile even wider. "They're ready for us. If you're ready for them." He says.

Rory hugs Lane, "You better go calm my mom down and get her and Paris and April ready for the walk."

"See ya on flip side sistah." Lane jokes as she leaves Luke alone with Rory.

"You really look, beyond beautiful Rory."

"Thank you Luke."

Together they walk down the stairs and out of the diner as she watches the rest of her bridal party take that walk down the aisle and into the gazebo. The same gazebo that Luke and her mom had married in. She can tell Logan and his groomsmen are there, but can't see them yet. She feels like she might pass out from excitement. "Don't let me trip ok?"

"Not a chance in hell." He says as he secures her arm with his hand. "Lets get this show on the road he says as the Wedding March begins.

"Let's go." She says and she and Luke begin their walk toward to her soon to be husband.

Logan is wearing a black tux with a blue cumber bum as are his groomsmen, Finn, Colin, Robert, and Josh. They all look so handsome. From the walk up the aisle she can see Jess and Cassidy and Odette who is sitting with Richie who is just as in love with her as ever. The rest of Stars Hallow, and their friends from California, and everyone she loves is there to celebrate today with her.

The minister asks who give this woman, and Luke acknowledges he does and he hands her hand to Logan who can't stop the smile on his face as he takes her the last few steps.

They exchange traditional vows and before she knows it it's over and she's been pronounced Logan's wife and he's kissing her and together they are walking back down the aisle. In the back she can see her dad standing, late as usual, but he's there and it's all she can ask for from him.

As she and Logan and their wedding party take the Wedding Photos, Kirk and his party team set up the tables for the reception and Ms. Patty retires to her studio to make a batch of her founder day punch in secret.

After the majority of the photos have been taken she asks the photographer to take just a few more.

"One with just my little family." She says.

Logan and Richie join her, and she stops him from taking the photo for just a second. "Odette, are you coming?" she says.

Odette looks at her, surprised. "Me?"

"I think Richie would like to have both his mother in this picture. Right Mr. Man?" she asks.

"O, come on!" he says.

Odette walks over and stands next to Rory and holds Richie.

She can hear the music starting and after the pictures she lets Odette take Richie as she and Logan prepare for their entrance and first dance.

"I love you Ace." He says.

"I love you too Logan."

The DJ announces them and in they walk as the first notes of Moon River being to play.

She falls into his arms easily and like she's home. This is the life he's always wanted. Here, with her, with their son, the one on the way, and he's never felt more content with his life, more fulfilled then here with her in his arms. This is how it always should have been. This is where his heart has always been. He spins her out of his arm and she twirls and laughs. He stands back as others join them on the dance floor and Logan pretends he's using his finger to look at Rory through a movie camera.

She smiles at the familiar gesture from their last night together in New Hampshire. Her smile makes his heart meat and still to this very day gives his butterflies. He smiles back at her and says, "Yeah, just like that."

Piece by piece I fell far from the tree
I will never leave her like you left me
And she will never have to wonder her worth
Because unlike you I'm going to put her first and you know
He'll never walk away,
He'll never break her heart
He'll take care of things, he'll love her
Piece by piece, he restored my faith
That a man can be kind and the father should be great

*Lyrics are Piece by Piece by Kelly Clarkson (there are two versions and both are great, but I imagine the American Idol version here.)