A/N- So I got my cast on Monday. It's impossible to type with my right hand now because of the way my hands positioned in the cast. Now I have to peck away at the keyboard with my left hand. Thanks for the reviews! GIANTS GOT LUCKY, I DESPISE THEM! Not really, just Eli Manning. Okay so I realized I was forgetting something, the bachelor and bachelorette parties! So the weddings postponed one more chapter.

Rory's POV

"Mom! Are you almost ready?" I yelled up the stairs.

"Coming!" she appeared at the top of the stairs in a low cut black halter dress. She paired it with black pumps. Her hair was straightened and fell to the middle of her back. "How do I look?"

"Great! What about me?" I asked twirling around in my short black dress, it had a round beaded neckline and fell several inches above my knee. I had on black pumps as well and my hair was down and curled.

"Gorgeous darling!" mom exclaimed walking down the stairs. "Come on, everyone else is meeting us at the diner!"

We headed out the door and walked towards the diner, chatting about random stuff. The bell above the door chimed as we walked through.

"Coffee!" mom yelled.

Jess stuck his head out from behind the curtain, "Can I talk to you for a minute, Ror?"

"Sure." I said walking towards him.

"Luke won't wear a suit!" he whispered.

"Come on!" I grabbed him by the wrist and dragged him up the stairs. I knocked rapidly on the door and Jess reached around me with his free hand and opened the door. We stepped inside. "You need to wear a suit!" I told Luke who was sitting on the couch.

"Why?"

"Luke, by now you should know not to argue with a Gilmore!" I reminded him.

"Fine." He gave in. He walked towards the closet grabbed a few things and walked into the bathroom.

I looked over at Jess, I narrowed my eyes at him, "Didn't I tell you to wear a tie?"

"I don't do ties."

"Luke! I'm borrowing one of your ties for Jess!" I yelled into the bathroom.

"I'm not wearing a tie." Jess stated.

"Yes, you are." I retorted. I walked over to the closet and dug around until I found a simple black tie. "Is it safe to say you don't know how to tie this?" I asked walking over to where he stood.

"I know how to tie a tie." He pretended to be offended. He took the tie from me and quickly tied it. I reached out and straightened the tie, then I tried to smooth down his hair. "I draw the line at my hair." He said moving my hand away from his head.

"Okay." Luke walked out of the bathroom and I smiled, "Now come on!" I grabbed Luke and Jess' arms and pulled them out of the apartment and into the diner.

"So you guys are supposed to be having you bachelor and bachelorette parties," Jess started.

"But since you've both been married, we decided that it would be best to have one big party!" I finished.

"And where is this party?" mom asked. Jess opened the blinds and revealed the entire town standing in the square. There was a huge banner on the gazebo and a large dance floor in the grass. On the other side of the square tables with food and dining tables had been set up. "How?"

"Everything was at Patty's. We, well, Jess got about thirty guys to move the stuff as soon as we walked in." I explained.

"And how did you do that?" she questioned addressing Jess.

"Apparently people are still scared of me in this time." He answered smirking.

"Aw! Thank you guys!" she pulled us both into a hug at once.

"Well come on! It's time to party!" I shouted looping my arm through hers and Jess'. She hooked arms with Luke and we all walked out of the diner. The town applauded as we made our way across the square, I let go of my moms arm and she and Luke made their way into the crowd. I watched them with a smile as they interacted with everyone.

"You look beautiful." Jess whispered close to my ear giving me goose bumps.

I turned to face him, "Thank you." I smoothed the lapels of his jacket. "You look so different."

"Bad different?"

"No, just different, older. I love your new hair." I told him tucking a piece of hair that had fallen in his face behind his ear. He reached up and laced our fingers together, slowly leaning forward.

"Daddy!" Erica yelled running up to us. He let go of my hand and turned to face Erica.

"Yeah?"

"Can I stay at Grandma's tonight? Me and Doula are gonna stay up and watch movies!" she said excitedly.

"You spent all day with her, are you trying to get rid of me?" he asked kneeling down to her level.

"Course not, Daddy!" she giggled throwing her arms around his neck.

"Good!" he hugged her and kissed the top of her head.

"So, can I go?"

"Sure." Jess sighed and stood up again.

"Thank you! Hi, Rory!" she exclaimed noticing me for the first time.

"Hey, Princess!" I gave her a hug. "That's a very pretty dress!"

"Thank you!" she responded before running back to the crowd of people.

"I think we need to talk." I told Jess.

"Yeah." He agreed. "Let's talk later."

"Okay."

"Come on, let's go join the fun." He grabbed my hand and led us over to where mom and Luke were.

"Hey kids! Thank you so much for doing this!" mom hugged us both again. "Come on Luke let's dance!" she pulled Luke off to the dance floor.

"Shall we?" Jess asked offering be his hand and nodding to the dance floor.

"You're kidding, right?" I joked sliding my hand into his. As we reached the dance floor a slow song began to play. Jess' arms slipped around my waist and mine wrapped around his neck. Mom and Luke walked past us on their way to the bar.

"Maybe you should let them have the house to themselves tonight?" Jess suggested quietly.

"And where do you suggest I stay?"

"You can stay in the apartment with me."

"Mr. Mariano are you propositioning me?" I half kidded.

"I don't know, Ms. Gilmore. Is it working?" he questioned looking into my eyes.

"Jess…" I whispered.

"I think it's time we talk." He said solemnly. "How about we go back to the apartment and talk? You can stay the night or go home if you want."

"Okay. Come on, I have to tell mom." We walked over to mom and I tapped her on the shoulder.

"Hey, kiddo! What's up?"

"I'm going to stay at the apartment with Jess tonight so you two can have some privacy." I told her.

She grabbed my arm and pulled me a few feet away from Jess and Luke, "Okay I'm gonna be cool about this! There are condoms in the nightstand."

"Mom! I'm not going to sleep with Jess!"

"Sure you aren't." she said walking back over to the guys.

"I'm going to go say goodnight to Erica." Jess announced before walking off.

"So what time should we be at the inn tomorrow?" I asked mom.

"Around ten."

"Have you decided on a hair style for everyone yet?"

"No, I'm hoping it will come to me in a dream tonight. But just in case you think of ideas too."

"You're crazy." I proclaimed.

"No arguments there." Luke spoke up.

"Well you are marrying me. So that must make you crazy too." Mom retorted.

"Then I love crazy." Luke said pulling her into a kiss.

"I think that's our cue." Jess joked joining our group again.

"Oh yeah." I agreed. "Have fun, just stay out of my room." I told them.

"Your room is completely safe." Mom assured me. "Just make sure you sleep in Jess' bed tonight." She paused. "One, that so called for a dirty. And two, I never thought I would say that."

"Night Mom. Night Luke." I hugged them both.

"Night Rory." They answered.

"See you later." Jess waved as started walking away.

"Be safe!" mom yelled after us.

Once we were inside the diner he locked the door and turned to face me. "Want some coffee?"

"No, but I'll take a beer."

"That we keep upstairs, come on." He turned off the lights and led the way upstairs.

"Do you have any clothes I can wear to sleep in?" I asked as he approached the fridge.

"Yeah." He handed me a beer and walked over to his dresser. "What do you want, boxers or sweatpants?"

"Sweatpants."

He came back over with a pair of gray sweatpants and a dark blue t-shirt. "Here you go. Bathrooms over there." He smiled.

I walked into the bathroom and changed into Jess' clothes. I pulled my hair up into a ponytail and washed the makeup off my face. I checked my appearance one more time before walking back out into the apartment. I grabbed my beer off the table and sat next to Jess on the couch.

"Now we talk." Jess concluded.

I nodded, "When mom first told me that you were Luke's best man I wasn't sure what to expect. I knew about Erica not much, but I knew she existed. Mom told me that her mom had left shortly after she was born and that you were raising her, that's it. I didn't think that these feelings would come back. It's been ten years since we've dated, the last thing expected was to have feelings for you again, but I do. I want to try us again, it's just not that easy anymore. I don't know where I'm going to be at the end of the summer. You have Erica to worry about."

"After Hannah left I told myself I wasn't going to date anyone unless I thought it could be something permanent. I really think we could work. I know we didn't work before, but we were kids, I was an asshole, I didn't do anything right, I treated you like crap. Now we've both grown up, we could work. Please, give us a chance." Jess begged placing his hands on my shoulders.

"Okay." I said simply. I leaned forward and gently brushed my lips across his before pulling back. "Go change, we'll watch TV." I whispered getting up and walking over the bed. Luke had added a television to this half of the apartment when April started staying over frequently. I slid underneath the cover and flipped through the channels. I stopped when I found George Lopez. A few minutes later Jess slipped into the bed behind me and draped an arm across my stomach. After the show was over I turned off the television and rolled over to face Jess.

"Tell me a secret." He requested quietly.

"I have a picture of our first kiss. The photographer at Sookie's wedding must have seen us and taken it. When her wedding pictures came back she set it aside so my mom wouldn't see it. She gave it to me one day when I came to work at the inn. She said it wasn't often you get to document that kind of moment and that even though mom didn't approve I should keep it. I did." I told him.

"Wow. Can I see it?"

"I'll show you tomorrow. Your turn, tell me a secret."

"I've been in love with you since I walked into your room ten years ago."

"Me too." I smiled and snuggled into his chest, drifting off to sleep.

A/N- So a lot of you said the New York Times, I think I'm gonna make an executive decision cuz only one person picked the paper I wanted. That was a pretty long chapter so lots of reviews por favor, S'il vous plait, bitte, Ti preghiamo, してください(that's Japanese)!