A/N: I wasn't sure how exactly to write the visit. I am not good at writing people just doing everyday things or kind of touring areas. So I hope this ends up all right haha

Jess shoved his phone back into his front pocket annoyed. He had just gotten a text from Matt about trying to move the book quicker and he hadn't even decided on an editor yet. He had offered to edit his own but Chris said it might be better to get a second set of eyes.

Rory looked over at him, a silent question in her eyes. He shook his head and gave her a small smile.

Lorelai walked over to them, a beaming smile on her face. "All ice creams are ordered. Including Luke's boring vanilla with no sprinkles in a cup."

"Something wrong with vanilla?" Jess asked her teasingly.

"Nothing's wrong with vanilla," she replied. "But how can you pick vanilla when there's countless other flavors?"

"Luke likes vanilla," Rory said.

Lorelai blew a raspberry then stuck her tongue back in when she saw her husband approach. "Everyone grab theirs."

Rory reached eagerly for her cone and so did Jess. Evan already had his in his hands, chocolate on his mouth. Lorelai laughed as she took her own. Jess smiled at his girlfriend. "Always better in a cone."

"Always," she smiled back at him.

Lorelai covered her son's ears. "Does that mean something dirty?"

"Dirty!" Evan giggles despite his covered ears. Luke scowled at his wife and she held in a laugh while she tried to form an apologetic look.

"Its from the night I tutored Jess," Rory said as they made their way to a table. She noticed Lorelai's expression change and she mentally kicked herself.

Luke looked between them. "That's why you were in the car instead of the diner."

"What are you talking about?" Evan asked as he took more ice cream in his mouth.

"Something a long time ago, kid," Lorelai said and ruffled his hair.

"What?" He asked.

Rory hesitated then sighed. "Years ago, Jess and I got into a car accident. We went out for ice cream and it was night and there was something furry."

"Nothing bad happened?" Evan wondered.

"I got kicked out," Jess said.

Lorelai added, "And Rory broke her wrist."

"Hairline fracture," Rory corrected.

"Your parents got into a big fight," Jess nudged him.

"What?" He asked and now looked at his parents.

"It was barely a thing," Luke waved off.

"It was a thing," Lorelai said. "But we worked it out. Obviously."

"Eventually," Rory nodded. "Three months later."

"Hey, there'd have been no fight if there was no accident," she tease glared.

"The furry thing came out of nowhere," Jess licked the ice cream that dripped down the side of his downsizing cone.

Rory smiled at him then turned back to her mom with a nod. Lorelai glared at the couple. "You're getting more and more like him and it's scary."

"Yeah, stop that," Luke told them.

They finished their ice creams quietly and once outside, Evan grabbed one each of his parents' hands and walked in the middle of them. Rory slid her hand into Jess' and leaned close to him.

"What was that text about?" She whispered.

He shrugged. "It was just Matt telling me about plans for the new book."

Rory gasped excitedly. "And?"

"And they want to try to get it out as fast as possible," he replied.

"Thats amazing," she said and smiled brightly at him.

Jess however did not share the enthusiasm. "I didn't even find an editor yet."

"Do you need one?" She asked. "I mean, you're a pretty good editor yourself."

"I told them I don't need one," he sighed. "But they seem determined to make someone not me do it."

"Well, what about me?" She asked.

He looked down at her. "What about you?"

"What if I edit the book?" Rory said. "I mean, I can edit. I've read the book. It'd make perfect sense."

"You're serious?" Jess asked and she nodded. "It might be a lot of work."

"I'd be able to make it work," she told him. "And if it gets to be too much, I'll tell you. I promise."

"You really want to do that?" He tried to make sure.

"I wouldn't be saying it if I didn't mean it," she smiled.

"What are you two whispering about back there?" Lorelai asked. "Are you gonna sneak off?"

"No," Rory laughed. "I was just telling Jess that maybe I'll edit his book for him."

"Really?" Luke looked behind him at them real quick.

"I still have to talk to Matt and Chris," Jess replied. "Nothings sure yet. She only just offered."

"Well, if they want it out and don't have an editor yet, they'll have to consider it at least," Rory told him.

"Would you be able to do that?" Luke asked. "With the new job?"

"I think so," she nodded.

Lorelai snorted teasingly. "Please. We're talking about Rory."

"What does that mean?" Rory asked.

"It means if you put your mind to it, you can do your actual job, write five articles and edit his book," Lorelai answered.

Rory snuggled closer to Jess as they walked. "You put too much regard on me."

"You know its true," Luke said.

"I agree with them," Jess said. "You actually do do a lot once you put your mind to it."

"Me too," Evan said.

"Even you?" She asked her little brother.

He nodded but didn't turn around. "I go with whatever Mommy says."

Lorelai grinned triumphantly. "See?"

"God help us all," Luke muttered but with a smile on his face.

...

"Why are we in a giant library?" Lorelai asked her daughter.

"Because yesterday, you picked the agenda," Rory browsed the shelves. "Today, I pick."

"You mean you and Jess pick," she pouted.

"But I still picked," she said.

"But why a library?" She asked. "Why not a bookstore where you can keep the books?"

Rory laughed and turned to her mother. "Because sometimes libraries have books I can't find in a book store. And I still do want to read them."

"You, of all people, can't find books in a book store?" Lorelai asked.

"Are you implying I'm a book nerd?" She asked.

Lorelai laughed now. "Oh no. I'm implying youre sleeping with a guy who works at a bookstore."

Her face reddened involuntarily. "I'm not sleeping with him for his bookstore."

"So you're not even tempted to do it though?" She questioned wonderingly.

"No," Rory replied. "Well...actually..."

"I knew it!" Lorelai clapped.

"Its not like that," she defended.

"Okay, tell me," her mother said.

"Jess got me a rare special edition of Howl," she whispered as if it was a huge secret.

"Okay?" Lorelai said.

Rory shook her head. "No, this is really rare, Mom. And somehow, he got me it. I have no idea how or what he did for it but he got me it."

"Okay so he definitely has connections," Lorelai replied. "Use them. Light some candles, put on some Barry White..."

"And lip sync to 'I can't get enough of your love, babe'?" Rory raised her eyebrows.

"Fine, don't do that," Lorelai said as they started walking to the next row of books. "But use the eyes on him at least if youre not gonna use -"

"Please do not finish that sentence," Rory laughed.

"I was gonna say wiles," she beamed. "Its not my fault your younger, gutter mind thinks of dirtier words."

"And here we have why Luke takes Evan instead of leaving him with us," Rory said.

"He probably thinks I'm gonna try to get him to buy me coffee, too," she muttered.

"One more month," Rory teased.

Lorelai put her hand on belly, glancing down for a moment. "Wow. It's hard to think its finally almost time."

"You're gonna be very busy soon," her daughter grabbed a book off the shelf, looked through the pages then put it back.

"I know," she grinned. "I'm not looking forward to no sleep part of it but I am looking forward to meeting the little one."

"Still don't know the sex?" Rory asked.

"No," she shook her head. "But we do have some names in mind."

"What names?" She asked excitedly.

"Well, Luke vetoed Lorelai," she sighed. "Said maybe I shouldn't have two daughters with the same name."

"Valid point," Rory nodded.

Lorelai ticked off her fingers. "There's Gwen, Lila, Katherine for girls. Maybe possibly Emily."

"Grandma will like that," she told her.

"Boys..." Lorelai made a thinking face. "Nathan, William after Luke's dad, Geoffrey and...Richard."

"Oh," Rory said surprised. "Grandma will really like that."

"Its a good name," Lorelai added. "Very Gilmore. And I thought it'd be nice, if its a boy, to be named after his grandfather."

"I think its perfect," Rory nodded. Her eyes shined brightly, the unshed tears stalled.

"Me, too," Lorelai nodded, her own eyes shining.

"Mommy!" A small voice called and she held a finger over her mouth. His next word was in a whisper as he ran and hugged her. "Hi, mommy."

"Hi, sweetie," Lorelai held Evan to her. "Where's Daddy and Jess?"

"Here," Luke said as the two men appeared. "He ran ahead when he saw you."

"Aww did you, bud?" She said.

"I saw a lot of skin, mommy," Evan told her.

"What? She turned to her husband.

"There was this group of people..." He stuttered.

"And?" Her eyebrow rose.

"And let's say they were less than bundled up," Jess finished for his uncle.

"Aha," Rory said.

"What were you guys talking about?" Luke asked. "It looked serious."

"Not much..." Lorelai answered. "Just, we were talking about my dad."

"Oh," her husband said.

"I miss Grandpa, Mommy," Evan looked up at her.

"I know, sweetie," she held him closer. "Me, too."

Not long after, they left the library. Rory noticed Jess had an expression on his face that she couldn't read. The five of them ended up at an art gallery. Jess apologized to everyone for taking them there but he had to talk to the artist about showing work at Truncheon.

Evan got tired and Lorelai and Luke both ended up bringing him back to the apartment. Rory was gonna go with her mom but she decided to stay with Jess despite his protests. She stood by a wall, watching as her boyfriend talked to the artist.

A smile was on her face as she watched. He looked completely at ease as he negotiated and told the guy about his place of work. Rory felt a huge amount of pride as she thought about how far he'd come.

Her mind traveled back to earlier that day in the ice cream shop. The mention of the night of the car accident brought back buried memories and thoughts. In the car, she told Jess he could be anything, he could do anything. His response was a vague 'whatever, whereever' and she hadn't liked that all too much.

But now, as she watched Jess be the professional and business owner that he now was, she was proud. He shook the guy's hand and turned, a smile on his face as he saw Rory watching. He walked right over to her and kissed her quickly. "You actually waited."

"I told you I would," she smiled back.

"You could have gone with your mom," he told her.

"Mom has Evan and Luke," Rory said. "I didn't want to abandon you."

"I'm glad you didn't," he whispered then cleared his throat, speaking louder. "As much as I like having them around, I kind of missed being alone with you."

"I know," she nodded. "And we will get time together. I'll make sure of it."

He kissed her sweetly and leaned his forehead against hers. A second later, he pulled away and took Rory's hand. "Come on."

"Where are we going?" She asked.

"Just come," he said and they walked out of the big room and past a door that turned out to lead to another big room. This one was empty compared to the other one.

"Okay," she laughed. "What's this?"

"This is the new Truncheon books gallery," he smiled at her.

Rory repeated his words out loud. "What are you talking about?"

"Remember the guys don't want to open another bookstore here?" She nodded. "I got to thinking, what if we showed work here?"

"So you...what, rented this place? Rory asked.

"Yep," Jess nodded. "What do you think? I'm gonna run it, that way I'll be working for Truncheon and not need to worry about going back and forth. It'll be like a new branch."

"I love it," she said and hugged him tightly. "I think its the best idea."

"Youre only saying that because it gives me an excuse not to travel back and forth," he hugged her back.

"Maybe," she mumbled.

"Ror?" He asked quietly. "I've been meaning to ask you something ever since we left that library."

"Oh?" She wondered and pulled out of the hug.

"Do you remember when we went to dinner with your grandmother and she mentioned I sent her flowers?" There was another nod and he continued. "You didn't say anything."

"I was surprised," she shrugged. "I didn't think you would send my grandmother or my mother flowers."

"No, I mean you didn't say anything about what I sent you," Jess clarified.

"What?" She asked. "What did you send me?"

"You mean you didn't get anything from me after your grandfather passed away?" He asked.

Rory shook her head. "No. Did you send it to the right place?"

"I triple-checked the address, Rory," he replied.

"Oh," she made a face. "I didn't get anything. Unless...shit."

"What?" He asked. Now Jess was the curious one.

"Logan," she shuffled her feet as she said her ex-husband's name.

"You think he did something?" He asked, ready to answer his own question.

She nodded and but her lip. "I bet he saw it from you and threw them away. We weren't exactly doing well by then and you were definitely a sore subject."

"Gee, I wonder why," he smirked.

"Don't sound so smug," she warned. "Oh, man. I'm sorry, Jess."

"Its not your fault," he shrugged. "I just thought maybe I overstepped my bounds."

"You didn't," she said. "You couldn't."

"I am relieved to know you didn't throw them out," he smiled at her slightly.

She wrapped her arms around him again and hugged him. "You're sweet. Even when we weren't on the best of terms after...everything."

"I could say the same to you," he said and put his arms around her too. After a few moments standing there, arms wrapped in an embrace, he spoke. "What do you say we head home?"

"I say that sounds like a great idea," she smiled against his jacket.

"Come on," he repeated his earlier words and pulled out of the hug.

Jess took Rory's hand in his and they made their way out of the room. A smile grew on Rory's face as she thought of the past now. And it had grew even bigger as she thought of what exactly the future could hold.