Epilogue…
Rory was in a room at the DragonFly Inn getting ready. She was already in her dress, her hair and makeup done. She looked perfect. She was excited; yet, nothing had ever felt so right. She just could not wait to be Mrs. Morgan. She looked at herself in the mirror and started to think back to their last visit in Australia. After Finn had proposed, they had had one of the most romantic periods of her life. They visited Australia, visiting many places Finn had visited when he was younger, they spent one week on his sister's yacht. She wrote quite a lot during that period. Her own books, she had decided to work on writing a fiction based on her mother's life. They did not want to come back to their reality of life in New York. But they had to.
They had an official engagement party when they return. Both families were really happy for the both of them; their friends even more so. The rest of the year went by quickly. Finn was working on new constructions, one on the west coast and one in Sydney. Eileen was a lot of help in that last project but still Finn had to travel quite a lot over the last year and it did put a strain to the relation. She ended up using her vouchers to surprise him a couple of times.
During those times, she did a lot of writing and the rest of time was spent with her mother. They organized the wedding. Finn had only one request, he wanted the wedding to be held outside. Rory was perfectly fine with it. They had decided the wedding to be held in the fall, they would have the coloured leaves as background. Rory had already published 8 books, 6 children's books and 2 young adult novels. She was finishing the fiction based on her mom's life. Her books were a success, no one would deny. She was still doing some work for the Times Magazine but was focusing on her critics and taking some features from time to time. She had also published some pieces for Hugo over the year.
Suddenly, she heard a soft knock on the door.
"Come in."
"Rory, Hun, you look beautiful." Lorelei said her voice breaking.
"Thanks mom. Please don't cry… I don't want to cry and ruin all this makeup." She said hugging her mother.
"I know… Daphnée outdid herself with this dress, it fist you. And I have to say that the bridesmaid dresses are not bad at all; even flattering on me." She said with a smile looking at herself in the mirror.
Rory looked at her mother; she was magnificent in her dress. Lorelei was 6 month pregnant with twins. Both she and Luke were excited with this news.
There was another know on her door…
"Wow, this is busier than a train station. Come in?"
"Hey kiddo… almost ready? Lorelei, you look wonderful."
"Hey Chris. So do you in that tux!"
"Everybody is waiting downstairs Rory. Finn seems to be stressed you won't show." Chris said.
"No he is not." Rory said. "But I am ready, are Stephanie, Paris and Lane waiting?"
"Yep, you are the one keeping us all waiting."
On that note, Rory picked her bouquet, she looked one last time in the mirror and they were off downstairs. The wedding was one week after Rory's birthday as they did not want it to be on the same day. It was one of those fall days that felt more like summer, sky blue, it was warm so no one needed to cover. But Finn was right, with coloured leaves in background, it was magical. The ceremony was perfect to both Finn and Rory. All of Stars Hollow was present. There was an outburst from Taylor on the lack of security of the seating. Lorelei took care of him. All guests had a box given to them with the instruction to open when the couple would kiss. As the boxes were open, monarch butterflies went flying everywhere. As butterflies were flying everywhere, the second event happened, Kirk apparently was afraid of butterflies so he jumped and started running trying to avoid the butterflies. The party afterwards was to the image of the couple, it was fun and not pretentious.
Everyone enjoyed themselves; the food was a joint work from Sookie and Finn's mother. It was perfect. When the master of Ceremony invited the couple for their first dance Finn leaned into Rory and asked "So Mrs. Morgan, ready?". They went to the dance floor and danced slowly to "When I fall in love" by Nat King Cole. They were joined by others and after a while, Lane's band made a special appearance performing some new songs of which one was dedicated to Rory and Finn. And it was written and performed by none other than Finn himself. It was a complete surprise to all but Lane and the band. Rory couldn't help but cry as she listened to Finn sing the song.
"Well, love that was part of my gift to you, the rest, well, you'll see when we are alone later…" he paused and wiggled his eyebrows making Rory laugh "But you guys" he added turning towards the band "sing it a lot better than I do so Love, I need to tell you our song will be the first single from their soon to be released CD."
Rory looked at Lane behind her drums and as Lane nodded, Rory ran to hug her friends and on the way kiss her husband. Wow she thought my husband.
Later that night, she talked with everyone, including Logan and Bobbie who were now trying out a relationship. She said her goodbyes to everyone that was still there as they were heading towards their rooms. Finn was a bit tipsy, which was a rare occurrence nowadays, and Rory was a bit past tipsy.
They were on their way the next day to their honeymoon. One month in French Polynesia and they were then headed in Australia for their stay, they would be back for Christmas and for the birth of Rory's sibling. During that time, they lived for one another. They did not bother with schedules, meetings; they were just enjoying each other's presence. They slept whenever they felt like it, ate when needed to and made love whenever they felt like it. Both would cherish those days spent pleasing each other and just focusing on their new life together. They talked about their future life. Rory did not write one line during that month.
When they arrived in Australia for the next month, they settled in their house in Sydney. They spent a lot of time with Eileen and her two children. Finn also hosted a party for their Australian friends and family that had not made it to America for their wedding. They were on site for the opening of the Sydney Hotel Finn had worked towards the previous visit they had made. Everything was going pretty good. Both Finn and Rory were expected back around December 15th as they were to be back in New York for the Holidays.
Upon their arrival, Rory was not feeling well, she kept sleeping. She would fall asleep early evening, either in bed or on the couch when they were watching a movie or television. She thought it was due to jet lag and maybe to the fact that she had taken it easy during the last few month so it seem her body was not appreciating going back to her work schedule. She had a routine that helped her writing; she would get up and start writing right after breakfast when she was not working on a story for the NY Times. She still was doing her critics so she also had a lot of reading to do.
As the previous years, they had all of Finn's siblings for the tree decoration day and they all had a blast. They had a dinner with Stephanie and Colin who had gotten engaged a bit after Finn and Rory's wedding. They were to be married the next summer. Daphnée was now back in Canada for the holidays. She was not seeing Finn's friends anymore.
On December 23rd, they were in Hartford in order to spend Christmas Eve with Lorelei. Both woman were shopping for last minutes things and Finn was probably also shopping for the gifts he had not yet bought.
"I would so take a nap right now." Rory said a bit after lunch.
"You seem to be really tired Hun. Are you sure everything is all right?"
"I think it is just me having trouble with jet lag and time difference. I just don't seem to be getting the right amount of sleep."
"Are you sure there is nothing else?" Lorelei asked putting a hand on her now very pregnant belly. She was a bit past 8 month.
"Why?"
"You know many women feel really tired the first few months."
"I don't think that's it… I had my period 1 week ago."
"Wouldn't hurt to do a test… at least, it would erase that possibility."
"Why not? We'll go by the pharmacy before leaving the mall."
"Will you mention it to Finn?"
"Not until I know… I wouldn't want to have him deceived it is negative."
"You believe he would be. You guys just got married; usually guys like to enjoy newlywed status for a while before." Lorelei said as she doubted Finn was ready for fatherhood.
"Oh, he is… did you know he is the one that decided Logan to go and be a father for Matthew. Finn almost was a father when in college. The girl got an abortion before telling him. He was hurt by this."
"Wow… I never would have thought… "
"Yeah, he does not talk about it much…"
Both woman finished their errand and left the mall early to go back home and rest. Finn arrived at the Danes around 8 pm and Rory was asleep already so he brought to the car trying not to wake her up. Lorelei told him not to go through the bags as his gift was in there and he complied.
The next morning, Rory woke up in the bed at the inn before Finn was awake. She slowly got out of bed and decided to do the test. She left the stick on the counter before going into the shower. She showered and when she got out looked at the result. She was smiling broadly. She got dressed and left a message for Finn as she left the room, bringing the test in order for Finn not to find it. She went into her mother's office as she was on the phone so she motioned to Rory to sit down. Rory could not help grinning. When Lorelei was finished she looked up to her daughter.
"So?"
Rory did not answer, she just nodded. Both Gilmore Girls jumped into each others arms. Can you see if I could get an appointment with Dr. Amy Johnson who had taken care of Lorelei's pregnancy. She was lucky that a cancellation was made that morning so both woman left a few minutes later. Rory's pregnancy was confirmed by the doctor and she gave Rory some names of doctor that could follow her pregnancy in New York. She also gave her a lot of documents to read and asked her to down her consumption of coffee to a maximum of two cups a day. Rory was ecstatic by this news. She need to find a way to let Finn know that would be special enough.
She decided to wrap the test with all documentation in a box and leave it at the Inn. She would give it to him when they'd be back. She was back at the Inn for lunch time and had lunch with Finn before they went to Lorelei's place. They were spending Christmas eve with Lorelei and Luke. It was relaxed and casual. They just enjoyed a nice meal, exchanged gifts and watch Christmas movies. Everyone had chosen their best Holiday movie and they all watched them.
When they were back at the hotel. Rory who was usually sleepy early seemed to be quite energetic. Finn just thought it was the day's excitement. He hadn't seen Rory drink as much coffee as usual but he thought she might have had a lot in the morning. When they got into the bedroom, he picked her up and started kissing her. They broke apart after a while.
"Love; there was one more gift I wanted to give you before we go to bed." He was smirking.
"So do I" Rory answered but Finn cut her off.
"Open mine first!" And he gave Rory the box.
Rory opened the box and she found a sexy lingerie set, deep red. "This will go so perfect with that little red dress that I love so much." He smiled thinking of the first time Rory had worn that specific dress. "That's not all love, there is something more in there. " She found a set of jewelry. There were diamond earrings a necklace and a bracelet. They were delicate, very feminine; they would be perfect on Rory. He started putting the necklace on her kissing her at the back of her neck.
"Oh my, now we'll need to find an occasion to wear this soon, because it's not going to fit for a while." Rory said with a knowing smile but Finn couldn't figure out why.
"Why is that Love?"
"Just open your present Finn." Rory said handing him the box.
Finn proceeded and as he took the lid off the box, he just turned serious blood drained down his face.
"Finn, are you OK?"
Finn looked up; he had tears in his eyes. "Are you? Are we...?"
"Yes Finn, I'm pregnant. I don't have much details but the fact that we are going to soon be parents. I know we did not expect this that soon but... Finn, are you OK?" Rory asked as Finn just stared at her.
"Oh my. God! I am going to be a dad. We're going to be parents. Woo hoo!" He jumped from his seat and took Rory in his arms twirling with her, kissing her.
"Oh, I shouldn't do that; maybe I'll hurt him or her..."
"Don't worry Finn, you won't hurt him. Come here..." Rory said as she pulled Finn towards the bed and kissing him leaving no interpretation to what she wanted right that moment. And while Rory and Finn celebrated the good news, Lorelei and Luke were on their way to the hospital… two new Gilmore-Danes were about to be born.
The end...
Author's note... I wanted to finish this story at this point. I am pretty positive I will have somewhat of a sequel, might be one-shot. But this story is now considered completed. I hope you've enjoyed it. I have other ideas of stories I might try out as soon as my other story is completed also.
A big Thank You to all of you that reviewed, and put the story in their alerts. Keep reviewing the stories you like, as an author, I now realized the difference it makes.