Rory stood alone in the warm sunshine looking carefully at her soundings. She knew that this was the absolute perfect place for them to hold their wedding ceremony.

The Sterling Memorial Library had always been her favorite building on the Yale campus. She still laughed when she remembered the time Logan had caught her sniffing a book right there in that very library. That was in the days before her and Logan had even become a thing – at that time she wasn't sure that he even liked her though she was crushing on him hard. Although that had also been the day that Colin, Finn and Logan had played their prank on her when she was in a class. She could laugh about it now but she was so mad back then. Rory smiled as she thought about how many memories the place held for her.

The Yale campus, with all its gothic stone buildings and delicate carvings at every turn, was nothing short of beautiful, and it, more importantly, it was a place that actually meant something to the both of them. Not only had her grandparents attended Yale, but it was here she had met the love of her life and for that reason, it would always be special. They'd shared some great times there together and this would add just one more to the list.

Yes, the Selin Courtyard outside the library was definitely it. Rory was absolutely sure that even if she searched unto the ends of the earth, she wouldn't be able to find a more fitting place. Now all that was left to do was to show Logan and win him over.

She pulled her cell phone out from her bag and dialled his number.

"Hey Ace," Logan said when he answered the call.

"Hey. I know you're probably really busy right now so just quickly; can you meet me at Yale after you've finished work tonight? I really need to show you something."

"Sure, everything okay?" Logan asked.

"Yes, everything is absolutely fine" Rory smiled "What time do you think you can get here for?"

"I've got a few things to finish off here, but I could probably get away early, so I could be there for, say 6ish?"

"Great, meet you outside the Sterling Memorial Library. I'll see you later. Love you" Rory said.

"Love you too," Logan said as he ended the call.

At 6 pm Rory stood waiting for Logan outside the library, she had asked the events coordinator Dani to come along with her. After a few minutes of waiting she saw him walking up the path towards them with Lily toddling alongside. He walked over and gave Rory a quick kiss on the cheek before she bent down to pick Lily up.

"This is nice a surprise, I wasn't expecting to see you here!" she said as she rubbed noses with the little girl who was very happy to see her. "This is our daughter Lily," Rory said turning towards the events coordinator.

"Well, as I finished early I thought I'd swing by and pick her up to come and meet mommy too." Logan smiled.

"Logan, this is Dani – she's an events coordinator here at Yale. Dani, this is my fiancé Logan Huntzberger."

"Very nice to meet you, Logan," Dani said with a smile. Both Rory and Logan noticed that the name drop had registered with her. The Huntzberger's weren't only known for their prominent position in the newspaper and media market, but they had also been prolific donators to Yale over the years so their name was definitely well known around the campus.

"Nice to meet you too," Logan said. "What did you want to show me?" he asked as he turned to Rory.

She smiled at him and put Lily down. "This" Rory said as she waved her arms.

Logan looked at her questioningly. "You want to show me the library Ace?"

Rory nodded. "Well, I know you probably didn't see much of it in your Yale days…only when you got lost on your way somewhere else" she joked. "No seriously – I wanted to bring you here because this is where I think that we should get married."

Logan looked around the courtyard, he'd been there a million times but this time it required a proper look. "Here?" he raised an eyebrow at Rory and looked over to where their daughter was playing happily on the grass. He couldn't help but wonder if she'd ever find herself following in her parents and grandparents footsteps by heading to Yale.

"Yep, right here in this courtyard. What do you think?" Rory said nervously as she looked at him. "I know it might not look like much now but honestly when it's all dressed up, it's amazing."

He broke into a smile. "I love it, I think it's perfect."

Getting married at Yale hadn't been something that Logan had even thought about before now but as soon as Rory had suggested it, he knew it was the right place – and the idea of having the wedding at the library couldn't have been more perfect, he knew how much she loved it there.

"You do? Oh, I am so pleased!" Rory screamed as she jumped up and down and threw herself into his arms.

"Fantastic" Dani said "Now, I do have to tell you, it is a really popular space so we're booking quite far in advance. Do you have a date in mind?"

"Not yet," Rory said. "We've not picked a date," she said as she shook her head.

"Okay, well flexibility is good and that definitely works in your favour. We did have a cancellation recently for September 12th but that may be too soon for you?" Dani said as she tilted her head at the couple.

Rory looked at Logan, September was only a couple of months away. It might make things pretty tight but it was perfectly doable.

"We'll take it," Logan said decisively.

Rory looked at him open-mouthed "Are you sure?"

"Absolutely! Let's do this!" he said as he put his arms around her and squeezed her tight.

"I don't know how you thought of it, it would never have occurred to me," Logan said as he slowly walked hand-in-hand with Rory through the campus grounds, Lily just a few paces in front of them.

"It's only because I saw it set up for a wedding recently, honestly it was beautiful, you wait till you see it with flowers and everything," she said dreamily. "Then I realised that as Yale alumni it's open to us. Dani has also said that we can have cocktails in the lobby of the library and among the corridors that house the old card catalogues, which is going to be amazing."

"I think it's all perfect. Now, all we need is somewhere to hold the reception and actually I think I know a good place nearby…" he said, "Do you want to go take a look now?"

Logan went to the car to retrieve Lily's stroller and they walked the two short blocks to the Union League Café, a French-inspired brasserie which had a lively but unpressured atmosphere. The place had an old world charm but was modern and cosmopolitan at the same time. One of the most important things to the couple was that their wedding was not to be stuffy. Sure, they wanted it to be elegant and classy but it needed to represent them as the fun-loving young people that they were. Neither Rory nor Logan were particularly interested in having the kind of big high society wedding that their families were likely to suggest and they weren't about to let them bully them into it either. Rory absolutely loved the ballroom at the brasserie and so they provisionally booked it for their date, arranging to come back to organize menu testing and deposit later that week.

"Wow, I cannot believe we have booked our wedding," Rory said as they walked slowly back to their cars parked at Yale. "And it's only three months away. Our families are going to freak out."

Logan laughed, he wasn't overly worried about the potential fallout that was looming. "We'll need to tell them sooner rather than later…"

"I know. I really don't want them taking over Logan, I want to do things our way." Rory said assertively.

"Why don't we just send them an invite, they'll get the message that way" Logan joked.

"That's not a bad idea you know…" Rory stopped pushing the stroller and turned to Logan.

"Rory…I was joking, your grandma will kill us."

"No she won't, well she won't kill me" Rory smiled. "Excellent idea Logan!" she exclaimed as he walked ahead of him.

"Ace…" Logan called as he sped to catch her up.

***With great pleasure Lorelai Leigh Gilmore & Logan Elias Huntzberger invite you to join them in the celebration of their marriage - Saturday, the 12th of September at half past four in the afternoon - The Selin Courtyard at the Sterling Memorial Library - Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511 - Dinner and dancing to follow at the Union League Café, New Haven***

"Hello?" Rory cheerily answered her cell phone.

"Erm Rory…" a voice said nervously on the other end of the line.

"Yes, mom?" Rory knew what was coming but just decided to play it cute. She'd expected to receive several of these phone calls since she had dropped the invitations into the mail and was somewhat surprised that this was just the first one.

"So I just received this wedding invitation in the post…" Lorelai said with a hint of sarcasm.

"Oh, so you got it!" Rory teased. "Hope you can make it…"

"Are you crazy? You do realize your grandparents are going to flip don't you" Lorelai laughed.

"Why?" Rory asked. She knew exactly why they were going to flip out and she was more than ready to stand up for herself.

"Because her ladyship Emily Gilmore believes that she and she alone has the divine right to be involved with everyone's lives you know that right don't you?"

"I know she won't be happy that she's had no involvement so far but it's our wedding mom and we want to do it our own way, plus we're paying for it so…" Rory paused. "Well, Dad is…"

"Christopher is paying?!" Lorelai couldn't hide the shock in her voice. She knew he was considerably wealthy these days but she hadn't really expected Rory to involve him in that way as they didn't see a huge amount of each other.

"For some of it, yes," Rory said a little sheepishly.

Rory didn't see her father very often now he was living in Boston but she had called him to give him the good news. He had been thrilled for her as he'd got on really well with Logan when he met him. He had of course immediately offered to pay for the whole thing but Logan was insistent that he and his family would want to contribute to what was bound to become a rather costly affair.

"Don't be mad?" Rory said to Lorelai.

"Oh kid, I'm not mad, it's your wedding and I think it's nice you want your father to be involved and it's nice that he wants to help out."

"That's two uses of the word 'nice' right there. Are you sure you're okay about this? I know it might be a little awkward with Luke and all but…" Rory paused.

"…but he's your dad. Of course, I am fine with it." Lorelai said quietly. "So Yale huh, that's pretty special," She said moving the conversation on.

Shortly after she had finished on the call to her mother, her cell phone rang again. Rory picked it up and looked at caller ID and groaned. Here goes she thought.

"Hey grandma"

"Rory Gilmore don't you 'hey grandma' me, what is the meaning of this?" Emily said sternly.

Rory grimaced. "I take it you got the invitation…"

"We most certainly did. I can't believe that you didn't talk to us about this before sending out invitations. Are we the last to know? And September? What is the rush? Oh, Rory. Are you pregnant?" Emily rattled her thoughts down the line at Rory.

"Grandma! No! I am not pregnant!" Rory shrieked. "You're not the last to know, everybody has found out the details in exactly the same way as you. And the reason it's in September is a) we see absolutely no need to wait and b) the venue gets booked way in advance and happened to have a cancellation." Rory could feel herself getting annoyed at the conversation.

"Hmm. Well, I still think it would have been polite to let your grandparents know beforehand" Emily said firmly.

"Sorry grandma," Rory said, feeling the need to apologize just to keep the peace. "but now you know…what do you think?"

Emily paused. "I think that the courtyard at Yale is a wonderful idea, Rory, I think it will be absolutely beautiful," she said, her tone softening slightly.

"I'm glad you like it, grandma. It's a very special place for both Logan and myself." Rory said before she added, "I'm sorry that we didn't involve you but you know there are lots of other elements I am going to need help with…" Rory broke off trying to desperately think of something that she could offer for her grandmother to deal with. Catering would all be handled by the brasserie and Sookie would be crushed if she didn't get to make the cake.

"..like the flowers! Oh, I don't know anything about flowers and yours are always so beautiful. I'm definitely going to need your advice on those grandma"

"Well, yes, I suppose my florist is rather good. I will look at dates and set up a meeting" Emily said rather forthrightly. She didn't want to let on but she was secretly very happy that Rory had given her something to organize she would make sure that Rory had the most beautiful flowers for her wedding.

Rory said goodbye to her grandma and ended the call. The hardest conversation had definitely been had. The Huntzbergers, never ones to show much emotion, didn't seem overly concerned about not being involved in all the details but were only too happy to offer their checkbook to the young couple.

Now with the wedding booked and the invitations sent out, all the planning could really start!