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Strippers and vows

A couple of hours later, Rory and Jess walked out of the diner, getting ready to head for Lane's house.

"Do I have to go?" He grumbled when she pointed to the newsstand and the two women standing in front of it.

"We don't have time to be lazy about this."

"I know, I'm just curious why I have to come with you when you tell them." Jess smirked, leaning in and kissing her. "And you never let me as lazy as I want to be anyway."

"Be nice and you can be as lazy as you want to on our honeymoon."

"Honeymoon?"

"The thing that usually follows weddings?"

"The one where people have insane amounts of sex? I'm down with that." He grinned, pushing her hair out of his way and kissing her neck.

"If you'll still think I'm attractive…" She looked away from him, biting her lip. Stopping them in the middle of the town square, he took both her hands in his, waiting for her to look at him again.

"Why wouldn't I think you're attractive?"

"I'll have a bump." She whispered, lowering her eyes again. "And then I'll get fat and I'll probably get stretch marks and I'll be awful."

"Please tell me you're kidding."

"I'm not kidding, Jess. I'm going to get massive. Remember mom before she gave birth? Yeah, that's how big I'll be!"

"First off, I seriously doubt you'll get massive before the wedding." Jess placed a small kiss on her lips, smiling. "Second and most important, I don't care how big you get." He pulled her into a hug, kissing her temple. "You're still mine and that's still my baby and if I hear you talking like that again, I'll be so angry it won't be pretty."

"Promise?"

"Yes, I promise I'll be very, very angry." He leaned in and kissed her, then hugged her again. "You're going to kill me someday with your craziness."

"I'm sorry." She whispered, kissing his cheek.

"Yeah, well, next time you're worried about anything, tell me about it sooner, ok? I don't want you stressing yourself over some stupid idea."

"Because of the baby?"

"Because I love you. Baby comes second." He kissed her temple again, hugging her as close to him as he could. "Go on, let's go tell them and get this over with."

As soon as they reached the newsstand, Rory smiled at the two women.

"Hey."

"Oh, hi, doll! Where are you going?"

"Lane's house. I'm going to ask her to be my bridesmaid."

"Really? Did you set a date already?"

"Yeah." Rory nodded. "The inn is empty at the end of December and we decided we don't want to wait." She wrapped her arm around Jess' waist, resting her head on his shoulder.

"Oh, wow, that's fast."

"It just works well for us. And really, we've been together for this long, the wedding can't be here soon enough. Can you let everyone know? Thanks!" She rambled quickly, then kissed Jess' cheek. "We should go now, lots of things to do." Walking away from the two women before they had a chance to ask anything else, she smiled.

"Done."

"You know they're going through every single scenario in their heads right now?"

"I know. That's why I wanted to get out of there fast. I don't want to lie if they ask me if I'm pregnant. I would, but I would hate having to."

"Ok." He draped his arm over her shoulder, pulling her closer to him and kissing her temple. "But we are probably going to hear about a million shotgun wedding comments before we get this done."

"I know. But we both know that's not why we're getting married."

"Isn't it? Because I was totally ready to leave you and move to Mexico with my mistress before this happened." He smirked as she snuggled closer to him.

"You can go. We won't miss you that much."

"Oh, snap. Look who's being mean to her suffering fiancé."

"You started it." She reminded him, stopping them and kissing him before they reached Lane's door. "The second you make a comment like that when I'm going through some odd mood swing, you're so going to regret it."

Kissing her one more time, Jess smirked, running his hand over her arm. "I'll deal with it. With you."

"You better."

"Go on, ring the doorbell." He kissed her one more time, pointing to the door. Before Rory could reach the door, Mrs. Kim walked out the house and saw the two. Walking to them, she looked sternly at Rory.

"I heard you're getting married."

"Yes, we are."

"Good." Not saying anything else, the woman stormed off, leaving them looking at each other.

"You think that was her way of congratulating us?"

"I…have no idea." Jess smirked, kissing her cheek. Walking to the front door, Rory rang the doorbell and Lane opened the door after a few seconds, jumping and hugging her best friend when she saw her.

"Rory!"

"Hey!" Rory hugged her back while Jess watched them, his arms folded across his chest. Seeing him, Lane waved and he nodded, waiting for them to break apart.

"Hi, Lane."

"Hey." She smiled at him, then moved out of their way, shooing them inside the house.

"Don't tell me I missed Zach and the boys again!"

"Sorry. They're at the park. I was getting ready to join them after I finished banging my head against a wall after talking to my mother."

"Yeah, we ran into her. She said good."

"What?"

"She asked if we're getting married, I confirmed, she said good. I think that's a good sign?"

"I think so." The young woman confirmed.

"Ok, we don't have a lot of time because we have to drive to Philadelphia and all that, but we were kind of wondering if you're doing anything at the end of December."

"Not that I know of. Why?"

"Would you do me the honor of being my bridesmaid?"

After a few second, Lane looked at her. "You're getting married?"

"Yes. You knew that."

"Yeah, but…you're getting married in a month?"

"A month and a half, really." Rory nodded, smiling.

"And you want me to be your bridesmaid?"

"I won't do it if you're not there."

"And you're really, seriously telling me that this is actually happening in a month and a half and this isn't just some kind of mean joke?"

"Damn it, she's on to us. Guys, you can bring out the cameras!" Jess announced, smirking and Rory shot him a look, trying to look angry.

"Yes, Lane, this is actually happening at the end of December. We've talked to mom, we have the inn, menu is set, dress shopping will probably be on Friday, because that's what makes the most sense and everything else has been set in motion. So? Be my bridesmaid?"

"Yes!" The other girl yelped, jumping from her seat and hugging her friend tightly again, both of them grinning. "God, I'm so happy for you. Is there anything I can do to help?"

"Come with me and mom on Friday and find a bridesmaid dress you absolutely love. Nothing more to do than that."

"That I can do. And plan your bachelorette party."

"This party better not involve strippers." Jess rolled his eyes, making them laugh.

"Her last chance of seeing another man naked and you want to take that away from her?"

"Lane, I don't know how much fun a stripper would be without me drinking."

"Damn it, I didn't think of that. That settles it, you're getting two parties: one now, one after the baby comes. I'm sure Lorelai will back me up on this."

"Lorelai will back up anything that involves drinking and naked men." Jess smirked again.

"We'll talk." Rory grinned, squeezing Jess' hand.

"So, how's the other thing going?"

"Everything is fine. 9 days left until ultrasound day!" She grinned excitedly, making Lane giggle as well.

"Oh, wow, fun. Almost makes me want to have another one."

"Ok, you do remember I'm in the room and therefore part of this conversation? Can we save those comments for when I'm not here?" He chuckled, rubbing Rory's back slowly.

"Hey, if you think that was bad, I can pull out the birth story." Lane threatened and he shook his head.

"No, thanks."

Lane tried to reply but suddenly she remembered something. "Shoot, I was supposed to meet Zach and the boys half an hour ago!"

"Sorry, we've been keeping you. We should head back home anyway." Rory stood up and Jess followed.

"Oh, yeah, how dare you interrupt my day with trivial business like asking me to be your bridesmaid? Shame on you!" The other young woman smiled as Rory hugged her again.

"Thank you, Lane."

"You're welcome."

"We'll walk you to the park."

Hours later, they were back in their living room in Philadelphia. Walking out of the kitchen with two cups of coffee in her hands, Rory placed them on the nightstand, then sat down on the couch between Jess' legs and leaned back against his chest, smiling happily. Wrapping his arms around her, Jess smiled, his hands stopping on her stomach and kissed her temple.

"Is something wrong?" He asked and she put her hands over his, smiling.

"No."

"Sure?"

"I'm tired."

"And?"

"And…" She dragged out the word, biting her lip. "I have a favor to ask. A really big favor. A favor that you're going to hate."

"Does it have anything to do with that crazy moment you had today?"

"What crazy moment?"

"The whole 'you're going to get ugly and I won't like you anymore' crazy moment." He reminded her, kissing her neck.

"No. But…"

"I know, you're crazy." Jess hugged her even closer to him, kissing her neck again. "Beautiful and crazy. And my threat still stands. But if you start feeling ugly, let me know and I'll do my best to convince you just how beautiful I think you are." He started trailing kisses up her neck, stopping below her ear. "And how much I want you."

"Jess…" She whispered, turning around and kissing him in the uncomfortable position. "I love you."

"Crazy." Jess smirked, kissing her one more time. "Ok, so what's this really big favor you want to ask?"

Looking away from him again and squeezing his hand in hers, Rory bit her lip. "You can say no if you want to and it doesn't really mean that much and it will be ok if you say no, because I know it's very short notice and I know you probably don't want to but…can we write our own vows for the wedding? Please?"

"Oh, you said please. This is serious."

"Yeah." She bit her lip, nodding.

"On a scale of 1 to 10, how much does this mean to you?"

"That doesn't matter. If you don't want to do this, we don't have to. I don't want you to feel uncomfortable or bad on our wedding day."

Sighing, Jess ran his fingers over her stomach.

"I don't know, Ror…"

"It's fine, we don't have to do it. Just though, I'd ask, just in case, you know…" She kept chewing on her lip, trying not to sounds disappointed.

"Just in case I had decided that having to stand in front of all those people and being nice and talking to them and all that wasn't enough, so I had decided I wanted to be a sap as well in front of them?"

"Well, if you put it like that…" Rory sighed, squeezing his hand in hers. "Sorry I brought it up."

"I'll do it on two conditions." Jess sighed, running a hand through his hair.

Moving from her place to sit next to him, Rory grinned happily, kissing him full force on the mouth. "Name them."

"First off, I am allowed to use quotes. As in if I decide the whole freaking thing is going to be a quote, you won't object, as long as it's a nice, meaningful…" He grimaced as he said that word, making her snicker. "Whatever you want to call it quote."

"You can quote a whole freaking book if you want to. I just want the ceremony to be more personal than just saying the same things everyone says." She nodded, still grinning. "And second?"

"This one you won't like as much. I don't wear a tux. I swear, I'll buy a new suit, new tie, new shirt, new anything you want me to, just don't make me wear a tux. Once was so much more than enough."

Weighing the options in her head, Rory bit her lip, looking at him. She tilted her head to the side, her teeth still chewing on her lip and he knew he'd won. "You'll buy a new suit?"

"Yes."

"And I can come with you when you buy it?"

"Sure."

"And your tie will match the wedding colors?"

"We have colors?"

"Not yet, but we might."

"Fine, in case we do pick wedding colors, my tie will match them."

"Promise?" She pointed her finger at him and he nodded solemnly.

"Yes."

"Deal." She nodded, jumping from her place and crushing her mouth to his, smiling. "That was too easy."

"I had no chance of saying no. At least I got something out of it." He smirked back at her, kissing her.

"Love you."

"I know." Jess pulled her closer to him, kissing the top of her head as she rested it on his shoulder again. "You excited about this?"

"Yeah." She nodded, looking at him again. "You?"

"Slightly less now that I have to find something to say." He placed a quick kiss on her lips, his hand cupping her face.

"We don't have to…"

"I've already said yes. Don't give me a chance to change my mind."

"Ok." She nodded happily, kissing him again. "Thank you."

"What for?"

"Because I know how much you're going to hate it and yet you're still doing it because you know how much it means to me. And really, if you change your mind any time before the wedding, we don't actually have to do this, ok?"

"Doesn't doing whatever I can to make you happy fall under the mother of my child clause?" He chuckled, kissing her.

"Does that include dinner? Because I'm starving." Rory smiled, placing quick kisses on his lips, making him smirk.

"You're just a slave driver, you know that, right?"

"You love it." She grinned, picking up the phone from the nightstand. "And dinner is going to magically appear at the front door, so you don't have anything to do."

"You're getting take-away just so you can bug me with more questions from your wedding to-do list, aren't you?"

"No." She shook her head, smiling. "I've annoyed you enough with stuff for the wedding today. You get to do anything you want for the rest of the night."

"Really?"

"Yeah." Rory kissed him one more time before starting to dial the phone number for the take-away place. "Usual?" She looked at Jess and he nodded, kissing her shoulder. After she placed the order, she picked up her coffee cup, making a face when she realized it was cold. Standing up and taking the cup from her, Jess kissed the top of her head before picking up the other mug as well and pointing to the kitchen.

"I'll go make a fresh pot and then we can look over your list until food comes."

"Jess, you don't have to…"

"Do you want something to eat before dinner comes?" He ignored her comment and she smiled up at him, shaking her head.

"Thank you."