A few hours later, Lorelai, Rory and Luke returned to the Gilmore house for dinner. Richard opened the door and greeted them warmly. He shook Luke's hand and hugged Rory. When he stood awkwardly in front of Lorelai, she initiated a hug. It was comforting, she thought. After all these years of having practically no physical contact with her parents, it was nice.

The five of them sat in the living room for drinks. Emily asked if Lorelai and Luke had any plans for a vacation or a getaway.

"Um no, I was thinking we would just start planning the wedding. And I'm going back to the Inn soon."

"Oh, are you going to be working full time?" Emily wondered.

"Part time at first to see what I can handle, but I think I should be fine."

"How about you Luke? Are you going to be reopening the diner soon?" Richard asked.

"Uh yeah, I'm probably going to do that within the next week or so." Luke said slowly.

"It's good that you're going to be getting back into a routine, I find that routine is best." Richard said.

Lorelai and Luke just nodded.

Emily looked to be contemplating something before she spoke, "Did you tell Christopher the news?"

"I called him a couple of hours ago." Rory muttered. She looked at Lorelai. "I hope that's okay."

"Of course," Lorelai replied.

"He said he wanted to come visit but I told him that I would come see him."

"Oh well he could come here, I think that'd be fine…" Lorelai glanced at Luke. "Would you be okay with that hon?"

Luke bit his lip. "That'd be fine."

Lorelai noticed his discomfort. "Actually you can tell your dad that he can just call me. There's no need for him to come here." She grasped Luke's hand then dropped it. He gave her a grateful look.

Richard changed the topic to Yale. An hour later they were finished dinner.

"Would you like dessert?" Emily asked.

"Sure. When have I ever not wanted dessert?" Lorelai said.

"It's nothing fancy, just apple pie."

"That's fine Mom. I love pie, all kinds of pie. I'd marry pie if I could." Lorelai glanced at Luke who raised his eyebrows. "I'd marry you first of course."

Rory smiled, observing them. She felt so happy to be with her family. Everyone was in a good mood and they had a reason to celebrate. Lorelai caught her eye and grinned at her.

They said their goodbyes a half hour later. Lorelai told Emily that she would let her know when the wedding planning started. She was planning on asking Luke about setting a date that night. Right before they stepped out the door, Richard asked if the hospital had received all of the payments for Lorelai's treatment.

"Yeah, as far as I know. They never told me otherwise. Don't worry about it, Dad."

Richard just nodded.

"Thanks." Lorelai said gently. The three of them left.

When they got home, Rory's cell phone rang.

"It's Logan."

"Answer it." Lorelai said with a small smile.

"Okay but I'm probably going to bed after I talk to him so…" Rory trailed off.

"So we'll see you tomorrow morning." Lorelai reached out and tucked a strand of hair behind Rory's ear. "Goodnight sweets."

Rory smiled softly. "Night mom," She knew that there was no need to worry. Lorelai would be there in the morning. She wouldn't be at the hospital or anywhere else. Everything was good again. It was a huge relief.

"Damn it." Luke said suddenly after Rory had gone to her room.

"What's wrong?" Lorelai asked, confused.

"We never called Mia… to tell her the news."

"Oh yeah… well it's still kind of early there. We could call her now."

Luke nodded. "Yeah, let's do that."

He walked over to the phone and Lorelai followed. He held out the phone to her.

"You should call. You've known Mia longer." She said.

He shook his head. "It's your news to tell."

"All right," Lorelai took the phone and dialed Mia's number.

Mia answered on the second ring. "Hello?"

"Hi Mia, it's Lorelai."

"Oh Lorelai, How are you dear? And how are Rory and Luke?"

"Great, we'll all great. I've got some news. And how are you Mia?"

"I'm just fine. Tell me your news."

"Okay." Lorelai took a breath. "I'm cancer free."

Mia was silent.

"Mia?"

"Lorelai, oh that's wonderful, so good to hear." Mia sounded choked up.

Lorelai took another deep breath. She tried to hold back her tears. "Thanks Mia. We're thrilled."

"I would imagine so."

Lorelai laughed softly. "I just wanted to call to let you know. Oh and uh I'll mail you a wedding invitation once we set a date and get all the invitations ready… and…" She stopped. "I just can't wait to see you again Mia, and just imagine, it will be for my wedding!"

Luke watched Lorelai speak with a big dopey grin on his face. He couldn't help it. Seeing her tell everyone the good news felt great. There were no words to describe what he was feeling.

"Yeah Mia, I'll tell them. Okay, bye." Lorelai hung up.

Lorelai looked at Luke. He was still smiling. "Mia says hi."

Luke just reached out and put an arm around her waist, pulling her to him.

He kissed her softly. She grinned and pulled him in for another kiss.

"What's gotten into you?" She said when she pulled back a little.

He squeezed her hip. "I just like seeing you so happy... and I'm uh excited for the wedding."

"Are you just excited or really excited? Because I'm really excited," She smirked. "Even more excited than I was for the Inn opening."

"Shh," He muttered, leaning in again to kiss her. They kissed slowly.

When he pulled away, she sighed softly and rested her head against his chest. He automatically rubbed her back.

"Ready for bed?" She asked.

"Yeah," He replied simply.

They headed upstairs without saying another word.

Meanwhile, Rory talked to Logan. She had already left him a message about Lorelai, but he hadn't gotten back to her yet. After they talked about Lorelai for a bit, the topic changed to school.

"I can't believe you're graduating in a few months." Rory said.

"Yeah, I'm finally graduating you mean. If I hadn't slacked off for a couple of years I could have already graduated by now."

"Hey you just needed more time to be young for a while. You weren't ready for university." Rory said gently.

"You didn't even know me then Ace."

"True, but I can imagine what you were like."

"Oh yeah? And what's that?"

"What you were like when I first met you, a jerk, an ass, frat boy, lowlife, and a miscreant."

Logan laughed. "I remember you calling me those before, but I think you left out a few."

"You're right, I think I did. But I can't remember them."

"Hmm, well do you want to know what I thought of you when we first met?"

"Sure." Rory smiled.

"I thought you were cute. No, very cute,"

"Cute?"

"Okay pretty, very pretty." Logan assured.

"I thought you were quick to judge me, but I also could tell that you were smart. You seemed to know a lot… I could tell that you were meant to go to Yale."

"But I wanted to go to Harvard since I was a toddler. It changed to Yale later."

"I know, you've told me that." He reminded her.

"Oh."

"And you were just so… interesting. I really wanted to get to know you. I was a little scared though. I could tell that you weren't exactly fond of me and that I wasn't really your type."

"But that changed." Rory said softly.

"I guess so." Rory could tell that Logan was smiling.

"And my view of you has changed too. You're a great guy, Logan Huntzberger." Rory said gently.

"Thank you. You're not so bad yourself." Logan teased.

"You'll be my date for my mom's wedding right?" Rory asked suddenly.

"Of course, just tell me the date and I'll be there."

"No date yet, but I think they'll set one sooner rather than later."

"That's good… I better get going."

"Oh okay. I'll see you in a couple of days."

"Love you."

"…love you too." Rory was surprised that he had said it first.

"Bye."

"Bye, goodnight."

They hung up.

Luke and Lorelai were having trouble getting to sleep. She sighed and turned on the lamp.

"Why can't we sleep?" She asked.

Luke turned to face her. He shrugged.

She smirked, "I know! We should set a wedding date!"

"Now?" He asked.

"Yeah, why not?" Lorelai got out of bed and picked up her purse. She took out her day planner then walked back over to the bed and sat down.

Luke sat up. He blinked a few times. Lorelai started flipping through the calendar. There was practically nothing written on the dates since she hadn't been to the Inn in a while. She had no idea if there were any big events coming up.

"What do you think about a spring wedding?" She asked Luke.

"That sounds fine." Luke said, his voice toneless.

"I was thinking late May."

"Sounds good," Luke said more enthusiastically. Then he looked at her thoughtfully. "Is that going to be enough time to plan?"

"I think so… and I was thinking why not just have it at the Dragonfly?"

Luke smiled at that. "Yeah, that'd be nice."

"I'd just have to make sure that nothing else is planned for that day." She looked at the month of May. "May 20th looks good."

Luke nodded, agreeing. He was just happy that they already had a date.

"It's perfect, the Dragonfly, because it's the place where we had our first kiss." Lorelai said dreamily.

"I remember." Luke would never forget that day.

Lorelai moved closer to him and kissed his cheek. "Okay we can go to bed now. I feel… settled."

Luke raised his eyebrow at her. "Good." He said quietly.

She turned off the lamp and lied down. He wrapped an arm around her and pressed a kiss to her shoulder. "Night," He whispered.

"Night," She whispered back.

The next morning, Luke decided that he wanted to start preparing the diner for the reopening. Lorelai asked if she could come with him. He had no complaints.

Rory was only staying one more day before she would go back to Yale. She slept in while Luke and Lorelai went to the diner. Lorelai left a note for her. She figured that Rory might want to spend the day with Lane.

When they stepped in the diner, Lorelai watched as Luke looked around. He seemed to be a little overwhelmed. She took his hand.

"You okay babe?"

"Yeah, I just… it's weird being in here after so long." He looked towards the stairs. "I haven't even slept her in so long."

Lorelai gave him a sad smile. "You lived here and worked here every day for so many years and then you quit for a few months and now you're going to reopen. It must feel at least a little overwhelming."

Luke chuckled a little, "Yeah, it's a lot."

"I'll help you. Let's start by cleaning up a little."

"Okay." Luke accepted her help.

They swept the floors, cleaned the counters and tables. Then Luke went to the storeroom to check his food stock while Lorelai threw out some expired food in the kitchen.

Lorelai went to go check on Luke, but she didn't find him in the storeroom. She headed up to the apartment. Luke was sitting at the table, not doing anything.

"Hey, how did the store room work out?"

Luke slowly turned his head to face her. "Hmm? Oh uh there's mostly non-perishable items in there but I had to throw out a few things."

Lorelai sat next to him. She put a hand on his arm. "You really seem distracted. Wanna talk?"

He glanced at her and took a few seconds to speak. "I was just remembering how this was where you told me…" He stopped, feeling a little choked up.

"Where I told you?" Lorelai didn't know what he was talking about.

"You told me that you had cancer." He finished. He looked down.

"Oh," She whispered. She rubbed his arm. She could tell that he would never forget that awful day, just like she wouldn't.

They were silent for a couple minutes, lost in their thoughts.

"But I also have a lot of good memories that took place here." Luke said, bringing his gaze back to her.

She smiled brightly. "Me too. There are way more happy memories here than bad ones."

He stood up suddenly. She gave him a questioning look. He gestured for her to stand up. She did.

She gasped softly as he pulled her into his arms. "Luke." She said gently.

She knew he wanted a hug for comfort and she sighed as she began rubbing his back.

They held each other for a minute before he pulled back and kissed her cheek then her temple.

His arms stayed around her and she rested a hand on his cheek.

"Hey, smile, we made it through these past months and now we're going to get married and spend the rest of our lives together." She said, looking into his eyes.

His eyes brightened and he gave her a small smile. "I'm so lucky to have you." He said, his voice raw with emotion.

She smiled back, "And I'm so lucky to have you."

He brought his hand up to her face and cupped her chin. Their lips met in a deep kiss.

When they pulled apart, she took his hand. "Come on, let's finish up here and head back home."

"Okay." He said.

Once they finished up in the diner, they walked home hand in hand. When they returned home, they found Lane and Rory sitting in the living room.

"Lorelai!" Lane cried as she walked over to greet her. "It's so good to see you." She said after they had shared a quick hug.

"It's good to see you too, sweetie." Lorelai said.

"Congratulations Luke, to both of you. Your wedding is going to be the biggest one this town has ever seen. Everyone is so thrilled." Lane said.

Lorelai and Luke smiled at that.

"The diner should be up and running in the next few days so you can have your job back." Luke told Lane.

"That's great. I mean I managed without it, but it will be good to get back to my job." Lane replied.

The four of them sat down and chatted. Lane didn't tell Luke and Lorelai what she and Rory had been discussing when they walked in. The town was planning a celebratory party for Lorelai.

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