Epilogue

6 months later

Rory gently applied some lip gloss as she looked in the full-length mirror. Her straight white skirt and off-the-shoulder sweater couldn't have been more different from her first wedding dress. That was the only comparison worth making about her two wedding days. The grooms certainly didn't compare at all. She looked at the clock on her mother's dresser. In less than a half hour, she'd be driving to Hartford with her mother, Luke, and of course, her husband-to-be, to be married by a justice of the peace. Her grandparents and Jess's mom would meet them there to watch the ceremony, and then there was going to be a party at her mom's house. It couldn't have been any different from her extravagant, almost-marriage to Logan and Rory couldn't have been happier than she was right then.

There was a light tap on the door and Rory turned around with a large smile on her face, expecting her mother or Jess. Luke walked in, looking awkward and uncomfortable, yet handsome in his shirt and tie. His coat was no where to be seen yet, however.

Luke smiled nervously at Rory and handed her a folded slip of paper before shuffling out of the room nervously.

Rory looked at the folded paper with shaky hands. Not again. No, not again. She delicately unfolded the paper. It was plain, lined paper from one of Jess's notebooks. I tried, but I couldn't get through today without mocking you mercilessly. Please still marry me. Jess.

Rory shook her head and crumpled the paper before she marched out of her mother and Luke's bedroom and down the stairs. "Jess Mariano!" She shrieked.

Jess looked up from where he was sitting on the couch, his hands clasped in his lap. He was wearing a green shirt, black dress pants and a black tie. He'd promised to wear his suit coat for the ceremony, but not a moment before it began.

"Wow." Jess said, awestruck. "You look gorgeous."

"And you look dead!" Rory exclaimed, shoving the note into his chest. "How could you do something that immature and cruel on our wedding day? That was the most juvenile, ill-timed prank in the entire world."

Jess waited patiently, and Rory's scowl quickly changed into a grin. "I love you so much."

Jess put his hands on her hips and said, "I love you too. You thought it was funny." It was a statement.

"I did." Rory said with a nod. "I just wanted an excuse to come down and see you. You look great."

"So do you. Beautiful." Jess reaffirmed. "Mine."

Rory smiled. "All yours." She agreed, "And you're mine."

From behind her, Lorelai made a gagging noise. "Really, is all this cute stuff necessary? You're already torturing us by…" She forced a shudder. "getting married."

Jess smirked at his future mother-in-law. "Sorry, mom." He said pointedly.

Lorelai shuddered again, but this time it was natural. "That was cruel." She said, smiling a little. She'd never seen her daughter look so happy.

Rory slid her hand in Jess's larger one and looked up at him as if there was no one else in the entire universe. "Can we get married now?" She whispered.

Jess nodded and wrapped his arm around her. "I'm ready."

Lorelai rolled her eyes and said, "We'll meet you in the car. Husband! Let's go." She screamed the last part to Luke who was standing in the kitchen, afraid of the repercussions for his role in Jess's scheme.

Alone again, Jess tucked Rory's hair behind her ears and kissed her gently on the mouth. "How long did it take us to get here?"

Rory smirked and brushed Jess's hair away from his forehead. "Oh, about two hours short of an eternity."

"Sorry about that." Jess said, matching her smirk.

"Eh, it was my fault too. Ready?" Rory asked, taking his hand again.

Jess kissed Rory's hand and nodded. "Yeah."

They walked out into the sunshine, ready to finish what they'd started 9 months earlier…or 9 years earlier, to be more accurate.

End.

Again, I love you all. Also, I've made a soundtrack for this story that will be available at my LiveJournal (carabear27) sometime with in the next few days. Love!