A/N: This'll be the last chapter. I love you guys! Review my next story!
Mia: I started watching new episodes on the WB at episode 100, too. But the fall before, ABC Family started airing them every afternoon and that really got me into it. I'm all caught up now!
crazyfanfic: I wasn't planning on a Luke/Jess scene, but when you mentioned it I loved the idea. Thanks!
Lumpy: What's with being 'Lumpy'? I loved your dog with a stick metaphor (or simile? I can't remember which is which.). Don't drool too much! I want you to be able to read the rest of my story!
Indentitycrisis: Not even three more! Sorry. But I'll try to write more soon.
Lorelai paced her room nervously, her hair still in curlers. "Sookie, are you sure the-"
"Lorelai, sit down!" her best friend commanded. "You're going to shake those curlers out of your hair with all that walking."
Lorelai grudgingly did what she was told. "But I'm not sure about the-"
"Everything's fine, honey. You've checked it all. After Rory gets back from checking on the flowers, neither you nor her are leaving this room."
"But-"
"No. Now sit still and relax."
"Fine."
Just then, Rory entered the room. Before her mother could say a word, Rory spoke. "The flowers are perfect, Mom."
Her mother opened her mouth to speak, but Rory cut her off. "I'm sure. I double checked."
"That's not what I was going to ask!" Lorelai exclaimed.
"Oh?"
"Yes. I was going to say 'How are you?'"
Rory paused, recalling her past couple of minutes. She smiled. "I'm doing good, Mom. Really good."
Jess tentatively knocked on his uncle's door.
"Yeah?" Luke called from inside.
"Can I come back in now? Me loitering in the hall like this looks a little weird."
Luke sighed. "Fine. But keep your comments to yourself."
Jess heard the lock click and the door was pulled open. He stepped in quickly before his uncle changed his mind. He walked over and sat on the couch as Luke shut the door behind him.
Luke sat on the edge of the bed and put his head in his hands. A minute later he pushed his hands back and ran his fingers through his hair, trying to relieve his nerves. He looked up and smiled slightly when he spotted Jess doing the same thing.
"What's up?" he asked Jess.
Jess looked up. He cocked his head slightly and raised his eyebrows, confused at his uncle's attempt to actually have a conversation. Luke just stared back, his eyes signaling Jess to answer.
"I… kissed Rory."
"You what?" Luke shot up from his previous position on the bed. "Jess, what were you thinking?"
"I was-"
"She has a boyfriend! She moved on!"
"Apparently we're into rhetorical questions today." Jess muttered as his uncle continued to rant.
"Jess, you knew that! You knew she had a boyfriend! Why would you do that?"
"I just… thought we still had a chance, you know?"
"Yeah…" Luke said, joining Jess on the couch. For a moment they sat in silence, busy with their own thoughts. Luke spoke up again. "You know, you and Rory'll be cousins after this."
Jess contorted his face in disgust and Luke laughed. He reached over and gave Jess a manly pat on the back. "You'll find someone. Trust me."
The aisle was marked by a wide blue runner laid out between the two groups of chairs. Lorelai stood at the foot of it, right behind Lane, Sookie, Rory and Jess. She waited as they slowly filed off towards the chuppah placed at the end of the aisle. While she waited, her eyes scanned the crowd. She knew exactly who she was looking for.
She saw many familiar faces and a few not-so-familiar ones. She spotted Miss Patty and Babette in the middle on the left-hand side whispering to one another. Taylor was close to the front. There was Logan towards the front watching Rory intently. Paris was there in the back row, and Marty was seated on the far right side. Even Dean had shown up.
But when she couldn't find the faces she most wanted to see, her heart fell. All along she had been hoping in the back of her mind that they would come. She knew she didn't have much time before she'd be walking down the aisle, and her eyes furiously scanned the crowd again, with no success.
Right before the music started, Richard appeared at her side. She turned to him. "Dad? What are you doing here?"
"If I do recall correctly, I was invited, Lorelai. And the father is supposed to give his daughter away on her wedding day."
Lorelai smiled. "You're right. He is." She took her father's arm.
The music kicked in. Just before they started down the aisle, Lorelai hugged her dad. "I love you, daddy." She whispered.
He smiled and walked her down to where the rest of the wedding party was assembled. He kissed her cheek and sat down in the front row next to her mother, who apparently had been overlooked by Lorelai.
Lorelai had always found weddings to be excruciatingly long, but to her the wedding went by quickly. Before she knew it, she was saying, "I do." After they kissed, they turned to walk down the aisle.
Lorelai looked around her. Her whole family was there. Rory, her parents, Luke, and all of Stars Hollow. She had never felt happier than she did at that moment.
She thought back to the day just a few months ago when she had out of the blue asked Luke to marry her. She thought about how horrible everything had been. Rory had dropped out of college. She hadn't been speaking to her parents.
But now, everything was perfect. Rory was back in school. She was, hopefully, back on speaking terms with her parents. She was married to the love of her life.
Back then, she thought as she walked down the aisle, arm in arm with Luke, everything had been falling apart.
But, over those couple of months, the pieces of her life were slowly placed back together.
She was whole again.
And here it ends!
I'm sorry to end this story, but it had to end eventually. I have a couple story ideas rolling around in my head, so I'll see what I can scrounge up. I'll try to write another story soon.
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