AN: I own nothing. I was kind upset with certain aspects of the revival, mostly about how they treated Logan, and his relationship with Rory. It just made no sense. I wrote this because this is what I think would happen if the show had any logic, and I kinda just had to. I would like to think Rory and Logan eventually figure things out. Please let me know what you guys think :)
Logan sat on his living room contemplating the wedding invitations his mother had just sent for him to see. Everything was already set for the wedding, the venue, the food, people were sending rsvps. It had been months since he last saw Rory, but he couldn't just let her go. She had called him about three months after New Hampshire, but Odette picked it up. He was so angry at her, she knew who Rory was, and she knew her relationship with Logan was just for the business.
She simply told Logan that she had ended her thing in Paris, and he had to end his too. That they had to keep appearances at least for a couple of years. He called Rory over and over again, but she never picked up. Eventually she changed her number, and that was it. Logan heard the message loud, and clear. He thought she would never give him a chance, and convinced himself that she was better without him.
But at that moment looking at those wedding invitations, he suddenly got a knot in his stomach, and realized he couldn't do it. He kept pretending everything was okay, it didn't seem real to him until he saw those pieces of overpriced paper. It was marriage, he was supposed to spend the rest of his life with this person, pretending to be happy. He knew they would end up seeing other people on the side, and maybe divorce after some years had passed.
Logan was disgusted at the thought. That was not the life he wanted, he didn't want to have children with her. Children who would be miserable with parents that hated each other. He didn't want to have a family like the one he grew up in. He wanted so much more, he still remembered how excited he was when he was when he proposed to Rory. He saw a future with her, he wanted to share his life with her. All of it, the good, and the not so good, as long as it was her.
"Logan, did you not go to work today?" the voice he had come to dread brought him out if his thoughts.
"No"
"You should get dressed your dad want to go to dinner with us" She told him.
"No"
"Excuse me"
"I am sorry Odette, but I can't go through with this, I just can't" He finally told her.
"Are you drunk?" She asked pointing at the bottle, and glass on the coffee table.
"No, it takes more than half a glass to get me drunk" He laughed bitterly.
"Where is this coming from?" She raised her voice.
"I'm sorry, I just can't do it. I want more, we both deserve more. We deserve something real" He tried to reason with her.
"Don't be naive Logan you know our situation" She spat out.
"Goddamnit Odette! We are adults, we can make our own choices! Don't you want to have a real relationship? Is this what you've wanted all your life? When you were little did you dream of having an arranged loveless marriage" Logan nearly screamed.
"No, but you said it yourself we are adults now, and we have responsibilities." She argued.
"We can't just give up on our happiness just because mommy, and daddy think we should"
"I didn't know you disliked me so much" Odette sat on the couch next to him.
"I don't… You are great, but we don't belong together, and I'm tired of pretending."
Odette was quiet for a few minutes. She knew he was right, but she liked the life she had. She liked having everything handed to her in a silver platter. She wanted to keep that life, and she knew she could have done way worse than Logan, so she had readily agreed to the whole thing. However she wasn't about to beg, she could blame him, and hope the next guy her dad picked was okay too. She'd never even consider bringing her long time boyfriend out of the shadows.
"Fine, do whatever you want, but just know that this is on you. You will take all the blame, I'll be a victim. You may want to loose everything but I don't"
"Whatever"
"I'll pack my bags."
Logan couldn't say he wasn't scared. It wasn't like he'd be left on the street. He had worked a lot, he had savings, but he knew his dad would cut him off, maybe not forever, but it could last some time. There were things his dad couldn't take away from him, but that didn't mean it would be easy. Whatever happened he knew it was worth it, he was going back to the states, and he would fight for Rory. At least he knew he still had some people he could always count on.
"Finn" He said into his phone.
"Mate" The Australian answered groggily.
"I'm going rogue, can you be in the states tomorrow?"
"Yeah, we could probably fly together, I think I'm in London"
"What are you doing here?"
"I honestly don't know"
"Well then, see you later"
"Sure… Wait what did you say you are doing? Is the wedding off?" Finn asked excitedly.
"It will be in about an hour"
"Bloody hell! This calls for celebrating I'll call Colin. Don't worry mate, I'll tell the pilot to be ready, and I'll be waiting to pick you up before your father kills you" He laughed.
They ended the conversation, and he called Mitchum. He packed for his trip, and arranged for the rest of his things to be sent to Harford. By the time he reached the restaurant, Odette's dad had already broke the news to his dad. He looked at his watch, and waited exactly ten minutes before he shoot a quick text to Finn to come pick him up. He let Mitchum yell, and insult all he wanted, he barely even try to defend himself. Then he simply stood up, and said goodbye. He was a man on a mission, and there was no stopping him.
The plane landed in the morning, and Colin was already waiting with the limo. They took off to Stars Hollow, and stopped along the way for pop tarts, coffee, and flowers. He originally wanted to plan something bigger like the last time, but he couldn't wait to see her. As far as his friends could find out, she was still living with her mom. He had tried getting something from Lane, but she blew him off, even after he told her he was no longer engaged.
The driver parked outside the house, and Logan ran out of the car. His friends wished him luck. He stood at the porch steps and took a couple of deep breaths. He was nervous, and scared. He worried she moved on, or that she would just slam the door in his face. He told himself he couldn't loose resolve, and that he deserved whatever he had coming for being an idiot. He walked to the front door, and was about to knock when he heard Rory yelling.
"Mom is that you? I don't think I can walk, is Luke here, I don't think you can carry me, and the suitcase." She said. Logan freaked out for a moment, what was going on? Why couldn't she walk?
He tried to see if the door was unlocked, and it was. He hesitated to go in, but he worried she could be hurt so he just went in.
"Mom!" Rory called again.
He walked to the living room completely unprepared for what was waiting for him in there. He dropped all he had in his hands, and just stood there. His head was spinning, she was very pregnant, and all he could think was that he had lost his chance.
"Logan! What are you doing here?" She screamed. There was no answer from him.
Then something clicked in his head, the time they had been apart, that baby could definitely be his.
"Logan!" He was still unresponsive, and suddenly Rory screamed in pain from a contraction, and it brought Logan back to the present. He ran to her, and held her hand until it passed.
"Oh God you are pregnant."
"Not for long" She answered.
"Right, right, you are in labor I…. Hospital… There's a car. We can go now"
"My mom is coming" She said.
"Yeah but she's not here, and I am, and you are in labor"
Rory wanted to wait for her mom, and Luke, but she was scared, and worried. The last thing she expected was for Logan to be there. She almost panicked when she saw him, but he didn't yell, or demand answers or anything he was trying to be helpful, and supportive. Also she couldn't deny a little part of her, was really happy to see him.
"Fine, help me up" Logan helped her off the couch, and he grabbed her things. They slowly made it outside.
When Colin, and Finn saw them they rushed out of the car in a state of shock. Logan gave them a look before they could say anything. Finn took her suitcase, and Colin helped them get inside the Limo. They passed by Lorelai's jeep a couple of blocks from the house. She found it weird, but it didn't cross her mind it could be Logan with her daughter, at least it didn't until she got to her empty house. She frantically called Rory's phone, and it was right there on the couch.
Lorelai tried not to freak out, and hoped it was actually Logan (or any friend if Rory) on that limo, and that Rory was okay. She unlocked her daughter's phone and tried to look for Logans number, but it seemed like she had deleted it. She wasn't sure what happened to make Rory decide not to tell him anything, and cut all communication with him, she figured it had to do with the fiancé, but she never asked. At that moment she was just very confused, because as far as she knew Logan was in the dark about the baby.
She paced the living room hoping Rory would call, but she knew it was unlikely that her daughter would think about that with everything going on. She almost laughed thinking how ironic it was that her daughter went to the hospital without her, just like she did to her own parents. Luke was there just a couple of minutes later, and also freaked out. They decided to drive to the hospital, hoping to find Rory already there.
The limo made it to the hospital in record time. Logan helped Rory out of it, while Finn ran inside to get a wheelchair, and Colin carried the suitcase. They rushed her inside so she could check in, she had already planned everything with the hospital a long time ago. She just happened to show up a little bit early. A nurse came out to take her away.
"Come on dad" The nurse said to Logan. He hesitated for a moment, they didn't really have a proper conversation about everything on the way there.
"Oh for Pete's sake Logan just move! Come on!" Rory screamed. He smiled, and rushed after them.
"It's okay all dads are nervous when they get here" The nurse told Logan.
Luke and Lorelai made it to the hospital less than ten minutes later. She was about to run to the nurses station when she spotted Colin, and Finn sitting there. It took her a few moments to make sure it was actually them. Luke was just really trying to stay calm for her.
"Boys" She called them.
"Rory's hot mom!" Finn replied.
"Hey!" Luke said angrily. Lorelai used her arm to stop him from going any closer to Finn.
"Please tell me you brought my daughter here"
"Yeah, Logan is with her" Colin answered.
"How did that happen?" Lorelai asked.
"Sheer dumb luck" Finn said this time.
"He and Logan just got here this morning, we went over to your place to find Rory so Logan could win her back" Colin explained.
"And boom she walks out of the house with Logan looking like she's about to pop" Finn adds with exaggerated hand gestures.
"So he actually didn't know?" Lorelai asked.
"Not that we know off, and this didn't seem like the moment to ask questions" Colin told her.
Lorelai went to find someone so she could be with Rory like she had promised, and Luke sat across from the boys giving Finn his best grumpy look.
When she finally got someone to take her to Rory they bumped into her doctor just outside the room. He told them they had barely made it on time, that she had progressed very quickly, and that she had already given birth to a healthy baby girl. Lorelai was devastated to find out she had missed the birth of her first grandkid, but she was also grateful Logan got her to the Hospital on time. She thanked the doctor, and walked to the room, but stopped dead on her tracks when she saw them.
A nurse was placing the baby on Rory's arms, while Logan sat on her bed, and looked at her adoringly. He placed a soft kiss on his daughters head, and repeated over, and over again that he loved her. She could see the tears running down his face, and the joy on her daughter's face. Rory was happy, and as a mom that was all she could ask for. They all looked beautiful together, like a family. Lorelai realized that was their moment, and decided it was best to give them some privacy, so she went back to the waiting room to deliver the good news.
