A/N: So this is my first Gilmore Girls FanFic (I'm pretty nervous about posting this) , please be nice :) Tell me what you think!

Chapter 1: Go, eat, think

Rory was unpacking her life into her grandparent's pool house. A life that didn't quite fit there, she knew this. Her things all had that warm homey feel, and nothing looked quite right against the barely used walls of the pool house. For the first time ever, she was slightly relieved that her grandfather had once taken up residence in that very place. In a way he had broken it in for her.

As she reached upwards attempting to display her many books inside the bookshelf, a feeling of fear swept over her. It was not a scared feeling, no, it was a feeling that she had had since even before that dreaded talk with her mom about the many changes she had in store for her life. It was a fear of disappointing her mother to the point where Lorelai would never be able to forgive her.

For some reason the feeling was stronger than usual. Sensing her mother's presence, Rory paused, wrestling up the courage to look out the window. Once finding it, she turned her head and look out. There Lorelai stood. Theirs eyes met for only a second. Rory wasn't yet ready to face her mother. However in that second, Rory not only saw disappointment in her mother's face, but also hurt, anger and confusion.

Rory regained her composure quickly and returned her focus to unpacking her books. She waited a whole ten minutes before taking another peek outside, not wanting to share another intense gaze with her mother. As soon as she was sure of Lorelai's departure, she crumbled to the floor and burst into tears. She sat there for what seemed the her like hours, finally crying herself to sleep.

Rory woke up at around five in the morning. She looked at her surrounding confused at first. Then the realization of the previous events hit her. She slowly picked herself up of the floor and dragged herself to her bed her head filling with thoughts. She looked at the clock, 5:15 am, still hours before she was expected in the main house for breakfast.

She remained in her bed attempting to fall back asleep once more. After what seemed like hours of trying, she looked over at her bedside clock once more, quarter to six. "Arrrg" she thought, "what the hell am I supposed to do until nine?" She lifted herself out of bed, and wandered into the kitchen, making herself a large pot of coffee. Her eyes wondered and slowly landed on the phone. Who could she call? Lane? Her mom? Logan?

She hadn't told lane anything that was going on in her life. Lane had Zack, the band, and her job at the diner. The two friends lead very different lives and seemed to be drifting farther and farther apart.

Her mom…no way could she call Lorelai, especially after the intense gaze the two had just recently shared. Logan, she thought harder on this one. Logan knew almost everything that had been happening in her life. She felt he deserved to know of her change in residences, and her newly terminated education. She contemplated this for a moment longer before picking up the phone and dialling the oh so familiar number. She waited as it rang, wondering if she was going to get his voice mail.

"Err…hello" a groggy voice came over the line.

"Logan its me…Rory"

"Ace…is something wrong? Are you ok?" He voice becoming more and more urgent.

"Are you hurt?..."

"Logan" she cut in, "please calm down, I'm fine…really"

"Sorry, its just well… you know its like 6:30 in the morning. I'm just not used to hearing from you any earlier than noon on the weekend."

"Yeah, its just I wanted to talk to you, its important. Let me get everything out, ok? Please don't interrupt …" there was silence on the other end, Rory took this as a sign that he was accepting her terms and went on to fill Logan in on the details of the past few days.

After ages her story came to a close, she finished off by saying "Ok, that's it…so, well, you can talk now."

The silence at the other end continued "Logan? Are you there?"

"Ya, sorry Ace. Its just…that's a lot to take in." He began slowly "Ok, so let me get this straight, you dropped out of Yale, are now living in your grandparents Pool house, and you and your mom aren't speaking?"

"Ya" was all she could say.

" It sounds to me like and episode of worst case scenarios"

"Logan how can you joke about this"

Logan let out a sigh "Its just, lets start with the Yale issue. You spent your whole life dreaming of going to an Ivy League school, of becoming a reporter. You can't just throw that away because one man told you he didn't think you were fit to be a reporter."

"Logan, you know he's not just one man. He's Mitchum Huntzburger, your father, the newspaper magnet. If you were going to get one persons opinion on this sort of thing, it would be his."

"Come on Ace, you have to know how ridiculous it is for you to drop out of Yale because of that old mans opinion. Also living in you grandparents pool house, is that really where you want to spent you summer or maybe longer? And your mom… I know you two have been having some problems lately, but no communication what so ever? I know you Ace that has to be killing you…and her."

"Logan…"

"Common Ace, you have to believe what I'm saying, this isn't like changing what shampoo you use, this is big…this effects your entire life. Do me a favour, take a good look at where your life is heading now, ok? I'm not going to let you mess up your entire life."

"Logan…I'm not"

"Rory. You know I care about you. Please promise me you'll think about what I said. Now I have to go…its already quarter to nine, we've been talking for hours. Go, eat, think….I'll call you tonight. Okay?"

"Okay Logan, I'll think, but don't count on me changing my mind."

"Think, that's all I ask. Bye Ace"

"Bye Logan"