This is a new story that I thought was worth putting on here. It's another AU. I definitely love them. There is something you should know before you start this story. It takes place in a small made up Texas town known as Avery. It's sort of Eight Seconds meets Sweet Home Alabama mixed up with a lot of other things. It's a TROGAN that will end up being a ROGAN. I hope you like it! You may have a lot of questions while your reading it but you'll discover them as you go. So please read and enjoy. I think it's a pretty cool concept.

Somehow in the three and a half years she had been gone nothing had changed. It had all stayed basically the same. The stores even seemed to have the same window dressings. She was surprised at how well she still knew the place. She pulled her car into the small parking lot that accompanied the small hospital. The sight of her mother's Jeep put her at ease. She checked her makeup before getting out of the vehicle. She wondered if she wasn't too city looking for the small town she had grown up in. The woman sitting behind the desk managed to smile and frown at the sight of her. "Hey Alice," she mustered quietly.

Alice got up from the desk and enveloped the petite woman in a hug. She had known Rory Gilmore-Hayden since the day Rory was born in this very hospital. A well known fact was that Alice had been the one to suggest the name Lorelai to well Lorelai. At the very sight of the baby she had said well if isn't a little Lorelai. "You are too skinny child."

"In Boston we take that as a compliment." Rory joked.

Alice shook her head. "Well sugar you ain't in Boston right now you're back home in Avery. Now I won't hold you up anymore. I know your Mama wants to see you. She's in the last room down the hall."

Rory kissed Alice on the cheek and then made her way down the hall. Alice had been right about the fact that by Avery standards she was probably too thin. She stopped outside of the door to her grandfather's room and shook her head. Her mother was sitting there next to his bed, reading People as he sat there oblivious to the world. She cleared her throat and then made her way into the room.

Lorelai stood up and smiled as soon as she saw her little girl. It had been nearly a year since she had seen her daughter's precious face. The year before Lorelai made her way up to Boston to visit for a week. "Kid I've missed you so much."

"I'm sorry it took so long. I had to get a flight from Boston to Dallas and then I drove from Dallas to here." Rory explained. She had received a phone call from her mother the night before stating that she needed to come home if she wanted to see him before he passed away. She quickly threw all of her things into a bag. Tristan gave her a ride to the airport and then she was gone.

Lorelai shook her head and kissed her daughter's forehead. "What did Tristan say?"

Rory shrugged as she sat down in one of the uncomfortable plastic chairs sitting by the window. "What could he say? He told me to be careful and to call him when I got in which I still have to do. So I'll just step out for a second, call him and then we can focus on us." Rory got up from the chair and pulled out her phone. She shook her head at the lack of service. It didn't take him long to pick up. "Hi."

Tristan was in the middle of reading the newspaper and drinking a wheat grass smoothie. He had been waiting all day for her to call. He was nervous about her leaving so suddenly. "I miss you already."

"I haven't been gone long enough for you to miss me." She countered. "Nor will I be gone long enough for you to miss me."

"So you'll be back in a couple of days." Tristan asked hopefully.

Rory bit her lip. She didn't know how long she was going to be gone. She knew she couldn't leave until after the funeral. She had been gone long enough. She had neglected her family long enough. "I don't know just yet, but it won't be too long. Well Tristan I have to go. One of the nurses wants to speak with me." She lied. She didn't want to discuss anymore specifics with him.

Tristan sighed. "Okay well I love you. Call me if you need anything. I can fly down there on a whim. You know that."

"I know. Love you babe." She hung up the phone and dropped it in her purse. She walked back in the room and smiled at her mother. There was something comforting about being back here. She guessed Dorothy was right when she said there was no place like home. "I can't believe it's been three and a half years."

"Neither can I hon."

As the sun began to set in the west he unloaded his truck wearing nothing but a pair of wranglers and boots. It had been a long week of bull riding in Abilene and he was exhausted. After being thrown off of a seriously ticked off bull he had found it quite difficult to walk. All he really wanted to do was to grab a beer and enjoy the nice weather they were presently having. Still he had just gotten home and wanted to go to the hospital and visit with Richard before calling it a night. From what he heard Richard's health was even worse than it had been when he left a week ago. He drug the last of his stuff into the house and dropped it on the floor near the stairs. He stalked upstairs to find a clean shirt. After a moment he returned to his now emptied truck and cranked it up. He made his way into town.

Rory was in the middle of reading the new edition of Cosmo when the fragrant smell of peach cobbler hit her nose. She smiled. Sookie was in the building.

Sookie squealed the moment she entered the room and found Rory sitting in a chair by the window. She couldn't believe it had been so long since the last time she had seen the girl. "Oh Rory, you are too thin."

Rory shrugged knowing that was going to be the first thing she heard for the rest of her time in Avery. "It's good to see you too Sookie. Is that peach cobbler I smell?" Rory knew of nothing that tasted more savory than a big helping of Sookie's peach cobbler. She had to admit that it felt good to be back home. There was something so easygoing about Avery that just made her feel warm and fuzzy. Boston could be so pretentious. There was only one part of being back in Avery she wasn't looking forward to dealing with Logan, her ex-husband, high school sweetheart, and first love.

"How's he doing?" Sookie whispered as though that would make the situation a little easier.

Lorelai just shook her head and took another bite of her cobbler. "Chris is coming home tomorrow night. My mother has canceled the rest of her classes this week. It's like everyone is getting ready for the inevitable."

"Oh Lorelai, the only good thing about this is that everyone is coming together to be there for him." Sookie couldn't believe that a man, as kind hearted and strong as Richard Gilmore could look so feeble.

He grabbed his Stetson off of the passenger seat before making his way into the hospital. He smiled as soon as he walked in and saw Alice sitting behind the desk eating cobbler. Sookie was visiting Richard. "Evening Alice," he greeted as he made his way towards her desk.

Alice fanned herself at the sight of him. Logan Huntzberger was one handsome young man. If she weren't married and a grandmother she would be in the line to marry that boy. "Hey handsome."

Logan winked at her and then made his way down the hall to get himself some cobbler. He walked into the room and froze when he saw her sitting there in the chair by the window that he usually sat in. She was reading a magazine and eating cobbler. You could tell she hadn't realized his presence yet. That was until the whole room went silent. "Ace…"

Rory closed her eyes. She should have known he would visit her grandfather tonight. Logan and her grandfather had always been very close. She couldn't help but notice just gorgeous he looked in those tight jeans, crisp white button down shirt, and Stetson. He hadn't aged a bit. He was just as handsome as he had been when they were twenty two and newlyweds. "Logan."

Sookie and Lorelai looked at each. Neither of them said anything. They could feel the tension. If they had it their way they would be able to disappear on the spot. Lorelai finally cleared her throat. "Maybe the two of you want to go talk somewhere. You know catch up a little?"

Rory nodded. "Okay, as long as that's all right with you Logan?"

"It's fine by me." Logan willed himself not to lose himself in her deep blue eyes. Her hair was shorter. She was thinner than she had ever been before. Still, there was something so magnificent about her.

Lorelai clapped her hands together. "Well then it's settled you two will go grab a bite to eat."

Rory stood up from her chair and made her way to where he was standing. She could smell his cologne. It made her swoon. She shook her head a little and forced herself to remember that not only were they divorced but she was with someone else.

"Well that was awkward." Sookie commented as soon as the two had left.

Lorelai nodded. "I can't believe those are the same two people who exchanged vows just a few short years ago. I never thought they could ever be so cold to one another."

"I always thought that she would go live in the big city for a while and then would decide to come back here and they would remarry and things would go back to the way they were." Sookie admitted. She knew she wasn't the only one to feel that way. The whole town thought they would end up together.

Rory smiled despite the situation when he opened the truck door for her. She noticed that even though he was trying not to he was sort of hobbling. When he cranked up the truck a Tim McGraw song was playing on the radio. Sitting there next to him she felt young again. Too bad that she wasn't. "Tough week?"

Logan nodded and pulled the truck out of the parking lot. "Not as bad as the one we have ahead of us though."

Rory nodded. She couldn't help but notice that he had said us. It had been so long since they were an us.

Okay so that was the first chapter. I know I shouldn't have started another story when I have Helping Rory to finish, and two others to continue. I just have wanted to write this story for so long. So many questions will be answered as this is continued. Please review! Let me know what you think. I want to know if I'm the only one who likes this plot. Oh and if you have questions ask them. I may not answer them because I prefer to keep you guessing but you can ask them and maybe I'll answer them in the next chapter. Thanks!