A/N: this is only my second fic posted to please read and review – constructive criticism is welcome. This idea came to me one night watching an old GG from season 5 I hope you like it. Everything is pretty A/U in it, basically everything that happened up to Season 6 when Logan went to London is pretty much the same, I'm taking creative liberty from there out. I hope you'll go with me on this little excursion from canon.

Thanks Ammie for the Beta!

Disclaimer: If I owned Gilmore Girls Logan and Rory would be in a different place now. I don't own therefore don't sue please. No copyright infringement intended.

Chapter 1

Jan 2007 (I'm taking a little creative license with some things) Mitchum, Shira and Elias are in route to Germany to attend a Newspaper freedom conference. The weather was bad, it was January and the meteorologists were warning against storms coming in but Mitchum and the gang decided they NEEDED to be in attendance after all they owned ½ the papers in the free world and what would people say if they didn't arrive.

Logan was doing his year in London resentfully, he hated being away from Rory but he enjoyed being away from his family, he felt the family business wasn't so bad when all his family wasn't constantly breathing down his neck. Rory was still at Yale in the midst of her senior year.

Rory couldn't believe her eyes. The news on the local channels at school was all over this. "Mitchum Huntzberger, his wife and father died today in a plane crash in East Germany. They were on their way to a newspaper conference when their plane suddenly lost altitude. No one from the Huntzberger group has issued a statement. Our thoughts are with the surviving children, Honor and Logan."

Rory grabbed her cell phone out of instinct and pushed 1/send.

"Logan – 911- call me". She leaves the same message on the sidekick.

She doesn't hear from him for hours. In the meantime she calls her mom, her grandparents, Honor everyone. Rory is pacing back and forth in the apartment waiting for Logan to respond when she hears the door open.

"Logan!" She runs and hugs him as he comes in.

"Sorry I didn't call, I just needed to be with you." He says barely above a whisper.

"You know?"

"Yes Honor called me. My life just did a 180 Ace I need you now more than ever."

"Logan, I'm so sorry."

"Don't be. My family knew I loved them. Hell last week Dad even said he was proud of the man I had become. The last time I saw my dad he was proud of me – shit it only took 24 years but better late than never right." Logan pulls Rory to him in the most aggressive, needy fashion and kisses her hard, trying to pull safety from her. "I need a shower."

"Do you want a sandwich?"

"Yes please." Logan acknowledges ever the polite gentleman and turns to walk into the bathroom leaving his suitcase by the door in a daze.

Rory quickly picks up the suitcase and brings it in to the bedroom and begins unpacking it. All of the clothes in it were clean, Rory knew from living with Logan he always had his clothing laundered before leaving a location. As she was putting his jeans in the bottom drawer of the dresser she heard the water shut off. She quickly grabbed his socks from the suitcase and her hand rubbed against a ring box. Shock caught her immediately. For Logan to be thinking about them at a time like this was amazing.

She put that ring box in the sock drawer as well and placed his suitcase in the closet. Walking out to the kitchen she began making him his sandwich. Just as she was putting the lettuce back in the fridge Logan called "Ace!" She left the food sitting there and ran to him.

"I'm right here Logan."

Logan wraps his arms around her tightly. "I love you Rory please don't leave me."

"Logan honey, I have no intention of leaving you."
"Ever?" He asks hopeful.

"Ever." She tells him.

"Will you prove that? I love you I know what I want; I know you taught me what love is." With that Logan drops to his knee. "Ace will you marry me?"

Rory pulls him up & kisses him, "Yes-Yes I will marry you." She kisses him again and then smiles. "Will you do me a favor?"

"Anything Ace what do you need?" He kisses her quick.

"Will you ask me again using my name so I know you're serious?"

Logan very confidently this time, because he already knows the answer, drops back to his knee. "Rory Gilmore, will you marry me?"

"Yes Logan I will." She says perfectly and again they kiss, this time for quite a while before oxygen becomes an issue.

"You know that question is much easier when you know the answer to it." He then looks for his suitcase, noticing that she's already unpacked for him he smiles. "Where did you put the ring?"

"In your sock drawer and I didn't peak but I wanted to."

"Its ok you can peak I bought it for you in London right after Mitchum sent me" He then stops remembering his dad will never send him anywhere again.

He instead just takes it and opens the box for her. Rory is astonished at how amazing the ring fits her personality.

Logan picked out a 2 CT. Emerald cut diamond solitaire engagement ring in 14K gold, it has round diamonds accents on both sides and ten diamond baguettes in a channel setting. Rory was speechless as he slid the most perfect ring on her finger.