Hey everyone! I'm so excited to share my first story ever.
I'm just so not over Gilmore Girls like the rest of you, so I decided to make my own ending. English is not my native language, so apologies in advance for any grammar mistake. I hope you enjoy reading as much as I enjoy writing it! Comments and suggestion are beyond welcome!
Hamburg, 01st July 2015
"Come on, chop chop, everyone, raise your glass! Let's make our toast for our new CEO, Logan Huntzberger!" Martin Walsh, Chief Commercial Officer at Huntzberger Publishing Group whooping loudly.
His face is turning red as he gulps his third round of beer. Not just a beer. A huge glass of dunkel beer. Logan smirks at the sight of his tipsy CCO who has been actively flirting out with two different waitresses and about to hit on the third.
Andrea Walker, acting as Chief Financial Officer in Huntzberger Publishing Group, rolled her eyes and sighing loudly in response to Martin's behavior. Actually her eyes rolled so often this evening, Logan is a bit scared it will permanently stay that way.
She is already scary-looking with her normal expression, let alone her grumpy face like what she is constantly showing tonight. It's not that she is not attractive. In fact, she is the exact opposite of not attractive: she has shoulder-length dark blonde hair which is always tied in clean ponytail, pouty lips, leggy figure and fierce expression that looks like she is ready to spank whoever stands on her way. She could be easily mistaken as a total bimbo. Many people have made that mistake before and learnt their lesson. At only 26 years old, the Harvard graduate is one of most talented and valuable officer in the Huntzberger Publishing Group.
"Aw, come on Andrea, let the man have some fun, will you?" said Logan as he grabs and shakes Andrea's shoulder a little. He takes a piece of pretzel and wash it down with another sip of beer. If only they went here 10 years earlier, maybe Logan will be as frantic as Martin tonight. But three Oktoberfest and one stomach-pumping incident later, Logan realizes his time for reckless parties and endless, meaningless sex maybe have come to an end.
He wants nothing more than a relaxing hot bath in the Jacuzzi back at his hotel room, maybe with one or two glass of champagne and a good book to read.
Geez, since when is he become this boring, he thought with a bitter smile. Perhaps around six years ago, when his career in San Francisco goes crash and burn when a startup company he joined declared bankruptcy after operating for only two years and he had no choice except to go back to daddy Mitchum Huntzberger and work under family company, acting as his puppet.
Now that he is 33 years old, Mitchum and Shira, his mother, has been actively looking for a right suitor for him to marry into Huntzberger's clan. Last year, they kept pushing Logan to date with this Odette girl, a French heiress and niece of no other than French president, François Hollande. His father clearly left him no choice and force him to date Odette, or else he will lose his position at their dearest company, as what his father keeps on kindly reminding him.
God, he used to hate it. He used to rebel using all his will and refuse to play along with his family plan. He wants to have his own life. On his own terms. To marry with a girl that he truly and madly in love with, not to a cold and spoiled rich princess that will absolutely turn into another Shira.
But what can he do? With a psychotic family like that, every little thing he do will be tracked by Mitchum. He realized how powerless he is when all of his fortune, his credit cards, houses, apartments are actually belonged to the family. His father could easily cut his access to everything that he "owned". He can't just walk out from Huntzberger circus, unless he can bear to live as a farmer, somewhere far far away.
When all hope seems lost for Logan and he begins to accept the fact that there is no way out from his dysfunctional family, he gained a few good friends in the company like Martin and Andrea. He had become more confident in doing his job as he earned the respect and trust of his employees over the past few years. He actually kind of enjoying his job now. And he could stay bitter for another night, but absolutely not tonight.
Tonight, they need to celebrate. He just bought a quaint online company based in Hamburg. There are only around 50 employees now in the company, but certainly it got huge potential. He is not really good in German but since the articles are written and published in English to target tourist to visit Europe, he has nothing to worry about. He is now a proud CEO of Trip Kibitzer.
Actually, Trip Kibitzer is nothing compared with any other company in Hunzberger's empire. With the total of 192 online sites, 8 still-running printed newspaper companies, 2 TV stations, 1 consulting company, 1 private bank, some paper factories, several real estates around the world and numbers of luxurious hotels and restaurants, Logan was consistently listed in 30 under 30 in Forbes' article until his 30th birthday. His father has stepped down from his position as CEO and handed the position to Logan five years ago and thus makes him as CEO of Huntzberger Publishing Group. Technically. Although there is no doubt that Logan had successfully leading and developing their family business beyond Mitchum in just less than 5 years, Mitchum is now sitting in the highest position of board of directors and still having full control on the group.
Knowing for a fact that he will never get a full authority over anything other than what shirt to wear while he is still under his father's company, Logan make his moves. He bought Trip Kibitzer quietly using his own money that he secretly stashed away in a bank in Switzerland. No one else knows it except for two other people who are sitting with him in this bar. Well, those two and his private equity advisor who is gone with a red-haired girl for quite some time now.
He has been waiting for this moment for a long time. He made a mistake many years ago by rushing himself to bought a company and ends up losing million dollars, but this time, he is certain. His secret team has studied the background of the company for months and confirmed the company is good to go.
Logan is really happy for his decision. He believes this is the first step for him to retreat from his crazy family and he will do anything in his power to make this work.
Just when he raises his arm to ask for another beer, he heard a familiar voice from a booth in front of him. "Excuse me, are you sure this portion is big enough for one? I'm really hungry and I've been walking around for two thousand kilometers now, looking for Köhlbrand bridge and I really need to eat," a soft, girly voice complained.
The waiter is glaring at his guest impatiently and replied, "Yes, ma'am. The portion is big enough for one. In fact, it's a party platter, so usually it's for sharing. And Köhlbrand bridge is just in front of this bar."
"Oh! Thank you! I will definitely check it later! And please cancel the sauerkraut but bring me a lot of French fries as side dish and coffee! Please!" she answered with a cheery smile while still flipping through the menu enthusiastically.
Logan can't believe his eyes and his luck. From 1.5 million of people in Hamburg that he could met, he stumbled upon this one person. This one particular person.
The waiter left her alone in her table and she seems still pretty busy with her menu. Logan could hear his heart pumping fast.
It's been 8 years. 8 years and nothing has changed from her appearance, except for her brunette hair which is now shorter than last time he saw her and form a soft curl around her neck. She wore a striking red dress which makes many guys in the bar turning their head curiously to see the woman in red.
Her blue eyes shining bright as usual, reminds him of the Great Barrier Reef which always mentioned by Finn. Her slender figure with her pale skin shimmering in contrast of her red dress. Yes, that's her. The one and only girl who broke his heart 8 years ago in Yale, on her graduation day. Rory Gilmore.
