Author: Lady Eliza
Characters: All Characters
Rating: T
Summary: Sequel to 'Life and Times of a Socialite' it takes place six years after the first story ends. Rory and Logan have children, they're friends and family surround them, and they still have a jam-packed social calendar. How do socialites deal with being married, having kids and still attend the social gatherings of the year?
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls or any of its characters.
AN: Hello everyone, well the sequel is finally here. I know it's been a while since I wrote my last fanfic, hope you alll like this one. Please review.
Chapter 1: Master And Commander Indeed
Rory Huntzberger cringed when she heard the wail coming from the nursery. She knew exactly what was happening and thus she kicked the lump lying in bed beside her. He didn't move so she did the next best thing. She tickled him and that got his attention.
"Ace, is it really necessary to wake me up this way. Please let me sleep in, this is my only day off this week and I need to catch up on my sleep," grumbled Logan.
"I don't think so. You eldest child is tormenting his siblings. You have to come with me to stop him since he actually listens to you," said Rory matter-of-factly.
Logan covered his smirk with his hand because his wife spoke the truth when it came to Nicholas, their eldest child. Nicky idolized his father and copied whatever his Papa did. Logan was the only one who Nicky would listen to. Nicky had a younger sister, Charlotte or "Lottie", and brother, James or "Jamie", and believed it was his duty to torment them.
Rory looked at Logan when they heard another wail from the nursery. She shook her head. She knew raising children was hard, but her kids were out of control. All of them had personalities that reminded her of several members of her immediate family and her daughter showed signs she was imitating her godmother Paris, god help them all should there be another Paris Gellar. It was odd looking at her kids since they looked like mirror images of her and Logan; sometimes she was just in awe of them.
Rory and Logan had been married for six years and they had waited three years to have kids. But after that, they had three kids, two boys and one girl. Nicholas, was three, Charlotte, was two, and little James was just a year old. They were a normal happy family.
Well, they weren't exactly a 'normal' family. Nicholas was the heir to the Huntzberger newspaper empire, Charlotte was an heiress in her own right since she'd be inheriting from all sides of the family, and little James was heir to the Gilmore dukedom. James even had a title, he was known as Viscount Stansdorf. So, they weren't exactly normal in the actual sense of the word.
Logan and Rory approached the nursery just as Nicky grabbed his sister Lottie's Barbie and threw it across the room. There was silence for about two seconds before Lottie stood and marched over to her older brother and pushed him to the floor. "BOOEY," yelled Lottie calling Nicky a bully.
Rory ran and grabbed Lottie while Logan took Nicky's hands. "Guys what is going on?" asked Logan calmly.
Jamie who was in his crib looked at his father with watery blue eyes and held up his hands for Logan to pick him up. Logan melted and picked up his youngest child. He held Jamie in one arm and held the little hand of Nicky in the other. Logan watched as Rory was having a talk with their feisty daughter about the dangers of pushing her older brother.
It was common in the Gilmore-Huntzberger household for arguments to flare up since both Logan and Rory had nasty tempers. Their children had inherited that quality.
Rory looked at her blond-headed daughter and gave her a stern look. "Lottie, what have I said about pushing, punching, and shoving?"
Lottie looked at her mother's face and answered. "No doing."
"That's right. You know you could have hurt Nicky. Please don't do that again," said Rory.
"Otay, Mama. But Nicky took Barbie," she protested in the end.
Logan looked down at the instigator of the whole fight. Trouble followed Nicky everywhere he went. When he had stayed over at Richard and Emily's house a while back, he had taken all of Richard's Italian loafers and hidden them in the backyard. It took Logan and Rory several days to find them. They're son had hidden them in the refrigerator of the pool house.
Logan handed Jamie over to Rory and knelt down to talk to his oldest. "Son, what have I said about picking on your brother and sister?"
"Me playing, Papa," said Nicky.
"Nick, please don't lie to me. I saw you take Lottie's Barbie and throw it. I also heard your brother cry from the bedroom," said Logan.
"I sorry Papa. I just having fun," said Nicky with a smirk that was identical to Logan's.
Logan looked up at Rory who had a smile in place and raised her eyebrows at him. He wanted to laugh at the fact that karma was a darn nuisance. He had said the exact same thing to his parents when he had pulled at Harriet Winthrop's pigtails in nursery school. This was payback times ten.
"Nicky, you're going to have to think about that when you go to bed early today. Please do not take Lottie or Jamie's things. Do I make myself clear?" asked Logan.
"Yes Papa," said Nicky. What he did next cemented the fact that he was Logan's son. He hugged his father and kissed his cheek. Rory was silently giggling when all of this was happening. 'Master and Commander indeed'. Logan Huntzberger had just been put in his place.
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After the incident that morning Rory and Logan decided they would spend the day with their kids since Logan didn't have work and Rory could do her articles that night. The couple sent the nannies home and decided on what to do with their rambunctious kids.
"Ace, what do you want to do?" asked Logan.
"Jamie, the food goes in your mouth darling," said Rory to their youngest. She turned to Logan and said, "How about the park?"
"Do you think that's wise after the last incident in the park. I think all the other parent's would run the other way when they see us coming," said Logan.
"I didn't think it was that bad. He didn't mean to let the Tanner's dog loose. They should've kept that monstrosity on a leash," said Rory defending her child.
"Honey, Nicky took the dogs favourite toy and threw it in the lake then proceeded to take off the dog's leash. There were several witnesses. No, I don't think the park is a good idea," said Logan.
"I guess we should keep a low profile. Why don't we stay home and watch some movies," said Rory.
"Yes, that sounds like a great idea."
The young family could be found in the den of the family's palatial mansion watching movies. It was rare for the Huntzberger lot to be doing something so normal on a day off since they all had high profiled lives. Rory and Logan tried to keep their kids as protected from the paparazzi and the national press, but they had been born into a well-known family. The media scrutiny began the day they were brought home from the hospital.
The kids had gotten used to the prying eyes of the public since the cameramen had always been there. Rory and Logan did not like subjecting their kids to the kind of lives they, themselves, led but there was nothing they could do about the paparazzi standing outside Nicky's nursery school just to get a picture of him getting into his mother's car or camera's at the ready when Lottie went to take her ballet lessons. Jamie wasn't as aware of the media, but he would be in a year or so.
The good thing about the situation was that Rory and Logan's good friends had kids around the same age as Nicky, Lottie, and Jamie. The Huntzbergers had surrounded themselves with a close-knit family and friends so they couldn't be taken advantage of.
Rory and Logan still went to charity events and debutante balls since it was something that was a part of their everyday lives. Rory even arranged dinner parties and sat on boards of directors for hospitals and other charity organizations. Yes, Rory and Logan Huntzberger were in every way involved with their community, but now they had kids so they had to fit such events around spending time with their kids or just their friends and family.
Yes, they were indeed socialites grown up.
AN2: If you visit my blog, you can find the url in my profile page, there is going to be a Powerpoint presentation that will be up that helps with this story. It has the different families and the children. I hope this chapter didn't suck too much. I won't be updating everyday, but I'll try to update at least three times a week, so that should help with writing chapters ahead of time,I don't have to be in a rush at the last minute. Please, Please, Please Review.