Through the Years

This story starts with a little synopsis of what has been going on in the lives of Rory and Logan in the last eight years. I hope this story comes out ok I have some thoughts in my head I just don't know how well they will work.

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She didn't want to get married but she didn't want to lose him either, for him it was all or nothing and her choice was nothing. She went on the campaign trail and learned a lot not only about reporting but also about herself. She realized that the constant traveling wasn't for her, she liked going out for a story but not for months at a time, and she missed the people she loved, she missed her family. As her assignment was winding down she started applying for jobs in New York, she started as an associate editor and writer at a prominent magazine and she loved it. It took her a few years of writing fluff pieces but after paying her dues she was able to write the stories she wanted, she was in the position to impact all her readers and that was very important to her. She was good at what she did and she knew it. She had sacrificed to get to where she was but she did not regret any of her decisions.

She had several relationships in her years since Logan, some short and other lasting a little longer but in all they never made her feel complete. The last person that had made her feel complete had decided that their love was not worth waiting for. She still thought of him, she wondered how their life would be if she had gone with him. She knew he would succeed at whatever he put his mind to but at the same time she wondered if she would have succeeded at finding what she loved. Sometimes she would see an article about him, other times she would here his name mentioned in passing while attending a charity event. She tried to pretend she didn't care but she did; she would read the articles and listen to the charity gossip trying to find all the information about him she could. He was someone she loved in the past and part of her still loved him today, she had hoped that one day she would find the man that would make her feel the way he did and until she did all the other men were footnotes in her life.

He wanted her by his side as he ventured off west. It was her decision to turn down his proposal, but it was his decision to not continue with her. He didn't want it to be nothing and he hoped that giving her the ultimatum she would choose him. He knew he was being selfish, especially after she waited for him while he was in London but he was scared, scared that while she was out becoming the next Christine Armapour she would forget about him, forget that he was waiting for her, so he ended it. She was the hardest thing he ever walked away from, she had helped him realize that he had to grow up and that he go out on his own and become a business man outside the shadow of his father. Working out west was great for him, he had learned a lot but after eight years and many moves he also learned that the west coast wasn't for him, he missed the East Coast he missed his friends and his sister.

He had dated many and had relationships with some in his years in CA, some were pretty but vapid but others were like his Ace, pretty and smart but in the end they were all missing something.

He always thought of her, he wondered what their life would be like but he also knew that she was right in turning down his proposal though it didn't make it hurt any less. She needed to find out what she was made of, she worked hard for a career and she deserved to find out if she could make it on her own. If she had gone with him she would have a great job at a paper in CA but after watching her career changes he knew she would have always wondered what could have been. Yes, he did follow her career; he would read her website during her Barack days, when she left he heard from his sister that she was writing for one of her favorite magazines. Every month he would buy a copy to know what she was thinking. Her earlier stuff was fluff and he knew she probable hated it but than she was given more serious subjects and he knew she was happy, he could tell by her writing. He knew he would always love her and he hoped one day that he could find the happiness he felt when he was with her.

He had been in New York for Colin's wedding and he decided that while he was there he would meet with his father and discuss the possibility of working at HPG. He didn't beg, he was good at what he did, all the skills and knowledge he acquired made him a good candidate and he knew that if his father couldn't see his worth another company would. What he learned later was his father was waiting for his return; his father had been keeping tabs on his successes and knew he would be a great successor to HPG.

Mitchum, being who he was, didn't give Logan an easy time during their meeting but by the end he had stood up shook Logan's hand and welcomed him back to the company. In the few months Logan was there he did not disappoint his father, he was the type of man that his father always hoped his son would be, and Mitchum knew it was because of Rory.

She wasn't part of his life anymore but he still saw her influence on him, he sometimes wondered what more Logan could do if he still had Rory with him. He knew her rejection of the proposal was a huge blow to Logan but he knew she had something to prove, not only to others but to herself also. He had read her pieces and was impressed, she defiantly was not the girl who "didn't have it" anymore.

Yes, they both worked in New York and ran in the overlapping circles but with their busy work lives, they were both work dorks; they managed not to run into each other. They both knew the other was in New York but both were scared what would occur if they ran into each other. Each worried that the other would turn their back and lead to even more heart-ache. They say time heals everything but love doesn't need to heal it needs to grow.

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Ok, I know the last line is cheesy but it's my story. As I mentioned in the beginning I kind of know of where I'm going with this story but it may change. All I know for sure is that this is Rogan, some may disagree with me but I liked them together they fit together.

Let me know if you think I should continue.

Thanks.