Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls.
This is background everything happens exactly like the TV show except that she never dropped out of Yale or stole a boat. This will begin post turning down the marriage proposal. Also Strobe is still alive but Edward his dad is not.
Rory's POV
I always got along with the Hayden's and they had a plan since she was born. If my parents didn't get married that I was still to take over the Law firm. There was a deal mad, I could do what ever I like until the end of college, from there it is Princeton Law School like every other Hayden, with Yale undergrad to please the Gilmore's. I like law don't get me wrong but I love writing. I went through life knowing the plan. Then Logan happened, he was not part of the plan, I fell and I fell hard. I should tell him about everything but it never came up and what should I say, "Hey how was class, so you know I'm richer then you?" It wasn't something easily brought up. Besides I was under contract not to say anything about me being a Hayden. The Hayden's didn't have just a law firm but a huge empire of silent partnerships and companies. I am the up and coming CEO. Logan is so overwhelmed with his future and having no choice, he isn't the only one. Yes, I could walk away easier then him, which is one reason I can demand it to be put off. With Logan it is harder to walk so Mitchum can demand more. Sure Logan has met my dad but his last name has never brought up and couldn't be. When Logan thinks I am looking for a job I am actually looking working with Grandpa Strobe, and/or getting ready for Princeton.
Then Logan proposed and I was not ready to get married, and couldn't move to Palo Alto. I was going to tell him after my graduation that night when I could talk freely about being a Hayden with out worrying about a breaking a contract. I feel like a part of me left when he walked away. If we are meant to be we will find each other again, one day. Life moved on, that Fall I began at Princeton as Lorelai Hayden (I go by Leigh), no one should be able to connect Rory Gilmore and Leigh Hayden together.
That summer before I work at the office and learn the lay of the land. I quickly rose to the top of my class as every Hayden has done. I am good at law and I still freelance articles under the name Rory Gilmore, at the Boston Globe (email comes in handy). This way no one will be asking why Rory Gilmore dropped of the face of the earth. I even have two phones.
In March of my freshman year at Princeton my world came to a stop Grandpa Richard die from heart failure completely unexpected. My Grandmother fell apart, falling so depressed that she kept making herself sick. Then again how is she suppose to feel when you lose some one you love more then life itself? I was at the funeral hopping that I might see Logan, and we did see each other but both of us knew it was not the place to get talk. We would create a scene. However when we locked eyes it felt like the world had stopped, I say pain, regret, and a tinny dose of love in his brown eyes. I had to go back to Princeton, but this small encounter made me realize that I still am in love with him.
Logan's POV
I say Rory again at the funeral, and even though I live in Palo Alto, I am determine to track her down. I noticed she writes for the Boston Globe, yet when I called about her they said that she only emails her articles. I am trying to find her but have hit a dead end. I don't want to call Emily or Lorelai, it has only been 2 weeks since the funeral. I should have never deleted her number. I decided to call up Colin and Finn, I reach for my phone and hit 5 on speed dial. "McCrae here."
"Friendly opening." I reply
"Well, well look who is returning from the dead."
"You saw me 2 weeks ago."
"Because of a Funeral." He reminds me.
"I have a weird question that I don't want you to question."
"I will not guaranty anything but I will see what I can do."
"Well, Do you know where Rory Gilmore might be?"
"Trying to win her back, Good boy. I always liked her."
"Just answer the question."
"Tell you the truth, I say her at the funeral but other than that she seemed to drop off the face of the earth. I will look around." I know Colin will find something it is only a matter of time. I WILL find her.
