AN: Imagine a world where Rory attended Harvard and Logan still attended Yale. This is 2 years after Rory's graduation. She went on the Obama Trail and decided to stay in Palo Alto when she stopped on the trail due to an open position at Palo Alto Daily News (PADN). Logan still graduated from Yale and went to London. He's now working at Palo Alto at his own company "Bits and Pieces". It's a company where new graduates can submit articles and he sells them to various papers. You'll see the rest develop :) Reviews are welcome and encouraged (even if you think it's horrible)
I do not own Rory, Logan, or any business that I used that actually exists!
Hello California! How's everything going? I'm Lorelai Leigh Gilmore-Hayden the third but everyone calls me Rory. I hail from a small town in Connecticut. I went to prep school at Chilton Preparatory Academy in Hartford (which is about 30 miles from where I grew up). I went to college at Harvard and graduated summa cum laude two years ago. I majored in journalism. Now, that is the information that I give to all prospective employers (including my boss at PADN. Here is the information that I don't put on my resume. I love coffee, it's an addiction, I know. A dollop of cream and scoop of sugar, just in case you're wondering. I can eat. I might be a slender 5 ft 4 in figure but I can eat some food. Chinese is my favorite. If I'm at a social function, family or work related, I drink a vodka martini and if I'm out with my friend I drink a VooDoo. I have a great mother Lorelai Victoria Gilmore-Hayden and father Christopher Straub Hayden. I have one sister, Georgia Emily Hayden. I have three people who I tell everything to, they are my mom (yes my mom is one of my best friends, Lane Kim, and Paris Geller. I have two sets of grandparents who have helped me through a lot of tough decisions, Richard and Emily Gilmore and Straub and Francine Hayden. However, they are all on the east coast and I am on the west coast. I just finished writing for an online publisher for the Obama trail and decided to plant my roots here in sunny Palo Alto. I promise my column will include everything that I experience here from quality of food to public transportation stories. If you have anything you want me to write about or a restaurant that I should try please email me. It is . Well this is Rory signing off.
I finished it. My first column page. It's supposed to be on page 6 tomorrow morning! I am so excited. I called my mom right away.
"Mom, it's finished. My first article for PADN."
"I'm so excited for you babes. When will it be published? You know your grandparents, both sets might I add, and your parents both subscribed to the mail edition of the paper." My mom replied
"I didn't realize that you could do that. I'm going to have to take a day to go around all the offices and see who does what one day. When do you think you'll be able to visit? I know G wants to see Stanford and I know that you want to help me check out more chinese places."
"I think that G has a college visit day at the end of the month, I'll let you know when she gets home."
"Ok sounds good. Well I just wanted to let you know that as of today I am published in PADN! Love you. Let me know what G says."
"Talk to you later. Maybe we can Skype tonight? I miss seeing your face."
"Maybe. Some of the people around work want to go out for a drink tonight."
"Ohh maybe you'll meet someone. You know you haven't dated much since Tris..."
"Don't say his name. And maybe. Who knows. See you later love you bye."
The last part of that conversation put Rory in a bad mood. She dated Tristan Dugray all throughout Harvard. They met in Chilton and there was chemistry between them until he got sent to military school. When she saw him moving into his dorm the same day she was it was kind of a crazy, out of body type, experience. They casually dated for the first semester but realized they weren't seeing many people so decided to make it official and call each other boyfriend and girlfriend. Everyone around them thought they would get married, including Rory. Graduation came around and Tristan asked Rory if he could talk to her. She was so excited because she thought he was going to propose. He told her that he has feelings for someone that he met online and he was moving to Florida the next day. He didn't want to hurt her but he hadn't been in love with her for a few months now and he figured with graduation it would be the perfect time to make a clean break. He walked out after that and Rory hadn't heard from him since.
Bill Braxton, her editor in chief, called him into her office.
"Hayden, I just received your first post and I have to say it's great. I love the illustration that you give people when you describe yourself and your habits. We're going live tomorrow so expect your email inbox to be flooded! A bunch of us from work are going out to Charlies for drinks if you want to come."
"I think I will. I think I made the right decision, coming to work here."
"I think you did too. We'll meet in the lobby around 6. Charlies is very casual, what you're wearing is great. When we go to Miguels, you'll want to wear something nicer, just a forewarning."
"Why bring Miguels up?"
"Next week our new owners are coming to visit and we'll take them out to drinks there. Just to editors and the columnists, so make sure you have something nice. Though from your last names you're used to parties like these. It's ones that you drink a Vodka Martini at" Bill said with a chuckle.
"I have plenty to wear no problem. See you at 6."
"Welcome to the team Hayden."
Charlies was nice. She got to know the copy editor on their floor Maureen. She was a nice woman. She was 30 and a redhead. She didn't have any kids or a spouse which was nice because everyone else around the table was talking about their kids in sports or something to spouse did. Rory didn't have either so she felt a little out of sync until she started talking to Maureen.
Ten PM rolled around and Rory decided to call it a night. She gave Maureen her cell number and told her to call her one day so they could shop or something.
On her way out she ran into a blond and she smelled something on him that was nice. Not too strong, not too weak. He smiled at her an apologized. He had some nice hazel eyes, she noticed, which was a welcome change to the blue eyes that kept haunting her.
The next morning went smooth, the article was published and as Bill expected, her email inbox was flooding with everything from tips to restaurants, coffee bars, drink mixes, and even a few that she blocked after the inappropriate responses to where her slender figure would be perfect.
AN: Any thoughts? Hate it? Love it? Tristan will make his appearance in the story but it's Rogan-centric but I will throw a little Trory (even if it's just flashbacks). Any questions, just shoot me a PM!
