It's been over a half a year and I still can't let the ending of the revival go. My heart is still broken by what ASP did to Rory and Logan. I wasn't even the craziest GG fan out there - I've probably only seen a few of the original episodes more than once - but ever since I finished the revival I've been heartsick over the ending. I know this has been done by writers who are probably a lot more creative and talented than I am. But, in every one there's something that I feel like doesn't represent my exact vision so I started to write it down for myself. Now I have nine chapters already written so I decided to publish it. I wrote something for The Office a long, long time ago and recently deleted it because I was embarrassed by how bad it was...like cringed and read it peaking through my fingers bad. So, I hope this is a substantial upgrade. I have 23 chapters outlined and it's taken me several months to write what I already have done, so I don't know how long it's going to take me to complete it, but I have made a commitment to myself to finish this story no matter what. Even if it gets no reviews I'm finishing this thing. I'm a slow writer and rarely have time to do it, so that doesn't help, but I will change the status from in-progress to completed.
Prologue
Those two words were out there, just hanging in the air like a fog surrounding the two women in the early autumn morning glow. Lorelai's mouth was still slightly agape trying to process the information. Rory was slouched down looking straight ahead. Neither made any moves. Nothing would ever be the same after this moment.
"But how?"
"The usual way. You've done it once before."
"But who?"
"You know who."
"No, I don't know who. Paul?"
"Logan, mom. Logan's the only one."
Lorelai took a deep breath. She couldn't believe the words that were coming out of her daughter's mouth. "Oh Rory, it's going to be okay." She squeezed her hand and Rory slowly turned to look at her with tears welling up in her eyes.
"I hope you're right. Because right now I don't think anything is okay. Look at my life right now, its one giant screw up."
"Hey, don't talk about my kid that way. You're not a screw up. I didn't raise a screw up. You're going through a rough patch that's all. I'm going to be here for you no matter what. We'll figure this out together." Lorelai squeezed her hand again and Rory wiped the tears from her eyes. This is not how she saw her wedding day going. But that's the thing with babies in her world; they don't exactly follow your plans. "How far along are you? Have you told him yet? Have you thought about what you want to do? You know I'll support you no matter what."
"Only a few weeks. I took a test on Wednesday, but I know exactly when it happened, there was only one opportunity if you know what I mean. And no to all the rest."
"Well those things aren't always right. You need to see a doctor-" Rory cut her off, "I know, mom. I know I'm pregnant. The test wasn't wrong. I kind of knew before I even took it. I haven't missed a pill in my entire life, but I just knew in my heart what it was going to say."
Lorelai let out a sigh, "Okay then, what are you going to do about the rest? You have to tell him no matter what you decide. He deserves to know the truth, even if he's with someone else." She didn't want to say Logan's name out loud. She knew Rory was an adult who is more than capable of making adult mistakes, but a part of her still wanted to blame him for doing this to her daughter.
"I know I do, and I'm going to, but not today. And probably not tomorrow. I need some time to think." Rory paused to take a deep breath. "I'm sorry I dumped all of this on you on your wedding day. This is not how I planned on telling you, but I just couldn't keep it to myself any longer. I had to tell my best friend. I'll figure the rest out, soon. I promise."
"Are you sure you're going to be okay today? This is huge. It's going to be hard pretending that nothing's the matter around everyone."
"I'll be okay mom, I promise. I want to see you get married for the second time in 12 hours. I just need a power nap and I'm ready to rock and roll." Rory gave her best convincing smile through tears she could muster. She meant it too. She didn't want to think about her problems for the rest of the day. She never intended to tell her mom this way, but it just spilled out in the moment. She was actually looking forward to the wedding with all her Stars Hollow family in attendance to take her mind off of the monumental changes that were about to take place in her life. Nothing will ever be the same after she tells Logan.
Lorelai knew that Rory needed some time to process and think and make pro con lists. She needed a nap too after the late night, but doubted sleep was going to happen after this bombshell. "Alright, if you say so. Let's get up and go get married again."
The fake wedding was as magical as the first. Lorelai looked absolutely stunning and Rory didn't know Luke was physically capable of smiling that much. As Emily walked Lorelai down the aisle Rory tried to push the thought of telling her grandmother to the back of her mind. Luke and Lorelai read aloud short personal vows before repeating the same traditional ones they had taken the night before. Everyone danced the night away and ate hot dogs in the town square. Taylor even allowed an exception to the town noise ordinance and let the party go on past 9:00 pm. Then Luke drove them off in his decorated "newlyweds" truck for a night at the Dragonfly followed by an early morning flight to Ireland, a wedding gift from Emily. Truly a perfect day.
Rory collapsed on her bed at the end of the night, barely having the energy to take off her dress. She knew she had a lot of thinking to do, but it could all wait. Sleep took over her body before she could even turn off the lamp. Her world may be falling apart, but a pregnant lady needed her sleep.
