"Tell Her You Love Her"

Ch. 1

A/N: I would just like to thank all of my reviewers. Reviews make me update faster because I know just how much people are enjoying the story. Thank you thank you thank you!

Disclaimer: Ok, I hate these but here it goes: I totally own Gilmore Girls! Hahaha I WISH! I also don't own the song "Call Me" by Blondie. Ok to the story.

Rory cracked open her eyes when a sudden shadow blocked the light from hitting her face.

"Mooooom!" Rory groaned as she rolled over and looked at her clock, "It's 7:00! What are you doing?" She pulled her comforter over her head and buried herself deeper into her bed. Lorelai smiled evilly and tugged the comforter off of her daughter.

"Get up!" She shouted, "I'm taking you shopping. We need bonding time. You left too fast for me last time and I want to spend so much time with you before you leave for another job that we'll never want to see each other ever again! You're gonna be sick of me!"

Rory groaned and rolled out of her bed and stumbled over to her dresser where she was going to start to pull out some clothes to wear, "Mom, why are you still standing there?"

"I'm just standing here until you realize you never unpacked from your trip and all of your clothes are either in your suitcase or in cardboard boxes…" Rory shot her a look, "I'm gonna go call Luke and tell him to have our usual prepared so we don't have to wait…" Lorelai quickly left Rory's room, Rory was alone.

She looked at herself in the mirror: hair disheveled from a restless sleep, eye makeup smeared under her eyes from crying and not properly washing it off. Rory knew she looked like, well, to say it plainly, crap. Taking in a deep breath she brushed her hair and proceeded to grab a pair of jeans and a blue blouse. Minutes later she looked presentable, and met her mother in their living room.

"There you are all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed! Let's go!" Lorelai grabbed Rory's arm and dragged her out to the jeep.


Emily Gilmore knew Rory and Logan were made for each other. She knew they needed to be together ever since they first started dating. Now that Lorelai sees it too, she can actually put a long awaited plan into action. She flipped through her address book and found the desired number: Huntzberger, Mitchum and Shira. She dialed and waited a short period of time before:

"Hello?" A snooty woman's voice answered.

"Shira! Hello! It's Emily."

"Emily, how nice to hear from you! Why, I believe we haven't spoken since that little incident." She sneered with her fake polite voice.

"I do believe you are right, Shira. Richard and I want to invite you and your family to dinner on Friday night. If this Friday isn't doable, we are open any Friday night." Emily got right to the point, not wanting to spend any more time than necessary on the phone with this irritating woman.

"Well, Emily, you called in just the right time! Logan is coming home Thursday afternoon for a little vacation. He will be here for three weeks. I will inform Mitchum and get back to you on the date."

Emily couldn't help but smile, "that sounds like a wonderful idea, Shira. Hope to hear from you soon."

We have three weeks to get Logan and Rory back together, quite a time crunch after all this time apart, but it will be done.


Rory sighed for what felt like the hundredth time that day, and It was still before noon.

"Hey Rory, check this out. Very sexy! You should get it." Lorelai said as she pulled a black halter top dress from the rack. It was low cut and had a very form fitting bodice, but the skirt of the dress was flowy and hit right at the knee.

"Mom, where would I ever wear that?" Rory asked.

"Friday night dinner?" She answered nonchalantly.

"No. Grandma would die."

"All the more reason to wear it! Come on Rory. This will be the first time they see you since you got home, show them how even more mature you've become! You can wear a sweater over it! Come on! You know you want to! Just try it on for laughs, you don't have to buy it if it looks terrible on you," Lorelai was a master at convincing people to do things they didn't want to do. Just like the day she met Luke and convinced him to give her coffee…just like every morning when she convinces him to give her coffee.

Rory found her size, much to her dismay, and trudged off to the dressing room Lorelai was following her when suddenly:

Call me on the line

Call me call me any anytime

Call me my love you can call me any day or night

Call me

Lorelai's cell phone went off, fortunately Rory was already in the dressing room and far enough away that she didn't hear the phone over the hustle and bustle of everyone in the store. Lorelai checked her caller ID it read "Mussolini," now normally Lorelai would've hit ignore but this was a special case.

"Yes?" She answered while secretively hiding herself in a circular clothing rack.

"He'll be home Thursday afternoon," a hushed voice said.

"The rooster is entering the hen house," Lorelai whispered back.

"Lorelai what is your problem?"

"Nothing Mom. Now who are you talking about?"

"Logan. I just talked to Shira and invited the family over to Friday night dinner, she told me Logan is taking a little Holiday from work and will be home for three weeks. Three weeks Lorelai. This is a sign from God that this is the time for us to get them together."

"Oh my God. Uh…I need to go, I-I'll call you later. Bye." Lorelai peeked her head out of the clothing rack and saw Rory stepping out of the dressing room.

Rory was looking at herself in a full length mirror the dress looked stunning on her. Lorelai walked up behind her and looked over Rory's shoulder into the mirror.

"You look great, kid. If you won't buy it, I'll buy it for you," Lorelai placed her hands on her daughters arms.

"I don't know, Mom. Something just doesn't look right." She fiddled with the ends of her hair and looked at herself more closely in the mirror.

"Wait here," Lorelai said and disappeared from Rory's view.


"Mom?" Logan answered the call on his phone.

"Logan, I have some news for you." Shira responded icily, she never showed any compassion for her son, or for anyone for that matter.

"Yes?" Logan waited for her to give some depressing news or worse tell him they were all taking time off to spend with him on his visit. Truth be told he was going to stay at Collin and Finn's apartment just to stay away from his family the majority of the time.

"The Gilmore's have invited the family to Friday night dinner, you included. Now I know after that embarrassment from last year the last thing you want is to spend time there, I don't know if SHE will be there…"

"I don't know either, Mom. Well I'll go because I'm expected to be there, alright. Please be polite, I don't want to create a scene…" Logan knew Rory should be there, it was Friday night dinner. But he didn't know if she was in town or not, he hoped she was, the campaign was over with.

"Logan when am I not polite? Anyway, have a nice flight I will see you tomorrow." And she hung up.

Logan was half-way through packing and he sat on the edge of his bed. The bed that when he went shopping for he even thought of what Rory would think of it and bought it based on her taste. Same goes for most of the furniture in his house. He was looking around, imagining Rory sitting on the couch reading some large volume of work, or standing by the island in the kitchen drinking her morning coffee, or hell even them decorating the extra bedroom and turning it into a nursery.

Logan's phone rang again, he glanced at the caller ID before answering, it was Honor.

"Hello, dearest brother, I assume mother told you what the plans are for Friday night?" She said as soon as he answered his phone.

"Yes, we are going with them to dinner at the Gilmore's."

"No, they aren't going; Mom is creating some family thing on her side that just happens to be going on at the same time as the dinner. You, Josh, and I are going to dinner to represent the family and to give Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore our lovely parents' regards."

"Oh, figures."

"Are you going to be okay if she is there?"

"Honor, don't tell anyone, but she's the reason I'm taking a holiday and going home for three weeks. I need her, Honor. I need her back in my life."

"Logan, that makes me so happy…You know I saw her when she made a stop in Cincinnati. I was there with a friend of mine shopping…She looked…good, Logan. But when I talked to her she…wasn't herself. She was awfully quiet and asked very little about you. All she wanted to know was if you'd settled into your new house. I think she misses you just as much as you miss her. She didn't say it, but I could just tell."

"Thanks Honor. I'll see you soon."

"Bye Logan" and she hung up. Logan plopped down on his bed, when his phone rang again.

Dear God, can't you just leave me alone? Logan thought as he looked at his phone, it was a picture message from Honor.

He opened it.

It was a picture of Rory, he guessed from when she ran into Honor in Cincinnati. She had the same long brown hair, and the same bright blue eyes, same porcelain skin, same beautiful smile. Honor must've had her friend take the picture because Honor was in the picture with Rory, arms around each other's shoulders. He replied with a thank you and saved the picture to his phone as her contact ID picture. Logan was glad Honor was on his side, she always was, but this time it was more important.


Lorelai raced back to the dressing room with strappy black heels and a classy necklace.

"Here, put these on!" she shouted as she ran up to Rory tossing the shoes at her.

"Mom, slow down!" Rory replied as she caught the shoes and put them on.

"No time to slow down , baby, we gotta move fast, strike now!" Lorelai said as she put the necklace around Rory's neck. "We gotta do something with your hair. Oh! I saw just the thing I'll be right back!" And she was off again.

Rory looked at herself in the mirror and gasped. The necklace paired with the shoes and dress was just perfect. It didn't take long for Lorelai to return; in hand she had two hair clips that matched the necklace Rory was currently wearing. She clipped Rory's hair away from her face, it was absolutely perfect.

"There you are, there's the Rory that's been missing, welcome back, kiddo." Lorelai kissed Rory on the cheek and told her to get changed back to her normal clothes.

A/N: So did you like this one? I hope I got Lorelai's character right, she's so fun. So the next chapter is going to be Logan coming back and the dinner. Fun stuff. Below I have urls for pictures of Rory's dress, necklace, hair clips, and shoes. Just take all the spaces out:

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