A/N This chapter will explain what Logan has been up to during that first trimester. Working with cannon Mitchum was the 2nd of four children and oldest male. So I fleshed out his family some for my vision. This is really just for me to have a more settled ending to the story, I get the whole full circle and it makes sense but I have questions and since we don't seem to be getting answers any time soon I'm going to create my own. Thanks to anyone wanting to take this journey with me and I enjoy reading all the completed stories on here. Again I own none of these characters and will make no money off of any of them.

After Rory rode away, Logan stepped onto the porch, he had felt this way after she rejected his proposal and that ended up not being the end…this felt more permanent. Robert, Finn, and Colin appeared out of the trees Finn spoke loudly to let Logan know they were there.

"I really don't like walking, it's too much work"

"we didn't walk anywhere Finn, we hid in the woods" Robert stated.

"ah, Yes. Operation 99 recovery has to begin, I had hoped that with the Vegas arrangement they'd get there on their own. Obviously that is not happening. The always lovely Rory said good-bye to us, we can't stand for this." Finn is now laying on the ground just clear of the woods. "I can't breathe, I feel broken…I think I can't think I need a drink, Robert be a dear and get me a scotch" Finn continued to roll around on the ground as if in physical pain. Logan smirked at them as Robert returned with the bottle and sat down beside Finn he took a drink and passed it to Colin as Finn tried to sit up and managed to only prop his head up on Robert's side.

"Gentlemen, we have tickets to exchange, I'm thinking Monte Carlo" Logan announced and the boys scrambled into the car. With cries of he's returned, dear god we missed you man. Almost two months later drunk and laying in a darkened hotel room Odette appeared.

"Logan, dis iz ridiculous iz it not? You're fathzer will be 'ere by dis afternoon, I begged 'im to give me the morning to try to talk to you. My papa is wanting to call off the engagement after the story hit the tabloids yesterday, and you refuse to take any of our calls, even mine. Iz it true? Have there been othzer women?" Logan attempted to sit up and the room spun.

"ugh, Odette?"

"yes Logan it iz me, our fathzers they are very angry, we must be dizcreet wiss our affairs it iz how things are done, we cannot marry if it looks as zow one family iz not respected" Logan felt true panic rise up in him, he asked Odette to marry him because she was just as trapped as he was and he enjoyed spending time with her if he had to pick someone other than Rory to go through life with Odette was one he could live with. She didn't love someone else, she was just being pushed to get married and have a couple of kids continue the family line, and marrying into a powerful family was what they wanted. He wanted kids in the sense that he wanted someone to love that his family couldn't deny him of, he wanted to be a different kind of parent, one of his conditions when Odette and him discussed their life was she agreed not to send their children to boarding school, they also chose to not decide on how many children until they determined whether they enjoyed being parents. Odette's condition was at least two she was an only child and hated feeling so alone, Logan agreed he never would have survived without Honor.

"Odette I'm sorry. I want to honor our plans but I just can't right now, I'm hurting. Call my father please tell him not to come we will meet with my family tomorrow in the Swiss Alps, Honor should already be there with her children's school year started." Honor had already started to change the way the Huntzbergers reared children even though she lost the battle of sending them to a snotty boarding school. Honor moved to the village during the school year and her children were day time students they had dinner every night as a family.

On the train ride to Honor's house Logan remembered all the talks he had with the guys over the last several weeks. Robert couldn't understand why he didn't just offer to keep Rory tucked away in some little apartment close by it wasn't unheard of to have a kept mistress. Just a few years ago hadn't there been a bit of a scandal when one such woman appeared claiming that his father had kept a new York apartment for her, she even produced a signed document that stated she would not have a child with Mitchum and that carrying his child to term at any point she would forfeit any monetary claim that child would have on his estate. Not that it would have held up in court but hell if you have lawyers drawl up important sounding documents people tend to believe them. Robert didn't know Rory he wouldn't understand why that would never work for her…or for him. Colin just kept telling Logan that it was going to end sometime anyway even if they got married, they would end up divorced, they had to much passion to co-exist the way shira and mitchum did or the way Logan and Odette will. Finn as always had the craziest ideas but always the most appealing His idea was to say Fuck it to the Huntzberger Dynastic plan, kidnap Rory and go live a quiet life in middle America, she has a trust fund that's plenty Finn would add his and find a couple farmer's daughters, wives, sisters whatevers and live with them forever. Logan was seriously considering it. Even choosing to take the train instead of a flight only delayed them a few hours, it was dark when they arrived. Honor was the first out the door to greet them, she punched Logan on the arm. "You set me up to be descended upon and then you show up hours after they do" Logan embraced Honor, and then Honor hugged and air kissed Odette.

"who all showed?"

"the usual mom, dad, grandpa, and then both uncles Logan. They think you're leaving the business and they want to take additional interest if you're giving up your share. Are you giving up your share?" Honor glanced at Odette quickly she had questions better asked in private.

"I'm not planning on it, Odette and I have an agreement to be married and fulfill our family obligations however we're thinking we may be changing those plans her father is quite upset about my recent exploits and thinks he'd rather marry Odette off to someone else. Finn offered but I don't think Odette finds him a suitable replacement"

"Logan! Odette! You can't just replace someone you love with a stand in no matter how cute and charming they are" Honor winks at Odette.

"Honor I know that, I've tried and that's why we are in this situation. Odette knows that we talked on the train we need to go inside so I can lay out my new plan. However this goes over know that I love you Honor and will always be available to you no matter what they decide." Honor wraps her arms around Logan again they hug for a moment longer and then she grabs his hand.

"off to see the wizard" the group walks the rest of the way across the parking pad into the courtyard stealing their nerves Logan reaches out for Odette's hand and she readily accepts the lifeline. When they enter the chateau Logan hears the subdued bass of all the male Huntzbergers and the smell of his mother's cigarettes, the next moment two blonde haired children run full speed at Logan.

"Hey there Maverick, Liberty…I missed you guys so much you just keep growing on me. I'm so glad you guys are here and not living at some horrible school all year." The kids giggled and said they were heading to bed, and asked if Uncle Logan would be staying a few days, he gave them the common adult answer 'we'll see'. Honor took her children upstairs to ready them for bed, another thing he greatly admired about his sister she would fulfill the nightly ritual of bathing, brushing, tucking and reading to her children before they drifted off to sleep his niece and nephew would never know the pitying looks from Nanny's when children just wanted to be reassured that mommy and daddy would be there all night. Logan and Odette walked into the study where the Huntzbergers awaited them the tension of the room was palatable and the sigh of relief Shira uttered when Odette walked in was almost comical. The uncles chadwick and Branson seethed across the room. Their sister much like Honor wasn't a part of the business she had a nice trust and was cut a monthly expense check to live the life they were born into, the uncles each held a couple newspaper business a couple hundred heads of prime stock beef cattle a large estate in two countries along with their American homes their children were set up about the same and were offered help in any endeavors they went out to pursue on their own, they could choose the life they wanted with family support they made their own money. The uncles were hoping Logan wanted out and they could try to worm their way into his position to head the family business or one of their sons, they had two apiece. Each of the cousins like Honor had married and begun to have children Logan was the youngest of the family until he came along the uncles had their own plan in place Logan's birth had screwed with that and that was why both uncles had encouraged Logan's bad behavior all through his teen years. Logan cleared his throat. That had everyone's attention.

"first I don't plan to walk away from the business, so lets make that clear, 2nd Odette and I have agreed to to end the relationship in the coming weeks. It will be seen in tabloids there will be falling out but Odette and I will both be seen carrying on affairs so that no one family walks away with a black mark while the other just looks pitiful." At this several things were being said not one clear enough to discern. Shira began to cry.

"Logan you've upset your mother" Mitchum reprimanded. Uncle Chadwick spoke now.

"How are you going to continue to be the eventual head of the company with the black mark you're about to put on our family this scandal will take forever to calm." Logan looked around the room and knew his parents were about to lose their shit.

"I tried really hard to be the Huntzberger poised to take over the company, but the engagement to Odette opened my eyes to quite a few things, when I become a father I will spend time with my family the way Honor and Josh run their family is more what I'm thinking so I won't be the best option to take over the company anyway. I won't sacrifice my children for a company. I don't plan to take over but I do want to be a part of it still." He turned to Mitchum now "I tried to make my friendship and attraction to Odette be enough, but it's not, you know what that's like. You still search for some great love that's why you cheat on mom and she cheats on you and everyone looks the other way. Odette talked about living like that too but I can't, I know what real love feels like and I won't settle any longer." This time it was Shira who became angry and decided she needed to be heard"

"logan you are my son and I love you but I told you years ago to spare you this pain, Rory Gilmore is not meant to live this life."

"I wasn't meant to live this life, I want to stay home on the weekends and read about the amazing event held the night before not attend it. I want to drive a noisy, messy carpool of 6 year olds to kindergarten, not ship them off to boarding school. I want to look at my wife and know there's no one else for me, I can't live this life…it's not who I am" Logan looked at his grandfather. "I would like a similar set up to what my cousins have I want to work for my own satisfaction I want to build something that is all mine, and I want to be a part of this company still because I'll always be a Huntzberger I'll always love news print but times have changed and those jobs are few and far between the company needs to grow like I've been implementing for the last decade." Elias just nods at Logan. Mitchum with his mind already working on what Logan has laid out asks the next question.

"and if we refuse your offer counter with all or nothing then what?"

"I have an apartment in London that has been lovingly provided for me by our company, so my salary for the last 6 years has gone into a bank account. Almost all my purchases in those 6 years were made on my expense account and every year I settled up what was allowed purchases vs personal responsibilities. So I have a nice bank account nice enough to get by living like a common American in a small city long enough to get gainful employment. I will walk away to lead the life I want. Plus Finn has a large trust still intact and he'll come with me."

"and if she won't have you back"

"at least I won't hurt anyone but myself as I try to get over her and live the life I want."

"how does the fall out play out?" Mitchum asked

"we leak pictures to the press of pass affairs Odette has had, then she's caught unaware the pictures are out with some guy. Meanwhile I'm caught again out with a young assistant or something. She does an interview saying how Odette and I haven't been together for a while at least a year but the family pressure is too much. Then Odette's father releases a public statement that his daughter's happiness was always he's main objective and that they are not at all disappointed that she is listening to her heart and they are happy that young Mr. Huntzberger is so understanding. The timetable on this is about two weeks out, just in time for me to fly home to new England for a real American thanksgiving."

"you think this will play out the way you want it to?" Odette steps forward and looks at each of the Huntzberger's carefully.

"I do people all love to 'ear a good love story and two people destined to find love and rebel against the archaic traditions of the abundantly rich makes them feel like they are so lucky to be poor because they have love."

"it will work Dad, it has to. The other option was to tell the world I'm gay and am trying conversion therapy"

"oh dear god Logan!" Shira yelled "it might be better if you were I could find you a suitable man any one of those idiots you still hang out with would fill the bill" Logan excused himself it was far from over but at least they knew what he planned to do or at least a general outline of the next couple of weeks. He also decided to go fill in his sister on his plans to get Rory back, and he thinks he'll stay through the weekend to visit with the kids. Only that first night was tense, Honor played the perfect hostess and early the next morning the family left. Odette's old flame picked her up that afternoon and they were heading on a trip that was sure to get some attention. With the kids at school and everyone else gone, Logan could avoid Honor no more.

"what have you been hiding from me? I thought things with Odette were good, I thought you were happy Logan you seemed so content this last year and then two months ago you disappear with the idiot squad and now it's over with Odette, and I'm sure I heard Mom and Dad arguing about Rory!"

"I have been having a thing with Rory for the last year that's what gave me the contentment, two months ago we disappeared to create a magical weekend for Rory, I offered her the Martha Stewart house to write her book in. Dad knew about it, we were offering Rory a way to stay with me and not be with me. She didn't want it but she didn't ask me for more either so I left. I planned to spend a few more days saying good-bye to that part of my life but I just couldn't get past it. And then Odette showed up and we came up with the plan to get out and now I'm hiding here before I go and put myself out there for Rory again, I don't know how many times I can be rejected but I can't be without her either I've tried and I just can't" Honor hugged Logan and gave him a pitied look then she smiled an evil look.

"I got this Logan we can make it all work. You love Rory she loves you, she didn't reject you, you just took it that way. Don't interrupt, I spoke with Rory right after she couldn't accept your all or nothing because she wasn't ready to but now…you want to stay in the family business and live a modified lifestyle similar to mine. Rory would see the benefits of both, she ran the D.A.R. events for a while she's perfectly capable that's all mom cares about the appearance of social obligations. Dad was right she didn't have it to be a journalist but she is a great writer and will send millions of books, she needed to discover that on her own. She can do both have a career and be the society wife when necessary you just have to convince her that the Huntzberger's will accept that she is both. Oh and Dad reminded Mom last night that she was not born into new haven society but married in and she should remember that although Rory wasn't raised in New Haven Society she was born into it. Rory is a Gilmore and a Hayden both prominent new haven families. I think Dad likes Rory, I think he likes the idea of you and her together he's on your side Logan" Logan spent the rest of the week hanging out with Honor during the day, the kids in the afternoon and Josh in the evenings he was sure this was the life he wanted and he wanted that with Rory. He booked a flight he would arrive back in the states Wednesday evening and drive to stars hallow to surprise Rory on Thanksgiving Day.