It was Friday afternoon and Logan was sitting in front of the television watching the Breakfast Club when his cell phone rang. So intent on what was happening in the movie, he didn't bother to look at who was calling and answered the phone, "Hello."
"Really Logan, is that how you answer your phone?" Shira Huntzberger asked incredulously.
Logan rolled his eyes and avoided the question at hand, "What do you want mom?"
"I left you a message on Wednesday and you still haven't called back. One might have thought that you were dead or you actually bothered to attend classes and write an article."
"I was busy."
"Well, at least I have gotten hold of you." Shira paused waiting for Logan to say something but noticed he wasn't going to say something else. She could hear a faint voice saying 'But what we found out is that each one of us is a brain, and an athlete, and a basket case, a princess, and a criminal. Does that answer your question? Sincerely yours, The Breakfast Club.' "Logan you are going to the dinner tonight."
"Why do I have to go? I'm not friends with Richard and Emily, you are."
"You are attending and that's final. Wear something nice and be there by seven. Your father and I will be expecting good behavior."
Logan hung up his phone and focused on the movie watching the rest of it. He turned the television off and got ready for the oh-so importantGilmore/Huntzberger dinner.
Rory walked outside through the door of her former Harvard dorm and sighed, "the last day I consider this my second home."
"Rory, you can always come over whenever you like. In a way it will be like your second home." Madeline reassured with a smile as they started to walk towards Rory's SUV.
"More like her third home." Louise countered.
"Just don't wear any Yale clothing." Paris advised Rory who was looking around.
"I wish you guys could come with me."Rory pouted and inhaled deeply.
"We're trying to convince our parents Ror, don't worry. We'll be there in no time." Louise hugged Rory then Madeline joined.
Paris slightly frowned and Rory noticed, "Paris, I'll miss you and your craziness too."
"Same here Gilmore." Paris said with a small smile and hugged Rory, "you're like my best friend. Couldn't have survived Chilton and two years of Harvard without you."
They all stood there a big group hug then Rory hesitantly pulled away, "I have to get going guys or else I'll be late for Friday night dinner even more." She picked up a small box that consisted of her share of movies and placed it in the car next to a few more boxes. "We'll still have our monthly shopping spree right?"
"Most definitely." Madeline nodded, her eyes brimming with tears just like everyone else.
They all hugged one last time and reassured Rory they were going to join her the minute their parents agree then Rory went inside her car, waved goodbye and drove away.
She wiped away her tears and glanced at the sideview mirror, looking at her dorm building for the last time as a Harvard student. She drove out of the parking lot and drove towards her grandparents house.
Logan walked out of his room and walked to the doorwhen henoticed that Finn and Colin were in a heated argument.
"Oh, but I saw her first." Colin tried to knock some sense into his so-called friend Finn.
"Colin mate, she's a redhead. We all know redheads are off-limits to you and Logan." Finn reasoned. "Isn't that right Logan?" He asked still keeping his eyes on Colin.
"We never agreed that redheads were off-limits to me and Logan." Colin stated and keeping his eyes on Finn he asked, "Isn't that right Logan buddy?"
"I'm staying out of this." Logan held up both of his hands.
"Some help you are." Colin grumbled.
"Lillian is mine. Get it? Got it? Good." Finn declared, stood up, grabbed his coat and went out the door to probably look for this certain Lillian.
Colin scowled and grabbed his coat also. He was about to walk out the door when he hear Logan say "you're both fighting over a redhead?"
"Logan, this redhead is," Colin paused and threw his hands up, "man, she is hot!"
"But you don't like redheads. And what about Steph..."
"This is an exception and there is nothing between me and Stephanie!"
"Finn's the one who loves all redheads." Logan said trying to avoid a fight with one of his best friends about one of his best friends but ended up doing so anyhow.
Colin looked at him and pointed at Logan, "I thought you said you were staying out of this." He walked out and quickly spotted Finn and ran after him, "Finn! Oh don't you dare!"
Logan shook his head and laughed then walked over to his Porsche. Along the drive he wondered why his presence was required on this dinner. His parents were good friends of the Gilmores and they had dinner together on Tuesdays at least once month. So why dinner on a Friday with him included? Surely it wasn't just because he hasn't seem them in such a long time. Suddenly an idea came into his head and it was deemed as something Shira would have done.The Gilmore's have a daughter and his parents are probably setting him up with her.He grimaced at the thought knowing fully well he wouldn't end up being interested in the Gilmore girl anway.
Logan then noticed that he was already at the Gilmore estate. He parked the car beside his father's and walked up to the door. Five seconds after ringing the doorbell Emily Gilmore herself opened the door, "Oh Logan! It's been ages since we've seen you! Come on in." She directed as she opened the door wider.
Logan stepped in to the house and gave Emily a polite kiss on the cheek while putting on his society smile, "Wonderful to see you again Emily."
"Your parents are already here." Emily told Logan as she led him to living room where his parents were. "Logan is here everyone." She announced.
Logan acknowledged his parents, "Mom, Dad."
"Hello Logan." Shira greeted with a smile.
"Hello son, your mother tells me you've been busy. I assume it's all work for the YDN." Mitchum started. Of course, Mitchum always had to start with the YDN.
"Sure dad." Logan answered as he sat down on one of the empty couches.
Richard was standing by the drinks and asked, "Logan son, what would you like?"
"Just club soda for me Richard." He answered and Richard came back handing him one.
As Richard gave Logan his club soda he asked, "so how are things at Yale?"
"Pretty good actually." Logan learned to keep his answers short when dealing with the Hartford Elite, they could always turn your answers into something more than what you meant.
"Wonderful. What building do you live in?"
"Berkeley." Logan answered nodding his head.
"Ah, I lived in Branford when I was there. Just about 90 kropogs to Berkeley." Richard responded.
Lorelai and Chris were on their way to dinner and it was unusually quiet. Lorelai decided she was bored and wanted to be entertained (nothing dirty intended), "Chris, I want to play a game."
"What kind of game Lorelai?" Christopher asked with interest.
"There's no name for it."
"So you made it up."
"There's no name for it because no one bothered to name it yet OFFICIALLY. But I have a name for it. It's called 'Honk'."
"Honk?"
"Yes, you are the game host person and I'm the player."
"Lucky me."
"Mmm lucky you. So anyways, you make up stuff and I have to honk if they apply to me. Like if you say 'honk if your name is Lorelai' or 'honk if you are in a car' I get to honk."
"People are going to get mad if you just keep on honking at them when they're not even doing anything to you."
"Ha! I won't be honking the car in real life Chris." Lorelai explained and Christopher sighed in relief.
"I get to honk like this; hoooonk!" Lorelai announced.
"That's great Lorelai…"
"Yes, so start already." Lorelai urged.
"Right. Right. Uh. Honk if you are in a car."
"Hooooonk!" Lorelai imitated.
A few minutes later...
"Honk if your name is Sheila." Christopher said after five turns of hearing Lorelai honk. He wanted to find out if she would honk whether or not it applied to her.
Lorelai made no noise or honking sound and Christopher realized he could keep her quiet this way.
"Honk if you're driving a car." Again, Lorelai said nothing.
After three more turns of no honking and Lorelai beginning to pout, Christopher parked next to Rory's SUV with Rory still in it. He then announced, "Honk if you are married to a handsome man named Christopher."
"Hoooonk." Lorelai smiled and mumbled, "very cocky today, aren't we?"
They stepped out of the car at the same time Rory did and Christopher said, "Honk if you are getting out of a car."
Rory was waiting for her parents and once they came and stepped outside she heard her father and mother playing 'honk'. She then decided to join in so both Lorelai and Rory said, "Hoooonk!"
"Hey Sweets" Lorelai greeted her daughter.
"Hey Mom, hey Dad."
"Hey Ror." Chris said.
"Okay Chris. Rory is here so she's gonna play too. Now start again!" Lorelai said to her husband.
"Fine. Honk if your name is Lorelai." At this both Lorelai and Rory "honked".
Christopher stepped up in front of the door and rang the doorbell. Since Christopher was taking too long to ask the next question Rory and Lorelai decided they would play by themselves.
"Honk if you have blue eyes." Lorelai said as they all handed their coats to the maid.
"Hooonk!" announced both Lorelai and Rory.
Logan listened as Richard and Mitchum shared their years at Yale then suddenly he heard two girls honk. Emily looked annoyed, Richard seemed annoyed but was trying to hide it and everyone else seemed confused. All of a sudden a man and two girls came into view and both were laughing obviously oblivious to the guests.
The older of the two girls spoke, "honk if you are in the Gilmore household."
"Hooonk!" they both said and the man shook his head.
They kept on playing as if no one was there, Richard just chuckled at the two and Emily was too annoyed to say something. Their challenges to each other ranged from 'honk if you love chocolate' to 'honk if you think Kirk is Kirk' which confused Logan immensely. When the man announced, 'honk if you love coffee' both started to honk loud and uncontrollably. Logan assumed they were sisters and were probably Emily's daughters since they seemed comfortable enough to 'honk' in the house. He also assumed that the man was the older sister's boyfriend considering they were next to each other.
"Lorelai, Rory, Christopher…" Emily started but the three didn't seem to hear her. "Lorelai Victoria Gilmore!" Emily couldn't believe at how the three acted in front of their guests so when Lorelai heard her name called out they all stopped and noticed they had guests.
"Soooory." Lorelai paused then pointed at Rory, "Hey, Rory and Chris were laughing too but Iam the one scolded at?" She put her hand over her heart, which made Logan and Christopher chuckle inwardly.
Lorelai and Christopher took the loveseat, which left only one spot for Rory, next to Logan. When Lorelai and Christopher took the loveseat Logan's assumptions of them being together were confirmed since they held hands. The girl next to him was looking at her father, which made him confused since most girls looked at him rather his father.
"What would you three like?" Richard asked while walking towards the drinks.
Emily however had other thoughts in mind, "Lorelai, Rory, Christopher, what do you have to say about your behavior?"
When Rory heard her name she took her eyes off THE Mitchum Huntzberger and looked at her grandmother, "I'm sorry Grandma for acting like I just did."
Rory couldn't believe it was Mitchum Huntzberger sitting right there. She barely noticed the boy sitting next to her. That was the first time Logan saw her blue eyes and he just wanted to stare at them all night long. That was also when he learned that Emily wasn't Rory's mother but her grandmother.
"Thank you Rory. Christopher?"
"Sorry Emily, will never happen again."
"Better not. Lorelai?"
"I'm sorry mom, won't happen again."
"I'm sure. Now go ahead and say what drinks you'd like." Emily directed the three and Richard listened.
"Club soda please." Rory smiled.
"Gin Martini." Lorelai stated.
"I'll have Scotch on the Rocks Richard." Christopher said and they were all handed their drinks.
After everyone had their drinks Emily introduced the three. "Mitchum, Shira, Logan; this is my daughter Lorelai, her husband Christopher and their daughter Rory."