After Logan dropped Sophie off at school, he made his way to the offices of HPG. The head office was located about 20 minutes away from Chilton Academy. Once at the office, he parked his car and made his way up to his office. The meeting with his father was at eleven, meaning he had three hours to prepare.

Meanwhile at the New York Times, Rory had just received her second cup of coffee for the morning from her assistant Alice. While editing an article about budget cuts in the school district, she was brought out of her thoughts by her phone ringing.

"Hey Alice, what's up?" Rory answered.

"I have an Honor Huntzberger on line one. Should I put her through?" Alice asked. It always depended on two factors whether or not Rory was going to answer the phone; one, who it was, and two, how far along she was in her articles.

"Yes, please. Put her through." Rory replied.

"Hey Honor, what's up?" Rory greeted Honor.

"Hey Rory, I just wanted to confirm our plans for Saturday. The show starts at 4 and then we are having dinner at mom and dads. Does that still work for you guys?" Honor asked as she got ready for her lunch with Josh.

"Yes, what time do you want to meet at the school?" Rory asked as she finished reading her article.

"Does 3:30 work for you guys? I know that Emma is dying to see Sophie," Honor responded.

"3:30 sounds great. We will see you Saturday," Rory agreed while writing it in her calendar.

"Okay, great. See you Saturday. Love you," Honor replied while she finished getting ready for the day.

"I love you too, bye," Rory said as she hung up the phone.

The next four hours flew by for Rory. She was just about to finish reviewing the lay out for the paper when her phone rang.

"Hey Alice, what's up?" Rory answered.

"I'm sorry to bother you Rory, but I have your daughter's school on hold. They say it's urgent," Alice replied.

"Put them through," Rory replied quickly.

"Rory Gilmore speaking," Rory said into the phone.

"Hello Ms. Gilmore. This is Headmaster Thomas. We have a situation here and we feel it would be best if you and Mr Huntzberger come to the school," the headmaster stated.

"Okay, I completely understand. We will be there within the hour," Rory replied. A meeting at the school in the middle of the day was never a good sign.


Throughout Logan's life, he had learned that when it came to his father, business always comes first, no matter what. So that meant that he wasn't surprised when his father refused to answer the phone from the secretary. They were in the main conference room when the phone rang.

"Excuse me, Logan, you have a call on line one, and they say that's its urgent," Sharon announced on the speaker phone.

"Sharon, could you please forward them to Logan's office voicemail? We are in the middle of an important meeting," Mitchum replied quickly.

"Yes, of course Mr. Huntzberger," Sharon agreed, nervously.

About ten minutes later, Sharon again was forced to call the conference room on the speaker phone.

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but I have Rory Huntzberger on the phone and she says it's urgent. Should I forward her to voicemail?" Sharon anxiously asked while fidgeting with the notepad on her desk.

"No, please put her through," Logan responded before his father could disagree.

"Hey Rory, what's going on?" Logan asked nervously. He knew that she knew that the meeting was going on. It had to be something important.

"Am I on speaker phone?" Rory asked.

"Yes, why?" Logan replied.

"Um, could you take me off of speaker phone for just a minute?" Rory asked nervously.

"Okay, you are off now. What's wrong?" Logan asked, although he really didn't want to know.

"I just got off the phone with Chilton and they told me they had a situation at the school and they needed us to come down," Rory answered as she passed a note to Alice that read, "hold my calls until further notice."

"Okay, I'm on my way. See you at the school," Logan stated as he handed a note to his father that read, "Sophie emergency. We will finish this later."

Mitchum was about to protest but he realized that his son was no longer in the room.

"Oh and Rory," Logan continued, "It's going to be okay."

"Thanks, I really needed to hear that. I love you," Rory said with a sigh as she exited the parking lot of her office.

"I love you too, Ace," Logan responded before he started his car.