OK so the Chilton Reunion is here. Lorelai and Luke's wedding will be the next chapter. This chapter was already over 5800 words without it. There's going to be something at the beginning of that chapter that I'm including. You'll see what it is as you read the chapter. You have to read the end note to get the story behind the song in this chapter. Anyway, read and review! I love them! I have to work tonight (yeah 11:30 to 4:30 in the morning!) I need something to read on my break. You're the best reviewers!
Honestly, I was kind of nervous about flying with Maddy. I didn't know how well she would handle it or even if it was safe to fly with her. The doctor assured me though at her last checkup that she would be fine to fly. Logan arranged it with his dad that we get to fly home on his private plane. We were very appreciative of this. I was a little worried by taking commercial flights just because of people and the germs. God, how much of a snob do I sound like? Once she's built up more of an immune system and is a little bit older, we'll try commercial then. I'm just unsure whether or not she's going to start wailing or screaming as soon as we sit down and since it's over 6 hours in the air, I can only imagine what people's reactions would be.
As for Logan and his parents, things are slowly working the way we want them to: a truce is being reached. Thank God! It's taken a long time but in the long run, I think it's been worth it.
Shira is now done with her radiation. She has been given a clean bill of health. Part of the reason the process has been slow is because Logan was trying to make sure that even though Shira's in remission, she was not going to revert back to her same old self. So far she hasn't. She and Mitchum have been keeping in touch about once a week. Logan was surprised at first by this but it's becoming a weekly occurrence. He does tend to talk to them for about 20 minutes at a time.
Logan has been doing better about making sure that I'm not getting overwhelmed. We've been pretty much alternating about every other night for getting up with Maddy. He has been more involved. We do take walks at least once a week. Maddy really seems to like it outside.
I've been back at work for about three weeks now. It took a little adjusting to at first because I'm still even pumping in my free time. Logan and I tend to go down to the day care about every other day during lunch and we all eat together. The other days we don't, it's just the two of us. We find it good to have lunch alone every once in awhile.
It's about 4 in the afternoon when we arrive in Hartford. The flight was good but there was a portion of time when Maddy would not stop screaming. It took about 15 minutes of rocking her back and forth for her to calm down and go to sleep. She has been awake a lot more and also I've gotten to back away a little on not feeding her every 3 or 4 hours.
Since today is Friday, my grandma insisted on us coming to Friday Night Dinner. This should be interesting. Not just because of the baby but also I have a feeling it's not going to be a dull evening topic-wise. She knows that my Chilton reunion is this weekend and I have to wonder if she is going to mention mom and Luke's church wedding. The church wedding is in Stars Hollow.
We park in front of mom's house at 4:45. It took us a little extra time to get there because of adjusting Maddy's car seat. As soon as we park, my mom comes running out of the house. Yeah, running out of the house. She hasn't seen the baby in person yet.
"Darling daughter!" She launches herself at me. Logan is actually carrying Maddy's car seat right now.
"Hey mom!" I give her the hugest hug. It's been so long since I've seen her in person.
"Hey Logan." She tells him as she's still hugging me.
"Hey Lorelai."
She lets me go and makes her way over to Maddy. "Hi Angel. I'm your grandma Lorelai." She talks sweetly to her. "And you're going to be lucky if I let you go at all tonight."
Logan and I laugh. Mom takes Maddy's car seat from Logan and makes her way to back to the house.
"Where's Ayden?" I ask her as I grab one of our suitcases from the trunk.
"In his swing." She tells me as she carries the baby into the house.
We get settled back into my room and it looks different.
"What did you do?" I ask her.
"Oh we had Tom come out and build the room out a little more. "
"Really?"
"Don't you like it? It's better than making a decision on what to get rid of in your room."
Logan and I share a look. "Yeah but mom that had to be expensive. We would have made due OK. Maddy's small. She wouldn't know anything different."
"It won't be much longer before she's grown though. It really didn't cost as much as I thought it would. Tom and I struck a deal on it."
Logan and I are looking at her like she's crazy though.
"OK if you're sure."
"Yeah, don't worry about it."
"OK." Logan and I say in unison.
We go out and sit in the living room and mom's holding Maddy. I grab Ayden from his swing. He's so adorable. He's got dark brown hair and blue eyes. He's got a lot of dark brown hair actually. I talk to him for a little while. He's unsure about me at first but then I get him laughing.
"Has he been crawling yet?" I ask as I bounce him up and down. He's giggling nonstop.
"He's getting close. He's been sitting up by himself."
"That's good."
"He's really been growing." Mom notes as she rocks Maddy. She's still awake, she's just watching mom. "How are you guys doing? How's she doing?"
"She's been doing good." I tell her.
"She's right on target." Logan adds. "She's grown a couple inches since she was born."
"Wow! That's great." My mom turns and looks at me. "So I hear grandma conned you into coming to Friday night dinner."
I sigh. "Yeah, she did. I was kind of hoping to just relax tonight but it's OK. We probably won't stay after too long after dinner."
"The fact that you agreed to go at all is beyond me. Apparently I have to go. She has some last minute details to go over with me on the wedding."
"Emily is your wedding planner?" Logan asks.
"No, she just thinks she is." Mom retorts. "Actually, Miss Celine is going to be there tonight to finish the matron of honor dress measurements."
"Who's Miss Celine?" Logan asks.
"She's pretty interesting." I comment. "She's grandma's fashion consultant. She liked to call me Audrey Hepburn."
Logan grins. "I could see that."
"She calls mom Natalie Wood."
"I could see that too."
"She's a sweet lady." Mom adds. "She's worked with mom for a long, long time."
At seven o'clock that night, we all arrive at grandma and grandpa's house. Luke looks like he's going to be sick. It would be nice if grandma and grandpa would give him a break especially since he is going to be their son-in-law. I don't really foresee that happening.
As soon as we arrive, I get whisked upstairs to finish trying on my matron of honor dress. It's a pretty coral chiffon dress. Mom was having difficulty on deciding what color.
"Emily!" Miss Celine calls from the other room. It's grandma, me and mom that went up.
"Yes, we're here Celine!" Grandma calls back.
"Oh! It's Audrey and Natalie." Miss Celine greets us when she comes out.
"Hi Miss Celine." I smile at her.
"Miss Celine, how are you doing?" Mom asks.
"Very well, Natalie." She tells mom. "How are you doing? Are you ready for your wedding day?"
Mom smiles. "Yes, I am."
"Lorelai, go try on your wedding dress." Grandma tells her. Mom quietly obeys.
"How are you, Audrey?" Miss Celine asks me.
"I'm doing very well, thank you."
"Are you married?" She looks at my hand then. "Oh yes, you are, aren't you?"
"Actually Celine, Rory married Logan Huntzberger last year." Grandma shows Miss Celine our wedding picture that she has on her mantle above the fireplace.
"Ahh…Robert Redford."
I smile at that.
"They actually had a baby back in June." Grandma adds.
"A baby!" Celine exclaims. "My dear, you do not look like you had a baby three months ago."
I laugh. "Well, thank you."
My mom comes out in her wedding dress and she looks amazing. She's wearing an Alfred Angelo dress. It was from his Disney Fairytales line and it's the Snow White one. It's similar to the one she had originally. She decided not to use that one though. I think she considered it jinxed because of what happened the last time she and Luke were engaged.
We head downstairs and Miss Celine is following us. Logan and grandpa are waiting in his study. They're bonding over scotch. I think that Luke decided to stay in the living room with Ayden and Maddy. He didn't really want to bond with grandpa. Not that he hasn't tried. I just think he gave up.
"Richard!" Grandma calls at the bottom of the stairs. A few seconds later, grandpa comes out then Logan does.
"So ladies…how did the dress fitting go?" Grandpa asks.
"Just fine dad." Mom says.
"Yeah, it went fine."
"They're going to be absolutely gorgeous Richard!" Miss Celine declares.
"I have no doubt, Celine." Grandpa chuckles. "Say, have you met Logan Huntzberger, Rory's husband?"
"It's nice to meet you, Miss Celine." Logan extends his hand to her.
"Ahh yes Robert Redford." She shakes his hand.
Logan gives me a look and I grin. "You do kinda look like him. Kind of back in the Great Gatsby days." I whisper.
He just laughs.
Shortly after, Miss Celine leaves and tells us she will see us bright and early on Sunday in Stars Hollow. Mom's braving it and having her church wedding there. The whole entire town seemed to RSVP to it. It's going to be huge. Grandma raised objections to the location but mom reminded her it was her wedding and she was going to do what she damn well pleased. If that meant that not all of her friends from the DAR got invited, so be it. She and grandma had been at odds for the majority of the last couple weeks. Grandma finally gave up.
Dinner goes relatively smooth…for the first 10 minutes. Mom is doing everything she can to stop herself from wringing grandma's neck.
"So Rory, are you looking forward to your Chilton reunion?" Grandpa asks as he eats his roast beef.
"Yeah, kind of."
"Kind of?" Grandma repeats.
"Well, it'll be interesting to see everybody." I admit. "I'm just hoping that some people have changed."
"Not likely with them." Mom retorts.
"Lorelai!" Grandma scolds.
"What? Yes, I'm sure it would be nice I'm just not thinking it's very likely that they have."
"You have such a rotten attitude when it comes to rich people."
"Maybe I do but it's only because rich people tended to earn it." She looks at Logan then. "Not you. You're the exception. And my daughter is the exception. Everyone else seems to think that just because they have more money than God they're somehow better than everyone else."
"Lorelai that's enough!" My grandpa bellows.
"Not all people are like that." Logan says. My mom frowns at that. "Not that you don't have a point, Lorelai because you do. She has a very valid point about the Chilton people." He says as he drinks his scotch.
"What makes you an expert on the Chilton people, Logan?" Grandma asks.
"Oh, I knew several of them back when I was in school. I won't say that they are all high and mighty. Not all of them are but a good majority are and after hearing what Rory went through at that school, I can understand her hesitation about going."
Grandma and grandpa shut up then. We stick to neutral topics and Luke doesn't really talk unless it's to one of us. He doesn't say anything to my grandparents. I'm really kind of sad at the way they're treating him. Maddy starts crying then and I get up to get her. I take her into other room and change her.
"Hey." Logan comes in as soon as I'm putting her clothes back on. "Were you still eating?"
I shrug. "Not really. I'm pretty full."
"You want to go then?"
I pick Maddy up and look at him curiously. "Seriously?"
"Yeah, I told them we needed to get her home so we could put her to bed. They bought it."
"Sweet. Let's go."
We head back into the dining room and tell them bye. By the time we get back to mom's house, it's just after nine. I feed Maddy and she falls asleep at 10. It's right then that mom and Luke and Ayden arrive home.
"Wow!" I exclaim. "What happened?"
"Well, after you left, mom felt it was necessary to review the seating arrangement and more of the wedding details."
"Oh, I'm sorry." I frown. "I thought you'd be out of there shortly after us."
"It's OK."
"Two days." Luke groans. "Two days until all of this madness is over."
I give him a sympathetic smile.
At nine o'clock the next morning, Logan and I get up. I go to get Maddy out of her crib and I see that she's already gone. I head out into the kitchen and I see mom feeding her…well, some of my milk I brought with us.
"You're such a pretty girl." Mom coos to her. "You've got pretty parents though. So happy you won't look like your great-grandma Emily."
I bite my lip not to laugh. "Mom…"
"Oh! Hi hun." She turns around and looks at me.
"When did you get her up?"
"Oh, just a little bit ago." She turns back to Maddy. "So so pretty."
I smile. "Hey Luke made breakfast. Help yourself." She tells us.
Logan and I dive right in. It's so good! I missed Luke's cooking. It's after 11 when we venture outside. Big mistake. Everyone starts to flock towards us. They all want to see the baby and hold her. I start to set limitations after the first 6 people especially since she starts to fuss. Yeah, I know how she feels.
We head to Luke's at 2 to eat lunch. Then of course we get to encounter more people but I tell them that Lane is first. Lanes comes out a few minutes later and comes running to me.
"Hey!" She throws her arms around me. "How are you?"
"Great. How are you?"
"Trying to keep up two toddlers." She admits as she plops down in the chair beside me. "I think I'm losing."
We laugh. "I think you're doing just fine."
"Can I hold her?"
I nod. "Of course you can." I take her out of her seat and carefully hand her to her. Of course people come over and look at her. I bear with it for a little while then I tell people that they need to go back with what they were doing. They're reluctant at first until Luke starts to threaten that he's going to throw people out of the diner if they don't leave us alone. They all tend to scurry off rather fast. We eat and get out relatively fast. The party begins at 7 at Chilton. I'm not really looking forward to it but then again I am. I'm anxious to see people's reactions when they see me. I really haven't changed much since high school as far as looks go. I mean, my hair is closer to my ears now. I've kept it short since our honeymoon. It's been a godsend since having Maddy. It's pretty low maintenance. I can pretty much run my fingers through it and be good. Of course tonight I'm curling my hair so it'll take a little more time.
We get back at 3:30 and I head up to the bathroom to take a shower. Logan is in charge of watching Maddy. I'm going to take a little longer with getting ready. I've got my iPod on the stereo and it's on shuffle. I start to hum along with one of the songs. It takes me a minute to sing along with the words.
Darling here I stand, stand before you now.
Deep inside I always knew
It was you, you and me
Two hearts bound together by destiny
It was you and you for me
Every road leads to your door
Every step I take forever more
Just say you'll love me for the rest of your life
I gotta lot of love and I don't want to let go
Will you still love me for the rest of my life?
Cause I can't go on, no I can't go on,
I can't go on if I'm on my own
About 20 minutes later, after I get done with my shower, I put on my bathrobe and come downstairs. I see Logan talking to Maddy on the floor. He looks up and grins.
"What?"
"Chicago? Really?" He smirks at me and I turn bright red.
"How did…"
"The monitor must be on in your mom's room and you must not have had the bathroom door all the way shut."
That's true; I didn't. The bedroom door was closed though. That doesn't make a difference in this situation though. I would have had the bathroom door locked and closed if Luke had been home but I knew he was going to be at work long after we even leave for the party.
"What? 'Will You Still Love Me' is one of their best songs." I inform him as I head into the bedroom. "What do you have against Chicago?" I ask him as I come back out carrying my hair supplies.
"Nothing." He shakes his head. "I have just never heard you sing Chicago before."
I shrug. "It just came up on my iPod. I better go finish getting ready. I'll be back down soon."
And I was…half an hour later. I let Logan go shower and I feed Maddy then. I'm still in my bathrobe. I haven't put on my dress yet. It's really pretty though. It's a one shoulder, silver sequined Adrianna Papell silk cocktail dress. It looks so amazingly good. I was so worried it wouldn't that when I went shopping for it, I had to ask 3 of the salesladies whether or not it looked OK. They looked surprised that I even asked them. I explained that I just a baby and then their eyes grew even wider…kind of like Miss Celine's did last night when I mentioned it.
My mom comes in from outside. She must taken Ayden and Paul Anka on a walk.
"Hey mom." I cover Maddy over with a blanket while I feed her. That was more for the dog than for my mom.
"Just say you'll love me for the rest of my life…." She bellows and Ayden giggles. My eyes narrow.
"Why are you singing that song?"
"Because you were singing that song. Chicago? Really?"
"What? It's a good song." I insist. "Seriously what is wrong with the song?"
"Nothing." She grins. "I'm just surprised to hear you sing it. I'm surprised you sing in the shower at all."
"Well, I don't normally. I had my iPod on shuffle and that's what came up."
"Me I'm partial to 'Glory of Love'."
"That's when Peter Cetera went solo."
"So? He wasn't even in the band when 'Will You Still Love Me' came out."
I get to thinking. "Oh, that's right."
"Yeah, so there." She stuck her tongue out at me.
I grin as I shake my head at her. I finish feeding Maddy and burp her. I set her on the floor by my mom who is sitting on the floor playing with Ayden. I head into my room to change. When I come back out, my mom gasps.
"Oh my god!"
I turn around. I start to freak out. "What? What?"
"No, hun. It's just….you look amazing."
"You think?" I ask. "I'm not sure I'm ready for this dress."
"Why not?"
I shrug. "I don't know. It's too flashy and I think it's too soon for something like this."
"Are you kidding? You look amazing. You should show it off. At the very least, do it to show Paris a thing or two."
"What do you mean?"
"Well, you said she commented on how big you got when you were pregnant. Wear it to show everyone what excellent results came out from it."
I grin. "Yeah, I can do that."
Logan comes down from the bathroom then wearing a t-shirt and shorts and his mouth all of a sudden gapes open.
"What?"
"Oh my god! You look gorgeous!"
I blush.
"When did you get that dress?"
"About a week ago."
"You look incredible." Logan tells me as he gives me a kiss then heads into my room to change. He comes back out a few minutes later dressed in a navy suit.
"You look pretty good yourself, Huntzberger."
"Well, thank you Ace." He gives me another kiss.
We head out at just after 6:30 to get to Chilton by 7. As soon as I step out, I glance at the building. It's a little strange to be back here after 5 years. It's not nearly as intimidating though.
"Rory!"
Logan and I turn around and see Paris and Doyle making their way to us.
"Paris…I wasn't sure if you were going to make it."
"Well, I could say the same about you." Paris says.
I turn to Doyle. "Hi Doyle."
"Hi Rory, Logan. Rory, you look great."
"Oh, thanks." I tell him as I look at Paris who starts scowling.
"How long ago did you have the baby?"
"Um…three months ago actually."
"You look great."
"Thanks."
"Doyle! Come!" Paris calls and Doyle scurries away.
Logan and I die laughing as we head into the building. There was a pretty good turnout. I see Madeline and Louise off in the distance talking to some guys.
"Hey Rory." I turn and see Brad Langford. I am a little surprised that he decided to make it because I know how afraid of Paris he is.
"Oh hi Brad. Nice to see you."
"You too. So how have you been?"
"Good. I'm in California now."
"Really?"
"Yeah, I'm the editor in chief of an online magazine." I turn to Logan then who looks like he's waiting for an introduction. "Brad Langford, this is my husband, Logan Huntzberger. Logan this is Brad. He attended our school and every once in awhile he'd slip away to do some shows on Broadway."
"Really? That must have been an interesting experience." Logan comments as he shakes his hand. "It's nice to meet you, Brad."
"You too, Logan. Rory, did Paris show?"
I grin. "Yeah, she did. She's over talking to Madeline and Louise right now though."
He looks over his shoulder at her. "Oh, good. Listen I'm going to go. It's been good to see you."
"You too Brad."
"He seems like a nice guy." Logan comments.
"He is." I nod. "He's one of the nicer guys. I felt sorry for him for how Paris antagonized him, you know?"
"It wouldn't be Paris if she didn't though."
I nod again. "True."
We head down the steps and I see Francie and who I think is her boyfriend or husband. At the very least I hope so with the way she's making out with him. I roll my eyes. I bypass her though.
"Rory!" Madeline calls to me.
"Come on, time to meet the rest of them."
"Ace…there's probably something I should tell you."
"In a minute. Let's get this over with." I tell him as I lead him over to the group. Louise has grown her hair out and she has a rather impressive ring on her left hand. I'll still take my ring over hers though. Madeline's hair is still black and it's just past her shoulders. She's got a ring on too.
"Hi Louise, Madeline. I want you to meet my…"
"Logan?" Madeline raises an eyebrow.
"Hi Madeline." Logan is concealing a smirk.
My eyes widen in curiosity. "You two know each other?"
"Yeah, Ace, that's what I was just going to tell you. I met Madeline about 6 years ago."
"Oh god, please tell you didn't…."
Madeline says yes while Logan adamantly says no. "Hell no I didn't sleep with her." He pauses. "But Finn did."
"Oh god, you slept with Finn?" Paris comments.
"How do you know Finn?" Madeline asks.
"He's Logan's best friend and one of his best men at our wedding." I tell her. "Paris was a bridesmaid."
"Wait, you two…" Louise says and I flash my ring at her.
"It's Rory Huntzberger now actually."
"Wow!" Louise exclaims. "Pretty nice ring."
"Yes it is."
"So Paris, are you married?" Madeline asks her. I think it's just to get on her nerves though because she knows she's not.
"No, I'm not, Madeline, why?"
I glance over at Doyle who looks like he's ready to start hyperventilate.
"Breathe easy, Doyle." I tell him.
"So you guys know each other?" Louise asks.
"Yeah, he's been Paris' boyfriend for the last 4 years and he was the editor of the Yale paper for the first couple years I was on it. Logan and Doyle graduated together." I explain.
"Ladies…" Oh god, I know that voice. I wish I hadn't heard it.
We all turn and see Tristan standing there.
"Tristan." We say in unison.
"Mary." He grins at me.
"Tristan, it's been 6 years. Drop the Mary reference already. It's Rory, and actually it's Rory Huntzberger." Logan's being very protective of me as he keeps our hands threaded together. "What are you even doing here? You didn't graduate from here."
"Oh, I married Summer."
"Lucky her." Paris retorts.
"Got a problem, Paris?" Tristan asks.
"Just you." She smiles sweetly at him.
Logan's phone starts to ring. "It's Finn." He tells me. "I'll be right back." He gives me a quick kiss.
I turn to Madeline. "I can't believe you slept with Finn."
"What's wrong with that?"
"He's a womanizer!" Paris exclaims.
"Paris, shut up." I tell her. "I was just shocked that Finn slept with you mainly because he has an affinity towards redheads. His girlfriend's a redhead."
"Wait, he's got a girlfriend?" Paris asks.
"Paris, he brought her to my wedding." I remind her. "Maybe you shouldn't have drank that much."
"I'm just shocked he has a girlfriend." Madeline says.
"Actually it's fiancée." Logan rejoins us.
"Wait, what?" My eyes grow wide. "Finn…proposed?"
Logan's grinning. "Yeah, apparently they're engaged."
"Oh my god!" I gasp. It's a shocking gasp. Mainly because. "Do Steph and Colin know that?"
"I think so."
"Oh my god, Colin is going to be dead meat." I murmur. "I should check on Steph and make sure she's OK."
"Rory…what's the big deal?"
"You're kidding right?" I exclaim. "Colin and Steph have been together for over 3 years and Finn and Kelly have been together for just over a year and they're getting married."
He sighs. "You're right; she's going to kill him."
"I'm going to go call her and then also call my mom to check on the baby."
I head off to call Steph and she tells me that she's fine but she's currently not speaking to Colin. She's happy for Finn but why can't Colin get the initiative like Finn? I never would have figured that Finn would get engaged before them. Finn balked at the idea of a serious relationship last year. This threw all of us for a loop.
I then talk to my mom and Maddy is fine. Mom currently has her in the swing. She loves it. I hang up the phone and then I hear footsteps. I'm not alone. I turn around and see Tristan standing there.
I'm standing around waiting for Rory to return. These people have to be the most superficial people I've ever met.
"So…has Rory told you about the time when she made out with Paris?" Louise asks me.
"They did what?" Doyle exclaims.
"Yeah, actually she did." I tell her. "I found out about that last year."
I see a redheaded woman come over to us. "Hey, guys have you seen Tristan?"
Ahh…this must be Summer, Tristan's wife.
We all tell her we haven't seen him and then it dawns on me that Rory hasn't came back yet. I take off down the hall then.
"Why won't you just leave me the hell alone, Tristan? I'm happily married."
"To Huntzberger?" I hear Tristan scoff. "Yeah, you realize he's going to leave you at the first opportunity he gets."
"No he won't!" She insists. "He loves me and he loves our daughter. He'll never leave me." She tells him adamantly.
"You're fooling yourself if you believe that."
"Why did Summer marry you? She could do so much better than you." Rory informs him.
He grabs her then. That's when I decide to intervene.
"Hey! Get your hands off my wife!" I yell at him.
I see her take a sigh of relief. I don't want to know what would have happened if I hadn't shown up just now.
"Got a problem, Huntzberger?"
"Yeah, it's called you. If you ever touch Rory again, I'll make you live to regret it."
"Oh yeah?"
"Yeah."
He starts to grab me so I punch him. He falls to the floor. I hear her gasp. "Don't you ever come near her again." I threaten him. "Come on, Rory, let's go."
I grab Rory's hand and lead her back to the party.
"Hey Summer." She looks up at me. "Your husband is in the hallway. He may still be on the floor."
"What happened?"
"It was nothing." Rory insists.
"Ace, I don't want to know what would have happened had I not showed up. He was hitting on my wife and then he grabbed her. He got punched because of that."
Summer rushes off as she apologizes to Rory. I turn to Rory. "Tell me the truth. Are you OK?"
She slowly nods. "Nothing happened, Logan. I'm OK."
"Rory…"
"No, he…he just surprised me. I am fine. Come on; let's go back to the party."
"Do you care if we skip out soon? Finn wants to celebrate with drinks in New Haven."
"Yeah, sounds good. We'll give about another hour then go."
We walk over to the rest of the group who are all staring at us.
"What the hell was that?" Paris asked.
"Nothing." I sigh. "Tristan was making a pass at Rory and he got aggressive. I caught him doing it so he got punched."
Madeline and Louise gasp.
"I've always wanted to do that." Paris remarks and I bite my lip to not laugh.
"Well, I can't blame him for trying." Louise tells us. "I mean, you look amazing, Rory. How did you do it?"
"Well, after having the baby, I guess it was between the constant nursing and then never really getting the time to eat a full meal."
"You had a baby?" Madeline asks. Wow, she's slow. Rory already said she had the baby when she told me she was going to call her mom to check on Maddy. "When?"
"Three months ago."
"Oh, god are you serious?" Louise asks.
"Yeah."
"What did you name it?" Louise asks.
"Her name is Lorelai Madalyn Huntzberger." I tell them.
"Oh, that's so sweet of you, Rory!" Madeline replies.
Rory and I share a look. "Umm…actually Madeline, the baby's middle name is Logan's sister's middle name." Rory explains
Madeline's expression goes flat then.
"Why on earth would they name their daughter after you?" Paris tells her.
"Paris, be nice." Rory scolds her. "How we got her name was because Lorelai is my mom and great-grandma's name besides mine and Madalyn is Honor's middle name. They are the most important people in our families so that's how we got her name. Sorry to give you the wrong idea."
Madeline shrugs. "No, it was wrong of me assume it was because of me."
About 15 minutes later, I lead Rory onto the dance floor. They got a DJ to play music so I made a request. Rory throws me a look when the song starts. I grin at her and grab her hand and pull her close to me.
"Just say you'll love me for the rest of your life." I whisper to her.
"Logan…"
"I gotta lot of love and I don't want to let go. Will you still love me for the rest of my life? Cause I can't go on, no I can't go on, I can't go on, if I'm on my own."
"You think you're so cute, don't you?" She smirks at me.
"I know so." I tell her as I kiss her.
OK so the story behind the song is that the first night I started my job, the radio was playing it. I just added it to my ipod yesterday. It is a really good song by Chicago. Oh! Also with Miss Celine, I was trying to figure who she could compare Logan to. He does remind me of a young Robert Redford. I mention Great Gatsby because it wasn't until I looked up the movie did I know that Edward Herrmann that plays Rory's grandpa was actually in it :D I was thinking I could have written more about the Chilton people, maybe had Francie try and hit on Logan or something but the chapter was long enough as it is. Anyway remember to review. They'll keep me awake tonight while I'm working overnight.
