Chapter 4 --The Blind Date

Rory was both nervous and excited about the date. She was constantly wondering who it could be and what they had to say. She decided to arrive early to scope out the scene and was hoping her date might be a little early as well. She glanced around the room, but didn't see any sign of him. She looked around patiently and eventually looked down at her watch, which now read 7. A sunflower is now placed in front of her. She quickly looks up to see who her date is.

"Marty!" she exclaimed

"Rory, it is so good to see you again" Marty says as she stands up to give him a hug

"Marty, these past few weeks have been full of surprises it seems like. First I see you at the party and now you are my blind date" Rory says "I have so many questions, I don't know where to begin"

"I could start off. Remember that Natalie said to hear me out. I guess I could tell you what I have been doing with my life"

"Ok, that's fine" says Rory as the waiter takes their orders" But if you don't mind, I would like you to start from the Lucy situation and kind of go from there"

"Ok, here it goes" says Marty" I never told Lucy about you mainly because I still had feelings for you. I know I should of told her, but I didn't want to mess up one of the few relationships I have had in my life. Even while I was with her, I still felt like something was missing in my life. When I saw you, I panicked. I should of never done that and should of never pulled you into all of that. I am sorry for all of it.

"They do say time heals all wounds. I do forgive you for everything" says Rory " I do have to ask as I am curious, what happened after Lucy and you left the restaurant?"

"Fair question" says Marty " By the time I got outside, she was already in a taxi. I tried calling her, but she wouldn't pick up. I even tried going over a few times, but no one answered the door. I finally just wrote a quick note to her saying how sorry I was, and slid it under the door. Whether she read it, I will never know.

"I see" says Rory then sipping the coffee that the waiter just brought her" I can see her reasoning of not answering you"

"Yeah, I know" says Marty looking down" I was horrible to her"

"Thanks" says Rory to the waiter, who had just brought over the food they ordered.

"Since you asked me about Lucy, I find it only fair to ask you about Logan" says Marty" I am curious as what happened to you and Logan"

"Long story short" says Rory " he proposed after my Yale graduation, I said no, he said goodbye"

"Why did you say no?" Marty asked in a cautious voice.

"Fair question" Rory says" I wanted to concentrate on my getting my career going, and I just wasn't ready to be married. I thought that I had loved him, but something just seemed off. I don't know what it is even to this day. I just feel that we weren't connecting a hundred percent. Something just felt off. Plus there was this nagging feeling that he wasn't the guy I thought he was"

"Wow, I never knew you felt like that" said Marty

" Yeah, me either" says Rory" I really gave thought to his proposal , and was thinking if he would really keep me happy. My thoughts always came back to the one person who has always made me happy no matter what"

"Who would that be?" asked Marty, a little scared of who she might say

"It was you Marty" she said, looking up at him and smiling. He smiled back at her

She looked at her watch which said 10:30.

"I got to be up early. My hometown of Stars Hollow is having an event and I volunteered to man a booth, so I want to get to bed early" Rory says " Why don't you drop by?"

"I would love that" says Marty.

"Great" says Rory. "Here is my number in case for any reason you can't make it" She hands him a slip of paper

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Author's note. This story will continued. I have to work, so it may be a few days or so before the next few chapters are written and posted.