A/N: Sorry for the wait! Life gets in the way sometimes, but to make up for it here is an extra long chapter! Enjoy!
I do not own Gilmore Girls.
Honor left her house in Hartford around 6 am so she could be in New York to wake Logan by 8:30 AM tops. She knew that the conversation she is planning on having with Logan would prompt some yelling. Honor is prepared for it.
She called Colin after she got off the phone with Lorelai and told him everything. She knew between Colin and Finn, that Colin would be more sober, especially at that time of night. She hoped she could get Finn on board too so they could triple team Logan and explain it to him.
All they want is for him to be happy and that Rory regrets not accepting his proposal. That she quit her job and is going back to Stars Hollow to try to figure out how to explain this to him.
Colin listened to Honor and realized just how much he agreed with her and Lorelai. He wanted Logan happy and if that meant Logan and Rory marrying, then so be it. Logan was always so happy with Rory around.
Colin told Honor that he would help her talk to Logan about this. He informed Honor that Finn was too drunk for this type of conversation and would probably be unable to be awoken in the morning. However, he told Honor that he would meet her at Logan's to try to wake him and convince him.
Honor told him of Lorelai's hangover cure and to get a few from Logan's favorite place, she didn't want Logan hung over tomorrow. Colin agreed and told her he would be there at 8 am, burritos and all.
Honor was pleased to have one of Logan's best friends on her side. She was sure Finn would be too, as he had always loved Rory like his little sister. He had mentioned it a few times.
Two hours later, Honor was parking her Jag outside Logan's building. She saw Colin outside waiting for her with a large bag of burritos in hand. She smiled at the sight. She got out of the car and made her way to Colin.
"Thanks so much, Colin. This mean so much to me."
"Of course, Honor. I hate seeing Huntz like this. He was always happier with Rory around and all I want is for Logan to be happy again. It's what best friends are for."
"Good. That the burritos?" Honor says pointing to the bag in Colin's right hand.
"Yep. Got all his faves."
"Good. Let's go get him up and get a burrito in him. Then we talk. Hope you came prepped for yelling. I'm sure it will happen."
"Yeah, I'm prepped. The last time I mentioned Rory, I got yelled at. So I know what I'm up against. Now, I don't agree with what she did, but Lorelai called you and that means that Rory means what she said. Lorelai doesn't do halfway. My one encounter with her after the yacht incident was enough for me to know that."
"Last night was my first conversation with her, but I could tell that from just how Rory and Logan described her." Honor laughed.
They walked into the lobby and made it to the elevator. They walked into the elevator and Honor pushed the button for the penthouse. The doors dinged closed and they waited for the elevator to make it to the 20th floor, which is where Logan was.
They arrived at the floor and walked to the door. Honor pulled out her key and put it in the lock. She unlocked the door and opened it. They walked in and her eyes widened at the mess she saw in front of her.
"Oh, my God! What has happened to this place? Mom is going to have a fit."
Colin puts the burritos on the kitchen counter and walks around to Logan's bedroom. Honor follows him. She couldn't get it out of her mind at how trashed it was. This was so not Logan. Another reason for them to pull Logan back together and get him to reconcile with Rory.
Honor walked into Logan's bedroom and walked over to the bed where she found her baby brother asleep or passed out, or a combo of the two. She couldn't tell. She looked at Colin who had a look on his face that this is worse than he had seen him previously.
She leans down and shakes Logan, trying to wake him up. She knows it may be a futile attempt, but it's a start. She sees Colin shake his head that her attempt is not going to work.
"He's not going to wake up like that, Honor. I have an idea. Hold on." Colin walked into Logan's closet and went to find the item he knew was hidden amongst the shelves that would wake Logan up. He smiled once he found the megaphone and turned it on. He walked out of the closet, and when Honor saw what he had in his hands, she gave him the thumbs up sign.
"Much better idea than what I was going to do."
"And that would be?"
"Slap him?"
Colin started chuckling. "Really?"
"Well, I've seen it work on TV."
"I think a combo of a slap and the megaphone is exactly what Logan needs."
"Ok, then. I'm ready when you are."
Colin nods in recognition and raises the megaphone up to his mouth and says, "Logan, wake! You have company!"
As Colin is using the megaphone, Honor leans down and slaps the back of Logan's head because he was lying on his stomach. She stood up and stood beside Colin. She smiled when she noticed Logan start to stir.
"What?" Logan yells.
"Gee, baby brother, you are all sunshine and roses today."
"Well, when you awoken with a slap from your sister and your best friend yelling in your ear through a megaphone, you'd be grumpy too. What are you doing here, Honor? Please close the curtain. My head is throbbing."
Colin walked over and closed the curtain. He then walked to the kitchen and grabbed the aspirin and a bottle of water, as well as a burrito. He then brought it all over to Logan, who was sitting on the side of his bed.
Honor sat down beside Logan and rubbed his back in an effort to comfort him.
Logan noticed Colin with the starts of a cure to his hangover. "What is this, Colin?"
"What does it look like, buddy?"
"It looks like a hangover cure."
"Very astute, Huntz. We are here to pull you out of the funk you have been in."
"I don't need help!"
"Oh, yeah, you do. What Colin and I are here for, you will appreciate later."
"I really doubt that!"
"Oh, baby brother, quit being over dramatic!"
"Over dramatic! Over dramatic! Honor, my heart was ripped out of my chest, ripped apart, and hastily put back in by the only girl I have ever loved. The only girl I ever wanted to marry. Voluntarily spend the rest of my life with."
"Logan, I'm aware of this. We all are, which is why we are here. You will thank us later. I'm 100% sure of it." Honor replies.
"What do you mean?"
Honor can tell he is starting to cry because his breathing is starting to become labored. "Logan, please listen to me. Listen to Colin. Please listen to what we have to say to you before you start to yell. I want you happy, Logan. We all do. Colin and I have talked and we have never seen you happier than when you were with Rory. So, I want to tell you something and you need to let me finish before you yell at me. It really is all out of love."
"Ok, I'll listen, but can I please get rid of this headache?"
"Sure."
Logan reaches out for the aspirin that Colin is still holding and takes it. He then grabs the water bottle and gulps it down. He places then water bottle on the night stand. He sees the burrito Colin is holding and smiles. "What's with the burrito, Colin?"
"Well, for this conversation we need you to be sober and not hung-over."
"Ok, but the burrito. How'd you know? The only person who ever fed me a burrito for a hangover was Ace. Hold on a minute! Are you talking to her?"
"We have not talked to her, but Honor has had a conversation with Lorelai. We will explain that conversation once you have eaten your burrito. I paid them extra to get this especially for you."
Logan turns to Honor and says, " You talked to Lorelai? What? How?"
"I will explain once you have eaten your burrito."
"Fine!" Logan yells. He grabs the burrito out of Colin's hand and unwraps it. He begins to eat it and both Colin and Honor can see the hangover gradually begin to disappear, which makes Honor smile. "What?"
"This is the first time I've seen you sober in six weeks. It makes me very happy. You will be thanking me for this, I promise." Honor says.
"I doubt it, but whatever." Logan finishes the burrito and says, "Thanks for the burrito. Let me brush my teeth and then we can have whatever discussion that you so rudely awakened me to have. I think I have an idea, though." He walks back into the bedroom after brushing his teeth and sits down on his bed next to Honor. Colin decided to sit in the chair that was placed in the corner opposite the bed. "Ok, so what was I so rudely awakened for?"
"Well, last night at about 9:30 PM, I got a call on my cell phone from Lorelai. She got my number from her Mom, which means she was out on a mission. Everyone knows Lorelai doesn't go to Emily for something little."
"Get on with the story, Honor." Logan exasperatedly yells.
"Ok, but you need to understand the significance of this and what Colin and I are here for."
"I do, especially if Lorelai reached out to Emily."
"Ok, I'm glad you get it. Anyways, Lorelai called me in hopes that I would help her convince you to reconcile with Rory."
"What?" Logan yells. "Hell no! No, no, no, no! Honor, I can't put my heart through that again. What I'm still going through. No!" As he is saying this, he jumps up and begins to pace.
"Please listen to me, Logan. I want you to be happy. Rory made you happy."
"Of course she did! I loved her! Still do and I always will. She's very hard to forget."
"Logan!"
"What?"
"Sit down!"
Logan sat down beside Honor and looked at her. "I'm listening, doesn't mean I'll like what I hear."
"Good, but I think you will. Logan, Colin and I came here today on a mission to bring you happiness. Happiness in the form of the woman you love."
Logan looks between Colin and Honor and says, "I'm confused. What?"
"Let me explain before you shut me back down."
"Ok." Logan sighs.
"Good. Lorelai informed me of how unhappy Rory is. She took a job on the Obama campaign working for your friend Hugo. However, she's quite miserable. Lorelai says that Rory tried to deny it for a while, but after dinner last night Rory called Lorelai crying about how miserable she was. That she misses you and that she regrets not accepting your proposal. She wanted to be anywhere, but where she was. So, she quit the campaign and is flying into Hartford tonight at 10 PM. Lorelai is picking her up."
"What?" Logan yelled. "Rory did this to herself. She has no right to do this!"
"Yes, but Logan, she wasn't working to her potential. Lorelai said that none of her articles were what Rory was normally capable of writing. You know how much potential she has, Logan!"
"Yes, but it still doesn't mean that she didn't do this to herself." Logan said grumpily.
"We agreed on that, Logan! Even Lorelai agreed about that! However, Lorelai called me in hopes that I could somehow convince you to reconcile with Rory. Rory has admitted she regrets the decision she made. Lorelai wants her happy and she's not happy. Not without you, Logan. I want you to be happy, and I know you aren't. You drink yourself to sleep every night, Logan. I can't let you do this anymore! So, I agreed with Lorelai. I told her that I would try to talk to you about this. Then, because I figured I'd need either Colin or Finn, and Colin would probably be sober, I called him and he offered to back me up. So, here we are."
"Ok, you must understand how hesitant I am about this. No matter how much she may want it, I may want it, or anyone else may want it, it doesn't change what happened six weeks ago."
"I know, and if Steph had done the same to me, I'd probably be right where you are, Logan, but an opportunity is presenting itself at happiness and you are going to let it go. That doesn't sound like you." Colin said.
"What can we do to calm your fears?" Honor asks.
"I really don't know." Logan replies.
"Well, will talking to Lorelai help?" Honor asks.
"Maybe. Lorelai never liked me much and I can't understand why she'd try to put Rory and I back together. I know she let me propose, but I don't know and can't understand why."
"Lorelai told me that she knew you loved Rory. That you would and could take care of her. That you'd let her chase her dreams."
"Damn straight! I always wanted Rory to chase her dreams. I had always hoped I would be there to experience her chasing them though."
"Well, you are in luck. I'm meeting her for lunch at 11:30 AM. Would you like to join us? I'm sure she'd like to answer all your questions."
"Really? Sure."
"Yay!" Honor squealed and then hugged Logan.
"Watch it!" Logan replies.
"Sorry, I'm so excited! This is amazing progress from ten minutes ago!"
"Well, I'm going to listen what Lorelai has to say. I'm quite curious."
"Oh, one more thing. Lorelai said that Rory told her that her biggest fear would be becoming Mom."
"What?" Logan yelled.
"Rory was afraid that if she married you, she would eventually turn into Mom."
"You've got to be kidding me." Logan sighs. "I would've never let that happen. I fell in love with her because she wasn't the typical society girl. She's smart, funny, and most of all she can eat more food than me and not worry about if she'll fit into the dress she's going to wear to the next party. On top of all that, she wanted to be a journalist, which just intrigued me more. She gets the business and we can talk it. I never got bored with her. I really wanted her because I knew she could keep me on my feet and I needed that."
"I'm surprised you realize all that, but you've had a lot of thinking time, haven't you?"
"Yes, I have."
"Well, you need to tell Lorelai all this. You need to tell Rory this."
"I plan to."
"It's settled then. Now, if you excuse me, I have to get to class. My father will have my hide if I miss my class." Colin says.
"Go to class, Colin! I'll need you on HPG's side." Logan says.
"I always am!" Colin says back. They all laughed and Colin left for class.
"Once I talk to Lorelai, I'll make my decision, but not until then."
"Good. That's all we want. It's a step closer to happiness." Honor says as she hugs Logan. "Oh, and Logan?"
"Yes, Honor?"
"For the love of God, please call the maid and get her to clean this place up before Mom sees it."
Logan laughs and says, "Yes, Honor. I was actually thinking the same thing."
A/N: Well, I hope the longer chapter made up for the couple days it took me to get this posted. How'd you like my use of Colin? If he is OOC, I apologize, but I truly think he wants the best for Logan and would help Honor with this. More to come very soon! In the mean time, reviews help! Also, all the follow alerts I have been getting have floored me. Thanks so much!
