Chapter 4: Girls Chase Boys Chase Girls
It's been a whole week since I last saw her. Since our... whatever you want to call it. Fight, I guess.
I don't know how she does it, but somehow recently she's managed to avoid me completely. I swear, Rory can be the most frustrating person in the world sometimes. She's the one who wanted to talk in the first place, and then she goes running off? She just kept saying 'I don't know.' And I feel kind of bad for yelling at her, but I hate that she can make me feel like that. I hate that I can't tell what she's thinking, and it confuses the heck out of me.
I thought about waiting in the lobby so that when I saw Rory, I could apologize. But waiting made me agitated. Well, that and everything else in life. Mitchum, Sherie, Pop. The whole stupid Huntzbrger legacy. Honor not included. The situation was that I had until the end of the month to decide whether or not I wanted to sign away the trust I had on Mtchum's company. I mean, I had my own now. Why would I want his?
But I decided that since I still had some time, I could figure out this whole Rory problem. I searched the nearest cafés and coffee shops in hopes of staging a casual run-in. I probably drank about ten gallons of hot tea just this week. I left the apartment once again, in pursuit of any watering holes I may have missed within the 5 block radius.
After 2 hole in the wall coffee shops, and 1 café with disappointing croissants, I had no choice but to head to my next appointment. The snow was coming down ever so lightly. People kept the sidewalks busy, trying to get to work and whatnot. My work today was to meet with one of the clients of HPG to discuss contracts and salaries after one of his signings.
When I reach the bookstore where the client's signing was, I fix my tie and put on my business face. So the last face that I expected to see was hers. Well, not exactly her face, but the side of it. There she was. Immersing herself in one of the intrigues from the recommendations table. Of course Rory would be in a bookstore. So stupid! Why didn't I check the bookstores? But that's when he came up to her.
That guy from last time who caused one of our biggest fights that led to our first break up. I can't remember his name right now. What was it? Something like Josh. Or James. He tapped Rory's shoulder. As soon as she had turned around, they hugged. Ugh.
"Mr. Huntzberger?" It was a short, middle-aged woman. "Hi, your client has yet to begin the signing, so it may be a while before he is available for your meeting." She spoke quietly and it sounded as if she were afraid. Of me.
"That's fine. There's something I wanted to do anyway. Thanks." I was already walking away by then. Rory had finished talking to that guy, and had continued to browse even though she already had her arms completely full. When I walked up to her in the aisle, she didn't hear me coming. So when I started talking, she jumped.
"Do you need any help with those?" I offered a hand.
"What? Oh, um... No thanks. I got it." She stopped browsing, and just stood there. Looking everywhere but at me. I hated that about her to. Lack of eye contact.
After a long pause, she looked up and said, "...Hi."
"Hey... " Another pause. "Look, I'm sorry about yesterday." Pause. Then a response.
"Don't worry about it." She shifted her weight. "I didn't exactly handle it very well either." Don't I know it? But I had to settle this thing we had between us.
"So..." I to a moment to collect my thoughts and came to a decision. "...About that talk you wanted to have. I was thinking that we could maybe do it over drinks. You know, to take the edge off." I was uncertain about what her answer was going to be, but it probably wasn't going to be what I had hoped for.
"Logan, I don't know..." She took a step back.
"It's just to talk." I sighed, and stepped closer to her. "Rory, please. I wanted to talk the last time, but I was just..." I sighed again. "...I just felt overwhelmed. And to be reasonable, you can't really blame me for that." Pause. I hated pauses. "Rory?"
"No, you're right. I can't." Ok, we were going in the right direction.
"So you believe me if when say that I'm sorry, and that I was an idiot last week for-" I didn't want to relive the conversation we had a week ago. "-well, you know."
"Right. So when did you want to get those drinks?" I guess she didn't feel like digging up recent events either.
"Sooner than later. Actually, if you don't mind waiting, I have a meeting with a client after the signing. Maybe we could go then?" I swear, I saw a little tug at the ends of her mouth. She wanted to smile.
"Yeah, sure." She looked at the clock sitting above the counter. "How long do you think?" She started walking out of the aisle.
"Really? Um, ok. Let me think real quick." What did I come to do? Discuss, negotiate, contract. "No more than an hour." Yes! I did it!
"Well, I'm here for the signing too. The author is a close friend of mine. Actually, I don't know if you remember, but-" She was interrupted by the store owner.
"Excuse me! Can I have your attention please? If you would all like to join us in the main area, our honored guest will now be doing a 30 minute signing." She clapped her hands twice before saying, "SO if you help me give a warm welcome to our author of the week: Jess Mariano."
Disclaimer: I do not take credit for any part of Gilmore girls. Especially our two wonderful main characters.
A/N: Ok, I know that this chapter sucks, but I wanted to get it out by today. I had the most annoying case of writer's block due to lack of imagination and creativity. So this sort of turned into a filler chapter. I know that the actually writing itself sucked just as much as the plot line, but I promise to work harder tomorrow. At least things are cooling down a bit. And for those of you who are worried about if they are going to end up together, trust me, they are. It's just a rocky start. I really want them to end up together because that's what I had hoped for. Even if they didn't get married. So now that this whole proposal fiasco is in their history, I can only imagine that it will be a little hard before it get easy. Thanks for reading, and don't forget to review! xxxJewel
