Chapter 7: Rory POV
It was Friday. Savannah and I had spent the day at the spa. I thought that she needed a little pampering since their would be a lot of people that she would be meeting tonight. When we were done at spa, we headed back to the apartment to start loading up the car. Tristan's dad had agreed to let us stay the house for that night since the next morning we were getting up and heading to Boston. I told Savannah that we would get dressed for dinner when we got to Grandpa's. She just smiled and nodded.
When we got to Alan's house, we were surprised to see that he was back from Belgium. We walked into the house. "Hello? We're here." I said when we walked in, Savannah closely behind me. Just then we saw Alan come walking down the hall.
"I was beginning to wonder when you all would get here." Alan said, noticing Savannah behind me. "Would this be my granddaughter, that is shyly hiding?"
"It is." Tris said. "Dad meet Savannah. Savannah this is Grandpa Alan."
Alan kneeled down on the floor and held his hand out. "What do you say we go see if Anna has some ice cream? What do you think?" Alan asked.
Savannah looked up at me. "Sure why not?" I said. "Tris, why don't you take her?" I said.
Tris grabbed Savannah's hand and they took off toward the kitchen. I looked up at Alan. "She's beautiful Rory. Tristan filled me on everything." He said, grabbing my hand and leading me into the living room. "Now, I don't want you to worry about a thing. Tristan will be a hell of a better father than Logan. And your secret is safe with us." Alan said, walking over to his drink cart and pouring me a drink. He walked back over to the couch where I was standing and handed me the drink. I sat down on the couch and took a sip of the drink. "Honestly, when I told Alexandria about it all she was excited to be a grandmother although she wants to be call Nana." I laughed, which I needed. "And Lizzy bless her heart, she's excited to be an aunt." I took a sip of my drink. "Rory, we just want you to know that you have us to lean on and support you and Tristan through all of this. We wont let anything happen to that little girl and we most certainly will not let Logan come near her." Alan said.
I downed the rest of my drink. "Thank you Alan. That means so much to me. And please thank Alexandria for me." I said.
"You can thank her yourself, she should be down any minute." Alan said and I nodded. And as if on cue Alexandria came walking into the room.
"You must be Rory." She said and I nodded. "I do apologize for not being here the last time that you and Tristan visited." Alexandria said, walking over and sitting beside me in a chair.
"It's nice to finally meet you Alexandria." I said.
She smiled at me. "Now where is that son of mine and my granddaughter."
"They went to get ice cream in the kitchen so that Alan and I could talk." I said. "They should be back any second. Savannah eats pretty quickly." I said. A few minutes later, Tristan and Savannah came walking into the living room. "There they are." I said, smiling at my family. "Savannah, this is your Nana." I said.
"Hello Savannah." Alexandria said.
"Hi. Are you my daddy's mom?" Savannah asked. She had been very curious as to everyone's relationship to her.
"Yes, sweatheart." Alexandria said.
I looked at the time. "Oh snap. I'm sorry you guys but we have to get ready for dinner with my family. My grandma hates when we're late." I said, apologizing.
"No worries dear. Lizzy should be here when you get back." Alan said.
The three of us made our way upstairs to get ready for dinner. Tristan was wearing his usual, a suit and tie. I had chosen a strapless gold fitted dress with matching heels and a matching clutch. Savannah had picked out a gold and silver glittery dress and a pair of gold ballet slippers. Once we were all dressed we made our way back downstairs where Alexandria insisted on taking a family picture of us. After a couple of pictures we told her that we had to go.
When we arrived at Grandma's, I was surprised that Mom wasn't waiting for us outside. Normally she would have been. Tristan rang the doorbell and it didn't take long for the door to open. We were instructed that everyone was waiting in the living room for us. When we walked into the living room, everyone was staring at us. "Hi everyone." I said. I grabbed Savannah's hand and pulled her to my side. "Everyone, this is Savannah."
"hi." Savannah said quietly.
"Savannah, you already know you Grandma Lorelai and Grandpa Luke." I said pointing to Mom and Luke. She nodded and waved to them. I pointed to Grandma Emily next. "That's your Great-Grandma Emily but you can just call her Grandma Emily and beside her is your Great-Grandpa Richard but you can call him Grandpa Richard." I told her. I pointed to my dad next. "That's your Grandpa Chris and Grandma Laura. And finally we have your Great-Grandma Francine but you can call her Grandma Francine." I said.
Savannah smiled. "It's nice to meet you all." Savannah said. I gave her a little nudge and she walked over to sit with Mom and Luke.
There was an awkward silence. "I need a drink." I said, walking over to the drink cart. I fixed myself a martini. I downed the first one. And then I poured myself a second one. I turned around and faced Grandma Emily.
"Rory, why didn't you tell us any of this?" Grandma said.
"Mom." I said.
"Hey kiddo, let me show you around this place…its huge." Mom said and her and Savannah took off out of the room so that Mom could give her a tour.
"I mean no disrespect to anyone when I say this. But do you know what I feel like right now." I said. Everyone was quiet. "I feel like I did when I was sixteen. I feel like in a way we're repeating history." I said, walking over to the couch with my Martini and sitting down beside Luke and Tristan. "Here's the thing. When I was sixteen Francine and Straub made me feel like a burden. Let me make this very clear to everyone in this room. No one…and I mean no one will make my daughter feel that way. I do not want her to feel the way that I felt growing up. Savannah is not a mistake. I do not regret having her. However, I did what I did to protect Savannah from certain people. You know who those people are. I grabbed Tristan's hand. "Tristan's parents have agreed to help me…well us. It's really important that you-know-who doesn't find her. She knows nothing about him and they no nothing about her. And I want to keep it that way. Okay?" I said.
Everyone nodded. "Rory, I didn't mean anything by it. I just meant that we would have helped you from the very beginning…had you told us." Grandma Emily said.
"I know Grandma. I didn't tell anyone because I didn't want anyone to be disappointed in me." I said, finishing off my Martini.
"Listen, kid. I know that I speak for your Mom, Luke, Laura and myself…we could never be disappointed in you." Dad said.
"Thanks Dad. She's a pretty awesome kid and I can't wait for you guys to get to know her." I said.
"And you guys are leaving for Boston in the morning?" Grandpa asked.
"Yeah. We're gonna spend tomorrow and Sunday looking at houses and then Monday morning we have to be at the courthouse for the hearing. The case worker already processed the paperwork so the hearing is really just a formality." I told them.
"I see. Do you have someone going with you to help with Savannah during the hearing?"
"Actually my sister is going with us." Tristan said. "My parents said that it would not only be beneficial to have someone during the hearing but also while we're house hunting."
I looked over at Tris. "I hadn't even thought of that." I said. A few minutes later, Mom and Savannah came back. "So Tris and I were talking and we think that it would be a good idea if we all spent Christmas at my house in The Hamptons." I said.
"Oh Rory, that's a wonderful idea." Laura said.
Savannah walked over and Tristan picked her up and sat her in his lap. The rest of the night seemed to go smoothly. Dad and Laura offered to babysit whenever we needed a break. Dad said Gigi would be excited about it. Said it would give her someone to play with. As we were leaving, Grandma pulled me aside.
"Rory, you don't think that he would come after her do you?" Grandma asked.
"Grandma I wouldn't put anything past him or his father. Hell Shira's been running her mouth about me for years to Alexandria. I don't trust the Huntzburgers. Why do you think that I've kept Mitchum close ever since he retired." I said.
"I understand. If you need anything, you call." Grandma said.
"Thanks Grandma." I said, and headed out to the car to find Tristan and Savannah in the car and ready to go. I hugged Mom and told her that I'd call her Monday after the hearing. We said goodbye and I got in the car and we headed back to Tristan's parents house.
A/N: Hope you guys liked this chapter. I have a lot going on in my life right now and writing is helping me cope with it. So I want to thank all of you who are reading and encouraging me to write it means a lot. I have been taking down some of my stories that I either A) need to edit or B) are gonna finish then post. We'll see. SO that's why there's some stories missing but don't worry they'll be back. I'm just really stuck on them.
