Chapter 10: The collapse

(General POV)

For the next two months Rory totally denied the whole pregnancy. She buried herself into work to keep herself from thinking about the situation. She worked six or seven days a week about ten hours a day. She was under a lot of stress and her body had hard time dealing with the stress and pregnancy at the same time. She had realized that nights were the worse time. If she didn't fall asleep right away, the thoughts that she tried so hard to avoid started to fill her mind. She figured that easiest way to avoid that was to work so hard that she wouldn't have to wait for the sleep. Her belly had started to show but she used clothes which hid it perfectly. No-one knew that she was pregnant. Her mom was worried about her but she didn't know what to do to help so she decided to wait for Rory to ask help.

Logan was working hard too. He had gone on a date with a girl, who was nice but it didn't feel right for him so he ended the night short. After that he decided that he wouldn't date until he felt he was ready for it. He hadn't heard whether or not Rory was back in town so he assumed that she wasn't back. He wasn't even sure if she was going to come back at all. His father was trying to get him relocated in the headquarters in Hartford but something was keeping him from leaving the city. He didn't know what it was but was determined to fine out before relocating himself. Right now he was working on buying a newspaper New York Daily News. It was the one where Rory had been working before leaving the city. His father had made the decision on buying that particular one. He was just on charge about the merger in practice. He knew Rory wouldn't want to work for him. He had thought about warning her about the merger but decided against it. If Rory could leave the city without telling him, he couldn't be accused for not telling her about this. He didn't even know if Rory worked in the NY office anymore. He had seen her articles in the paper but that didn't mean she would be at the office.

(Logan's POV)

I stand in front of the office building of NY Daily News. Merger agreement is already made and now I have to go to the office and see what changed needs to be done. I take a deep breath before going in. It has been four months since Rory left and I don't even know if she was still working at the office but the possibility of meeting her makes me feel weird. Maybe because it's something I'm not prepared for.

"There you are Mr. Huntzberger. I'm Keith Smith editor of this paper" A man says to me and we shake hands.

"Nice to meet you" I say.

"You too. Let's go to my office." He says and leads me to the direction of his office.

We go around a corner and that's when I see her. She is standing there talking to one of her co-worker. She looks somehow different than before she left but I can't put my finger on it. At least she dresses differently. She always had very fitting clothes and now her clothes are very loose.

I follow Keith into his office and try to get her out of my mind so that I can do what I came here to do.

(Rory's POV)

"Do you know who is here today?" An intern called Amy says excitingly when she comes to my office.

"I don't have time to any guessing so just tell me" I say and turn my head to her direction. Amy is new around here. She has been at the office only a little bit over a month. She is very good-hearted but she loves to gossip.

"Logan Huntzberger. He is the son of the owner of the company which bought this newspaper." She explains.

"I know who he is but I didn't know it was them who bought this paper." I'm confused and little bit mad. Logan knew that I wouldn't want to work for him and now he buys "my newspaper". Maybe he is trying to get back at me for leaving.

"I saw him when he came in here like an hour ago. He looks good. I wonder whether or not he is single" She thinks out loud.

I don't want to think about him. The thought of him being in the same building makes my stomach turn. I stand up and feel dizzy. I have had a lot of dizziness for past couple days but I don't want to think about it because thinking about it would make me think about the reason for it and that I don't want to do.

"I have to go make some copies" I say and leave my room.

I get in the hallway but then the dizziness gets worse. I don't have time to steady myself before everything goes black.

(Logan's POV)

A little bit over an hour after starting the meeting with Keith we have gotten done everything for today.

"I'm gonna look into the current situation of the paper and we meet again in couple weeks. I should have some proposed alterations by then" I say and bid goodbye to Keith.

I step out of his office but the sight in front of me makes me stop. In the middle of the hallway floor is Rory lying motionless. I rush to her and tell Keith to call an ambulance.

I feel my heart beating fast as I try to find her pulse. I feel a little bit relieved when I find it but I know something is wrong with her. She is so pale.

AN: What do you think? I know Rory's reaction to her pregnancy is kind of unusual but it will be explained in following chapters so you just have to keep reading…