A/N: Sorry for the long wait! December was crazy! Here is a new chapter to start the new year! I hope everyone likes it. I hope I get around to updating faster again.

When Lorelai walked into the house, she couldn't hear anything. "Maybe they are still asleep. They did have a late night. I sure hope they worked it out", she thinks.

She walks into the kitchen and sees Rory and Logan sitting at her kitchen table making out, which some what grosses her out. She clears her throat to make her presence known to them.

Logan hears Lorelai clear her throat and breaks the kiss.

"Logan, what - oh, Mom, hi." Rory says.

"Ror, Logan. Looks like you worked it out."

"Yes, we did. Thanks so much, Lorelai. It means so much." Logan says.

"I just want Rory to be happy."

"I am, now that I have Logan back."

Logan smiles at that and says, " So am I, Ace. I mean, now that we are together again."

"Good, good." Lorelai says as she places the muffins she promised to them the night before on the counter behind Logan.

"Oh, muffins! Yay!" Rory sqeauls.

"As promised." Lorelai says.

"It doesn't take much to make her happy does it?" Logan asks Lorelai with a chuckle.

"No, not when it is warm and chocolatey." Rory says as she picks a chocolate chip muffin from the box. "Tell Luke thanks for me."

"I will the next time I see him." Lorelai says.

Logan and Lorelai both grab a muffin of their choice. Logan's was blueberry, Lorelai's chocolate chip. Rory was still working on hers.

Logan noticed that Rory didn't have any coffee, so he got up and got the coffee pot from the counter. He refilled Rory's cup and then his. Just as he was about to put the pot back on the counter, Lorelai holds up an empty coffee cup.

"Please?" Lorelai asks.

"Of course." Logan says with a laugh.

"I know better than to keep a Gilmore girl from coffee." He pours Lorelai a cup and then places the pot back on the counter. He sits back down at the table, fixes his coffee to his taste and then eats his muffin with a smile.

"So, what are you two lovebirds doing today?" Lorelai asks.

"We don't really know quite yet." Rory tells her mother. "But I should probably call Grandma and tell her Logan and I are back together. You know how she hates being out of the loop."

"That's definitely a good idea. Oh, and call your Dad too. I'm sure he'd appreciate it." Lorelai says.

"Yeah, he would. I have been meaning to call him anyways." Rory says.

"So, what do you did you guys discuss last night?" Lorelai asks.

"A little of everything. Our future, you know wants, needs, etc." Logan tells her.

"Yeah, like what?"

"Well, we are going to look for a place in New York because Logan will be working for/with Mitchum at HPG headquarters. He's prepping Logan to take over so he can retire."

"And you?"

"Well, Logan and Mitchum had a plan prior to everything happening that includes me."

"Really?"

"Yes. Dad and I talked prior to the business deal falling through about the future. Mine with the company, me and Rory, the whole nine yards. We had it worked out. It's something I planned to talk to Rory about, but then everything happened and I never got the chance. However, with me back at the company and Rory and I back together, Dad wants to go with the original plan."

"You've already talked to him?"

"Yes, I was awake by 6:15. Dad's always been an early riser, so I figured I'd go ahead and call him and let him know what happened. He said that since Rory and I talked about it last night, that it would only be logical to go with the original plan."

"Which was?"

"That Logan and I would work with Mitchum together to prepare to take over after Mitchum retires. Once that happens, Logan and I will take over and run HPG together as husband and wife."

"So, that means marriage?"

"Yes, eventually. Rory and I have stuff to work through first, but I will propose again when we've worked through our issues. I assure you, Lorelai, that you will know prior to it happening."

"Rory, can you follow me into the living room?"

Rory looks at Logan curiously and nods yes. She follows Lorelai into the living room. "What's wrong, Mom?"

"After everything Logan's father has done in to you, you are now going to accept this planned out future he has for you?"

"Mom, I want to spend the rest of my life with Logan. I love him. His future was planned out at birth, and I have to accept that. Mitchum accepted the fact that Logan loves me and wants to marry me, I'm not going to fight this. It would be bad if I did. Besides, you brought him here. You wanted me happy again. Well, I am. Logan and I talked about this Mom and we weighed the pros and cons. My dream can't happen the way you are picturing it. Not if I'm married to Logan. My dream of traveling for work can still happen. That's part of what Logan and I will be doing anyways. Mom, you know as much as anyone that dreams change. I am not giving him up again, Mom. He makes me happier than I've ever been."

"I know all that, Rory. I just don't want you getting hurt again."

"Not gonna happen, Lorelai." Logan says.

"What do you mean?" Lorelai asks.

"I will not let her get hurt. I will protect her with my dying breath. Besides, my Dad made this plan. He won't hurt her again. She is now part of the future of the company that my Dad has worked his whole life to make better so he will have something to give to me one day. Somehow, he knew that the day I began to call Rory my girlfriend."

"I guess I'm having a hard time letting Rory go. Seeing her confide in someone other than me hurt. When I saw her asking for your opinion when you guys were here at the Spring Fling. It just cemented that Rory was grown up and it hurt."

"Mom, you knew this day was coming. How long have you been feeling like this?"

"I honestly don't know."

"Mom, I can't live with you forever. You knew this day was coming. For my dreams to become reality, I must chase after them. Right now, my dreams are changing from what I thought I wanted. For the first time in my life, I'm realizing that dreams change. I'm choosing love over spending day after day being on that hot, stuffy bus and those horrible hotel rooms. I knew after about a week of that life, that it just wasn't me. However, I was too stubborn to see it. The night I called you from Omaha was the follow-up to a very bad day. I had so much trouble thinking about much of anything that day. I knew I was homesick, however, I knew I was lovesick so much more. I couldn't stop thinking about how stupid I had been. Why couldn't I have both love and a career? I knew then that I needed to at least try and talk to Logan. Tell him why I freaked out. I'm still shocked that you not only let Logan propose, but that you worked to help him realize that I still want forever with him. Thanks so much, because to be honest, I probably would've chickened out of trying to face him again, despite how much I missed him."

"I just don't want you to get hurt again."

"I'm a big girl. Besides, if what Logan tells me is true, I shouldn't worry about Mitchum too much. Eventually, Mitchum will be my father in law. We have been able to be civil to each other. If I need help, I'll have Logan. He won't let his Dad hurt me again."

"Lorelai, sometimes you have to jump to catch what you want. Now, Rory is 22, so you need to let her jump and spread her wings and fly. She can't stay in the nest forever."

"Please, Mom. I know you don't like that all be over two hours away, but Logan and I will be looking for a nice penthouse close to HPG headquarters. I will make sure there is a guest room. You can come visit and stay with us when you do."

"That will be nice."

"It will."

"How will you two get the money for this place?"

"Well, I still have the rest of my trust fund. It's still substantial, considering things. I'm also back with Dad and the company so I have access to everything again."

"And now that Dad has officially named me and Gigi both heiresses, I have access to the Hayden fortune. He wouldn't mind me using some of the money to better my future."

"He did what?" Lorelai yelled.

"I thought he told you." Rory's responds.

"Well, we talked after the divorce but never about money."

"When you and Dad got married, he named both Gigi and I heiresses. Besides, I have my Gilmore trust funds and the one Dad said he found that Straub and Francine did for me when I was born."

"But they hate you! Francine wouldn't even talk to me in the time your Dad and I were married. If she would not talk to me, and she most definitely won't talk to you."

"Well, since Dad and I have been getting closer, I've been talking to her. Dad's explained to her about my accomplishments and dreams. He told her about Logan and how serious our relationship is. He didn't know that the trust fund and even existed until he saw it in his inheritance paperwork."

"He knew! All this time and he knew. I know my parents and Trix set one up for you, but even before you were born, they did not want to think that you existed. Why the change?"

"I don't know, Mom. Francine is the only one who can say anything about this. However, I think Dad has been trying to convince her for a while now that I've overcome everything and become more than anyone ever thought possible 22 years ago. All I know is that Dad desperately wanted this and I really want to make him happy."

"But to be the Hayden heiress, don't you have to be a Hayden?"

"Well, I share the title with Gigi, but I am a Hayden. It's in my blood. Also, Dad said I had to carry the Hayden name, so I went to Hartford and legally changed my last name to Gilmore-Hayden. I would never drop Gilmore totally, at least not until I become a Huntzberger."

"You did what?" Lorelai yelled.

"I changed my last name to Gilmore-Hayden. It's what it should have been all this time anyways. Dad agreed to let me have that. All my records reflect it now."

"Why are you doing this stuff, Rory?"

"Because I want this, Mom. Dad desperately wanted this for me. I mean I do share 50% of his DNA, he thought it was fair. That and Francine agreed, but it took a lot of convincing on Dad's part. That and him telling her how serious Logan and I are." Rory looks at Logan, "We were still together when I decided to do this."

"Ah, well, I'm happy for you, Ace. Will I ever get to meet Francine?" Logan asks.

"Maybe. I need to talk to Dad. I'm sure once he finds out that we reconciled that he will want us to meet him for lunch. That and you can finally meet Gigi. After all, she will be your sister in law."

"So very true." Logan says with a smile.

"Well, it's is what you've always deserved. I never thought I'd see the day, actually." Lorelai said with a smile in her voice. " I'm happy for you too, Ror."

"Thanks, to both of you." Rory says getting up off the sofa. "I must make a few phone calls. Please be civil."

"Don't worry, Ace. We'll be fine."

"OK, I'll be in the kitchen if you need me."

"OK." Logan says. He kisses her and let her walk into the kitchen to make her phone calls. "I'm going to go take a shower, is that alright?" He asks Lorelai.

"Sure. I need to get to the inn anyways. We have a wedding tomorrow and I must be there to greet the wedding party."

"OK. See you, Lorelai." Logan says as he gets up to prepare for his shower.

"Bye, Logan. I'll just go tell Rory bye."

With that they both left the living room and went their separate directions.

A/N: There it is. Questions? Ideas? Let me know! Oh, and thanks for all the follows, alerts, and reviews. They mean a lot to me.