Chapter 10: Blame it on love

A month had passed since the incident at the Gilmore mansion and Rory hadn't had contact with her grandparents since. Not that they hadn't tried to make contact but Rory had declined all contact with them. Her grandparents had send flowers with a card which held an apology but they ended up in the trashbin. They tried calling as well but most of the times the answering machine picked up on their call or Rory hung up. Rory didn't want to deal with them at all!

Contact with the Huntzbergers wasn't much different either. Except that Logan had small talk with his dad when he suddenly showed up at the Yale Daily News a lot lately. Logan knew what Mitchum wanted, he wnated to have contact with his son, probably because Shira was worried what other people might say if they heard that the Huntzberger heir didn't talk to his parents at all or afraid that somebody might find out what happened a month ago at diner. But the conversation he shared with his father never lasted any longer then thirty seconds. After all this was Yale and he had a lot of papers and articles to write.

It would sound as a lame excuse but it wasn't. The last few weeks Logan was buried in work, making him have hardly any free time for Rory. After all they had just started a relationship and he wanted to spend as much time as possible with her before the baby would be born but he couldn't.

And not only Rory, but Finn, Colin and Stephanie were suffering as well. Logan was tired and in a bad mood with the overload of work and the fact that he hardly had any free time to spend with Rory or his friends. And frankly Colin, Finn and Stephanie were sick of Logan's bad moods and something needed to be done about it.

"Hello?" Rory answered her cellphone as she stepped out of her house and headed for Luke's diner where she would meet with her mother for lunch.

"Rory, love," Finn's voice replied on the other line.

"Finn?" Rory wondered. "Why on earth are you calling me?"

"Now isn't that a lovely greeting," Finn said sarcastically.

"I'm sorry Finn. I'm just not used to you calling me," Rory explained.

"Do you want me to call you more often?" Finn teased. "Logan doesn't please you enough? You need some Australian love?"

"Finn stop!" Rory begged. "Your mother never taught you to never ever tease a seven month pregnant woman?"

"You love it, admit it reporter girl," Finn continued.

"I love it as much as I love vegetables, my dear Australian friend," Rory commented.

"What?" Finn asked confused.

"Just ask Logan," Rory told him. "So Finn, what's thre reason that you called me?"

"It's about Logan," Finn started.

"What's wrong with Logan?" Rory wondered.

The minute Finn was about to explain it to Rory, voices could be heard in the background.

"Finn!" Colin's voice yelled through the other line.

"What?" Finn said innocently.

"Tell me you aren't calling Rory," Colin said.

"Fine, I won't," Finn replied.

"Finn, Colin and I told you we would take care of things," Stephanie said. "Rory needs to rest!"

"You've already discussed this with each other over a week now," Finn accused them. "Even a turtle can walk faster to the other side of America then the two of you taking care of things."

Getting annoyed of being excluded from the conversation and as she became more confused and worried about Logan, Rory spoke up.

"Finn!"

"Yes love?" Finn answered back into the phone.

"Could you put me on the speaker so I can talk to Steph and Colin as well?" Rory asked him.

"Sure thing love," Finn said as he put Rory on the speaker.

"Hey Colin, Steph," Rory greeted them as she sat down in the Gazebo, not wanting to do this conversation in the diner, nor would Luke allow it. "Now tell me what's going on."

"Well," Stephanie started but she didn't really know how to continue.

"Dear God, even Jessica Simpson can answer a question quicker then that," Finn said slightly annoyed. "You know love, Logan hasn't been the same lately."

"What do you mean exactly?" Rory said worried. "Has he been drinking a lot or something like that?"

"Finn I told you not to call her. She needs to reast and have no worries. You telling her that doesn't help," Stephanie spoke up again. "No worries Ror, we'll take care of it."

"Now I really want to know what's wrong with Logan," Rory demanded. "Don't make me come down there while driving a car with my basketball sized belly. Colin?"

"Well Logan's been in a pretty bad mood lately. I think the stress of school and the paper is getting to him," Colin explained. "And the baby is coming soon too, but lately he's been spending hours working on papers and articles that he gets to sleep at two and gets up around six in the morning."

"And we wanted to solve it ourselves but we have no idea how," Stephanie added. "His schedule is packed and he has no free time. But I'm sure you already know that."

"And I suggested we'd ask for some help with you but dumb and dumber here wouldn't let me," Finn whined. "So I grabbed the phone today because I was sick of it."

"And I'm glad you did Finn," Rory thanked him. "Guys, even though the doctor said I should take it easy, I do want to know everything when it concerns Logan or you guys."

"Didn't Logan tell you anything?" Stephanie wondered.

"He said he was really busy and that he would try to come to Stars Hollow somewhere next week," Rory said. "It is his senior year so I can understand that he's busy."

"But he's really down," Stephanie said. "It's not the same Logan anymore."

"Any ideas?" Colin asked.

"We thought about planning a party just to help him relax for a while," Finn said. "But like we said before, his schedule doesn't allow it."

"Sorry guys, no ideas right now," Rory apologized. "How about I'll call you guys later?"

"Sounds good Ror," Stephanie replied. "Bye!"

"Bye!" Rory said as she hung up on the phone and headed for Luke's diner where Lorelai was waiting for her to arrive.

"I thought I had to call some sort of truck to drag you over here," Lorelai joked the minute Rory stepped in the diner. Rory rolled her eyes in return as Luke came over to ask for their orders. As soon as they placed their orders, Lorelai became curious. "So kid, what took you so long?"

"Colin, Steph and Finn were on the phone," Rory explained. "They were worried about Logan."

"Logan?" Lorelai wondered. "What's wrong?"

"Nothing serious I think," Rory told her. "he's just been really busy lately and according to them, he's been in a bad mood lately."

"Because of the loads of work he's been having lately?" Lorelai asked as Rory shrugged her shoulders.

"I guess," Rory said simply. "I just think there's more to it. I understand that he's got a lot of schoolwork, because after all it is his senior year. But Logan deals with things pretty easily. I think it's somehow related to the baby and the fact that the baby will be here in two months."

"It could be," Lorelai said. "Maybe you should talk to Logan about it."

"I should but Logan needs some fun too," Rory said with a smile. "He's been studying like crazy for more then two weeks already. He could use some fun."

"What do you have in mind?" Lorelai asked, knowing that her daughter had a plan up her sleeves.

"A party," Rory simply said.

"And he's got time for that?" Lorelai asked.

"According to Finn he doesn't since they thought of doing that themselves too," Rory said with a smile as Lorelai raised her eyebrows. "But there's nothing like a surprise party isn't there?"

"You're enjoying this aren't you?" Lorelai grinned.

"Well it does get boring to spend a few hours at the bookstore working and to walk around Stars Hollow for this long," Rory reasoned. "And this way I get to see Logan again. I haven't seen him in two weeks already."

"That is a long time," Lorelai agreed. "Need any help planning?"

"No, I'll call Colin and we'll arrange everything," Rory assured her mother as lunch was served.

Thirty minutes later after Rory said goodbye to her mother, Rory decided to make a phone call.

"Colin?" Rory asked. "We need to plan a party!"

Two days later on a Friday, Logan was walking back to his dorm. Just one more week till he finally had some time to visit Rory back in Stars Hollow. Of course they called as often as they could but his schedule was just too packed for the last few weeks. Professors gave him tons of assignments and his thoughts weren't always as clear as they should be. After all in two months Rory could be giving birth to their child and he would have a lot of responsibility, while he was still in school. How in earth was he going to support it and raise it. He already didn't have enough time on his hands to spend time with Rory, how could he make time for the both of them while he had to graduate the same year. But he was going to do it, he was going to prove himself, Rory, their child and his family that he wasn't going to give up, that he could handle it and take care of his family.

He approached his dorm and opened the door. When stepping inside he saw a lot of people standing in his dorm room and calling 'Surprise!' He saw Finn, Colin and Stephanie standing in front of him with a big smile on his face as Finn poured himself another glass of champagne.

"Who arranged this party?" Logan wondered. "And why?"

"Blame it on love," Rory spoke up as Logan turned around on his heels and saw his seven month pregnant girlfriend standing behind him. "That would be me who arranged it, along with Colin, Finn and Steph of course."

"Ace! What are you doing here?" Logan wondered as he gave his girlfriend a hug and a brief kiss on the lips.

"Rumours were that you weren't yourself lately," Rory explained as the party continued.

"Yeah you were like Hugh Jackman in Kate and Leopold," Finn piped in. "Horrible!"

"Hugh Jackman wasn't horrible as Leopold," Stephanie argued with Finn and they took off leaving the two of them alone as they continued their banter about the movie.

"Shouldn't you be taking things easy?" Logan asked concerned.

"I'm bored Logan and it's not like I planned this party by myself," Rory reasoned. "I'm okay. But how about you?"

"What do you mean? I'm fine just busy," Logan answered as he looked away from her.

"Then why can't you say that when looking into my eyes?" Rory questioned him. "If something is troubling you, you can tell me. You know that right?"

"I know," Logan sighed.

"But?"

"I'm just afraid that you might find it stupid," Logan said honestly.

"Well try me," Rory told him with a smile.

"I'm afraid I'll be a bad father," Logan admitted.

"Why would you think that?" Rory asked him, not believing him at all.

"We don't have a lot of money, I'm still going to college and I'll be really busy so I can hardly spend time with my family," Logan rambled. "I want to give this child what it deserves but I'm not sure if I can give it that."

Logan waited for Rory to respond but instead she just smiled at him.

"What are you smiling about Ace?" Logan asked her.

"You think that me and the baby are your family," Rory smiled. "You've never said that before."

"Well you are," Logan smirked back at her. "But did you hear what I just said?"

"Every word," Rory assured him with a smile. "And I'm not doubting you for a second. My dad was never there for me but you are going to be there for your kid. And about the money? We saved a lot of money during the summer so we'll make it, together."

"Together," Logan repeated as he gave her a brief kiss.

"So that's all what is bothering you?" Rory asked.

"Besides the fact that I miss you like crazy and that I have tons of assignments, this is everything," Logan smirked once again. "Thanks Ace."

"No problem Huntzberger," Rory smiled back at him as she gave him another kiss.. "Now lets take a seat, my legs are killing me!"

Logan smiled at her as they sat down on the sofa, lying in each other's arms as Finn, Colin and Stephanie just smiled at the couple in front of them. It was a whole new side they got to see of Logan these last few weeks and they got to learn Rory too, and they knew it for sure that the two of them would make it together.

Author's note:
I'm totally loving the reviews! A big thank you to all of you:) As you could read, this chapter was a bit focused on Logan, after all Rory isn't the only one that can have issues, Logan has them as well so I thought we should show it. Hope you liked it, please review!

Next chapter: A Time to Kill

Rory is bored and nobody has enough time for her, that is until Logan sends Colin, Finn and Stephanie over for their first Stars Hollow visit!