Samantha – To answer your question, (great question by the way. I never cleared that up), When Logan was in the hospital after the binge drinking, Colin called Rory and got her voicemail, leaving a message. Well, Rory was really upset when she got that message. Not mad upset, but sad upset. When she got the message, she heard Colin's voice and figured that he would just yell at her for 'leaving' Logan, so she erased it. All she heard of the message was, "Rory, its Colin." And she erased it. So she never really knew about the whole drinking incident. It's sad, I know. But that's how I imagined it. I hope that helped!
A/N: This chapter takes place the Monday after the party. (The party was on Wednesday night). It's Rory and Logan's first day at the New York Times. Mitchum called a staff meeting to introduce them to the staff and vise versa.
I will be skipping a lot more time as the chapters go on. (A month here, two months there, and so on). After their first day, Rory and Logan are succeeding at their new job. So, as of now, Rory and Logan have been dating for a year again! YAY!
*MITCHUM IS AU!!!! He, Shira, Rory, and Logan get along now! (They also did at the party).
*Fun Fact! – Just wanted to tell you all…Every name I put in this story (that I make up) is a name of someone who has changed my life in some way. Whether it'd be being my friend through thick and thin, or someone listening to my problems, or showed so much courage in ways I never thought possible, or even just a family member or friend who's had a hard time in life. Whatever the case, they will probably end up in here! So every made-up character I have in this story, is a real, live, flesh and blood hero to me!...Just thought you'd like to know I do put thought into this story!
As for this chapter…Whoo-hoo! Double digits! Woot woot! (CHEERS!!)
*So this chapter makes since…IT HAS BEEN A YEAR SINCE ROGAN GOT BACK TOGETHER!
Disclaimer: Still not mine. Still a depressing fact, isn't it?
Chapter 10
"Good morning, everyone." Mitchum said as he, Rory, and Logan walked into the meeting.
"Good morning." They echoed.
"We have a new member of the staff: Rory Gilmore. She will be working as a writer. A little background info for you: She used to be the editor of the Yale Daily News, was on the Franklin at Chilton in Hartford during high school, and has interned for me personally. We are very lucky to have her, please welcome her…Now as you all should know, my son, Logan will be taking over this paper as the senior editor. I will be here until next Monday to make sure everything is running smoothly, as I'm sure it will. That's it for this meeting, everyone. Happy Monday." He nodded dismissing them. "Rory, Logan, wait a minute."
"What's up, Dad?" Logan asked once everyone was out of the room.
"You guys know that you are important to me and that I'd do anything in my power to help you, right?" (A/N: Again, AU!!!!!!)
"Yeah."
"If you want to keep your relationship private, I'll see to it that is stays that way."
"Dad, we talked, and we're just going to go along with it. We'll act normal and if people find out, they find out. It's not a big deal."
"Are you sure? Rumors could start."
"Mitchum, if they talk, let them talk. We're not going to let them get to us."
"Okay."
--A Few Months Later--
"Hey, Cindy." Rory said to Logan's assistant.
"Hey, Rory. How are you?"
"I'm good. You?"
"Great."
"Good. Is Logan busy?"
"Um, I don't think so. Hold on." She picked up her phone and pushed a button. "Hi. Rory's here…Okay. Bye." She put the phone down again. "Go ahead in. He's not busy."
"Thanks, Cindy."
"No problem."
"Hey, Huntz."
"Hey, Ace." He got up from behind his desk and kissed her while she sat down. "What's up?" He leaned against the front of the desk.
"I need a reason to come and see you now?" She teased.
"No, of course not. But, don't you have, like, one of those job things to do?"
"Eh." She waved it off. "Job, shmob."
He laughed. "You hungry? It's lunch time."
"Maybe. What'd you have in mind?"
"What about that cute café we went to last week?"
"I am definitely hungry for that."
"Alright. Let's go." They walked to Logan's assistant.
"Hey, Cindy. Rory and I are going to lunch. Hold all my calls."
"Okay. Bye, guys."
"Bye."
--At the Cute Café--
"This place is like a New York-ern Luke's."
"'A New York-ern Luke's'? What does that mean?"
"Like a Luke's in New York. Well, a female version of Luke's"
"Welcome to Daisy's Café. What can I get you?" The waitress asked.
"Um…two cheeseburgers, to fries, and two cokes." Logan ordered.
"Okay. That's it?"
"Yes, thank you. So, a female version of Luke's?"
"Yeah. You've been to Luke's. It's got that feeling."
"What feeling is that?"
"That feeling like, 'Hey everybody. Welcome home.'"
"I'm sorry I just can't see Luke saying that. This place, however…" He trailed off.
"Not Luke, himself. Just the diner. Considering how many times a day Kirk comes in there, and how almost every single person in that town belongs in an asylum, there's no way Luke would say 'welcome home' to them. He would just say it to me and my mom."
"You know, now that you mention it, this place does kind of remind me of Luke's. In a weird way."
"It's almost like Luke's alter ego."
"Yeah, if Luke was a girl."
"Your food. Enjoy." The waitress delivered their food and the two ate and made their way back to the Times. When Logan left Rory at her desk, Rory turned to him and said, "Hey, Logan. If anyone asks, the conversation about Luke's and Daisy's never happened."
"My lips are sealed."
"Bye."
"Bye, Ace."
"Hey, Rory. You two love birds finally back?" Said Brooke, Rory's friend at the office.
"Nah. Not yet. I'm just a hologram."
"Oh, really? My how far we've come."
Rory laughed. They were so much alike, sometimes it scared her. "Hi, Brooke."
"Hi." She leaned against her desk. "So how was lunch?"
"It was great."
"So…What was the whole thing about Luke's and Daisy's?"
"Sorry. I can't tell you." She started gathering papers together.
"Why?"
"Because you could tell Luke or someone else from Stars Hollow, who will eventually tell Luke. And if Luke finds out, he'll get mad and me…" She got up to give an article to Logan. "…And a mad Luke…" She and Brooke walked into Logan's office. "…Is not fun. Right Logan?"
"Um…Sure? What are you talking about?"
"About how a mad Luke is a scary Luke."
"Oh, yeah. That is scary."
"See?" Rory said, looking at Brooke. "And he has experience."
"Fine, I won't ask." She put her hands up in surrender and walked out.
"What was that about?"
"She wanted to know about our Luke's and Daisy's conversation."
"Oh. Hence, the 'mad Luke' conversation."
"Exactly."
"Interesting."
"Yes it is. We're still going to the pub tonight with the gang, right?"
"Yeah."
"Okay. Good. Bye."
"Bye."
"Hey, Ror…" Brooke began.
"No."
"Damn."
--At the End of the Day – Friday--
"Bye, Ror! See you on Monday!"
"Bye, Brooke. See you Monday!" She walked into Logan's office. "Hey, Huntz. You ready?"
"Yeah, let's go." Logan's cell phone started ringing. He didn't seem to hear it.
"Logan? Your phone is ringing."
"Oh, thanks…Hello?…Yeah. Hi…Yeah…No…I don't know…Bye."
"Who was that?"
"Colin. He wanted to know when we'd be there."
"Oh." She looked up at him concerned. "You okay?"
"Yeah. I'm fine. Why?"
"You just seem different. Do you have something on your mind?"
"Just stress. It's no big deal."
"INBD, Logan…You know you can talk to me, right?"
"Yeah, I know. Don't worry. I'll be fine."
"Okay."
By this time, Rory and Logan had just arrived in the parking lot and got in their car. The ride there was silent. Once they finally got to the pub, they got out and made their way in. Steph, Rose, Juliet, Colin, and Finn were there.
"About time you showed up." Colin joked.
"Sorry, but we, you know, work in that one place that's, like, an hour away. So we can't be here within 20 minutes like some of you." Rory said. "How long have you been here, anyway?"
"We've been here for, like, an hour." Steph said.
"Steph exaggerates. Finn said that we should just wait at home for a few minutes before we go, because he knows you guys had to come from New York, so we just got here about 10 minutes ago." Rose said.
"Wow. Finn said something that made sense? I'm shocked." Rory joked, sitting down next to Logan and Steph.
"I know, right? It was weird." Steph said.
"Actually we've been here for…" Colin looked at his watch. "…12 minutes."
"Colin! Don't be a jerk!" Juliet said.
"What do you guys want to drink?" Colin asked.
"Scotch on the rocks."
"Gin martini. Thanks, Colin."
"No problem."
"So, guys, how the life of work treating you?" Finn asked.
"Great. Right, Logan."
"Yeah." He replied without looking at Rory."
"Your drinks." Colin said, coming over.
"Thanks." Rory's phone rang. "Crap. I'll be right back." She got up and walked outside.
"Huntz, what's up with you? You won't even as much as look at Rory. She was so upset. Her face was so broken. You killed her, Logan." Steph said.
"Yeah, what the hell, mate?"
"I want to propose to her, but I'm kind of scared."
"That's cute, Logan." Juliet and Rose said.
"And completely stupid! If you really want to propose to her, don't be such an ass! Look at the girl for God's sake."
"Steph's right, man. Make her feel like you really love her."
"And please tell me you got a different ring. You can not use the same ring."
"I got a different one. Don't worry. I just don't know how or when."
"What do you mean?" Rose asked.
"I don't know if she's ready."
"Leave that to us." Steph said gesturing to Juliet and Rose. "We'll find out everything you want to know. Besides…" She shrugged. "…It just gives us a good reason to go shopping."
"But, that doesn't explain why you won't look at Rory." Colin said.
"Yeah, if you keep that up, she's just gonna leave."
"I'm just thinking. Trying to figure it out."
"Well stop for tonight. She's going to start thinking that you're over her, and she's going to leave. Start acting like you actually love her."
"Hey, guys. Sorry, that was my mom. She loves to talk." Rory said, sitting down.
"Its okay, Ace." Logan kissed her temple and put hiss arm around her shoulders.
Steph, Rose, and Juliet nodded in approval.
"Hey, Ror? What would you say to a shopping trip tomorrow?" Steph asked.
"Just us girls. We haven't done that in a while." Juliet said.
"Yeah, who needs these guys." Rose said.
"I'd say, where do I sign up?"
"Cool."
--At the Mall the Next Day--
"Do you guys know what's up with Logan?"
Rory had 2 bags, Steph had 4, Rose 2, and Juliet 3. It was only 45 minutes into the trip.
"No, why? Is something wrong?" All the girls playing dumb.
"I don't know. He's just been so weird lately. Ever since after work yesterday, he'll hardly look at me, and he barely kisses me. It's like he's over me."
"I don't think he is, girlie. That boy is head-over-heels for you."
"Then why else would he be like this? I should have seen this coming. First he's ready to get married and I'm not, now I'm ready and he's not."
"Wait. What?" All three girls stopped in their tracks.
"I think I'm ready to get married."
"You are?"
"Well, I've definitely thought about it. Logan is just so perfect and amazing. He always surprises me an he always makes me happy…Well, he did, anyway."
"Oh, Ror! This is amazing! You guys are getting married!" Rose squealed.
"Rose, he has to ask me first. And besides, now, I'm not sure if he will."
"Ror, you and Logan belong together. He's not over you. He loves you. He's probably just stressed out with work."
"No, there's way more to it than that. Logan doesn't let work get in the way of his life. It's something else. He didn't say anything last night while I was gone?"
"Not really." Juliet said.
"What do you mean 'not really'. What did he say?"
"Ror…" Rose began.
"Tell me. Please."
"Ror, we can't. Logan would kill us." Steph said.
"Guys, please. I thought we were friends."
"We are! We just can't tell you about this."
"Why not?"
"It'd ruin the surprise."
"Surprise?" Rory perked up.
"Rose! Rory, we can't tell you."
"Please. I need to know. For all I know, Logan could be packing up all my stuff and throwing them into boxes. At least this way, I'd be ready for it."
"Dramatic much?"
"Please." Rory begged giving them her best Bambi eyes.
"Damn. Fine. But you can't tell him. He wants to propose to you, but he isn't sure when or how. That's why we're on this trip. To get info out of you."
"He's going to propose?!" Rory squealed.
"Yes. He wanted to know if you were ready and we told him we'd tell him."
"Call him now!"
"What?"
"Call him now and tell him I'm ready!"
"But he'll know you're here."
"Tell him you guys talked to me, I'm ready, and if he asks where I am, which he probably will, tell him I'm in the bathroom."
"Okay." Steph shrugged and pulled out her phone and started dialing.
"Hey, Logan. It's Steph. We talked to Rory and…No, she's in the bathroom..." She rolled her eyes, Rory snickered. "Anyway, we talked to her and she's ready!...Yes!...Seriously!...I know!" Steph looked at Rory who started waving her arms and jumping up and down to get her attention.
"When?" Rory mouthed.
"So...When are you going to ask her?...Tell me!...I won't tell her!...No I won't!...Huntz!...You're no fun!...Liar!...Fine. Bye!" She hung up the phone. "He didn't tell me."
"Really? Because I couldn't tell." Rose said.
"What did he say?" Rory asked.
"He said he quote, 'had to go do something' before you got home."
"Hmm. Interesting." Juliet said.
"Very." Rory agreed. "So he didn't say when?"
"No, he didn't."
"He's such a party pooper." Rory pouted.
"I know!"
"Hey guys, I've got the perfect store to go into next." Rose pointed to a bridal store.
"Let's go!" Steph exclaimed, dragging Rory with her, barely giving her enough time to grab her bags.
--Logan and Rory's Apartment--
"What are you smiling about?" Colin asked after he hung up the phone.
"That was Steph." He replied.
"Really? Because from the look on your face, you'd think it was Reporter Girl." Finn said.
"She's ready."
"Who's ready for what?"
"Rory's ready."
"To...Oh."
"Mate!"
"That's awesome!"
"When are you going to ask her?"
"I don't know yet. Soon, hopefully."
A/N: Another chapter finished. YAY! So what did you all think? Good? Bad? Please let me know!
Sorry it took so long to update! I've been sick! I've got about half of chapter 11 written on paper, so hopefully I'll get it up soon! Please review! Thanks!