"What do you want from me?" Dean asked Lindsay on Sunday night.
"I want a husband who is loving and faithful," Lindsay shouted.
"Lindsay, calm down, you are going to wake the kids."
"Don't you dare tell me to calm down. How did you expect me to react? Did you think I was going to be all on board to take our family to spend a week with the family of the woman you had an affair with and her offspring?"
"What do you want me to do? I have an obligation to fulfil as her father. I want to get to know my daughter."
"An obligation to fulfill? Your obligation is to our family. For all I care, you have one daughter. She is seven years old and you have known her since the day she was born."
"Lindsay, that is such a small minded way to think."
"Is an open mind supposed to think that it's okay for a husband to be unfaithful to his wife?"
"That's not what I'm saying."
"Then what exactly are you saying?"
"I'm saying that I am not going to let you get in the way of me getting to know my daughter and you are just going to have to be okay with that. Do you understand?"
The room went dead silent. Both people were processing. Lindsay was the one to break the silence.
"Yes I understand. I want you to understand that the way things are going right now, I don't think I can be in this marriage anymore and you are just going to have to be okay with that. Do you understand?"
Monday morning came and Rory was in the kitchen pouring a cup of coffee when Logan came downstairs.
"Where is the Advil?" Logan asked as he opened the first cabinet door.
"I hid it in the bathroom because Sophie found out how to open the safety seal. So, Advil first thing in the morning? Are you okay to drive today?" Rory asked as she took a sip of her coffee.
"I'm fine. I just had a couple drinks last night that clearly did not sit well with me," Logan replied as he walked to the bathroom.
"How many drinks did you have last night?"
"The question is not how many, but what," Logan explained, "Finn came home from spending New Years in Australia with special drinks he tried for the first time while he was there. So because he was in charge of alcohol, we were all drinking weird things last night during our poker game," Logan replied as he swallowed the Advil with a glass of water.
"So when do you want to get out of here?" Rory asked.
"Well it's nine o'clock now, so I would say in about an hour or so. Where are the girls?"
"Sophie is playing in her room and Lauren is setting up her iPad in my office," Rory replied, "I think it was a really good idea to get her an iPad for the trip."
"I'm full of good ideas. Exhibit A, suggesting to buy a teenager a fancy piece of technology, and Exhibit B, kissing my wife when the kids are not in the room," Logan smiled as he passionately kissed Rory and leaned her against the fridge. As she ran her fingers through his hair, Logan slowly made his way off her lips and down her neck.
"Good morning," Rory smiled as she felt Logan's pants tighten.
About three hours into the car ride, Sophie was beginning to get hungry.
"Mommy, can I have some snacks please?" Sophie whined as she put her iPad down.
"Can you try again asking nicely?" Rory replied as she closed her laptop to get the snacks.
"Why? I said please," Sophie argued.
"Watch your tone, Sophie," Logan warned as he continued driving.
"Sophie, can you please ask without whining?" Rory asked as she turned around in her seat.
"Fine. May I please have some snacks," Sophie asked she sighed defiantly crossing her arms.
"Sophia Madeline, I want you to drop this attitude right now or else you are not going to have any fun this week," Logan scolded. This got Sophie's attention.
"Okay. I'm sorry daddy. Mommy, can I please have some snacks?" Sophie asked.
"Thank you Sophie. I have goldfish, oranges, crackers, and apples," Rory gave Sophie her options.
"Can I have an orange please?" Sophie asked.
"Yes you may," Rory replied as she opened the plastic container and handed Sophie the orange wedge.
"Sophie, can you poke Lauren and see if she wants anything?" Rory asked because Lauren had been listening to music on her new iPad so she didn't hear that snacks were being distributed.
"Lauren?" Sophie called as she poked Lauren. This was a special moment for Sophie because usually whenever she poked anyone, she would get in trouble.
"Yes?" Lauren asked as she took out her headphones.
"Do you want a snack?"
"No thank you, I'm good. How much longer until we get there?"
"We have about an hour left," Logan replied.
"Okay." Lauren shortly returned to watching her show on her iPad. On their way to the Vineyard, they suddenly were stopped by a traffic jam caused by an accident on the highway so they didn't get to the Vineyard until four.
As they were approaching the property, they noticed that in the driveway there was Christopher and Lorelai's car, and Honour and Josh's car. They knew that Emily and Richard were going to be there after dinner because of Emily's DAR meeting, but there was still one person that was unaccountable for; Dean.
"Can you take the girls inside? I just have to make a quick call to the office," Rory asked as Logan put the car into park.
Logan took one glance at Rory's face, and he could tell it wasn't going to be a business call.
"Yes, of course Rory," Logan replied as he opened his car door, "Come on girls, let's go inside. We can unpack the car later."
Sophie and Lauren got out of the car and made their way inside.