Fool me once, shame on you; fool me twice…
Summary: Christopher passed away leaving Rory a small fortune. Only difference to real story was that Gigi was never born leaving Rory all the money he inherited. Set about 8 years after season 7. Rory is about 30 and coming into the money will change her life and reintroduce her to people she never expected… A bit of Trory and Rogan. Rated M for some rather adult scenes and swearing, a little violence but nothing too graphic.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls.
Chapter 10: You fix everything…
Rory and Lorelai stood on the lawn behind the Old Independence Inn that was no longer there, both girls were sobbing as they finished scattering Chris' ashes, neither spoke but both just stood in each other's arms… Rory was the first, last and only one of the two to speak, "Goodbye Dad…", both turned and headed back to the car. Lorelai loved him, he'd become a kind of friend towards the end, he tried to make amends with everyone even Luke, she had no more romantic feelings but it killed her to know she was never again going to see him.
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Rory was back in New York in a few hours, she had work the next day so she couldn't stay with her mum even if she wanted to. She reached the front door of her apartment, her eyes still blurred with tears she couldn't manage to get the key into the lock of her door, luckily at that moment the door opened and the one person she really needed was stood on the other side, his arms already open for her to walk straight into. Pulling her hands to her face and sobbing she walked forwards for him to catch her and hold her.
"Logan…" she sobbed into his chest,
"I know Ace, come on let's go sit down…" he pulled gently at her but she didn't move, he scooped her up into his arms as he had done so many times that week and walked over to the bedroom, he gently laid her down as she continued to sob quietly,
"I just… I'll never see him again! My dad! I need my dad Logan!"
"I know Ace, I know its cliché but he wouldn't want you to… He'd want you to think of all your happy times and for you to be able to think about him without crying. He'd want you and your mum to laugh over the fun times you shared. Not today, not tomorrow, not any time really soon but one day. And until then you cry to me, Ace I love you, you're not alone in this.", he laid next to her and pulled her head against his chest and just laid there listening to her sob against him.
She wasn't sure how long had passed when she awoke with her head against Logan's chest, she sat up rubbing her sore eyes and saw him wide awake smiling at her,
"What?" she asked, meaning to sound affectionate and happy to see him but the crack in her voice showed she was no way near ready to talk about the earlier events,
"Ace? Let's go have dinner, it's sevenish, I told mum I won't be back tonight and Honour's got Rosie, I wanted us to just be together tonight, I thought you might need it."
She leant towards him and placed a long romantic kiss on his always soft lips,
"I love you. You're all I need." The smile on his face was priceless and soon a similar one on her face matched it, she felt wrong smiling so soon after the earlier events of the day but he was right, Chris wouldn't want her to sit there bawling,
"Logan, could you make your hamburgers? They were my dad's favourite food and I just…" her eyes were watering again but she was at least able to smile at the same time, the memory of the three of them having burgers at Rich Man's Shoe together the first time Chris met Logan, the day they moved in together was precious.
"Course Ace," he smiled and took her hand and lead her through to the kitchen area, She sat on a stool next to the work top while he cooked for her, she grinned at him and let out a small laugh,
"What Ace?"
"I feel like something's wrong here… I'm sat drinking a beer while you stand cooking in a bright pink apron that says 'world's greatest daughter'," she laughed again
"Are you calling me a girl?" he asked while washing his hands in the big sink,
"Maybe…" she grinned, he lifted his hands from the flow of water and flicked some at her,
"Logan don't!" She screamed laughing, he picked up two handfuls of bubbles from the washing up basin,
"Seriously don't!" she screamed laughing even more as he chased her around the kitchen area with the bubbles. Of course he eventually caught up with her, covering her hair in the washing up bubbles, "You asked for it!" she yelled as she ran to the sink and got as many bubbles as she could and chased after him, he stopped running on purpose so she could catch up to him, she did and covered his hair as well, he scooped her up into his arms and kissed her passionately.
"This isn't productive to my cooking," he grinned before leaning back towards her lips,
She pushed his face away "Well dinners not gonna cook itself is it?" she giggled,
He threw her onto the sofa gently but playfully and returned to cooking.
She was right, it was hard, it would be for a while without her dad but Logan was everything she would ever need. He was the man she loved, the one man that could get her laughing hysterically only hours after she had been bawling her heart out.
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The alarm went off, as an automatic reaction Rory reached over and turned it off,
"Come on Logan, let's get ready, it's our first real day at work, we've got a paper to get out, lets go!" she heard a muffled grunt as Logan buried his face into the pillow, "Fine." She pulled the covers off of the bed and threw them on the floor,
"Ace…"
"No. It's my paper I own it, you're my assistant we have to be on time let's go," Logan slowly got up until he was standing, he looked at the clock, "Five thirty? In the morning? What? We need to be ready in time and I thought if we were up early we could maybe take a shower together," she winked and turned around and heading for the bathroom, he smiled, apart from the early mornings he could get used to this, he followed her quickly behind happy that she decided to get them up so early…
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"Excuse me Miss Gilmore you asked to see me", a face peered through the crack in her open door,
"Oh, um yes Tristan, come in," he walked in cautiously, no emotion showing on his face, he wasn't going to give her the satisfaction of seeing how much it hurt him that she had chosen Huntzberger and was happy with him, "So Tristan, I read the piece you submitted about the current military issues, I guess your experience helped with that, I was hoping to make it a regular column, I was extremely impressed, not just by the content but your writing style, so what do you think about making it a regular column?"
"Don't go doing me any favours," he snorted, "I don't want special treatment out of guilt Gilmore," he couldn't look her in the eyes when he said it,
"How dare you Tristan! I am basing this solely on your writing, I was impressed. I have no reason to do anything out of guilt because I have no reason to feel guilty,"
"What, kissing me and crying, then choosing another guy? Twice? You don't think you should feel any guilt?!" he had raised his voice to a yell,
"No Tristan I don't! I'm sorry that I hurt you again I am but don't you dare let it interfere with your work, I won't hesitate in firing you!" she was yelling too now,
"Wow. You really can be a bitch,"
"Tristan?" she said more softly and full of hurt,
"I would be willing to have a regular column" he said in a mono-tone before walking out of her office,
"Well that went well," Logan commented walking into her office,
"Hi,"
"Ace? Are you alr…"
"No, not right now, we're at work, we stay professional,"
"Okay, I just found that girl you hired, Katie? She wrote this incredible piece on the protestors trying to stop the demolition of that Hotel on West Street, you know the one I mean?" she nodded, "Well, she wrote about the history of the building, she remained unbiased even though the point of the piece still came across; that she agreed with them, it's really incredible," he handed her a print out of it, "I was thinking it could go in one of this week's editions? I mean this is bi-weekly so it doesn't have to be tomorrows but it should be this week or it'll become irrelevant,"
"Yeah, I'll read it over in just a sec, I want to finish my article, I love that even as the owner I get to write,"
"See you later Ace," he grinned,
"Bye Logan," she smiled, he managed to change her attitude with one smile, after Tristan's outburst she was expecting to be pissed off for the rest of the day but Logan could of course fix it. The same way he's helped the previous night, he could fix any and everything.
Author's Note: Sorry, it's been kinda a while since I updated, I also apologise for there being no Rosie but plenty is coming, I hope you guys enjoyed this. And maybe check out my new fanfic Baby Steps? Reviews are always extremely appreciated.
Thanks to xshynenstarx as always.