Chapter Ten: Have You Lost Your Mind?
"So are Lorelai and Luke going to your dinner?" Logan asked while getting dressed
Rory nodded. "Yeah. Have you seen my black heels?"
Logan shook his head. "No, did you check under the bed?"
Rory lifted up the comforter and not surprisingly there were her shoes. "Do you realize that we've only been together exclusively for three days and I already have just as much clothes here as I do in my own dorm room?"
Logan laughed. "You had clothes here before we became a couple." he reminded her
"Oh yeah." Rory said laughing
"I love hearing you laugh. I love it when you're happy."
"Well you tend to make me happy, so I guess it's great that you like to see me happy." Rory said slipping into her dress. She turned around her back to him. "Will you zip me up?"
"Sure." Logan said while zipping her up. His hands lingering on her back for a few extra seconds. "Ok so run this by me again. What exactly is happening tonight?" he asked after she turned around
Rory started buttoning the buttons on his shirt. "Well we decided last night that it would be beneficial for me to tell my grandparents tonight and you to tell your parents tonight that way neither one of them can call the other and yell about it before the other knows what's going on." Rory explained
"And that's because they'll find out at the same time. I get that, but what I don't understand is why we had to do it tonight. It's Sunday. We could have waited until Friday and had a blissful week."
Rory sighed. "I know. I just want to get it over with. Plus this week I need to focus on packing up my dorm and moving back to Stars Hollow."
"Me and Finn will help you, you shouldn't be lifting all those books and stuff."
Rory smiled. "I love it when you're all protective of me and the little one here."
Logan placed his hand on her stomach and kissed her on the cheek. "Well babe what can I say I love you both."
Rory blushed. "I still feel kind of bad."
"About what?"
"You don't deserve this. My mother and Finn attacked you, and now you have to go and tell your parents about the little one and they are going to attack you."
"Well baby look at it this way, at least you are protecting me from Richard and Emily, if it's even only for a night. Because if I know Richard he'll lay into me in the morning." Logan said
"And you don't deserve it. If you want out I'll understand. You can tell me, we still have time to fix everything..." Rory said rambling
"Ror. Stop rambling." Logan said cutting her off "I do not, and I repeat that DO NOT want out of this arrangement. I love you, and I want to be with you. That's it. Final decision. I'm not leaving you or letting you leave me."
Rory smiled. "How did you know that's what I wanted to hear?"
He smiled and kissed her. "Because I want the same things you want. Now put your shoes on and I'll walk you out to your car."
"Yes Huntzberger." Rory said sitting on his bed to put her shoes on.
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Rory pulled up and parked her Prius in the Gilmore driveway next to Lorelai's jeep. She walked up to the front door and stopped when she saw that Lorelai and Luke were also standing there. "Were you two planning on going in?"
Lorelai smiled slightly and Luke looked uncomfortable. "Hey Rory." Luke said
"Hey Luke. Hi Mom."
"Hi."
"Are you going to be like this the whole night?" Rory asked slightly irritated.
"It's possible." Lorelai said rudely
Luke shifted slightly. "Do you want me to ring the doorbell now?" he asked Rory
"Yeah. I just want to get this over with." Rory said while Luke pressed the doorbell.
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Logan was sitting in his Porsche when there was a knock on the window. He looked up to see Honor and Josh standing there. He rolled the window down and looked at them. "Hey Honor, Josh it's good to see you two." he said nervously
Honor smiled at him. "Planning on sitting here all night little brother?"
"Do you think they would notice?" Logan said curiously
"Considering that you were the one that called this family dinner, yeah I think they would notice." Josh said laughing
Logan sighed, rolled the window up and got out of the car. Honor looked at him curiously before throwing her arm around Logan. "What's going on Logan? You look really nervous."
"I am really nervous." Logan said
"Logan?"
"Have you told mom and dad that you two are engaged yet?"
"No, why?"
"I am about to go in there and tell our family something that will change everything, so if you want to tell them that you two are engaged tonight would be the night."
Honor grabbed him by the arm. "Wait Logan tell me now. I don't want to go in there and be surprised."
"Well..." Logan started to say but was cut off by the front door opening.
"Logan, Honor, Josh, the three of you are late." Mitchum said
"Sorry sir there was traffic." Josh said
"It's quite alright. Come in dinner is ready." Mitchum said walking away from the door
"Too late now..." Honor said and walked through the foyer rolling her eyes
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Rory Luke and Lorelai walked into the foyer and handed the maid their coats. Rory walked into the living room where Richard and Emily were sitting. "Hey Grandma, Grandpa." Rory said walking over and hugging each of them.
"Rory, how nice it is to see you." Emily said
"Of course. How was your drive? No traffic I hope." Richard added
"It was fine." Rory said sitting down next to her grandma so that Luke and Lorelai could both sit on the other couch together.
"Hey mom, dad." Lorelai said, "You remember Luke."
"Of course. Hello Luke, how have you been?" Emily said with obvious disdain
"I've been well. How have you been Mrs. Gilmore." Luke said nervously
"Please call me Emily, and I've been fine."
"Lorelai would you like a drink?" Richard asked
"God yes, Please give me some alcohol." Lorelai said loudly staring straight at Rory
"What would you like?"
"Gin martini with a twist." Lorelai said
"Luke would you like a beer?" Emily said
"Yes thank you Emily, a beer would be fine."
"Rory? Soda?"
"Actually I'll just have water." Rory said
"Ok then one water coming up." Richard said as he handed Lorelai her martini and then handed Rory her water. Emily came out and handed Luke a beer.
Emily sat down and took the drink that Richard was handing her. "So... Rory the semester at Yale ended Friday did it not?"
"Yes it did Grandma."
"So what are you planning on doing next week?"
"Packing my stuff so that I can move back home for the summer." Rory said
Lorelai choked on her drink. "Are you ok Lorelai?" Emily asked immediately
"Yes Mom I'm fine. My booze just went down the wrong pipe or something." she said then turned to Rory and said, "So when were you planning on moving your stuff and am I going to need to borrow Luke's truck to move it back home?"
"I'm not sure maybe Wednesday or Thursday. I'll let you know. But you don't need to come and get it. Logan and Finn are going to load it in Finn's SUV and drive it down for me."
"Well that's awfully nice of them. How is Logan?" Emily asked causing Lorelai to choke on her drink again. "Honestly Lorelai if you can't drink the damn thing than stop trying."
"I'm sorry Mom." Lorelai said setting her drink down
"Logan's fine Grandma."
"I wish he didn't have to go to dinner with his parents I would have loved to see him. We haven't seen him since our vow renewal ceremony."
"He's a fine young man, that Logan Huntzberger. Great breeding." Richard added looking proud
"Oh yes, he's definitely a fine young man." Lorelai muttered under her breath but loud enough that Luke and Rory both heard her.
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"So... Logan how did you do on your finals?" Shira asked politely
"Fine I think. My Theology final was pretty difficult but I think I aced it." Logan said confidently"That's fantastic isn't it Mitchum?"
"Oh course darling. Did you put in any work on the final edition of the paper this year Logan?"
Logan sighed. "Yes father I believe that I have one byline on the front page and a shared byline on the second page."
"A shared byline? With who?"
"Rory Gilmore."
"She's the young lady that did the piece on the Life and Death Brigade is she not?" Mitchum asked
"Yeah that's her. She's a really talented journalist."
"We know her grandparents." Shira said
"I know. We went to a party they had for Yale Alumni around the beginning of the school year, and their vow renewal service remember." Logan said
"That's right I had forgotten. Lovely ceremony, I should send a note or something."
"Yeah, I'm sure they'll like that." Logan said taking a sip of his drink
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"So Rory, was there a reason that you wanted to have dinner with us tonight?" Emily asked as the maid served dessert.
Lorelai looked up at Rory who was looking down at her cheesecake. "Mom why don't you let her eat her dessert before she gets into it."
"Do you know what this is all about Lorelai?" Emily asked
"Of course I do." Lorelai said as if it was obvious, "She's my daughter."
"She's my granddaughter." Emily said with indignation
"Really, wow I didn't know that!" Lorelai exclaimed
"Lore. Come on, stop it." Luke urged quietly
Emily glanced at Luke for less than a second and then turned back to Rory. "So Rory."
Rory sighed. "Grandma."
"Why are we here?"
"I wanted to tell the two of you something." Rory said looking at Richard and Emily
"Really is it good news?" Richard asked giving Rory his full attention
Lorelai choked on her cheesecake. "Honestly Lorelai what is with you tonight? You can't eat or drink without choking tonight!" Emily said annoyed
"Sorry Mom. So Rory is it good news?"
"You said you already knew Lorelai." Richard said
"I do, I'm sorry go on Rory give them your news." Lorelai said bitterly
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"Why are we here Logan!" Elias asked again
"Grandpa let him eat his dinner." Honor said trying to defend her brother
"I'll ask again, Logan what are we doing here? You called and asked for a family dinner so you could tell us something and you've yet to give us any indication as to what that is."
Logan looked over at Honor and whispered, "Tell them."
Her eyes widened. "What?"
"Just tell them. They'll be focused on me in a few minutes and they'll forget all about you being engaged."
"Logan while you and your sister have your private secret conversation over there the rest of us are getting aggravated." Elias said annoyed
Logan shot Honor one more helpless look. "Grandma, Mom, Dad there's something that I would like to tell all of you." Honor said quickly while Logan shot her a look saying thank you.
"Now we're getting somewhere. What is it Honor?" Elias said
"Me and Josh are engaged." Honor said nervously
"YOU'RE WHAT?" Elias yelled
"They're engaged." Logan said looking at Josh who looked terrified, "But that's not why I called you guys here."
"What is it Logan?" Mitchum asked trying to hide his annoyance
"You remember the girl I was talking about, Rory?"
"Ms. Gilmore?"
"Yes. Rory Gilmore."
"Of course we were just talking about her twenty minutes ago, my memory isn't that short Logan. What about Ms. Gilmore?"
Logan took a deep breath. "She's my girlfriend."
Honor gasped. "Your girlfriend?"
"Yes. My girlfriend." Logan repeated
"I don't think I have ever heard you refer to anyone as your girlfriend." Honor said, "When do I get to meet her?"
Logan smiled. He knew his sister would take this well. "Whenever you want."
"I'm sorry while you and Honor have your happy moment, can the rest of us acknowledge why this can't happen." Elias said
Logan looked over at his grandfather. "WHAT?"
"You can't get serious with this girl Logan." Shira added
"Why the hell not?"
"Logan don't talk to your mother like that." Mitchum said
"The girl has ambitions. She's going to be a journalist. Emily and Richard are constantly bragging about their granddaughter. The next Christiane Amanpour. She won't be able to handle the conditions and sacrifices of being a Huntzberger wife and you know it." Elias said
"It just won't work Logan. You need to break this thing off before the poor girl gets hurt." Shira said
"Oh my God, I never said we were getting married. I said we were exclusively dating. I will not end my relationship with Rory." Logan said angrily
"And why the hell not?" Elias said
"Because I love her and she's pregnant." Logan said
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Rory sighed and decided that baby steps would make this easier. "Me and Logan are dating."
"We knew that sweetheart." Emily said sweetly
"Exclusively."
"Exclusively?" Richard asked
"Yes, we're in love." Rory said watching her grandparents face light up
"Why that's fantastic!" Emily said
"I'm so happy for you Rory." Richard said
"Louisa bring us some champagne. My granddaughter's in love!" Emily announced
Lorelai cleared her throat. "Ok sweetie you've built them up, now knock em down." Lorelai said to Rory as the maid handed her a champagne flute.
Louisa went to hand Rory a champagne flute. Rory took it and set it down in front of her but was not drinking it. "Rory why aren't you drinking your champagne?" Richard asked
Rory opened her mouth to talk but the words wouldn't come out. She looked over at Lorelai and tears filled her eyes. Lorelai noticed this and the anger dropped from her face. "Rory?" Lorelai asked quietly
Rory stood up making a hasty decision. "I'm sorry. I need to go to the bathroom. I'll be right back." Rory said running out of the room taking her purse with her.
Emily and Richard looked over at Lorelai and Luke. "What just happened here Lorelai? We were having a nice celebration and she just storms out." Emily asked exasperated
Lorelai stood up and looked at Luke then Emily and Richard. "I'm sure everything is fine. I'm just going to go and check on her." Lorelai said while running out the room
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Honor looked over at Logan in shock. "See I told you, now you're announcements out and no one cares." Logan told her
"SHE'S WHAT?" Elias yelled
"Pregnant." Logan said emotionless
"This is unacceptable Logan." Mitchum said loudly
"And what do you propose I do to fix that father? Wiggle my nose and make the baby go away?" Logan asked sarcastically
"This is not a joke Logan." Shira yelled before getting up and walking out of the room
Honor mimicked her mother smoking and smiled at Josh. "So, I'm going to be an aunt huh?" she asked Logan
"Yes. Honor you're going to be an aunt." Logan said smiling at her, happy that at least one person in his family wasn't attacking.
"This isn't a happy occasion Honor quit encouraging your brother to ruin his life and this family's reputation." Mitchum snapped
"Well I'm sorry father, but there's already a baby so what would you like me to say to him? Good going Logan, you knocked up your girlfriend, now force the girl to get rid of the baby. I hear abortions cost less now that they used to." Honor asked sarcastically
"Well…" Elias said
"ABSOLUTELY NOT! HAVE YOU LOST YOUR MIND!" Logan yelled. In the distance he could hear his cell phone begin to ring.
"Don't you dare talk to me like that young man. Logan honestly use your brain here. You can't possibly expect to keep this baby!" Elias snapped
"I can and I do. I'm not telling her to get an abortion, that's ridiculous." Logan snapped back
Honor sighed. "Logan either answer the phone or turn it off."
Logan got up and went and got his phone out of his pocket. The caller id read Ace. "I'm sorry I have to take this call." Logan said to his family
"NO you will sit back down and we will finish this conversation Logan." Mitchum said
"Is it Rory?" Honor asked quietly
"Yes." Logan said
"Logan sit your ass down and…"
"And what let you finish telling me that it is in my best interest to tell the woman I have been in love with for the last year to get an abortion! No, I think I will take her call. Excuse me Honor, Josh." Logan said nodding and walking into the foyer.
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Lorelai walked upstairs and entered Rory's room at the Gilmore's house. As expected Rory was sitting on the edge of the bed gripping a pillow tightly and balling. "Rory honey…" Lorelai started
"Don't. You haven't had one nice thing to say to me since I told you about the baby." Rory said between sobs
"Sweetie I was just shocked and…"
"Disappointed?"
"Yes disappointed, but sweetie that's just because I wanted more for you than my life."
"And what's so wrong with your life?" Rory asked
Lorelai moved and sat down next to Rory wrapping her arms around her. "Nothing, but I wanted you to get to do everything that you wanted to do. Be the overseas correspondent, graduate from Yale… I don't want you to have to give up your life or your dreams."
"I'm still going to graduate from Yale, and so I won't be an overseas correspondent, I'll just be a regular journalist. I don't have to give up my dreams, just tweak them a little bit. And I love Logan. I'm not giving up my life by including Logan and the baby."
"You say that now, but you don't know how hard it is to raise a baby by yourself Rory."
"I won't be raising the baby by myself, Logan will be there every step of the way." Rory snapped
"Sweetie I know he says that but…"
"But nothing. He'll be there and that's it." Rory said walking out of the room. She got halfway down the stairs with Lorelai trailing behind her and just stopped mid-step on the stairs. She whipped around and faced Lorelai. "I can't do this."
"Can't do what?" Lorelai asked
"Tell them. I can't tell them and watch their faces fall like that. I'm not Logan. He doesn't care what his parents think. No matter what they say tonight, it won't matter. He won't care when their faces fall. He won't care when they yell and scream and he certainly won't care when they don't approve. I'm not Logan…"
"Which is good because then you would have gotten yourself pregnant and that sounds very time consuming and difficult…" Lorelai said jokingly
"How am I going to tell them that every single one of the wishes they had for me are gone? That I managed to do exactly what they never wanted me to do until I was married into Hartford society? How Mom? How am I going to say oh hey grandma grandpa remember how happy you were twenty minutes ago when I told you me and Logan were in love, well keep that feeling because I'm pregnant?"
"Just like that angel."
"Mom, come on be serious."
"I'm sorry." Lorelai said then after a beat she said, "Do you want me to tell them?"
Rory's eyes widened. "No, you go ahead back in there I'm just going to call Logan really fast and then I'll be in there, and I'll tell them everything."
"Are you sure?" Lorelai asked skeptically
"I'm positive that I think you should go in there and save Luke from grandma and grandpa." Rory said pulling out her cell phone. When Lorelai walked back into the dining room she dialed Logan's number. After about six rings he answered.
"Are you ok Ace?" Logan asked concern pouring from his voice"I can't do it Logan. I can't tell them." Rory said quickly
"Slow down Ace what do you mean you can't tell them?""I mean I can't make the words come out of my mouth. I built them up with the whole me and Logan are together and we're in love thing and now I have to let them down by saying oh by the way I'm pregnant." Rory said sobbing
"Sweetheart. Calm down. Do you want me to come there? I'll tell them. I'm good at it."
"But you've told everyone, with the exception of Stephanie. It's not fair to make you tell my grandparents too."
"It can't go any worse than it did over here Ace."
"Bad huh?""Bad doesn't cover it, but like I told you I don't care what these people think. With the exception of Honor, who by the way wants to meet you."
"She's your sister right?""Yeah. She's excited. She's looking forward to being an aunt."
"At least someone's happy about this."
"Seriously Rory. Just give me ten minutes and I'll be there ok."
"Logan…""I'm walking into the dining room to say goodbye and then I'm out the door. We'll tell them together and I'll hold you hand the whole time."
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Logan walked into the dining room still on the phone with Rory. "As fun as this has been, I have to go."
"Where?" Elias said
"To the Gilmore's. It's been a treat. I'll call you sometime tomorrow Honor, and Josh remember the bachelor party's on me."
Honor laughed. "Is she ok?"
"She's going to be fine."
"I'll walk out with you." Honor said standing up
Logan put the phone back up to his ear. "Ten minutes Ror. I swear."
"I'll be waiting outside."
"Make sure you wear your jacket. It's kind of cold out here." Logan said thoughtfully"I will. I'll see you soon. I love you."
"I love you too." Logan said hanging up. He looked over at Honor. "Congratulations sis."
"You too little brother." She said as he headed for the door. "Hey." She said following him out the door
"Yeah?"
"This is a good thing. I mean I know it's not the best time for a baby but you are in love and it's sweet."
"I couldn't help falling in love with Rory. She's amazing. Granted she's a complete basket case at the moment because she's terrified to tell her grandparents…"
"Which is what you are headed to do right now right?"
"Yeah. I have to take care of her." Logan said walking over to his car and opening the door. "She needs me."
"Then go to her." Honor said turning around and walking back to the door. "I love you."
"Love you too…" Logan yelled as he shut the door. Then he pulled out the driveway.
AN: Ok, so Richard and Emily are next… read and review….