Road to Love

Chapter 10 – Midnight Reconciliation Calls

AN: Hey! I'm SO sorry for the late update, I really am, I was a bit nervous about posting this chapter and I was swamped with projects that I thought would've been easier than they proved to be. Thank you so very much to everyone who reviewed, I love you all! Okay I'm sorry for complaining about lack of reviews; I realized that I should be thankful that I'm getting any reviews period. It's true, and I really have to thank a certain reviewer who made me see the light – carleymarie. She's right, it was completely rude of me to be complaining about the amount of reviews I'm getting, and for that I'm really sorry. I haven't got much to say for once, it's amazing I know, possibly your dream come true. So I'm going to get right into it, the chapter I'm sure you've all been awaiting with your breaths held for (not…lolz). Here's the next installment of Road to Love, I hope you all enjoy this chapter! Oh and at the end of the chapter there are responses to the reviews I received for chapter's 6, 7 and 8, please if it's possible, and take the time to read them.

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Getting up from her seat on the couch she made her way into her room just moments after Paris had done the same.

She fell back onto her bed onto a sea of blankets and soft pillows, wanting desperately for this night from hell to end. But apparently this particular night had more in store for her.

Just as her eyes had fluttered closed, exhaustion finally settling in, taking her into a land of cotton candy, butterflies, coffee and talking dough-nuts that were all her own, a land where she was the queen and ruler, her phone rang. It's persistent ringing piercing the silence she had not realized just how much she had longed for in the past. Her eyes snapped open at the offensive sound which had taken her out of her dreamland, and bringing her rather cruelly, at least by her standards, back into reality.

Flinging a hand out, she reached down around on the floor, searching for her phone, all the while praying that whoever had, had the gull to call her at this un-godly hour would be struck down by lightening. She suddenly had a newfound respect for Finn, and his vile feelings towards the early hours of the day.

Feeling the feel of cold metal grazing what she knew to be the feel of her phone, she scooped it up off the carpeted floor, clasping it tightly in her fist as she brought it up in front of her before hurriedly flipping it open, so as to make the noise stop. Not bothering to check who it was that was calling her; she put the phone to her ear muttering something that sounded a lot like a threat to strangle whoever dared to call her at this time.

"Well hello to you to, you unappreciative child. I see giving birth to you wasn't painful enough, and now to finish me off you want to strangle me! HMMPH!" Lorelai said mock hurt lacing her words. She knew very well that it was in fact quite early, but she just couldn't wait to tell Rory the news, no matter the rigorous and life-threatening consequences she might receive from Rory due to this early morning phone call she had to tell her. Who else would she call? Luke refused to pick up his phone, Sookie needed the sleep, and so naturally Rory being her daughter and best friend was the next best thing.

Almost instantly she recognized the voice that dared to wake her up out of her much needed slumber, and back into the night or rather day as it appeared to be now, the day she'd been yearning for to come to a close just moments as it seemed to be now, prior to this phone call.

Seeing that she was currently quite regrettably coffee deprived she couldn't quite string together enough words to threaten her mother, she settled for the next best thing, or rather the only thing she could get out until her coffee deprived mind completely re-awoke. And seeing that she was presently running on empty and no coffee it might've taken a few minutes or an attention-grabbing topic to get her trusty, plan-making psyche up and running. "Mommmmmm…, its mornin' and sleep and coffee yet…" Rory answered incoherently.

"Ah, I see Yale's doing you good. Well anyways, I just called to tell you that your grandmother and your grandfather called me just a few hours ago to tell me in a very gross way that they have reconciled. It was disgusting! They've never been so happy. GAH! I had to listen to them ramble on and on about making up over and over and over again that night, and how pleasurable and sexually satisfying it was. And yes, they actually and I quote said 'pleasurable and sexually satisfying' unquote, I kid you not, I swear kid I'm scarred for life. I could almost… scratch that, I could picture them doing it, and it's not like it's my fault, there the one's who made me to have such a creative mind! It was horrible." Lorelai exclaimed, and Rory could almost picture the look of pure and utter disgust on her mother's face.

"And if my memory serves me correctly I distinctly remember them saying that it was because of a dog, or a car accident. Oh and I saved the best news for last!" Lorelai said, oblivious to the fact that her daughter was just barely listening to her, as she ventured in and out of her dreams of coffee, Mr. Right, and real life. Right now that was the least of her qualms. If she, Lorelai Victoria Gilmore, was going to be woken in the wee hours of the morning by this news and suffer because she couldn't get back to sleep, since vividly disturbing mental pictures had been seared underneath her eyelids of her parents going at it, due to their overly informative phone call to her, Rory would suffer to. And it didn't help that every time she closed her eyes trying urgently to get some shut-eye she failed miserably because of these horrific images now embedded in her head. As mean as it sounded to make Rory suffer because she couldn't sleep due to the aforementioned call she would, it was just one of the lovely perks of being a mother.

"Mm-hmm…" Rory said, just barely listening to whatever it was that her mother was rambling about. She'd learned early on in life to just agree with her mom when her mom was on a talking spree, because there was simply no way to put a lid on Lorelai's mouth, it was impossible. Well not impossible, there was one way to shut her up, but that was only for Luke to be doing at the moment, it would simply be wrong to kiss her mother on the lips. Even the thought of it made her stomach churn.

Taking that as a sign that Rory wanted to know the good news Lorelai continued talking. "Well, since you asked so kindly, I'll tell you being the pleasant and not to mention gorgeous person that I am and all. For their anniversary they are having a posh vow renewal, where I get to prance around in a beautiful gown as the Bridesmaid, and you get to run around in a suit, 'cause you're the best man! Isn't that cool! There's gonna be an open bar, and free food! I can't wait!" Lorelai exclaimed, clapping her hands and giggling in a childish manner.

"What! Best man! But I'm a girl, how could I be the best man?" Rory said, finally listening to what her mom was saying.

"Because your pretty…and because their kinky?" Lorelai said hopefully, raising a perfectly shaped eyebrow, in spite of the well the known fact that Rory couldn't see her doing so.

"MOM… well at least their back together right? And besides its just one night, and it's their night so at least they'll be happy. And I'm happy that their back together, their so great together…" Rory told her mom, giving a toothy smile through the phone, a smile her mom could just imagine was plastered across her young daughters face.

"Always the optimist now aren't you…killing your poor mothers only means of entertainment at the moment, and to think I gave you a home and food and all that other stuff and this is how you repay me, by sucking all the fun out of my life!" Lorelai said smiling. Though she would never openly admit it to anyone with the exception of Rory, Sookie and Luke, she was glad that her parents were back together. They had been absolutely miserable without each other, and she was glad that they were in high spirits now. But she would have to have a serious talk with them about sharing too much information.

"Blame it on Yale." Rory said her brain finally functioning despite the fact that it was being wretchedly denied of coffee, a problem that she, Rory, was rather eager and desperate to fix.

"Damn school…your killing my beautiful Rory!"

"So is that all you called for, because if that's it then I'm going to have to cut this conversation short, because I have a class tomorrow or today… and well yeah…" Rory said, trying and failing to stifle a yawn.

"I can tell, but would you really want to give up such a precious conversation with me. The woman by which you were conceived, who gave you your gorgeous looks, brains, coffee addiction and eyes. I'm the woman who gave you a home inside of herself for nine months, and a roof over your head for countless years, and let's not forget I am and was the woman who kept you in coffee, or at least bought it for you!"

"I think I'm going to risk it and talk to you later…" Rory said calmly listening to her mother go on and on.

"You unthankful child, your not worth my time, instead I'll go spend whatever days I might have left and get reacquainted and chummy with the t.v. and sofa, god knows I haven't really spent time with them lately. I'll tell them my problems and they'll reply, and they'll joke with me, and you know what…sooner or later I'll have no need for you. And when you come begging and pleading at my doorstep to let you in and give you back your room, and begging for coffee, and you and I both know you will, I'll simply shun you away like you did me!" Lorelai said, feigning seriousness.

"What, Luke not available?" Rory replied calmly.

"That little missy is none of your business."

"He unplugged the phone again, didn't he? Sookie's tired with the baby. So you turned to the next best thing, me…I'm hurt." Rory cried, adding fake sniffles to make her point.

"Oh please, you were just ready to hang up on me not two minutes ago. And besides I only called him a few times" Lorelai told her daughter, obviously lying.

"Define a few times for me mom." Rory asked her mother scoffing, and if she knew her mother a few times was just about fifty times.

Between the false coughs her mother used to cover up what she was saying, Rory managed to make out the number 66.

"SIXTY- SIX, mom come on this is a sickness. You should learn to take it as a sign that when someone doesn't pick up the first twenty times that you should stop calling…Poor, sad, annoyed Luke." As she tried to make her mom understand the fact that calling someone sixty-six time's non-stop was extremely annoying and it just proved that she had far too much time on her hands. Out of no where that niggling voice in the back of her mind was telling her that she should say something about her grandfather dying.

"Hey…so mom did you hear the news about Dad?" Rory said trying to change the direction the conversation was going. As much as she didn't want to bring it up, she had too, as painful as it was, her mom had a right to know.

"No…what news, is Chris alright?" Lorelai asked all playfulness lost now, with seriousness and concern replacing it. Although Chris wasn't exactly her favorite person if something had in fact happened to him she wouldn't know what to do. He was after all Rory's father, so in more ways than one it would be much tougher for her, but he had been her first love. And the first person she'd shared her most intimate times with, and not to mention he was the first person to break her heart, but he most certainly wasn't the last to do so. But she was a big girl now, she had grown up, out of her old childhood self and into her the woman she was now. Strong and independent. And besides she had Luke, and she loved him to death, he might not have known it yet, but it was true. He was one of the best things to happen to her in the longest times, he made her happy as clichéd as it sounded it was true, and Luke was her knight in shining armor. If she ever lost him, she wouldn't know what to do with herself, it would be like dying but not really… it was hard to explain and quite frankly she didn't want to explain it because she never wanted to experience that feeling.

"Well...he's not really doing that well from the way he sounded when he called, but he is physically okay, nothing happened to him directly. But um…mentally and emotionally I'm not so sure…Grandpa…or his father with the impossible to pronounce name died. He called me a while ago, and I just freaked and I just dropped the phone and I ran. I don't know why to be honest, it just sort of made sense at the time you know. And I was crying and stuff, and then…Logan saw me. I don't know what he was doing here, probably taking a walk I guess, I didn't exactly stop to ask details. But anyways he saw me and I told him how they hated me and I don't know mom… He just held me and I cried and cried…and when he told me that it was gonna be okay, just 'cause he was there, as corny as it sounded I couldn't help but believe him. God I'm rambling I'm sorry…are you okay? Mom…" Rory asked, concern and a happy look taking over her features and voice.

She didn't know what it was about Logan, but it just happened, and she had to admit that she liked it. Granted it scared her a lot, but she loved the feeling, the rush it gave her. Just being around him made her feel so many indescribable feelings. But with those feelings came an overwhelming case of doubt. She didn't know why…well she did. She was afraid of his past, of where he came from, and most of all she was afraid that he would break her heart in the worst ways possible. Ways she didn't know her heart couldn't be broken in. Ways she was perfectly content in not knowing. As much of a great person Logan was, she could never be with him, he was way out of her class, and the feelings would pass, right?

Right then and there, she made up her mind. She knew that she Rory Gilmore, despite what she might've thought about her feelings towards Logan in the past, couldn't possibly be falling for the likes of one that was Logan Huntzberger. And she wasn't, she tried convincing herself, she wasn't, and she wouldn't, but more so she couldn't, she didn't want her heart broken. And with Logan, what with his player like past, and all his trysts with countless amounts of woman, it would lead to heartbreak, she was sure. She just couldn't handle it. Whatever feelings she might've been harboring towards Logan they would pass, and that was that. That kiss…that mind blowing, awesome kiss, spine-tingling kiss that they had shared on that night, it as far as she was concerned never happened. It couldn't have happened.

She snapped back to reality and out of her thoughts at the sounds of her mom's tantalizing tone of voice.

"Aw…my little Rory has a crush! She's all grown up…well at least send me a postcard of two after you two get married and a few pictures of my grandkids would be appreciated. My baby's all grown up, I'm so proud…" Lorelai cried out. She really was proud of her kid; she was all grown up, crushing or possibly falling in love with someone. Even though he was someone from the world she'd run away from for both their sakes, she was happy. She was happy that Rory had found someone new, someone who challenged her, someone who was just like her but at the same time so different. But from the looks of it, and if she knew Rory well enough she was probably still denying her feelings. And from what she'd heard about Logan and his past, he was quite the ladies man, living off of daddy's money, daring and adventurous, and probably quite like Rory denying his feelings, convincing himself that he didn't like her. That he couldn't like her.

She didn't exactly favor Logan; he hadn't really done anything that she could say for sure that she liked. After all he had been the one bringing her daughter home, drunk, after the party at her grandmothers. He was a player, and that in her mind didn't settle with her too well. But from what she could see, he made Rory happy; she hadn't seen Rory happy in a long time, not since the whole Dean disaster. But at the same time she didn't want her baby girl to get her heart broken, it hurt her to see her baby hurting. And with a guy like Logan Huntzberger it seemed inevitable that, that would happen, but she hoped with all her heart that it wouldn't.

"Mom…come on could you at least be a little grown up about, it's beyond me why I bother sharing things with you. Anyways mom, I don't have a crush on Logan, and he doesn't have one on me either. Were just two ships simply passing by each other, soon enough the perfect trophy wife will come along for him, and they'll get married and have a whole heard of kids. He'll inherit daddy's fortune and take over the family business, and they'll all die happy." Rory reasoned, sniffling and wiping at the tears which had dared to fall in spite of all of her as it now seemed, fruitless attempts to keep the tears from falling.

"If you say so kid. I still think you're both in denial, and I bet you anything that one day you'll look back and end up having to eat your words." Lorelai countered.

"Whatever you say mom…now I think I'm gonna go to sleep now, and leave you with your crazy thoughts. And I'm sure the men with nice white jackets will come soon, and lure you with coffee." Rory joked with a serious tone.

"I resent that! But you can't honestly say that they wouldn't lure you too if they brought coffee, and the only way to get that coffee was to get into that straight jacket, so HMMPH!" Lorelai answered sticking her nose in the air.

"Just calm down would you? It was just a joke, however true it may be. Anyways I'm going now, so bye mommy! Love ya!" Rory told her mom.

"Bye kid and your right it's true, I'd do anything, well almost, well yeah, I'd do just about anything for coffee…mommy loves you too, and she hopes that when she grows old, fat, smelly and wrinkly, with cats and balls of yarn everywhere that you'll still come for visits.

"Bye mom! And I'll think about coming for visits, but with you being that old and all what good would you be to me…BYE!" Rory said exasperatedly, and with that she shut her phone and dropped it back onto the ground and listened as it landed with a soft thump.

She was truly thrilled that her grandparents had gotten together, but she didn't seem like it. She was still contemplating her feelings towards Logan. It wasn't fair, why couldn't things in her love life ever be simple? Why? What had she ever done that had been so horribly appalling that she had to be cursed with the curse of unfairness in the love department?

Turning over, she glanced over at her alarm clock, looking at the bright red numbers that were glaring at her, telling her that it was now 4:26 A.M.

Grumbling about her mother's pointless call and her lack of caffeinated products flowing through her blood stream, she slipped on her robe and slippers grabbing her bathroom necessities as she made her way towards the bathroom.

Slipping off all her clothes, she stepped under the warm and relaxing spray of water, wetting her hair and body. Looking up into the spray of water and closing her eyes, she suddenly felt so light. Like for maybe just this minute all her problems had been washed away, like everything was normal, like nothing had happened, and she liked it. If only for that minute she felt uninhibited, like nothing could penetrate this glow or mist of a shield the water had formed around her, she felt free.

AN: Review if you'd like to, I'd appreciate it so much, and it'd make me SO HAPPY! Constructive reviews, or any reviews period are welcome, good or bad. The rest of the author's note below is just me rambling so don't feel obligated to read it. The next chapter is coming soon I finished it already I just have to edit it, something about it seems a bit off, so look out for it. That's all for the important part of this AN. By the way the review responses are just a bit further down, after my unimportant rambling.

So, what'd you think? Good or bad, or absolutely atrocious, that this was the worst piece of writing you've ever read and that I should certainly retire as a writer and wear a large, brown paper bag over my head. Honestly, I really enjoyed writing this chapter; it sort of just came out of me. I hope I didn't completely butcher the characters and their traits and ways of thinking. I tried to write them as in character as possible, but I'm not sure I succeeded; I think I'm going to let you be the judge of that.

Right now, Rory is going to be in denial of her feelings towards Logan, and him the same, but he's thinking that he's doing her a favor by not making a move on her; he thinks he's sparing her feelings, saving her from heartbreak. I know that sounds complicated, but I'm simply explaining my motives as to why their both being so…as to why their both denying things and such. I just thought I'd let you know, just so you don't get lost. Besides I have great ideas for Rory and Logan, and I can not wait to get them together, but once their together I'd expect problems, because life would just be too easy and weird if their weren't problems.

All in all, I hope this was an enjoyable chapter for you all to read. Well I think I've rambled long enough, and so I'm going to go.

And remember another chapter is coming soon, look out for it! BYEZ!

REVIEW RESPONSES: (The responses are sorted according to chapter.)

Chapter 9:

Blueyed18 – Thanks so much for your review and more is coming soon I promise.

IY-ROX – Thanks for the review, I'm totally glad that this is one of your favorite stories that means more to me than words can describe, honestly.

Carleymarie – I'm really sorry about my complaining I know now how stupid it was of me not to mention rude. I think I just needed a reason or get a reminder that I shouldn't be thinking of the amount of reviews I get, I should be thinking about the fact that this is fun. And if I do in fact get reviews then I should just be a plus to the fact that I'm doing something that I enjoy. Hopefully you along with everyone else will accept my apology. Thanks so much for setting me straight, I really needed that.

Spoiledgurl – Thanks so much for the review, it really did make me happy, and you succeeded in making me happy! I totally agree they are meant to be together. I'm stoked that you loved this chapter, I loved it too, and it was a blast to write! You'll see what'll happen soon enough, I don't know when exactly or how for that matter, when I sit down to write it sort of just comes through me, to my finger tips onto the keyboard, then onto the screen. The next chapter is coming soon, I promise you that. Your review was great, it made me smile, thanks for that!

Magical Soul – I'm extremely happy that you thought this chapter was awesome! I'm extremely happy that you reviewed! I think your right in saying that Logan is afraid of getting his heart broken, and it should be Rory's decision whether or not she wants to risk putting her heart on the line again. Another chapter is coming as soon as possible. I'm grateful for the inspiration you wished upon me, and once again thank you very much for the review.

OTHGGC – I'm SO happy that you like MY story, I'll definitely be updating soon! Thanks so much for the review, I appreciate it!

Riotgirllina – YAY! You liked it, I'm so happy! I truly am. Thanks for the review by the way. As for Rory and Logan getting together soon…I don't know, and I HONESTLY mean that, I don't know if there going to get together in the next few chapters but I promise you they'll get together eventually. Just not right now, I'm sorry…and once again thanks for reviewing, it made my day much brighter!

Skater – Thanks so much for the review, and I'm totally glad that you thought I did a good job!

Emma – its okay that you didn't review before now, its fine, I'm just happy that you think that this last chapter and story is awesome! Thanks so much for the review!

Agel15 – I'll definitely be updating as soon as possible, and I'm glad that the flashbacks were perfect; I'd never really done flashbacks before, so this was really new to me. And I'm overjoyed that you thought that this chapter was great, thanks so much for the review, I appreciate it a lot.

Furlow – The next update will be coming soon I promise. I'm totally glad that you thought this chapter was great, and I'm glad you enjoyed getting into Logan's thoughts regarding Rory. I really enjoyed writing it, and thanks so much for the great review.

Kyle15 – YAY! I'm doing a great job, thanks so much for your review, it made me feel great! I'm definitely going to keep on going, and again thanks for the review!

Chapter 8:

Spoiledgurl – I'm not planning on stopping this story anytime soon, its fun and I love writing it. And yes, it was stupid of me to be begging, I realized that now, because writing is something I do for fun, and if I get reviews then you know what that's great, I'm stoked, but I shouldn't be begging for them. But I appreciate the fact that you agreed with me! Thanks for the review.

Gilmoreaddict – We'll have to wait and see if and when they'll end up together now won't we, thanks for the review.

Blueyed18 – Sorry but he got some blonde…thanks for the review, and I'm glad you thought the chapter was great.

Crissy – Thanks for the review, I appreciate it.

Lovelock79 – I'm glad you not only like this story but you love it, actually I'm not just glad I'm absolutely THRILLED! When I read that particular review it made me smile. More coming soon, thanks so much for the great review and for making me smile.

Smile1 – YAY! I wrote an excellent chapter in which the characters were in character, I'm so glad you thought so. Thanks so much for the review, I appreciate it. SMILE back at ya!

Chapter 7 -

Rorgan fan – I'm sorry if I've been writing him all wrong, it's okay you have no reason to be sorry you're simply telling me the truth, for which I'm eternally in your debt for. I'm going to try to follow your guidelines as to how you said Logan's character really is like. Thanks so much for the helpful review!

Blueyed18 – I'm SO happy that you thought this was a great chapter and you that you thought I did a great job! You're a great person! Thanks so much for your reviews I have to say that I most definitely look forward to them each time I post a chapter.

CAFFO - I'm glad that my story is one of the better stories out there, but I'm sure that, that is not true, there are many great stories out there right now. Many of which I'm in complete awe of. I'm trying to cut down my AN's in the beginning of my chapters, I realize that it is annoying, I'm sorry for the annoyance. Thanks so much for the review and for being honest.

Riotgirllina – There will most definitely be more interaction between Rory and Logan, and the next update is coming soon. Thanks so much for the review I appreciate it!

Crissy – So happy that you enjoyed the chapter, I too like seeing Logan insecure. Thanks for the review.