AN: I'm so sorry for being just a lousy updater lately but I have been busy. I try to update sooner next time...

21. The Reunion

(Logan's POV)

The week had gone by quickly. I had been working long days to get everything done by Friday so that I could leave on Saturday. Wild rumours about my departure had started to flow around the office but I didn't have energy to correct them.

It was already Friday and I was packing my personal stuff in my office when John walked in.

"Hey, we have organized a small farewell party for you. Everybody is waiting in the break room." He told me.

I looked at him surprised. I had no idea they were planning a party for me. "Thanks, but you didn't need to do that. I'm the one who's failing you so I don't deserve a party."

"You are not failing us. Stop feeling guilty about leaving. I understand why you are doing this and if I were you, I would do the same thing." John assured me. "Now let's go to your party."

"Okay." I said and followed him out of the room.

We stepped into the break room which was full of my co-workers. John took two glasses on champagne and handed one of them to me.

"Can I have your attention please? The man of the hour has arrived." John announced. "I would like to thank you, Logan, on behalf of myself and the company. You have done excellent job and you have also been a popular guy at the office. It has been a pleasure working with you. I hope that future will bring you success and happiness. To Logan!"

"To Logan!" Everyone repeated and raised their glasses.

I took a sip of champagne before speaking. "Thank you, John. I have to say that I have also enjoyed working here with you all and me leaving has nothing to do with my job or you. Tomorrow I'm moving back to Connecticut and soon I will take over my dad's company. I know that wild rumours about the reasons for my take off have been going around the office. I would like to tell you the truth. As many of you have read in the papers, my father has health problems and that's why he needs to retire. He asked me to take over the Huntzberger Publishing Group. I thought long and hard what to do but finally I accepted his offer. I didn't choose that job over this one but instead I choose Hartford over San Francisco because the most important person for me in the whole world lives in Hartford. His name is Noah and he is a month old little boy."

"You have a son?" One of my co-workers asked.

"Yes. I have a son." I confirmed.

"How come you have never talked about him before?"

"It's a long story. I haven't known about him that long because his mother and I had some communication problems." I told them. "I don't want to go into details but I just want you to know that I'm leaving to be close to my son, not because I didn't want to work here."

"Okay everyone. Let's get this party started. There is food in there so dig in." John said sensing that I didn't want to be questioned.

I sent a thankful look to John as people started chatting again and the focus was off me.

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(Logan's POV)

That night I arrived to my almost all packed up apartment around seven. I was thankful that I had rented a furnished apartment so that I only needed to move my personal stuff and not any furniture. I took my cell out of my pocket and dialled Rory's number.

"Hey you." She answered after few rings. "How was your last day at the office?"

"Hi. It was fine. I had a little farewell party." I told her.

"That sounds nice." She answered. I could hear Noah starting to cry in the background. "Wait a second."

I heard Rory talking to Noah quietly, obliviously trying to calm him down. Soon his cries subsided.

"I'm back." Rory said to the phone. "And Noah is here too. Say hi to daddy, sweetie."

"Hi Noah. How is my little boy doing?" I babbled to him.

"He's doing great. Just waiting anxiously for daddy to arrive." Rory answered for him.

"That's actually why I called. My flight will land in Hartford at three pm." I said.

"We can come and pick you up from the airport." Rory offered.

"I can take a cap. It's Noah's nap time and I want to let him sleep without any interruptions. I just wanted to know if it was okay that I'll come there first. I would like to see Noah before going to my parents' house." I explained.

"Of course it's okay. You are welcome to come here when ever you want." Rory said.

"Great. I will be there around three thirty or at four at the latest." I told her.

"Sounds good. We'll be waiting."

We chatted some more before ending the call.

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(Rory's POV)

It was three o'clock at Saturday and I was waiting for Logan to arrive. Noah had just woken up from his nap.

"Let's put this new playsuit on so you will look really handsome when daddy sees you." I babbled to Noah who squealed happily. "I know you are excited to see your daddy. Mommy is too."

I got Noah ready and took him into living room. I put him down in his playpen and went to kitchen to make coffee.

At 3:45 the doorbell rang. I took Noah into my arms and went to open the door. I saw the smile on Logan's face grow as he saw Noah.

"Hey. Come on in." I said and stepped aside.

"Thanks." Logan said and came in. He sat his bags down. "Can I?" He asked and gestured towards Noah.

"Of course." I said and handed Noah to him. I shut the door and watched Noah and Logan's reunion.

"Hi buddy. You have grown so much. Daddy has missed you very, very much." Logan chatted as Noah just stared at him with his huge blue eyes. "Daddy will promise that daddy will see you much more often now."

"Let's go to living room. I just made coffee. Do you want some?" I asked Logan.

"Yeah, thanks." Logan answered walking to the living room with Noah.

I went to get him a cup of coffee before returning to them. "Here you go." I said as I put the cup down on the table in front of him.

"Thanks."

"So you are going to move to your parents' house?" I asked.

"For now but I will start looking for my own place right away. I really don't want to live in that cold mansion any longer than I have to." Logan answered. "I have next week off so I hope I'll find an apartment then."

I got an idea.

"Well if you want you can stay here until you find your own place." I suggested.

"It's okay. I can stay with my parents. You just got your own place and I don't want to intrude." Logan said.

"You wouldn't intrude. I have an extra bedroom which I don't need. You could spend more time with Noah, if you lived here."

"Are you sure?" Logan asked.

"Yes, I'm sure."

"Well then I'll stay here but you have to promise that you'll say if I'm in your way. I will leave right away."

"You won't be but if it's important to you then I'll promise." I assured him.

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(Logan's POV)

I couldn't wipe the smile off my face. For the first time in almost two weeks I had bathed my baby boy and then tucked him to sleep. I had missed him so much.

"It feels so good to be back." I said to Rory as we walked out of Rory's room where Noah was asleep. Rory had decided that Noah was too young to be sleeping in his own room and it was also much more practical for her to have him close by because he needed to be feed at least once during the night.

"I can imagine that. The longest that I have been away from Noah is three hours and I missed him a lot. I can't even comprehend how much you must have missed him for the last two weeks." Rory replied.

"Awfully much." I admitted. "Thank you for letting me stay here with you and Noah. It would have been hard for me to leave Noah tonight."

"No need to thank me. I like that you are here and I'm sure that Noah likes it too." Rory said. "Now, are you tired or do you maybe want to watch some movie or something?"

"Movie sounds good."

"Can I choose?" Rory asked excited and I knew what she was thinking.

"We are not watching Casablanca once again."

"But it's a classic and I haven't watched it lately." She tried and pouted.

"You can choose anything but that." I told her.

"Fine." She gave in. "Then we are watching Willy Wonka."

"Ace…"