Unwanted Visitors

A/N: So, I figured out the issue. I had deleted the authors note and it had said I had updated, also the chapter titles were all messed up because of the author's note. I was originally going to update this story towards the end of the week, maybe even beginning of next week but because of the screw up I feel bad so here is a new one!

"I'll go prepare the guest rooms. What a saint of woman." Finn shook his head as Rory disappeared down the halls.

"Yes, her and Mother Teresa, now why did the girls kick both of you out and why does that lead to you guys crashing my home?" Logan asked as he walked into the living room, only to be accosted by suitcases right at the entrance. "And how long are you guys staying?"

"Well, you see, this one," Finn gestured over to Colin. "Decided to drag me out one night because he got into a fight with his Sheila. All I wanted to do was have a nice, quiet night in. You know me, I don't like to get rowdy, it's not Christian." He ignored the pointed glares by Logan and Colin and the snort of laughter from Rory who had come in from the hallway. "So, there I was, dragged mercilessly out of my apartment and drug to a bar. Where then I lose this sad sack and eventually find him making out with what can only be described as a lamp post."

"Hey! We promised we'd never discuss that again!"

"It's Logan and Rory, we've caught them—"

"The oversharing can end now, thank you!" Rory said as she went to grab their luggage. Logan shooed her hand away without a word as he looked over at Finn urging him to continue on with the story.

"So anyway, we make it back to Colin's apartment and Juliet's there, I think, finally, I can go back to my nice, heated, apartment—"

"It's summer in New York, yes? Why is your apartment heated, shouldn't it be air-conditioned?" Rory asked. Logan and Colin stood to the side and shook their head at the two.

"It's a figure of speech, love, why are you interrupting? Is she like this all of the time?" Finn turned his attention to Logan who just shrugged with a smirk on his face.

"Because your story doesn't make sense."

"You're my best friend so I'm ignoring all of this. Anyway, where was I? Oh yeah! So, Juliet rushes him, tells him she's sorry, they go to kiss and then Juliet tastes the metal. At first, she thinks he cheated with like a Tin Man or something, but then I graciously tell her that he was just so plastered he made out with a lamp post. The lovely lady didn't take that to well, she screamed and hollered about how he could be so drunk as to make out with anything else but her. And then she kicked him out." Finn shrugged his shoulders as he finished the story.

"Okay, that explains Thing 1's presence in my apartment, what about you?" Logan looked at Finn again.

"Rosemary didn't think I kept a good enough leash on him and I can't be trusted with other lives and she's standing in solidarity with Juliet."

"Well, she's right. You can't be trusted with other lives. Now, we have a life out here, you guys will not disrupt it, you guys will be respectful of our home, and you will be on your best behavior, do you hear me?" Logan started to scold them.

"And Colin, I know it's a beautiful piece of artwork, but please refrain from making out with the statue that is down the hall, it's new. I'd like it in my house for at least 6 months before either one of you defile it. Now, I have a mountain of work, and I have to call Juliet and Rosemary and thank them for the wonderful visitors they've bestowed upon us. Come get me when you decide what is for dinner." She reached up to give Logan a kiss on his cheek.

"What about us?" Colin asked, with a false tone of disappointment.

"I don't know where that body has been, no thank you."

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The beeping of the alarm clock was driving Logan insane, the fact that his wife had yet to turn it off, even though it was on her side, was also not helping matters. "Ace, turn off the damn alarm." He groaned as he went to feel her side of the bed.

"Ow, mate, what the hell was that for?!" Finn screeched as Logan hit his head.

"What the hell are you doing in my bed? Where is Rory?" Logan yelled as he hopped out of bed. It wasn't until he looked around the room and saw a suitcase sitting by the door that he remembered she was going to Germany for a conference, leaving today, and coming back in a week. Logan had thought about going, but his presence wasn't fully needed, and unfortunately, after a week and a half Colin and Finn were still crashing at their place and neither Logan, or Rory felt comfortable leaving them there by themselves.

Logan went into the master bathroom when he registered the sound of the shower running and he went in to go find Rory. "Well, there you are sleepy head, what took you so long?" She asked as she finished lathering the conditioner in her hair. "Were you just too comfortable with Finn and couldn't bring yourself to wake up?" She asked with a smirk, that devious little smirk did him in and he hurried up and stripped down and got into the shower with her.

"Oh, so you knew he was in there?"

"Well, last night, after dinner, I went to the office to work and prepare for the trip while you guys went to the pub, when I got done, you three were home and somehow Finn passed out in our bed. Who was I to disturb the sleeping angel?"

"That sleeping angel is a 6'2" drunkard who is known for sleeping in the nude, you could have easily disturbed him. In fact, next time that happens, I insist on it." He answered her as he started showering himself.

"Okay, next time he falls asleep in our bed, I promise to move in. You think you'll be okay with them by yourself for a week? Should I be concerned?"

"For my sanity? Yes. Highly concerned, in fact you shouldn't even be able to concentrate on the conference you're so concerned." He answered her with a false sense of earnestness.

"I'll keep that in mind." She deadpanned back to him before handing him her loofah. "Can you do my back?"

"Now that's a request I'll happy fulfill." He said as he grabbed her ass.

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That night, Logan, Colin, and Finn were seated at one of the best steak houses London had to offer, they both had a glass of scotch in front of them and each had a steak on the way. The place was full of dark wood, leather seats, and looked pretentious and expensive in every sense of the word. "Did you hear if Rory made it to Germany okay?" Colin asked as the waitress left with their order.

"Yeah, landed in Hamburg about 2 hours ago."

"I'm surprised you didn't go, mate, mighty loose leash you've got there."

"You think I'd ever be stupid enough to put her on a leash? Please. And, I was supposed to be there, but then you two morons showed up and now here I am, blowing an obscene amount of money on dinner and drinks."

"Well, at least you're rewarded with our lovely company." Just then the waitress passed by their table and brought with her refills for each of the men.

She smiled slyly at Logan and then switched her attention to Finn where she slipped a piece of paper with her number on it into the middle of the table. "For the table." She winked at the group as she walked away.

Finn watched her walk away before he turned to the table and couldn't help the smirk that flew across his face. "Well, at least we know we've still got it." But Logan and Colin didn't seem interested, he saw Colin's exasperated look and he sighed. "Finally, ready to go ring shopping tomorrow?"

Logan looked over at his friend who just nodded his head and Logan slapped him on his back. "And then will you two finally be out of my house?"

"Well, we should probably wait for Rory to come home, make sure we give her a proper farewell, it's only polite."

"I think the best farewell you guys could give her is having her come home to 2 very empty guestrooms. In fact, if I know my wife at all, that is all she would want." They spent the rest of the night enjoying the alcohol that was flowing, the expensive steaks, and the fact that Colin was about to spend a hell of a lot of money on something he should have done months ago.

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Late that night Rory was laying in her hotel bed, she was in the biggest suite at the Fairmont Hotel, it was too ostentatious, especially with it being just her. It was weird, she wasn't used to the quiet, almost 2 weeks of living with the understudies in a Monty Python skit, and working with Logan, she tended to not get quiet in her life. It's not that she didn't like working with Logan, she loved it. She loved that they were a team in so many different aspects of life. But what he sometimes forgot is that while he loved being the center of attention, while he seemed to enjoy the constant chaos that came with their two best friends, Rory needed decompression time. She needed the calmness that she got in an empty hotel room, or a quiet office while music played, she enjoyed the decompression in ways he didn't.

However, now that she had it, she missed him. She missed the constant reassurance that she had whenever he was in the vicinity. She didn't miss the nights out with Colin and Finn, or the fact that he got so into work that he would get short and testy when he was under a lot of stress. But that didn't mean she didn't miss him. And now, when she could practically hear her own breath echo throughout the suite, she was feeling the emptiness. She pushed it all down and went to go unpack her suitcase.

Ten minutes after she was done unpacking, she sat down in the overly plush bed and made herself comfortable, when she heard a knock on the door. She mumbled to herself as she trudged her way to the door and was surprised to see a man standing there with a room service tray.

"I didn't order anything."

"I know. It's already taken care of, don't worry about anything ma'am. Have a nice evening." She was about to say more but before she could the man was walking down the hall pushing the room service cart in front of him.

She took the tray inside and closed the door, she grabbed the card off of the tray and read the note which was sitting on top of the chocolate covered strawberries and chocolate cake he had delivered, along with a bottle of her favorite bubble bath. "I miss you Ace, relax, you deserve it. Knock them dead this week." Rory couldn't help the smile that spread across her face, maybe he knew she needed the quiet time.

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It was the last night that she was to be in Hamburg and Rory was beyond ready to get home, even if it meant encountering Colin and Finn. She had playing phone tag with Logan since she arrived, and if it weren't for the slightly risqué text messages they had been exchanging, Rory wasn't sure she would've made it through the week. But here she was, her last night, eating at the hotel restaurant alone and she was miserable. The conference had gone well, she had presented the presentations she needed to, she had even met with a few investors and gotten 4/5 to sign on to more money, the holdout was meeting her for coffee tomorrow morning. Usually this was Logan's area of expertise, but these meetings weren't originally planned and were just a nice bonus. She had informed him of what happened over text and he was incredibly happy but that was the extent of non-sexual things they had talked about.

Just as she was about to pay the bill, she saw someone she never expected to see in Hamburg walk through the door. Unfortunately, the person who she was surprised by, also seemed to be surprised by her as well. Rory took a deep breath as she laid down some money for the bill and she crossed the restaurant. "Good evening Christopher."

"Good evening Rory. You look really nice tonight." There wasn't a guard to his voice, there wasn't a threat of battle, there was just defeat. She looked him over, it had been 5 months since her wedding and it looked like Chris hadn't slept in any of those months. She knew she shouldn't but a part of her let her guard down around him, she chalked it up to exhaustion from this week.

"Thank you. You look well too. Here on business?" She asked him, and she immediately saw the spark of surprise flash across his face before he schooled his face and started to answer her.

"Um, yeah, just in for a few days. What about you?"

"I'm getting ready to leave tomorrow afternoon. I was in town for a journalism conference and then had meetings with investors, it's been a long week." She gave him a half-smile which he returned.

"Yeah, I've been facing some of that exhaustion too. It's really good to see you Rory, I hope you're doing well. You… uh… you looked really beautiful at your wedding." He stammered out.

"Thank you, and I am doing well, really well." Chris didn't say anything just nodded his head as she started to walk away.

"Rory!" Chris suddenly called out, causing Rory and a few other patrons to stop and turn to him, he only noticed Rory's head turn however as he continued with what he wanted to say. "I just wanted to let you know that Lorelai is pregnant again. I know you heard way to late last time, and you didn't deserve that, any of it, honestly. So, I just wanted to tell you."

"Congratulations Chris. To the both of you, and Gigi too. I hope you guys are well." With that she turned quickly on her heel and had a brisk walk back to her room before she packed everything haphazardly into her suitcase and quickly called the Huntzberger jet and asked to be in the air in 2 hours.

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Late that night Logan was just finishing the work he had to do for tomorrow, so he could be sure to pick Rory up from the airport when she landed. Just as he was finishing up getting ready for bed and crawling back into the master bedroom, he heard the front door open and close, he could hear someone punch in the security code and start to make their way up the stairs. As he stood at the top of the stairs, he saw Rory come around the landing. Once the surprise wore off, he ran down the last flight of stairs and picked her up, causing her to drop her purse and her suitcase as she wrapped her arms around him and kissed him with everything she had. "What are you doing here babe?!" Logan asked her as they broke apart. "Don't you have that meeting tomorrow?" But then he saw the slightly disheveled appearance she had, and he wrapped her up tighter.

"Oh, god. I just bolted, I should've thought about that meeting, crap. How bad is Mitchum going to kill me for missing it? I'll email them in the morning and explain that I had to come home for something. Shit. Logan, I'm so sorry."

"No, it's okay. Trust me, I'd rather have you here than not. And I'm so happy you're here. But what brought this on?"

Rory didn't want to talk about it yet, she didn't want to analyze it anymore than she had on the plane ride and the two car rides she had to get from the hotel to the airstrip and from the airstrip to home. Now, she just wanted to escape into her husband's arms and their bed without another thought for the rest of the night. So, she started kissing him anywhere she could, but she paid special attention to his neck. "What if I said that those messages just had been running through my mind so much, I couldn't wait to get home to you."

"I'd say I don't believe you at all but I'm not going to argue." Logan growled out as he lifted her and carried her back to their bed. He'd find out what was wrong with Rory tomorrow, tonight he was just focused on welcoming her home.

Later the next day Logan watched Rory start breakfast in their kitchen. "Hey, what time are the boy's usually up? Should I leave breakfast for them?"

"Wow, I guess we really have been disconnected this week, haven't we?" Logan asked her as he opened the oven, so she could slide the cinnamon rolls in. "The boys left earlier this week, after we spent 6 hours helping Colin find the perfect ring for Jules."

"Oh my gosh, he's finally going to do it?!"

"He should be doing it tomorrow, I was actually going to come join you in Hamburg but then things got so crazy here that I wasn't able to."

"It's okay, the absence clearly made the heart grow fonder." She smirked at him.

"Yeah, want to tell me why you suddenly bolted home in the middle of the night like a cat burglar?" Logan watched her face contort for a minute as she battled whether to tell him the truth. "Just out with the whole sordid tale there, Ace." He laughed at the glare she sent him when she realized she was caught.

"Christopher was there the last night I was, he wasn't looking for me, or following me, he was just as surprised to see me as I was him." She quickly said when she saw that look on Logan's face. "It was actually a good talk, it felt cathartic in a way. Anyway, as I was leaving, he told me they were having another baby. I didn't know what to do, I just knew I needed you. I needed to see you. So, I was on the plane, and once the plane was in the air, I realized something, that I want to talk to you about."

"Yeah?" Logan cocked his head to the side as he watched her take a deep breath.

"I think, before we have any kids of our own, I'd like to adopt, at least one. There's just so many kids out there who are abandoned and aren't fortunate like I am to have grandparents that can take them in. And I know, I know that we need to have one for the bloodline or some other archaic bullshit, but I was thinking, in about 2 and a half years I'd like to start looking into the process. I'm not sure if we'll be here in London, or the states, or where we'll be. And I'd like some time to be married, and establish our careers and such, but I would like to adopt, I mean I know it has to be a discussion and if you're not on board that's okay. But I just thought you should know, it was on my mind." Rory rushed out in what felt like one breath, as she inhaled enough to fill her lungs, she looked at Logan who was standing there in a daze. "Um, Logan? You in there, babe?" She waved her hand in front of his face. "You know what, I'm sorry, it was a dumb idea."

That snapped Logan out of his daze really quick and he grabbed her and wrapped his arms around her. "You want to adopt?"

Rory bowed her head slightly. "Um, yeah, I just thought about how lucky I was in the end and it just made me want to do that for someone else. I mean, if it sounds stupid, maybe it was just a passing thought."

Logan watched as she started to ramble again, and he quickly kissed her. "It's not a stupid idea at all Ace." He watched her whole face light up as he said it. "But, in a few years, right?" He was looking forward to being a dad, but maybe not yet.

"Oh yeah, definitely in a few years."