The next morning came quicker then Rory would have liked. A knock on her door woke her out of a restless sleep and she climbed out of bed to open the door.

"Morning Shira." Rory greeted as she walked into the room

"Morning dear. How did you sleep?"

"Not well. Just need to figure things out and get as far away from my mother as possible. There are things Logan and I need to figure out. I need to find a job and get settled and make arrangements for when the baby comes." Rory looked as if she was about to have a panic attack and Shira immediately took control.

"Okay first take a deep breath. In regards to the job, Mitchum might have a solution to that. So let's go downstairs and have breakfast and talk then deal with everything else. Your things should be arriving soon as well as Finn, Colin, and Stephanie." Rory went to change quickly before following Shira downstairs to meet Mitchum for breakfast. He was already seated as they entered the dining room and sat down to have breakfast. The only noise that could be heard was the sound of papers turning and forks hitting the plates.

"Rory, I know you said you had an interview on Friday, but what was it for and with who?" Mitchum inquired.

"The San Francisco Chronicle as a column writer. Not exactly what I hoped for, but it would allow me to be near Logan. I was desperate. Why do you ask?"

"I'm looking over the paperwork that Logan sent me and the reason they are failing, is because they don't have a competent editor. Over the years they became a gossip paper, lost readers and refused to move to e-news. I wanted to know if you would be willing to work with me and help turn this paper around. You could review the staff, fire and hire who you please and move this paper into the future. Obviously I know that Logan has no plans right now to come back to HPG but I am willing to make you President of our Crisis Management department and you would report directly to me- no one in between. We can go into the office today and finalize everything as well as get all your credentials on board. Your first project will be this paper and you can do what you want with it. On Friday, we can go into the paper and explain what's going to happen and move on from there." Rory thought about it for a minute. She loved fixing problems when she was the editor of the Yale Daily News and could easily hire a staff of people to help her. And it was definitely better than being a column writer.

"Okay I'll do it." It felt like a weight had been lifted of her shoulders.

While they were eating breakfast Rory's phone had gone off. Without looking at the caller ID she answered the phone.

"Hello?"

"Lorelai Leigh Gilmore you get your butt back to your mother's house and you raise this child without his or her father. That family has done nothing for you!"

"Hello to you too Grandma- and its Hayden not Gilmore! we've been over this considering the last time we spoke you told me I was an idiot for turning down Logan's proposal and now that I'm considering seeing him again your yelling at me and telling me to go back home to the one lady who told me that I was making a mess of the life she wanted for me! Well you know what Grandma you can tell Mom that I am done with her and done with you. The only person I'll talk to is grandpa. At least he respects that my decisions are my own. Now if you'll excuse me, I have to start a new job and plans to make a life without negative Nancy's. Good Bye!"

She slammed the phone shut and took several deep breaths before she looked at Mitchum and informed him that she was ready to go. He nodded, said goodbye to his wife, and led Rory out to the car. They were soon on their way to the New York HPG office.

Almost two hours later, Rory and Mitchum arrived at the office where she would soon be the head of a new department that would allow her to work in an environment she loved. They made their way to HR where they stopped to get all her paperwork filled out along with all the identification she would need.

"Good morning Mr. Huntzburger. I didn't realize we were expecting you this morning."

"That's because I don't need to notify you when I am coming, Ms. Williams. Now where is Carter?"

"His office sir." Mitchum nodded and led Rory to his office.

"Carter we need to fill out her paperwork. This is Lorelai Hayden and she is going to be the President of our Crisis Management Department. She needs a company phone, the all access pass so she can get to my office and keys to the building. Make sure there is a parking spot available for her as well as the company Laptop- top of the line- and that everyone here knows that she answers directly to me." Carter nodded and got the necessary paperwork for her to fill out. The first two forms were basic information needed for new hires. The others were forms that needed more detailed information to get her access pass. After some time, Rory gathered all her new accessories and passes and Mitchum showed her to her new office. She looked around and immediately wandered over to the window which had an amazing view of the city. Rory was in awe that this was now her office.

"Mitchum, this is amazing! The view is wonderful."

"My dear I think it's high time you call me dad or father here at work. If I know Logan, once things get figured out and he sees you in California then he will once again ask you to marry him, and, honestly, I can't ask for anyone better to be my daughter-in-law." Rory just walked over to Mitchum and hugged him.

"I appreciate everything you and Shira are doing for me, father. I couldn't ask for better people to help me." He didn't say anything just hugged her back. After showing her around the office and meeting the other heads of departments they went to Mitchum's office to go over job specifics.

"Okay, Rory. So essentially your job will be traveling to different papers that we will acquire or have acquired and either fix them, if possible, or rebuild them from the ground up. You can choose your own staff of people you believe to be qualified for the job and report directly to me. If you feel that a paper is not worth saving, then come to me and explain why and we will go from there, but I believe you can fix anything thrown your way. Now with Logan being in California, you can obviously video conference from there but will need to be in New York once a month for the head of departments meeting we have. "

She just nodded so Mitchum continued to explain the job requirements, then handed her a stack of folders.

"The first few people are employees here who we feel could be beneficial to your department. The rest are people who have applied to our company here and in California but we didn't have the department for them at the time. You can hire a second in command who can report to you. You also need a secretary for here and our office in California where you will also have an office. It will look much like mine since you will be the highest ranking employee in that office. All employees will be informed to report to you before contacting their head of department here to make things easier."

"So essentially I'm the you of that office?"

"Yes." She just nodded and continued typing things up on her new laptop.

"When we get out to California we will go to the office first and get you set up, as well as get you a car." Rory's head shot up in shock and couldn't believe what she was hearing. A car here and in California? Well it's a good thing she's the boss.

After another two hours and going over staff files here Rory decided to meet with the employees that already work here in the building. Mitchum had some work to do so Rory walked to her office and had those potential candidates meet her there. First up was Jessica Wilkes. She had been a secretary to the head of Marketing before he was fired for sexual harassment, now she just works the front desk. Rory called down.

"HPG Jessica speaking, how can I direct your call?"

"Hi Jessica, this is Lorelai Hayden the new President of Crisis Management. I was hoping you could come up to my office so we can talk about the Secretary position."

"Of course Ms. Hayden I will be right up."

They hung up and Rory made the other necessary calls to the others that were in the building. By the time she was done Jessica had arrived at her office. She waved her in and motioned for her to take a seat in front of the desk.

"Hi Jessica, so I've reviewed your file and I believe you're perfect for the job. You have the experience, not to mention you graduated from Yale which I did as well, so that's a huge bonus." They both laughed at that.

"Anyway you're organized, on time and professional which is great. So I just want to go over a few things with you. The first thing is that as of right now I will be based in California, you will have direct access to me at all times so you won't have to go through my secretary there. I would never ask you to up and move across the country. I will be back once a month for the Head Meetings and for other issues that come up at which point I will inform you of my travel arrangements so if I need any meetings they can be scheduled around then. I will video conference with my staff once a week unless something comes up. Any calls that come in will go through you first and with the system in HPG you will have access to my schedule here and in California that way you will know if I'm in a meeting or where I am in case something comes up I am always available so call me if you need me."

"That sounds reasonable. Will I need to travel with you?" Rory thought for a second.

"I would like you to come to California with me for at least two weeks. It will give us time to find someone there that can be my secretary and know that you are more of a personal assistant then a secretary. So you will be my main point of contact. After the two weeks are up you can either choose to move out there and stay with me traveling back and forth or you can have your main base here. I will ultimately leave that decision up to you because as I said I will not ask you to move across the country. And last but not least I am not as formal as everyone else in this building so you do not have to call me Ms. Hayden please, call me Rory."

"Okay Rory. I would like to see how the two weeks ago but I think I will stay with you. I have no family here as my parents passed in a car accident two years ago and I am an only child." Rory just nodded.

"Okay then Jessica, let's get started. The desk right outside the door is yours we have some people coming in to interview for the other positions so here are copies of their files so you have them. Let's start with the first person. I would like you in here on the interviews please." Jessica smiled and nodded before getting up and calling in the first person. Stephen Jacobs.

As Rory and Jessica looked over his file they saw some inconsistencies and immediately Rory turned to Jessica and whispered in her ear.

"Step outside and place a call to Mitchum Huntzberger's PA and ask that he come to my office ASAP."

"Sorry Mr. Jacobs we will be with you in just one second." He nodded. Rory got up as she saw Mitchum outside her door and stepped into the hall to meet him. She handed him the file without saying a word since she had circled what she found in red pen. He looked at her with his eyebrow raised and she nodded in reply. With a sigh, he walked into Rory's office and sat in her chair while she stood next to him with Jessica just slightly behind her.

"Mr. Jacobs, do you know who I am?"

"Mitchum Huntzberger, sir."

"Exactly, and do you know why Ms. Hayden called me into her office?"

"No Sir."

"Let me explain it to you then. In your file it says several things, but the one thing it mentions is that you graduated from Yale 4 years ago top of your class and had a connection to the Hayden and Vanderbilt family. Do you know why this caught our attention?"

"Not exactly sir."

"The Hayden family you claim to have a connection to is indeed Ms. Hayden's family and the Vanderbilt's are close personal friends to the Hayden's and my family as well. Now, Mr. Jacobs if your family was indeed connected to those families in some way we would know about it. Although you may have exceptional qualifications and may be right for a position in this department or any other department within this building, I am going to have to ask you to vacate the premises. I do not appreciate people trying to gain status in my company by throwing around the names of families they do not know." Jacobs just nodded and left the office with his head down. Rory felt bad and suddenly had an idea. After running it by Mitchum, she ran out of the office to catch Mr. Jacobs.

"Mr. Jacobs, hold on one second." He stopped and turned around.

"Yes Ms. Hayden?"

"Would you be willing to relocate to California?"

"What do you mean?"

"I will be primarily based in California for the foreseeable future. I would still like you to work for me in this department but I have to know if you would be willing to relocate across the country? We would provide travel expenses for you and your wife but I must know ASAP as we leave on Friday." She could see the wheels turning in his head and knew that she had him.

"Ms. Hayden I will relocate. Thank you for this chance. My wife just had our first child and if I had lost this job we would have been moving to Ohio with my parents." She waved him off saying it wasn't an issue and said she would have Jessica email him all the necessary information and that she would see him again on Friday.

After the issue with Steven Jacobs was ironed out, the rest of the interviews were smooth sailing. Her new VP was Derek Washington and although he was in his mid-40's he had no problem answering to someone who was barely 25. They then hired his PA, with his help of course. After that the rest of the staff fell into line and were told in no uncertain terms that they would be reporting to Mr. Washington before they contacted her, as that was the proper chain of command. Once everything was said and done, emails set up, numbers exchanged and schedules for Friday ironed out, Rory met Mitchum by the elevators to head home for the day. And to be honest she was exhausted and couldn't wait to get home to bed.