It won't be like this for long: Chapter 10

Chapter 10

Saturday morning was the first time this week that Rory had time to think about her inheritance in Stars Hollow. This has been a busy week. After the meeting with Logan, Chris, and Collin, Rory's editor called. Whitney needed her in New York for a couple of days. Whitney wanted to schedule time for her to pick out a book cover for her latest book in her Gilmore Girls series. She also wants new headshots for the book cover. Logan told her that he thought that was a good idea. He told her that he would book her a spa treatment and she needs to go to New York to get away from the day-to-day parenting for a couple of days. Take some ME time, he said. She could go to her meetings with Whitney, then to the spa.

Rory went to New York, She stayed in the Huntzburger apartment. She met with Whitney. Whitney kept her so busy that she did not get the spa treatment. Logan wanted her to relax. This was not a trip to relax. Rory ended up staying for two more days. What Whitney did not tell Rory before asking her to come to New York is that the publishing house that Rory worked for, Peaches and Cream, were having financial difficulties. Whitney and the powers that be wanted Rory, one of their more profitable authors, to wine and dine potential investors.

Samon Jackson, CEO, and the living founder of Peaches and Cream was ready to retire. Peaches and Cream is a small publishing house started in the late 1950s by Samon and her twin sister Octavia. They cater to female authors. That is not to say that they don't publish male authors, they do, but far more female than male.

After finding out about Samon retiring, Rory and Samon met. Rory wanted to know the opinions she had. She had a copy of her contract. After talking with Samon, Rory called Logan. Now to add to Rory and Logan's large portfolio, they owned a publishing house. Peaches and Cream will function under the HPG umbrella.

Rory did not get back to Hartford until Friday afternoon. She pushed as much as she could until Monday. She wanted to be home when the kids got home. She missed them. She had talked with them every night but seeing and hugging are two different things. Much to her disappointment, all three had plans for Friday and Saturday. This is the perils of having one teenager and two tweens. They are always on the go.

Rory was not rethinking letting the Nanny go. Or maybe they just need to hire a driver. She wondered if Frank would come out of retirement. The Tweens are the reason she was up so early Saturday morning. They both had to be picked up from their friend's houses and deposited at the soccer field for practice early this morning. The soccer games do not start until 1:00, but they both had to be at the practice field at 10:00.

Rory was in the car on the way to pick the kids up when Logan called. Olivia did not realize Rory was back. She was asking Logan about the dinner party tonight. Rory had forgotten about April, Jess, Hanna coming over.

After depositing the kids at the soccer field, Rory hurried home. She would need to go over everything with Olivia. Maybe they could just BBQ.

"Olivia, I am so sorry. I know I told you about the party Monday, but haven't gotten back to you. Sometimes I feel like I am being split into 100 directions." Rory told Olivia as she rushed into the kitchen. Olivia just smiled. She liked working for the Huntzburgers. In the beginning, things had been difficult, two small children, a tween, and a power couple. It took a few missteps, but they finally got the rhythm.

"Not a problem. We have it now. It is still early enough that I can order ribeyes. I will go pick them up. Baked potato? Salad? Five adults? Three Children?" Olivia said as she wrote on her notepad. "I will get on it right away."

"Olivia, you are the best. I am not sure about the kids. Go ahead and plan for them. If they don't show, we will have leftovers for Sunday." Rory said, giving her a hug.

Rory went to the home office. She needed to make a list. She was being pulled in too many directions. She had been in the office for a while when Logan entered.

"Ace, you ready?" He asked. She looked up with a confused look on her face. He started laughing. "The first soccer game starts in 45 minutes."

Rory jumped up. Then she looked down. She had on leggings and a tee-shirt. She started upstairs.

"Let me change." She said. It wasn't long she came down the stairs ready to go. She had on a pair of leggings, a team shirt, and a pair of sneakers.

On the way to the game, Rory was telling Logan about being pulled in so many directions. She asked him if he thought she was making a mistake by investing in Peaches and Cream.

"Ace, you have a lot going on. You are an accomplished author, with two sets of book series, you own an Inn, you are a mother of 3 active children that are still in school. You are my wife. You own property in Stars Hollow and you already work part-time editing for Peaches and Cream. Any normal person would be bogged down with just two of the things I named. But you, you will be great at whatever you do."

"Logan, you have always been and will always be my greatest cheerleader. But what I worry about is two of the things you listed are more important and all the others combined. I want to be here for you and our children." Rory said. Logan sat there nodding his head.

"I think I may know how to make this all work." He said as he pulled into the parking lot of the rec center.

Logan carried their sports chairs, while Rory grabbed the mini color with the kid's Gatorade. They spotted Mia first. She was sitting in the stands with her friends. Logan set their chairs next to the fence, while Rory went to the bench to give the twins their drinks. Rory was thankful that the twins still played in a co-ed league.

Logan walked behind the stands where Mia was sitting to talk with her.

"Hey, baby girl." He said. Mia rolled her eyes. She could be dramatic, but she knew this is her daddy's way of letting her know that he loves her.

"Hey, daddy." She replied. All her friends acknowledge him.

"I am glad to see you out supporting your brother and sister." He said with a smile. "I'm sure it doesn't hurt that Ryan is helping coach their soccer team." Of course, the kids around her were ewing and ahhing. "Your mom wants to know if you will be home for supper? Uncle Jess, Aunt Hanna, and Aunt April are going to be there." Logan told her.

She turned around and Logan helped her hop down. She wanted to talk with him without all her friends listening.

"Can I invite Ryan?" she asked. Logan was studying her face. When he didn't answer immediately, she tilted her head and looked up at him. "Please. When supper is over we will take the twins for Ice Cream."

"Okay, That will be a good idea. Your mom and Aunt April have some business to take care of." Mia jumped up and kissed Logan on the cheek. He helped her back to her seat.

"Mia Okay?" Rory asked when he finally made it back to the chairs. He handed her a hot dog and a bottle of water.

"Yeah, she is bringing Ryan to supper tonight. She said after supper they would take the twins for Ice Cream." Logan told her. Rory nodded her head.

"Don't embarrass her. I will have to tell Jess the same thing" Rory told him.

"Me? Embarrass her? You know that is one of the reasons we had kids. To embarrass them." Logan said. Rory just laughed.

"I thought it was because we just got good at practicing," Rory said in a whisper. This really got Logan laughing.