Disclaimer: Still don't own the characters
A/N: This chapter just didn't want to come out, it was hard to write and took a bit longer. I am already working on the next chapter but I wanted to get this out and get your thoughts. Enjoy! And please review :D
Rorri Potter- In response to why insurance and not teaching or a lawyer, both of those would have required her to go back to school and that wasn't something I felt fit into the tone of the story. With already having a degree in business, she would be able to walk into the insurance company with ease.
Chapter 6
Her Grandmother had stayed true to her word and gotten Rory a meeting with one of the senior partners at the insurance corporation. She sat near the reception desk and waited to be called back for her interview. She looked around and was quite impressed with the office, it was full of rich colors and dark wood and seemed like something out of the movies; they obviously had no desire to make a move to the sleek modern designs you saw in most corporate offices today and it seemed to fit the company well.
Floyd Stiles walked out to the reception area and saw Rory sitting there quietly. When Emily had called him and asked if he would be willing to meet with her about a job he had been surprised to say the least. Richard had talked to him many years before, when Rory was at Yale about advising her to add business as a back up major, and he knew that while Richard hoped she would not have to fall back on it, he also had planned on offering her a position at the company if she needed one. It had already been discussed by all the partners long ago, this 'interview' was just semantics at this point. "Rory, how are you?" He asked her in his typical businessman tone that displayed no real emotion. "Won't you come on back?" He shook her hand firmly and then turned to walk back into his corner office.
Rory followed behind him quickly with butterflies in her stomach. This was completely different than where she had seen her life going, but she knew it was the most logical path and that she would be able to grow in a career at this company; rise through the ranks like her grandfather had. She knew he would be so happy to see her here, entering into the same field as him, carrying on the Gilmore name at his company and that brought a smile to her face.
"Thank you for giving me this opportunity Mr. Stiles," She began "it really means a lot to me." She sat down opposite of him in a very comfortable chair across from his large mahogany desk.
"Of course Rory, you are a Gilmore, you have always had a place at this company, you just had to ask for it. We are prepared to offer you a Junior Analyst position and your starting salary will be $75,000 a year." He sat back in his chair with his hands folded in front of him "You can begin as soon as you would like, we already have an office reserved for you."
Rory was taken back for a moment, she knew that salary was well above a normal starting salary of a junior analyst and she also had not expected the interview to go like this. She had brought a resume, been prepared to discuss her qualifications, or in this case lack there of, and had hoped to land on the high end of the starting salary. She definitely did not expect to just be given the job with no preamble or discussion; however, she was not going to argue for less or demand to be treated the same as someone walking in off the streets. She had long ago realized and accepted that things in Hartford society work differently than in the rest of the world; she was Richard Gilmore's granddaughter and this was his company, of course they were going to give her a job and make sure that she succeeded. "That sounds great Mr. Stiles. I look forward to working here and I plan on honoring my grandfather's legacy and carrying on the Gilmore name." She stood up and shook his hand, exchanging pleasantries and deciding on the following Monday as her first day of work before walking out of the office and heading down to her car.
She sat behind the wheel of her new Infiniti QX80; she had to tap into her trust fund to buy the SUV and had gone for all the features, at her grandmother's insistence. She knew that her tiny Prius was not going to be conducive to carting around a baby and all the things that come with it to include strollers and play pins and extra clothes etc. The baby gear alone would fill up the trunk leaving room for nothing else.
When it had just been her and she was trying to make her way in the world and 'find herself', she had no problem ignoring the money sitting in her trust fund, pretending it didn't exist and living off of what she made at her various literary ventures; but, now she had her child to think of, a child who was not only a Gilmore, but was also a Huntzberger. That child deserved to grow up in society where they belonged, it wasn't fair of her to deny them anything just because her mother had made the decision to run away from this life instead of embracing it.
Speaking of her mother, she really needed to sit down and talk to her, tell her about all the changes that had happened in the last few days. She knew that her mother wouldn't be happy about the decisions she was making, but she also knew that these decisions were her own and no one else's and her mother would just have to get used to it.
She also knew that eventually she would have to tell Logan, but she just wasn't ready yet. The fact that he had not called her at all over the last three months after ending his engagement told her all she needed to know and she wasn't sure if she could handle his rejection of her and the baby, or worse, him insisting that the two of them remain a secret and try and whisk them away to some house in Southern Maine where no one would know that she had the illegitimate Huntzberger heir. The tears started welling up in her eyes as her mind ran away with all the possible terrible outcomes of telling Logan that she was pregnant. "Stupid Hormones" she muttered then wiped her eyes and pulled out of the parking space and headed back toward Stars Hollow. She could at least get one of the announcements out of the way today.
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Logan arrived in New Hampshire and made his way to his new home in Hanover. It was not his typical type of house, but as soon as he saw it online he fell in love with it and bought it, sight unseen. It was an original cape home and was built in 1770. The Tilden house had 5 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms and had combined modern and antique charm well. It also has 1.5 acres of land and beautiful gardens. He knew it was a bit much for just him, but he had plans of starting a family soon. The whole Odette situation really opened his eyes and made him realize how many mistakes he had made with Rory. She deserved to be his partner for the whole world to see; not someone who was hidden from the world. He knew he had a lot of making up to do, their affair had damaged the foundation of love and trust that they had always had with one another; but he planned on earning that trust back. He knew she needed time, time to figure herself out, write her book, reflect on where she was going; he had no doubt that she would come to the same conclusion as him eventually, they belong together and he was willing to do what he had to do to show her that.
