A/N: I apologize for the previous ch. being messed up, my new computer's being stupid. Thanks for all the awesome reviews!

On to the Story!

Chapter 10: No such thing as the next best thing to Love

After a fairly solitary dinner, Luke, Lorelai and Nat, Rory, Logan and Ella loaded into their respective cars and made the drive to Stars Hollow. When they reached the Daneses' home, Luke came and helped Logan unload the car while Rory and Lorelai carried Ella and Nat into the house.

"So how did you find out where Rory and Ella were?" Luke asked gruffly.

"My friends, Finn and Colin, found Rory and, when they found out about Ella, they thought it would be best to tell me where they were," Logan explained, lifting his and Ella's bags out of the car.

"Did you contact Rory just because of Ella or was there something else?" Luke queried, carrying his step-daughter's bags.

ÒI didn't know about Ella at first, Finn and Colin didn't tell me about her. I contacted Rory because I love her more than anything and because I want to be apart of her life, and now more than ever, because I want to help her raise our daughter. Wouldn't you do the same in my situation?" Logan replied as they made their way towards the friendly old house. Luke walked along silently for a moment before responding. ÒI would have done the exact same thing. Take good care of my girls and we'll have no problems. Men in this family have to stick together."

They entered the house to find Rory and Lorelai setting out mountains of junk food.

"What's going on?" Logan asked, slight confusion wrinkling his brow as he set his and Ella's bags down in the corner of the living room.

"Movie night!" Rory and Lorelai chorused happily. Luke and Logan groaned good naturedly.

"What movie are you going to inflict on us tonight?" Luke asked as he set Rory's bags with Logan's and Ella's.

"Hmm...What do you guys prefer: listening to us make fun of The Godfather: Part 3 and Sophia's acting or Gidget and the fake surfing scenes?" Rory asked.

"That's a tough one...I vote Gidget," Logan replied. "Luke?"

"I have to agree with Logan," Luke said, winking at Logan. "The last time we watched The Godfather 3, my darling wife didn't shut up the entire time."

"Yay!" Lorelai cheered. "Cliff Robertson's gorgeous as Kahuna."

Rolling her eyes, Rory popped the DVD into the player. Luke and Lorelai wedged together on the puffy one-and-a-half chair. After she pushed 'play', she went and joined Logan on the loveseat. She sat rather primly on the comfortable couch trying not to touch Logan, clearly uncomfortable being too close to him after her mother's reaction, as the theme song began playing. She munched on junk food and began to become engrossed in the movie. Logan watched her intensely for 5 or 10 minutes before snaking his arm around her shoulders and gently settling her against his side. At first she tried to subtly pull away, but he kept her tightly against him. Finally she settled back with a bowl of cheese popcorn and M&Ms and snuggled against him. Logan, Lorelai, and Luke all made comments about the poor effects and acting through out the movie. Rory smiled and giggled a bit, but didn't really join in as usual.

"What's wrong, Ace?" Logan murmured into her ear.

"Just happy," Rory replied. "Oh, it's my favorite part!"

Logan could barely tear his eyes away from Rory, who was smiling softly as Bobby Darren crooned to Sandra Dee.

There's No such thing as the next best thing to love,

Reality gave a cold, cold hand a glove,

What can you do about it? How can you change a thing?

There's No such thing as the next best thing to love.

"That song is beginning to have a new meaning for me," Rory whispered.

"I hope so, Ace," Logan murmured, kissing Rory's head. "I hope so."

A/N: Sorry its so short. This is a filler chapter. More to come as soon as my hectic schedule will allow.