Life and Times of a Socialite
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Chapter 2: A little Perspective
Rory waved to Lorelai from within her car as she set out on the trip back to Yale. After Liz had left the duo had a pretty normal lunch. The subject of Jess didn't come up again nor did the subject of her current beau Logan. Rory knew that Logan was still a sore subject for Lorelai even though they had been dating for many months now. Lorelai still had a prejudice when it came to high society men and she didn't understand how Rory could stand being in the limelight.
Rory knew that recent developments pertaining to her fortunes did not help matters in the publicity she received. It seems that Lorelai 1st had taken upon herself to replenish the family coffers after the funds dwindled down from generation to generation.
It was a year after her death that the family was notified as to how much. Richard and Emily Gilmore promptly named Rory as their heiress. The family tried to keep the inheritance as quiet as possible to avoid the publicity and all the hoopla that went with it, but an aide in the lawyer's office, who was quietly fired afterwards, leaked the news to the media and all hell broke loose after that.
Rory can still remember going to Friday night dinner on one particular evening and all the photographers that were camped outside her grandparent's house. It was shocking that news of her inheritance could create such media frenzy. Her grandparent's had to hire security for the immediate family and the extended family was advised not to speak to the press.
The amount of the inheritance leaked out and that's when people started approaching her at Yale to try to talk to her or be her friend; she even received death threats. It was an awkward and weird time in her life that she would love to forget. Apparently inheriting a billion plus dollars makes one a walking target for kidnappings, fake friends, and death threats.
Rory smiled thinking about the positive aspects that came out of the media circus that her inheritance caused. She and Logan got closer because he understood her predicament; he understood what it was like to be in the public eye. He even stayed overnight sometimes when she didn't want to be alone or just wanted to feel safe. For once in her life Rory Gilmore couldn't talk to her mother about aspects of her life because she wouldn't have understood, so Logan was her most trusted confidante.
She had just gotten used to the media and their interest in her because she was dating the son and heir of America's most influential and powerful media mogul. Then all of sudden the national press was interested in Lorelai Leigh Gilmore III Yale student, future reporter, girlfriend of Logan Huntzberger and Heiress. Oh how things have changed from just a year ago.
Rory turned into the student parking lot at Yale and thought about the invitation that was put forth to her just a few short hours ago. She couldn't believe that Jess' mom had invited her to her anniversary celebration where there was a 50-50 chance of Jess actually attending. It would be awkward for them to run into each other again.
Last she heard Jess had joined the Peace Corps and was headed to some third world country; Luke was the source behind this little tidbit.
Rory shut the door of her car and headed towards Brantford and her dorm room, which she shared with Paris. Hopefully Paris and Doyle were fully clothed and not talking about their relationship or according to Paris lack there of.
Rory cautiously approached her dorm room door; put the key in the lock turned the knob, opened the door and peaked inside. Phew! No Paris and No Doyle. She entered her humble abode and dropped her Burberry coat and Chanel handbag on the book shaped coffee table and headed to the fridge for a drink. She sat on the couch and contemplated how she would politely turn down the invitation to Liz's anniversary party.
But then she thought about Luke. He was like a father to her and he had attended many of her school functions including all of her graduations. She also remembered him making her mashed potatoes for a week because she was sick when she was twelve. Then there was her sixteenth birthday where he made her a coffee cake and blew up balloons for her.
He was one special man and Liz was his sister. And Rory would go to this uncomfortable anniversary celebration if it would make Luke happy. Besides Luke put in the effort to meet her grandparents, though that didn't go too well, but he still put in the effort.
Rory was still mulling over her problem when there was an insistent knocking on the door. She went to the door and pulled it open to reveal a nicely dressed Logan Huntzberger. He was dressed like he was at her grandparents 'Male Yale Party' with hair dishevelled and his chocolate brown eyes staring at her.
He was leaning against the doorway with his arms crossed and he had that cute little smile in place. She couldn't help herself so she grabbed him by the lapels of his dinner jacket, shut the door with her foot, slammed his body against the wall and crashed her lips onto his.
Logan had just come from a boring dinner at the Country Club with his grandfather Elias and thought he'd come by to see if Ace was back from lunch with Lorelai. So imagine to his surprise when without so much of a 'hello' she just grabs him a kisses him, not that he's complaining.
He was stunned for about ten seconds before he started responding to her kiss. She pushed him into the wall and nipped softly at his bottom lip; he lets her lead for a while, but takes the initiative to deepen the kiss before she could react. He loves how responsive she is to him and after months of dating how she could still ignite this fire that burns deeply within him.
She tastes of coffee and strawberries and he just can't get enough of her so he turns them around so he's the one who has her against the wall, which isn't a bad place to be mind you. He loves how they fit so perfectly together her curves aligned with his. He slowly trails his right hand up her body and under her shirt, and his left hand is firmly, but surely holding the side of her neck so he could change the angle of the kiss.
He was the one who pulled away first from lack of oxygen. He leaned his head against hers to calm both their heavy breathing and said, "Well that was one hell of a way to greet me at the door darling! I hope you do that more often."
"Well you just looked irresistible standing there, I couldn't help myself," Rory replied with an impish smile. She grabbed his hand and led him to the couch.
"Well, I almost forgot what I came to talk to you about, what with you ravishing me and all Ace," Logan said smugly. "So how did lunch with Lorelai turn out? Anything interesting happen that didn't have my name attached to it?"
"Well...umm…about that you see I ran into Luke's sister at the Inn who was planning an anniversary celebration for her and her husband and she invited me."
"Ok…I don't see the problem unless I'm not allowed to go with you then I object," joked Logan.
"No I'm sure you can go with me but…you see this is for Luke's sister, who happens to the mother of Jess, who happens to be my ex-boyfriend if you remember me regaling you with his courtship of me and then his tendency of leaving me," replied Rory in one breath.
"Oh…you mean to say that this Jess character is the misguided soul that left you after he told you he loved you?" Logan looked at Rory and at her nod he continued. "Is he going to be at this anniversary celebration?"
"Well Liz wants him to be there so I'm thinking there is a possibility he is going to be there and we might run into him if he is there."
"It's up to you Rory this is your thing, but I will be there to support you in whatever you choose, you know that right? You just tell me how formal or informal this anniversary thing is going to be and I'll be there."
"Honey, I know you'll be there to support me I just don't want to go digging into the past. Don't get me wrong I don't have any feelings for Jess anymore but I just can't deal with him coming back into my life and bringing back all the pain and drama that he caused. Do you get that?"
Logan looked at Rory's pleading eyes and understood her predicament. Yeah he understood all right. He and Rory had been dating for about nine months and it took Logan about three months for her to tell him the story about both Dean and Jess. He wouldn't call himself a violent man but he wanted to throttle Jess for the way he treated Rory. Logan looked at Rory and answered her by saying, "Yeah I get it babe."
"I don't know what to do Logan. I want to go to this thing for Luke but there is high probability that Jess is going to be there. So what should I do?"
"I will be there Ace; you have nothing to worry about. Besides if you see him coming near us I can simply say something snobby to your mother and bait her into making a scene," replied a smirking Logan.
"Oy to the poodles already, what am I going to do with you?" said Rory before she realized what she actually said.
"Well I have a few suggestions but we will have to convene our conversation at a new locale," replied Logan while wiggling his eyebrows.
"You know I walked right into that one."
With that Logan dragged her off the couch and pulled her to her bedroom while whispering things in her ear that were not appropriate to say in front of neither a lady nor a debutante for that matter. But as the door shut to Rory's room her giggles could be heard before it closed entirely.
Revised: June 9, 2009