Title: Life and Times of a Socialite
Author: Lady Eliza
Characters: All Characters
Rating: T
Summary: Total AU Rory and Logan Spoiler Warning
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls or any of its characters.
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Chapter 12: Planning An Event
Jess was bored out of him mind. He didn't have anything to do job wise that is. He helped Luke out at the diner a few times a week but that was only because his Uncle was indulging him. He needed a steady job that would ease the load money wise.
So he had approached Miss Patty to find out about any openings around town, that woman was a fountain of knowledge. Apparently Pete's pizza place needed a delivery boy; Taylor needed someone to man the cash register at the Soda Shoppe 'like that was ever going to happen', and Tom was looking for someone to help out with the construction crew.
He chose the third option since it was one where he would earn an income and be physically active. He was now on his way to the Dragonfly Inn where Tom was working on a project for Lorelai. This would be the first time that he had been inside the Dragonfly; he had passed it on several occasions but had never gone in. He went up the stairs and saw Lorelai the minute he walked in.
"Hello Lorelai how are you doing?" said Jess politely.
"Hi Jess, I'm doing well. How are you doing?"
"I'm alright. I'm sorry to bother you at work but I was wondering if you knew where I could find Tom."
"Oh don't worry your not a bother at all. Now let me see. Last time I saw Tom he was grumbling something about two-by-fours and welding. I'm sure you can find him in the kitchen."
"Thanks Lorelai. Now can you point me in the direction of the kitchen."
Lorelai pointed to the general vicinity of the kitchen and Jess went on his way. To say Lorelai was surprised to see Jess was an understatement. She hadn't seen him since he had come back from fixing Rory's bookshelf with a determined look on his face.
She found out later that Jess had run into both Rory and Logan in the dorm room, which would have led to one awkward moment. Lorelai had been upset with her mother that she had phoned her and threatened to not come to Friday night dinners.
Lorelai looked at her watch and realized it was time for her to meet Rory at Luke's to have their coffee date. She hoped that Rory would tell her about what happened when Jess came over but she wasn't holding her breath. Even after her conversation with Luke she didn't know how she would reconcile with her daughter. So she decided to start with baby steps by asking Rory about her life.
Jess walked into the kitchen and just watched the insanity that was happening before his eyes. Tom was arguing with Sookie about the pipes he was fixing and the sue chefs were scurrying around cooking. There were many exotic smells but there were also many spilled foods and unmentionable liquids.
He interrupted the madness by saying, "Hey Tom can I talk to you?"
Tom looked over at the person that called his name and realized it was Luke's nephew. He told Sookie, "I will be back to discuss this further."
"Don't come back into my kitchen," said Sookie
"So Jess what can I do for you," Tom said walking out of the kitchen with Jess following him.
"I heard from Miss Patty that you were looking for a man for your construction crew."
"Yeah I am actually. Have you fixed anything in your life?"
"Yes I have many times. If you want references ask my mother and Luke."
"No need for that I'll take your word for it. Alright you start tomorrow at 7:30 am sharp and don't be late or else don't bother showing up"
"Thanks Tom. Don't worry I won't be late. Should I meet you here at the Dragonfly" at his nod Jess thanked him again and made his way to the diner to tell Luke about his new employment opportunity.
Logan was stressed out it was his turn to plan the next Life and Death Brigade event and he had no idea. He had about two weeks to put his plan in motion and right now he was drawing a blank.
He tried to hit Rory up for some ideas but she was heading over to Stars Hollow to meet her mother for their prearranged coffee date.
So drastic measures had to be taken in which case he ended up calling his own mother for ideas. Logan would deny it to anyone who asked him but his mother was the brainchild of many of his elaborate stunts. So he was now in his mustang driving home to meet with his mother and he knew that Emily would be there as well. Since he and Rory had started dating those two were never far away from each other.
He parked his car and entered the Huntzberger family home. He walked straight to the parlor and saw the two women sipping tea. "Hello mother, Emily."
"Hello darling" "Hello Logan" they greeted him respectively.
"So have the two of you thought about what I should plan for the next LDB event?"
"Emily and I were discussing it and we have thought of a perfect theme for this event," replied a giddy Shira.
"Alright then out with it," said Logan.
"Ok imagine with us here, 'The Romanovs' winter castle, elaborate balls, the waltz, royalty. You can use this theme and run with it. So what do you think?"
"Hmm…it has possibility. The main gala won't be so hard to plan around that theme but it's the stuff that comes before it that I'm worried about."
"See I told you I could help you out with this. Actually it was Emily's idea, it was supposed to the theme for Lorelai's wedding but since she's dating Luke she'll probably end up getting married in the diner," replied Shira.
Logan tried not chuckle at the looks on both his mother's and Emily's faces when they said the word diner. Rory had mentioned that Emily had given up planning Lorelai's wedding and had moved on to her own. More correctly Emily had joined forces with Shira to plan Rory and Logan's wedding.
"I want to talk to the two of you about the stunt that you pulled a few days ago," said Logan.
"What stunt are you talking about?" asked Emily innocently.
"The two of you know which stunt I'm talking about. It was rather awkward when I walked into Rory's living room to see Jess there with a bookshelf that you, Emily, asked him to assemble and deliver," replied Logan.
"Rory needed the bookshelf immediately and I contacted Liz to see if she had anyone in mind to deliver said item," said Emily.
"Oh please, I know if Rory really needed the bookshelf you could have had it delivered to her within a moments notice. There was no need to ask Jess to deliver it. Now Rory and I have discussed this and we would like for you to stop interfering. We know that your hearts are in the right place but please don't throw Jess at us. He should understand that Rory has moved on and I'm not going to let her go," said Logan.
"Logan darling. Emily and I are just looking out for you and Rory. We don't want Jess near the two of you but he has to understand that he has no place in Rory's life anymore. We just want him to see for himself that Rory has moved on with you," replied Shira.
"I know mom but let Rory and I handle the Jess situation. Now I must be on my way to put my plan in action."
He kissed his mother and Emily goodbye and left through the side door.
"Well we didn't promise that we would stop interfering did we?" asked Shira with a smirk that could rival her sons.
"No, technically we didn't say 'Yes Logan we promise to stop interfering,' so to me that means that we can still help things along," smiled Emily.
Rory was sitting in Luke's after her rather uplifting coffee date with Lorelai. They had talked about random subjects but Lorelai had also made an effort to ask her about a charity event that she had attended. Rory had bid on a vintage Chanel dress and was having it delivered to Lorelai who was going to freak when it arrived. It almost seemed like old times and at least they were making progress. They hadn't talked about Logan but the coffee date today was progress, baby steps.
She took a sip of her coffee and just sat staring out into space. Lorelai had persuaded Luke to take a break and they were at this moment upstairs doing god knows what.
Jess walked into the diner excited about his newfound employment status and ready to tell Luke. He found no sign of Luke but was surprised to see Rory hereabouts without Logan or her other friends. She looked deep in thought about something. He thought it would only be polite to say hello.
"Hey Rory."
Rory snapped out of her reverie and looked up at Jess, "Jess. Hello."
"So are you ok you seem a bit out of it?"
"Yeah I'm fine just thinking about some things. So how are you doing?"
Jess looked at her, there seemed to be something different about her but instead of commenting on it he answered her question, "Yeah I'm doing okay."
"Good."
"So what brings you to Stars Hollow today?"
"Oh…I had a coffee date scheduled with my mother."
"I see. You must be one busy person to have to schedule your coffee dates with your mother."
"My life can get hectic at times or I might be in another part of the world it all depends."
"So I had some time on my hands a few days ago and I googled you."
Rory laughed she thought the situation called for it, "Jeez I wish you wouldn't its kind of embarrassing when people do that."
"Well I didn't realize what a celebrity you had become within the last nine month's or so."
"I still can't believe people are interested in reading about me or looking at my picture. It's really unnerving."
"I heard about you grandfather dying. I'm sorry for your loss," Jess sincerely replied.
"Thank you. That's very thoughtful of you."
"I didn't realize that you grandfather was Judge Hayden. Actually I didn't even know your father's name."
"Well I didn't mention my father at all when we were dating."
"That's true."
Rory looked at her coffee cup and realized it was empty. She noticed that this cup was smaller than the usual ones she and Lorelai get. "Excuse me for a sec I'm going to get myself a bigger coffee cup."
Jess just watched her as she went to the stairs that led to the apartment and looked up. When she saw no one there she snuck behind the counter and put her old cup with the rest of the dirty dishes. Then Rory proceeded to reach for the bigger bowl type of cups that were displayed on the wall of the diner. Jess watched mesmerized as her shirt rode up and her lovely alabaster skin was displayed.
Jess realized that there was something written on her back. He blinked twice to see if maybe he was hallucinating but then realized it was a tattoo. Rory Gilmore the good girl that one takes home to meet his mother had a tattoo on her back just above where her low riding jeans ended. He could smell Logan's influence a mile away then wondered if Lorelai knew her perfect daughter had marred her skin with a tattoo.
He squinted to read the words that were written there since Rory was having a hard time with the cup in the display box. He looked at it really hard and he could make out an L…D…B. Huh…what exactly did LDB stand for? The L probably stood for Logan but what about the D and the B.
Jess stopped staring at Rory's back as she finally got a hold of the big bowl sized cup that she wanted and poured herself a large cup of coffee. Rory came back to the table and Jess excused himself to go see his mother since Luke seemed to be incognito. As he left the diner he thought about how the Rory Gilmore of two years ago would never have gotten a tattoo.
Logan arrived in his dorm room and went about planning the LDB event. He had many people to call and many things to put into order before he could go visit Rory. He knew the perfect location to host the event all he had to do was phone his grandfather and ask permission.
There was also another matter to look into. He had to hire outside help to build the elaborate set that he had in mind and that required him to look into construction crews. He didn't know one thing about construction but he didn't trust anyone else to handle such a matter. He had to call Seth to see if the Brigade had any future architects or Engineers that would keep the theme quiet but would draw a rough sketch to give to the contractor.
So Logan grabbed the yellow pages and leafed through until he found what he was looking for. He looked at some advertisements that seemed all right but when he called they were unable to go to the location that would host the event.
One ad caught his eye it read: 'Tom's Construction: If you want it built we'll build it for you as long as it's legal.' Logan loved the little the humour and he noticed that the main offices were located in Stars Hollow. 'Hmm…I wonder if Rory knows this Tom'
Logan dialled the number but no one answered so he left a message. Hopefully this Tom could get back to him as soon as possible.
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