Author: Lady Eliza
Characters: All Characters
Rating: T
Summary: Logan cannot commit to Rory and when she tells him she wants out of the no-strings- attached relationship he lets her go. Logan still misses Rory, but there is another person waiting in the wings to sweep her off her feet. ROGAN. My fic takes place up to 5.19 scene where Rory and Logan have their confrontation; then it evolves into a different part. So I guess you can call it AU.
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls or any of its characters.
AN: Sorry again for updating so late, I hope this chapter was worth it. I want to thank all of my reviewers for their wonderfulfeedback.This fic is a Rogan so don't worry about itending up withRory/Grahamscenarios, unless of course you guys want it to end up that wayI can put up an alternativeending forthose of you who want that. I think we should take a vote, so everyone send in your opinion on whatwhether or not you would like an alternative, Rory/Graham,ending posted aswell.Please continue to review.
Chapter 6: Misery Loves CompanyLogan was at his parent's home for only the second time this month. The parental units weren't exactly his favourite people so he saw as little as them as possible. He steered clear of any parties they would be attending or of being in their presence, though his father always had time to tell him how disappointed he was in his lack of effort.
Logan sighed and picked up a magazine from the pile that was sitting in front of him. He was completely bored out of him mind and there was no way around it. After his last run-in with Rory he hadn't seen her without her permanent bodyguard. It seemed Sullivan was trying to prove a point by not leaving her alone with him, as if he would do anything. He scoffed at the notion. Well maybe he would, but hey he was just a guy fighting for a girl he cared deeply about.
He opened the magazine to the society pages by accident and froze. There on the page before him was a picture of Rory, Graham, Stephanie, and Colin at a Harry Winston store in New York. Logan looked for a date and it seemed that the picture had been taken not two days before. He wanted to throw it into the fire, but couldn't stop himself from wondering what the reason was for the visit to good ole Harry.
He was still contemplating the picture when his mother came in. "Logan darling, there you are. What have you got there?" asked Shira Huntzberger.
"Oh nothing really," lied Logan.
"Honey, I know you're hiding something, so let me see," said Shira. She grabbed the magazine out of his hand and looked at the picture her son had been staring at. She gave his a peculiar look.
"Well, would you look at that? It's the Sullivan boy with Emily Gilmore's granddaughter. Rory, I believe is here name. Darling, isn't that Colin and Stephanie?"
"Yes mother," said Logan.
"Why, they do make a striking pair, don't they?"
Logan gritted his teeth and asked, "Whom exactly are you talking about mother?"
Shira acting dumb said, "The Sullivan boy and Rory Gilmore, of course. I talked with Emily and Genevieve Sullivan the other day at the club, they are just over the moon about the two of them getting together. I, personally thought, you would make a play for the young Miss Gilmore, Logan. Oh well, a mother can always dream," sighed Shira.
"You wanted Rory and I to date?"
"Yes, I thought the two of you would've made a perfect couple. But I guess now it's too late," said Shira in a defeated voice.
"Why is it too late?"
"Logan Winston Huntzberger have you not been listening to a word I've been saying for the past few minutes?" bristled Shira.
"I know what you said but it's not like Rory's off the market entirely."
"Actually that's exactly what I'm trying to tell you."
"They aren't getting married. She's still available in my eyes."
"Don't you dare do anything just to prove a point Logan. Rory and the Sullivan boy are going to be happy together. They make a striking couple and they will be great together now and in the future. A real power couple," said Shira.
"I think he's too tall for her," commented Logan.
"Well it's not up to you, is it? Too bad you didn't meet her before he did. You and Rory would have made a wonderful couple," said Shira.
"Yeah," Logan watched his mother walk out of the room. He was thinking that if she knew about the chance he had with Rory she would be quite upset. He went back to looking at the picture in his hand and stared at Sullivan and Rory, the perfect couple.
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Shira Huntzberger smirked when she reached the confines of her husband's study. She actually giggled when she spoke to the Mitchum who was sitting on the other side of his desk. "He bought it."
Mitchum could only shake his head when he heard what his wife said. Colin and Finn, Logan's two best friends, had recruited the two of them to help knock some sense into his head. They, Mitchum and Shira, had discovered that Logan and Rory had dated 'casually' but Logan couldn't seem to settle down with the young Miss Gilmore.
He couldn't believe his son was going to let the woman that could possibly be the love of his life slip through his fingers over something as miniscule as fear of commitment. Sure, he and Shira hadn't been the best role models for a healthy relationship but the boy was hard headed, just like his grandfather.
Shira looked at her husband, whose looks Logan had inherited and smiled. She knew he didn't understand how Logan could be letting someone like Rory Gilmore get away, but she knew her son well enough to know he was scared out of his mind. Rory would be a Huntzberger in her mind because she had gauged Logan's reaction to the picture of Rory and the Sullivan boy. Shira had a look on her face that was rather smug. She knew her son had met his equal in this girl.
"Shira, why do you have pleased expression on your face?" asked Mitchum.
"Logan was gullible. He bought what that picture was insinuating; he also had a negative reaction to me mentioning how Rory and the Sullivan boy looked together. Logan said the boy was too tall for Rory."
Mitchum burst out laughing. "He actually said that?"
"Yes, do those words sound familiar to you?"
"Those were the exact words I used when you asked me what I thought about your date for the Spring Formal," reminisced Mitchum.
"Exactly and Logan is your son."
"Yes, that he is."
Shira and Mitchum Huntzberger smiled at one another. Mitchum picked up his wife's hand and kissed it softly, ever the gentleman. He made a call to Richard Gilmore to discuss the outcome of the plan that had been set forward to get Logan and Rory together.
You see both families had found out about the plan to get Logan to commit and wanted to help so they had volunteered their services. The only person not in on the loop was Logan himself. When Logan finally woke up and realized what was happening in his own backyard he would be supremely upset.
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"Are you having fun?" asked Graham.
Rory could only nod her head as she looked out of the limo that Graham had hired to take them around Manhattan so the group could act like tourists for the day, well rich tourists anyways. She felt like a little kid in a candy store since anywhere she wanted to go they went. She was on a natural high and had to remind herself repeatedly that this trip was a calculated move in the master plan to get Logan to commit.
Graham watched her take in all the sites and giddily jump from one side of the window to the other so she could take in the all the scenery. Colin and Stephanie had been here before so they didn't share Rory's enthusiasm and Graham had seen these sites so many times he could be called a native.
"Oh I forgot to tell you guys. I got a call from Logan's mother saying that her and Mitchum's part of the plan has been fait accompli. Now we just sit back and wait for the next part of the plan to take place," said Colin.
"Why didn't you tell us sooner?" asked an irritated Graham.
"You were in the shower and Rory had been at the Café and I forgot," said Colin sheepishly.
Rory just rolled her eyes. "So what did Shira say?"
"It appears our dear friend Logan got quite upset when Shira mentioned that Rory Gilmore and the Sullivan boy made a cute couple. He didn't believe that the two of you would be getting married; he told her Sullivan was too tall for Rory. So, the only thing we have to work on would be to make you're pseudo engagement look real," said Colin.
Graham smiled and said, "Don't worry about the engagement. Rory and I can make it look as real as can be, won't we darling?" asked Graham.
Rory was distracted because they had just gotten to their destination so she didn't see Graham's smirk she just nodded her head.
"Come on guys it's the Statue of Liberty," yelled Rory then she ran out of the limo.
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Logan was still examining the picture of Rory and Graham that he didn't hear Finn come in, and he didn't notice Finn until he sat on the couch beside him.
"Logan, mate, you're going to put a hole through that picture by staring at it so hard," was a way of greeting for Finn.
"Don't you think he's too tall for her?" asked Logan.
"You're speaking to a man who is tall, so I think he's fine for a woman of her height," said Finn tongue in cheek. Then he sighed.
"Why are you depressed?"
"Rosemary won't come home with me. I wish she would," said Finn lamely.
Logan nodded to his head and took his friend words at face value.
"You know I think one of these days I'm going to have a conversation with Rosemary naked," said Finn all of a sudden.
"Whatever for?" chuckled Logan.
"Just to show her what's she's been missing and what could be hers if she decided to come home with me."
"You don't want to scare her away, buddy. Keep your clothes on."
"I'm hurt," said Finn, then pointing to his chest said," right here."
Logan punched his arm but paused in mid swing. "Finn, why are you here?"
"Well, Colin, Stephanie, Rory, and Sullivan are in New York so I thought of you," said Finn truthfully.
"Thanks for thinking of me," said Logan sarcastically.
"I decided I might as well come here instead of going to New York."
"Oh yeah, and why is that?"
"Because mate, misery loves company," said Finn.
"I think you should tattoo that on your ass and show it to Rosemary. She'll get a kick out of that," said Logan.
"Ingenious," deadpanned Finn.
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