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: Thanks to all my reviewers for their wonderful feedback. So, most of you had the same sentiment about Logan and his moronic tendencies. He is a blockhead, but maybe you'll like him better in this chapter since he is actually doing something about his feeling for Rory. Now I'vegotten mixed sentiments about having a alternative ending for the Graham and Rory pairing. I still need more people to be interested in reading the alternative chapter or else there would be no point in writing it. So, those of you who really want to read the alternativeending pleaselet me know byeithersending me review here or leaving me a comment at my blogspot. TheURL tomy blogspot is in my profile page or you canpress the 'homepage' button and it will take you straight there. Hope you enjoy this chapter and please continue to review.
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Chapter 9: Needing A Little AssistanceRory and Graham had avoided Logan all this time and they were worried as to his next move. The couple had a 'wedding' to plan so they continued on with the planning as if nothing was amiss. It seemed odd planning a wedding that wasn't even going to take place, but they did it anyways. Their families were great in helping continue their farce.
Rory and Graham had gotten to know each other a little bit and they were enjoying being in each other's company. Graham hoped after all this was over he and Rory could still be friends and if Logan rejected her then he was free to make a play for her without any guilt associated in his pursuit of Rory. He was hoping that Rory would be over Logan should the moron not come to his senses and commit to her.
Rory, on the other hand, enjoyed her time spent with Graham and hoped to god someone would knock some sense into Logan. She couldn't wait any longer for him to realize that they would be great together. She wished she could at least talk to him since she missed calling him everyday. It was the little things during their time together that got to her.
The couple, Rory and Graham, were at the moment picking out wedding invitations that would hopefully never get sent out. They had been picking out so many things for the wedding that it was all just a blur. Emily and Genevieve were going a little overboard with the fake wedding; they wanted nothing to be left out should the gossipmongers start wagging their tongues about how the wedding was not proper. No, a Gilmore and Sullivan were going to do things the right way and no one was going to know it was a farce until the matter with Logan Huntzberger was resolved.
Genevieve had been disappointed that her son was helping the young Miss Gilmore in this plan since she had wanted Graham and Rory to actually get married. But she knew true love, which she suspected the Huntzberger heir and Rory Gilmore felt for one another, was no match for her wishes for her son to marry. Oh well.
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Logan looked up at the home he had grown up in and couldn't believe he was going to do this. He had come to his childhood home to put in a request to both his parents. He had an idea as to how they would react. His mother would start tearing up and calling people then his father would smirk and shake his hand. Logan didn't know if the humiliation would be worth it, but then again it was the end result that mattered.
He sat in his parked car for a few minutes before the maid waved to him from inside. Logan sighed since had had been caught he might as well face the firing squad. He greeted the maid, Esmerelda, and then went off in search of his parents. The first place he looked was his father's study; they weren't there so he looked in the parlour where he found his father reading the newspaper, what else, and his mother reading a magazine.
His mother was the first to see him and she smiled. "Logan, darling, this is a nice surprise. I'm so glad you could come home for a surprise visit," said Shira Huntzberger.
"This isn't a surprise visit. It's a personal matter I need to discuss with you," said Logan.
"Son, what's all this about?" asked Mitchum Huntzberger.
Logan sighed and took a seat opposite his parents who were sitting on the love seat. He looked both of them in the eye and said, "I need your help in a very delicate matter," said Logan.
"Well, spit it out," said Mitchum.
"I know it's an unusual request coming from me. I really should have gone to Finn and Colin with this matter, but I had a peculiar feeling they wouldn't be of assistance to me," said Logan.
"Honey, what's the matter? Why can't your two closest friends be of help to you? Are you in some sort of legal trouble?" asked Shira, her anxiety level getting higher and higher with each question.
"Logan, have you done something over the top and now you need us to bail you out? Should I contact our attorneys?" asked Mitchum.
"Jeez, the two of you overreact so much. I simply said I need your assistance in a certain matter no need to bail me out of jail. I've got friends who would do that. Now, I need the two of you to swear that you will not talk about what we discuss with anyone but those present in this room at the moment. Do you promise?" asked Logan.
"Logan, darling, don't keep us in suspense," said Shira. She had been overjoyed to see her youngest child surprise her by coming home, but now she was worried. Logan, over the past few years, had been getting himself in trouble and she, as a mother, was always worried.
"Yes Logan, listen to your mother and stop prolonging this moment," said Mitchum. He had been having a good week thus far and he didn't need his son and heir to ruin it by telling him something that could put him in a bad mood. His son loved to live on the edge and test his limits, but Logan had never come to Shira and he for help, so in a way this was a change of pace.
"Now I can see where I get my impatience from. So, the two of you know Rory Gilmore right?" asked Logan.
Shira looked at Mitchum and the two of them exchanged odd looks. "You mean Emily and Richard's granddaughter who is engaged to the Sullivan boy?"
"Yes mother that Rory Gilmore," said Logan in a sarcastic manner.
"There is no need for that attitude with your mother, son," said Mitchum defending his wife.
"Well, they're not married as of yet. Anyways, you don't know this but Rory and I were together for a whil-" before Logan could finish his mother jumped in.
"You dated Miss Gilmore and didn't have the common courtesy to introduce her to your parents. Logan, I'm appalled I had thought your father and I had raised a well-bred young man instead of an oaf with no manners. You were involved with a debutante for god's sake; her family is an important part of Hartford society, both sides of her family. There is a proper way to conduct these things and you withheld vital information from us. How could you?" yelled Shira.
"Now dear, I don't thin-" started Mitchum, but was cut off by his wife.
"Don't you dare try to defend him Mitchum Huntzberger, or so help me god you will regret it. There are ways to do this and your son ignored them. I, for one, will not forgive him. You should think twice about whose side you are on," huffed Shira. The last part of her comment was directed right at her husband.
"Yes dear," said Mitchum meekly.
Logan had no choice but to laugh at his mother's sense of decorum and his father's behaviour towards his mother. To watch the great Mitchum Huntzberger cowering under his wife's stare was too damn funny. His business competition would burst out laughing if they ever found out and they would all be vying to hire Shira.
"Do you think this is funny young man?" asked Shira primly.
"Mother, Rory and I saw one another, but not on an exclusive level and that was entirely my fault. The two of you know how I can't do commitment and Rory is a boyfriend kind of girl. So, one day she walked into my dorm room told me she couldn't do it anymore and left. I didn't go after her," said Logan.
"Logan Elias Theodore Huntzberger II what is the matter with you?" shouted Mitchum.
"You should've fought for her. She is my ideal daughter-in-law," said Shira.
"Thanks a lot that sure relieves all the pressure I felt beforehand. Now, where was I? Right, so she walked out of my life and I was miserable. I dated but I wasn't happy about it. When I found out she was dating Sullivan at her grandmother's party I knew he wasn't good enough for her. She wouldn't be happy with him the way she was with me. So that's why I'm here," said Logan.
"Son, are you sure that Miss Gilmore isn't happy with young Sullivan," asked Mitchum.
"Mitchum, if Logan says she's not happy with Graham Sullivan we should take his word. If Rory is going to be happy with Logan we need to encourage their relationship. God only knows we've waited ages for him to get his act together and find a proper young lady," said Shira already thinking of china patterns and bridal gowns.
"Thank you mother, the part where the two of you come in is to get Rory and I together. I need your help in trying to convince Rory she would be happy with me and not Sullivan," said Logan.
"You want us to deceive our good friend's granddaughter?" asked Mitchum.
"Think of it as helping you further your goal in getting a grandchild," said Logan.
"Logan I don't see how one thing has in common with the oth-" then Shira stopped her rambling and absorbed what Logan had just said. "I'm sorry what did you say?"
"I said Rory is going to be the mother of your future grandchildren and only Rory," said Logan. He knew what such a statement would entail and he was finally ready to admit it to his parents.
Shira looked like she was about to faint and Mitchum was, for once in his life stunned. Then Logan got the reactions he had been waiting for, his mother started tearing up at the same time as reaching for her cell phone, which was within arms reach. His father smirked at Logan and shook his hand. Yep, his parent's were so predictable.
"Oh, honey I think this is great news. You want to marry young Miss Gilmore. I'm so happy," hiccupped Shira.
"Son, I'm so proud of you. She's a wonderful young lady and she will be a great addition to our family. So what do you want your mother and I to do?" asked Mitchum.
"Well you see…"
The Huntzberger family was happy and Logan was, for once, content with their reaction. So the three of them plotted and planned for Logan to win Rory Gilmore's heart back and for her to trust him.
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When Logan had left Mitchum and Shira they were in the study with a brandy in each of their hands and thinking about their predicament. They were stuck in the middle of the plotting and planning. Finn and Colin had approached them about helping out Rory's cause to make Logan commit yet they hadn't realized to what extent their son had feelings for Miss Gilmore.
Logan's confession today had stunned Shira and Mitchum. The two of them didn't think their rambunctious playboy son would settle down until it was vital to have an heir. They had come to grips with not being able to see their grandchild grow up since Logan would probably have a child in his fifties or long after the two of them were dead, but now there was renewed hope.
"Honey, what do you think we should do?" asked Shira.
"I have no clue dear," said Mitchum.
"Should we tell Finnegan we can't help his cause since we've got a cause of our own?" asked Shira.
"I think that is our only way out of being in the middle of these feuding parties. We have to support our son and we want Rory Gilmore to be our daughter so we should bow out gracefully from the other side," said Mitchum.
"Alright I'll get Finnegan on the line," said Shira.
As his wife made the call to cut their allegiance with Rory and instead help their son with his quest to win Rory's trust, Mitchum smiled. He had never in his life been so proud of the man his son was turning out to be. Logan finally owned up to the responsibilities that came with being an adult and this Rory had been the cause of it. He had to meet the woman who had so skilfully reformed his philandering son. He had been stunned into silence when Logan stated that Rory was going to be the mother of Mitchum and Shira's future grandchildren, and only Rory. That had been a gutsy move on his son's part to get his parents' attention. Yes, Logan had finally met his match in Rory Gilmore. Mitchum decided he needed to head to Harry Winston, in New York, to buy his future daughter-in-law a new necklace.
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Finn, who had just got off the phone with Shira Huntzberger, had a smile on his face when Colin came through the door. Colin needed an ice cold drink immediately since the weather was so damn hot for this time of year and he was parched. But he stopped on his way to the mini fridge.
"Finn, why are you smiling like that? It's creeping me out," said Colin.
"That my dear Colonius, is because our mutual friend Logan Huntzberger had smartened up and seen the light," said Finn.
"How many times do I have to tell you not to use my whole name I shouldn't have told you that one time when we were skinny dipping," said Colin.
"Colin it wasn't my fault that you decided to get drunk and tell the world your full name. Your parent's don't seem like eccentrics to me. Why in good heavens did they give you such an idiotic name?"
"It's a family name Finnegan. Now what were you mumbling about Logan. I zoned out after you said my name," said Colin.
Finn pouted, "I can't believe you don't listen to what I say. I will forgive you this one time."
"I'm most obliged," said Colin sarcastically.
"I got a call from Shira telling me of Logan's visit with her and Mitchum. Apparently our young heir is saying that Rory is going to be the mother of his children and only Rory."
"NO WAY," said a shocked Colin.
"Yes, and he asked his parents to help convince Rory that she will be happy with him and not Graham Sullivan. He didn't even beat around the bush with his statement about wanting Rory to be the mother of his children, he simply told his parents. He's thinking about marriage," said Finn.
"Jeez, leave it to Huntzberger to get straight to the point. First he wasn't ready to commit and now he's planning the wedding. When that boy makes up his mind he sure doesn't leave anything to chance does he?" asked Colin.
"No it doesn't seem to be part of his repertoire. So the two of us, along with Mitchum and Shira, are the only one's who know what both parties are doing. This is going to be so much fun to watch," grinned Finn.
"Oh yeah," said Colin.
"Do you want to get drunk and wait for the blood shed?" asked Finn casually.
"Do you even need to ask?"
"Right then, let's be on our way to the pub. Maybe we can even pick up a red head… or two."
Colin could only shake his head as he followed Finn out the door. He couldn't wait for Logan to put his plan into action because knowing Logan Huntzberger; Colin knew he had a plan. Colin was going to have a lot of fun watching the show from the sidelines.
Finn also couldn't wait to watch what was going to happen between Rory and Logan. He wished his good friend luck, but was glad he wasn't in Logan's shoes. Well, it was time to get drunk.
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