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: Thank you to my wonderful reviewers for their feedback. Well, folks here is the last chapter for those of you who don't want to read the alternative ending. It'll answer you questions about Hopey and Elias Huntzberger. You'll understand their history when you read this chapter. I hope thechapter doesn't suck too much. Hopefully many of you will read the alternative ending, if not then that's cool too. Thank you for supporting myfic and I had a blastwriting it. I hope you enjoy it and please continue to review.
Chapter 15: Epilogue
Logan and Rory were on the Huntzberger jet heading back to the States after they had thanked Aunt Hopey profusely for putting up with all of their drama. Hopey had waved it off as if it was no big deal to her. The couple had still felt they had to apologize to her so they took her out to dinner at the Eiffel Tower.
Logan looked at the girl that he loved deeply sleep soundly on his lap. He and Rory had made love and talked all night long. They had a lot to discuss and many confessions to make. Logan had been mad at the stunt Rory had pulled to get him back, but he had calmed down after Rory swore that there had been nothing between her and Graham but a few kisses. Logan also confessed about his asking his parents for help.
Rory had seemed amused when he quietly told her how he had gotten their attention by confessing that Rory was going to be the mother of their future grandkids. She had tears in her eyes after that confession. He and Rory had talked about marriage and kids. They wanted to wait to get married but they both knew the relationship was heading towards the alter. Logan had to break out the heirloom ring to propose.
Rory had confessed to him that she had been so freaked out when he had told her to dream about their future kids that she panicked. He understood the need to flee, but he told her next time she should tell him so they could take off together. Logan stroked Rory's hair as he thought about Rory's aunt Hopey.
The woman seemed wary of him and he had no idea why. Yeah, he had put Rory through hell when he wouldn't commit to her, but she had seemed so nice and inviting when he had first met her. In fact, her defences hadn't gone up until he had introduced himself. Logan couldn't delve deeper into the reason Rory's aunt put a wall up because his ladylove started to arise from her slumber.
He looked down at her and kissed her forehead. "Hello beautiful."
"Well hello, handsome. Didn't you sleep?" asked Rory.
"On no I couldn't sleep with you snoring away on my lap," said Logan.
"Hey, I resent that. I do not, in no uncertain terms, snore. I thought you'd need some sleep since we didn't sleep at all last night," said Rory.
Logan smirked, "I know. It sure was a hell of a welcome back present. I must say Ace, you are one wild animal, not that I'm complaining. But I figure we're young and we have the stamina, but we won't be able to do that in our seventies, though we will try it."
Rory burst out laughing. "You're a fiend Huntzberger. You're already thinking about our golden years when you haven't even popped the question."
"Oh don't worry. When I get down on one knee it will be at time that you won't be expecting it. So do you think you you'll still find me sexy in my old age?" asked Logan.
"Of course I will. The other senior citizen women will probably be jealous that I have you," joked Rory.
Logan could only chuckle at such a response. He thought of something and asked Rory a serious question. "Rory, why is it that your Aunt Hopey didn't get married?" asked Logan.
She looked at him with a quizzical expression then answered him. "Well, my grandmother didn't go into specifics but it seemed Aunty Hopey had been in love with this gentleman who everyone assumed she would marry, but something happened. Grandma didn't tell me what but Aunt Hopey ran away to Paris. She was only supposed to be in Paris for a few weeks and it ended up being forty years. I think she's a lonely woman who had loved and lost. Why do you want to know about Hopey?"
"I just got the feeling she didn't like me," said Logan.
"Nonsense, she seemed to like you fine. I think she was hesitant to be nice to you after what you did to me," said Rory.
"You're going to throw that in my face every time, aren't you?"
"Oh yeah."
Logan just smiled and leaned in to kiss Rory. The kiss started out innocent enough, but soon escalated to hot and heavy making out. Logan pushed Rory back onto the couch they had been sitting on and continued. The couple was secure in the knowledge that they would be getting married eventually. Emily and Shira would be thrilled to hear such news.
To Rory and Logan nothing existed but the two of them being together. It wasn't everyday that people get second chances and Rory and Logan got exactly that. They were going to capitalize on it.
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Hopey Kuhn-Loeb was alone once again in her rather large manor home. She was of the upper class so she had her friends, charities, and parties. But it was when she came home to an empty home that she felt her life had been one glamorous party after another. She had many admirers and any one of them would have loved to keep her company in the lonely manor, but she knew it would never work out.
She had given her heart to one man along time ago and he had loved her with all his heart then broken it to bits and pieces. It was odd that her niece would've been attracted to the same sort of man her aunt had fallen in love with. Yes, Hopey and Elias Huntzberger had been the item of the society set. Their parents had approved and had waited with baited breath for the couple to announce a wedding date.
That had never occurred. You see, she and Elias had a temperamental relationship so they were on again off again. During they're off times Elias met another woman who he had ended up sleeping with. She, the other woman, was the perfect candidate for trophy wife and Hopey had been spitting mad, so she had run away to Paris to collect her thoughts and think over her so-called relationship with Elias.
She had been in Paris a week when she received an urgent phone call from her mother telling her Elias had married 'the other woman' because she was knocked up. Hopey had cried herself to sleep for several months after that. The day she read the wedding announcement in the paper she vowed to never set foot on American soil. And she hadn't even gone for her own sister's wedding. She had also read in the paper Elias' wife had delivered a son and heir, Mitchum.
Hopey hadn't thought about her past in a number of years. But when Logan Huntzberger had walked into her parlour with the air of arrogance and cockiness she was taken back to when Elias would walk into a room like that. She sighed and sipped her coffee. She wanted to sit out in her garden and reminisce. It seemed the Gilmore household would have a wedding in the not-too-distant future. Hopey would most definitely go to that wedding since nothing would keep her away.
As Hopey was crossing the entryway there was a knock at the door. She told Hannigan she would get it since she was closest to the door. She wasn't expecting company but it could be the delayed visit from Emily or Lorelai. Hopey hoped it was one of them so she could spend the day with her big sister or fun loving niece.
She opened the door and dropped her coffee cup. She was so taken aback that her mouth hung open for a long time and she shut it when she realized she was making a fool out of herself.
"Elias, how are you?" asked Hopey without showing any more emotion. Hannigan who had heard the breaking glass came running out. He cleaned up the mess in no time. Neither Hopey nor Elias noticed the butler.
Elias had hopped on the jet when he had learned his grandson had chased his ladylove Rory to Paris. It seemed the Huntzberger men were cursed in loving Kuhn-Loeb women. They were they're weakness. He had followed his grandson's example and decided that he had nothing stopping him from coming to Paris; it wasn't like forty years ago. "Hello Hope, I'm well thank you."
Hopey knew she couldn't very well conduct a civil conversation on the doorstep so she opened the door. "Would you like to come in?" she asked.
Elias could only nod when he got a full view of her. She looked just like she did all those years ago. She had been the only woman who wouldn't put up with his crap. He followed her to a sitting room of some kind. He looked around and it was littered with pictures of her family and precisely placed antiques and heirlooms.
"What exactly are you doing here Elias?" asked Hopey without beating around the bush.
He smiled she sure was the same Hopey he remembered. "I'm following in my grandson's example. I've come to see how you are. I want a chance to be with you Hopey. God, I've missed you so much. I was such a fool for treating you like that, but all I can say for that time was that I was young and an idiot. I wish things could've gone differently, but I can't change the past I can only look forward to the future."
"Do you think I would take you back after all the hurt you put me through?" yelled Hopey.
"No, I didn't think you would forgive me. Hell, I don't want you to forgive me, but I want to be with you. I hope we can move past that. I didn't come after you all those years ago because I had to face the consequences to my actions."
"Do you know how much you hurt me?" asked Hopey.
"No, I have no idea how much my infidelity hurt you. I've always loved you Hopey. You were always the one, but I had made my bed so I had to lay in it. But don't think I had forgotten you since you walked out of my life that fateful day. I was with my wife for forty years, but she and I lived very separate lives after our last child was born. I have stayed faithful to my wife and I've never cheated on her, I learned my lesson. I'm simply asking you to let me court you the way I should've done all those years ago," said Elias.
"I think you are the only man I will ever love Elias. You hurt me so deeply when you cheated on me, but I think I would've forgiven you, in the end, if there wasn't a child involved. Do you know I met your grandson two days ago and he reminded me of you? It brought back the happy memories I have of our time together and not just the hurt. I think we should get to know each other as friends before any courting can be done," said Hopey.
"Logan is a smart boy and I believe he's chosen the woman he will spend the rest of his life with. I will respect your wishes and get to know you as a friend first, but this time Hopey I'm not letting you go anywhere. I will court you properly when the time is right, then we can figure things out from there. I'm just sorry it took me this long to come after you," said Elias.
Hopey was crying so much that she had to grab the entire tissue box. She blew her nose and looked at the man she had always loved. She hadn't gotten married because she knew no man could measure up to Elias. Now he was simply asking her to give him as second chance. She smiled at the situation and hugged him.
Elias breathed in the scent that was uniquely Hopey, god he had missed her. They stayed in the embrace for a long while before they started catching up on all that had occurred in their lives since the last time the two of them had seen each other. All Elias had wanted was a second chance, but at the moment all Hopey could give was friendship with the possibility of something more.
It seemed the Huntzberger men were getting plenty of second chances from the Kuhn-Loeb women. It's funny how fate is.
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