A/N: Same disclaimer as before.
Chapter 2: "Back to Good"
Rory was taken back by her mother's harsh tone. Her first instinct was to hang up the phone and pretend she had never called, but she didn't.
"I just wanted to tell you that I'm leaving for the summer, with Logan we're going to New York"
"Ok, may I ask why you feel the need to call me at this ungodly hour and tell me this?"
"It's eight in the morning mom, and We're leaving in a couple of hours and I just thought I would tell you, incase you know, you thought maybe you would want to talk to me, but I can see your not over the whole Yale thing so I guess I was stupid to think you would care."
Lorelei was surprised by her daughters answer. She wanted more then anything to drive to Hartford at that moment, grab Rory and lock her in her bedroom. She knew she couldn't do that now, as hard as it was for Lorelei to accept Rory had grown up.
"It's not the Yale thing Rory it's everything. I've spent a good part of my life growing up with you. I wanted you to become something more then me. I wanted you to follow your dreams. It just scares me how much you've changed. What happened to the little girl who studied her butt off, worked harder then anyone I know to get to Yale, What happened to that girl?"
"I've spent my entire life focused with that need to succeed, and everything I dreamed of came crashing down around me. Do you know what it's like to have twenty years of dreams broken, and the one person who should know how I feel doesn't care. My best friend shut me out and threw away the key.
Lorelei didn't respond. It wasn't that she didn't understand where Rory was coming from she just never thought her Rory would be a quitter. As much as she wanted to push her back to Yale and force her into learning she knew she couldn't. She had to make a decision. She wanted her daughter back broken or not, Rory was her everything.
"I know hun, I'm just scared you had your goals at your fingertips and you may never get them back. You know I'm not happy with the decisions you have made, but I need you back Rory. You're my favorite daughter whether I approve of your life or not."
Now it was Rory's turn to be silent she had never seen her mother back down. In fact she was the strongest person she knew. It scared her that she may have broken that for her.
"I love you Mom"
"I love you too Ror, thank you for calling, I missed you."
"Mom, I gotta go Logan's here to pick me up I'll call you when I get there"
"I just waaaa…." With that the phone clicked in Lorelei's ear and all she could do was tell the dial tone her good news," I just wanted to tell you I'm engaged."
"WOW" was all Rory could say as she walked into the large apartment that she would be sharing with Logan for the next three months. Everything was white with wood trim. She couldn't believe they were still in New York because she had never dreamed there could be a place this big in a city.
"So I take that as a good wow, you like it Ace?"
"It's amazing; I've never seen anything like it. This is really where we are going to be living!"
"This is it"
With that Logan took Rory into his arms, "and if you think the living room is great, wait 'til you see the bedroom."
"The bedroom?" Rory giggled. As Logan shut the door to the large master bedroom so they could chrisen their new apartment.
Rory looked out the window of the apartment she still couldn't believe she was living in. Logan had left for his first day as an intern at a New York paper. He hadn't been happy about going, but he knew his father would kill him if he didn't. Now Rory sat alone in the big apartment wondering what to do with her time. Without thinking she grabbed her cell phone and hit #1 for Lorelei's cell phone.
"Hello?"
"Hey mom I'm here, this place is amazing you wouldn't believe the size of it."
"Wow sounds great, I'm sorry Ror but I really can't talk I'm suppose to be meeting Luke at the jewelry store right now, and I haven't left work yet. Sookie slipped on some water and as usual chaos ensued"
Rory giggled at the thought of Sookie sprawled out on the floor while the Dragon Fly's staff tried to help her. "Ok mom ill talk to you later, wait did you say jewelry store do you get a present?"
This was it she was going to tell Rory the happiest news of her life. "Well actually it's not just a present. It's THE present."
"Huh?"
"Well honey, you're going to have a new daddy. Luke and I are getting married."
Rory couldn't catch a breath, "Wow, mom just, wow that's, oh my god that's awesome. It's about time. Congratulations I wish I could be there with you."
"Thanks hun, I wish you could too, but it's ok. Ok I have to go I see Luke I'll talk to you later."
Rory was suddenly on a high. Life seemed to be back on track for the moment she was happy, she was talking to her mother again, and she had the whole summer ahead of her. She finally felt like life was going her way again. Funny how fate can rear it's ugly head when everything seems perfect.
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