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A/N: Thanks to all my reviewers. And to correct myself- In the last chapter, I said that Rory was wearing Coach sandals, I meant to say Ugg Boots, since its cold outside in mid-October Connecticut.
I said coach sandals, cuz when I took a break from writing, I was flipping though my Coach Catalog and saw these pretty sandals, and was still trying to figure out a way to get my dad to buy them when I was writing.
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"Hello Lorelai, I'm Portia Rothschild." Portia said with grace, and disdain in her voice.
"Portia, its great to finally meet you. Rory has told me so much about you." Lorelai said, in the same voice, with the disdain obvious.
Portia looked taken back, then continued.
"So, Aurora told me that there is amazing coffee here, lets get a cup, shall we?"
"We shall." Lorelai mimicked.
Rory looked between her mother and the woman who gave birth to her worriedly. She was hoping that the two would like each other, but she wasn't sure about Lorelai's additude.
"So, Lorelai, how is the Inn?" Rory asked, trying to find a neutral subject.
"Fine, Sookie almost blew up the kitchen again, but nothing new there." Lorelai said, smiling at the antics of her best friend. "How is Logan?" She asked, before turning to Portia. "That's her boyfriend."
"I know, wonderful boy. I've known his mother for years." Portia responded with a smirk.
"Oh."
"So, break from school soon! I can't wait." Rory said cheerfully. "Mum, will you be here for the holiday?"
"Yes, we are staying for a few months." Portia responded.
"Good."
"So Portia, what do you do?" Lorelai asked
"I stayed at home when my kids were young, then when Aurora turned 16, I worked at my husbands company so I could leave at a moments notice if my kids needed me. And you Lorelai?"
"That's good, I own and Inn, and before that I managed another."
"Oh, That's interesting. I love to Travel." Portia said, cheerfully.
"I suppose its part of the Job Discription, being married to a man who owns dozen's of hotels."
"Yea. Aurora had several stamps in her passport before she turned 6!"
"Really? Didn't you have nannies for that type of thing?" Lorelai sneered
"Excuse me?"
"Nannies. So that you could travel with out the heir and heiress."
"Goodness no! The only time we hired help for the children was when we held a party." Portia said, with narrowed eyes.
"Wow, did your friends approve?" Lorelai said, smirking and raising an eyebrow.
"Darling, I'm not sure how you were raised, but my friends and I were all very involved with our children's lives." Portia explained.
"Yea, mum and I talk about everything." Rory said with a smile.
"So, there is no need for me in your life then? I mean, I'm only the one who gave birth to you." Lorelai cried.
"Excuse me Lorelai. But I don't need you in my life. But for some odd reason I want you in it. So please, excuse me, mum and I are leaving." Rory yelled.
"Aurora, your manners." Portia said, quietly.
"She isn't your 'Mum' I am. I'm your MOM!" Lorelai yelled back.
"NO YOU AREN'T YOU GAVE ME AWAY. I GREW UP WITH THIS WOMAN! SHE IS MY MOTHER IN EVERY WAY THAT YOU AREN'T AND MORE."
"Rory, stop yelling at me." Lorelai whispered..
"Come on mum. We are outta here." Rory said, grabbing her bag.
The two women walked out to the car and all Lorelai could do was watch. She stood there, crestfallen, as Luke walked up and wrapped his arms around her.
"I lost her again." She whispered as a tear fell down her cheek.
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"Mum, I am so sorry." Rory said when they got into her car. "And I apologize for my manners. I was just hurt that she was attacking us, then calling herself my mother."
"I understand. But she was right about one thing. She did give you life. You should get to know her." Portia said quietly
"But mum, I can't stand her insulting you. You did nothing but love and support me my entire life." Rory said.
"I know darling, but I want you to know everything about your life. You wouldn't be here if it wasn't for her." Portia said gently.
"I'll try mum, that's all I can promise." Rory said.
"Thank you Aurora. It pains me to say this, but just promise you won't leave us. Your dad and I wouldn't be able to take it. You are our little girl, and we couldn't love you more than we do if you were our own flesh and blood."
"Mum, you may not be my blood, but you are my heart. I couldn't live without you and dad in my life, even if I grew up in a box on the streets." Rory whispered.
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Rory dropped off Portia and headed back to Yale. She went to her room and curled up on bed and began to cry.
She heard the door open and a male voice call out for her. He must of heard her crying because he rushed to her room and sat on her bed. She looked up and saw X sitting on her bed and Finn standing in the doorway.
"Rora! What's wrong?" X asked, moving up to comfort his sister.
"Lunch with Lorelai went really bad, then Mum said I should still try to get to know her, even though Lorelai insulted Mum." Rory said brokenly.
Finn went to the other side of her, and he too, placed his arm around her.
Rory sat in the bed, with her two brothers at her side, comforting her.
She eventually fell asleep and Finn got up to call Logan.
He dialed the familiar number and waited as it rang.
"Huntz, Ror needs you. Lunch went really bad, and me and X finally got her to stop crying."
"I will be there in 10 minutes. I just stopped at the pub to grab some lunch."
"Good."
Finn snapped his phone shut and went back over to the bed, he saw that her eyes were open and she was staring off into space.
"Ror, Logan is on his way, OK?" He asked gently.
She nodded, and closed her eyes again. She curled up, and wiggled back into X's comfort.
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Logan raced into Rory's suite and into her room. Finn scowled at him.
"What happened?" He asked, sitting at the end of Rory's bed.
"Lorelai and Mum-" is all Rory got out before she burst into tears.
"They fought, then mum said that Rory should get to know her anyway." X explained quietly.
"Oh." Logan said. "Ace, I'm here, come here." Rory sat-up and saw Logan on her bed with his arms open. She crawled to him and collapsed in his arms. X and Finn stood up.
"Don't think this means I'm happy about your relationship." Finn warned.
"I wouldn't dream of it." Logan called back to him.
After they left, Logan put Rory at the head of the bed and sat with her. She put her head on his chest and they just laid there for a while, Logan stroking Rory's hair.
"Hey Ace, wanna hear something funny?" Logan said quietly.
He felt her nod and so he continued.
"Ya know that girl who is totally crazy at the paper? The one who was always arguing with Doyle about their relationship? Her name is London or something like that?"
"Paris?"
"Yea, well guess who I saw her with at the Pub?"
"Who?"
"Tristan."
"Are you serious?" Rory said shocked. "Doesn't seem like his type."
"Apparently they went to High School together."
"But I thought he went to Military School?"
"He went to a prep school, Chilton, for a while."
"Really? I went there for half my sophomore, and junior year." Rory said. "Oh my god. Now I know where I heard the name DuGrey. So many girls were heartbroken after he left Chilton." Rory said with a laugh.
"There's the smile and laugh I wanted to see."
"Thank you. For making me smile." Rory said. "But if you want to put a different smile on my face, get started." She said, before kissing her way up his neck then a passionate kiss on his lips.
"Ace, I really want to do this, I mean, REALLY, you know I never turn down sex, but you're upset now, and I don't want to make you scream in pleasure just to forget what happened today." Logan said seriously.
"I won't forget what happened today." Rory said, sullenly
"I know baby, lets just take a nap then maybe go to the pub later and interrogate Tristan on his new conquest, kay?"
Rory nodded and closed her eyes. The sound of Logan's heartbeat lulled her to sleep and soon she was dreaming of what her life would of been like if she stayed with Lorelai.
(A/N: The italic is the dream sequence.)
"Lucy! I'm Home!" Rory said, waltzing into a little, kind of run-down house.
"Hey sweets I'm in here!" Lorelai called back. "We've got dinner with Hitler and her husband tonight, so dress like a 'proper society lady' kay?"
"Yea, oh my god! Guess what! I have to do a play at school. I'm Juliet and guess who Romeo is?" Rory shouted angrily
"Who? TRISTAN?"
"Ugh, how did you know?"
"Cuz you like him and you get mad when you are forced to work with him... at least you will be able to kiss him this time."
"Yea, like I want Paris to hate me even more! Plus...You like LUKE!" Rory retorted weakly.
"Shut it!"
Rory woke up suddenly and was breathing heavily.
"Having a dream about me, baby?" Logan said, smirking
"No, I lived with Lorelai and we were talking about me in a play, I was in a chilton uniform, Paris hated me, and I had a crush on Tristan."
Logan started laughing.
"That's funny!"
"No its not!" Rory said angrily pushing him away. "Why can't I be a real Rothschild? Huh? Why did I have to be adopted? Everything could be perfect, instead its horrible! And WHY ME? I need to be alone right now. Please leave."
"Rory, I'm not leaving. Vent to me. Throw things, hell, hit me if you gotta. I get that you're hurting right now, this situation isn't the best." Logan begged.
Rory started crying .
"I just don't get it. I mean, why does mum want me to get to know her. Shouldn't she be begging me not to meet her, instead of the other way around?" Rory whispered through her sobs. "Lorelai didn't want me in the first place. SHE gave me away. I could of been placed with evil people. I could have been beaten or raped everyday. She didn't care then, why is she caring now?"
Logan went back over to her and wrapped his arms around her.
"Its ok Baby, just get it all out. I'm here for you." Logan said, soothingly
Rory looked up at him adoringly.
"Have I told you today that you are perfect?" Logan could see her eyes sparkling through the shield of tears.
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A/N: Sorry so short, but it seemed like a good place to stop. RR please! Next chapter should be up soon. AND I have a question! If anybody knows the name of a Trory for me, I would REALLY appreciate it! Its set after Tristan breaks into the safe, but instead, gets sent to live with his father's friend who is an FBI agent, and a stalker guy is looking for Tristan, and Luke is an ex-FBI agent. What else, uh... OH Tristan and his father's friends son, both have a job at Luke's Diner... that's all I can remember, but I really want to re-read it, so the title or author would be very appreciated! Thanks!