New Town, new life 4: It's yours.
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Early the next morning Lorelai walked into Rory's room and found her fully dressed in a blue sundress with spaghetti straps.
"Don't even think about it Ror"
"I'm not, I just have to give Logan the combination to my locker" she said.
"Why?"
"So he can bring back the books I need to do my homework." Rory said and tried to put on her shoes, with no luck. Lorelai looked amused at her daughter; she knew that Rory liked to do things on her own, so offering help would not do any help. Unless Rory asked for it.
"Mom…a little help?" Lorelai smiled and sat down on the floor and tied Rory's shoe.
"After you learned to tie your own shoes when you were three, I never thought I'd have to do this again" Lorelai said with a wicked grin.
"You take way to much pleasure in this."
"I do don't I?" Lorelai said as she tied the last shoe.
"I have to go to the inn Hun; don't stay at Logan's for to long ok?"
"I won't. Bye mom"
"Bye babe" Lorelai said, gave Rory a kiss on the forehead and walked out of the house. A couple of minutes later Rory was on her way down the street to Logan's house. The things her mother had told her last night kept spinning around in her head. Did Logan really like her? She knew she liked him, and her crush had gotten even bigger after last night. He had been so kind and gentle; he had even followed her to the hospital and stayed there for nearly two hours. The thought of the hospital made her think about Dean, and she felt a little nervous. She glanced at her watch and prayed that he wasn't out yet. As she got closer to Logan's house she got more scared, and she ran the last few metres up to the front door. She took a deep breath and knocked at the door.
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Shira and Mitchum Huntzberger were eating their breakfast when there was a knock on the door. Shira got up and opened it. She looked at the breathless brunette girl in front of her. The girl looked a little scared and it wasn't until Shira saw her bandaged hand that she realised that this had to be Rory.
"What's wrong dear?" she asked. Rory looked up at the woman she thought was Logan's mother. She had blond hair and kind brown eyes, Rory felt her self relax a little as she looked into them.
"Oh, I was just a little, or a lot scared that I would run into my ex. Is Logan here or as he left already?" Rory asked. Shira looked into the pools of blue that was Rory's eyes. They had fear written all over them. She opened the door so Rory could step in.
"Logan told us what happened last night; I understand why you were scared that you would run into him. Logan is still upstairs, come on I'll show you where his room is" she said.
"Are you ok?" Shira asked and motioned to Rory's bandaged hand.
"Yes, hurts a little but other that that I'm fine. I'm so glad Logan came though, otherwise I would have gotten really hurt." Rory said.
"Yes, you were really lucky." Shira said and smiled, she liked this girl. She guided Rory upstairs and pointed at Logan's room.
"That's his room"
"Thank you" Shira just gave her a smile and nodded before she walked downstairs again.
"Who was that?" Mitchum asked when Shira back to the dining room.
"That was Rory" she said and sat down at the table.
"Oh yeah? What was she like? Was she pretty?"
"She was very pretty; she looked like a porcelain doll, long brown hair and the most amazing blue eyes I've ever seen."
"Certainly knows how to pick em, doesn't he?"
"He certainly does."
"Do you think we'll see more of her?"
"Oh yeah"
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Rory knocked on the door Logan's mom had pointed at. After a few seconds Logan appeared in half of his school uniform. He had his pants and shirt on, but the shirt was still unbuttoned. Rory couldn't keep her eyes from wandering over his bare chest. Logan smiled when he saw Rory outside his door, and his smile grew even wider when he saw that she was checking him out. He opened the door and a slightly flushed Rory walked in.
"Shouldn't you be at home resting?" he asked.
"Yes, but I have to give you this. I should have given it to you yesterday, but with everything that happened I forgot." She said and handed him the piece of paper with her locker combination.
"Under the circumstances that is perfectly understandable. What the hell is this?" he asked and sat down on the bed. Rory followed closely behind and sat down next to him. Both were perfectly aware of how close they were to each other, but none of them moved.
"That's the combination to my locker"
"Why would I need that?" he asked confused.
"So you can bring back the books I need to do my homework" she said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Logan smiled and nodded.
"Of course. So what are your plans for today?"
"I don't know, I've already done all my homework so I'll probably just re-read some of my books."
"So you like to read huh?"
"Yes, I love to read!" Logan grinned as an idea popped into his head. He was going to give Rory the best day away from school she had ever had.
"Come on" he said, grabbed her unhurt hand and dragged her out the door. Sparks shot through both of them when their hands touched.
"Logan where are we going?" she asked as they ran down the stairs.
"You'll find out soon enough." He said and dragged her into the dining room.
"Logan…" she said and Mitchum and Shira turned to look at them. Rory stopped dead in her tracks when she realised who she was standing in front of. At that moment she felt very stupid, she had known Logan's last name since she met him and still hadn't put two and two together. Logan turned to look at her when she stopped and was met by the biggest blue eyes he had ever seen.
"What?" he asked.
"You're father is Mitchum Huntzberger" she said in awe, Logan couldn't keep from smiling. For a smart girl she was really slow sometimes.
"Dad I'd like you to meet Rory Gilmore, Rory these are my parents Mitchum and Shira" he said, never letting go of her hand, this of course did not go unnoticed by his parents.
"It's an honour to meet you sir" Rory said.
"Please call me Mitchum, now you wouldn't by and chance be Richard and Emily's granddaughter would you?"
"That would be me"
"Richard has shown me some of your articles from 'The Franklin' you're a very talented writer" Mitchum said with a smile. It was the truth; he had never read articles that good by a writer who hadn't even turned 18 yet. Rory looked at her shoes and blushed.
"Thank you so much. It means a lot coming from you."
"You're welcome"
"Dad, can we go into your study? Rory likes to read."
"Of course you can. You can borrow anything you like Rory."
"Thanks. Logan what's going on?" Logan said nothing instead he opened a door and walked inside. Rory followed him seconds later.
"Oh.my.god" Rory gasped and looked around the enormous study/library. She had thought her grandfather's study was big and held many books, but it was nothing compared to this. The walls were covered with bookshelves that reached from the floor to the ceiling. A huge window let the sun shine into the room and light it up.
"Have I died and gone to heaven?"
"No, you're still alive" Logan said. Rory grinned and walked over to one of the bookshelves and pulled out a first edition of 'Oliver Twist' she made a mental note to ask Mitchum where he had gotten it the next time she saw him.
"Can I read it?" she asked.
"Knock yourself out, but I have to get to school now. You can stay here if you want to. Mom and dad won't mind"
"You sure?"
"Completely"
"Thank you" she said and kissed his cheek. Both their hearts started to beat faster in their chests. Rory could only imagine how it would feel to really kiss him.
"Bye Ace"
"Ace?"
"The Ace reporter, dad said you wrote for the paper and that you were good, Hence the nickname. See you later Ace" Logan said and left a smiling Rory behind. She usually hated nicknames, but this one she could get used to. She picked up the book again and walked over to one of the oversized leather chairs; she curled up in it and started to read.
'Treats of the place where Oliver Twist was born, and of the circumstances attending his birth'
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An hour later Mitchum walked over to his study and opened the door carefully. He peeked inside and what he saw made him smile. Rory was engulfed in the book and didn't notice that the door opened.
"May I come in?" Mitchum asked. Rory's head shot up from the book.
"Of course, it's your study" she said.
"What are you reading?" he asked and sat behind his desk.
"Oliver Twist. I can't believe that you have a first edition. Grandpa's been trying to get me one for years, but he hasn't managed to find one yet. Where'd you get yours?"
"I can't remember, I've had it for years. So you like to read huh?"
"Yeah, I learned to read when I was three and I've loved it ever since. It even got me into trouble my first year at Chilton." Rory said.
"How did your love for the written word get you into trouble?" Mitchum asked. Logan had gotten into trouble over the strangest things, but not for reading too much.
"I used to read and listen to my Discman during lunch, and Headmaster Charleston got this crazy idea that I was a loner. I was asked to socialise more, so the next day I sat down at a random table. It turned out that the table I sat down at was the table where the Puffs, a secret club, sat. The next thing I know I'm being pulled out of my bed in the middle of the night, being blindfolded and taken to the school; where I had to ring this bell three times to become a member of the Puffs. At the second ring headmaster Charleston walked in. He was so mad, and said that we were all going to get suspended."
"Did you?"
"Not me, I got so angry at him. He was the one that told me to socialize more, and then he suddenly wanted to punish me for doing it."
"Why did he think you were a loner in the first place?"
"Because I didn't hang out with the other students at school, he totally forgot that I didn't live in Hartford. The fact that I didn't hang out with the students at school didn't mean that I didn't have friends. All my friends live here. He understood it in the end and I wasn't punished, but the others were."
"That's the first time I've ever heard that anyone has gotten into trouble over reading too much." Mitchum said with a little laugh. Rory smiled and looked at her watch; she had been there for one and a half hour already.
"I'm sorry but I have to go. I promised mom that I wouldn't stay here for too long, she'll probably call our phone home to check that I'm there." She said and handed him the book. Mitchum shook his head and Rory looked at him in confusion.
"It's yours" he said. Rory looked at him with wide eyes; he couldn't possibly mean what she thought he meant.
"What?"
"You can have the book. It means more to you then it will ever do to me" Rory couldn't believe it; he just gave her a first edition of 'Oliver Twist' they costs a fortune and is hard to get, yet still he just gave her one out of the blue.
"Thank you so much Mitchum" she said, walked around the desk and gave him a hug.
As she walked back to her house, book held tightly to her chest, and with a big smile on her face she thought 'I'm going to like this family'
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