New town, new life 6: Town meeting

AN: Thanks so much to Lynn79 for the town meeting idea. And a thanks to Laurin (Another stars hollow freak) for helping me with me this chapter. And of course a HUGE thanks to all of you for reading and reviewing this story. Here's the next chapter, hope you all like it.

If you think I own Gilmore Girls you are really stupid! Hehe

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Later that same night Rory and Lorelai were bringing the Huntzbergers to the town meeting. Logan, Colin and Finn had decided to do their little stunt tomorrow at school.

"So these meetings are they boring?" Logan asked.

"Well they're never dull" Lorelai said.

"And if you're lucky you'll see some crazy lady throwing French fries at the people she disagree with like last time" Rory said and looked at Lorelai. Logan started laughing, these two girls were absolutely crazy.

"Were they cold?" he asked and looked at Lorelai.

"No, I was just full"

"Ok we've got food, drink, reading material, chocolate covered espresso beans. Have I left anything out?" Rory said. Lorelai started to count on her fingers.

"I think that about covers it"

"You need all that for the town meeting" Shira asked. She had not been around the Gilmore girls enough to know about their crazy eating habits.

"You should see them at a movie night" Logan said with a wicked grin and Rory hit his arm.

"We're not that bad" she said. Logan just laughed, clearly she had not see herself eat. When they reached the top of the steps leading up to Miss Patty's dance studio Lorelai slid the door the open and they piled in.

"Late again Lorelai" Taylor said and wrote something down.

"So close" Lorelai whispered.

"What did you write down on that piece of paper" Mitchum asked. Taylor looked up from his notepad.

"Ahh, you must be Mr. Mitchum Huntzberger. I was just writing down how many times Lorelai here has been late to a town meeting. This was the 15th time Lorelai. One more time and I'll ban you from them all together" Lorelai put her hand over her moth and gasped.

"No…you wouldn't do that? And besides, you don't want another Luke do you?" she asked. Logan turned his head to look at Rory who had become really quiet. She was pale and looked almost scared. He followed her gaze and felt his blood start to boil when his eyes found Dean in the crowd. Without a word his hand found hers and held it tight in his own.

"Hey!" Luke yelled from the crowd. Lorelai turned her head and looked straight into Luke's eyes.

"Sorry Luke, no offence but you are annoyingly punctual" Lorelai grinned and Luke grunted.

"Grunt, grunt to you too Mr. Grumpy pants" she said and Luke rolled his eyes.

"Lorelai…" Taylor said in a warning tone.

"Sorry Taylor" Lorelai said but she didn't sound sorry at all.

"Now as the rest of you see there are some new people in town. Their names are: Shira Huntzberger, Mitchum Huntzberger and their son Logan Huntzberger. Now I think it's time that we tell them some of the town rules…" Taylor started but was cut of by the entire room groaning.

"Oh leave the handsome man alone Taylor…you can sit next to me" Miss Patty said and patted the seat next to where she was sitting. Mitchum looked at his wife with big eyes. Both turned their heads to look at Logan who just shrugged. He had met Miss Patty, and this was normal behavior from the stories Rory had told him. Lorelai guided the gang towards the back when Taylor noticed the bags Lorelai was holding.

"Lorelai…I hope that's not food in those bags. Food is not allowed at town meetings"

"No Taylor it's not its, um, diapers for the little ones" Shira looked at Lorelai with a strange look on her face.

"What?" Taylor asked.

"Dorsal fins and Cucamonga"

"What did she say?"

"I confuse him so he loses his train of thought and then he moves on. Hot dog?" Lorelai whispered in Shira's ear. Shira made up her mind right then and there that she really liked this family.

"Moving on then, now this is an important subject. Everybody must do their best to keep Dean and Luke at least 50 feet apart unless we want a murder on our hand" Taylor said. Logan heard Rory take a sharp intake of breath. He gave her a reassuring look and stroke his thumb over her knuckles.

"That's none of your business Taylor! What happened is between me and Rory! How the hell do you even know about it?" Dean said. when Luke started to get up from his seat Lorelai grabbed his back pocked and pulled him back down.

"Sit down tiger"

"Mr. Forester have you forgotten which town you live in?"

"No…"

"Then you should know that news travel fast"

"I can believe this!" Dean yelled and stormed out. Lorelai, Luke, Shira, Mitchum and Logan turned their heads to look at Rory who had tears streaming down her cheeks. Logan tugged on her hand.

"Come on Ace. Let's get out of her" he said and mouthed 'bridge' to Lorelai before they walked out. Lorelai nodded and gave Logan a little smile. Shira and Mitchum watched as their son led Rory out of the room. They had never seen him behave like this before. Willingly comforting a crying girl, that had never happened before.

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Logan and Rory sat down on the bridge. Their fingers were still entwined, and none of them wanted to do something about that.

"I can't believe that he's acting like the victim in this! I was the one that got hurt!" she said loudly as she tried her best to hold back the tears that were threatening to fall from her eyes.

"Hey, look at me Ace. It's ok to be upset, you don't have to be strong all the time, cry if you want to" she looked straight into his eyes, his worm chocolate brown eyes, and she let the tears fall. Logan let go of her had for a second and pulled her close to his body. Rory buried her face in the crook of Logan's neck and cried. For the first time since the accident had happened, she really cried. Logan held her and made soothing circles on her back. He had never comforted a girl like this before, he didn't even know that he knew how to comfort a girl, but there was something about Rory that just made everything come naturally.

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Mr. and Mrs. Forester looked at the scene their son was causing. Dean hadn't told them the whole story, that much they knew. Dean had told it in a way that made him seem like the victim, but after looking at the scared and pale face Rory had gotten when she noticed Dean earlier was screaming that that wasn't the truth. They had been out of town when it had happened so they had only heard rumors around town. Some said that Dean had punched her; some said that he had raped her, and some even said that he had stabbed her. The only thing that all the rumors had in common was that Dean did the hurting, Logan did the saving, and Rory had ended up in the hospital. All Dean's parents knew was that there was a blood stain on their porch, and they couldn't help the nagging feeling in the pit of their stomachs that said that that was Rory's blood.

AN: I know it's a little strange to end it there, but I'm really tired and I wanted to post this today because we're going away tomorrow and I won't be able to update any of my storied until Sunday.

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