New Town, new life 9: The more important question.
AN: Hey, I've had this chapter done for the longest time, but I just couldn't find the right place for it. It didn't fit anywhere. Lol.
Disclaimer: As sad as it is, I have to say no…I don't own anything.
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Rory walked into the living room later that day and fell down on the couch with a happy sigh. Just as she let out the sigh Lorelai walked out of the kitchen.
"Did you walk in here or float on clouds?" she asked with a grin.
"Huh?"
"Nothing, you just look happy. So where's your boy toy?"
"At school, he and the boys got detention"
"How did they get that?"
"They kidnapped my desk, and wiped out everything on the blackboard during my first class"
"They did what?" Lorelai asked laughing.
"Kidnapped my desk, and wiped out everything on the blackboard" Rory said with a smile.
"That must have been so funny"
"More like embarrassing"
"So what else happened today?" Lorelai asked. She knew something had happened between Rory and Logan just by looking at Rory, but she wanted Rory to tell her about it herself.
"Logan told me he liked me"
"Oooohh! How did he do that?"
"How do you know he didn't just flat out tell me?"
"It's Logan…"
"Right. He made a comic strip in The Franklin" Rory said with a dreamy look.
"How did he get Paris to agree on that?"
"He didn't"
"Oh Drama. What'd she do?"
"Literally chased him around all day. It was pretty entertaining."
"I bet. So you and Logan are?"
"Dating" Rory said with a huge smile.
"Boyfriend?" Rory nodded and Lorelai squealed.
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Logan felt his phone vibrate in his pocket. He pulled it up and smiled when he saw that there was a new message from Rory.
Hey Logan, can you meet me at the bridge?
Ace.
Logan looked at his alarm clock. It was only 8.30 so he could definitely meet her.
Sure Ace, see you in a few minutes.
He jumped out of the bed and walked downstairs into the living room.
"I'm going out"
"Ok hon" Shira said and went back to reading her book. Logan grabbed a blanket from the couch and headed out. Shira smiled behind her book. Logan had grabbed a blanket that meant that he was going to meet Rory. She couldn't help but hope that he would actually fall in love this time. And the way things were right now it certainly looked like he was. When Logan reached the bridge she was already waiting for him.
"Hey Ace" he said as he approached her. His smile quickly turned into a frown when he saw that she was crying. He placed the blanket on the bridge and sat down next to her.
"Hey, what's wrong?" Rory turned her head to the side so she was looking at him. His eyes were full of concern which made her smile a little.
"Friday night dinner was REALLY bad tonight" she said.
"Oh yeah? How come?" he asked.
"Well first grandma wondered if I was taking some kind of physical education. I said that I wasn't and grandma wouldn't let the subject drop. She was going on and on about it until mom stopped her."
"How did she do that?"
"She told grandma that the minute I decide to run after a ball and take public showers with thirty other girls, she would give grandma a call"
"That sounds like Lorelai" Logan said with a laugh.
"One kind of funny thing happened though"
"What was that?"
"Well grandpa had made a crack about how grandma wasn't able to keep a maid, and grandma took it personal. So she was going to prove that she could keep a maid by keeping the one she had now. Mom being mom just had to ask when the last time grandma had loved a maid was. And guess what? The last time grandma loved a maid was when mom was four or five years old!"
"Holy crap. That's a long time ago."
"I know. It was kinda funny"
"So what was so bad about the dinner?"
"Dad showed up…"she said and felt her eyes fill with tears once again. Logan put his arm around her shoulders, kissed her temple and pulled her close. The day Rory had stayed home from school she had told him about how her mom and dad had finally gotten together, but then her father's ex-girlfriend had gotten pregnant and he had to leave them again. He had walked in just as her father had left a message on the machine. She had looked so sad so he had asked her what was wrong and she had told him the whole story. She didn't know why she had told him, not even Dean knew that much about her relationship with her father, but there was something about Logan that made her forget that they had only known each other for a couple of days. It felt like they had known each other for years.
"It was awful. He and mom were screaming at each other, and then mom was screaming at grandma because she thought that grandma had invited him. Dad was accusing mom for keeping me away from him, so I sort of…"
"What Ace?"
"I yelled at him. I was so full of it, of promises that he didn't keep. I had just had enough. In a way it felt good, but another part of me feels so guilty"
"Why?"
"It wasn't like he wanted Sherry to get pregnant."
"No it wasn't, but you shouldn't feel guilty for telling your father how you feel."
"I know, but I said some really cruel things…" she said and placed her head on his shoulder.
"What did you say that was so cruel Ace?"
"I told him…I told him that I didn't need him…that I had mom and that was all I needed…I told him that he could go be someone else's dad" Rory said as a few tears ran down her cheeks. Logan really felt bad for her. He didn't always have the best relationship with his father, but it was nothing like the one Rory had with her dad. The way Rory had described it was that her father was a perfect dad when he actually was around to be one, but he was the worst dad when he wasn't.
"I'm sure he knew that you didn't mean it Ace. You were mad; people say things they don't mean when they're mad."
"I know, but I just feel so awful"
"You know what I think you and I should do?"
"What?"
"Take a road trip and visit your dad" Rory lifted her head from its position on Logan's shoulder and looked at him with wide eyes.
"You've got to be kidding…"
"I'm not kidding Ace; you need to talk to your dad. Tell him how you feel and make him understand. Haven't you read 'The sisterhood if the traveling pants'?" he asked and Rory couldn't keep a smile from forming on her lips.
"I think the more important question is: Have you?"
"No I haven't, but I have an older sister and she has. And said sister told me the entire story when she was done with the book."
"Oh thank god" Rory said with a smile.
"You were talking about Carmen's conversation to her dad weren't you?" she asked. Logan nodded. Rory sighed and laid her head on his shoulder again. Why did his logic have to make sense?
"So when do we leave?" she asked.
"Well considering it's Friday night, why not tomorrow morning. We'll take my car so all you have to do is pack your bags and tell your mom…Ace?"
"Mhm."
"Will your mom be ok about this?" he asked.
"I don't really know. She's never told me not to see him, but somehow I feel that this is different. And there is the fact that my boyfriend is going with me…"
"We'll stay in a hotel room with two beds if that's what she's worried about. Ace…?"
"Yeah"
"You know I'd never push you into doing something you're not ready for right?" Rory smiled and looked him in the eyes.
"I know."
"Good, I'd never do anything to intentionally hurt you" Logan said and kissed her on the top of her head.
AN: So there it is. What do you think?