"The Family Hour"

The next day both the Gilmore and the Huntzberger clan came for a visit. Luke and Lorelai, Christopher, Richard and Emily and Lane and Paris. Honor and Finn, Colin and Stephanie.

Everyone had brought flowers and balloons and stuffed animals, Richard had made an investment in the newest Lorelai's name, just as he had with the previous two.

The new great-grandparents were a bit overwhelmed at the thought that their precious angel is now a mother and Lorelai a grandmother.

Rory had made a special request; she wanted a picture of the four generations of Gilmore women all together, and Lorelai and Emily were happy to oblige.

They asked the nurse to take the picture, while Richard stood back, tears coming to his eyes, as he watched the scene before him.

Logan stood near him, watching Rory, so happy, and Ella being fully loved and embraced by the Gilmores.

The scene was put into place, Rory sat still holding her little girl, Lorelai put her arms around Rory and Emily placed her's around Lorelai, it was a nice sight.

After it was taken Lorelai noticed a sad expression on Rory's face.

"What's the matter hon, you ok?"

"Ya, I'm fine, I was just thinking."

"I was just thinking about Gran, I wish she was here, I wish she could see Ella."

"She can Rory, she can see her, Gran is here, she's a part of us, a part of Grandpa and a part of you and a part of me and now a part of Ella."

"I know you miss her, I miss her too, but she is still with us."

Lane and Paris had commented on how tiny Ella was and how beautiful. The friends also talked about the birth and Rory thanked them for helping her through it and she thanked Paris numerous times for delivering her baby.

Honor had come alone and finally told Logan that she was now pregnant, he was ecstatic for her. They started talking about family outings and family vacations that they could now take together with the kids.

The new parents were a bit overwhelmed by all of the people. Tomorrow they would take Ella home. But they had yet to hear or see anything from Mitchum and Shira and Logan wondered if they ever would.

The next day, Rory and Logan were packing up, getting ready to leave the hospital, they were only waiting for the nurse to bring them Rory and Ella's release papers.

Rory had everything together; she was wearing a pair of jeans and a red sweater, now there was no trace on her that she had ever been pregnant, which irritated Lorelai to no end.

She had bundled Ella up in a lavender outfit from the shower and the booties, bonnet, and afghan that Paris had made. The baby looked adorable sitting in her car seat, waiting for her parents to take her home.

Out of nowhere Mitchum and Shira appeared in the doorway, surprising both Rory and Logan.

"Mom, dad, what are you doing here?" Logan asked.

"Well, we came to see you." Shira responded.

"Oh, well, we are about to get ready to go home."

"It's fine Shira, I'm glad to see you." Rory butted in, hoping to make peace.

"Thank you Rory."

"So how are you feeling?" Shira asked her, while Mitchum stayed silent; he and Logan just stared at one another, hands in their pockets.

"Oh, I'm fine, just a little sore, but happy and glad to be going home."

Just then Ella let out a noise, announcing her presence and possibly wanting to break the tension that had formed in the room.

Rory went over to her daughter and picked her up out of the car seat and brought her over to Shira.

"Would you like to hold her Shira?"

"Yes, I would, thank you Rory." Shira responded, first glancing at her husband and her son, before taking her granddaughter.

"Oh, she's beautiful, what's her name?"

"Lorelai Elisabeth Gilmore Huntzberger, Ella for short." Rory told her mother-in-law.

For a few minutes Shira stood there holding the baby, cooing to her and asking Rory questions about the birth and about their arrangements now that the baby had arrived.

Logan and Mitchum still stood there, not saying anything, until Shira walked over to her son and handed him his daughter.

Logan came out of his trance-like state as soon as he became aware of his daughter.

A few moments later Logan finally spoke to his father.

"Would you like to hold her dad?"

Mitchum seemed to come out of his own state and answered..

"Yes, Logan, I would, thank you."

From then on the hostility that they had experienced at the wedding and beforehand seemed to dissipate and of course, they never discussed those incidents again.

Logan would just have to except that his father is the way he is and that he can't change him and just try to be different with Ella.