Reunited
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls although I am currently holding Finn hostage, the shotgun wedding will take place shortly. If you would like to attend let me know but I will warn you now if you attempt to steal my Aussie from me there will be much pain in your future.
An: Thank you for all the reviews they make me feel so special and not special like stop eating the paste special although I do feel that way daily but it's a different special than I normally feel or at least that's what my therapist tries to tell me I'm not sure if I understand it and I am rambling and probably freaking people out now. So I will stop and let people read the story.
Chapter 7: The Truth Hurts
"Maybe we should wait to get the furniture" Rory suggested as she poured herself a cup of coffee. She and Logan were standing in the kitchen of their apartment the day after the devil informed them he was suing them.
"No, Rory. We can't let him get to us. We'll figure this out but that doesn't mean we have to put everything on hold." Logan responded firmly from his seat at the table. "You and Lorelai can go shopping today and I'll go talk to the lawyers."
Rory sighed and rubbed her hand over her face." But I wanted you to come with us. This is our house we should pick out the furniture together."
Logan looked up at her and could see that she really wanted him to be there. "Fine I'll talk to the lawyer tomorrow and go with you today. Do you want me to call Finn to babysit Riley while we're gone?"
"Yeah, you do that I'm gonna go get ready" Rory said as she set down her now empty coffee cup and walked back towards their room.
An hour later the couple had met up with Lorelai and headed to the furniture store to begin their shopping. They decided to pick out the bedroom suit for the guest room first, so they headed to that part of the store.
"How about this one? " Lorelai suggested as she walked up to a beautiful oak set. It had a hand crafted headboard that was absolutely beautiful as well as matching side tables and dresser.
Rory walked up to it and looked at the price tag. She winced slightly at the high figure. " It's nice but a little expensive"
"What's the price?" Logan asked as he walked over to her and looked at the tag too. "That's not that bad, if you really want it we can get it"
"Logan, there is no way we can afford that!" Rory said rather loudly.
"Sure we can, If I say we can than we can" He told her firmly.
Rory just shook her head than turned away " Let's just look at some others first."
"Ace, if you want that one than get it"
"I don't know if I want that one I want to look around a bit more" Rory said impatiently and a bit irritated.
"Rory ----" Logan began roughly, but Lorelai interrupted him.
"Rory's right let's look around some more before deciding" She could tell that both of them were stressed and easily provoked.
Logan sighed loudly showing that he was annoyed and grouchy. "Fine" he agreed running a hand through his hair.
They continued shopping for the rest of the day only stopping for lunch near the middle of the day. Rory and Logan argued over prices a couple of times but when they headed home they had managed to buy all the furniture they needed and it would all be delivered to the house next week. Now they just had to find a painter to paint the rooms than they could get everything moved.
When they got home that night they walked in to find Riley and Finn curled up on the couch watching a movie. Rory greeted them then went into the kitchen to start a pot of coffee.
"Is she okay?" Finn asked looking after Rory's retreating back.
"Yea, just a long day. Furniture shopping is not fun." Logan answered with a sigh as he went over and sat down next to Riley who immediately crawled onto his lap.
Rory had sat down at the kitchen table after starting her coffee and noticed two new pictures that adorned the refrigerator. One was obviously drawn by Riley but the other one was most likely by Finn. It was a beautiful picture with amazing detail and Rory was surprised that Finn could draw that well. "Finn, can you come here a minute?" Rory called out as she took the picture from the fridge.
"Whacha need love?" Finn asked as he walked into the kitchen.
"Did you do this?" Rory asked holding up the picture.
"I didn't mean — Oh that yeah" Finn said once he spotted the picture she was holding.
"It's amazing Finn"
"Why thank you I do,do amazing work." Finn said smirking but than added in a stage whisper "But could you not tell anybody its kind of a little secret of mine"
"Why would you want to keep this a secret it's incredible." Rory asked slightly shocked.
Finn smiled slightly "Well I don't want people to make fun of me and you know who would" he said jabbing his thumb to the family room.
"We need somebody to paint some rooms in our house, you should do it" Rory said getting excited.
"I can't do that"
"Please Finn purty please" Rory whined and started giving him the puppy eyes.
"I don't think I have time to, love" he argued back.
"Do you know how much Riley would love it if she knew her favorite uncle in the whole wide world had painted her room."
"Oh no you can't bring Riley into this, not my little princess. You know I can't say no to her"
"Maybe I should go get her and see what she thinks" Rory said a sly smile forming on her lips as she moved to get up.
"Okay, okay I'll do it. Happy now." Finn said stopping her from getting up.
"Oh yes definitely, when can you start?" Rory asked all excited.
Finn gave a small sigh but he was smiling, despite his argument he really did want to do this and was excited too. "Two days, I'll have to take some time off of work to do it."
"Great, now Riley wants Ponies in her room and I was planning on doing a day at the beach theme for the guest room. But I'm not sure what to do in the play room..." Rory began rambling about her plans for each room. Finn listened intently piping in his own ideas as well. He was glad he could put a smile back on her face. It was hard seeing her so down after what Mitchum had done to her and Logan.
The next day Logan walked slowly into his father's office building. He stopped right outside the door and took a deep breath before knocking. He didn't even wait for his father's response before walking in.
"Logan, I thought you would be coming to see me" Mitchum said as he looked up and saw his son.
"You're suing me" Logan stated stiffly not even bothering to hide the anger in his voice.
Mitchum chuckled softly "You stole from me." he stated simply, "You need to learn that you can't get away with everything"
"I did not steal from you that was my money" Logan spit out through clenched teeth. He was trying to control his anger and was having some difficulty.
"No, it was my money that you switched to another account without my knowledge or consent, which is illegal."
"I am a legal adult that money was in my name. I had every right to switch it out the minute I turned eighteen."
"I was a co-signer on that account, which means you need my signature to switch any money."
"That was when I was a minor and that account was set up but when I became an adult I didn't need your consent anymore." he was seething with anger now. He had checked and double checked to make sure that it was all legal before he did anything because he hadn't wanted his father to do something like this.
"You can argue all you want but it won't matter, I'm taking this to court and you will not win." Mitchum said turning away.
"I don't understand why you can't just stay out of my life. I'm happy for once I have a family that I love and that loves me.Why is that so hard for you to understand?" Logan yelled at him.
Mitchum snorted at this " She doesn't love you, she just wants your money, and now that you don't have that anymore she'll probably dump that kid on you and leave."
"Rory would never do that, you don't even know her."Logan screamed his fists were clenched at his sides and anger coursed through his body. He was ready to explode and probably would if he didn't get away from his father soon.
"Please she's just like any other girl you've dated, really I'm surprised you haven't knocked up anymore girls." Mitchum retaliated his voice rising as he came around the desk.
"What and you're any better, we all know you have been sleeping with your 'secretaries'. Tell me how many illegitimate children do you have." Logan snorted.
"How dare you say that to me" Mitchum roared at him
"It's the truth, at least I have somebody who loves me, you might know what that feels like if you would ever try with Mom, but no you're just sleeping with random women." Logan shouted the sarcasm and bitterness evident in his voice.
At this Mitchum reached for him grasping his jacket and snarled in his face, " When that skank decides she doesn't want you anymore and leaves that little bastard with you don't come crawling back to me"
Yanking himself from his father's grasp Logan brought his fist back and slammed it into his father's face. His fist contacted with Mitchum's nose with a satisfying crunch of bone. Mitchum stumbled backwards, falling to the floor with blood gushing form his nose.
"Don't ever talk about Rory or my daughter that way" Logan growled staring at his father writhing on the floor in obvious pain. He turned and walked to the door, but before opening it he stopped and said " Go ahead and take me to court but you have no case against me, everything I did was legal."
With that Logan left the office feeling slightly better. It had felt amazing to finally give his father a piece of his mind. Although it probably wasn't good that he had hit his father especially since he was pretty sure he had broken his nose. Checking his watch, Logan decided he would get Riley from daycare and take her to work with him.
When Logan reached the daycare, he walked up to the front desk and told the girl he wanted to pick his daughter up. After Logan told her Riley's name she went to get Riley from the play room.
"Daddy" Riley said running into Logan's arms when she saw him.
He picked her up and spun her around slightly "Hey there angel, would you like to go to work with Daddy today?" Riley nodded her head vigorously , her whole face lighting up.
" I need you to sign here" The girl at the desk said pointing to a sign out sheet, before handing him Riley's backpack.
After signing her out Logan took Riley to work for the rest of the day. He showed her around the newsroom at the Hartford Gazette. Everyone thought she was adorable and she was the center of attention. Having Riley with him helped him relax after his stressful morning since she reminded him just how much he loved her.
Later that afternoon Rory walked into the Daycare to pick Riley up. But when she got to the front desk they told her that Riley wasn't there.
"What do you mean she's not here?" Rory nearly shouted, Riley was supposed to be here. Rory could feel her heart beat faster at the thought that her daughter might be missing.
"She was signed out early this afternoon" The girl at the desk said she was obviously new and scared that she had done something wrong.
"Let me see that" Rory snapped taking the sign out book from her. She scanned the page for Riley's name and under the column that said parent or legal guardian was Logan's signature. Rory instantly breathed a sign of relief, than turned to the girl in front of her. " You could of told me it was her father who signed her out instead of scaring me like that."
"I'm sorry, I didn't know" The girl said nervous and slightly scared of Rory.
"It's okay, it's not your fault, thanks anyways." Rory said before leaving
As she drove home she was relieved that Riley was okay but the more she thought of it the more her anger grew. Logan could of called and told her he was picking Riley up instead of letting her freak out like that. By the time Rory arrived home she was furious at Logan and was going to tell him just how mad she was.
Walking into the apartment Rory saw Riley sitting on the couch watching cartoons. She went over to her and picked her up and said " Hunny I need you to go to your room for a little bit so I can talk to Daddy alone okay"
After putting Riley in her room Rory went back out to the kitchen where she found Logan preparing dinner.
"Hey Ace, I thought I heard you come in" he greeted her not looking up from what he was doing.
"Logan you could of told me you were picking her up" Rory said the anger evident in her voice.
Logan looked up at her and saw just how mad she was. He set down the knife and dried his hands before saying "I didn't think it would be a big deal."
"That's exactly it, you didn't think Logan. Do you know how worried I was when they told me that my daughter wasn't there?" Rory asked her voice rising.
"They knew I was her father surely they would of told you that I had picked her up." Logan said getting annoyed.
"Well there was some new girl there and she didn't know that"
"That's not my fault" Logan said starting to shout.
"You could of called me Logan and let me know you had picked her up" Rory shouted at him "You never tell me anything anymore."
"What's that supposed to mean?" Logan yelled back
"All this money stuff, you won't tell me how much we have. I'm sitting in the dark all worried that we aren't going to have enough money for everything especially with you father suing us. Than we're buying all this new expensive furniture. How are we supposed to afford this Logan, we don't have as much money as you're used to." Rory shouted at him
"We have enough Rory, trust me"
"How much is enough, Logan? And how am I suppose to trust you when you won't tell me anything. There is no way we can afford all this stuff, you just bought a house and than all this furniture. Now your father is suing us, even if we win there are still going to be lawyer fees. I don't think you understand that you don't have an endless supply of money anymore"
"I understand that just fine Rory, I have plenty of money for all this stuff. I want you to have nice things I want you to be happy. I'm willing to spend money for you." Logan yelled.
"God Logan you don't get it, when you gave up the family fortune you gave up the ability to spend money without worrying about repercussions. The money will run out eventually, and than where will we be? Huh then what happens? Rory shouted back, throwing her hands in the air.
"Things will work out, I promise. I have enough money for the things we have bought and we're both working good paying jobs. We may not have as much money as before but we don't need to worry about it." Logan yelled trying to explain to her that he had things under control.
"We're in this together Logan, we're supposed to be partners. Which means we have to trust each other and I can't trust you until you trust me"
"I do trust you, Rory"
"Than why don't you tell me anything" She shouted again
"Why do you have to keep pushing me, You're just like my father" Logan shouted in frustration.
"Well maybe I should just leave." Rory yelled at him hurt that he would compare her to his father. She then headed towards her room to get some things.
"Maybe you should" Logan shouted to angry to realize that he had just compared her to his father.
Ten minutes later Rory had a bag of her stuff as well as Riley's by the door ready to go. "Say good bye to Daddy, Riley he's not coming with us." Rory said tersely as she pulled her coat on and gathered everything up.
Riley ran into the kitchen where Logan was furiously chopping vegetables and hugged his leg tightly. "Bye Daddy" she said before running back to her mom.
He froze when he heard her little voice. By the time he had come back to his senses she was gone, they both were. It slowly dawned on him that he had just screwed up the best thing in his life and it was going to be hard to fix it.
Walking over to the cupboard next to the fridge he opened it and reached into the way back, Behind everything hidden inside a small bag was a bottle of whiskey, pulling it out Logan decided he would drink himself into a stupor in order to ignore the pain that could only be described as his heart breaking.
An: Okay there was the chapter... sorry it was kinda rough, but hang in there it will get better, hopefully. I don't know if the whole switching bank accounts thing can be done or what makes it legal or illegal I kinda just made it up so uh just go with it. I personally enjoyed writing the part about Logan punching Mitchum (he so deserved it, somebody should do it to him on the show) so I hope you enjoyed reading that part. Review and let me know what you think.