Reunited

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An: Hey everyone sorry I haven't updated in awhile but well I got a few excuses lined up so here they are. One: I have been extremely busy and haven't had a chance to get on the computer to read let alone write. Two: I had a bit of writers block and wasn't sure how to proceed with the next chapter. And Three: I felt that there was a severe lack of reviews and was kinda holding out for more...it didn't work (HINT HINT) hopefully I will get more this time (HINT HINT AGAIN)

Okay here's the story I hope you like it.

Chapter 8: Controversy is a Fickle Thing

"Mom" Rory called into the house as she trudged through the door with Riley in her arms, "Are you home?"

"In the kitchen" Lorelai yelled back in reply.

Rory walked into the kitchen and set Riley down with a heavy sigh.

"Hey kid what's wrong?" Lorelai asked getting concerned when she noticed how upset her daughter was.

Avoiding the question and her mother's eyes Rory asked "Where's Luke and Kevin?"

"Luke took Kevin and April out to dinner tonight something about father bonding but that's not important why are you here? What's wrong? Did something happen?" Lorelai asked quickly trying to catch Rory's eye.

Looking up Rory said firmly, " I don't want to talk about it right now."

Lorelai knew something big had happened but she didn't want to push Rory right now. "Do you want to eat something, I was making some tater tots" she asked quietly.

"Sure" Rory replied with a shrug as she sat down at the table with Riley.

Lorelai turned towards the oven to put the tray of tater tots in. She was worried about Rory, she didn't normally act like this. The more she thought about it the more she realized that something had happened between Rory and Logan. With a sigh Lorelai concluded that she would tell her when she was ready.

"I'm going to go wash up" Rory said as she stood and headed to the bathroom.

Lorelai waited until Rory was out of sight before sitting down next to Riley who was contentedly playing with a few toys. "Do you know what happened to your Mommy Riley?" Lorelai asked in a whisper.

Riley nodded slowly, " Mommy and Daddy yelled."

"Do you know what it was about?" Lorelai asked still whispering.

Riley just shrugged and went back to playing with her toys.

"Ready to eat?" Rory asked as she came back into the kitchen.

After eating Rory took Riley into her old room and put her in the extra crib for a little nap. She then walked back out to join her mother on the couch. She knew she would have to tell her what happened she just wasn't sure if she was ready to relive it all again.

"Okay are you going to tell me what happened now or am I going to have to pry it out of you with a little good cop bad cop?" Lorelai asked lightly.

With a sigh Rory sat down on the couch and began her tale, "Logan and I got into a fight. I got upset because he wasn't telling me things. It's just... he picked Riley up from daycare today and didn't tell me. When I got there some new girl told me that my daughter wasn't there and I freaked out. I blamed Logan for it, I know it wasn't his fault and that I totally blew it out of porportion but everything is so messed up."

"Oh hunny" Lorelai said softly as she pulled Rory into her arms.

"I don't know what do anymore Mom," Rory sobbed into the her mother' shoulder, "I thought we were supposed to do things together but I don't feel like I'm in control anymore."

"You need to talk to him and tell him this" Lorelai reasoned pulling back to look her in the eye.

"I can't...not yet" Rory said wiping the tears from her eyes.

With a sigh Lorelai responded, " You can stay here for a few days and pull yourself together, but you need to talk to him."

Rory nodded, "I know...I think I'm just going to go to bed." with that she got up and headed towards her room.

Shortly after Rory had gone into her room, Luke walked in the front door with Kevin right behind him. "Is that Rory's car in the driveway?" he asked as he walked into the living room.

Lorelai nodded, "Kevin why don't you go get ready for bed."

"But I want to say hi to Rory" Kevin protested.

"She already went to bed, you can see her in the morning. Go get ready and we'll be up to tuck you in shortly," Lorelai told him.

"Fine" was the short reply before he turned and headed up the stairs dragging his feet.

"Is Rory okay?" Luke asked concerned.

"She and Logan got in a fight. She just needs a little time."

"That little bastard—" Luke growled.

"Luke stop, it's fine they'll work it out. They belong together, I know it, you know it, and both of them know it." Lorelai told him gently.

With a heavy sigh Luke got up and headed towards the stairs. "Come on let's go to bed"

Meanwhile

Logan slowly drank the bottle of whiskey he had pulled out of the cupboard. He had screwed up, he had screwed up big time. For some reason the thought of her leaving him now was worse than when he was separated from her before.

Taking another swig from the bottle he pulled out a small box from his pocket. Slowly he ran his thumb over the soft velvet top. Then with a muffled sob he threw it across the room as hard as he could. Getting up he swaggered over to the door and swung it open. He needed fresh air and was going to the first place he thought of... the roof.

The elevator slowly took him to the top where it dinged loudly and the doors opened onto a barren space. The wind swept passed him biting into his arms. He suddenly realized how cold it was on the rooftop and loud. He could hear the cars in the street below and music blaring from a stereo across the street.

Logan's thoughts consumed him as he slid down to sit against the side of a wall. ' She doesn't need me. All I do is hurt her, I've screwed her life up so much. I know she'd be better off without me.'

'Oh god...oh god... I can't go back to my father. Not after what I said to him what I did to him. I can't ...I just ... can't live ...not without Rory ...or Riley.' Logan buried his face in his arms as he sobbed softly. He wasn't a man who cried often but at this point things were to screwed up for him to worry about how it would look. Logan shakily stood up, he had to lean against the wall for support. Draining what was left in the bottle he staggered over to the edge of the roof.

'Maybe everyone would be happier if I was dead' He thought sadly as he leaned forward...

The next day

The next morning Rory got up to get ready for work. She ate breakfast at Luke's with her mom and Kevin before heading out. She decided to leave Riley with Lorelai instead of taking her to daycare.

As Rory drove past the house that Logan had bought for her she noticed a car parked in the driveway. Naturally she stopped to figure out what was going on..

Finn saw Rory stop and immediately ran up to her as she got out of her car. " Oh thank god you're here, love. I thought you had forgotten about poor old me here."

"Finn, what are you— Oh–oh you were supposed to paint today" Rory said as it finally dawned on her as to why Finn was there.

"Yea, I was...don't tell me you forgot." Finn whined slightly.

"I'm sorry Finn I did, but it's okay I'll just let you in and you can get started." Rory reassured him as she pulled out her keys and headed towards the door.

"Alrighty then. I will just go get my stuff." Finn said as he went towards his car a bounce in his step.

About an hour later Rory was finally headed to work. Finn had needed explicit details on what and where he was to paint. With a sigh Rory got out of her car and headed into the office. It was going to be a long day.

A long day it was indeed. Rory couldn't pay attention to anything all day. She kept thinking about Logan, what he was doing right now, what she was going to say to him when she talked to him. She couldn't concentrate on anything and was thankful when she could finally go home.

But she didn't go home right away, or well her current home. She went to the new house. She wasn't sure why but for some reason unknown to her she was drawn there. Upon entering the house she looked for signs of Finn. She didn't find him any where and decided that he must of finished for the day and headed home.

Rory walked down the hallway and entered the library. It was the only furnished room in the house and she knew it was already her favorite. All of the walls were covered with bookshelves that went form floor to ceiling. Unfortunately all of them were empty, except for one that had a few books stacked on it. Walking over to it Rory bent down to look at what books were there.

She smiled as she pulled Pride and Prejudice of the shelf, it was her favorite book. Standing she took the book over to one of the squishy armchairs in the middle of the room. Turning on the lamp next to the chair she curled up and began to read.

Ring ring ring..."Rory pick up come on." Lorelai paced the living room floor worriedly. Rory hadn't come home yet and it was getting late. She had called her multiple times but she wasn't picking up. She wasn't at work, she wasn't at Luke's or Lane's. As far as she knew she wasn't anywhere.

"Could she be at her new house?" Luke asked softly as he saw Lorelai getting frustrated.

"I didn't see anybody there when I checked and it's all locked up." Lorelai told him trying to hold back tears.

"Maybe you should call Logan, he might know where she went." Luke suggested.

"I suppose I could do that but I doubt he would know since they're fighting."

"Try it anyways" Luke told her.

"Okay" Lorelai sniffed as she dialed the number. It rang and rang and rang and finally it went to voicemail. "Grrr Why doesn't anybody answer the phone anymore" Lorelai yelled frustrated.

"Try his cell phone" Luke suggested again trying to keep Lorelai calm.

She tried that as well but again he didn't pick up. So she tried the apartment phone again and this time left a message when the machine picked up. "Logan I don't know what the hell you're doing right now but you need to pick up the god damn phone...Rory needs you Logan... I can't find her..she's disappeared and we need to find her... Just call me back when you get this message."

"That's it I'm going over there" Lorelai proclaimed as she grabbed her jacket and keys and headed out the door.

"Lorelai wait a minute" Luke called out running after her.

"Just stay here with Riley and Kevin in case she comes back." Lorelai yelled to him as she climbed in the car and started it.

When Lorelai got to the apartment building she went up to Rory and Logan's apartment and began banging on the door. There was no answer so she started to yell. "Come on Logan open the door...I know you're in there...Just open this stupid door Logan"

Nobody answered the door but a very annoyed neighbor did come out to see what all the ruckus was about. "What's going on out here?" The neighbor asked.

"I'm looking for the guy that lives here have you seen him?" Lorelai asked turning to the man behind her.

"I saw him going up to the roof last night but I haven't seen him since"

"Okay thanks" Lorelai said quickly as she turned back towards the elevator.

Once she reached the roof she looked around but saw nothing. The wind blew her hair wildly as she spotted an empty whiskey bottle on the ground near the edge. Lorelai just turned and headed back out not sure what to do. Everything was so screwed up. Logan wouldn't possibly even think about doing something like that...would he?

Rory was still asleep in the library when somebody came running into the house. The person was breathing hard and moving loudly. He stormed through the house looking for something, despite the noise he made Rory never woke up.

Finally he opened the door to the library and saw the form of Rory sleeping soundly in one of the armchairs. Walking up to her the man crouched down in front of her and softly called her name, "Rory, Rory".He grasped her shoulder gently and shook it to wake her "Rory hunny come on wake up."

Slowly Rory began to wake up, she blinked a couple times then stretched her arms wide after sleeping in such a tight position. It took her a few moments before she noticed the person crouched in front of her. "What are you doing here?" she asked.

"I was worried about you I didn't know where you were."

"I think I can take care of myself thank you" Rory retorted her voice slightly bitter.

"Do you know how worried your mother is right now because she couldn't find you?" the man asked getting angry.

"What do you mean?" Rory snapped.

"She called me Rory all upset said she needed help finding you. That you hadn't come home after work.

Rory pulled her phone out of her pocket and sure enough there were several missed calls all of them from her mother.

"Rory it scared me to think that something might of happened to you."

"How can you say that after what you said to me?" Rory asked outraged, "Oh my god I can smell the alcohol on your breath, what were you thinking?"Rory shouted standing up and pushing him away from her.

"Rory come on, please just give me a five minutes to explain." He pleaded with her.

"Explain what, Logan? Are you going to explain why you won't tell me anything? Or How about why you think I'm as bad as your father? Huh? Are you going to explain that?" She shouted backing away from him.

Logan looked down at the floor "I'm sorry, so, so sorry" he whispered so low that Rory barely heard him.

He looked up and met her eyes, Rory nearly had to do a double take when she saw his face. His eyes were so vulnerable, full of sadness and regret, she felt like she was looking into his soul.

"I screwed up Rory, I'm so used to having to do things myself in order to protect myself that I shut you out. I can never forgive myself for it Rory, but I need you. I can't live without you or Riley." Logan confessed slowly and softly.

Rory felt her heart melting as he said it. He looked so weak, like he was just giving up. She wasn't sure what to do, part of her wanted to forgive him but the other part wanted to be stubborn and stay angry. "Logan—" She started but he cut her off.

"Wait, there's something else I have to tell you." He paused and took a deep breath before continuing, " Last night after you left I...I got a little drunk... and I was upset and wasn't thinking straight...I was thinking drastic things..."

"Logan what did you do?" Rory asked him sounding scared.

He looked her in the eye and saw just how worried and scared she was, " I...I almost jumped off the roof of our building." he said quickly looking away from her.

"No,no Logan please tell me you didn't do that" Rory pleaded with him as tears started to fall from her eyes.

"I'm sorry Rory, I thought you would be better off without me" He wouldn't look her in the eye. It hurt him to tell her this but she needed to know. He backed away from her slowly refusing to look her in the eye.

"Logan" Rory shouted angrily, "Look at me"

He turned his shameful face towards her preparing himself for the pain he would surely see on her face. She didn't let him down as the pain was evident in the tears that streamed down her cheeks.

" Logan listen to me, I don't care if we fight or argue I never want you to think that you should kill yourself or that I don't want you in my life. I love you Logan and I need you and so does Riley. You can't leave us ever, please promise me you won't leave us." Her voice was strong until the end when it began to crack.

Slowly he nodded and stepped forward and wrapped her in his arms. "I will never leave you Ace, I promise, never"

She broke down in his arms crying into his shoulder. Everything she said was true she needed him and wouldn't be able to take it if he left. Pulling back she offered him a small smile before leaning up and pressing a watery kiss to his lips.

"We should go tell your mom that you're okay" Logan said softly not making a move to let her out of his arms.

"Okay" Responded Rory but she didn't move either.

"Rory, Logan are you in here?" Came Lorelai's voice.

Laughing slightly Rory shouted back, "In here"

A few minutes later Lorelai joined them in the library and breathed a sigh of relief, "Thank god I found you two do you know how worried I've been." Lorelai said sternly her voice turning from relief to anger.

"I'm really sorry Mom, I came here after work and fell asleep reading and you know how soundly I sleep." Rory explained.

"What about you Mister?" She asked looking at Logan.

"I...I didn't want to answer the phone, but when I heard your message I came over here.. I just had a feeling she would be here." Logan replied sheepishly

"Just next time you're kidnaped by the village idiot give me a call to let me know your okay"

"But mom I wasn't kidnaped by Kirk" Rory said confused.

"Never mind hunny never mind" Lorelai said laughing as she wrapped an arm around Rory's shoulders and steered her out of the house. Logan followed behind laughing as the two argued in front of him.

An: Okay so there it was, I hope you liked it, it took me a while to write and was kind of rough but I hope to put some more funny chapters in soon... just as soon as I get an idea for them...if anybody has any ideas let me know they will be greatly appreciated.

Okay so now I would like to get to know my readers a little bit better...okay so I'm really just fishing for more reviews but hey if it works...

Kay First question

What is your favorite song out of...

Discovery Channel

Pour Some Sugar on Me

Bananas in Pajamas

( If you don't know these songs I suggest you download them)

What is your favorite T.V. show out of

C.S.I.

Gilmore Girls

Grey's Anatomy

(Tough choice I know)

Do you personally believe Logan and Rory belong together?

Do you believe that Finn should be listed as sexiest man alive?

Did you decide that you want to move to Australia after you saw Finn on Gilmore Girls?

Okay well that's it for now I may just ask you guys funny questions at the end of my chapters, you know to amuse myself. If you want to know my answers let me know and I will tell you.

Well that's all Folks