AN: I hope you are all enjoying this, the chapters are coming quickly, but that's because I am sick and have the time. I know it's a bit sappy, but hey it's my story and I like happiness in my fiction. Enjoy! R&R
Chapter 8
There they were standing in front of the door just staring; my father was taken aback a little he didn't understand what the problem was.
"Logan, Rory, why are you two looking as if you are staring at the gates of hell" my father said
"Dad, you have to understand, Emily and Richard are always been a tad judgmental about things and recently they haven't been thrilled with me, although since Rory went back to school things have gotten better with Emily but not so much with Richard, he thinks I am out to make his brilliant granddaughter a trophy wife. So in some ways this is the door to hell" I said very matter-of-factly
"I know it seems strange to you Mithcum, but think back when you were in college were you ever nervous about going to face your father?" Rory asked making my father think, and he really was thinking, wow she is amazing.
"Yes, I see your point, but you are only prolonging the agony by standing here so please just ring the bell, it's a little cold out here" he said smiling
"OK, here we go boys" Rory said as she rang the bell, we waited then we heard Emily
"Olympia, will you get the door please… Olympia?" She yelled and waited again
"Oh forget it I will get it" Emily said as she went to open the front door for us.
"Really, I don't know why I pay some one when I just have to do..." she stopped dead in her tracks when she saw the three of us "Well, this is a surprise, Mitchum how are you, Rory Logan?" she stepped to the side to allow us entry into the house
"Hello Emily, how are you? I hope I am not intruding on your time with Rory and Logan, but Rory invited me when they were at my house earlier, and I thought it would be wonderful to see you and Richard." My father said in true socialite performance
"Of course not, it is wonderful to see you, Richard should be out soon, please give your coats to Olympia and have a seat in the living room and I will see what is keeping him, if you will excuse me?" Emily said walking out of the foyer towards Richards study; we walked into the living room.
"That was great she was almost stuttering" Rory said laughing, I sure my mother will be sorry she missed this.
"Yeah, I am sure she would want to be at her parent's house on a Monday afternoon" I responded, my father was shocked to see us in a casual banter. Richard and Emily walked back into the room.
"Well hello everyone" He walked over to Rory first and gave her a kiss and hug and said "How are you my dear, felling well?" he was directing his question to Rory
"Yes, Grandpa I am fine, thank you for asking" she said a little confused, he then turned his attention to Mitchum then to Logan
"Hello Mitchum, wonderful to see you, it's not everyday we get a surprise like this. Logan, son, How are you?" Richard said sternly
"Thank you for having me Richard, it is good to see friends" My dad said and he seemed to truly mean it
"Yes, Thank you for staying home from work today to meet with me and Rory, we actually needed to talk to you" Logan said as he put his arm around Rory. Richard went pale.
"Grandpa, are you ok?" Rory asked concerned at her grandfather's sudden change in color and demeanor
"Yes sweetheart, just tell us the news" he said delicately
"Well Grandma and Grandpa, Logan and I are engaged, we are getting married" She said thrilled, and eagerly awaiting her grandparents response, Mitchum was beaming
"Oh that is wonderful you two, really I couldn't be happier" Emily said as she stood up to hug the newly engaged couple, already planning in her head "I must call Shira, Mitchum is she home?" Emily asked as she kissed his cheek congratulating him as well.
"No, dear she's to busy moving to New York" Mitchum said blankly not leaving any room for discussion
"Grandpa, are you ok?" Rory was nervous
"Rory, you are not pregnant?" Richard said in almost a whisper
"Whhhhatttt, of course not, is that what you thought?" Rory was stunned "Really Grandpa, Logan asked me because we love each other that is it I promise"
"What about your dreams, are you giving up on your dreams?" he said obviously concerned
"Well, we are going to tell you the whole story; actually it's rather sad so maybe we should sit" Rory said
We sat in the sitting room and told them all the events of the past couple of days, Emily and Richard were shocked and Emily even began crying when she heard the news of my father's cancer. However when we got to the part of the business and what my father's plan's were Richard began to beam; he wanted more of a life for his granddaughter. Then Dad took over the story about Shira and Grandfather and then told them how gracious Rory was about his feelings and her inviting him here with them to get him out of the house, he sounded proud of her like he was talking about one of his own children's accomplishments. Rory had tears in her eyes, both from his praise and it was all a little overwhelming, up until yesterday morning she hated this man, now she was really beginning to love him, like a father.
"Mitchum, we are so sorry, for everything. You know if you need anything do not hesitate to ask" Richard said as he stood and walked over to his good friend, my father stood and shook his hand then gave him a manly hug. Emily wiped her tears and stood to give him a hug and a kiss
"I am so sorry, I had no idea" Emily said shell shocked.
"Please, both of you lets just celebrate this union. There is plenty of time to dwell on this later, just one thing though please don't tell anyone, I am not ready for this to get out yet" Mitchum said
"Don't worry Mitchum, we won't say a thing and I agree we need to celebrate Logan and Rory's engagement. I am truly happy for you both" Richard said hugging his granddaughter and Logan "Logan, son, welcome to the family"
"Thank you sir, I am so happy you approve" I said seriously
"Olympia, please bring in some champagne, please" Emily yelled towards the direction of the kitchen. "Oh Rory, did you tell your mother?"
"Yes, she was thrilled, we drove out to Starrs Hollow last night, I wanted to come here but by the time we left there is was too late so we made plans to come here, well, today" Rory said, sometimes Emily felt left out when she wasn't one of the first to find things out. "And we are actually going out to dinner tonight to tell our friends" she added for good measure.
"You haven't told your friends yet?" Emily seemed shocked
"No, we wanted to tell our families first" I added
"Thank you" was all Emily said before Olympia brought out the champagne and five flutes "Oh, here we go; Richard say something"
"To Rory and Logan, To Family and Friends and to new endeavors" Richard said simply
"Here Here" was said in Unison
"And to you Mitchum, we wish you the best" he added somberly
"Thank you" was all he said
"Lunch is ready, Mrs. Gilmore" Olympia said
"Richard will you lead us into the dining room please" Emily said.
Lunch was eaten rather quietly, Emily asked a few questions about when we would want to get married and we answered her honestly that we really hadn't had time to discuss it, but we would let her know. We were all shocked when my father made a request.
"Logan, I know you two haven't discussed it yet and I don't know what your plans would be but, I would love to be there, if it is at all possible" he said
"Mitchum, I would love you to be there, let Logan and I discuss it and we'll talk to you later this week, we are still going to have dinner right?" She said trying to change the subject
"Mitchum, why don't you join us for our family dinner, you too Logan you are family now after all, its Friday night at 7" Emily suggested and Richard agreed
"I am happy to" I said
"Sure, why not, thank you" Mitchum added "And Rory, why don't we meet for dinner on Wednesday say 7:30, I will come to Yale"
"That sounds great" She said looking at me
"Yeah Dad, that does sound great" I added, I was still trying to get use to the 'NEW' Mitchum
We finished up lunch, my dad called his driver to come pick him up and we headed back to Yale. We sat quietly in the car, I didn't know what Rory was thinking about it could either be about the fact that her grandfather thought we were there to tell them she was pregnant or that my father would like to be at the wedding. I knew if that was the case we would have to get married soon, sooner than she was ready for.
"Ace, you ok?"
"Um, yeah?" she said shaking her self out of deep thought "Just thinking"
"Want to share?" I pressed a little
"Your Dad, he deserves to be there" she said and started to cry
"I know, but are you ready for that?"
"What if we did it right after your graduation?" she asked, but added "I don't want a huge society wedding though, what if we went away with our family and friends, to Italy or France?" she suggested.
"That sounds wonderful" I said whole heartedly
"I love you, Logan" she said smiling ear to ear
"Love you to Ace"
It was already 5 o'clock already, we had enough time to drive back to Yale get cleaned up and changed and head over to the pub to meet our friends.
AN: I hope I am portraying the characters good for you all.