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Chapter 11
A week had passed and things had settled down, we had lunch with my father, other than him slightly ranting about my mother, it went well; but thank god no one has heard from her since that dreaded night.
Rory started feeling better settling into the fact that all is good. We told our friends and family that we want to have the wedding in Positano, Italy which is on the Amalfi Coast 'The Palazzo on the Botanical Gardens' is absolutely gorgeous.
When we told Emily and Lorelai they immediately went into action. The date is set the place is booked and the travel arrangements have been made. June 24, 2006.
Right now, we have to deal with what is at hand, the meeting with my dad and her grandfather along with the team of lawyers is setup for tomorrow morning and right now I am getting ready for bed and Ace is studying at the desk.
"Ace, are you coming to bed" I asked
"Not right now I need to finish this chapter for my history class" she said back to me with out lifting her head from the book.
I walked over to her and pulled her up and said "Well dear I am going to bed, so goodnight" and I kissed her soundly on the lips.
"Mhmm, good night" she whispered "Love you"
"I love you too; please don't stay up too late"
"I won't" she said
I think she crawled into bed at around 3am, and I really don't think she slept. I rolled over at 6 and she was lying on her back with her eyes wide open staring at the ceiling.
"Morning, Beautiful" I said in a very groggy voice
"Morning" she said
"Hey, I can't believe you are awake?"
"Yeah, I didn't sleep so well" she said as she rolled onto her side to look at me
"You nervous?" I asked
"I know it's all ok, I know your father has reiterated the fact over and over again, however, I can not shake this feeling that something awful is going to happen."
"I know Ace, I am scared to, but I need to have faith in my father for once in my life."
"So, let's get ready and go meet the sharks" she said trying to make a joke
A an hour later we were ready, walking out the door looking respectable, I put on a suit and Rory looked beautiful; she had a brown pencil skirt on with an ivory sweater set on with the pearls I had bought her for Christmas. I helped her into her coat and we were out the door.
The meeting was to be at my father's house. When we pulled up to the house Richard car was there but no one else's, I thought at least we beat the lawyers here.
"Are you ready?" I asked
"As I will ever be" she said honestly
We were standing at the front door ringing the bell, "Hello Miss Gilmore and Mr. Huntzberger, please come in your father and grandfather are waiting for you in the dining room" she said
"Hello Magna, How are you today?" I said as I handed her my coat "Thank you"
We walked in to the dining room and saw the stacks of papers everywhere, organized chaos, is all it looked like.
Rory walked over to her grandfather "Hi, Grandpa, How are you this morning?" she asked as she kissed him on the cheek. Then she did the same to my father.
I walked over and shook both men's hands and said good morning. We made small talk, Rory was trying to make jokes, but she was extremely nervous. We were only there a few minutes when the attorney's were escorted in. There were six total two of them being Richard's.
We went through all the documents page by page just listening to the attorney's asking an answer questions. Rory stayed quiet, asking small questions about little details. I had asked more detailed questioned that involved the year that Rory would still be in school, how much travel I would have to do, and things of that nature. It turns out, I wouldn't have to do to much travel alone, seeing as Rory would have to go on most of the trips with me and we would be working them around her school schedule.
Four hours later, things were settled and she actually looked relieved. All the papers were signed and notarized. It turned out that my Grandfather had a multitude of objections but my father threatened to send him to an old age home. He remained quiet after that. Now, the only thing that can change these contracts is if Rory and I ever get divorced, even then she will still have a huge part of this company, if she wants it. I am convinced that my father knows for a fact we won't let that happen.
"So, is everything alright now?" My father asked looking at us
"Yes Dad, things are good" we were thrilled it was all over
"Now all that is left is the engagement party and the announcement" my father said
"What party is that?" Rory asked looking confused
"Don't worry sweetheart, your Grandmother is taking care of everything, the party is on Friday" Richard said
"Oh, okay, thanks for the warning" She said sarcastically
Rory and I left the house and I told her I was taking her to lunch, we sat quietly for a while until I had enough.
"Rory" I said knowing using her name always got her attention "Tell me what is going on"
"What do you mean?" she said innocently
"Don't give me that, I know you, you are upset about something, tell me"
"It's just… forget it" she said
"No, I won't forget it, tell me"
"I am scared, scared that I am going to get lost in your world, I love you Logan, and I want to marry you but I am scared." She said honestly
I pulled the car over. I pulled her in as close as I could.
"You need to talk to me, about anything, happy, scared or mad, anything"
"I know Logan and I will, I think right now I need to wrap my mind around everything that is happening." She said
"Sure, I understand. Do you still want to go to lunch?"
"Yeah, I am starving"
"Why don't you close your eye's and relax I will wake you when we get there" I suggested
"That's a great idea" and she did just that
A half an hour later I pulled my Porsche up in front of Luke's, I wanted to surprise her by bringing her to her favorite place. Hopefully, this would help her relax a bit.
"Hey Ace, wake up were here" I said nudging her
She opened her eyes and looked a little confused, and then she smiled.
"Thank you, you know me to well" she said thankfully
We walked into the diner and heard the all too familiar ding of the bell, that sound must make her heart melt, because her smile seemed to grow even bigger.
"Hey Luke, you have a table available for your favorite step-daughter to be?" Rory said to an unknowing Luke who hadn't lifted his head when the bell rang.
"Rory, Logan what a surprise, what are you two doing here?" he said walking out from around the counter shaking my hand and giving Rory a hug.
"We had a meeting in Hartford this morning and I wanted to surprise Ace here with lunch at her favorite restaurant in the world." I said with a trademark Huntzberger smirk.
We moved over to a table and sat down. Rory really did seem to relax a lot more just being here. We ordered Lunch, cheeseburgers and chili fries and of course coffee. We talked a bit with Luke and told him all that was going on, he seemed happy for us. He was called into the back by Cesar, so he took his leave and we continued to talk a bit until we fell into a comfortable silence.
"Logan, I was wondering something?" She said breaking the silence
"What's up?"
"Would you mind if I came here this weekend and just spent some time alone with Mom?" she asked knowing full well that I would never say no.
"Sure, but we have the party Friday night would you mind if I came back here with you after the party then left after breakfast on Saturday morning?" I suggested
"But then I wouldn't have a car to get back to Yale on Sunday" she stated
"Well we could bring your car here on Friday before the party and get ready here or I could come back to pick you up or your mom could bring you back to Yale, there are a few options, what do you thing?" I said hoping she would agree, I have grown quite fond of sleeping with her, I hated the thought of her sleeping alone, at least this way it's only one night.
"Okay, that will work" she said happily.
We finished lunch and said good bye to Luke, and then we stopped by the Inn to say Hello to Lorelai and to let her know of the plans for the weekend.
"Hi Michele, how are you?" Rory said trying to be nice but forcing it.
"Hello. You two how are you?" He said in a pleasant voice
Rory and I looked at each other and said "Fine, Michele, are you ok?"
"Yes of course" he said then started walking away smiling
"I really don't know what is wrong with him, I have never seen him like that, ever" she said with a complete look of confusion on her face.
We walked into the kitchen to find my future Mother-in-law standing next to Sookie looking over what seemed to be invoices.
"Hi Mom, Hi Sookie" She exclaimed. She really did light up around her family
"Hi, Lorelai and Sookie, how are you two lovely ladies today?" I said obviously sucking up.
"Hey guys, this is a surprise" Lorelai said as she walked towards us and pulled Rory into a huge hug they stayed in that hug for what seemed like an eternity, then kissed her forehead then hugged me briefly.
"Hey Rory, Best wishes on your engagement" Sookie said to her as she gave her a big hug
"And congrats to you Logan, you better be good to her or else you will have an entire town after you." She said to me laughing
"Thanks" we both said in unison and then I added "I wouldn't dream of it"
We stayed a while told Lorelai of our plans, we decided to come out Friday afternoon after our morning class and spend the day then take a Limo together to the Party. We headed back to Yale, and Rory seemed a little more relaxed and anticipating the weekend home with her mom.
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