Chapter 26
Thanksgiving went well; everyone had a wonderful time at the Dragonfly. We spent the rest of the weekend at Chris and Loralie's house and had a ball. Back to school and work.
"Two more weeks until winter break" Rory yelled from the bath one night after school
"I bet you are excited" Logan said "When does final madness start?" he asked knowing full well that Rory would throw herself into a frenzy for her finals, so much that she would have to sleep for three days just to catch up.
"Next week" Rory said as if it were nothing
"Well we need to talk about your schedule, because I really don't want you walking around campus in the middle of the night" He said, his voice was so full of concern
"OK" She said coming out of the bathroom "We need to make a compromise" she said sitting on the bed lotion in hand
"What do you have in mind?" He asked laughing at her seriousness
"What if I just sleep at the library for the week" she said teasing him in a serious tone
"You have to be kidding me" he said "No"
"OK, then you hire me security to walk me to and from the apartment" she said still joking, she was trying to hold in her laugh
"WHAT" he yelled "Now, I know you are nuts" he said laughing "How about this" he started "You stay at the library until… say 10 I will meet you and we will walk back together, then I will go directly to bed after making you a pot of coffee and you can finish studying for the rest of the night at our place" he said hoping she would bite
"Eleven-thirty" she countered
"Eleven" he said now laughing
"Fine, eleven. But you better meet me with coffee" she said leaning over to kiss him to 'seal the deal'. They both laughed and fell onto the bed kissing letting that kiss become deeper and more passionate until they were overcome with the need for one another.
Weeks later, finals were over and Christmas was in a few days, Rory and Logan decided to forego the annual Huntzberger Christmas Charity Gala because of Mitchum's death and decided to donate a large sum to The American Cancer Society in his name. They had gone to the Gilmore's Party a week earlier and that is when it started. The inevitable question a young newlywed couple begins to hear not long after the wedding. "So, when are you two going to start a family" seemed to be the question of the night. They must have said "Not yet, we are enjoying each other before we start a family". Other than that, the party was wonderful.
Rory had such a hard time finding something for her husband on their first Christmas as husband and wife.
"I found him a first edition of The Great Gatsby" Rory told Steph on the phone
"Really, he doesn't have one in that library of yours at the Huntzberger Manor" Steph asked laughing
"No, believe it or not, it's one of the only one's he doesn't have, which I don't understand because it wasn't that hard to get" Rory responded to her friend "And, it's one of his favorites" she added
"I know, when he was young he wanted to be him" Steph said
"Really" Rory was stunned
"Yup, he like the life he led, the parties and what not" Steph said
"How old were you guys?" Rory asked
"I don't know 12 or 13" she said beginning to laugh.
"OK" Rory said sarcastically "Well, beside the book I got him a two new Cartier watches."
"Great gifts" Steph said "I wonder what he is getting you?" Steph asked
"I don't know, he's planning something though" Rory said with a pout "I just can't figure it out"
Christmas morning came when they finally awoke at 10:30 Rory was like a child bouncing on the bed.
"Come on Logannnnnn… Wake up" she screeched
"Ace" Logan mumbled "What is wrong with you?"
"IT'S CHRISTMAS SILLY" she said still bouncing on the bed giggling like a 2 year old. Before she realized what happened Logan grabbed her by the wrist and pulled her down on top of him
"Merry Christmas, Wife" he said in a low breathy voice
"Merry Christmas, Husband" Rory replied then added "Now let's go, I set the timer last night and the coffee should be ready" she said then place a sweet kiss on his lips
"You are a child" he said getting off the bed and following her into the kitchen
"Thanks" he said after she handed him a cup of coffee
"Now let's open gifts, it looks like Santa came last night" she said just above a whisper, Logan just let out a chuckle at how excited his wife was.
They were sitting by their tree that Rory had insisted on decorating with things that meant something to them, popcorn for the garland, homemade ornaments that they had made over the past few months and a beautiful Angel on top that Logan had bought because he said it reminded him of her.
"LOGAN, Oh my God" she said while opening the box "You got me all of Audrey Hepburn's movies" she added while leafing through the DVD's
He opened his first edition of The Great Gatsby and was stunned "Ace" he said "Thank you" was all he said
"Logan is everything alright?" she asked "Don't you like it?" she was worried
"Of course" he said curtly
"What is it?" she asked "Please tell me, I thought it was your favorite book and I noticed that you didn't have this first edition" she said truly confused
"There is a reason I don't have this first edition, anymore" he said in a low voice
"What do you mean anymore?" she asked "You had this book at one point?"
"Yes, this was not only my favorite but my father's" he said flipping through the slightly worn pages "and when I was little, it was out in the living room one day and I destroyed it" he said upset at the memory "Dad was so upset, it happened to be one of the first printed, it took him forever to find it and it was signed by F. Scott Fitzgerald" he said
"Oh" Rory said "I'm sorry, I just thought…" she began but couldn't finish her statement; she didn't know what to say
"He swore he would never buy another one" he said "But, I am glad you did, Thank you this means the world to me" he finished leaning over and kissing her
"I never knew, I am sorry" she said
"Don't be, and I was really young I was only 5" he said "Dad never really blamed me, but I think deep down he did" he said reaching under the tree and grabbing three boxes tied together "For you" he said leaning over again and giving her a lovable kiss
"Thanks" she said then attacking the presents starting with the biggest one "Oh my…" she said shocked "Logan they are beautiful" she said fingering the long strand of Mikimoto pearls with a diamond clasp.
"I was going to get you the shorter length but the sales person told me these were better because you can wear them different ways" he said hoping she truly loved them "and I had the clasp changed from the standard gold to platinum and diamond"
She looked at the clasp and ran her finger over it and saw it the clasp was beautiful but what made it special was the diamond setting was made up of her initials 'LGH' "I love them thank you so much" she said putting the strand around her neck and wrapping once to make a double strand, then opened the next box to find a matching bracelet, and the last was a beautiful pair of earrings, the pearl earrings were set in what she assumed was platinum and diamonds.
"Do you like them?" He asked nervously
She leapt forward and sat in his lap kissing him soundly, "I love them" she whispered "I want to say it's too much, but I know you will only yell at me and say it's our first Christmas"
"That's right" he said kissing her again
"Wait" she said jumping from her place on his lap and going back over to the tree and pulling out the last 2 boxes and handing them to him "I couldn't decide, so I got you both" she said smirking
"Really" he said opening the first box noticing the Cartier box, he opened it and saw the steel Roadster Watch with a grey face "I love this watch, I was in Cartier a few months ago and I was looking at it" he said truly happy and putting on the watch then starting on the next box
"I told you I couldn't decide…" she said laughing as he looked at the other watch she got him, it was the Tortue perpetual calendar two time zones watch with a platinum face with a black leather band. "Do you like it?" she asked
"I love it, I love them both" he said looking at the watch then noticed the engraving on the back "To my MAC my love always your Ace" he pulled her back into his lap and kissed her soundly, lying her down on the floor deepening the kiss "I love you" he said when they broke for air then started on her neck…
"I love you to" she moaned she pulled off his t shirt that he was wearing "I love you so much" she added while kissing his bare shoulder. They made love softly and fell asleep under a blanket from the couch in front of the fire.
After they woke, they went to the Gilmore Mansion to celebrate Christmas with their family, Honor and Josh were there as well as Elias. Honor announced that she and Josh were expecting there first child and is due at the end of July. The day was a truly happy day for the Gilmore's and the Huntzberger's.