Ok, its short, but thats because its only part of a chapter
Why I Hate My Grandparents: Part II
"Oh I'll tell them," Mitchum said, impatiently, "Rory? Logan? You're getting married"
Rory stared at this man for a few seconds. Was he crazy? He sounded like a loon. But, all that talk about futures, and careers, and decisions, made a heck of a lot of sense now. Logan starred at his father in much the same way as Rory. He couldn't believe it. His father had done many things before, but this was the worst. First of all, how did he even know that Logan and Rory were in a relationship? Well, maybe he didn't know, which made the situation all the worse.
"Excuse me?" Rory said after a moment, wondering if she had heard him correctly
"It's hard to explain" Emily said quickly, "But it's been like this forever"
"What are you talking about?" Logan asked
"Well, you see" Richard took a deep breath, "When Lorelai got pregnant, she was still a minor; she was living at home. By law, she couldn't not be in charge of this baby. By law, we were it's gardians. We were the ones that had to figure out what to do. Strobe and Francine were in on it to, but Strobe passed away and Francine is still to hysterical to take part in any of this. Anyways, we were in charge. The government made us fill out all sorts of legal papers"
"Ha!" Lorelai said triumphantly, "I knew that there were papers! I knew that I was suppose to fill things out when I had a kid. You told me that I was to young to fill anything out, so the government had overlooked my case! I was right, you filled them out yourselves!"
"We did it for your own good Lorelai. Your were sixteen, not nearly old enough, and clearly not responsible enough to take care of that sort of thing" Emily shot back
"Anyways" Richard said loudly, "We filled them out. There was a whole plan for Rory, up to, and including her marriage"
"That's insane!" Rory exclaimed
"Its protocol! We didn't know what kind of child you would be. We had to make sure that you had a future! Did you know that almost all of teen-aged mothers children are penniless! We couldn't let our granddaughter starve!"
"But she didn't! I was a great mom! And Chris and I got together, like you wanted!" Lorelai exclaimed
"Mom, can't you do anything!" Rory was panicking
"She can't Rory, out's been out of her hands since the minute you were born" Emily said
"Wait a minute, why doesn't this crazy thing apply to Finn?" Christopher asked
"He's a boy" Richard said simply
"So? Logan's a boy" Christopher rebutted
"Yes, but it's the female life that is fragile and uncompensated" Richard replied
k, even if whatever you said did make sense, why?" Logan spoke up
"It's complicated, but studies show that it is the male that is able to emerge into society and take life by the reins while the females are often the ones that tarry, and are, well, irresponsible"
"But Finn is older than me, doesn't that count? Shouldn't this plan have gone into action for him as well? Considering you didn't know of my existence?" Rory asked
"Well, if you really want to know, the same plan is estated for him, to a girl who's name I will not share. But you are not allowed to tell him, that is our right" Emily said
"Right? Who are you to talk about rights!" Lorelai was on her feet now
"Everybody be quiet!" Richard roared. Sudden silence fell, "Now, what is done, is done. No one can change anything, so you might as well get use to it. We all know that there is already an attraction between these two young people" Rory looked at her mother who mouthed 'it wasn't me'
"Here's what will happen," Emily said, taking over, "Logan, when you have found a ring, and made the proper arrangements, you will tell us, so we can post the news in the newspaper. To them, you are a happy college couple, no arranged marriage will the press be notified of, they would have a field day and ruin us all. You and Rory will have a nice wedding, a nice honeymoon, and buy a house. Oh, and go to school still of course, don't worry will take care of anything school related. Any questions?"
"Yeah, well a lot actually," Lorelai said with disdain, "For one, why the Huntzbergers?"
"Well, we needed a respectable boy, and the Huntzbergers area respectable family" Richard said. Rory snickered, clearly no one knew of Logan Huntzberger's antics at Yale. Richard continued, "Logan is a fine boy. He will make a good living, and provide for Rory. She will never have to worry about anything again, everything will be taken care of for her"
"I'm capable of taking care of myself! I can get a job, I can get a house, and I can put together a good life! I don't need someone to provide for me!" Rory was frightened now. She saw by Logan's expression that he wasn't to thrilled either
"Rory, every woman has to have a husband to take care of them. No respectable person doesn't" Shira explained matter-of-factly
"No, every abnormal, rich person does, not the rest of the world!" Rory was on her feet by this point as well. Logan to, jumped up
"I can't believe you!" He yelled at his father, "She can get her own life! She's responsible, and yet your treating her like she was two years old! She's not the kind of girl that relishes the thought of being a trophy wife, can't you see that? She doesn't want that, and neither do I. Come on Rory, we're leaving" Logan turned, took her arm, and stormed out of the house.
Rory was surprised at first. She hadn't come with Logan, but he didn't seem to realize that she had her own car. She didn't protest though, she just got in his Porche. She was touched by the way he had defended her. She still hated the idea of arranged marriage, she was only in college! but she wasn't sure if she hated Logan anymore. Now that she thought about it, she never hated him, she just feared him. Not really him, per say, but just everything related to him, just his way of living. Being so, so, what? Spontaneous? Risk-taking? It was to confusing for her to try to comprehend, but as the Porche pulled away from the mansion, Rory felt a good feeling inside of her, kind of a mixture of happiness, pride, and anger.
Short, and the ending was lame, but please tell me that you are happy! I try so hard! Oh, moment of self-pity gone. Anyways, please review! Reviews make me happy, and when I'm happy, the world it happy
