AN: This is a pretty short chapter but I hope you enjoy it 😊 I promise for more movement and development in the next chapter. Thank you for reading it and supporting me. I really appreciate it.

Chapter Five – The Paris Connection

So, there was a lot more to being a father than Logan had realized. After so many years of pushing his body to the limit and experiencing risks that might end his life just for fun, he had to get even more serious and mature than his dad was attempting to make him. That seemed very tough for him. However, he had something that a lot of men in his situation didn't have and that was money…well money and that he had earned a degree from Yale and his father owned businesses that would make it far easier for him to take care of his family.

That's exactly what he had, a new family that he was going to have to take care of and provide for.

He just had to figure out how to do it.

He caught Rory running her finger down the menu and trying to calculate in her head what each item would cost and trying to decide whether she should save enough money to pay for dessert. No. Logan was definitely not in the right frame of mind to handle this. "Ace," he said softly trying not to show his exhaustion from the news in his voice. He had no reason to be angry at her. "Please just order whatever you want, it's on me. I mean, obviously we have to keep you away from the wine and alcohol so don't try to turn into an alcoholic but other than that…I say go for it."

Rory raised an eyebrow at him but smiled, "Aww, there go my days of being an alcoholic mother," she teased him. "I was thinking that lifestyle might have been a bit too risqué. No, of course I won't do anything to harm the baby." She looked at him, "but shouldn't I split the bill with you?"

"It'll cause me to be worried about you," Logan commented. "Ace, please let me take care of you in this way. After the baby comes then I'll let you do whatever you want, but not when you're in this condition. I mean, if you want to go horseback riding, or stand above an active volcano, or drive in the Grand Prix then…"

"That might be very interesting," Rory teased, "I think I could steal the car but you'd have to get me a helmet," she said as Logan laughed.

"I will get you whatever color helmet that you want, but please, let me pay for tonight's meal," he said as he smiled to her. "A lot of the work that the company will have me do can be done remotely anyway." He paused as he looked at the woman he loved, the woman who was carrying his unborn child. "So, Connecticut" he said with a smile.

"Outside of Stars Hollow," Rory said before laughing, "I can't really see you living there anyway."

"Just because I haven't visited your home town doesn't mean that I can't be adaptable," the blond grinned playfully. "I mean, I could fit right in there with that home town charm. I could even try and audition for Lane's band with Zach or whatever his name is."

"I'm sure Zach has enough bandmates," Rory smiled. "No, outside of Stars Hollow is good. As long as we're not neighbors with…"

"Oh please don't stick me that close to Emily and Richard," Logan joked with her. "We'd be hearing from them all the time. I take it that you haven't told them."

"Not yet, but I was planning on telling them when I got back. I want to tell Lane as well since she'll be back soon, I shouldn't interrupt her honeymoon though and I'll tell Paris tonight or maybe tomorrow, whatever time is good for both England and America," Rory thought aloud and Logan smiled.

"You'll need your strength to fend off Paris so sleep before you do it. I just hope for your sake that she isn't near a laptop when you do," Logan smiled before looking at Rory. "Should we get engaged?" he asked as Rory rolled her eyes.

"Well that's quite the charming and romantic way of doing it," she commented. "I don't think we have to. There are celebrities who have kids and don't get married."

"Well whatever you want," Logan said, "but I think the idea of a wife and kid is something that I really do want."

"Then game on, Huntzberger," Rory grinned to him. "Give me a proposal that I couldn't possibly say no to."

….

….

The next morning, Rory fiddled with her phone. She had already calculated that at about this time Paris would be awake. Of course, sharing a room with her in freshman year had convinced her into thinking that there were durations of the year that Paris never slept anyway. It was her passion and dedication for getting whatever she wanted and not caring what people thought about her that led her to her goals.

It was also Paris's insecurity that was the reason why she was likeable when you got to know her. Nobody would ever vocalize it but the intensity and drive came from a place of wanting to not be left behind in a family that honored strict tradition.

Logan came from such a family too.

Maybe her child would be brought up having a balance, or it would be that the child loved rock diving no matter what the consequences may be. She was hoping for the first one.

She sat quietly with her phone in her hands as she thought about what Paris would say about this, she was planning for the worst and expecting to be disappointed. "Hello, you've got Paris and if this is that annoying guy on the second floor the-"

"Paris, Paris, it's Rory. It should have shown on caller ID" Rory said trying not to sound as afraid as she was inside.

"Oh of course, well I doubt that you're bothered by people who want to offer you a free vacation just because they live in the same area code as you. Anyway, what's wrong?" Paris asked as Rory heard her moving things around in the background.

"How did you-" Rory started before Paris sighed.

"Are we really going to do this? I can tell just by the sound of your voice that something is troubling you. I immediately asked what was wrong so that we could cut to the chase and therefore not spend too many minutes worrying about what the right and wrong things to say are. However, your refusal to play along has led to this speech which has taken even more minutes of the conversation," Paris tried to reason as Rory smiled weakly.

"Sorry, yes, there is a problem and don't worry my international plan will cover all of my phone time and I can pay you back if you need me to," Rory said as Paris hummed.

"So, you really did miss Huntzberger that badly, huh?" Paris asked as Rory blushed.

"Yes, but that's not the only reason I came to see him, Paris," Rory tried to say quickly before looking down. "I'm pregnant."

There was silence on the other end of the line. It lasted longer than Rory thought it would and she wondered if the call had been dropped.

"Paris, are you still there?" Rory asked as Paris sighed.

"You can not take another leave of absence, I don't care how much of an urge you get to steal another sex boat, you can't just come and go as you please at Yale and please tell me that it's Huntzberger's," Paris said before Rory's eyes widened.

"Of course it's Logan's," she said quickly as Paris hummed again.

"Well that's a good thing, Yale doesn't need another case of a girl getting pregnant because the campus police system isn't up to snuff. So have you considered the options, you do know that if you have an abortion at your age nobody will blame you apart from those from very strict religious groups. It's much more difficult for someone to finish their degree when pregnant and don't tell me you're dropping out," Paris said as Rory closed her eyes.

She was right when she felt she knew exactly how this conversation would wind up going.

"I'm not having an abortion and I'm really happy to raise the child and I have every intention to graduate. Fortunately, I've already spoken to Logan and we want to raise the child together and Logan is alright with me working as a journalist."

"Well, tell him that I'll surgically remove his manhood if he leaves you to tackle raising a baby by yourself," Paris threatened, "I take it that Lorelai knows."

"Yes," Rory nodded, "She's fine with it. I think she's just glad that it's happening now and not when I was a teenager, there were a lot of things that she missed out on, but…things happen for a reason."

"They do at that, so I'm going to email you information regarding finishing your degree whilst expecting, there's also going to be some things in there for exercising. I swear Gilmore, we are graduating together and I don't care if I have to rush you to the hospital immediately after graduation, I have seen you go through too much to not make it through."

Rory smiled, quite touched by Paris saying that. "Thanks Paris,"

"Sure, Rory," Paris replied, "but definitely remind him that I am capable of making sure he can never walk in a straight line again."

"I'll deliver the message myself," Rory said before they ended their conversation. Hopefully all of her conversations regarding the pregnancy were this easy. Next it would be her grandmother and she didn't want to hear anything about getting married. As much as she wanted to marry Logan, perhaps the best time wasn't immediately after getting pregnant.

Though, if Logan was to propose to her now, she would have no hesitation in saying yes.

AN:

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