AN: As I wrote before, this is kind of a very much changed Season Seven of Gilmore Girls. Whereas some things will be included (Lucy and Olivia definitely) there are some things I'm changing. I think I've said it before but I prefer Christopher to Luke but one thing I personally didn't like about Season 7 was hearing about Lane and Zack's honeymoon. I adore them as a couple so I thought that I'd do something else with their honeymoon that would still stick with the awesome people they are 😊

Chapter Eight – Different Type of Family

There were so many organizations that were looking for volunteers and this was making the decision a little bit more difficult for Logan. There were all of the regular hospital programs for kids with cancer, burn victims, kids who had other terminal illnesses and although he cared about them, it wasn't something that would help him with his goal.

He paused.

That made him feel like a jerk. He didn't know whether he should be allowed to volunteer with that type of mindset. These kids had less privileged lives than he did and they might not be able to live through young adulthood. They might not even enter their preteen years. He knew that they needed help and someone to be there for him but with his lack of experience with children he wasn't sure if he was the right fit.

Maybe he could convince the board that investing in these programs to help kids facing disease would be helpful to them, it would definitely allow them more of a public presence as a doer of good, maybe attract the public to invest in their business. It was something that he would bring up at a future meeting…once he had explained how he had become distracted from his work once again.

He was a procrastinator, certainly, but he was also a fast and efficient worker once he had placed his mind on the want to do his work. He was definitely not unintelligent but he was cocky and arrogant and he knew this, Rory knew this. Maybe the first thing about becoming a future-husband and to-be-father was to find a way where he could focus on his work and earn the money to support a family without turning out like his father.

He sighed before his eyes caught hold of a unique opportunity. Tutoring children who had been orphaned and helping them with their homework. It was a sad thought to be trying to fill a place in these children's lives when he didn't have the slightest clue on how to be a father for his own baby but it seemed interesting. He could see Ace in this role.

His family had always been disrespectful towards her. No, that wasn't right. Honor definitely hadn't been but his parents sure had. His father never approved of anyone and his mother was extremely judgmental. She had married into money so she should know what it would be like to not have it but maybe that was prejudice that was fueling her. He could see his parents wanting for their child to have an elite education, an elite life, as much freedom as he often felt whereas Rory's parents would listen, try to encourage passion, try to have fun and give support.

Maybe that's why he had such a difficulty with thinking about his own child, he hadn't had much of a fun upbringing and he wanted that for his kid. He didn't want finding milkmaid and jumping off cliff fun for his son or daughter but he actually wanted to encourage them to enjoy their life.

He had no idea how to really do that whilst also proving how responsible he was, a responsibility that their child would need and he didn't want to put it all on Rory. No, he would try to figure out the best way of raising a child before they came.

He was struggling with the thought when he heard his phone ring and lifted it before seeing Rory's number. He grinned as he held it to his ear, "Hey, Ace. What's going on?"

"You okay?" Rory asked and Logan pinched the bridge of his nose, was she actually able to determine his discomfort by just the way he had answered the phone. If that was the case then he might be in more trouble than he realized.

"You know, work to do….eight days a week, or something like that," Logan laughed. "I've been thinking a bit about our kid."

"Not getting cold feet, right?" Rory asked, "Do I need to strap you into that chair and have someone fly in to give you lessons on the perfect child. That's what happens in London, right? All those nannies."

"I'm telling you, Ace, not a ton of flying nannies around here. The economy must have picked up. So, how are you? How's the baby?"

"No sign of demon possession here so I'm sure it's not the antichrist," Rory told him. "I've been talking with a few people from back home about the baby, most of them are supportive. I just…I really…"

"Come on, Ace, you know you can tell me anything," Logan said as he stood so that he could physically separate himself from his work. "I know when something is wrong, so hit me with your best shot."

"I miss you," Rory admitted, "I know that's selfish and I know that you have your work and I don't want to be a burden on you bu-"

"Never a burden," Logan tried to reassure her, "Just give me a couple of weeks to finish this part of my work and I'll spend every day with you. We could go do all the things that expecting parents typically do. You just name it," he smiled and Rory hummed.

"I can't wait until the three of us are living together," she admitted and Logan smiled.

"Me too, Ace," he said before pausing. "Rory, you know that I love you, right? That I'm happy about our having this child together even if I do turn out to be a complete let down as a dad."

"Not possible," Rory smiled, "And I love you too. Now get onto doing your work so that you can come and see me as soon as possible," she laughed gently and Logan echoed that laugh.

"Sure thing, have a good day," he told her and Rory breathed out gently which made Logan's heart melt a little bit more.

"Have a good day," she replied.

…..

…..

Rory looked across at Lane as they sat outside her smaller house. Rory had loved this place ever since Lane had moved in. It was small and a little cramped for the band, but it had meant that Lane was asserting her independence and was finally ready to be the person she was under the floorboards. Their relationship was such an important one to her and Rory really hoped that Lane would be understanding and, if Logan wanted the baby to be baptized, that Lane would agree to be the godmother.

"I've got something to tell you," Rory said nervously as she looked around her but then shook her head, "I mean, no, how was your honeymoon?" she asked and Lane smiled.

"Actually, I started having these nightmares about bad sex and going to this guy's apartment and sleeping on the floor and all of these horrible things including crabs," Lane shivered, "but it was actually pretty cool and nobody named Pedro was involved. There wasn't a lot to do because of the budget but just before we were about to leave, Zack got this discount coupon for this little Bed and Breakfast outside of Las Vegas and we won about seven thousand dollars but…if you could just not tell my mother that."

"Seven thousand?" Rory asked with a grin, "That sounds like a pretty good trip."

"Well, Zack thinks we only won five thousand. Once we'd one about three thousand, we booked into a small room in Caesar's Palace and one night I decided to go down and get something to eat and I wound up getting that extra two thousand by playing cards, Mrs. Kim would never approve of it," she said and Rory nodded.

"And did you two.." Rory began and Lane smiled.

"We did, you know, I think that with experience you're able to learn some new tricks and everything because Zack knew what he was doing and it felt weird, you know, the first time but by the fourth we had managed to work out all of the kinks," Lane said before putting a hand on her stomach. "I'm just worried about the seafood buffet, my stomach's been a bit queasy since we got back."

"Well it sounds like a really great trip," Rory smiled to her and wrapped an arm around her to give her a side hug.

"And then for your news?" Lane asked and Rory looked ahead of her.

"I'm pregnant," Rory smiled as she laughed and pushed some of her hair back behind her ear. Lane looked at her, just watching her to figure out how to react. "It feels like a good thing. I mean, it feels right with Logan and he's not pressuring me into marriage. I'm nervous about going back to Yale knowing that there will be two of us but I'm…I'm really happy."

"Then that's great," Lane said, "And if there's anything that you need. Any way that I can help you."

"I'll let you know," Rory said as Lane wrapped her arms around her best friend. Neither of them knew that Lane herself was pregnant and that this was another thing that the two could really support each other with.

End of Chapter Eight

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