Chapter Eleven – The Grandparents
Christopher sat on the sofa next to Paul Anka as he watched the two Gilmore women. He saw Lorelei with the coffee pot. He had heard of Turkish coffee being like sludge but would it really appear that way next to a pot of Lorelei's coffee. "How are you doing?" he asked Rory as she sat with her phone trying to ignore the smell. "I think it's pretty cruel for your mother to be making coffee right now."
"You just try and take this away from me," Lorelei said and Rory chuckled.
"I think that if you did that, Mom could audition for another Lord of the Rings movie. He might even come back from the grave to write her into one," Rory commented and Lorelei wrapped her arms around the coffee pot.
"Precious…" she said jokingly and Rory put the phone down, picking up a book to distract herself with. "It's not my fault that she can't drink coffee. I've done my part. You can see my part there reading a book in front of you."
Christopher rolled his eyes before standing up and walking over to Lorelei, he wrapped her up in his arms and kissed the side of his forehead. "Well, I for one think that it would be a worthy gesture to give up caffeine for the duration of the pregnancy. Nice show of comradery." Lorelei scoffed. "Well I'm willing to do it, I bet Logan would also be willing to do it. Where is Logan anyway, don't we have to leave for your parents' house in less than an hour."
"He'll be here," Rory tried to convince her father and Christopher hummed. This was life changing news for all of them. He hoped that he had made a wise decision on Logan. They were going to be family after all. A kid definitely bridged the gap between all of them.
As Lorelei sat down there was a knock on the door and Rory got up, rushing to open it. She smiled as she Logan there with a black bag in his hand. Christopher stood up too and walked over to him, he looked at the bag and smiled with a soft laugh.
"Presents, an offering to not be sacrificed?" he asked and Logan chuckled with a characteristic shake of his head.
"You guessed correctly," he told them before looking at Lorelei. "You asked them to add another seat to the table?" he asked and Rory nodded. She was nervous about what her grandparents would say but they loved Logan. It would be much different if it had been Dean or Jess. At least Rory knew that with Logan, she was ready.
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"Logan!" Emily said as she saw the young man enter the house, "and Christopher as well. This is a surprise and it's nice of you, Lorelei to ask me to add two seats to the table although you could have given me prior knowledge as to who would be joining us. I mean, I'm happy to see Logan and Christopher but if you had told me that the countess and count were coming then I'd have inappropriately set the table."
Christopher smiled, "I am sure that whatever you put out will be excellent," he said, "You always have good decorating skills, Emily."
Logan walked over to her, "and of course, what kind of dinner guest would I be without a couple of gifts." He said and pulled out a leather bound book for Richard about history and a broach for Emily who both marveled at the gifts.
"Oh, how thoughtful," she said as Richard looked through the book. "This is beautiful, thank you. You've got a good man," she said to Rory.
"I am looking forward to reading this part," Richard chuckled as he reached a part of the book about economics in history. Rory squeezed Logan's hand. Hopefully her grandparents would keep this type of joy, she didn't want to be a disappointment to either of them.
"Dad, can you put the book down. I think it's time for drinks," Lorelei said with a gesture for them to go and sit down. Rory took another deep breath in and Logan hugged her from the side.
"It'll be fine, Ace. Stop worrying so much. Your grandparents love you and they have good reason to. You're incredible," he told her before kissing her cheek and Rory smiled as she looked at him. She nodded and he kissed the top of her head before taking a seat.
"Ah, it's been a long time since there have been so many of us gathered together," Emily said and Rory bowed her head. She had discussed this with everyone and it was a general consensus that it would be better to tell the grandparents after dinner with drinks. However, as her grandfather was starting to prepare drinks, Rory looked ahead of her.
"I mean there are six of us all together, a perfect cou-" she started and Rory paused before saying suddenly.
"Seven," she stood up and Logan quickly stood up with her. "I'm sorry. I don't want to ruin everyone's evening but," she turned to her grandparents, "Grandma, Grandpa, I'm…pregnant."
There was a silence in the room and Logan pulled Rory closer to her. Richard dropped the ice tongs and Emily looked at her with an open jaw. She turned to Logan before looking at them. "I plan to continue my education and it's okay, I'm okay and the baby is okay."
"And we do plan to get married eventually," Logan tried to reassure them. "As for before that, we'll be living together. I plan on being there for my child and we have the money to do so. I am going to be talking to my father about moving back here but since I'm living up to my responsibilities I hope he won't have a problem with it."
"I'll call him right now," Richard said still in shock. "I mean, there's no reason that a father shouldn't be with his child. I'll have words and voice my opinion and he'll have to listen to my opinion."
"Sir," Logan said as he took a step forward, "With all due respect, I will deal with my father. I know how important Rory is to all of us. I wouldn't dare to leave her alone to tackle this. We're going to be parents and we'd really like your -"
Rory put a hand on his shoulder, finally getting her breath back. "It just sort of happened," she said to her grandparents. "Logan is right though, we'll be raising the baby together and when we're both ready, we'll get married and the three of us will be a family in the eyes of the government as well."
Emily nodded slowly, "So, you do plan on getting married eventually?" she asked.
"Mom, didn't you hear the two of them?" Lorelei asked, "Sure, Logan is a bit older but they are both still young, they're handling this amazingly well."
"Much better than you did," Emily commented before smiling.
"Isn't it good news, Mom?" Lorelei asked and Emily nodded with tears in her eyes, she pulled Rory into a hug and cried a little.
"A baby, that will be amazing. I can just imagine a sweet little baby," she said and then placed a hand on Rory's shoulder. "Now, young lady, if there is anything that you need or anything that we can provide for you. I know that your mother's house isn't suited to raising a child."
"Hey!" Lorelei said quickly and Christopher pulled her into a hug as well. "My house is lovely especially after the remodel. I'm sure that you could fit two babies in there and they'd have a happy life."
"Two babies?" Emily gasped, "Is it twins? Oh, tell me it's twins. Twins are really in fashion right now, you know, many celebrities are lucky enough to have twins."
"It's not twins," Logan said, "at least we don't think it's twins and I'm already looking for some better real estate for us. I do need to see if my father has any rules that I need to follow but we'll be raising the children in our own house."
"Good, good," Emily nodded, "Well, we don't mind helping with that, do we, Richard?" she asked.
"Of course not," he told her quickly before turning to Logan. "Forgive me, Rory, but this needs to be said." He walked towards Logan. "Now, I know that you're a good man but Rory is incredibly precious to us so if you dare hurt her or this child then I would get familiar with some good hiding places because if you hurt this girl -"
"I don't plan to, sir," Logan said weakly and Richard eyed him sternly before nodding and stepping back.
"Very well," he told them as he straightened his tie. "Shall we have the drinks now?" he asked returning to the bar cart and Logan took steady breaths. Richard Gilmore could be a terrifying man at times.
End of Chapter Eleven
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