Chapter 11 Two Worlds

The next morning, Logan woke up early. He turned around; a smile appeared on his lips when he found Rory sleeping next to him. Logan sighed with relief and couldn't stop looking at his wife. For him, she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen. When Logan first met her at the coffee stand on the Yale campus, he was fascinated by her. She was the first women he ever met who defended her friends.

He was impressed by this. Logan had never met anyone who supported and protects their friends from harm or ridicule. In the privileged world that he grew up in, it wasn't common to have real friends who cared for you or to be honest with each other when sharing experiences. Logan had many friends, but most of them grew up like him. In a golden cage, prepared to run the family business, to marry a woman from the same circles and maybe to have one or two children.

Then he met Rory Gilmore who showed him, Robert, Colin, and Finn that there was more to life than to spend your precious time at parties, sleeping with random women and doing stupid stunts like the last one they did, in Costa Rica nineteen years ago, that almost cost him his life.

At that time he was just too immature, but his Ace was the one who made him a better person. Showed him what it meant to be loved unconditionally, to enjoy the little things in life. He was grateful to have Rory in his life, and she meant everything to Logan.

For a brief moment, he closed his eyes. His thoughts returned to the conversation they had yesterday. It was necessary although it was a difficult talk about Norah. Gently he stroked a brown strand of hair and placed it behind her ear. He smiled when she began to stir and finally opened her blue eyes.

"Good morning Logan. How are you?" she greeted him yawning, moved closer to her husband and laid her head on his chest, while he stroked her back.

"Morning Ace, I'm fine and you?" he asked tenderly kissing her cheek,

"Would you like me to make you some breakfast? I could make your favorite blueberry pancakes.."

"That sounds like a good idea. You know how to spoil me. But please hurry up. I don't want to spend too much time alone without you", Rory smiled softly at her husband. "I will do my best Ace " Logan nodded grinning.

"Good, while you do that I think I will write my mom a WhatsApp message.,"

"Ok, and tell her and our kids I said hi.," Logan answered her, giving her a gentle kiss on the forehead, and got up from the bed.

"Alright and Logan?"

"Yeah Ace?"

"I love you."

"Love you too..," he winked at her and left the bedroom. After her husband had left the room, a happy grin appeared on her face. She was so relieved that they had talked about their problems. Rory was aware that their issues wouldn't go away immediately, but with Logan by her side, she could conquer the world.

Fifteen minutes later Rory came into the kitchen and smiled when she saw Logan dressed in his Superman boxers and a Kiss The Cook apron in, standing in front of the stove, singing, I'm On Fire, one of his favorite songs from Bruce Springsteen.

Rory crept in silently and wrapped her arms around his waist from behind she whispered. "Hey you could apply for some of the Star Search or America's got Talent Shows..," She gave him a gentle kiss on his cheek.

"Why thank you, Ace. Would you vote for me?" Logan asked, furrowing his eyebrows, then turning to Rory and curiously looked at her.

"Well, it depends..no I'm just joking Logan."

"What are our plans for today?" he asked her kissing her on the cheek.

"How about if we stay in, watch Netflix and order Italian food for dinner?"

"This is a great idea Ace. Just a lazy day cuddled up on the couch in front of the TV watching good movies. You can't imagine how much I missed cuddling and watching movies with you Ace. like we did in college."

"That's true, Logan. I'm also excited how our "diary" will work.", Rory said still hugging him and burying her face in his chest.

"Me too Ace, me too..", he replied.

"So what are your plans for the weekend?", Liam asked his friends grinning while they walked toward the metro station after a long, exhausting day at school. Finally, Friday had arrived, and Liam couldn't wait to call his parents in the evening via Skype.

"My mom isn't at home this weekend because she has an important conference in Hamburg and so I'm staying at my Dad's place with my sister Sophie. How about we spend the afternoon together on the Danube Island. If the weather gets bad, we could go to the DEK shopping center, walk through some CD shops and maybe watch a good movie at the Hayden cinema." Emma suggested shrugged her shoulders.

"That sounds like a good idea Emma, but I can't come because we're visiting my grandma at the hospital.", Melinda chimed in looking sad when she noticed her father in the parking lot waiting for her.

"Oh, ok Melinda. Just give me a call tonight!"

"Sure and have fun with Liam..", she winked at her friend with a big grin.

"Thanks and I hope your grandmother will recover soon." Emma nodded. "Of course so I have to go. See you both next week..", Melinda said and left her friends.

Liam was happy that he could finally spend some time alone with Emma, but he was also nervous. In Hartford, Liam spent a lot of time with Nathalie and her cousin Zoey, in Hartford. It was never unpleasant for him to be alone with them. However, it felt different with Emma.

"Liam? Is anyone home?", Emma's concerned voice brought him back to reality.

"Oh erm I'm sorry sure I have time. We can go to the Danube Island right away and spend our free afternoon together. I'm fine with that."

Immediately he realized that he was looking forward to spending the rest of the day with her. Emma was entirely different from the girls he met at Chilton. She was quite smart, humorous and beautiful. Even if she was shy from time to time, but this made her more unique than any girl he had ever met.

"Well, let's go right now, so we don't lose time. I can postpone my school work and study for the next tests tomorrow. Hopefully, my dad has time to help me with Math this weekend unless he has to do endless shifts in the hospital this weekend.

I wish I would be as good as Sophie in Mathematics. But I'm glad that I'm good at my English, Spanish and German Classes.",

"Oh yeah, I love languages too, and I must confess I was never good at Mathematics. I think I had inherited it from my Mom. My Mom works as psychologist.", Liam smirked and looked into Emma's intense, brown eyes while they were waiting for the next metro.

Liam and Emma arrived at the Danube Island around half past two in the afternoon. Liam stretched out in the meadow and stared at the girl next to him who had closed her eyes lying beside him. Some strands of her red hair hung loosely on her face, and a happy smile lay on her lips.

Somehow it seemed to him as if he had known Emma all his life, even though he had only met her seven days ago. She reminded him of his best friend, Nathalie. They had a lot in common with writing articles in the school papers, reading books, the ability to see the good in every person and especially the love for movies and music.

If Emma had blonde hair, she would look just like his best friend. Liam shook his head. Nathalie and Emma could never be related to each other. That would be ridiculous! Of course, they were similar in many ways, but that didn't mean anything.

"This place is amazing Emma. So peaceful and quiet at the same time. How about we go and get a hot dog, and afterward we walk over to Bartolottis for a delicious ice cream sundae." Liam suggested.

"That's so sweet, but before we go and get something to eat, I want to show you one of my favorite places. Melinda and I like to spend ten hours a week there. It is a lot of fun, and I think you will like it too. Come on Liam..", she told him with a big grin, she stood up.

"Well, if that's the case, then I have to go with you. You must know that I am not averse to any adventure, to my mother's regret. I'm just like my dad." Liam replied with a smirk. Standing up he looked Emma in the eyes, and his heart began to beat faster against his chest. Emma was girlfriend material, and he didn't know if he was the right one for her, he was just like his father.

"Ok s let's go..", Emma grabbed his hand, but before they could reach her favorite place, the sky had grown darker, and within a few seconds, it started to rain both ran as fast as they could to the nearest subway station. Drenched, they sat down on the bench and waited for the next subway.

"Too bad it is raining, I would have loved to show you my favorite place on the island...", Emma sighed and tied her wet hair into a ponytail. "I know, but we still have time, Emma. At some point, we'll make sure you show me your favorite spot on the Danube Island. Hey, I have a suggestion. Let's go to the cinema Em. I recently read on Facebook that they have a Vintage afternoon at Hayden Cinema where they are showing old movies. Are you up for that?" Liam wanted to spend more time with her and tried to cheer her up. He gently stroked a loose strand of her red hair and tucked it behind her ear.

Emma blushed and lowered her gaze. "Sure let's head to the cinema. Before the movie starts, we could go to a Subways if you're ok with that.." "Of course Angel. I mean Emma.", he stuttered a little bit, and now it was his turn to be embarrassed.