The Escort
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls it is owned by the CW/WB and Amy Sherman-Palladino. This chapter contains transcript taken from Season 5 Episode 5.07: You Jump, I Jump Jack; they are the words of the writers of Gilmore Girls and belong to Amy Sherman-Palladino and the WB/CW.
Chapter 4: Intrigue and Impulse
"I'm sorry could you run that by me again?" asked Colin working his way up to a rage never seen before.
Logan, Finn, and Colin were currently holed up in Logan's dorm room discussing the sudden turn of events. Rory Gilmore-Hayden was going to expose what they and those before them had preserved for several centuries. It was an unmitigated disaster.
Colin was pacing every few minutes and talking to himself, while Finn was lying on an available surface daydreaming, and Logan was simply thinking important thoughts. "It's going to be the end of us. All we had to do was preserve the secret and pass it on to the next generation, but we're going to be known as the one's who allowed the Brigade to be revealed. What's the point in being in a secret society, if there's no secret?" demanded Colin.
"Colin for the life of me, will you sit down mate!" said Finn getting upset with the back and forth motion. He looked like he was a little seasick.
"I don't understand how she found out about us?" whispered Colin.
Logan finally looked up from his musings. "She knew about In Omnia Paratus, she saw the SUV license plate, and other things I can't remember right now. Gord told me the group stopped at the library for Stephanie to use the ladies the other night. Knowing Rory she was probably in the library for a study session. It was probably Steph who exposed us."
There was a moment of silence before Colin was heard groaning.
"I don't understand," said a confused Finn.
"Stephanie would do something like this!" ranted Colin.
Seeing the confused look on Finn's face Logan further explained. "Stephanie has always been a part of our group. During my last year at Choate she was a little peeved that I wouldn't tell her about what I was up to. I kept Rory and my escorting her to the DAR deb ball under wraps. Colin didn't even know, but Stephanie felt that we were leaving her behind. I think this is a way to get back at me."
"Didn't know Steph could be so vindictive," said Finn looking rather impressed.
"There's nothing that woman forgets. She's got the memory of an elephant," replied Colin.
"Someone's got to speak to her…" that thought was left to hang in the air as the guys looked at each other to see who would have the dubious honour.
"Why did you keep Rory a secret from your closest friends?" asked Finn out of nowhere.
"What?" asked Logan.
"I understand the obligation to escort a young lady to a deb ball isn't exactly glamorous, but why did you keep it a secret? Were you ashamed of Rory?"
Colin waited as Logan answered the question. He'd been waiting years to receive an answer to that particular question.
"I…umm…Rory wasn't like any of the other girls I'd escorted. She was society, you could tell, but she tried to act like she had nothing to do with her grandparents' life. However, I wanted to keep Rory from the unsavoury parts of my life. I didn't want her to be bothered by my groupies or social hangers-on. I was selfish…wanted to keep her to myself."
Colin and Finn looked at each other before turning to Logan. He was red faced at the confession he'd made. He pretty much told his friends all they needed to know about his feelings for Rory. It was hard baring your soul, even to close friends.
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Rory walked into her dorm room just as the phone started ringing. There was a mad dash to her room to pick up the receiver. She hoped it was Dean, they haven't talked in a long time and she really needed to touch base with Stars Hollow. Her parents didn't count because they were practically Hartford society even though they might live in Stars Hollow.
"Dean hi!" says Rory smiling after hearing his response. "So how's it going?"
"Ror, I'm sorry to do this, but I know we're supposed to get together the day after tomorrow, but I have to cancel – again," says Dean sounding frustrated.
"Oh…I thought everything had been worked out for us to be together." Rory tries not to sound disappointed.
"Yes it was, but something came up again. One day, I'm going to have one job, not three, which will simplify everything. I hope."
"No Dean! It's alright. I understand you need to work. We can always meet up another time."
"I was hoping we could somehow hook up tomorrow night, I forget if you have something going on, but I've got a three hour window, and I was thinking dinner or something."
As Dean put forth his offer of Dinner, Rory noticed an envelope taped to the outside of her window. She reaches out, opens it, and it reads: "Be in your vestibule at four tomorrow. Blindfolded. ~The LDB.
"Rory! Are you still there?" asks Dean.
"Huh! Oh yeah I'm still here," says Rory distracted by the note. She looks outside to see if anyone was walking by, but the outside of her dorm is deserted.
Dean continues on with his previous thought. "Maybe we can meet halfway between Yale and Stars Hollow. That probably puts us on the interstate, meaning the six ninety-nine surf and turf special, but hell, I'm a cheap date. Uh, so, not the most romantic get together for us, but something's better than nothing. What do you think?"
"Oh…umm…I would love to have dinner with you tomorrow night, but something unbelievably unexpected came up, and it's going to keep me busy for a couple of days."
"Oh…I didn't know you had anything going on. What is it?" asked an annoyed Dean.
"I'd give you more info, but it's all a little Dali-esque and hard to explain. I'll fill you in in-person when I get home. If I get home. Just kidding. I hope," jokes Rory.
"What? Rory what's going on?"
"I can't say right now. It's for the newspaper. I'll talk to you later. Bye," said Rory really fast. She didn't want to compromise her story by telling Dean, it would be awkward telling Dean about Logan. Technically Dean had no idea that Logan was back, and Logan had no idea that she and Dean were still together. She preferred to keep it that way.
Her life didn't need to get any more complicated than it already was. Logan was of the same attitude as he had been previously. Rory needed to move on with her life and date, and that was exactly what she was doing.
She felt she was at a point in her life where she was doing exactly what she wanted to do. She'd never had a chance to do that growing up, it was about what Lorelai wanted and she'd simply gone with it, but now it was different.
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Rory feels stupid standing in her vestibule at such a rush hour wearing a blindfold. Damn those Life and Death Brigade members and their secrecy.
There was no awareness before Logan came to get her. It simply happened. "Hey, Ace, you ready?" he asks before grabbing her and pulling her arm.
"Oh…umm…well…" is the only response that she can get out before she feels herself being led in whatever direction her fate awaited.
Rory feels herself being led into a car, maybe it's the SUV from the library entrance. It was weird being a reporter; you had to interact with the most interesting and insane of people. The next thing she hears is a door being shut.
"Hit it!" says Logan.
"Ah! Not so loud!" says the familiar voice of Finn.
"You're very auditorily sensitive today," puts in a voice that Rory has never heard before.
"Oh, and your voice helps," came the terse response back.
"Is the blindfold secure?" asks Colin at last. Rory had been waiting for Colin to make his appearance. He always did the most interesting things.
"Secure and in place," said Logan with a hint of malice.
"Our anonymity's crucial, Logan. Crucial," you could almost hear the bristling in the response.
"Oh I feel so horrible. Why must I be subjected to such things," groaned Finn.
"What's wrong with Finn?" asks Rory who thought there could be nothing that upset Finn.
"Great job with the blindfold, Logan," came the scathing remark.
"I recognized your voices, Colin," said Rory trying not to get anyone in trouble. "Can we remove the blindfold now?"
"We're also hiding our destination," whispered Logan into Rory's ear. She felt a shiver go up her spine, but thought maybe a draft had entered the secure vehicle. Yeah.
"We just had to leave at this ungodly hour," replied a tormented Finn.
"It's four in the afternoon," said a rather confused Rory.
"He's got a thing about the sun," said Logan who seemed to be bored with the whole conversation.
"It's too bright," said the petulant Finn.
"So I know Finn and Colin are here, but there's someone else here I've never met. Who's the girl?"
"I've been told we've met. I've no memory of it," said the unfamiliar voice.
"Oh, Gorilla Girl," came the humorous reply.
"Oh, well, isn't that a pretty nickname," replied Stephanie who didn't seem to be bothered in the least. She was probably plotting something.
"Oh, by the way, this thing's overnight," Logan dropped the bombshell as if it was nothing.
"Overnight?" asked Rory. She'd wanted to surprise Dean after her duty was done to the Yale Daily News. Now she wouldn't get a chance to do that.
"Didn't I mention that before?" asked Logan. He hadn't wanted to give Rory a chance to back out if she knew it was going to be overnight. There was another part of him that hoped it would ruin plans with anyone she was dating. He didn't think too much on the latter part. It brought forth emotions he wasn't willing to examine in detail at the moment, or ever.
"Oh, must have slipped your mind."
"That doesn't screw up anything for you, does it?" asked Logan. He wanted her to confirm or deny that she was seeing someone. Honor wouldn't divulge whether Rory was in a relationship, dating around, or casually involved with anyone. He didn't know what would happen after he received a confirmation on that front, he'd play it by ear.
"No, it doesn't. It would have been good manners to tell me about the overnight thing, but then I don't expect much from you Logan.
There was a pause before Logan said. "No…Hmm. Loose schedule. Good."
"We like our schedules loose, like our women," said Finn who was trying to make a joke out of a tense situation.
"Clever," said Colin. He now knew how Rory felt about Logan leaving.
"My God, it's early," moaned Finn.
The car became silent. Everyone was taking in what had been said.
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Stephanie Courtney Adams Vanderbilt was curious. She had set a plan in motion to reveal the identity of Logan's mystery girl. She remembered talking to Honor all those years ago about a girl named Rory; it was really interesting that the same girl was currently attending Yale. She didn't realize that the girl Logan had escorted to the DAR deb ball was none other than, Lorelai Leigh Whitney Abbott Gilmore-Hayden. It was going to be interesting to see how the brigade reacted to such an entity.
From the brief conversation that had occurred in the car, she realized that Rory resented Logan. She watched as the two of them came up the beaten path. The reactions of the other brigade members were unique. The women-folk were sizing up the new woman who had Logan's undivided attention, and the men were looking at a new addition. She wondered how many had been warned off by Logan.
Robert Grimaldi was going to be trouble. From the way he was looking at Rory, it seemed he was interested in her for a different reason altogether. Hmm…it was going to be an interesting few days.
"So that's Lorelai Gilmore-Hayden?" asked Seth Norcross.
"Yes. She's an interesting person, if only because she's able to hold Logan's attention for so long," said Stephanie.
"Do you think the brigadiers are going to be comfortable with her? She is going to write an expose on our club."
"Don't worry too much Seth. She seems to be the type who will keep the integrity of the event intact. She's society, she knows how to do her job and make us look good."
"Hey I didn't know Rory was going to be here," said the distinct voice of Libby Dottie.
Stephanie, Seth , and few members nearby turned and gave the flighty girl their full attention.
"How do you know Rory?" asked Gord Tate who had driven the SUV during the infamous night Rory had discovered them.
Libby looked at them oddly. "Rory and I came out together at the DAR deb ball when we were sixteen. Logan was her escort at the time."
"So what is she like?" asked Seth.
"I'm not one of her closest friends. Honor Huntzberger has that title. She's a very private person, though she does have a public life. She and Logan were the hit of that particular deb ball and everyone said they would end up married. It was sweet watching them waltz, but at the end of the night Rory was more subdued. I understand Logan was sent away to boarding school after an incident at school."
"Do you think she wants to be with Logan?" asked Robert who had walked up during Libby's spiel about the couple.
"I'm afraid I can't answer that question. Rory is a lovely person and I think she'll do what she thinks is best for her. Now can someone tell me what she's doing here? Are we initiating new members?"
"Rory found about the brigade and decided to write an article on it. We decided to allow her access to an LDB event on the terms that she keep our names and locations out of it. She also promised to not to interfere with the integrity of the event," said Seth giving Stephanie a dirty look. She simply rolled her eyes.
"Oh dear! I didn't realize our secret was out, but Rory won't ruin anything for us. In fact, I think it will only add to our mystique. I've heard that previous brigadiers dropped some information in a reporter's ear to make interest pique about us."
Stephanie watched as the conversation continued on this particular topic. She hoped this event would go off without a hitch. She was also curious about Rory.
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Well… she was going to think twice when conversation without the letter 'e' came up again, if ever. She'd been given suspicious looks throughout the opening of the Life and Death Brigade event. Logan had disappeared after introducing her to some people; she had a feeling he was getting away with a lady friend, not that it mattered to her…
So far the brigade was treating her with cold civility. She'd gotten to know a few of them through her charity work, but it was awkward when she had come to report the event. Although the information she was getting was really great. They had an old world ambiance about them; quite charming in fact.
"What do you think of the festivities so far?" asked a distinctly bored voice.
Rory looked at the tall, slender, brown haired man. He was handsome with the breeding of the upper crust written in his every feature. She'd met guys like him in her past few years on the social scene; she could even call some of them her friends. However, the one looking down at her with interest had never crossed her path.
"Yes very much. I'm sorry I don't know your name. Logan introduced me to a few people like Seth and Gord, but I don't believe I've had the pleasure of meeting you," said Rory with a smile on her face.
"Why Miss Gilmore-Hayden you wound me! However, I will forgive you this one time. Robert Gaspar Bacon Grimaldi; your servant madam!" he said with a jaunty bow. He actually took her hand and gave it kiss. She was instantly charmed.
"What lovely manners you have Robert. I believe my grandmother Francine knows your mother. They sit on the Literacy First board together, and I believe I've met Mrs. Grimaldi a few months ago at a charity fundraiser. She mentioned you and said I should look you up at Yale."
Robert actually groaned. It would be just like his mother to say something so unpardonable to Rory. The woman was going to be the end of him. She was always throwing debutantes in his direction, most of them time he simply threw them back, but he would be delighted if this particular debutante decided to take his mother's suggestion. "I apologize in advance for anything Sylvia said. She tends to blather on when she imbibes a bit too much alcohol."
Rory burst out laughing. He was so witty. Although his mother was a funny drunk, there was nothing harmful in Sylvia's not-so-subtle hint that her son was single and at Yale. "Would you be willing to give me a quote for my article? I won't be putting anyone's name down."
Robert gave her a little smirk before moving into her personal space. "I would love to give you a quote Miss Gilmore-Hayden. Can I ask you a personal question?"
Rory looked up at him. He was quite tall and she liked her banter with him. "Hmm…"
Huh…there was something about Rory Gilmore-Hayden that made him want to protect and muss her up at the same time. Robert saw the way Colin and Finn were making their way towards the pair, he and Huntzberger were going to have words. "What happened with you and Huntzberger?"
Rory was so unprepared for the question; she could do nothing but stare at him. She wasn't given the opportunity to answer because Finn and Colin had made their way towards the pair.
"Robert mate, don't you think you should step back from the lady. She needs breathing space," chuckled Finn. He actually tried to physically move Robert, but the man in question refused to be budged from his place.
"Colin, Finn I haven't seen the two of you in a while. Rory and I were having a conversation so if you don't mind I think we'll just get back to it."
"Actually I think that's enough talking for you. Rory I want to show you something," said Colin as he led Rory some distance away.
"What are you doing Robert?" Finn looked at the man who was staring after the girl in question. He didn't like how things were working out.
"I was talking to the reporter girl just like Huntz mandated. Is there something unbecoming in my conduct?" the question was put slyly.
"Oh give it up! You're only thinking with one part of your head and you only want her because Huntz is interested."
"My life does not revolve around Logan Huntzberger. Rory was telling me that she knew my mother and we were chatting. By the way, if Huntz was so interested in reporter girl then why isn't he with her? I saw him sneak away with one of his usual whores. Rory Gilmore-Hayden doesn't deserve to be disrespected in that way." With his piece said Robert made his way towards the table with the alcohol.
Finn could only watch as the figure of Robert disappeared into the crowd. Oh boy!
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Logan felt groggy in the morning. He wasn't like Finn who abhorred the sun, but he didn't like to wake up too early. He was currently standing outside Rory's tent waiting for her to exit.
"Another day, another sartorial surprise; I barely saw you last night," said Rory as she made her way out of her tent. She got an eyeful of Logan in his tuxedo; the boy could wear clothes!
"I had some things to finish up before today. So, start getting ready yourself." She looked good in the morning. He had to stop with these thoughts.
Rory looked at him oddly. "I am ready."
"Dressed like that?" Logan gave her a haughty look.
"Well, I didn't have the 'it's an overnight thing' warning, so unless you want me to fashion something out of pinecones, this is it," replied a disgruntled Rory. He was starting to bother her now.
"That clothing is going to interfere with the integrity of our event and you agreed not to interfere with the integrity of our event."
"Listen you imbecile, all I've got is a washbowl, a towel and a toothbrush."
Logan gave her a small smile. "Is that all you've got? Look again, Ace."
Rory went back into her tent and looked around her small habitat. When she looked under the bed she found a large white box with a blue bow. She hadn't seen that before.
It took Rory some time to get into the lovely dress she was given. If she'd known dressing up was part of the activities she would've brought her own ball gown and jewellery for that matter.
Logan was waiting for Rory as she exited the tent. God, she looked every bit as beautiful today as she did the day of her debutante ball. She was going to turn heads; he didn't know if he liked the sound of that.
"I got your event integrity right here, mister," said Rory as she watched the emotions run across Logan's face before becoming neutral.
"Yep. I got an eye for dress sizes. We go this way." He was really happy with the fit of the dress.
Logan grabbed Rory's hand and gently walked her in the direction of an open field. Rory was trying to keep calm as he rushed her to whatever was beyond the hill. "Come on, hurry."
"Have you ever tried running in a crinoline?" asked Rory
"We're late."
Rory could only give Logan a dirty look at his cavalier attitude. "For what? The ritual sacrifice?"
Before Logan could respond she saw everyone standing, wearing tuxes and gowns, listening to a speech made by the master of ceremonies.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, I do declare here gathered, one hundred and eighth assembly of the honourable Life and Death Brigade."
Rory could only watch fascinated as the speech was made. She vaguely took notice of Finn as he handed her a glass of champagne. This Life and Death Brigade sure knew how to throw a party.
"He's using 'e's," she whispers to Logan only to get a pointed look.
"Please raise your glasses. In Omnia Paratus!"
As the toast was made there is a response from the rest of the group. "In Omnia Paratus!"
Rory doesn't realize what's happening until she is being fed champagne by Logan. She makes eye contact with him and sees an unfamiliar emotion on his face. Before she could question it the moment is broken.
"Now you might want to cover your ears," says Logan as he turns to face the opposite direction.
"Why?" asks Rory
Her answer is given as the master of ceremonies bangs a gong with a loud "clang". Everyone takes this as a signal, cheers and runs into the field.
"And to think some groups just go bowling." He says and walks towards the festivities raising a glass to the group. Rory watches the mayhem and shake her head. This was unreal.
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Rory has so many little notebooks filled with the goings-on at the LDB gathering that she could probably write several articles on the group. However, one large front-page article would suffice.
She's seen the group play polo and met a lovely young man named Kip Barnes who taught her the rules of the sport. She watched him as he played and he looked good out there.
The paint ball tournament was vicious. She tried to play, but then felt bad when she injured Finn while he was the target. She walked with him all the way to the medic tent to soothe his broken pride.
Currently, Rory was looking up at a large scaffold with people standing on it holding umbrellas and looking slightly nervous. She was curious.
"Hope you're thinking up superlatives," said Logan as he appeared out of the blue.
"What are they going to do?" asks Rory.
Logan looks at her peculiarly. "What do you think they're going to do?"
"You're not saying…they're not going to jump?" asks an astonished Rory.
"Jump!"
"That's like seven stories! They'll die!" came the agitated response.
"We're all going to die one day."
"But those four are today."
"Actually it's six."
"Logan I know how to count. I see four."
"There's nothing wrong with your counting skills. I'm heading up."
"Of course you are," she says then looks away from the scaffold.
"And Finn was supposed to do it, but few of us figured he'd make it this far, so there's an extra space.
"Hmm," there's a pause as Rory sees Logan looking at her. "No!"
"And we're not going to die. No one in the Life and Death Brigade has ever died. Old ones have." Logan tries his hand at reassuring her.
"I am not going to jump!" comes the response.
Before Logan could say anything Seth makes his way towards the couple. "We're all set."
"Rory you met Seth yesterday; he's the genius behind all this," says Logan.
"It's very safe. We did a dozen successful test drops, every potato came through without a scratch," says Seth.
"Huh? Potato?"
"Rory, you can't test using people, that'd be dangerous!" admonishes Logan, who seems to be enjoying the moment. The two are left alone as Seth makes his way back to the scaffold.
"I'm happy as I am. I don't need to jump off a seven foot scaffold to enjoy life," says Rory rather passionately.
"What happened to the girl that I waltzed with when I was younger? I remember when you decided to tell off the photographer who thought you'd be a perfect bikini model?"
"I'm not the same girl you left behind Logan. There are a lot of things you don't know about me," whispers Rory.
Logan gives her small smile. "You've grown up, but you seem to be stuck in this bubble of safety. To be honest with you, you look like you need a little adventure."
Rory looks mortally offended. "What does that mean?"
"You've always been sheltered. Don't you want to do something that's just for you? I know you became a debutante to have experiences that your mother never had. Do you think Lorelai would've done something like this? It'll be fun, it'll be a thrill. Something stupid, something bad for you. Just something different. Isn't this the point of being young? It's your choice, Ace. People can live a hundred years without really living for a minute. You climb up here with me; it's one less minute you haven't lived.
God he was just the same reckless boy he had been at eighteen. And he knew her like no one else including Honor. He knew all the right buttons to push. "Let's go."
Logan had no idea why convincing her to do this was so important. He wanted her to be with him when the stunt was performed. "Let's go!"
The couple made their way to the side where there was a ladder which would take them to the top of the scaffold. "Just telling you know that I am not a fan of ladders."
"They scare the crap out of me, too."
When they reached the top Rory had to look down. Not a good idea. "High. We are very high."
"I've been higher remind me to tell you some other time of those experiences."
"I meant distance from the ground."
Logan could only chuckle. She was cute when she was nervous. "That, too."
Seth was helping everyone strap in. He made his way towards Rory and Logan to assist them. "This is totally safe. And it goes with your outfit. Nice."
"So…umm…why do they look so worried?" asked Rory pointing to the people who were on the ground.
"We're low on champagne. You can back out, you know. No one's forcing you," says Logan feeling guilty.
"I know! You wanted me here for a reason and I want to know what it feels like to jump off from this height."
The group below are getting anxious and the master of ceremonies had decided to call up to the jumpers in Latin.
Logan takes a deep breath and asks, "You trust me?"
"You jump, I jump, Jack," says Rory.
The natives were getting restless. They were chanting "In Omnia Paratus!"
"I really should have confirmed that those potatoes were okay." Before Rory could respond Logan grabs her hand and they jump.
Seth who is waiting at the bottom says, "Oh, thank God," as the jumpers land safely.
Logan is so exhilarated. He has never felt like this before. "You did good, Ace!"
Rory is so ecstatic. It's been a long time since she felt like this and of course, it was Logan who had to goad her into it. "Once in a lifetime experience!"
She was a sight for sore eyes. "Only if you want it to be." Logan only lets go of Rory's hand as they are both handed glasses of champagne in celebration. He watches as the group descends on Rory. The jump seems to have been the ice-breaker.
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Stephanie loves a good intrigue. She watched as Logan and Rory had jumped and she felt like they were in perfect harmony. There was something going on between those two and anybody with eyes could see it. Logan was currently surrounded by his harem and Rory was talking to Kip Barnes who was paying too much attention to Rory.
She loved Logan like a brother, but he was acting like an ass. If the boy wasn't careful his sweetheart was going to fall into the arms of another man.
"So you noticed something going on between Logan and Rory?" asked Colin as he joined her in observation of the couple.
"Oh yes I did. I don't understand why he's not with her now," said Stephanie.
"We've both known Logan a long time. Do you think he's ready for something so permanent like what Rory would bring into his life? The man is running away from a future that is already set in stone."
"It's sad that he can't see what's right in front of him. He's going to regret it one day when he realizes what he's lost. She's not always going to be available to him."
"So why is this party so boring?" asked Finn who was currently sporting a limp from his previous accident.
"It was waiting for you to liven things up a bit," said Colin.
"I'm going to have words with the DJ Maggie May," said Finn as he made his way towards the unsuspecting DJ.
"He's too much," said Stephanie.
"Hey where's Finn going?" asked Rory as she joined the group.
"Apparently we need to get this party up to Finn standards," said Colin.
The group got into discussing the jump and before they knew it the party had started getting a little more exciting. They watched as one after another the Life and Death Brigade made their way to the makeshift 'dance floor' which was on the field where all the activities had taken place.
When the music changed to a traditional string quartet, Rory smiled. She knew this song. Logan was busy with his women so she had to find someone else to dance with.
Logan watched from a distance as Rory and Seth made their way onto the dance floor and swung into a traditional Viennese Waltz. He had made a request for this particular song because of what it meant to him and Rory, yet she was dancing with someone else. He didn't begrudge Seth, but it hurt a little to see her dance this waltz with another.
The Life and Death Brigade was also watching Rory Gilmore-Hayden and they were enjoying her company. The young woman who had come as a reporter felt more like family, to some she already was family.
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The next day when Rory opened the door she found four things on her doorstep: a gorilla mask, her camera, a bottle of champagne, and an invitation.
The Life and Death Brigade, Yale University Chapter
The Honourable Life and Death Brigade requests the presence of
Miss Lorelai Leigh Whitney Abbott Gilmore-Hayden at its formal initiation ceremony
On December 21st, 2005 at 7:00 am at a destination to be determined.
Please await further instructions.
Yours, and etc.
The Life and Death Brigade
In Omnia Paratus
Dress Code: Black Tie
AN: Hello Everyone! It took me a long time to get this chapter just the way I wanted it. Half of it was written right after the last chapter was published and the other half a few days ago. I hope you enjoyed this extra long chapter of the Life and Death Brigade event. Let me know what you think and ask me any questions you may have. Also, if you wish to ask me a question please sign in when you review otherwise I can't reply back to you. Thank you to my wonderful readers for continuing to support all my stories. Until next time. ~LE ;)