Chapter 7

RORY POV

The next morning, I woke up and made coffee. While I waited for the coffee, I went to take a shower. When I got out of the shower, I put on a pair of jeans and one of my old Yale t-shirts. I went back to the kitchen and poured myself a cup of coffee. I sat down at my kitchen table and decided to read the paper while I waited for Savannah to get up. I was going to spend the morning with her before we headed to Stars Hollow to visit with my mom before I met up with Tris, to go to the reunion. I was looking through the announcements section when I saw one that said 'HONOR HUNTZBERGER AND HUSBAND WELCOME BABY GIRL'. I couldn't believe it. Honor and Josh finally had a baby. I decided that I needed to call her and congratulate her. I walked over to my living room and grabbed my landline phone out of its charging station and began dialing her number. "Hello?" She said when she answered.

"Honor, its Rory." I said.

"Hey Ror."

"Hey. Just saw the announcement in the paper. Wanted to say Congrats." I told her.

"Thanks. I figured that Logan would have come by but nobody has heard from him." She said as I heard Savannah's bedroom door open. I turned and saw my daughter. I smiled at her. "Listen, I'm gonna be in Hartford this weekend. Can I come by at some point? I really need to tell you something and I want you to hear it from me."

"Sure. You still have your key right?"

"Yeah."

"Good. Then I'll see you this weekend."

"Great. Bye Honor." I said before hanging up. After I placed the phone back in the charging station I went back to the kitchen. "Morning" I said to Savannah.

"Morning mommy." She said giving me a hug.

"How'd you sleep?" I asked her.

"Okay, I guess. When's Daddy coming home?" Savannah asked me.

I drank the rest of the coffee in my cup. "Van, your Dad is working really hard right now. He'll be home when he can." I tell her, and she nods. "I have some news though that might make you happy. She looks up at me. "We're moving back to New York." I say.

She smiles a little. "So, we'll be closer to the grandparents, right?" She asks.

I nod. "Yep. I got a job at a really awesome newspaper and your dad thinks that I should take it. So…we're moving back." I tell my nine-year-old daughter, who acts older than she really is. She walks over, and she hugs me. "I take it your happy about this?" I ask her.

"Absolutely. I'm gonna go pack for Grandma's." She said.

"Don't forget your pop-tart." I said, pointing to the toaster.

A little while later, I'm walking out of my bedroom with my duffel bag and my dress bag. I sat my bags down by the front door and headed towards Savannah's room. "Van, come on. We gotta load the car up and get on the road."

"Okay." She said, grabbing her stuff and following me.

A little while later, Savannah and I were on the road headed to "the hollow" as my Yale friends call it. We were about halfway through the trip when my cell rang. I grabbed it out of the ashtray where I kept it and looked at the caller ID. 'Paris'. "Great..." I said sarcastically and luckily Savannah didn't notice because she had her earbuds in her ears listening to her iPod. "Hi Paris." I said.

"Rory, good. Please tell me that you are currently in your car headed down for the reunion this weekend?" Paris asked.

"Yes, Paris. I am in my car driving toward Stars Hollow as we speak. I would've come down last night after I got off work, but I've had my hands full. I have to drop Savannah off at my Mom's and then I'm meeting Tris in Hartford."

"Everything okay?" Paris asked.

"It's nothing that Finn and Colin can't handle."

"Dear God! What happened?"

"Logan decided to pull another Costa Rica."

"That idiot. Best thing you ever did was divorce him."

"Yes Paris. Thank you for the obvious observation."

"Really? Your being sarcastic."

"Yes I am. I will see you tomorrow." I said and hung up. "I swear...I think she drives me crazier now than she did in college." I said to myself.

A little while later, we were passing the 'Welcome to Stars Hollow' sign. I drove the familiar way to my childhood home that my mom now shared with Luke. They had added on to the house a few years ago...they added a second bathroom and two more bedrooms. They kept my room pretty much the same except for the bed. The twin was swapped for a queen when Logan and I got married and then when we got divorced Luke bought me a new one. When we pulled into the driveway, I noticed that Mom's car as well as Luke's truck was in the driveway.

I grabbed Savannah's hand when I got out of the car and led her up the front porch. I slowly opened the front door. "Mom! We're here!"