Rory glanced over at Logan from where she sat in the passenger seat of his towncar. They had left the hospital and were headed to Stars Hollow. Rory had made sure that Logan didn't want to go back to talk to his dad before they left, when he very firmly said no and shook his head she stopped pushing in the issue.

"Whatcha looking at Ace?" Logan asked, the edges of his mouth turned up into a small smile as he glanced at her.

Rory shrugged. "Just you." She said, knowing as she said it that it sounded cheesier than she had intended it to.

"What about me?" Logan asked as he changed lanes, and pulled onto the freeway that led them from Hartford to the much smaller and thankfully slower paced town of Stars Hollow. The closer they got to the town of Rory's childhood, the more excited Logan got, and not only because he was getting to spend time with her. Stars Hollow had always been fascinating to Logan, every time he had visited he found something new that he liked. Of course it had been years since the blonde had been back and he was starting to look forward to however long he got to spend in the little town.

Rory shrugged again. "Just haven't gotten to look at you in awhile." She blushed slightly. "You look older."

"Gee thanks." Logan said following it with a chuckle.

"That's not what I meant. I mean, you don't look bad." She looked at him. "I think it's scientifically impossible for you to look good."

"I'm just teasing Ace. It's been a rough couple of months. After we parted ways last time, something snapped. I dunno,but things were pretty rough there. I guess you not being in my life affected me more than I thought it would."

Rory didn't know what to say, so she just smiled at him. After a few seconds she sighed softly. "I'm sorry for just dissapearing like that. You were with Odette, and after that night with the Life and Death Brigade it just hurt too much to be around you." She frowned. "I never wanted to share you, and for some reason after that night it made it all so much more real that, that is exactly what I was doing. I was sharing you..." Her voice trailed off as she looked out the window, trying not to let the emotion show too much in her voice.

Logan knew better, she knew the signs. The looking away meant that his brunette companion was getting emotional. He steadied the steering wheel with one hand, and reached over with his free hand grabbing hers and squeezing it. "Rory, I was stupid. I should of never agreed to any of the dynastic plan. I should of come after you when you left. I was lost. I was being stupid." He shook his head sadly and squeezed her hand again. "I'm glad I know. I'm not mad at you for not telling me sooner." He sighed. "Everything that had to do with ODette was part of my dad's master plan to make the Huntxburger name bigger in the business world. I was just a pawn in the game."

It was Rory's turn to squeeze Logan's hand. "It's over and done with. We can't go back and change it. We can sit here and talk about what we should of done, or what we could of done. But it can't be changed. We can't go back."

"Way to sound like a country song Ace." Logan said before squeezing her hand one more time before releasing it and putting it back on the wheel.

"I mean it though. Let's not worry about Odette, or any of that, and just focus on the baby, and live in the moment."

Logan nodded, he couldn't agree more. Although if he was honest with himself, he didn't want to be just friends with Rory. He had never wanted to be just friends with Rory. He decided he needed to lighten the mood, especially since they were getting closer to Stars Hollow with each passing moment. "Hey Ace, you did finally break up with Paul right?"

Rory burst into laughter, it was so sudden and such a loud burse that Logan almost jumped. She looked at him after several seconds of laugher and wiped her eyes. "Yes, and you're going to make fun of me for how I did it."

Logan raised an eyebrow, "You did it by text message didnt you?"

Rory shook her head, as her laughing fit calmed down. "No worse." She shrugged. "I did it with an e-Card."

Logan laughed. "Did you at least include a gift card or witty saying."

"Yeah, I sent him a twenty five dollar Amazon gift card, and wrote a nice little note in it."

Logan shook his head again. "Only you Ace, only you would break up with someone via an emailed card and inlcude a gift card."

"Well, it wasn't happening any other way. So at least it finally happened."

"Took you long enough." Logan snorted. "So, is this going to be weird?" Me being in Stars Hollow with you?"

Rory shrugged. "I haven't really thought about it, but it shouldn't be." She thought about it for several long seconds before she continued. "I mean, not very many people even know I'm pregant. So they will learn that and see you at the same time." She looked down. "Since it's kind of hard to hide it now, especially since I'm not going to be wearing baggy shirts anymore." She smiled. "They were going to find out about the baby eventually anyway, and I know at least a few people that will be glad to know it's yours."

Logan listened intently to what Rory was saying and became curious, cocking an eyebrow he asked. "Who all knows?"

"Sookie and Jackson. Although they don't live in the Hollow anymore. Michele knows, and mom of course. Oh and Luke. And April might know, but I'm not sure."

"April is Luke's daughter right?"

Rory nodded. "Yeah, we only see her on holidays and a handful of other times throughout the year. But she probably knows."

Logan nodded thoughtfully, "I suppose we should probably tell Honor at some point. My dad will tell mom, if he hasn't already. But Honor will kill me if she finds out from someone other than one of us."

Rory chuckled and nodded. "Okay, well lets get through getting to Stars Hollow and you seeing my mom and Luke, and then we will tell Honor."

Logan nodded as he took the exit for Stars Hollow. "You sure they are going to be okay with me being at the house?"

"Mom sounded fine when I talked to her. Luke usually just goes along with the flow. He may ask you a billion questions, but don't let that scare you. He's mostly harmless."

Logan nodded. "He's always liked me for the most part. Hopefully that hasn't changed."

Within minutes the pair found themselves pulling up in front of the house. Luke's truck was gone, which meant without a doubt that he was at the diner. The jeep was there, which meant just as Rory had expected that she had left the inn early so she would be at the house to meet them. Rory smiled over at Logan who looked suprisingly nervous. "It's going to be fine Logan, I promise."

He nodded slowly before turning the engine off and pulling the keys out. Rory got out of the car first, and waited for Logan to get out. Together they walked up to the house, Logan just a few steps behind her. Approaching the door they were surprised by Lorelai opening the door before they could knock or Rory could open it for herslef.

"Loinfruit!" She exclaimed wrapping her arms around Rory. After relasing her, she patted her daugters stomach and grinned. "Hey jellybean!" She composed herself a little nad looked at Logan. "Hey stranger. Big news eh?"

"Yes Lorelai, it was a surprise. A good one, but still a bit of a shock." Logan said with a smile.

"Well you know Rory. She always has to zig when you expect her to zag. She gets that from me" Lorelai said with a grin, before growing more serious. "I'm sorry about your dad. Have they started surgery yet?"

Logan glanced at the watch on his wrist and shook his head looking back at Lorelai. "Not yet. It's supposed to start in about an hour."

The trio moved into the house, where they caught up while Rory ate her way through a sleeve of oreos, a blueberry muffin and some cold tater tots she had found in the fridge. After bringing the luggage in, Lorelai showed Logan and Rory that Gigi's daybed was still set up on one side of Rory's childhood bedroom while her bed was on the other side. Laughing she looked at the two, "Since she's already pregnant, I don't feel like I have to warn you. Since Logan gets up at the butt crack of dawn, I figured it would be better if you both slept in here."

Logan thanked Lorelai, who after a few more minutes of small talk said that she was going run to the diner to get coffee and then head to the retirement home that she had recently bought to expand the inn. She made them promise she would meet her and Luke at the diner at 530 for dinner and then was off.

Once they were alone Rory smiled looking at Logan. "So you ready to face the town and have Ms Patty attempt to squeeze your cheeks?"

Logan laughed and raised an eyebrow. "Which cheeks?"

Rory laughed slipped out of her shoes and into a more comfortable pair of converse. "That is a very slippery slope." She walked out of her room and then looked over her shoulder. "You comin' Huntzburger?"