Rory unbuckled her seatbelt and leaned over, placing a hand on his shoulder and sighing softly. She wasn't fully prepared on helping Logan through this, but prepared or not it was time for her to step up to the plate and do just that. "I know this is hard. And it's harder because you and your dad weren't close." She looked at Logan, and wished there was more she could give him than just words. She couldn't even begin to imagine what was going through his head."Do you want to talk about it before you go in?"
Logan's face softened and he sighed shaking his head slowly. "I don't know what to say. So I guess not. I'll just get this over with and then maybe I'll know what to say."
Rory smiled and patted the spot where her hand was resting. "You don't have to have the right words to say, even if you just want to ramble on remember I'm here." She squeezed his shoulder and then added. "I'll go in to the hospital, but hang out in the cafeteria. They aren't going to let me be in the room when they talk to you about what happened anyway. Since I'm not family."
Logan nodded reached over and took her hand from his shoulder and held it in his own for a few seconds before squeezing it and letting go. "Thank you Ace."
"Of course Logan." Rory responded. They sat in the car for a few more minutes before they exited. Logan handed the keys to the car to Rory and smiled.
"In case you get bored waiting. Just don't steal the car. It's the company car, and all I need is for you giving birth to our baby in jail." He joked, even though the tone of his voice was anything but joking. With a small nod he left her and entered the hospital.
Rory stood in front of the car for a few more minutes wondering what she could do while Logan was with his father's doctor that would be helpful. She decided she would do something that would cheer Logan up, she knew that he was going to have to process what had happened and the death of his father in his own way and time and that was perfectly normal. She wanted to get him something, something that showed that she cared and that she was there for him. Deciding she had spent enough money in the hospital gift shop earlier she remembered passing a few stores on the way to GAP that would have stuff she knew Logan would like. With a faint smile on her face she got behind the wheel of the black town car and started the engine, glad to have something productive to do.
Logan got directions to the doctor's office from a dull looking security guard who barely looked up from his trashy gas station love novel to answer his question. In a matter of minutes he found himself rapping at the door on the second floor. A few seconds later he was ushered in by the man who had been trying to save his father's life.
"Sit down please, Mr Huntzburger." The older man said as he retook his seat behind the large wooden desk.
"Logan, you can call me Logan."
"Okay Logan. Let me start by saying that I am very sorry that we couldn't do more to save him. All the tests we performed when he was admitted to the hospital showed that there was damage but it didn't show how bad the damage was." He sighed, removing his glasses and placing them on the desk in front of him. "He should of seen a doctor for this months if not years ago." He shook his head sadly. "The damage to his heart was too much, and he suffered a heart attack while on the table. We did everything we could to save him and revive him, but it was too late."
"I understand that. I was under the impression that he was getting checked by a doctor regularly. But I don't know to what extent. We weren't exactly close." Logan replied.
"I have the notes from the last day for you, if you want to read them as well as an affidavit stating you won't sue the hospital that you understand that it wasn't our fault he died. That kind of stuff. I can leave you here alone if you'd rather while you read over, or stay to answer any questions you might have."
"You can stay. I don't have any questions yet, but if I do I'll ask." Logan said taking the small stack of papers that the doctor had slid acros the desk to him.
Rory parked in a open parking spot at the end of a strip of stores a few blocks away from the hospital. The cloest store was her first stop. It was an old fashioned candy store that she had visited many times before with her mom. Entering she smiled at the big glas jars filled to the brim with every candy you could name from turn of the century on. Grabbing a basket she started loading it with bags of gummy bears, root beer barrels, gummy frogs and chocolate kises. Moving through the aisles she found the themed section of candy. Smiling softly when she found the Harry Potter section. She had made Logan sit through all eight movies one weekend and he ended up liking them but he had always wanted to taste all the oddball candies they had. This was perfect, Rory thought. She tossed several different bags of Bertie Botts every flavored bean and chocolate frogs. After tossing a couple more random candies into her basket she made her way to the register and paid.
Her next stop was the Hallmark store. She knew that Logan would be making fun of her for going into what he referred to as a "old lady" Christmas shop. Sure enough when she pushed through the doors there was the ever present display of ornaments lining one of the walls. She bypassed the ornamnets and made her way to the cards. Grabbing a sorry for your loss card and a large silver gift bag she checked out quickly.
Logan finished up with the doctor and thanked him again before leaving. When he exited the hospital, he chuckled noticing the car was gone. Hitting the speed dial button for Rory, he leaned agianst a tree waiting for her to answer.
"Hellllllo" Rory's sing song voice came after a couple of rings.
"Run off on me already Ace?" Logan said joking slightly.
"I had to go pick something up.I'll be back in a couple of minutes." She said quickly, hanging up with out a good bye. After tossing her phone back into the cupholder in the car she stuffed all the goodies in the shiny silver bag, signed the card and wrote a brief note and then packaged it all up, sitting it on the back seat before she got in the drivers seat and drove the short distance back to the hosptial.
"How'd it go?" Rory asked as she got out of the car.
"I guess, about as good as you could expect it to go." Logan shrugged. "I'm still a little unsure of how I feel about him dying."
Rory nodded as she ducked into the back seat and returned with the silver bag. Holding it out to Logan she shrugged. "I felt so useless just sitting there and waiting. So I made you a care package."
Admiration washed over Logan as he took the bag from Rory. "You didn't have to do this." He set the bag on the hood of the car and pulled the card out. He read it twice, slowly before looking up at Rory. "This is so thoughtful. So Rory. This is why I'm glad I called you to be here for me."
"Of course Logan." she said softly. Logan gazed at her for several more seconds before returning his attention to the bag of treats in front of him. He dug through laughing when he reached the Harry Potter goodies. "This is amazing Ace."
"I just wanted to do something for you. And since food is what I'm good at, I figured that's what I would do."
"You did it well." Logan smiled, then immediately his face dropped. "Get in the car Ace. Get in the car now." He said, an urgent tone in his voice. Rory did as she was told and jumped a little when Logan tossed the bag into the back seat and got in the car, slamming the door with a great deal of force. Before she knew what was happening he was backing up out of the parking spot and speeding out of the hospital parking lot as quickly as he could.
"Wanna tell me what that was all about?" Rory asked once they had traveled several blocks.
Logan nodded as he changed lanes. "Sorry for the James Bond escape. But I saw my mother's driver and car and there's no way I am going to put you through that." He shrugged. "I'm sure I'm a bad person for not sticking around and dealing with her or talking to her, but I've had about all I can handle for one day."
Rory nodded. "Okay, as long as there's not a hired assasin or something chasing us I'm cool."
He chuckled. "Nah, nobody wants me dead that bad. Well other than maybe Paris."
Rory laughed, she couldn't help it. Paris had never really warmed to Logan. "She doesn't hate you that much. Although I'm sure the first time she sees you at a doctor's appointment with me is going to be interesting." She paused.
"Think it's still okay for me to hang out in Stars Hollow?" Logan asked as he headed toward the interstate.
"Of course Logan. Although my mom might be a little weird. I told her that Mitchum died and she didn't like him that much, but she's going to try to be sympathetic."
Logan nodded and shrugged. "It's okay.I appreciate it. You'll have to help me find a thank you gift for her and Luke." he responded as he found the onramp that they needed to get to stars Hollow and took it.