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Ch 3

"Hey buddy" I say picking up Alex from daycare down the street from HG. It's been a week since we saw Rory and it's the only thing he can talk about. Honestly, it's the only thing I've been thinking about.

"Daddy look" he says excitedly handing me a picture. I look and see that he drew three people.

"That's you, and me and Rory" he says pointing to the stick figures he drew. I look at him. He really took to her great. I never saw him that open to everyone especially only knowing them for what 3 hours?

"Buddy we talked about this" I say bending down to his level.

"I know daddy but I took care of it, see" he says handing me the other picture and it's a letter that the teachers helped them with. I read it and smirk. He's a true Huntzberger. Using all resources available to get what he wants. He asked Santa for Rory's address so that we can find her and she can hot chocolate with us again. Then maybe if he's good, like super duper good that she'll stay with us forever and be his mommy.

"Oh Alex" I say hugging him. What am I going to do? I lift him up and hug him. "You really liked Rory didn't you?" I question walking to the Navigator to take him to Steph's before heading home to change.

We arrive at Steph and Colin's place they are watching him tonight because I have a Christmas party for HG at the Tavern on the green tonight. He runs off to the spare room where they have his toys and I walk to sit by Steph on the couch. I need her opinion. She knows Rory almost better than I do and I found out that they have been talking and hanging out for the last three years. I was slightly hurt as were the guys for the girls lying to us, but we understood. They thought that it was best to keep us separated. "Look at this Steph, what am I supposed to do now?" I say handing her the picture. I run my hands through my hair. I'm frustrated.

"The boy is deathly afraid of Santa but wants to go tomorrow and ask him for this" I say handing her the letter too. She reads it over and then laughs at me and I look at her. "Why is it so funny?" I state.

"Will you like her address now" she states sarcastically. I've been trying to find her all week alone. Why didn't I just ask for help? Because my Huntzberger stubbornness stopped me, I thought it would be easy to find one Rory Gilmore in a city of 2 million plus people.

"All you had to do was ask Logan" she replies heading to her counter, writing on something and handing me a business card as I get up to leave. Lorelai Hayden CNN correspondent, than it list an email, cell and office numbers. I turn it over and see her home address and phone. She really did it. She got everything she ever wanted. Why would she need me? No wonder I couldn't find her writing in any publications, I was looking for the wrong person.

"She misses you too Logan" she says and I just stay there frozen. How did they know?

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I enter the Green at precisely 7pm and look around for my father. There are more people here than HG employees. He must have invited other publications. All I want to do is make my rounds, say the speech and get home I need to figure out what to say to Rory. I want to see her again and it's a bonus that Alex already likes her.

"Fancy meeting you here Huntzberger" I hear and freeze. It can't be, I was just thinking about her. I turn to see Rory there in this gorgeous mermaid gown with fully ruched bodice with beaded sweetheart neckline with a taffeta band under the bust that pulls to the center with a broach that hugs every ounce of her body. It's this amazing wine color that makes her stand out in the party that is filled with black, green and bright red. I swallow hard and smile at her. She could always make me speechless.

"I think I should be the one surprise Ms Gilmore, this is a Huntzberger party" I state stepping closer and I can smell her perfume, the perfect mixture of vanilla and raspberries.

"Really and I here I thought it was you who invited me. And its Hayden there Logan; it would do you good to remember that" she smirks leaning over and kissing my cheek.

"I'm not that good anymore Ace, and Hayden? I still think I need an explanation on that one" I smirk "But you look breathtaking" I say lifting her hand and kissing it. She just smiles at me and it's like everything around us disappears.

"Such a charmer as always Logan; Hayden is what I use now professionally. Too many people knew me as Rory Gilmore, ex girlfriend that turned down the Huntzberger heir. I can't even tell you how many people wouldn't even look at my portfolio because of that" she laughs.

"Can I buy you a drink" I question and she looks at me. I know there has to be more to it, but I will take that for now.

"Open bar Logan, you should know that since its HG paying for this shindig" she laughs and she looks even more beautiful.

"Then let me escort you to the bar, wouldn't want a beautiful lady like yourself to be unescorted after all this is New York" I state extending my arm for her and she takes it.

"Now, that's an offer I can't refuse" she winks at me before we enter the banquet room. I see that it's dinner time and escort her to her table instead before making people move around because I want to sit with her and hide from my father. I'm Logan Huntzberger, they did it without question. She just shook her head at me. We talked about CNN and HG. Too professional for me, but it's common ground and easy conversation to flow through dinner. She's so passionate when she talks about work and the places she went. Some of them I cringed at thinking of her in the depths of civil wars, arms fires and militant operations. I actually hate that she was there, she could have gotten hurt or worse.

We arrive at the bar for after dinner drinks and she orders a smokey martini and that is different. I just look at her. "I need something stronger now, this is when all the kiss ups start" she explains and I laugh. We have had nothing but the champagne so far with dinner so I order a double scotch because I know what she means. Dancing begins and I really want to hold her close out there and feel her body close to mine again, but it could be pushing. "Do you want to…?" I start nodding to the dance floor and she puts her drink down and nods extending her hand to mine. Unfortunately we get stopped by some older man about my father's age before we barely get away from the bar.

"Well, Lorelai I must say you look exquisite" a guy says coming up to Rory and kissing her cheek. I want to punch his lights out. Whoa, where did that come from? How can I be jealous already?

"Thank you Daniel" she replies. "Daniel, this is an old friend from Yale Logan Huntzberger. Logan, Daniel Masterson, my boss" she introduces us and I extend my hand. Boss, okay now I can relax. Rory would never mix business with pleasure.

"You're Mitchum's son aren't you" Daniel says and I nod. "Not trying to steal my best correspondent are you" he jokes.

"Not yet" I smirk and Rory laughs. Rory will never work for HG no matter what we try. Not since everything happened with Dad in college.

"Daniel" we hear Mitchum and she cringes. I just smirk at her. She still holds some hatred towards my father. It's almost comforting.

"Still not a fan Ace" I whisper smirking and she rolls her eyes at me.

"Oh, Logan" Mitchum says surprised. Did he really think I wouldn't come after all he stopped by my office 5 times to remind me?

"Hi Dad" I state and Daniel laughs.

"Lorelai was just introducing us" Daniel says and Rory turns around. To say Dad was shocked would be an understatement.

"Wait, your top writer and correspondent that you have been bragging to me about all evening is Rory" Mitchum says almost not believing him.

"Its Lorelai Hayden now, Mr. Huntzberger" she states professionally smiling that all too familiar society that slapped Dad across the face. You can tell that he's shocked like I was when I learned that she was a Hayden. Grandfather would roll over in his grave if he knew. Wait, she said that no one would look at her writing that's impossible. She's amazing. It has to do something with Dad. I need to get to the bottom of it.

"I must say I'm quite impressed with your work Rory, any chance of stealing you from Daniel" he states and I choke on my scotch. I never expected that from my father.

"You okay" she questions stepping closer to me. I can smell her perfume and want to kiss her so bad.

"It just went down wrong" I state touching her arm gently and she smiles.

"And you found Logan, isn't that just exactly what the two of you need. Rekindle your romance. We may get you at HG sooner or later" Dad states smirking and this time it's Rory who chokes into my chest.

"Wait you dated Logan" Daniel questions and she turns around and nods. "He's Todd in your book isn't he" he question and I watch her cringe. Book, what book? Someone is holding out on me.

"Similar, but no" she state before grabbing her glass from the bar, "gentlemen excuse me, I see Evelyn Atkins, I must comment her on that hideous dress" she states walking away. We all watch her walk away and I turn to Daniel.

"She's writing a book" I question.

"She has been for a while I believe. Victoria, my daughter, is her editor at Random house. It's good Mitch. Top seller quality. That girl is something unique. We were lucky to get her after the campaign; she had offers from everywhere, even the White House. I'm waiting for the resignation letter every day I walk into the office, but for now, she stays in International affairs. She's actually heading cover the chaos in Jordan for us next week. Still don't understand why she would want to be away for Christmas, but that's her. Always working and nothing else" Daniels says and I know that Ace has been hiding in her work instead of living. That's not her. Sure, she dedicated by that's overboard. She loves Christmas, loves to be in Stars Hollow with Lorelai. Did they hit another rift?

"Excuse me" I say walking away to find Rory. I seemed to have lost her during Daniel little bragging speech but it explains so much. Walking around, I don't see her anywhere. I was almost giving up when I spot her outside looking at the sky. Some things don't change I smirk to myself. "Going to snow again" I question and she looks at me.

"Maybe" she smiles. I take off my jacket and place it on her shoulders. "Manner still in tack I see" she smiles as she pulls it tighter. It's cold tonight, she should know better than to come without a wrap. She's holding her clutch that means she's leaving. It's too soon. I barely got to see her.

"Yep, Shira would be pleased" I state. I haven't called her my mother in two years.

"If it was anyone else but me maybe" she says. I still hate that they said all that.

"It didn't matter then and I doesn't now Rory. I don't care what Shira thinks. She's somewhere off in Tahiti with her new boyfriend since the divorce and its better like this. Dad is happy and I know that's a foreign concept for Mitchum but its' true" I states and she smiles at me. "What happened that you cringed when Dad came up" I question I need to know. She looks away but nods.

"I was blacklisted by your father so that no publication beside an HG owned would hire me. It was a ploy to get you back to HG if I said yes to you. He didn't anticipate me saying otherwise. He never lifted the banned and I was lucky that Hugo played by his own rules and hired me for the campaign. It changed my life and saved it. I changed it to Lorelai Hayden to protect myself, but that is what's on my birth certificate anyways so it wasn't that hard" she says and I'm stunned. I want to walk back in there and scream at him. How could he do that? I know he was pissed off when I quit, but to use Rory as a pawn is unacceptable.

"But it all worked out Logan, so don't go inside and scream at your father, I don't want that. You two finally seem to have a semi good relationship going. Don't ruin that for me" she says placing her hands on my chest and I nod. She steps back and looks away. A little too close for her I guess.

"How's Alex" she questions as I step closer. Just her asking about my son makes my heart race for her again. I take her hand and make her look at me.

"Great, he misses you though" I say honestly.

"Him or you" she questions as we stand face to face.

"Both" I say caressing her cheek.

"Don't use Alex as a way to butter me up so you can see me again" she says joking and I know she was in the same position with Lorelai.

"I'm not and would never do that. He wants to go see Santa tomorrow to ask him for your address so that I can take you to get hot chocolate with us again" I say and she laughs. That she'll take. She is really one of a kind. We stand there just staring at one another for what seems like hours, but in reality it was only a few minutes.

"I missed you" she says and leans up and kisses me. I wasn't expecting it and stood there. Her lips are cold, but as soft as I remembered.

"Always have to have the first kiss don't you" I smirk at her.

"At least you don't feel like your kissing a guy" she smirks as I cup her face and kiss her passionately. I still feel it, the love for this woman, the desire to be with her but I know we have to go slow because of Alex. I don't want to push it.

"Can I take you out tomorrow" I say as she snuggles into my chest and I have my arms wrapped around her. If anyone glanced out they were think we were in love.

"Just us or with Alex too" she smiles up to me. She has a soft spot for him that's for sure.

"I'm starting to think you like my son more than me Ace" I smirk.

"He's got better hair than you" she laughs and I lean down kissing her.

"Whatever you want" I say.

"I would like to see him again, I mean if that's okay. I don't know how you do this with woman and Alex. Mom never let me see them until it was serious and then it wasn't until I was 16. But you could even bring him over and I'll make lunch or something. Something simple, just hang out you know" she says and I stare at her. She always rambles when nervous and it's cute.

"What" she says looking at me.

"You cook" I say not believing her. Fact is I haven't really dated since Alex was born. She would be the first. A few dates sporadically but that's it. No one came close to matching her. I wanted her.

"Yes, Sookie and Luke took turns teaching me when I moved to the city. I can't survive on take out all the time" she smiles. That's so unlike a Gilmore Girl.

"I have to see that than" I state hugging her. Alex will be thrilled.

"Say 12:30" she says smiling.

"That sounds great and you'll be the first" I say not believing that my first date with Rory is with Alex too. The smile on her face is confirmation enough that she knows what I'm talking about.

"Great, I'll see you both then" she says leaning over and kissing me before handing me my jacket and walking away to get in the limo and driving off. I reach into my pocket and see that she slipped something in and it was her card. Tricky that one, I'll give her that.

"She's quite a sight isn't she" Dad says as I reenter the Greens.

"Yeah she is. She always has been" I state smiling. It's something about being with Rory that makes me do that. Just the possibility of seeing her again or starting something else together is enough to make me smile.

"You're smiling about something other than Alex, it's nice to see again" he says.

"I guess I am" I reply.

"You deserve it, Logan. I know how crushed you were when you lost her years ago. Don't make the same mistakes this time. Be honest with her" he says.

"She already knows about Alex Dad, Rory was the one that found him last week" I state and he smiles.

"Then take it has a sign that you should be together" he says tapping my shoulder and walking away. I glance back outside and see the beginning of the new snow falling. Now that's a sign I will take anyday.