How many Huntzbergers are bearable?
A/N: So next chapter is up. Quite good one, I think. Words in italics are memories or thoughts.
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Chapter 5
It was Friday and Logan was working hard at The Times. He found out that hard work made him forget how much he missed Rory. Right now, his new office was a total mess. His table was covered by everything possible, mostly papers. They were also on the floor and shelves.
He had no time to tidy them up and he was losing comprendium. He tousled his hair and reached for a file, from under the table. He remember his first day here. It was exactly like he had thought it would be.
Logan stepped out of elevator with Matt behind him onto the eleventh floor of The Times to meet his new co-workers, or employees, as Eli liked to call them. Logan secretly agreed with him. He took a deep breath and went right to his father.
„Logan, welcome to The Times," said Mitchum. No ´How are you?´ or ´How was your weekend?´. Typical Mitchum Logan thought.
„Thank you," said he dryly and sighed. Behind his father stood his grandfather.
„Grandpa."
„Logan, Matthew," Elias greeted them.
"So, lets start," Mitchum said then introduced Logan to everybody. Editors, editor-in-chiefs, chiefs of every department, best reporters, even some secretaries. Logan did not catch the half of their names and truth to be told, he didn´t care.
After Mitchum and Elias´ departure everybody started kissing his ass. It was ´Mr. Huntzberger here´ and ´Mr. Huntzberger there´ and everytime somebody said that, he looked around to find his father, grandfather or even Matt. But they were calling him. He would pay them more if they start calling him Logan.
„Hey-oh, Logan, you are deceiving your own blood!"
He looked up at his cousin kneeling beside him. „Hey-oh?"
„Song by Red Hot Chilli Peppers."
„Hey-oh?"
„Snow (Hey-oh)," smiled Emmy.
„Of course," murmured Logan and went back to his papers.
"So you won´t ask why you are deceiving your own blood?" asked Emmy.
„What did that mean?"
„That you are in your suit, in this crying time, here at your work, alone, sitting among papers," explained she. „You are deceiving Eli and me. So we came to save you!"
„Where´s he?"
„Well, he was very brave but he failed..." started Emmy seriously, then she laughed, when she saw Logan´s surprised face. „Beautiful, blonde enemy defeated him. Her name´s Cassandra."
„Ah," was all he said.
„Ah? Logan, come on! We´re going to a party!""I have to work!"
„Logan, it´s eight. Nobody is here except doorman and your personal assistant!"
„Oh God, I forgot to tell him he can go home," said Logan and stood up to call his PA.
„Wait! Are you listening to yourself? You want to stay here longer. Willingly!"
He sighed. „I have to."
Emmy looked at him, deep in her thoughts. „Okay," said she finally. „I´m gonna help you."
„What?"
„Consider it an early internship," said she and started to classify the files.
„Early internship, Em?" asked Logan and took paper away from her hands. She sat down on the floor.
„Whole summer at The Times. Happy? Because I´m not. "
„Of course! It´ll be fun! Revolution!" laughed Logan, first time this week. „You don´t have to help me with papers."
„Okay, I´ll help you with something else. I´m gonna order dinner," smiled she and went to the door. „Oh yes, take a break. I brought you something for entertaining."
Then she threw him a newspaper. The Freelancer. He laughed as he saw a picture of a man in his fifties, dressed only in boxers with little hearts. In the headlines he read:
COACH SAMMLER TO JOIN CHIPPENDALES
by Rylan O´Connor
Logan laughed once again and turned few pages.
WAR OF CHEERLEADERS. AGAIN.
by Kaleigh Z. Merriman
He turned to culture section and found articles he was looking for.
HOLIDAY PARADISES.
WHERE YOU CAN SINK YOUR YACHT THE BEST.
by Elias L. Huntzberger II
and
BOOKS ADAPTATIONS: Part 17
PRIDE AND PREJUDICE
by Emerald L. Huntzberger
„What´s so funny?" asked Emmy, leaving on the doorframe.
„Who´s coach Sammler?"
„Well, coach... polo team. We hate him."
„Ahh, that´s a good reason to humiliate him."
„He was undressed in public place. He should expect this" smirked Emmy and sat down in Logan´s chair. Somebody then knocked on the door.
„Come in!" called Logan and saw Graham, his PA, peeking in.
„Excuse me, Mr. Huntzberger, but I brought these menus for you. Chinese, Thai, Japanese, Mexican, Italian, French, Greek, Indian, even Russian and Turkish," said he and placed then on the table. „Is that everything, sir?"
„Yes, Graham, you can go home," answered Logan.
„Graham, wait!" called Emmy after him.
„Yes, miss?"
„Do you like deals?"
„Deals? I don´t know..."
„That´s not important anyway. I´ll make a deal with you. You´ll call Mr. Huntzberger here, Logan and he´ll let you go home at, lets say, seven pm. Deal?"
Surprised Graham looked at his boss, who just nodded.
„Okay, Miss Huntzberger..."
„No need to call me like that. It´s Emmy," said she and smiled.
„Okay, miss... I mean Emmy. Mr... ehm Logan, goodbye," he quickly got out of Logan´s office.
„I want something Italian. Pastas. You?"
„Chinese."
„Great. I´m gonna order."
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„... and we were having that conversation about Finn´s hangovers, you know..."
„Of course I know. It stars with hangovers, then turns to the evening before, than hot chicks, then Colin´s moms, then back to the hot chicks and finally you convice girl to go home with you. AND Finn´s commentaries through the dinner," laughed Emmy and took another sip of wine.
„Pretty much like that. But that time we went from hangover to parties, then boarding schools, THEN Colin´s moms and our families and I conviced nobody to come home with me," explained Logan.
„Ahhh. Problem. That guy Marty?" asked Emmy.
„Yeah... How did you know?" Logan looked at her, waiting for answer he already know.
„Experiences. A boy or man like Marty cannot understand our families or lives. He grew up in typical family. Problems with money, problems with each others, problems with having problems. He knows nothing about the hell we live in. Especially Colin," said Emmy and took another sip. „He knows nothing about ambitions and coldness and responsibility to the family. He knows absolutely nothing."
„Em, don´t you think that it was to unfair? Don´t you feel sorry?" asked Logan and then he realized what mistake he did.
„No. I don´t have heart so I can´t feel sorry. I feel... nothing."
„Em, that´s not true and you know it! You are just... just too disappointed in feelings that you decided to have none!"
„Yes! It´s easier that way, Logan. Nobody can hurt me anymore!" called she, then was quiet for a moment. „I´m more Huntzberger than you think. I´m already like them," whispered she. „Living for jurnalism, taking these internships in Huntzberger Media Company and Huntzberger Publishing Group, going to Yale in September, cold aura around me... Everything without one complain. Everything I do for the Huntzbergers is killing me inside. It is like dying for dream,"quoted she Logan.
„Sweetie... You are everything, everything but them. You are too much under my influence to be like them," smiled he and hugged her.
„Thank you," whispered she into his ear, trying not to cry.
„Hey, whatever for you, doll."
„Tell me more stories, please."
Logan smiled. She wants stories, she will have stories.
„Once upon a time in rainy, foggy kingdom lived little princess Emerald..."
„No these stories, you idiot! I´m not six anymore!" laughed she and hit him in the arm. „Tell me about your trip to South America."
„Hey, you know the rules!" he protested
„Break one! I won´t tell Mitchum you told me..." begged Emmy.
„It´s not about dad. It´s, well, the black period of my life. I wasn´t on good terms with Rory and..." started Logan, but Emmy interrupted him.
„You love her SO much!"
„Yeah, I do," smiled he and looked into her eyes. There were so much questions, she wants to know answers at.
„When was the first time that you realize you love her?"
Logan hesitated. When was the first he realized that?
„I was intrigued with her from the beggining. I knew I was falling for her at LDB event. I knew I love her... when she gave me that ultimatum."
„Ultimatum?" asked surprised Emmy.
„Yeah, steady relationship or nothing," smiled Logan at this memory.
„Woooow. I love her too! Giving Huntzberger ultimatum! Un-bloody-believable! Cheers to it!" called Emmy in laughter and brought her glass to Logan´s.
„Yeah... unbelievable..."
„Oh, come on! You admitted to her you love her, right?" Logan nodded. „Ahhh, how Mighty have fallen!"
„Very funny! I... I... Can´t I be happy? With beautiful, smart, sophisticated, innocent, well in her way, calm, no scandal girl?" asked he, half jokingly.
„Of yourse you can. I mean be in love with someone who is absolutely no bit of a Huntzberger," snorted Emmy.
„What was that?" asked curious Logan.
„Talking about innocence and no scandals..."
„What did you do? Did you say to another rich heir he is an idiot? Did you do another prank? Or you have new boyfriend?" asked Logan concerned.
„No to everything. To that boyfriend, nobody wants to be attached to cold bitch like me..."
„What?" asked furious Logan.
„That´s how they call me now. Nevermind, Logan, really. As you know, and you know, because you taught me that, I don´t care what people say about me. And to that thing...," she stood up and pulled the hem of her jeans little bit lower, revealing a tattoo on her side.
„Oh my God! You´ve got a tattoo! Cool!" called Logan.
„Yeah, my eighteen birthday´s present from Eli. He has tattoo on his lower arm. He covered it with scarf, you know parents don´t know about it and if grandpa knows it..."
„Apocalypse."
„Pretty much. Okay, enough about me, now I want to know more about your injury incident," changed Emmy the topic.
„Well, like I said before I wasn´t on good terms with Rory and Colin and Finn and Robert wanted to do the ultimate stunt..." told Logan story.
Emmy was listening and scaning his office. He was changing into another Huntzberger beast. She knows it from his hard work and the fact he had no time to put Rory´s pictures into his office. In fact, there was nothing personal.
„I´ve got to change it!" thought she and looked back at Logan.
„... even dad came to see me in hospital. He was nice, no yelling, no argues. I think Rory called him. Then she was caring about me like about baby. Really, I can´t stand up of bed. She sent Paris and Doyle on me. I´ll tell you about them later. And my London party! Incredible!" laughed Logan.
Telling Emmy about his relationship was somehow easy. She would never tell him how inappropriate Rory is. She could have doubts, but in the end she would stand by him. It was refreshing talking to somebody who liked Rory and was not so crazy as Finn and Colin. Not that he talked to Finn and Colin about Rory too much.
„Do you call her?" asked Emmy.
„Yeah. Everyday..." said Logan, but Emmy snorted disgustely.
„Cheesy..." murmured she and Logan elbowed her. „I´m happy for you, you know that, right?"
„Yes, sweetie and thank you."
„You are welcome... Logan, you never speak about other her family members..." commented Emmy.
„Well, her grandparets like me, but her mom, lets say dislike me," explained Logan with sigh.
Emmy looked at him surprised. No mother disliked Logan. „Why?"
„I´m not good enough for her."
„You are kidding me!"
„No, Lorelai Gilmore II, really, truly, deeply..."
„Daughter of Richard and Emily Gilmore? Lorelai, who had child at sixteen and left her home and parents? Lorelai Gilmore, who ditched Christopher Hayden, when he asked her to marry him like true gentleman? Lorelai Victoria Gilmore, who hates Hartford socialites and DAR? Lorelai, who was friend of my dad and aunt Sara? That Lorelai?" She spilled. All questions in one breath.
Logan didn´t know about half of things Emmy just said. He didn´t know she ditched the father of her child. He didn´t know she knew his uncle and aunt, either. But everything else... yes, that was Rory´s mom.
Logan nodded and then looked in Emmy´s eyes, full of awe and worries.
„You know, she will make you problems?" asked Emmy in serious voice.
„Problems?"
„Imagine your mom or grandpa. They are same. But they hate opposite sides. Your mom always says she wants you with that Fallon girl, or with some other blonde. Lorelai is the same with Rory, Logan? Does she say you are you are bad? Arrogant? Unfaithful? She WILL make problems for you just like Shira." explained Emmy to Logan.
„Even if she makes Rory unhappy?" asked Logan.
„Who is truly happy in these times? But yes, she will. She would think she is helping her. Or that she is doing the best for her."
Logan thought about it and sighed. ´Dammit! Why is she always right?´
´Because she knows what it is to be target of Hartford´s women plans. Or even worse, London´s ones," answered Logan to his own question.
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