Rory had left almost as soon as she got up in the morning. She had woken up a long, and turned to look around for Logan. It had been strange sleeping so close to him, feeling his warmth and not having sex. She was still strongly attracted to him, even if they had broken up. She felt better once she saw his note. All it said was "I left for a little while but I'll be back this afternoon. -Logan."

Rory decided that she would do all that she could to help Logan out.

So, with that in mind she got in her car and headed to see her grandparents. She debated going to Stars Hollow to talk to her mom, but Lorelai had never been a huge fan of Logan, while her grandparents couldn't have been more thrilled when they started dating. She knew she could count on support from them.

Rory was tense and nervous in the car, wondering the entire time what she was going to say exactly. He wasn't her boyfriend anymore, but maybe they were getting back together? She decided that it was only a slight stretch to call him her boyfriend to her grandparents.

By the time she got there, Rory had pretty much planned out what she was going to say. If anyone could help Logan it was definitely her grandparents.

She stepped out of the car and rang the doorbell, trying to quickly wipe her sweaty palm on her jeans.

Her grandmother opened the door. "Rory!" she said in shock. "What are you doing here, is everything all right?"

Rory nodded quickly. "Yes, I just need to talk to you and Grandpa."

Emily held open the door. "Come right on in Rory. I'll have Bertha prepare some tea. Bertha! Tea please!" she called into the kitchen. "Your grandfather is in his study, I'll go get him. In the mean time, take a seat."

She walked towards the study. "Richard! Rory is here. She says she needs to talk to us."

"Oh Rory, what brings you here?" Richard asked as he stepped out of the study. He was, as always, happy to see her.

Rory took a deep breath before starting. "Okay, Grandma, Grandpa, it's about Logan."

"Oh don't even mention that reprobate!" spat out Emily. "I've heard what happened and I applaud Mitchum. That boy was far too wild."

Rory opened her mouth, shocked. "Grandma, he's my boyfriend!" she said, unable to fathom how her grandparents opinion could have changed so rapidly.

Emily looked askance at Rory. "Really Rory, you can't continue to date this boy. He is practically a hoodlum. He has no breeding at all."

Rory felt her face burning. "Not too long ago you were so excited that I was dating him, you said he had great breeding, you couldn't say enough good things about him. How did this all suddenly change? He hasn't changed!"

Emily looked shocked. "You will not speak to me in that tone of voice Rory. Now Logan did come from a good family, which made me at first overlook his many faults, but he really isn't suitable company for you. His mother is practically a hooker, and his father" here Emily stopped to shudder. "Is a roofer and a drunk. Rory really, you have to think about your future. Your grandfather and I only want what is best for you. And have you seen that boys criminal record. You might as well be dating Jess all over again. Talk about bad breeding."

Rory wanted to cry with frustration. She couldn't believe what she was hearing.

"Logan is a really good guy, and he didn't deserve any of this. I can't believe that you are so judgmental that you can't even see how wrong you are. It doesn't matter who his father is, all that matters is that he is a good person and my boyfriend and he treats me well. I can't believe what hypocrites you are."

Tears had started to slip down Rory's face as she said this, and then without another look at her grandparents shocked and hurt faces she turned around and abruptly left, getting back into her car and driving off as fast as possible.

As soon as she had regained a little of her composure she called her mom. She knew her grandparents were going to call or already had called to tell Lorelai of her outburst and she wanted to give her mom the whole story as soon as possible.

After a couple rings her mom picked up. "Hello? Mom if this is you again I don't want to talk."

"No mom, it's me." said Rory with a sniffle.

"Rory, you will not believe who just called me!"

"Grandma?" Rory guessed.

"Give the lady a prize! Now what happened between you. She just started on this rant about you and how you yelled at them and how someone, I'm not sure if it was you or me, has no manners, or didn't teach manners, and then something about Logan not having good breeding and thats about where I cut her off, told her you probably had a good reason to yell at her, and hung up. Now please tell me I wasn't wrong for defending you."

"You weren't mom, they were horrible. I can't believe how they acted!" Rory exclaimed, bursting into tears once more.
"Rory are you driving?"

"Yes."

"Pull over and we'll talk. Tell me what happened."

Rory pulled her car over and sniffled again. "Okay you know how Logan and I broke up?"

"Yes.." said Lorelai.

"Well yesterday he came over and at first I didn't want to talk to him but then there was something wrong and we got to talking. Well it turns out his dad isn't his dad, and he and his mom were kicked out with no money. Well we talked a bit and then today I stopped by to see Grandma and Grandpa to see if they knew of a job for him or could help them and they were total snobs! Now they suddenly hate him because his real dad was a roofer or something."

"What? A roofer?" Lorelai was momentarily distracted by the scandal.

"Mom can you focus? What am I going to do? Logan has nothing, he can't stay in Yale, my grandparents hate him now, and I yelled at them." Rory wondered if things were ever going to be the same again.

"Rory you aren't going to like to hear this, but it isn't really your problem. I mean, Logan broke up with you and you weren't even speaking for a while. You don't owe him anything, and you shouldn't sacrifice your career or your school for him."

"I know that I don't owe him anything, but I still love him. And he came to me, I can't turn him away. I have to figure out something."

"He's a big boy, he has to learn to stand on his own feet."

"He's never had to do anything for himself. He needs help. We need help."

"Rory you know I'd like to help, but there isn't anything I can do. There is no room at the inn right now, we have no spare cash, the house is being worked on and I don't like him. Sorry kid, but he needs to take care of himself. He is old enough to do something on his own. And you shouldn't be dragged down with him.."

"Fine." said Rory, knowing there was some truth to what her mom said but not wanting to acknowledge it.

"Kid be careful what you get into." Lorelai cautioned.

"I will. Bye."

Rory shut her phone off and stared at the road ahead. She heard Lorelai's words repeating in her head. But as much as she knew she should distance her self it wasn't possible anymore. Her feelings weren't going to go away. She was committed now, whether she liked it or not. She was involved and she was going to help Logan.