Rory put down the last of the boxes and roamed around her new apartment. It wasn't nearly as elaborate as the apartment that she had shared with Logan, but it would defiantly suffice. It had become clear to her that Logan wasn't going to come back, and living in the apartment they shared, used to share, was killing her. She had to get out, so she did. The area was nice, close to campus, and the apartment had another bedroom that she was going to turn into the nursery, as soon as she got the rest of the apartment settled. She had called her mom and told her that Logan and her were fighting, and that she had gotten a new place. Rory knew she would have to tell her mother that she was pregnant eventually, and the real reason why she had moved out. She just had wanted to tell Logan first, so that maybe they could tell her together. But since that wasn't going to happen, Rory couldn't put it off any longer. Sighing, she stepped into her new bedroom, took a look around the room and smiled; it was beginning to look like home, except the few scattered boxes that she hadn't gotten unpacked yet. After a moment of taking in her new surroundings, Rory picked up her keys off of her nightstand and headed for the door, it was time to go to Stars Hollow.
Logan's POVLogan drove up to the apartment around eight in the evening. The lights of the apartment were off, and so Logan headed upstairs towards the empty apartment. He was going to surprise her 'The best surprise of her life' he thought humoring himself. On the way up to the elevator he thought of the different ways he could make his entrance. Entering the apartment it wasn't hard to see that it was different. Glancing around he noticed the bookshelf was half empty, and that other odds and ends that Rory normally kept around the apartment were gone. He needed coffee. Walking over to the coffee pot he noticed a note tapped to the handle of the pot. 'Only Rory would tape a note to a coffee pot,' Logan though smiling.
Dear Logan,
I didn't want to just leave without saying goodbye. But I couldn't bring myself to face you; I knew I would crumble under your words, so I am writing this letter. I want you to know that I had to leave, and I don't expect you to understand, but I had to do it…for me.
Logan read the letter over several times, and then in his frustration, crumpled it up and threw it across the room. The bitter truth stung, he had waited to long, and now she was gone. He had hurt her, and she had left to protect herself. He understood, damn it did he understand. Tears stung his eyes, and he let them come.
Lorelai's POV
Lorelai was sitting at a table in Luke's drinking coffee for the first time in moths. She missed it here, more than she had known. She missed having Rory with her all the time, but her daughter was growing up…practically grown up. It occurred to Lorelai that she hadn't heard from her daughter in a while, and picking up her cell phone off the counter began to dial the number, when in walked Rory. It didn't take much to see that something was wrong; she had never been good at keeping back her feelings. "Mom" Rory said walking horridly towards her.
"What's the matter Rory?" Lorelai asked, concern in her voice
"We need to talk, can we go somewhere…" Rory said nervously looking around the crowed diner.
"Sure honey. Why don't we go home," and they both started for the door.
The walk home was filled with an empty silence, and it worried Lorelai. Finally they got to the door, and before Lorelai could even unlock the door she saw tears streaming down her daughters cheeks.
"Honey, what is it?" Lorelai said soothingly. Having no idea what could cause her daughter to become so upset. "Come on let's sit down here."
Following her mothers lead, Rory sat on the porch steps. There was a few minutes where all Rory did was cry, and then she calmed down enough to start talking.
"Mom, I screwed up," she began, "I, I let you down, and I am sorry. But I don't want us to become like you and grandma so I kept it a secret from you, and now everything is falling apart."
"Slow down Rory, I don't understand what you are talking about."
"Mom" Rory looked up at her mother's eyes. "I'm pregnant."
"You're what?" Lorelai said shocked. Of all of the things she expected to hear, this was far from it. "Your sure?"
"Defiantly"
"How far?"
"About two months"
"Kid I don't know what to tell you. This is life altering."
"You don't think I know that?"
"Does Logan know?" Lorelai asked
"Yes he knows, and no he isn't coming back. I can't really blame him. I moved out and found a new apartment close to campus, and I am just going to move on."
"Is it really that simple? You are putting your life on hold just like I did, and I can't let you do that. You're special Rory, you have so much to offer the world, and you can't just stop your life."
"And what will you have me do? You're either with me or you're not. It's that simple. I thought that maybe since we are so close that it would be different, but its not is it. It is very much the same." And with that Rory got up off the porch and walked away. Lorelai walked into the house just as the phone started to ring.
"Hello?" she said into the phone. Not really in the mood to talk.
"Lorelai? This is Logan."
"Haven't you done enough already?" Lorelai said angrily
"I am guessing you know then."
"What tipped you off?"
"Can you just hear me out? I am in my apartment and I was wondering if you knew where Rory had moved too. I came home for her, and when I got here she was gone, and I need to talk to her."
"Well I am no longer a part of her life, so you are on your own." And Lorelai slammed down the phone. Walking over the couch she sat down. She tried to push her thoughts away, drown them out with the TV, but it was no use. She had lost her daughter, just like Emily had lost her. But Lorelai hadn't just lost her daughter, she'd lost her best friend, and at that thought the tears came.