Logan reached across the bed and picked up the receiver, not paying attention to whose phone it was, and to tired to care.
"Hello?" Logan asked groggily into the phone
"Logan. Oh, um is Rory there?" Lorelai said confused
"No she just left for work."
"What are you doing answering Rory's phone?"
"Oh well it was ringing and I was sleeping, so I wasn't really paying attention."
"Figures."
"Listen, Rory isn't here right now, but I can tell her you called."
"Um, yeah, have her do that."
"I will. Bye."
"Bye. Actually I want to talk to you."
"What about?" Logan asked suspiciously.
"I know that Rory loves you, and I am glad you came back for her. But I also know your history with girls, and what has happened between you and my daughter in the past."
"I am not going anywhere."
"You say that now, but what happens in a few months when the baby is born. Its hard Logan, trust me I've been there."
"I know it isn't going to be easy, but I think we can handle it."
"What happens if you decide a family isn't for you, what happens to Rory? I don't know if she would ever get up again."
"It took Rory some time to come around too, and I appreciate your concern but you can trust me."
"See
that's the problem, I really can't."
"Well you're going
to have to, because come October fifth I am family, and there isn't
anything you can do about it."
"October fifth. What's October fifth?"
Logan sighed into the phone; he shouldn't have even brought it up. Especially since Lorelai and Rory weren't talking.
"That is when Rory and I are getting married." He said after a few moments of silence
"You asked Rory to marry you?" Lorelai said obviously shocked at the news
"Yeah"
"But what if you leave her, I know she is strong enough to do it alone, God knows I was, but she will be crushed. She loves you, Logan, really loves you, and I don't know what will happen if you walk out that door and never come back."
"I told you, your just going to have to trust that I am staying for good."
"I still can't do that"
"Well at least try, if not for me then for Rory."
"I am not even sure if I can do that for Rory." Lorelai said sadly
"Well then you're not as big of a person as I thought you were. I want you to make up with your daughter, she needs you in her life, but not like this." Logan hung up the phone, sad that Lorelai couldn't accept him. He would always be second when it came to Rory and her mother, and that was fine, but it was broken now, and was in desperate need of being fixed. But Lorelai was going to have to accept the changes in her daughter's life before the fight was over.
Lorelai's POVLorelai couldn't believe her daughter was going to get married. It seemed like just yesterday that Rory was excited about turning thirteen. She gave Logan credit for staying, and making his commitment to Rory permanent. But everything has been so up and down with them since she first heard Logan's name, and now the stakes were up. She just wanted to protect her daughter, but as she got older it was harder, she was grown up. 'When did that even happen?' Lorelai asked herself. She sighed and watched as the rain drizzled down her windowpane. She needed to talk to her daughter. And tonight.
Rory's POVRory was driving home from the Stanford Gazette exhausted. It had been another long day, and she had loved every minute of it. But she was now five months pregnant, and it was taking its toll on how much she could handle during a day. Especially since she still planned on graduating in the spring. She eased to a stop at a red light, and watched as the first snowflakes of winter fluttered onto her windshield. She sighed; Lorelai was probably outside at this moment taking in the beginnings of winter. The light turned green and Rory eased off the break and again headed towards home. 'Only ten more minutes and I can be in bed.' She thought, smiling at the thought of curling up with Logan under the warm comforter. All of a sudden bright headlights shone right in her face as a car headed right towards her and hit the front of her car, spinning her around towards a ditch.
