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He smiled as soon as he saw that her Jeep was parked in his driveway. He could see her sitting on his front steps as he parked his Volvo. Gently he removed a sleeping Gigi from her car sear and carried her up the steps. He couldn't help but think that she looked so cute when she was sleeping. Lorelai took the toddler from his arms as soon as he reached the door. "You could have gone inside."

Lorelai shrugged. "Then I wouldn't have gotten to see you be all paternal as you removed her from her car seat." Lorelai pointed out.

Christopher nodded sagely as he let his keys and wallet on the table beside his front door. "Thank you for coming. I just needed some adult company."

Lorelai smiled and nodded. "It's not a problem. Nice tie by the way."

Christopher looked down at his tie and shook his head. "What's wrong with this tie? It is a Ralph Lauren tie."

"I know it's just not your usual style. Your mother bought it for you didn't she?" Lorelai asked with an amused smile on her face. She noticed how handsome he looked in his adult attire.

"That she did." Christopher admitted rather sheepishly.

Lorelai let out a quiet laugh. "You go upstairs and change into something less adult and I'll put this little one to bed." Lorelai didn't need him to tell her where Gigi's room was. She smiled when she walked in. It was so frilly and pink. She had a feeling that Gigi would one day rebel against everything that was in the room. She gently put her in the bed and kissed her on the forehead. Gigi was the perfect little version of Christopher. "Love you little one."

Gigi's eyes fluttered open for a second. "Love you too."

Lorelai had a feeling that she had just shared a Hallmark moment with the little girl. She stood there for a second just watching her and then slowly backed away. She had never really considered having more kids after Rory but Gigi had just made her think about it.

Christopher looked at his closet and sighed. He had become such an adult in the last five years. He grabbed one of his old Red Sox t-shirts and then quickly made her way back downstairs. He smiled when he saw her checking out the collection when he walked in the room. "I changed it back to its original order."

"I can see that. How many are there now?" Chris' music collection had always been one of her favorite things about him. That and he had actually accomplished making a Volvo cool.

Christopher smiled and thought for a moment. "I think at last count it was at 798."

"So how was dinner?" She asked playfully as she sat down and removed the lid from the bottle of tequila. "Were Emily and Francine their usual gossipy selves?"

Christopher shrugged and then nodded. "Yeah well you know they'll always be gossips. Mostly they just discussed the D.A.R. and Rory and Logan and well…us."

"Us? As in you and me?" Lorelai would have thought her mother would have refused to talk about her right now.

"They definitely had a good time reminiscing."

Lorelai closed her eyes. "Let me guess they brought up Missy's wedding didn't they?"

"Of course and how you slipped and fell in the mud and you were wearing that pink bridesmaid dress even though it was a well known fact that you and Missy hated each other."

Lorelai laughed. "But she had just gotten out of rehab for the third time and had like two society friends so her mother made her ask me and my mother made me accept. You didn't even want to come to the wedding in the first place."

"But I went because it meant a weekend with you at the Cape. You snuck out of your room later that night and met me on the beach. We shared a bottle of bubbly that had stolen during the reception." Chris smiled at the memory of that night. It had been such an amazing night. Despite the part where he carried her for nearly half a mile just so she could change clothes. "Are they even still married?"

"They aren't together but they're legally married still. He's running the family company perfectly so they won't break up. I think last I checked she lived in the main house and he had a condo out back."

Christopher laughed. He believed it. "I never thought I'd end up missing the society." He admitted quietly.

Lorelai was silent for a moment. "Neither did I. Still you and Sherry could still have that?"

Christopher scoffed. "Sherry and I are nothing. She's Gigi's mother if you even want to say she could qualify as a mother."

"So you don't think you'll reconcile?"

Chris shook his head no. "Things were over with Sherry before Gigi was born. Gigi just prolonged the inevitable." If he was Superman he would have redone the moment he decided to consider marrying Sherry to give Gigi a proper home. "You know you're mother has made peace with the fact that are you are in love and are going to marry Luke. This evening she even talked about you to as a couple and she complimented him."

"She did?" Lorelai asked in disbelief. Emily didn't exactly hand compliments out. You really had to work to earn them.

"Yeah she said that he owned quite the little diner and that he was a good guy."

Lorelai silently processed everything he had just told her. "Things aren't good with us. He spends his days at the dinner, his nights with April, and he sleeps in my bed. We don't talk. We don't spend quality time together." She paused for a moment to work up the nerve to her question. "Do you ever wonder what would have happened if I had said yes when you came to the Inn that day?"

"Not as much as I do other days. I think you would have come back to Hartford sooner or later or at least Princeton. You know the reason I was so flakey for so long was because it was hard for me to be near you and Rory when I knew I couldn't have you. You were the best part of my life. Still now you have Luke and you two are going work past this."

"And if we don't?" She asked quietly. She had a feeling she was on a sinking ship and if she didn't get off soon she was going to drown.

Chris sighed. "Talk to him Lorelai. He's your fiancé." He looked at his watch. "It's only 11:30 you can go to him and talk to him. You can make things good again. You had it once. You can get it back."

Lorelai let out a deep sigh. "I was supposed to come here and let you vent. I wasn't supposed to whine about my relationship."

"You helped plenty and we didn't even have to get drunk. This melodrama is becoming too normal for us." He joked. He kissed her softly on her cheek and then escorted her to her Jeep.

Lorelai sniffled a bit. "Gigi's lucky to have a Dad as young and hot and sweet as you."

"I learned to be a parent from the best mother I've ever met. She has a daughter who loves her to death and even though they are on the rocks right now I have a feeling things will be better soon." Christopher could never have done any of this if it weren't for her. She had been the only one who thought he could be a decent single father. He hadn't even believed in himself. "Oh and before you go you may want to make up with Rory soon because she's throwing this event in a couple of weeks where Barry Manillow is the main act."

"No." Lorelai was a proud Fanillow.

Christopher laughed. "Yeah it's on a yacht and it is going to be so great. It's going to be her last even until she does the ball next spring."

"I'll keep that in mind." Lorelai had a feeling that this was just going to be one more thing that would push her to fixing this rut they were in right now. She missed her daughter terribly. "Night Chris."

Christopher watched her back out of his driveway and he waved a little. Once she was gone he closed his eyes and shook his head. He had it bad for Lorelai Gilmore and he was sure it would never go away. If only she could have it bad for him back without requiring him to be a total douche or a "homewrecker".

"I think we should go ballroom dancing." Rory whispered seductively in Logan's ear.

Logan laughed. "I knew I shouldn't have let you watch that movie. Still I guess we can do ballroom dancing as long as you promise to call me Fernando and I'll call you Carmella."

"And we can become professional ballroom dancers by night average Ivy League students by day." She joked.

"Exactly Ace." He whispered softly in her ear.

She shivered. "How did you get this scar?" She asked as she softly traced the small wound that was as long as his clavicle.

The way Rory's hand felt as she traced his clavicle was driving him crazy. "I got into a bar fight in Cuba."

"Cuba as in the small island that Americans are not supposed to venture to until Fidel Castro and the Communist party die there?" Rory asked in disbelief. She would have never considered going to Cuba. Then again she would never have done most of the things that Logan and his friends had done in the past. She couldn't help but notice how he had slowed down and become more cautious though now that they were dating seriously.

Logan laughed and smirked. "Elian's home land Cuba. I took a boat from the Dominican there with Finn, Colin, Robert, and someone else back during freshmen year. I got really drunk and asked if anyone had seen Elian since we shipped him back. The guy got pissed and asked if I was mocking his country. He tried to stab me with an oyster shucker but instead just gave me a battle scar."

"You never cease to shock me Logan."

His smirk returned. "I can't let you get bored with me now can I Ace?"

Rory gently kissed the small wound and then looked up at him. She could just barely see him in the dark. Still she could see that ever present smirk. "That'll never happen. As long as one day you actually take me ballroom dancing."

"If that's what you want." Logan groaned when he gently felt her nibble his earlobe. "This is so good Ace."

Rory moved from his ear to his jaw. "I love you too."

Thank you for reading. I hope you liked this chapter. I tried to add some romance to go with all of that Balcony Buddy angst. They will get together soon. I promise. I have an idea of where I am going with this so I will try and update soon. REVIEW!