A/N: Ok. So I had a final yesterday, it was a killer one, and one of the reasons I started this story was to distract myself from studying, and as a mood elevator. And let me just tell you, it worked. When I read your reviews I was happy (still am) and for a few minutes I stopped to think about the synthesis of the heme... (And if you think that Mitchum is mean, try people in our Biochemistry Institute... our Mitchum is just a nice and neat little girl scout comparing to them.) What I'm trying to say is thank you so much. I couldn't believe my own eyes. :-)

There were a few questions, my answers are at the end of the chapter. (And the chapter itself is the answer for some of the reviews.)

DISCLAIMER: Ok, this is officially the last time I think of a new way to declare that Gilmore Girl's characters are not mine. I know I know... I gave it up quite early, but from next chapter on I'm jut gonna use the good old 'copy/paste' of the two words 'not mine'... just saying. There really should be some kind of competition. Some of you here on FF are really creative if it comes to disclaimers... (and stories too, but that's goes without saying, since that's the point I guess.)

Chapter 2

Logan Huntzberger took one last long look at the place he stayed at in London as he stepped out the door. He shook his head as if he wanted to get rid of all the thoughts and memories that were attached to that apartment in his mind. He remembered the day when he first opened the door. It was the day after his graduation from Yale...

Five years and a few months ago he stepped out of his and Rory's apartment waving good bye to the sleeping Rory. In the elevator he considered turning back and telling Rory he was sorry for being a coward for a moment. But as the elevator 'binged' indicating that he reached the ground floor the moment was over. They had a huge argument the night before. Rory told him she was pregnant. He wasn't ready for that. He just started to take responsibility for his own acts; he just started to admit it if he made a mistake. Before Rory, Logan Huntzberger wouldn't have done something like that and it was hard enough to deal with in and of itself. He was willing to continue their relationship regardless the long distance, because he loved her, and he finally confessed that. Now he was dragged away to London, away from his previous life, away from his friends, away from his girlfriend, but who cares? Love gave him strength. That was until Rory told him about the baby. To him, her words were code for 'Hey, Mister! You are now responsible for yourself, for me, and for this baby, no matter what.' And that was scary. That moment he couldn't care that it was so much scarier for Rory. Other people controlled his life. The few things his parents couldn't really control were his relationships: his friendship with Colin and Finn, and his love for Rory. And now here came someone who was invisible, yet had so much control over his life, that it should be named Mitchum II. Someone who had power to influence his relationship with Rory. It was simply too much for him.

He was angry, because his father claimed that he should be a man, his father expected him to act like a man, and yet he wasn't even allowed to decide where he wanted to live and work. When Mitchum said 'Act like a man!' it meant 'Do what I tell you, and stop questioning my commands already!' Even Mitchum had his dark years when he disappeared from his father's radar, but he didn't let Logan have those kind of years. Mitchum Huntzberger wanted to have full control and he usually got what he wanted.

Logan knew he should grow up, and take care of his girlfriend and his baby. He knew he should probably propose, and live happily ever after. That would have been the 'right thing' to do. But he couldn't do that. He felt anger, and anger is by far not the best adviser. For him at that moment taking care of the baby - in a very twisted and childish way - meant obeying his father. He didn't feel safe anymore. He felt cornered, and he did the only thing he could think of. Attack is the best protection, so he attacked. He was arrogant, he tried to solve the 'problem' with the one thing that always worked in his life before: he offered money. Deep down he knew that that was the most stupid thing he could have done. Yes he had impressed Rory Gilmore. He introduced her to a whole new world. But it wasn't his money that she was impressed by. That made her different from others. (That and her unique personality, her incomparable beauty, her wit and he could have gone on for hours. Rory was one of a kind.) It wasn't his money that got him her heart. If she would have been interested in money, she could have ended up with Colin, or Finn, or even with Robert. But she chose him. Of course she rejected his offer. She was offended by it.

Logan realized that the moment he offered his 'financial help' he just did what his father would have done. He acted like the almighty Mitchum Huntzberger. He became his father. Solving a problem with nothing but money. Offending someone, then acting like nothing would have happened, offering something: money, job, position, etc. Anything to maintain the facade.

He stared at the metal doors of the elevator on the way down, and he couldn't bear his reflection. He couldn't face himself. He despised the coward that stared back. He wanted to go back- up to Rory. He wanted to do that so badly. But as the elevator reached the ground floor he heard it's signal, and he knew there was no way up for him.

So he stepped out of the building, nodded to the doorman, and let Frank take him to the airport. His flight was long and uneventful. When he arrived he headed to his apartment and without unpacking he went to the nearest pub. He had too much time to think, and facing himself was something he wanted to avoid.

Then he started to work. He worked like a robot. He arrived first and he was the last to leave the place. Often he fell asleep at his desk just to wake up hours later to a dead arm, then went home to have a shower and to change and went back to his office. He spent the first few months only focusing on work. He became a professional. Even his father was surprised. But being the best wasn't enough for him so he started looking for a new challenge.

He went to parties alone and arrived home with a beautiful, but dumb woman. Or a beautiful and smart woman. But nothing was enough. He tried everything he could, but nothing could fill the empty space in him.

He never called Rory. Calling her would have meant that he regretted his former acts and Logan Huntzberger lived without regrets.

Time to time he met his friends. Once Finn tried to talk to him about Rory and her pregnancy, hell, he even used one of Rory's sonograms as a background picture on his laptop and made sure Logan saw him working on his computer, but Logan was oblivious. Finn knew that pushing Logan wouldn't work, so he stopped. He loved Rory, but he didn't want to push his friend away. Logan needed his friends too. He decided to give Logan some time. After all Finn knew that Logan was stubborn, he lived in denial, bugging him wouldn't do anything good.

He was happy. He was supposed to be happy. But years went by and Logan still felt empty. No matter how good he was at work, no matter how women swooned over him. He tried extreme sports, he tried everything. But nothing was enough.

Now after five years and a few months he left London for good to return to the States. In two years he was going to become the CEO of the Huntzberger Media Corporation. In those two years he had to prepare to become the leader of one of the world's biggest media corporations. Accordingly he was going to spend those years in New York... New adventure, new challanges. Maybe he will be able to find that missing piece to make his life a whole again.

So he closed his apartment's door for the last time, rode down in the elevator, nodded to the doorman, stepped out of the building and headed to the airport. The flight was uneventful and a few hours later his private plane landed in Hartford...

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ParisTorres05: Yes, you are right. Logan loves Rory. But I had to make him run in order to make him come back...

Holy Cross Baby: Thanks, I'm going to find it and correct it.

natyroganlover: The dark side was just a stupid joke. I meant that when I was editor (the mean person who finds mistake in everything...) of our school paper it was my duty to 'criticize' people's work in order to make it better, and it thought me to like it when others tell me if I made a mistake. That way I can learn from them.

puncher87: I will try to do something with the quotations, but don't hold me onto that. It's a little bit hard for me. English is not my first language. It's my third foreign one actually, so I pretty much tend to mix them, but I'll check my grammar books to make the quotations less confusing. Just give me some time. :-)

Thanks again. R/R and have a nice day.