Chapter 5

When Rory woke up the next morning she found herself in a strange bed in a strange room. Then the memories of the night before came back, Logan's dad dying, driving Logan home and then agreeing to spend the night. She turned over and found an empty space next to her, indicating Logan was up. She got up and left the room, finding Logan in the lounge on his laptop.

"There's too much to do," he said as he noticed her. "My dad's meant to have meetings today and I need to call so many people, let them know what's happened. Then I need to call the lawyers about the Will."

"Logan, calm down. People will understand about the meetings and the lawyers can wait until a more sensible hour and until you've talked to your mom and sister," said Rory. "How about I make breakfast, we sit down and talk and then I drive you to your parents house."

"My mom's house," corrected Logan.

Half an hour later Rory was placing a plate of scrambled egg and toast in front of Logan and then sitting down in the chair opposite.

"Do you have to be somewhere today?" he asked.

"Well I have my Friday night dinner this evening," she said. "But nothing until then."

"I need to go see mom and Honour, will you come?"

"I think it should be just family," said Rory, she got nervous around the Huntzbergers.

"But you're the one thinking rationally. I'm all over the place and I'm guessing they are too."

"How about I drive you across, come in for a few minutes and then we'll see. I need to go back home at some point to change before tonight. I don't think my Gran will be happy with me wearing this."

"I think you look very nice," Logan replied.

"Come in, please," begged Logan as they pulled up outside his childhood house. "I can't handle my mother at the best of times but now ... I need support."

"Logan, this is the time that you need your family. I don't belong in there."

"This is the time where I need to be around the people I love and I love you."

"Tell you what. I'll go home, get changed and then meet you back at your apartment in a couple of hours. You need to drive your car back anyway," suggested Rory.

"Fine, see you later Ace," he said as he kissed her before getting out of the car.

"Rory, honey, is that you?" called Lorelai as Rory walked through the door.

"Mom? Don't you need to be at the inn?" she called back.

"I wanted to wait and hear from you," she replied, coming through and hugging her daughter.

"Why didn't you phone?" asked Rory.

"Because your phone had been switched off."

"What? Oh I had to turn it off at the hospital and I forgot to turn it back on," realised Rory.

"You've been at the hospital this whole time? How's Logan's dad?"

"He died last night after I got there," explained Rory.

"And then you ..." wondered Lorelai.

"Drove Logan back to his house because his sister needed his car. Then I ... stayed the night."

"I thought you were going to take it slow?" asked Lorelai.

"We are! His dad died, he needed someone to stay with him, for support. Nothing happened."

"So, will you be joining us for Friday night dinner tonight?"

"Yes. Logan's with his family, I'm meeting him later and then will go straight to the Grandparents house. I'll meet you and Luke there."

"Okay. Have you told them about you and Logan yet?" Lorelai asked.

"No. I know I will have to soon, before they find out, but ... I just want to wait a while."

"Okay, just so I know where we all stand. Well, I'd better be off to the Inn. I'll see you tonight," Lorelai said as she kissed her daughter and left the house.



Rory had a shower and changed into an outfit appropriate for Friday night dinner, a skirt and blouse. Then she chilled out in front of the TV until receiving a text from Logan saying he was back at his apartment.

"Hey Luke, can I get 2 burgers with everything on to take away," she said as she stopped off on her way, she thought she'd bring Logan some food. "Oh and 2 muffins please."

"How's Logan?" he asked. Lorelai had stopped by on her way to work and filled him in on the situation.

"He's coping. He feels weird though because he never really got along with his dad."

Arriving at Logan's apartment, she was let in started getting plates out for the food.

"How did this morning go?" she asked.

"It was okay. Weird being in that house and knowing he wasn't in his study or upstairs though," Logan said. "My mom is going to sort out the funeral, she knows the names of some people through friends. It's going to be next Friday, 11 o'clock. I was wondering whether you'd possibly come. I know you didn't like my dad but ..."

"Of course. I'd do anything for you."

"And then we're going to have the reading of the Will after the wake which will be at the house."

"Sounds like everything is under control," said Rory as they both sat down to eat.

"Yeah."

"So how's your mom and Honour coping?"

"They're holding up okay. Honour is a bit of a mess, her husband is flying home early from a business trip to be with her. Mom was crying a bit but they seem okay all things considered."

"And how are you?" asked Rory.

"Better now you're here," he said. "I keep thinking of all the times I hated him, thinking what a waste it was. All that time when I couldn't stand to be in the same room as him. I can't help thinking about all the stress I caused him, like losing all that money. Stress can cause heart attacks," pointed out Logan.

"It wasn't your fault, Logan."

"You don't know that," he replied.

"So Rory said she would meet you here," said Emily Gilmore for the fifth time since Lorelai and Luke arrived half an hour previously.

"Yes mom, she had some things to do in Hartford and so she said she'd come straight here," said Lorelai. Luckily at that point the doorbell rang, it was answered by the latest maid and then Rory came into the room.

"Sorry I'm late, I lost track of time," she said as she took her coat off and sat next to Lorelai.

"Don't be silly, you don't have to apologise," said Emily as Lorelai rolled her eyes.

"So, did you hear about Mitchum Huntzberger?" asked Emily as they started eating.

"No, haven't heard a thing. Should we have done?," said Lorelai as Rory shot her a look across the table.

"He had a heart attack and died just last night," Emily continued, looking at Rory.

"Really? That's awful," said Lorelai. "I can't imagine what his family is going through."

"Well why don't you ask your daughter?" said Emily smugly as Rory gulped.

"Umm, what?" Rory asked.