Chapter 9
Logan and Rory are lying in her bed, with his arm around her, talking like they had never been apart.
She has her head lying on his chest, enjoying how it feels to be back in each other's arms again.
"I'm seeing a grief counsellor" she blurts out, wondering what he would think of that.
"That's a good thing Ace" he reassures her, stroking her hair gently, trying to put her at ease.
"Thanks for everything Logan…" and she half turns to look into his eyes, before saying,"I Love you so much"
"I'm with you for the long haul, Ace. Never forget that!" he says before tenderly kissing her with all the passion he could master, before turning her fully around
and looking her right in the eyes, "and I have never stopped loving you"
A couple of hours later, around 4:30pm they get out of bed and changed back into their clothes.
They walk hand in hand into the lounge.
"I'm going back to Honor's" he says to her regrettably.
"Why?" Rory questions stopping to look at him.
"Because I'm taking you out for dinner and want to get changed" he says walking out to his car with Rory. "I will pick you up at 7:00pm"
"See you at 7:00pm" they stop at Logan's car and he puts an arm over her shoulder's, turning her to face him for a kiss.
"See you soon" he says, kissing her again before he went into his car. She waves him off and he drives to Honor's place.
Rory walks back into the house and sits in the lounge for a few minutes then goes into her room. Lorelai arrives home and see's that Logan's car has gone.
"Hey Ror, are you home?" Lorelai asks walking into the house.
"Yeah, I'm here" she says walking out of the kitchen.
"So how did things go with Logan?" Lorelai looks at her daughter dead in the eyes.
"It went well, Logan's picking me up at seven, and we are going out to dinner" she says happily with a smile on her face.
"That's great!" Lorelai says, happy for her daughter and looking at the clock "Speaking of? Shouldn't you be getting ready?" she laughs at her daughter.
After Logan arrives at Honor's place, he goes in and Honor is home.
"Hey Logan. I saw Rory today" Honor says to her brother, curious to see what his reaction would be.
"I know, she said" Logan says smiling "I'm taking Rory out to dinner at seven"
"Oh my god you're proposing to Rory again tonight" Honor says excitedly knowing her brother like the back of her hand.
"Maybe?" he says simply brushes off.
"Well I hope you have a nice night and I hope she says Yes" she says to her brother excitedly, not even trying to hide her happiness.
"I'm sure we will" he says with the ever growing smile on his face. "I'm going to get changed" and Honor watches her brother leave the room, hoping for the happy ending that she knows he rightly deserves.
Logan walks into Honor's bathroom and has a quick shower, before getting changed and ready for his date with Rory.
Once ready his cell phone rings, and it is Phil from his work in San Francisco.
Phil tells him that they have decided to open an office in Hartford in the next few months.
After talking on the phone he hangs up and gets the engagement ring and places in his pocket.
"See you later Honor" he says, holding the ring in his pocket.
"See you later Logan" she says with a smile, "tell me how it goes later?"
"I will, bye Honor!" he says, before closing the door behind him, still grinning from ear to ear. Even happier with the news that he had just received from his team.
He drives the familiar route back to Stars Hollow, thoughts of what's to come in his mind and hoping Rory will say Yes this time.
Rory goes into the bathroom and has a shower, washing her hair and body. After her shower she dries off, and changes into her clothes for her date with Logan.
She then dries her hair with the hairdryer in her bedroom.
After her hair is dry, she puts her hair and make-up on, silently humming to herself happily, excited about tonight's events with Logan.
She enters the lounge room, while Logan is on his way to her place.
"You look beautiful sweetie" her mother comments on her perfect ensemble.
"Thanks mum" she says, beaming at her mum, just as they hear a knock at the door."Logan's here" she chirps with happiness, rushing to the door.
"Have a nice night sweetie" she says, wishing for her daughter to have a fantastic night with the man that she loves.
"We will" she says, as she opens the door for Logan.
"You look lovely tonight Ace" Logan comments, before wrapping his arms around her, and bringing her in for a kiss.
"We better get going" he whispers into her ear lightly after pulling away from the kiss.
"See you later Mum" she says to her mother.
"Bye Lorelai" Logan says, guiding Rory back to the door.
"See you both later" Lorelai says, smiling so much, that she felt that her face would freeze that way.
"Logan, Hi" Luke says, just getting home from work.
"Hi Luke. See you later" Logan tells Luke "Me and Rory are going out to dinner."
"See you both later" and Luke turns to Logan with a serious face, "Logan you take good care of her"
"Thanks Luke, I will" he beams with pride, bringing her closer to his side.
"Bye Luke" Rory says, before closing the door behind them.
They walk hand in hand to Logan's car, happy to be together again.
He opens the car door for her, and waits patiently for her to be situated in the car properly, before closing the door behind her, and then hoping in himself.
"Logan, Hi, been awhile since you have been here" Morey and Babette says in their squeaky voices, smiling at the happy couple.
"Hi Morey, Babette, good to see you again" Logan says charmingly, before saying, "Rory and I have got to get going, we have dinner plans"
"Sorry to keep you both, have a nice night you too" Babette says to the happy couple, waving at them, "See ya"
"Bye Babette, Morey" they say together, waving goodbye also.
Logan drives them to the restaurant but not telling Rory where keeping it a surprise.
"Where are we going Logan?" Rory asks him excitedly.
"It's a surprise Ace" he winks at her. "Im not going to tell you"
"Please, please, please tell me?" she pleads, giving him her puppy dog eyes, but Logan doesn't take his eyes off the road, but knows exactly what she is doing.
"Ace,I know you are giving me your puppy dog eyes but I'm still not going to tell you, they arn't going to work on me" he says with an amused laugh. "We will be there soon"
"How Long?" she says impatiently, playing with her clutch.
"If I told you where we were going, you would be spending the whole time trying to calculate places it could possibly be which would ruin the secret" he quickly eyes her with a laugh."So no, I'm not going to say a word" he looks at her through the corner of his eyes, smiling with amusement.
Ten minutes later they arrive at the restaurant and Logan parks the car. They hop out, and walk into the restaurant, with Logan's arms around her.
They wait patiently at the counter for a waitress to come out.
"Hello Sir, Madam" the waitress says to them both.
"A table for two, reservation for Huntzberger please" he says to the waitress with pride, looking down at Rory with a smile.
"Right this way" the waitress says, guiding them to their table and giving them their menus.
"While you are looking at your order's would you like a drink?"
"Two glasses of your best Chardonnay please" he says to her with a nod.
"I will be right back to take your orders" the waitress says to then before walking off.
They look through there menu's and Rory is the one to break the silence.
"I got a Job at the Hartford Gazette" she tells Logan proudly. "I start on Monday"
"That's awesome Ace, Congradulations!" he says, genuinely happy for her, "I will be moving back to Hartford" he says, waiting for her reaction.
"Why?"she asks him curiously, "What about your job in Palo Alto?"
"Well one of the reasons. Actuallry the main reason, is because I want to be with you, but also before I left I received a call from my business partner, Phil in Palo Alto.
He said that they have decided to open an office here in Hartford. So I may have to travel back and forth to Palo Alto and here over the next few months
while the offices gets set up but then I will be in Hartford more offen and more permantly" he says to her happily
"That's great Logan" she beams up at him, excited about the news. They were going to be together, finally.
The waitress comes back with their glasses of Chardonnay, and Rory orders the medium-well done steak with the roast vegetable,
and Logan orders the roast lamb with gravy and vegetables.
They talk about Logan's job in Palo Alto and his success of how well it is doing. Rory tells him how proud she is of him.
Logan also tells Rory about how Honor and Josh are trying for a baby.
"I'm so sorry I never answered your calls" he says to her remorsefully, shaking his head at his actions. "and Im sorry I wasn't around for you Ace"
"I'm the one that should be sorry. I'm the one who lost the baby. If I hadn't, the baby would be almost here by now, and I would be eight months pregnant" she sobs
into her hands blaming herself for losing their baby.
"Shh…Ace, it's not your fault" he says wrapping his arms around her and letting her cry on his shirt.
"Do you know what the baby was?" he asks and Rory shakes her head
"I didn't want to know because it would have hurt even more" she whispers to him
After she stops crying Logan uses his thumbs and wipes her tears up.
A while later the waitress comes to their table with their dinner. They start eating and when they finish they start talking again.
"So how do you know Tristan?" she asks him
"I meet him at a London boarding school, and he is a friend of the family" he tells her "
"I know him from Chilton, he the one my mum refers to as Spawn of Satin" Rory tells Logan and he laughs
The waitress comes back to pick up their plates, and they order dessert.
Rory gets a chocolate mud cake while Logan gets passionfruit cheesecake.
While they are waiting for their desserts, Logan decides to propose to Rory for the second time.
"I know this is the second time I have done this… but you are the best thing that has ever happened to me so it is worth it, and I know it's been tough lately with losing the baby. We both want to be together. We both love each other and I want to spend the rest of my life with you, and have a family with you. So Rory Gilmore, will you do me the honour of becoming my wife?" he asks her bending down on one knee, and opening the box up.
"I don't know" she says smiling and thinking for a few minutes, "Yes, I would love to marry you Logan and spend the rest of my life with you!"
Logan smiles putting the ring on her finger then kissing her passionately and hugging her tight to him excited that she said Yes.
"You had me there for a minute. Why would you pull my leg like that Ace?" he asks her with a smile, sarcastatically with the real response.
"Oh I wanted to see your reaction" she says kissing him quickly on the lips,"and I love this ring Logan"
"I'm glad" he tells her with relief, "I know it is different but it was because I wanted us to have a fresh start"
"I don't care that it is different" she tells him happliy
"I know your living at your mums place but I thought since I will be returning to Hartford that we could find a place and live together, so what do you think?" he asks
"I would love that very much Logan!" she says kissing him again
They are still kissing when the waitress comes over with their dessert and she puts it down in front of them and leaves guessing they want to be alone.
When they hear the plates put on the table they pull apart.
They eat their desserts up and Rory goes to the bathroom before they leave, while Logan pays for their dinner.
She comes out of the bathroom, and Logan has just finished paying and they walk out to his car together.
Logan drives back to Stars Hollow and parks his car on the street at the end of her driveway. It is 10pm when they get there.
"Do you want to go for a walk or do you just want to go in?" Logan asks Rory
"A walk sounds nice Logan" Rory says
Rory and Logan hop out of his car, and begin walking in the moon lit night with a cool breeze, their arms are intertwined around each other's waists.
"I had a great night Logan, apart from falling to pieces on you before dinner" she says with embarrassment.
"It is perfectly fine Ace. I don't want you to ever think that you can't talk to me about the baby just because I wasn't around when you lost it.
I don't want you to bottle it up either" he says to her with such care in his voice.
"I will Logan, I promise" she says to him, before he leans down and kisses her.
Logan and Rory are walking when they bump into Dean and Beth who are holding hands.
"Dean, Beth Hi" she says, introducing him, "This is Logan"
"Hi Logan, Rory, nice night isn't it?" Dean says, looking up at the moon and then at Beth.
"It is" she agrees with him, and holds Logan tighter.
"Hi Beth, good to see you" Logan says to the other woman.
"You too Logan" she says back to him
"How's Honor these days?" Beth asks and Rory has a questioning look to how Beth knows Honor
"She's good, Her and Josh have been trying for a baby" Logan says
"Are we missing something here?" Dean and Rory ask in unison "You both know each other?"
"Beth works in Palo Alto with Phil and I" Logan informs them both. "And Beth's met Honor once when she came to visit in Sn Francisco"
"Who's Honor?" Dean asks
"Logan older sister" Rory replys
"So you have met her?" Beth asks Rory
"Several times" Rory replys
"Did Phil tell you about the office in Hartford?" Beth asks Logan with excitement.
"Yes, he did" Logan says to her.
"Well, it was nice meeting you Logan" Dean says "See you around, Rory"
"Yeah you too Dean" Logan says "Bye Beth"
"Bye Dean, Beth" Rory says to the other couple
"Bye Rory, Logan" Beth says, before heading in the other direction with Dean towards his mother's house.
"So Honor must be excited that you will be returning to Hartford" Rory says
"I haven't told her yet. I wanted you to be the first to know" Logan tells Rory
"That's sweet of you Logan!" Rory replys as they arrive at Lorelai's place.
Logan and Rory walk into the house and her mother hears her calling Logan sweet.
"What's sweet?" Lorelai asks as they both enter the kitchen, hand in hand.
"Well I'm moving back to Hartford! We will be opening an office in Hartford and I wanted Rory to be the first to know" Logan says with pride, looking down at her as he said it.
"Oh that is sweet" she agrees with her daughter.
"Rory, Logan" Luke says as he is entering the Kitchen
"Mum, Luke glad your both here" Rory announces, and Logan squeeze her shoulders with pride, "Logan asked me to marry him and I said Yes!"
"Rory and I will be looking for a place to live in Hartford" Logan adds in.
"Congratulations! I am so happy for the both of you!" Lorelai says hugging them both
"Congrats Logan, Rory" Luke says hugging Rory and shaking Logan's hand, "You make sure you take good care or Rory!" he warns the younger man.
"Of course Luke" Logan says with pride, bringing Rory into an even bigger hug.
"Congratulations Rory" April says hearing Rory announce her engagement, coming out of Rory's bedroom and hugging her tightly "You too Logan"
"Thanks April" Logan says getting a hug from April as well.
"Thanks April, I didn't even realise you were here!" Rory says
"She arrived after you left" Luke says
It was getting late so Logan leaves to go back to his sister's place and says good bye to Rory and her family.
"Bye Luke, Lorelai, April" Logan says
"Bye Logan" Luke, April and Lorelai say in return.
Rory walks out with him and he stops them on the porch.
"It's getting cold out here so I'm just going to say good bye to you here" Logan says and Rory nods, "So see you soon Ace. I will call you tomorrow morning"
"Ok, bye Logan" she says kissing Logan for a long time "I love you and will talk to you tomorrow"
"I love you too Ace" Logan says walking away from the porch and down the driveway
As he walks away she waves goodbye and he blows her a kiss and waves to her.
Once Logan is out of sight, Rory walks back inside the house, and April has gone back into Rory's bedroom.
They all say goodnight to each other before Rory walks off into her bedroom and gets changed into her pyjama's and hops into her
bed next to April who is sleeping on the trunddle bed.
"Night April" Rory says
"Night Rory" April says before turning off the light.
Both girls quickly fall asleep, while Lorelai and Luke head up stairs after locking all the doors and turning off the lights.
They also get changed for bed go to sleep as well.
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