Baby Steps
Summary: Three years after season seven. Rory said yes to Logan and they are married and living in Palo Alto. He has just started his own business and it's taking up a lot of his time. Rory understands but when things change and she gets some big news she can't even find time to tell him… Rated M because of language and there may be some adult scenes, not sure yet.
Chapter Three: Caring again
"Logan Huntzberger." He answered the phone, not checking caller ID.
"Rory Gilmore," she responded laughing, she forced the laugh, determined not to let him know she was upset, yet.
"Ace? Everything okay?" he asked, continuing typing holding the phone with his ear and shoulder,
"Logan…. We agreed no typing when we're talking…" she whined, it made him smile. The previous night they'd sat down and made agreements to make sure both parties put in more effort to see one another.
"Okay, and…. Fingers are off the keyboard!"
"Thank you. So… bad news or worse news?" she forced a laugh as she said it,
"Um… such choice!" he laughed sarcastically, "Bad news."
"Okay… My Grandparents decided that now is the time to start telling people I'm pregnant, I already got like ten phone calls this morning! And it's so early in the pregnancy we shouldn't have told anyone yet!"
"Okay Ace calm down, what's the worse news?"
"Your parents called… Your mother… They know and…"
"Ace did she say anything to you?! You sound upset?!"
"Logan I think you should call her…" it was now that he could hear the strain in her voice, how close she was to breaking,
"Ace what the hell did she do?!"
"She said that…" he could hear her shakey breath and how hard she was trying not to cry,
"Ace?" he asked, his voice filled with concern and panic,
"She said that now… now there's no way you can leave me… even if you wanted to, which she says you do… She accused me of doing this just to make sure you won't leave me… Somehow she knew we were… having problems…" she put emphasis on the word were, so that Logan knew she felt things were sorted out.
"Ace you know that's not…"
"I know Logan." She interrupted "I know you don't want to leave, just like you know I wouldn't do this on for any reason other than we want kids, sure it wasn't planned but it's still perfect." Logan could hear the small smile playing on his wife's lips when she spoke about their future child,
"Ace I'm sorry."
"What for?"
"She shouldn't do that to you… I thought she'd stopped. Wait you said my 'parents' called, what did dad say?"
"He wished us luck and said congratulations…" she said sadly "I could tell he meant it but it still seemed almost hollow after what she said… Look Logan I'm sorry for bugging you at work but after that… I just needed to hear you… I'm sorry."
"How dare you apologise for bugging me at work?!" he yelled in fake annoyance, he heard Rory giggle slightly, immediately bringing a massive smile to his face, "When I get home there will be punishment!" he yelled again, continuing to try and feign annoyance but failing badly as she could hear the smile in his voice,
"I'm awfully sorry for apologising, I'll accept my punishment if it involves food or bed…" she responded cheekily,
Logan was now wearing the biggest smile he'd had in months, they were flirting again, acting like goofy teenagers, he loved her cheeky/sexy side, he loved that he was the only person who would ever see it,
"I can think of something that involves both", he replied in signature Huntzberger fashion, she could almost hear the smirk in his voice,
"Well then, I guess I need to go shopping,"
"What?" Logan asked, now confused,
"Well, it's been a long time since I've visited Victoria's secret, I can't disappoint you can I?" she replied again in her sultry voice,
"Oh Ace, I swear to God if I didn't have that meeting later I'd be home right now!"
"Well I guess you'll just have to be patient. Love you"
"Love you too Ace,". He put the phone down smiling, "Baby steps huh?"
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Rory walked into the shop she hadn't visited in years, she always felt guilty and nervous walking into lingerie shops, she was a married woman so she had no reason to feel bad but she still did.
"May I help you?" a pretty blonde shop assistant ran over to her,
"Um, yes actually… My husband and I we're kind of making up for a big argument tonight… and I need something special," she was blushing the whole time she spoke,
"Aw honey you don't need to be embarrassed," the shop assistant laughed, "We get way more embarrassing things in here than just a married couple in love, don't be silly. Now come on we have something that is just perfect," she winked, dragging Rory around the shop and showing her many different items of clothing, many of which again made Rory blush.
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Logan practically ran out of his meeting at the end of the day, on his way out of the office it seemed as if everyone wanted to stop him and talk to him, he loved the feeling of wanting to go home. On the way home he stopped by the nearby florist and bought a massive bouquet of red roses.
When he eventually made it through the front door he could hear soft music playing upstairs, he dropped his laptop bag and ran up the stairs, when he opened the bedroom door the smile on his face grew to a size he didn't know was possible, laid on the bed was his gorgeous wife, she was in a stunning navy blue babydoll and a matching thong, she had clearly been reading while waiting for him, judging by the book now lying on the floor by the bed. He couldn't remember the last time things had been this romantic between them,
"Ace…" he said, not entirely sure what to say; she smiled at herself, glad she could still take his breath away, "You look…" before he could finish the sentence her lips were crashing against his, he only took seconds to respond before taking control and grabbing her hips walking her towards the bed, not separating from her for a second. She felt the bottom of the bed against her shins and collapsed back against it, smiling up at Logan who gently lowered himself onto her,
"I love you so much Ace."
"I love you more,"
"Not possible." He responded before again pressing his lips against hers…
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Logan woke up stupidly early the next morning, thanking God it was the weekend and he could spend the whole day with Rory, he reached over to find his wife next to him but he just found empty bed, he sat up and looked at the clock 3:00am it read. Logan looked around the room, seeing no signs of his wife, he got up and heard something, a faint whimper coming from their en-suit bathroom, he walked to the door and knocked gently, "Ace? Are you alright?"
"No," he heard, she sounded awful, weak and like she'd been crying for hours. He pushed the door open and saw her half-laid next to the toilet, clearly shaking.
"Oh my God Ace," he ran over to the toilet and crouched next to her, rubbing her back gently,
"I guess morning sickness hits earlier than I thought huh," she laughed weakly before again leaning back over the toilet to be sick some more,
"How long have you been up?"
"About three hours… I think."
"Ace you should have woken me up,"
"Logan you're tired and stressed enough without having to deal with your sick wife,"
"I want you to wake me. This sharing thing will only work if we're both all in. Now I'm gonna get you a glass of water 'kay?"
"Thanks Logan", she smiled to herself, he was really trying, she felt like he cared again, she missed that feeling…
"You don't need to thank me okay?"
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About an hour later Logan managed to get Rory back into bed, he laid there holding her as she drifted in and out of sleep. He gazed down at her and smiled, how was it possible that even when sick and tired she still looked beautiful,
"Logan stop staring at me,"
"But I can't, it's not my fault you look gorgeous when you're sleeping"
"It's not mine either but stop it, it's creepy,"
"No it's not,"
"Um, actually it is, I can feel your eyes on me, stop it,"
"Never," he laughed,
"Fine", she rolled over so she was now lying on top of him, she leant down and kissed him passionately, neither caring that she'd been sick an hour ago. As Logan really began to get into the kiss Rory jumped off of him and off of the bed.
"Hey! What was that for?" Logan moaned,
"I'm going to make breakfast. Later!" she shouted with a laugh before throwing a wink his way and running out of the room, leaving Logan confused, wondering what just happened.
Author's Note: I'm so sorry it's been so long, I had so much going on and it got me really down. I got sick and when I was finally on the mend I got sick again and then the doctor's got worried it was serious and then my ex continued to cause more problems and with exams at college it all got too much! I'm so sorry to my faithful followers; I love you guys and you mean so much to me. I'm finally better thanks to some rather disgusting 'highlighter pink' medicine and things should go back to normal, posting once a week again, (hopefully). So thanks to those of you who have hung in there! This chapter was a bit soppy but next chapter we'll have… (SPOILER ALERT) Some Mitchum and Sheira being their typical selves, Some Lorelai being excited grandmother, Some annoying Emily and A little bit of Lane/Dave news, coz I never gave up on them and I'm sad that I had to kill off Zack but it was the only way I could really get this story to go the way I want.