Late Night London Calling
Chapter Three:
"Who the heck are you?" Logan asked, still shocked that Rory had hit him.
"Jackass!" Rory screamed one more time before she grabbed her bag and slammed out the door. She stomped across the room and angrily hit the down button on the elevator, ignoring everyone that had been watching her since she stormed from their boss' room. The elevator doors dinged annoyingly as they opened. She got in and pressed the 'close doors' button in time to see Logan jetting from his office. Rory quietly stewed as the machine slowly made it's way down. She stalked across the lobby and hailed a cabby quickly. She didn't want to head back to the apartment because she knew that would be the first place he looked. She asked to be taken to, she whispered an address in the man's ear.
When she reached the site she quickly paid the driver and went inside to see 'Grandmum Eliza' and 'Cousin Harry and Will' even though they weren't really that closely related. Third cousins, really.
She had to wait several minutes so that she could be properly announced to the Queen.
"Rory, dear. What's wrong?" Her Royal Majesty asked, quite concerned. Rory was one of her favorites in the family
Beside her sat William and Harry, also looking quite concerned
"I'm just having trouble with my boyfriend. I wanted to be somewhere he wouldn't look or know to look" Rory smiled shakily, trying to put up a front
Elizabeth tisked, "Dearie, tell me all about this boy. Though, perhaps it'd be best if William and Harry toddled along. This seems more like a girl type of discussion"
Harry grinned appreciatively and Will did the same, but had the integrity to cover it up quickly, "Thanks, Gran. But remember, Rory, if you want this guy to disappear, you just say the word"
"I know, Will. You two will always have my back" She smiled as the boys walked out the door.
"Have your back? What an odd American saying" The Queen mused as she sipped her tea
"I don't want to bother you, Grandmum" Rory said, not really wanting to talk about it
"Nonsense, dearie. Tell me all about this boy"
"Well, I met him Sophmore year of Yale..." She started and ended up telling the whole story. Crying when she talked about his betrayal with the bridesmaids, slightly laughing at the fact that he fell off a cliff, "I was too worried when it happened, but you gotta admit, the irony of the cliché is not lost on me," the pain of not seeing him for a year and living on the visits every few months, and then the 'cheating' with the fiancée. All the while, Elizabeth just smiled and nodded or frowned and shook her head at the appropriate places. And when Rory cried, she simply held out a handkerchief and smiled symapthetically. All Eliza did was lend an ear and that was what Rory needed the most, "Deep down I believe that Logan didn't cheat on me like that man said he did... But all the evidence points in the opposite direction... I don't know what to believe. My heart has been wrong before, but facts can be manipulated too... I just don't know what to do..." Rory cried, leaning onto Elizabeth's shoulder
"I don't know what to tell you." She hushed as she stroked Rory's hair delicately, "I can't make the decision for you, but I can give you some advice. Talk to him. Listen. I'm sure there must be some explanation. If he loves you half as much as you love him, he couldn't have done this to you. Dig deep, work hard, and I'm sure you'll discover the truth, darling. You wait and see, you'll do it" She smiled encouragingly
"Yeah. I'll talk to Logan" Rory grinned back as she stood up, "Thank you!" She barely said as she rushed out the door
Queen Elizabeth smiled as she sipped her tea, "Ah, young love. It can persevere through anything"
Meanwhile, Rory was racing down the beautifully decorated halls. She had to see Logan. She had to find out the truth.
She jumped out into the middle of the street, hailing a cab and getting loud honks. She glanced at her watch. It had been almost three hours since she had left the office. It was almost twelve thirty. She had to be at the airport at one.
The cab jerked to a stop suddenly, in front of them was a large jam in traffic. She grunted in frustration. She grabbed some pounds from her pocket and practically threw it at the driver as she jumped out of the cab. Rory started running toward the apartment. It was only a few blocks away, she thought. Gilmores never run, she thought, unless it's to coffee, free food or away from Emily Gilmore. But this was an emergency. She almost ran past the apartment building in her haste. Rory darted inside the building and over to the elevator. She shifted her weight impatiently from foot to foot as she waited for the elevator to come down. She briefly debated on whether or not it would be worth it to take the stairs when the doors dinged open. Rory rushed through and repeatedly pressed the button for her floor. When the doors finally opened, she rushed through the corridor to her door and hastily jammed the key in it's lock. The door swung open loudly before she got a chance to turn it.
"Logan" She murmurred, shocked at coming face to face with him so suddenly
"Ace, we have to talk. I can explain everything. It's not what you think, I swear" He said in one breath
Rory inhaled sharply, that's what all the cheating guys said when they tried to lie. No! She thought, this is Logan. Just breathe and calm down. Just give him a shot.
"Okay" She said softly. He grabbed her arm and lead her to the couch where he sat her down and started pacing in front of her for several minutes.
After a while and a long awkward silence, Rory broke it by saying, "Can you stop that? I think I'm getting sea sick"
Logan stopped suddenly and looked at her. He knelt down and took her hands into his, "Ace, I did not cheat on you" He said simply, looking soulfully at her
Rory took a deep breath and looked deeply, searchingly into his eyes. She nodded slightly, "Alright"
"I know what the man said, but I-" Logan paused, "Alright? That's it?"
"I love you and I trust you. Just... tell me the truth" Rory responded calmly, knowing she was taking a big risk. A chance on him.
"The man's fiancée did sleep with Huntzberger. Just not this Huntzberger" Logan said
Rory's eyes widened in shock, "Oh, Logan"
"Yeah. I didn't know Honor swung that way. Especially considering she's married"
Rory gaped.
"Rory? Rory? I was joking" Logan asked, waving his hand in front of her face
"Oh! I knew that" She said lamely
"Right" He grinned, before becoming solemn again, "I always knew Dad cheated on Mom. It's not like it was some sort of secret or anything, but he's always been discreet. No one has ever had solid proof, it's all been rumor. Correct rumor, but rumor none the less. This is the first time, I've ever had it shown right before me. I guess, not seeing it somehow made it better to me" Logan let out
"Oh, baby" She whispered, taking his head and bringing his whole body onto the couch and leaned onto her. After several minutes of whispered exchanges, Logan seemed to finally calm down.
"What made you come back?" He asked.
"Just some advice from a wise old broad" Rory smiled sweetly before she caught a look at the clock, "Oh my God! Ten minutes until one?! I have to go to the airport! Gigi, the social worker!" She stood quickly and grabbed the coat she had discarded earlier.
"Ace! Ace!" Logan yelled, grabbing her attention
"What?!"
"Relax. I'll call a limo and have them picked up" He soothed
"Oh" Rory said, startled at the simplicity of it, "That'll work"
Logan picked up the phone and had it arranged within seconds, "They'll be here soon, babe"
"Thank you" She smiled tiredly, the stress of the day wearing her out. She curled into Logan's side and drifted off to sleep as he wrapped an arm around her petite body tightly and flipped on the tv to relax and wait for the people to arrive.
Logan jerked awake at loud knocking at the door. He looked at the clock, twenty 'til two. He must have dozed off which means... that must be them.
He opened the door to see a tall blonde in her mid twenties and a small child, blonde as well with smiling blue eyes. The little girl was holding onto a teddy bear tightly and wore a pink jacket and a light blue backpack.
"Hey, Gigi" Logan grinned, stooping down for a hug. He and Gigi had met several times before when Christopher was away on business and Rory looked after her little sister. Gigi was very fond of Rory and her beau.
"Hello, I'm Katie-Anne. I'm Georgia's social worker." The tall blonde smiled, "I'm looking for Lorelai Hayden"
"I'm Logan and ummm, yeah, come on in. She's asleep right now, long day" Logan explained as they entered and saw Rory sprawled on the couch, "If you'd like, I can wake her"
"Yes, please" Katie-Anne said, eyes slightly narrowed. She had been hoping that this fine specimen of a man was available. He was hot! Tall, blonde, and so totally smokin'! But then she had seen Lorelai Hayden. She was laid out on a cream, off white, leather couch. She wore a little black dress that was hitched up slightly in sleep and showed off long lean legs. There was a belt that was fashionably jewelled with what appeared to be metal and pearls and there appeared to even be lace. This belt accentuated a very tiny waist, a size two, if Katie were to guess, maybe even a size zero! Lorelai Hayden had long wavy brown hair and bangs. She had a small, delicate nose and pouty lips. Lorelai also had high cheek bones. Katie grimaced, this woman was gorgeous. She looked to be a model. And if the state of her clothes and the apartment she lived in, she was rich. And apparently taken by a very hot blond male.
"Ace. Ace, baby, wake up. Gigi's here" Logan said, gently brushing Rory's bangs from her forehead.
Her eyes fluttered open, "Logan?"
"Yeah, babe. Your sister is here and so is the worker. Her name is Katie-Anne"
"Mmmm, okay" Rory said, closing her eyes again and trying to get back to sleep. Logan chuckled and waited for it. He was not disappointed
"Gigi!" Rory said, shooting up from her laying position.
Her little sister smiled widely and jumped into Rory's arms.
"Hello, you're Katie-Anne?" Rory asked, standing up with Gigi's legs wrapped around her hips and her head buried in Rory's shoulder.
"Yes, Ma'am" Katie said as she looked into the most beautiful, deep, clear blue eyes she had ever seen.
"Oh, please, don't call me Ma'am. It makes me feel old and I'm only 23!" Rory laughed.
Katie smiled politely before nodding to the blond man, "And this is?"
"Logan Huntzberger" He introduced
"My boyfriend" Rory included
Katie's eyes widened in shock. Huntzberger? Wow, a Huntzberger and a Hayden. Talk about tremendous amounts of money...
"Erm, so what do you have to do?" Rory asked a bit nervously. Logan, sensing this, came over to her and stroked her back gently with his hand to soothe her nerves.
Katie saw this and was even more depressed. She had thought that if he was a Huntzberger and she was a Hayden, that maybe this was a society setup. If the way they were looking at each other and holding each other was any indication, this was most certainly not the case.
"Umm, just some questions and a quick look around where she'll be living, which I assume, is here?" Katie answered
"Yeah, um, let me show you around" Rory offered, but before she could get started Gigi cried out
"Hungry!"
Logan smiled, "Alright, kiddo, let's get you something to eat" He took Gigi from her and nodded at Rory, signalling to give the tour.
"Okay, so this is the living room obviously, and you can see the kitchen," Rory started, "This is the master bedroom, this is the master bathroom. This is the guest bedroom that is going to be converted into Gigi's room and this is her bathroom. This is the other guest room and this is the main bathroom and I guess that's it. Unless you need to see closets" Rory joked
Katie smiled weakly, "No. No closets" She had seen the master bedroom. All the rooms were amazing, but especially the master bedroom. And the closet door had been open so Katie had caught a glimpse of their clothes. She had never seen so many designer things in one place before. It was cluttered with both male and female belongings. But there had been Chanel, Armani, Pucci, Prada, Von Dutch, and Gucci. Jimmy Choos and Manolo Blahniks littered the floor and these were just the things Katie had seen quickly. She had seen everything from large fancy ball gowns to crinolines for said large fancy ball gowns to jeans to little black cocktail dresses to three piece suits and ties. It was like the ultimate closet. It must be nice to be rich, thought Katie.
"So, any questions? Anything else?" Rory asked leading the woman back to the living room where Logan and Gigi sat.
"No questions about your living space, but I do need you to answer the standardized questions, though" Katie smiled professionally, sitting on a chair across from the 'family' who occupied the couch.
"Alright" Rory smiled before turning to her little sister, "Gigi, hunny? Why don't you do into the bedroom and pop in a DVD?"
"Doctor?" Gig asked in a little voice, blue eyes pleading with her older sister
Rory smiled, "Yeah, okay. You can watch Doctor Who, but nothing too scary, okay?"
Gigi nodded vigorously, braids flying all over the place before she jumped down and ran into the bedroom.
"Doctor Who?" Logan smiled, amused
"What? I'll have you know that is an amazing show! It's the best British show on the tele and that's all I've got to say about the bleedin' thing!" Rory said indignantly, not even noticing how she used British slang like 'tele' and 'bleedin'
"I never said otherwise" Logan held up his hands in defense, a smirk on his face, "I was just wondering how Gigi got so into it"
"Err" Rory blushed, "Mom and I may have had some TV Season nights with Gigi without Dad knowing" Suddenly, Rory got a stricken look on her face. Her Dad... he'd never...
Logan understood and wrapped an arm around her in comfort.
Katie looked on, "Would you like to do this another time? I'm sure you're still grieving-"
"No" Rory said stoically, "I can do it."
"Okay" Katie replied, taking out a small folder from her bag and opening it up. She clicked her pen and read off the first question on her list, "Do you feel Georgia will be properly cared for if she were to live with you?"
"Oh, yes. I love my sister very much and would do anything for her. I will take care of her."
Katie nodded and penned the response, "Do you live here with your boyfriend?"
The couple exchanged glances, "Yes, but my relationship with Logan is very solid and Gig just loves him"
"What do you mean by 'very solid'?" Katie leaned forward, interested
"Ace and I have known each other for three and a half years" Logan inputted
"And we've been dating for the better part of that time" Rory nodded
"Is this the first time you two have lived together?" Katie continued
"No, in my junior year my room mate kicked me out and so I moved in with Logan"
"Temporarily?" She asked, writing down what Rory just said
"No, for the whole semester. But then Logan graduated and moved to London"
"You said you dated for the better part of the three years. Does this mean, when Logan left you broke up?"
"No, not at all." Rory replied, "We held a long distance relationship and saw each other atleast once a month"
"I see..." She wrote this down as well and asked, "What college did you both go to? Just to check your records."
"We're both Elis" Logan answered, "We went to Yale"
Katie's eyebrows raised. That was quite a school...
"Do you both plan on raising Ms. Hayden together?"
"Yes" Logan nodded
"Alright. Do you believe that, together, you will both provide a steady foundation for Georgia?"
"I think so" Rory said, "We function together very well, we have stability..."
"Okay, and how much time do you think you will be able to spend with Gigi daily?" Katie asked
"Well, I work from home," Rory replied, "So alot of time will be spent with her"
"I work odd hours, but I usually spend my free time here. So maybe one hour in the morning, two in the afternoon and then night will be alot of time, unless..." Logan trailed off
"Unless?" Katie asked
"Well, we sometimes have to go to society functions, but we can always take Gigi with us or hire a babysitter." Rory explained
"I see." Katie made note of this, "And how long do these functions last?"
"Two maybe three hours" Logan nodded
"Do either of you take business trips for work?"
"I sometimes do. I'm a journalist. But the trips are usually just day time trips to cities nearby" Rory said
"I take quite a bit of business trips. Usually Rory comes with me. Gigi can too or we could hire a part time nanny if it's during the school year. My trips normally don't last longer than a few days. And we'll call often"
"Alright. How much would you say you make in a year?" Katie inquired, curiously
"From our jobs?" Rory asked
"In general"
"Well," Logan responded, "I own Huntzberger Media and Publishing, so through the company I make around five to ten million yearly, depending on many things"
Katie eyes popped in shock, but Logan wasn't done
"As far as the Huntzberger Family Fortune is concerned however, I have a good..." Logan paused to think about it, "Seventy five million"
Katie felt faint
"But with my vast amounts of property also... My net value is something like eighty seven million US"
Katie could hardly breathe. Eighty...seven...
Rory started, "Well, I'm just a journalist, so I make like thirty thousand a year."
The woman sighed, finally, a normal number
"But as far as Family Fortunes, let's see, The Gilmore Family Fortune is somewhere around sixty million."
So much for normal, Katie thought desolately as she recorded these numbers
"The Hayden Family Fortune is around thirty billion however"
"Billion!" Katie interrupted, mouth agape
"Yes, billion. Anyway, the Hollenstein Fortune is seventeen billion and I haven't the faintest what the Windsor Family Fortune is. Not that I'm heiress to that! I just have access to the main account."
"Windsor? Like the... Royal Family?" Katie asked faintly
"Yes, Aunt Eliza, Uncle Charles, or as I love to call him, Uncle Chuck. It annoys him to death! Oh, and cousin Harry and Will. I was just with them actually, not two hours ago. I had a long girl talk with Aunty Eliza. Poor Will and Har. Had no idea what to do." Rory laughed as she thought about it.
"Right" Katie said, looking a little loopy.
"Anyway, The Hayden Law Firm rakes in about... seventy five to a hundred million yearly" Rory said, not noticing Katie looking a bit green, "Gilmore Insurances gets about five million yearly. Plus, a few thousand from Mom's Inn, the Dragonfly and Dad... his company got a cool milllion or two." Rory blinked back tears
"I...see" Katies said tightly, "What do you plan on doing about Georgia's schooling?"
"I think we'll enrole her in private school" Rory said after an exchanged look between herself an Logan
"Anything, but boarding school" Logan muttered
"Boarding school?" Katie asked
"I went to boarding school" Logan replied, "Rory went to private school."
"Oh, alright. Do you plan on living in London for the rest of your life or do you plan on returning to the States?"
"We're only living here until my father officially retires" Logan explained, "After that we'll move back"
"But we visit the US often" Rory included
"People to take her in case you can't? I'll need rough descriptions of them including their job and how much they make in a year in estimate"
"Well, there's Finn Morgan and Colin McCrea. Finn owns the Morgan Vineyards and make around ten million yearly. Colin has McCrea Law, he makes anywhere from twenty to forty million. There's also my sister Honor. She doesn't work, but she has a trust fund of five million dollars."
"Uh, I have Paris Geller. She goes to Johns Hopkins. She's studying to be a doctor. She doesn't have a lot of money, bills and all, but in a year or so she receives her trust fund of five million dollars also. There's Tristan Dugrey. He has Dugrey Enterprise. He's worth twenty billion. And my mom, I guess. Lorelai Gilmore the Second. She owns an Inn. She makes a couple thousand. And my grandparents lastly. They're worth several million."
"What about Georgia's mother and paternal grandmother?" Katie asked
"Well, Sherry isn't all that reliable. She was supposed to be watching Gigi while dad was on a business trip for a week, but a couple days in she got a phone call offering a job in Paris and she was packed and out the door on her way to the airport an hour later, leaving Gigi with the babysitter with no warning to Dad. And Grandmother Francine can visit whenever, but Dad hated the way he grew up, so I don't think he would want for Gigi to be raised by Grandmother."
"Alright, lastly, what are you full names?"
Logan burst out laughing as Rory moaned
"What...?" Katie asked
"Nothing. Uh, Logan Elias Huntzberger" Logan smirked
"Okay, I have a long name so, here goes." Rory took a deep breath, "Lorelai 'Rory' Leigh Gilmore Hayden Windsor Hollentein the Third"
"Woah. Umm, two l's in Hollenstein?" Katie paused as Rory nodded, "Okay, that should be it. I'll fax this to the US and I'll be back in a few days to see how the three of you fare together"
"Alright, thank you"
Logan and Rory both stood up and led Katie-Anne to the door. Rory waved as she saw Katie go down in the elevator.
"So, what will we do with Gigi?" Logan murmurred in her ear as he wrapped his arms tightly around her waist.
"Well, it's five now. Wow, time sure has passed. Um, how about we see what she's doing and ask what she wants to do?" Rory suggested, turning her head and kissing Logan briefly on the cheek
"Hm, sounds good" He smiled, giving her a quick peck on the lips before leading her back inside and closing the door.
Rory giggled and entered the bedroom, Logan right behind her. Gigi sat chewing loudly on some gum, eyes transfixed on the tv.
"Gig?" Rory asked gently
"Yeah, Rory?" she responded eyes never moving
"You want to do something else or stay watching the Doctor?" Logan asked sitting next to her on the bed.
"Docta!" Gigi giggled
"You heard the lady!" Logan laughed as he grabbed a pillow and lay back. He motioned for Rory to join him. Just as she was about to sit down, she heard her cell phone ringing in the living room.
"Sorry," She said apologetically as she left
She stooped down and picked up her bag, searching for several seconds for the phone, "Hello?"
"Rory! Oh my God, I just heard about your dad! How are you?" A female voice asked
"Summer?" Rory asked. During her last year at Yale, at a party her grandparents threw together, Rory had met Summer. Or re-met. Summer had gone to Chilton with her. She was popular and mean and had even dated Tristan Dugrey for a while. That had all changed during college. Summer became mature and was now good friends with Rory. Summer re-introduced Rory to a lot of old friends like Madeline, Louise, Alex, Tristan and other old Chiltonites.
"Duh, silly. Of course it's me! Now, how are you?" Her voice said in an obvious type tone
"I'm not really sure. I just found out. Apparently, nobody in the US could contact me and mom's still on her honeymoon with Luke so I doubt she even knows yet. There's no cell phone reception on the island."
"Babe, you need to grieve!" Summer said worriedly
"I can't. In dad's will, he left Gigi to me to take care of. Logan's in the bedroom with her right now."
"Logan, huh? The infamous boyfriend. I still have to meet this guy, you know. So, how's he taking the whole 'I have a kid responsibility' thing?"
"He's been really awesome about it" Rory said, sitting down, "He said that Gigi could stay with us and that he would do what ever I want and support me with my sister"
"Woah. He sounds too good to be true" Summer said kind of warningly
"Yeah, I know. Sometimes I worry about that, but... I trust him. I have to or else how will it ever work?" She sighed
"Okay, just be careful. I'd hate to see your pretty little heart get broken."
"Yeah me too" Rory smiled, "So how's your mom? Still paying her a quarter of a million a year?"
"I just feel bad. She had to put up with me for eighteen years. I'll admit, I wasn't exactly the perfect daughter. I never cleaned my room, I hated doing the laundry, and I wouldn't go near a sink filled with dirty dishes unless the words death, destruction and mayhem were used. So, yeah, I figure, paying my mom a quarter of a million dollars a year for spending almost two decades looking out for me is nothing." Summer explained
"Okay," Rory laughed, "I gotta go. It's been too quiet in the bedroom. I'm worried what they've gotten up to"
"Okay, bye" Summer laughed
"Goodbye" Rory hung up and walked into the bedroom to see Logan's eyes glued to the tv screen, fascinated
"Hey, babe. Did you know the queen of England was a werewolf?" He said, turning to face her a smiled on his face
"Really? That explains a lot about Aunty Eliza come the full moon." Rory smiled, knowing what episode he was currently watching.
Logan laughed before tugging her hand and making her fall ontot he bed. Rory giggled before cuddling into his side. They were millimeters froma kiss when Gigi interrupted
"Shhhh! Good part!" She scolded their loudness without taking her eyes from the show.
"You heard the lady, Ace" Logan whispered, taking her hand and leading her out the door and into the kitchen. He dug through the fridge looking for a snack. Suddenly, he turned around to where Rory was sitting on top of the counter. He put his hands on both sides of her hips and leaned into her, "I love you, Rory Gilmore. And I promise, one day I will ask you to marry me"
Rory blinked in shock before smiling. She wrapped her arms around his neck, "And I promise, one day, I will accept" She smiled before leaning in for a kiss. They lay there silently for a few moments, just holding each other when Rory said, "You know, you're crazy, but you're sweet. Definitely out of your mind though."
Logan laughed, "For asking you to eventually marry me? Yeah, I must be"
Rory laughed too, "Now, you're going to be stuck with me. My evil plan is working. Muahahah."
"Psycho" Logan smirked
"You're the one who wants to marry me!" She laughed
"Valid point" He gave, before kissing her again, "I love you so much"
"I love you too" She whispered back