While this writing I had my own soundtrack that inspired me, my choices are not necessarily what Amy Sherman Palladino would choose however I think the emotions invoked by the songs fits my theme and chapter.

Soundtrack Chapter 8

1. Ordinary People by John Legend

2. Patience by Take That

Songs can be found on youtube

Note: Unfortunately fanfiction dot net doesn't react well to youtube hyperlinks; as a result I am unable to provide direct links to the songs here.

Chapter 8 – Mending Shattered Vases

May 7, 2009 – Palo Alto, San Francisco.

The renditions from that day 4 weeks ago had somehow bridged the gap between them. They had developed some sort of cordial normalcy and flat sharing. They still hadn't talked in length about what happened during her graduation however Rory was happy that he was in her life again and at some level they were friends. Logan had vacated his bedroom for her except for the storage of his clothes in the closet. They had got rid of the dining table and got a smaller one that would fit into the kitchen. The former dining area had now been converted to some sort of bedroom for Logan with a leather sofa bed acting as a sofa during the day and a sofa bed at night. The funny thing was she spent most nights with Logan on the sofa bed because they ended up staying up late watching a movie or a TV show, snacking on food and drinks and would often end up dozing off on sofa bed together. It was a familiar life style to when they were living together at college except now they were not in a relationship.

Rory had decided that she was not going to push things, Logan needed time and whether or not they ended up together, she wanted him in her life. She didn't want to go through the heartache of the past 2 years again, crying herself to sleep with thoughts of "what ifs" lingering.

It was Thursday early evening, Rory was typing away hurriedly on her computer at the kitchen dining table in order to meet her by-line for the day. She had spent the early hours of the day on calls with sources or on conference calls with colleagues and Hugo respectively. She was using the evening time to catch up on the administrative part of her work.

Some time later she finished her by-line, did a quick proof read, spell check and emailed it to Hugo. As she was about to shut her laptop, an instant message (msn/aim) from Hugo appeared on her screen. She sat back down on the chair she had just vacated to read the message; it seemed Hugo was in some sort of dilemma.

It must be a serious dilemma she thought as he had also invited her two counterpart editors to the chat. In the message he apologised for the last minute messaging, he thought it would be the quickest way to get hold of them as organising a conference call, pass codes, emailing people with details, etcetera would take more than 30 minutes and by then most people would have logged out of their PCs.

There were some potential advertisers in the travel industry he was trying to sway to advertise on the online magazine however the problem was they did not have a travel section and he had promised the potential advertised something to look at by Monday, he wanted to know if anyone had any ideas in facilitating this as he was stumped. Rory got up from the chair and began to pace around in an attempt to brainstorm something that could help. As she was pacing around her eyes caught a picture of Logan on the fridge, he was standing by Pier 39. The famous Pier 39 she mused to herself, she would love to see it but hadn't had the chance to explore San Francisco since she'd been here.

She returned to her laptop and typed

What about a travel piece on San Francisco with photos, I could visit the famous sites like Pier 39, China Town, Golden Gate Bridge, Alcatraz, the trams this weekend and write up of my experiences, I know it's not Europe but that's the only thing I can lay my hands on immediately, what do you think?

"Sounds good Rory," typed Hugo.

Guy, who was one of the other editors, typed a message saying "why not make it a nostalgic weekly piece on rediscovering the gems in America, starting with San Francisco, and then possibly another location in America. Especially now that we are in a recession, travelling within America might appeal to most people especially if we portray it as an affordable, relaxing and enjoyable experience."

"Guy, I like where you are going with this" typed Rory.

"I like that too Guy" typed Hugo. "Rory you do that piece on San Francisco this weekend, please charge your time and expenses to the company, I know you are in San Francisco at moment however would you mind staying at an hotel just for at least one night just to give the audience some idea about hotelling in San Francisco? Stephanie, start thinking of potential destinations for next weeks piece please, I'll organise a conference call for first thing Monday morning to catch up. Apologies again to everyone for the impromptu meeting and thank you for being flexible about it, expect some sort of appreciation from me in your pay packet, should we reel in these advertisers." With that Hugo logged out of the chat.

Rory made quick notes and highlighted her action points on her notepad.