Love Today

By: Bethy Ann

Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls, unfortunately.

Summary: "Man, I'm telling you, just call her! I bet Rory is thinking about you too," Parker said. It's time to love everyday. Rory/Tristan romance thrown with some Lorelei/ Luke romance. Rated MA for later language and sexual innuendos.

Chapter 4: The Karate Kid

Recap: A cat darted in front of Logan making him side step into the road. The headlights of the car coming his way blinded him so he brought his arm up to his eyes to shield it. Yet the car didn't swerve, or slow down, and hit Logan Huntzberger. Logan felt the impact and that was his last feeling.

Something was waking Rory up and she did not like it. She tried to ignore it and go back to sleep but the noise continued. Finally the noise stopped and Rory smiled. She snuggled into her covers and tried to get that wonderful dream back. She was almost asleep when the noise started again. Sighing, Rory sat up to hear the phone ringing.

"Hello?" Rory croaked out. She cleared her throat and sat on the edge of the bed.

"Hi Rory, I'm sorry to call at this hour but we just got a call-", someone extremely familiar said.

The voice clicked in Rory's head and Rory said, "Grandma?"

"Who else do I sound like? Hilary Clinton?"

"No, it's just 7:30 in the morning and it's Sunday," Rory said.

"Well I got a call from Cynthia, you know Logan's mother, saying that Logan got into an accident last night and didn't make it. His funeral is in two days at the Hartford Memorial."

Rory was shocked. She had totally forgotten about him when Tristan entered into her life. All she had thought about was Tristan. Rory felt sad because Logan had been a big part of her life. Logan had opened new doors for her and she lived life to the fullest with him and didn't regret one moment of her life.

"Rory, Rory, are you still there? Are you okay," Grandmother said worriedly.

"I'm still here Grandma. Yes, I am okay, strangely," Rory said.

"Okay well I have to get going to the nine o'clock service. We haven't been to church in two weeks!" exclaimed Grandma.

"Okay, well thanks for telling me Grandma. I'll talk to you later," Rory said and hung up. She cut Grandma off so she didn't hear the I love you.

Rory sat on the edge of the bed for a bit and somehow was lying back down. She didn't know what to think. Should I go to Logan's funeral? I was his girlfriend for five years, Rory thought. I should at least go to say sorry to his parents even though I can't stand them. Rory shuddered at that part and stopped thinking about the matter.

Somehow Rory had fallen back to sleep because she woke up to tapping at her door. She hurriedly got out of bed and had t grab her dresser because she got a bit dizzy. She grabbed her robe from her bathroom and put it on while walking. She peered through the eyehole on her door and got a flashback.

Flashback

She was standing outside a door hoping the land lord was there. She hadn't called because she didn't have enough time. When she got out of the hospital the next day her Grandparents gave her a lease for her new apartment they had bought for her. All Rory had to do was get her key from the land lord since he was a busy man that no one could reach.

The door opened and a guy who looked in his early fifties stepped out. He was going bald and the hair you could see was gray and thinning out. But his eyes were full of life and shining a bright green.

"Whatcan I do for you Miss?"

"I'm Rory Gilmore, I recently bought an apartment here and I'm picking up my key," Rory said nervously.

"Ah yes, Richard, your father, told me all about the accident. I hope you are feeling better. I'm giving you two keys so if you lose both, you owe fifty dollars to get a new one. Call me if you need anything," he said and closed the door.

She didn't even have time to ask him what his name was. She shook her head and walked to the elevator. Her apartment was on the ninth floor which was of twenty-sex floors. Once she got off the elevator, she walked to the right and was standing at room 961.

She opened her apartment door to see furniture everywhere and it looked like her Mom helped pick some of it out. She was standing in the family room which was connected to the kitchen, which was on her right. She went straight down the hallway and saw the bathroom to her left and her room on the right. When she walked into her room, she saw a four poster bed with a water mattress. She had her own bathroom and walk-in closet which she saw that someone organized.

She walked back to the family room but stopped before going in because she saw another room where they furnished it into a bedroom and office. The desk was big and oak and looked so shiny! Rory loved her new apartment.

End Flashback

She opened her door and saw her mother; Lorelei looked fashionable like she always did. Lorelei was wearing a pin stripped blouse with a matching scarf and matching pants. She finished the look with black high heeled boots.

"Rory! How are you? I heard the news about Logan and rushed over here as fast as I could. How are you feeling?" Lorelei said in a rush.

Rory looked at her Mom in bewilderment and opened her mouth to speak when her Mom rushed in the room and closed the door.

"I wasn't quite sure what to bring so I brought ice cream to wallow with, with some tissues. I also brought The Karate Kid series if you felt like you didn't care much about the matter," Lorelei said looking at her daughter.

"You still get me hypnotized by all your talking. But to answer your question, I feel fine," Rory said.

"So, I'm guessing you want to watch the movies?" Lorelei asked and waggled her eyebrows.

Rory laughed at her insane mom and said, "Duh, we're watching the movies! Put the first one in and I'll make some popcorn and order two meat pizzas."

AN: Did you like it? I know that it's not much but I felt like it had to be added. The next chapter will have some fluff in it. To be continued…