Walking into the Dragonfly that night, Logan never expected that she wouldn't be there. He thought that for sure they could talk and maybe then he would understand. Maybe they could even get back together.
He and everyone else there were in for a rude awakening. Looking around the room there were numerous people; Lorelai, Richard and Emily, Colin and Finn, even Paris was there along with several others that Rory cared about. There was even a women dressed in a suit that Logan didn't recognize. The only person he didn't see was the one person he had been dying to see all day. Ever since they had gotten the letter this morning. Rory was no where to be found.
After realizing that Rory wasn't there, he walked up to Lorelai to see if she knew anything.
"Lorelai how is it going?" He tested the waters, not knowing if Rory had told her about the breakup.
"Good. Do you have any idea of why she called us all here tonight?"
"That's what I was going to ask you. I have no clue. She walked out on me last night and I got the invite this morn-"
"Wait! She what!?"
"So she didn't tell you then?" He asked when he saw her shake her head he continued. "I proposed to Rory last night. She said no, broke up with me and walked out of the restaurant. I haven't even gone to the apartment because Finn told me that when he went to confront her, she had taken everything out. I don't think that I could see the place like that. Like Rory was never there." Blinking back tears, Logan looked away and was startled when he felt Lorelai put her arms around him.
"I thought for sure that you would blame me and hate me," he said.
"Logan, if I hadn't just seen your face, I might have. But after seeing how heartbroken you are, there is no way that I can blame you. Do you know where she went or why she didn't tell me anything?"
Just as Logan was going to respond, the woman in the suit stood up and started to get everyone's attention.
"Ladies and gentlemen, if you could please sit down, I will start what Miss Gilmore has asked me to do tonight." after this, everyone in the place sat down and looked at her expectantly.
"Thank you very much. My name is Julia Fox and I am Miss Gilmore's attorney." The woman said.
At these words the whole place started buzzing again. Rory didn't have an attorney. She didn't need one.
"People, I need you to please calm down so that I can do as my client has requested." At these words the room fell quite and everyone gave her their attention again. "Again thank you. Now, Rory has asked for me to show a video and that is what I would like to do right now. I have to ask that no matter what you hear, you stay quiet and just listen. This is what Rory wants. Please don't forget that."
After saying this she pressed the play button and the room's attention was diverted to the large TV that was on one wall of the dining room (I know it's not really there but I needed it to be).
For moment the screen was black, then Rory's face appeared. She was sitting in front of a white backdrop by herself. The video looked to be a couple days old at most. Logan and Lorelai started getting a bad feeling in the pit of their stomachs. This wasn't right. They both knew Rory and knew she isn't into this kind of thing.
The on-screen Rory started talking at the minute.
"Is it on?" pause "Thank you. Hi everyone. I know that this is all very confusing and I thank everyone for giving up their night to come here. I know that most of you probably expected to actually see me but I had to do it this way. I know that Logan and mom are probably both very confused because they know that I hate this type of thing, but there was no other way. If everything went as I planned then I broke up with Logan last night and that will be hard enough." At this everyone's head turned to look at Logan who had unshed tears in his eyes. He couldn't believe how much he was crying lately. He never cries.
"There no way that if I did this face to face you would have let me go. There have been some recent developments in my life that I have to deal with that none of you know about and that is the way that I want to keep it." At this point there was a general bad feeling in the room and most of the people had unshed tears in their eyes. Sookie, Lorelai, Luke, Logan, Lane, her grandparents, and even her father being some of them.
The Rory on screen started to tear up but continued, "I need for you all to let me deal with this on my own. If I know my mom well enough I know that she is probably crying by now and I want to let you know right now that I am fine as of this moment and I will continue to be fine.
"Now I know that you have probably figured it out by now, but just incase you haven't I am gone. Please don't look for me. If I can come back I will but I don't know if that will be possible. I love you all and I want you to know that this has nothing to do with any of you. I stress that I don't want any of you to look for me, especially you, grandma and grandpa. I know that by saying that I have probably pissed a few people off and that is fine with me. I want you to hate me so that you can move on. I will not be alone where I am so don't worry about me."
The onscreen Rory now had tears running freely down her face and still she continued. "I want to tell you, incase I don't make it back, don't let this effect you. I want you to remember that I left all of you. I will always love you but this is my decision and I need to do this alone. So get mad, get angry at me, curse me, scream about me, but don't look for me. I want to leave you with my personal wisdom right now, just incase.
"Life your life to the fullest. Don't let the trivial things hold you back. Make the best of your life and let no one tell you not to go for something you really want. Do something reckless every once in awhile. My boys taught me that and I will be forever grateful for it. The last few years wouldn't have been the same with out you three, Colin, Finn, and especially you Logan. You have been the light of my life. The one thing that I could always count on. I will never forget you, but please move on. I left nothing of me in the apartment. I even put out new air fresheners to get rid of my smell."
At this Rory had to pause and gather her strength for a minute while Logan was openly crying now. He honestly couldn't believe that she had taken everything away. Almost as if it had just been a dream.
"I know that may seem a but harsh but I hope it will help in the long run. I don't think that I can keep going. I am getting too emotional and I want to leave you with a good image. One of me smiling not crying. So everyone, think back to your favorite memory of the two of us. Hold it in you head and never forget it. I love you all and I always will. And to take a page from the boys' book I will closer this with their favorite saying, in omnia paratus."
And with that the screen went black again and the whole place was left in tears. No one could understand why she did what she did. She really gave no concrete reason. Just asked them to leave her alone.
Logan couldn't stay in the room any longer and so he said good-bye to Lorelai and the elder Gilmore's and then waked out with Colin and Finn trailing behind. He Didn't know what he was going to do, but he did know one thing … He needed alcohol and he needed it fast.
~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
Meanwhile …
Rory pulled up at the lst bbus station and called a cab.
The cab driver pulled up, helped her with her bags and asked her where to.
"The Siteman Cancer Center please." She answered.
I am so so so so so so so so sorry that it has taken me so long to update. Everthing has been crazy with school lately and graduation an all that. At least you know what is wrong with Rory now though. Again I am so sorry and this might not sound the best because I stared writing at 1am and finished at 230am cuz I just really wanted to get this out. PLease forgive me for taking so long and please don't forget to review. Also a than you to all past reviewers. You're the reason I write more. thank you for all the support that this story has gotten. I can never tell you how much it means to me. Please review. I will try to update more frequently now that I am out of school.
Thanks again for reading and pkease review.
MiniPutt
