Chapter Two

"What happened tonight Ror'?" her friend asked her with deep concern.

"I nearly got re-introduced to the man who I almost married!" she said with shock.

"Wow that IS heavy!" she said with equal shock. "So what did you mean by ALMOST?" she asked her curiously, going to the fridge and getting out one of her $600, Chateau Valandraud Saint-Emilion 1995, which she knew Rory would appreciate greatly.

"OMG, are you sure Rach? Your father sent you this down last month" she asked as she watched her friend cradling the wine in one hand, and looking for a cork screw with the other.

"I think this is a special occasion don't you think? This will lighten you up just a touch" she said with hope. They have been neighbours since she had left the campaign trail four years ago.

"I kinda ran out, while they were sucking face" she drew her face to her hands, shaking her head side to side.

"I think I would have run too if that had happened to me. It's a natural thing to want to bolt at something like that" she rationalised to her friend, reaching up to grab to goblets of glasses, and pouring them each a glass, and bringing the two goblets to the lounge room.

Rachel turned on the television for background noise, and the news came on then. Picturing the lovely couple she had just run out on. She groaned out loud, which brought Rachel to view the screen, and nodded her head at her in sympathy.

"Well you'll just have to show the world that you can do this"

"You are right Rachel!" she said sculling her goblet of wine. "Starting tomorrow you are going to see a completely new Lorelai Leigh Gilmore!" she stood up and gave her friend a kiss on the cheek and said her goodnight, and closed the door behind her. She marched into her apartment, and walked into her wardrobe and grabbed another pair of black pumps from her closet, and put them on her feet.

She walked went down the elevator, just as Frankie arrived with her car keys.

"Hey Rory, glad to see you are feeling better" he smiled down at the young lady.

"Sure am, Frankie! Thanks for getting my car! I owe you one!" she kissed the middled aged man on the cheek and went down to the garage and found her car nicely parked in her parking spot.

'She was going to head to head with Logan, she had nothing to be embarrassed about did she?' she stopped her car, and let the valet park her car again questioningly, she just smiled back and walked back up the stairs with pride.

"Rory, where have you been? People have been asking about you?" Alena Grover asked her questioningly.

"Oh I had to go get something" she smiled at her friend. "So what have I missed Ale?" she was guided around the room, reconnecting and being introduced to everyone that was there. They heard glasses being hit around the room, making light that someone had important news that they wanted to share with the room.

"Hello everyone! We have an announcement to make, as you probably already heard on the news, we have just become engaged, and would like to formally invite you all to our joyous occasions, so expect your invites in the mail in the next couple of weeks" Logan told the entire room, sounding so proud, holding an arm around his new fiancée, who equally beamed as well.

She cocked her head to the side, as a big lump took away her voice, and she tried to act the best way she could. They were headed in her direction, Lish, was not going to let her out of her sight this time. She regretted coming back to the party now.

"Rory, there you are. We lost you back there, what happened?" her friend enquired curiously, placing a hand on her arm, like she was making sure she wasn't going to escape this time.

"Rory, this is my fiancée, Logan Huntzberger. Logie, this is the lady I was talking about, Lorelai Gilmore" she said excitedly, turning Rory around to face Logan.

"Congratulations to you both Alisha. You look like a dashing couple" she praised them both, Lish looked like she was going to burst in all the colours of the rainbow, and Logan was trying to hide his awkwardness, with being 'introduced' to his ex-partner.

"Thank you, Rory. We appreciate it" Lish spoke for the both of them. Rory wasn't quite sure how to address the situation, so she just remained quiet, and nodded her head, so very glad when her phone started to ring.

"Excuse me Lish, I need to take this call" with that she walked away from the awkward situation and headed for somewhere quiet to speak.

"OMG, thank you Paris!" she said with such gladness, she paced the grounds outside uncomfortably, wishing a portal would open up and swallowed her whole, and transports her to her apartment.

'What's the matter Ror?' she asked with deep concern. 'Spill it Gilmore' she demanded her friend.

"You just rescued me from an awkward moment with an older friend from the campaign trail, who had Logan Huntzberger as her new fiancée" I almost yelled, and then tried to control myself.

'What? No way Gilmore. You're yanking my chain now aren't you?' she said an incredulous voice. Rory heard Doyle at the background asking what was wrong with her. 'Nothing Doyle I'll FYI you later' she whispered to her husband. 'Sorry about that Ror. Doyle's being a pain again' she dismissed him lightly.

"It's all over the news! They announced it ten minutes ago. It was so awkward I fled, but when I reached home, a friend of mine, told me to get back out there so to speak…" she explained to her friend.

"Rory… can we talk…?" Logan asked her from behind.