A/N: Hey guys! I'm working on getting all of the chapters edited and re-uploaded for you guys. Hopefully I can get it done before the end of the weekend.
Chapter 2
RORY POV
When I woke up the next morning, Logan had his arms wrapped around me. I laid there thinking about everything that had happened in the last 48 hours. I was laying there when my phone started vibrating. It was my mom. I grabbed my phone and walked into the common room. "Hey mom." I said. She was crying. "Mom, what's wrong?"
"Rory, it's your dad." She said.
"What happened?"
"He's been in an accident. You need to come."
I get the hospital information from her and then I go wake Logan up. "Logan, wake up. I need my keys."
"What's wrong?" he asked.
"It's my dad. I have to get back to Hartford."
He gets up and puts some clothes on. "I'll go with you." He says. We walk out into the common room. I grab my jacket. Logan's writing a note I'm assuming that it's to let Collin know what's going on, and to make sure that he gets Steph home. He grabs his jacket and we walk out the door.
The ride back to Hartford is quiet. I don't know what to say. The only thing I could think about is my dad. When we get to the hospital, we walk through the emergency room entrance and try and find my mom. Instead we find Grandma Francine and Gigi. Gigi runs over and hugs me. We walk over to where Grandma is sitting. "Hi Grandma. We got here as soon as we could. Where's mom?" I said.
"She's in the back with your dad and Grandpa. There prepping him for surgery." Grandma said.
"Gigi, why don't we go find some coffee for everyone?" Logan says. Gigi grabs onto him and they walk away.
"How bad is it?" I ask.
"Collapsed lung, 3 broken ribs." Grandma says.
"Holy crap." I said. I sit down next to Grandma. Mom and Grandpa come out a few minutes later. Logan and Gigi return a few minutes after that. Logan hands everyone a coffee and sits next to me. A little while later, the doctor comes out and tells us that the surgery went well, and that Dad should be able to go home in a few days.
"Rory, can you take your sister home?" Mom asked.
"Yeah sure thing." I say.
"And call Grandma. Get her to make sure that everything is ready for tomorrow. See if Grandpa can stand in for Dad."
"Absolutely." I say hugging my mom. "Call me if you need anything."
"I will sweets." She looks at Logan. "Take care of my girls."
"I will." Logan says.
We walk out to my car and get in. Logan drives to my house. I call Grandma Emily and relay mom's messages. Grandma tells me that she will take care of everything. By the time I get off the phone, Gigi has gone upstairs. Logan and I sit on the couch in the living room. A few minutes later, Esmeralda brings out a tray of coffee for us. I lay my head against Logan's shoulder. "Thanks for being here today." I say.
"I wouldn't have wanted to be anywhere else." Logan says. I kiss his cheek. "So, did you tell Honor about us?"
"No. I wasn't sure if you wanted me to. I just told her that we had been hanging out and that you were going with me to cotillion." I looked at him confused. "Why is something wrong?"
"My parents want me to come to dinner. My mom somehow saw the program for cotillion and now she is asking 5 million questions."
"Sounds like that will be a fun night." I say.
"Not really. I hate having dinner with my family. My family isn't like yours. We don't talk or spend time together like yours does."
"My family is pretty great even if we did have a rough patch last year."
Logan looks at me confused. "What happened?" He finally asked.
"Mom and Dad were having some problems so they separated. After a few months, she found out that Dad was having an affair, so she went to Europe for a couple of months. Gigi and I kind of did our own thing and Dad worried a lot. When Mom came back she and Dad tried to fix things. I started to rebel a lot. Parties, drinking, staying out past curfew...you know."
"Wow." He said. "so, what changed?"
"Mom found out she was pregnant. She had a miscarriage. She was crushed. She was pretty sure that Dad was gonna leave but somehow because of the miscarriage they found their way back to each other. And somehow, I managed to slow down my rebellious acts, that's when Tristan and I started dating."
"Well his loss is my gain." Logan smiles.
I kiss him. "Absolutely."
LOGAN POV
When I get to my parents' house that night, I'm nervous. Why I don't know? Francis the maid opens the door and lets me in. I make my way to the living room, where I found Honor, her boyfriend Josh, Grandad and Mom.
"Logan, your here." Mom says surprised.
"I was told that my presence was mandatory." I say fixing myself a drink. "Where's Dad, still at the office?"
"You know your father." she says as I sit on the couch across from Honor and Josh.
We all sit there for about ten minutes before Dad gets there. "Sorry I'm late everyone." Dad says. He fixes himself a drink and when he turns around he notices me. "Logan! Good to see you son." He says before he walks over and sits next to mom.
"Can someone tell me why I'm here? We don't do the family thing." I finally say.
"Logan, we hear that you're taking the Hayden girl to cotillion tomorrow?" My mother says.
"Yes, look, she and her boyfriend broke up a couple of days ago. Rory and I have been friends for years. It's not a big deal. And even if something more was going on... that's my business not yours. I'm done trying to let you set me up. She might be a few years younger, but that's my business. Think I'll skip dinner. Thanks." I say and get up and head to the front door. When I get in my car I text Rory.
Logan: Dinner sucked! Can I come over?
Rory: Sorry it sucked. Only if you bring coffee. Steph and Collin are on their way with movies.
Logan: Be there in 10.
I pull out of my parent's driveway and go over to the bean. While I am waiting on the coffee I sense that someone is standing behind me. I turn around.
"You know, Rory likes her coffee black." Tristan says.
"I've known Rory longer than you. I was there the first time she drank it. I think that I know a little bit more about her than you do." I say.
"We'll see about that."
"Here you go Logan." Michelle, the Batista says.
I take the coffees. "Thanks Michelle. Say hi to your brother for me."
"Will do."
I turn to leave not even acknowledging Tristan. I leave the coffee bean and head towards Rory's house. I ring the doorbell. The maid answers. "They're in the living room." She says.
When I walk into the living room, Rory is on the phone, Collin and Steph are on one couch and Gigi is on the floor. I pass out the coffees.
RORY POV
"Yes Grandma. I know." I say to Grandma Emily for the 500th time during this conversation.
"Well, what about Logan's tux?" She asks me.
"Well he just walked in let me ask him." I say. Then I look at Logan. "Grandma wants to know about your tux?"
"Delivered to the club this afternoon." Logan says.
"He's sure?" She asks.
"Yes Grandma. I'm hanging up and I will see you in the morning." I hang up the phone before she has a chance to ask me anything else. We sit on the couch. I lay back against him. It's nice having him around with everything so crazy and my dad in the hospital. Gigi starts the movie and I decide to text mom and check in on dad.
Rory: Hey how's dad?
Lorelai: He's okay. Resting. How's everything there?
Rory: Fine. G is still freaking out a bit. but Logan, Steph and Collin are here and we're watching movies.
Lorelai: sounds fun. remember the rules.
Rory: movie rules or house rules?
Lorelai: Rory!
Rory: I know I know.
I close my phone and stick it back in my pocket. After the first movie, Gigi is passed out. I look over at Steph Collin are passed out as well. I look at Logan and he's staring at me. "I'm gonna head to bed. Early day tomorrow." I say.
"I'll walk you up." Logan says.
Logan and I get off the couch and he walks me upstairs. We stop in front of my bedroom door. "Thanks for being here tonight. It means a lot to me." I said.
"I wouldn't want to be anywhere else." He said and kissed my cheek. "See you in the morning." He turned and headed back downstairs.
I went in my room and changed into my PJs. I plugged my phone into the charger and climb into my bed making sure that my alarm was set for in the morning. We didn't have to be there till ten, but I needed time to get up, shower and drink a couple cups of coffee.
When my alarm went off the next morning, I got up and went downstairs. I didn't see Logan, but Steph and Collin were still asleep. I walked into the dining room where Esmeralda had already set out breakfast and coffee. Gigi was sitting eating breakfast and on her phone.
"Morning." She said.
"Morning." I said as I sat down and poured myself a cup of coffee. "Do you want to come to cotillion or do you want to go to the hospital with Dad?"
"What about mom?"
"She's going to cotillion. Public appearances."
"I'll go sit with dad."
"Okay. I have to go get ready. Mom will be here soon." I said. When I get back upstairs my phone is ringing. I pick it up and check the caller ID. Its Mom. "Hey Mom, I'm almost ready." I tell her.
"Rory, you're not going." She said.
"Why?"
"It's your dad. I already called Grandma. I need you to call Logan and tell him that the plans have changed then you your sister need to get up here."
"Okay mom." I hang up. I immediately call Logan while searching for clothes. I grab a pair of jeans and my Bangles T-shirt and lay them on my bed.
"Hey pretty girl" Logan said when he answered the phone.
"Hey." I say feeling sad. "I'm pulling out of cotillion. Something happened with my dad and my mom wants me and G at the hospital."
"Damn. Are you okay?"
"I don't know what I'm feeling right now. As soon as I find out what's going on I'll call you."
"Okay."
I hang up and quickly get dressed. I grab my black knee-high fuzzy boots. I throw my hair up in a ponytail and grab my blue jean jacket. I look for my keys since my wallet is already in my car. I take a deep breath and walk downstairs. Steph and Collin are drinking coffee.
"Hey G, why don't you go out to the car. I'll be right there." I tell her. When I hear the front door open and close I look at Steph. "Something happened with my dad. Mom pulled me out of cotillion she said she wants me and G at the hospital."
"Damn. Can I do anything?"
"Maybe you could bring some food by around lunch. I'll let you know. I gotta go." I walk out to my car and get in, knowing that G is gonna start asking questions. I start to pull out of the driveway.
"Where's your stuff?" G asked.
"Not going. Mom pulled me out." I said as I was driving down the road. When we stopped at a light I realized that I hadn't synced my phone to the phone system that Dad had installed. I quickly sync it and call Mom.
"Hi sweets." Mom said when she answered.
"Hey, we're on the way. You want anything?" I say.
"Just coffee."
"Okay, we'll be there soon." I hung up and went through the drive-thru at the Bean. After leaving the Bean, I made my way over to the hospital. When I got parked, I unplugged my phone and grabbed some cash and my Amex card out of my wallet (just in case) and locked my wallet in the glove box. I could tell that G looked sad. "You okay?" I asked her as we walked through the parking lot.
"Dad's getting worse, isn't he?" She asked me.
"I don't know. I hope not but honestly, I can't think of any other reason why mom would pull me out of cotillion at the last second." I tell her as we walk into the hospital. G and I put our phones on vibrate. As we get to the waiting room near Dad's room I see Mom, Grandpa Strobe, Grandma Francine and... Logan. Mom gets up and walks over to us and hugs us.
"My babies." She said. "Your dad had a rough night. He's having trouble breathing. They think that his lung collapsed again. He's in surgery now." Mom said. She looks at G. "Why don't you go sit with Grandma." G nods and walks away. Mom turns back to me. "After you called and said that you were on the way, Logan showed up with coffee and bagels said he wanted to be here for support." Mom said. "I think he loves you kid." She smiles.
I smile at Logan. I look at mom. "I've always loved him." I tell her.
"I love you kid."
"I love you too mom." I say and walk over to where Logan is sitting. He stands up and hugs me.
"Before you say anything, I wanted to be here. I wanted to be here for you, in case anything happened...good or bad." He says quietly. I look up at him and kiss him.
Only two words came out to mind. "Thank you." I said, and we sat down.
LOGAN POV
We're all sitting in the waiting room at the hospital. Steph and Collin have even joined us. We are waiting on the doctor to come out and tell us about Christopher's surgery. I look up just as the doctor comes out.
"Mrs. Hayden?" The doctor says.
Rory's mom, Lorelai stands up. "Yes?"
"The surgery was a success. There was a pinhole in his lung from yesterday, but we were able to get that fixed. If there aren't any more complications, he should be able to go home in a couple of days." The doctor says.
Rory turned to me and hugged me. "That's great when can we see him?" Lorelai asked.
"He's still gonna be out of it for a while. He's in recovery but once he's back in his room you can see him."
"Thank you." She said and the doctor left. Lorelai turned to the rest of the family and they all hugged. It amazed me that a family could be like this.
Rory looked at me. "He's gonna be okay." She said.
"That's great. I'm glad." I said. And I was. I knew that with Christopher getting better that Rory and I could spend more time together.
Several hours went by and everyone visited with Christopher. Christopher's parents had already left and took Gigi with them since she was tired of sitting at the hospital. Lorelai, Rory and I had gone to visit with him. Rory told him that she was gonna take off since she had a little bit of homework to do before she went to bed. Christopher told her that he loved her and that everything would be okay. He looked at me and said that he appreciated me being there.
As Rory and I were walking through the parking lot to her car I stopped. She noticed and turned around.
"What's wrong?" She asked me.
"It's nothing." I said.
"What?"
"It's just that aside from your dad being in the hospital and your idiot of an ex...this has been the perfect weekend. And I can't help but wonder where this leaves us." I said.
She looked up at me and kissed me. "You already asked me to be your girlfriend. New Haven isn't that far away. Plus, we have a half day on Friday so maybe I can come up and maybe spend the weekend?" She said.
"Sounds perfect."