Chapter 3
RORY POV
The next morning, when my alarm went off I got up and took a shower. Mom had stayed at the hospital with dad and G had stayed with Grandma Francine and Logan had gone back to Yale with Collin. I would pick Steph up on the way to school like I normally did and then we would stop at the Bean. I put my uniform on and scrunched my hair. I decided to text Logan hoping that maybe he didn't have an early class so that he would wake up to my text.
Rory: Thanks for this weekend. About to pick up Steph for school.
As I grabbed my backpack and headed downstairs my phone rang. I looked at the Caller ID. It was Logan. "Good morning" I said as I answered.
"Good morning to you too. How's your dad?" He asked.
"Okay I think. Haven't heard from mom, but she knows that I'm usually busy before school." I said grabbing my stuff and heading out to my car.
"Sounds like a good day and I'll call you later." He said.
"Thanks. You too." I said and hung up. I got in my car and headed to Steph's house. When Steph got in the car she looked at me. "What!" I said.
"So... how was your night last night?" She asked me.
"It was fine. We left the hospital, grabbed some dinner, got coffee and then he had Collin pick him up." I told her.
"Sounds like fun."
"What gives?" I look at her as I pull into the coffee bean. "Did you do something dirty?" I ask. All she does is smile but it's her 'I did something slutty' smile. "Steph, tell me you didn't sleep with Collin?"
We pull up to the drive-thru window. "It's not like that." She says. The barista hands me our coffee. I pull away heading towards school. "He's not Andrew."
"Yes, I know. But it's...Collin." I say.
She glares at me. "And its Logan." She says.
"Touché." I pull into my parking spot in the Chilton Student parking lot. Steph and I head towards our lockers. Tristan is standing by my locker with coffee. "Move."
"Here. I wanted to apologize. Rosemary threatened to beat me senseless if I didn't quit bugging you and she said that she would call you to find out." Tristan said handing me the coffee.
"Thanks." I said. I grab what books I need and close my locker. Steph and I head toward our English class and take our seats. I pull my phone out of my jacket pocket to make sure that it's on vibrate. I find a text from my mom.
Lorelai: Dad's doing ok. might be able to come home day after tomorrow. Give G a ride home.
I quickly text back before Mr. Medina notices.
Rory: Glad Dad's okay. Might come by after school. Will get G.
I close my phone and stick it back in my pocket.
The day seemed to go by very slowly. Paris decided to be crazier than usual. Steph and I watched her throw herself at Andrew and Tristan. During lunch I pulled my phone out to check my messages. I had one from Logan.
Logan: Hope your day is going well. Can't wait to see you this weekend.
Rory: Day is pretty good. When I got to school, Tristan was waiting at my locker with coffee. Said Rosemary threatened him if he didn't leave me alone.
Logan: Do you want me to come beat him up? Cause I will.
Rory: No, it's all good. I'm not worried...besides I have you.
Logan: You have me and I'm not going anywhere.
Rory: Good. Gotta get to class.
I put my phone in my pocket. Steph and I walk over to the quad to grab a coffee before our next class. "So... I have to tell you something." I say after we order our coffee and I pay.
"What is it? You tell can me anything. You know that." Steph says.
"Logan and I are together."
"I figured. You guys were inseparable all weekend."
"Well since we have a half day on Friday, I'm gonna drive up to Yale and spend the weekend." I say as we walk towards class.
"I'm happy for you. You deserve it after everything that Tristan put you through." Steph said.
"Thanks." My afternoon classes seemed to go by fast. After school Steph and I make our way to my car to find G waiting for us. "Hey, do you want to go see Dad with me?" I asked G.
"No, I got a ton of homework and I hate sleeping at Grandma's. I just wanna go home." G says.
I nod my head. Steph had agreed to go with me and then we would grab dinner after. When we got to my house, G went straight to her room and Steph and I went to mine to change clothes. I stopped by G's room to tell her that we were leaving. When we got into my car I synced my phone and pulled out of the driveway. I stopped by the coffee bean and then we headed towards the hospital. We ended up stuck in traffic. And I was missing Logan. I hadn't heard from him since lunch. Traffic was starting to move slowly when my cell rang. I looked at the caller ID. It was Grandma Emily. "Ugh." I said to Steph before answering it. "Hello?" I said.
"Rory?" Grandma said.
"Yes, hi grandma."
"Rory dear, are you free for dinner on Friday?" Grandma asked me.
"Actually Grandma, I'm gonna be out of town." I tell her.
"Really? Where are you going?"
"My friend Steph and I are going to visit some friends at Yale." I say looking at Steph.
"Oh, alright then."
"Is something wrong Grandma?" I say as I pull into the parking garage at the hospital.
"Well, it's just that you don't come over anymore and your grandfather and I miss you." She said.
I let out a sigh as I pull into the parking spot. "How about this, I will come over for dinner tomorrow. I don't have too much going on tomorrow. Is that okay?" I say.
"That sounds lovely dear. We'll see you at 7?"
"Okay Grandma. Bye." I say and hang up. I turn the car off and unplug my phone. I make sure that I have my phone and keys before locking the car. We make our way into the hospital and to Dad's room. Steph sits in a chair just outside of the door. When I walk in Mom is sitting in a chair beside the bed. I hand her a coffee. "Here mom." I say.
"Thanks, hun. G didn't wanna come?" She asks.
"She said that she had a lot of homework and that she hates sleeping at Grandma's." I tell her.
I look over and Dad is starting to wake up. "Hey kiddo." He says.
"Hey dad. How are you feeling?" I ask.
"Better. Their talking about letting me go in a day or two."
"That's great Dad." I pull up a chair beside Mom and sit down. "Can I talk to you guys about something?" I ask my parents mainly looking at my dad.
"Of course, kid. You know you can talk to us about anything." My dad said.
"Okay, here it is, Logan asked me to be his girlfriend. And I know what you guys are gonna say. He's older and he's in college. But here's the thing...I have liked Logan since we were kids. He was the first guy that I ever had a crush on." I tell them.
"Kid, listen to me before you say anything else. Logan came to me and asked me if he could date you. It's all good, kid." My dad says.
"Really?"
"Really." Mom says.
"And you guys trust me, and you trust him?" They both nod. "Okay, because we have a half day on Friday and I wanna go see him at Yale this weekend."
They both sit there quiet for a minute looking at each other. "Its fine." My dad says. "Hey Ror -" my dad starts to say as I get up.
"Yeah dad?"
"You look happier than I've seen you in a while."
"I am." I tell him.
LOGAN POV
I hadn't talked to Rory since lunch and I was hoping that everything was okay. I would have to find Rosemary at some point and thank her. She did me a huge favor by talking to that punk. I hated that he had taken Rory a coffee this morning, but there was nothing that I could do about that. The afternoon had passed pretty quickly, and I had grabbed a pizza after classes because I had a paper to write, hoping that Rory would be coming up for the weekend. Hopefully, she would call me when she got home.
RORY POV
When we left the hospital, Steph and I went to the new Thai restaurant that opened not too long ago. I was thinking about Logan. I missed him. I knew that it was gonna be hard, but I felt like we could make it work. After dinner, I dropped Steph off at home before going home myself. I had some homework to do before bed, but I wanted to call Logan before I did. When I got upstairs, I changed into my pjs and sat on my bed to call him.
"Hello beautiful." He said when he answered.
"Hi. I miss you." I said as I could feel tears start to run down my face.
"Babe, what's wrong? Are you crying?"
"Yes...no... maybe"
"Talk to me."
"It's just...my dad's doing better which is good...but I talked to him tonight about us and he told me that I looked happier than he has seen me in a while and it made me realize that I forgot to tell you something...well not really forgot but with everything else that's been going on..." I said realizing that I was rambling.
"Just tell me."
"Okay so back before Christmas, Headmaster Charleston called me into his office and told me that by the end of the year I would have enough credits to graduate early...as in this year." I tell him.
"Babe that's great. Have you been applying to colleges? Have you really thought about it I mean?"
"Yeah. I mean of course I applied to all the Ivy Leagues and I got early admission for Yale."
Logan didn't say anything at first. Does he not want me to go to school with him? "That's great babe. When do you start?" He said.
"Two weeks. Dad's getting me am apartment near campus cause student housing is full. Are you happy?"
"Am I happy? Of course. You just told me that all I have to do is get through two weeks and then I get to see you every day. But-"
"But what?"
"How is early admission gonna affect your Chilton classes?"
"It won't. Headmaster Charleston is gonna let me email my coursework in and all I have to do is come back for midterms and finals."
"That's great. I guess we need to celebrate this weekend."
"Yeah I guess. Listen text me or call me in the morning I got homework to do."
"Alright. I'm proud of you."
"Thanks." I said and hung up. I put my phone on charge and worked on my homework.
The next morning when I got up I thought about the day. Tonight, I would be having dinner with the Gilmores. Tonight, at dinner I would be telling them about Yale. I knew it would make them happy. When dad and I had first talked about college, we talked about his time at Princeton. He said that my destiny was there, but I didn't believe in destiny. And when the letter from Yale came I was scared to tell him. Not to mention the fact that when it came, Logan and I weren't even together at the time. But now it seemed all the more reason to go. The day went by fast. Logan called me on the way to school telling me again that he was proud of me. We texted during lunch and then I talked to him on my way to the hospital to see Dad. G still didn't want to go see Dad, so she decided to take the bus. After visiting Dad, I felt better about everything. Mom decided to ride home with me since she would need her car tomorrow anyway because Dad was coming home. When we left the hospital, we went by the Coffee Bean. Mom decided that she wanted to go in. Said she had seen nothing but the inside of the hospital for three days.
When we walked in she froze. "Oh no!" she said.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"That's Shira Huntzberger over there."
"Well whatever you do don't mention anything about me and Logan. I don't think he's told her yet."
"Gotcha. Go order." Mom said. I walked over to the counter and gave Kristen our order.
"Are you kidding me!" I heard mom yell. Oh no! I ran over there.
"Mom, what's wrong?" I asked.
Mom leaned closer to Shira. "Not that I'm saying that they are but if they were, it's not your place. And he agreed to go with her because her piece of shit boyfriend at the time was useless. And finally, the only reason that she pulled out at the last minute was because Christopher was in emergency surgery." Mom said as she turned around and walked out.
I walked back to the counter. "Thanks Kristen. You're a life saver." I said.
"No problem." She said
I walked out to my car and got in. "Mom what happened?"
"Shira pushed my buttons...talking about how Logan would never date a girl like you and that it was pathetic to wait till 3 days before cotillion to look for an escort just to back out at the last second."
"I'm so sorry mom." I said and pulled out of the parking lot. As soon as I got out of the parking lot my phone rang. Logan's name flashed across the screen. "Hey." I said feeling bummed.
"What happened?" Logan asked.
"your mother told my mother that you wouldn't date a girl like me and that I was pathetic when it came to the cotillion situation."
"I'm sorry. My mother is a piece of work. Apologize to your mom for me." Logan said.
"Honestly, I really don't think mom's that worried about it. It's just that she's been stuck in the hospital with dad for 3 days." I said as I pulled into our driveway.
"As long as you're sure?"
"Yep. I gotta get ready for dinner. Call you after." I said and hung up.
"You tell him about Yale?" Mom asked me.
"Yeah. Told him last night. He keeps telling me that he's happy and proud." Mom and I get out of the car and head inside.
"That's an awesome guy, you got there." Mom said when we stepped inside.
I head upstairs to take a shower and get ready for dinner. I walk over to my closet. I find my strapless black cocktail dress and put it on. I grab my black stilettos and sit them by my bed. I go into the bathroom and put my makeup on and fix my hair. When all of that is done, I grab my shoes and walk downstairs. Mom is sitting on the couch. I sit beside her and put my shoes on. I kiss her and tell her bye. I grab my phone and keys and walk out the door.