Chapter 10

Logan POV

When Rory and I left the apartment, we headed for her parents' house in Hartford. Rory was quiet the whole ride. I assume that she was thinking about what was so important that her Dad would call us down here for. I wanted to tell her that everything would be okay…but I wasn't sure that this was the case. When we pulled into the driveway, Rory just sat there for a few minutes staring at the house. "Come on Babe." I said.

Rory POV

As Logan and I walked up the front steps to my childhood home, I couldn't help but wonder what was going on? I mean my Dad had sounded weird and upset on the phone. When we walked in, I heard yelling. Logan and I looked at each other and rushed to where the yelling was coming from… the living room. When Logan and I walked into the living room, Mom was standing in front of the fireplace yelling with G, and Dad was sitting on the couch with a drink & his hands in his hair. "Hey." I said

"Finally, someone who is sane!" G yells.

"Georgia!" Dad says.

"What's going on?" I asked. I walked over towards G, hoping that maybe I could calm her down.

"Umm…I'm pregnant…" Mom says.

"What?" I said barely above a whisper.

"With twins."

Wow… "Umm wow. I need a drink." I said walking to toward my dad's drink cart.

"Thank you." G yelled.

"Georgia!" I yelled snapping at my sister. "Sit down and shut up!" G sat down quickly and didn't say a word. I grabbed my drink and walked over to the couch to sit next to Logan. "Okay, so let's all just take a deep breath." I take a sip of my drink and then hand it to Logan. I stand up and turn toward Mom. "YOUR PREGNANT" I yell. "ARE YOU INSANE?" G tries to stand up, but I push her back down on the couch. "Mom, you do realize that both of your daughters are almost grown, right?"

"Ror, go easy on your mom." Dad said. "It's not like she was in this by herself."

"And you…ever heard of a condom? Isn't that what you two tell me?" I said, hearing G giggle. "I need to get out of here. We're leaving. Come on G." I said walking towards the front door. On the drive back to New Haven, I couldn't help but think about the events of the day. I pulled my phone out and texted Steph.

Rory: Call in reinforcements. Lots of alcohol.

It didn't take long for Steph to text back.

Steph: on it!

When we pulled into the parking garage at my apartment, Logan parked the car and went straight up. G and I sat there for a while. "You can stay as long as you want. We'll talk about boundaries tomorrow." I said.

"Okay." She said.

We got out of the car and made our way up to my apartment. The whole group…well except for Rosemary was there, but honestly that was fine with me. I couldn't stand her and after all she was Tristan's sister. I didn't want anything getting back to him. I told G that she could drink but if she did she couldn't go anywhere. The night was going great. I felt like my new-found group of friends plus Steph and G, were my comfort zone. It was my safety. And then there was Logan. I found a new reason to love him even more than I already did each and every day. The next morning, when we woke up, G and I realized that we had to talk about our parents. Once the initial shock of Mom's pregnancy wore off we realized that we were actually pretty happy about it. She and I spent 4 days together before she went back to Mom's. We still had a month until school started back, and Logan and I just wanted to stay in a bubble…and we did except for the occasional weekend when Mitchum would drag him out of town. Labor Day weekend was coming up and our families demanded our presence at the Vineyard. I preferred the Hampton's but the parentals prefer the Vineyard. Steph and Collin were riding down with us and we had the car loaded. I was in the kitchen, making sure that I had everything, when Collin came in.

"Hey where's Logan?" Collin asked.

"Check the bedroom. Steph downstairs?" I asked.

"Yeah."

"Tell Logan to lock everything up when y'all come down." I said, grabbing my phone and purse and walking downstairs.

LOGAN POV

Even though Rory and I were technically already engaged because of our arranged marriage, I still needed to propose…and I wanted it to be special. And I had a plan. Thank god Collin was gonna be there this weekend. I was in the bedroom getting the ring out of the closet where I hid it, so Rory wouldn't find it, when Collin walked in.

"Hey man. You ready?" Collin asked.

"Shit man! You scared me. I thought you were Rory." I said.

"Sorry. You okay?"

"Yeah. Just had to get Rory's ring. I'm officially proposing this weekend."

"Congrats man! You ready to get on the road?"

"Yeah let's go."

The drive to the Vineyard wasn't a bad one. Each family had their own property. My parents, Rory's parents, Richard and Emily, Strobe and Francine, Collin's parents, Steph's parents and even Finn's parents had a bought a place. The 4 of us had decided to stay with Rory's parents… it was less stressful that way.

When we pulled into the driveway, we were greeted by Chris.

"You guys made it." Chris said as we got out of the car.

"Hi Dad!" Rory said as she hugged him.

"Hey kiddo." Chris smiled at me. "Why don't you girls go in and join your mother… she's going crazy."

Rory nods. She and Steph make their way into the house. Chris, Collin and I walk to the back of the car to get the bags. "Everything ready?" I asked Chris.

He nods. "Yeah, I've got some guys coming tomorrow to set up while we're out on the boat. You get the ring?"

"Yeah. Dad gave it to me last week. I hid it in my gym bag, so she wouldn't find it." I said.

We grab the bags out of the trunk and walk towards the house. When we get inside, the maid takes the bags for us. Rory, Steph and Lorelai are sitting on the back deck. I stand in the doorway and just watch Rory for a few minutes until she notices me. She gets up and walks over to me wrapping her arms around my waist.

"Hey, you okay?" she asks me.

"Yeah." I said wrapping my arms around her and kissing the top of her head. "Just admiring the view."

"It is a nice view." She said. I couldn't help but smile.

That night, all of the families gathered together and had dinner. After dinner, Rory and I went for a walk on the beach. She had taken her shoes off and was carrying them. "Hey, are you okay?" I asked her.

"Yeah just kind of tired. Can I ask you something?"

"Of course."

She stopped walking and turned toward me. "If it wasn't for this whole arranged marriage thing… would you still…" She tried to say but couldn't get words out.

I grab her hand and pull her close to me. "Hey…if this arranged marriage thing was off the table, I would still love you and couldn't imagine being with anyone else." I said.

She leaned up and kissed me. "Your perfect, you know that?" She said.

I grabbed her hand and we walk back to the house. It didn't take us long to fall asleep that night. The next morning, I woke before Rory. I laid there for a while just watching her sleep. This was it. Today was the day. Today we were gonna go on the boat with her family and then tonight we were gonna have dinner. This was it. Today was gonna be the first day of the rest of my life.

RORY POV

The day had been great. Logan and I had spent the day with my family and our friends on my dad's boat. My dad insisted that Logan and I have dinner just the two of us since we would be around family all weekend. I was getting dressed for dinner. I was wearing a knee-length blue & silver strapless dress and black heels. I had curled my hair and pinned all but two pieces back. When I walked out of the bathroom Logan was standing in front of the mirror tying his tie. "Hey there handsome." I said.

He turned towards me and just stared at me. I walked closer to him. "You…look…"

"Beautiful… amazing… hot…" I said as I closed the distance between us.

"All of the above." He said pulling me close and kissing me as hard as he could.

Dinner was amazing. I couldn't believe how much I loved him. After, we took a walk through the garden at the house. We were walking when all of a sudden, I stopped. Suddenly, I was surrounded by thousands of red and white roses and candles everywhere. I turned around to face Logan. "Logan, what –" I tried to say but Logan grabbed both of my hands.

"Rory, we've known each other since we were kids and you've always been one of my best friends but when you walked back into my life 7 months ago and I saw those beautiful blue eyes…I knew that I loved you and that I couldn't imagine my life without you." He said. He pulled a small box out of his pocket and opened it. Oh my god! "Know that this isn't because of some deal that they made 18 years ago. Know that this is because I love you and I have for a long time." He said taking the ring out of the box. "Lorelai Leigh Gilmore-Hayden, will you make you the luckiest guy in the world and marry me?"

Wow. I nod. "Yes." I whispered. "Yes, Logan." I said feeling the tears fall down my face.

He put the ring on me and kissed me. I put a hand on each side of his face while he wrapped his arms around my waist. The kiss deepened. We only pulled back when air became necessary. He looked at me. "You okay?" he asked me.

"Happy tears. It's just for the last week –" I tried to say but he cut me off.

"I know and I'm sorry. I was nervous. And then my dad gave me the ring last week and I hid it in the closet. I panicked every time you would go in the closet." He said.

"I love you."

"I love you."