The last three years had gone by so fast, Rose was now almost three and had started going to a pre-school in stars hollow whilst Rory worked free-lance from home, she had had some articles published in some major newspapers and she was always getting job offers from papers around the country and some further afield but she didn't want to move whilst Rose was still so young and she knew she wouldn't have as much time with her young daughter.
Logan had moved back to Hartford to be closer to his daughter and had started to have a better relationship with his father, they had successfully kept Rose a secret from his family and she had a normal childhood so far.
That afternoon Rory was set to pick Rose up from school as they were getting ready to go to The Vineyard for Rose's 3rd birthday and she needed to pack also, walking up the stairs Rory couldn't help but think about the fun she was going to have at the house with Rose and her friends and Logan. Logan was a subject that had passed through Rory thoughts more often recently, they had gone out to dinner a few times as they had things to discuss about Rose but every time it had gotten to the point where Rory thought they were finally getting somewhere and the meal would end. Rory had walked into her apartment and not noticed Colin and Finn sitting on her sofa with Rose.
"Hey Mummy"
Rory almost jumped out of her skin when she heard her daughter's voice and Rose giggled at her mummy and Finn and Colin smiled,
"Hey Kitten, we have come to pick you and the baby girl up for the you-know-what" Finn smiled, Finn and Rose stayed on the sofa playing whilst Colin helped Rory pack. It didn't take long to have everything sorted and they were in Finn's SUV on the road within the hour. By the time that they got to The Vineyard Rose and Rory were sleeping in the back seat, and Finn unbuckled Rose and carried her in the house. Logan was in the front room setting things up when they arrived and pointed Finn to Roses room. When Rory didn't follow inside Logan went out and saw Colin trying to wake her up, Logan tapped him on the shoulder and he moved aside, hooking his hands underneath her legs and around her back he picked her up and carefully carried her into the house, he lowered her to the sofa and went to let go when she snuggled her face into his neck and everyone there noticed his smile, she curled away from him but as she did she told him she loved him, and his smile dropped, their friends pretended they didn't hear and Logan went to check on Rose.
The next morning everyone got out of bed and pretended they hadn't seen or heard anything the night before, the boys took Rose shopping and the girls had some free time to their selves, they had set up for lunch and were just hanging out on the patio when Shira Huntzberger appeared out of nowhere,
"Honor darling, I'm really sorry for interrupting your party but I have got to shut it down as me and your father need it for the weekend because he has…" Shira had started but stopped when she noticed Rory trying her hardest to be invisible.
"What is SHE doing here, besides being uncultured and not suitable to be associated with this family, she broke my sons heart and she has no right to be on my property, he hasn't been on a proper date since you broke up with him and ruined his life, personally I think he just needs to realize you were never good enough for him in the first place and he will be fine, but this all doesn't explain what the hell she is doing here?" Shira turned her gaze from Rory to Honor as if she was waiting for an answer, the silence was becoming unbearable when Rose came running in and ran screaming,
"Mummy help, Daddy keeps trying to tickle me and I think I'm going to pee my pants" Rose ran straight into Rory's arms and giggled when Rory picked her up and kissed all over her face, Logan ran in and tried to get to Rose but Rory kept turning and dodging him,
"Daddy no stop it, I need to pee" Rory turned her back on Logan and put Rose down on the floor,
"Run baby, quickly I'll hold off Daddy" Rory turned back around and Logan began to tickle her too,
"If I can't get to Rose, I will have to get you instead" Everyone was watching the cute spectacle that was happening around them and totally forgot that Shira was in the room until she cleared her throat, everyone turned to look at her, she waved and left with an evil grin on her face and everybody was too stunned to stop her. Rory looked between her daughter and Logan and fainted, Logan caught her before he hit the ground, but everyone knew, the thing they had been dreading for three years had happened.