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An hour later, Rory was wheeled back into the ER following her x-rays.

"Rory, you'll be heading for your MRI as soon as they are done with their current patient. Do you have any metal on your clothing at all? Maybe zippers or an underwire?" Logan asked as he walked back into the room.

"Is that your nice way of asking me to take my clothes off?" Rory asked slyly.

"Oh please. You know I'll be perfectly direct about that one." Logan told her, sticking his head out the door and looking around. "Veronica! Would you mind helping Miss Gilmore into a gown? She'll be heading for an MRI in a few minutes.

"Logan, you know I'm claustrophobic." Rory reminded him.

"I have some Versed in my pocket. It's going to make you kind of loopy. It's a short scan though. Only 30, maybe 45 minutes. You can take a nap after, while we wait for the results."

"Mom!" Rory cheered seeing her mom appear in the doorway.

"Mommy is here. How's my baby?"

"Well ..." Rory started. "Paris assaulted me with a needle, Logan is being Logan, and Veronica... I actually don't have a problem with her at all. Veronica and I are cool."

"Ok then! Hi Veronica, I'm Lorelai. It's nice to meet you." Lorelai smiled, extending her hand toward the nurse.

"Nice to meet you as well. You are gorgeous!"

"Thank you Honey! Flattery will get you everywhere!" Lorelai told her as she shook Veronica's hand, then turned to Paris. "Paris, why did you assault my daughter with a needle?"

"She needed a tetanus shot." Paris shrugged.

"Well yeah. But she says that you assaulted her."

"She was picking on me. And she might have told Logan that I said nice things about him. She deserved it."

"Paris, that was after the fact!" Rory interjected.

"Yeah well, you had it coming. And you're a baby. Deal with it!"

"OK children!" Lorelai said rolling her eyes. "We aren't in high school anymore. Now you ..." Lorelai started as she turned to face Logan, who was standing by the wall with his arms crossed over his chest, smirking at the scene unfolding in front of him. "What is this?!" She asked gesturing toward his appearance. "I thought for sure it was a coincidence when you called saying it was Doctor Huntsberger."

"I needed a change." He shrugged. "Something more challenging."

"So you went to medical school?"

"And I graduated. With Paris."

"Paris, you knew about this?" Lorelai asked, her eyebrows raised in interest.

"Hey, I tried to tell Rory. She ignored me." Paris shrugged.

"Paris, I have no recollection of that." Rory told her again.

"You were busy following Obama around. You had a lot going on." Paris reminded her.

"Logan, I am shocked! Congratulations! How long have you been here?" Lorelai asked.

"4 years." Logan answered proudly.

"Wow! I would never have pegged you for studying medicine. I'm proud of you. Way to go!"

"Thank you! Coming from you, that means everything! Thank you! I feel like I should hug you or something." Logan laughed.

"Well knowing your parents, I'm sure you need a mom hug, so come here." Lorelai said holding her arms out, and embracing Logan tightly. "I really am proud of you Logan. I mean it. Paris everyone expected to go to medical school and graduate. We're proud of her because we all know it's not easy, but we knew Paris would do it. But you . . . This is something none of us ever saw coming. You did good kid! Congratulations!"

"Thank you! Gosh, I almost feel like you're my mom now. And you're right, I needed a mom hug. Thank you Lorelai."

"You are very welcome! Now, let's get back to business. What is going on with my baby?" Lorelai asked, turning to Rory who was wiping tears from her eyes. "Hey, why are you crying?"

"Because you've never liked Logan, and now he says he feels like you're his mom too."

"Rory, the kid went to medical school. And graduated! Without his daddy!"

"Or daddy's money." Logan added.

"High five there!" Paris said slapping hands with Logan.

"And daddy is probably pretty peeved." Lorelai laughed. "Someone needs to step up and be proud of this kid, and you told me for years that he wasn't as bad as I thought. For once I actually agree with you. But I reserve the right to hate him again if he messes you up. Do you understand me young man?"

"Loud and clear." Logan smiled.

"Now, please explain to me the plan here. What are we doing to fix my baby?"

"Rory received a blood transfusion, x-rays, and is about to go for an MRI any minute. I had asked Veronica to help her get into a gown right before you walked in the door, that way she is ready to go as soon as the team gets here." Logan explained to Lorelai.

"You remember she's claustrophobic."

I have anxiety meds in my pocket and they hit instantly."

"What about pain meds?"

"Rory? How are you feeling?" Logan asked. "I'm pretty sure your high is starting to wear off by now. It's been over an hour."

"Suffering silently?" Rory answered softly.

"Baby girl, you have to actually ask for more or he can't give it to you." Lorelai told her daughter, who began giving Logan a sad puppy face.

"Ace, she's right. I need you to actually say the words. It's the rules." Logan told her, smiling at her pathetic attempt.

"Logan, please help me? It hurts!"

"On a scale of 1-10 how bad is it?"

"Maybe an 8?"

"What about on a scale of Rory to Paris?" Paris asked as Rory inhaled deeply.

"On that scale I'd say Paris will be killing you very soon if you don't do something to help me."

"Threat accepted!" Logan laughed. "I'll go get you another injection if you let your mom and Veronica help you out of your clothes and into a gown. I need all metal removed from your body. No zippers, bra clips, rings, necklaces, or earrings. The MRI machnie uses incredibly high powered magnets, and if you have any metal in or on your body at all, it will get ripped right out. So anything you've got, I need you to give it all to Lorelai."

"So I assume you have another job for me?" Paris asked, turning to Logan.

"Go track down the MRI team and use your Paris magic to get things moving. I'm sick of waiting."

"I'll be back for transport in 5 minutes. Get her ready." Paris instructed Lorelai and Veronica.

"I'll be back with meds in a few minutes. Hit the button if you need anything." Logan told told the women, then followed Paris out of the room.

Two hours later, Logan walked back into Roy's room to see her asleep on Lorelai's shoulder.

"You know you want a picture of this." Logan smiled at Lorelai.

"She'll kill me, but do it!" Lorelai said handing over her phone. Logan snapped a picture for Lorelai, then handed the phone back.

"How's she doing?"

She seems ok. She was pretty out of it from the meds you gave her before the scan."

"They're probably pretty worn off by now. She's going to be hurting when she wakes up."

"So what do we do now? When will you have the results back?"

"I just got them." Logan smiled, moving over to the computer across the room from Rory, and logging in. "It's actually not too bad. Should we wake her up?"

"You really think that's a good idea?"

"I don't know. I learned that lesson years ago, but at the same time I'm pretty sure you guys don't want to be here all night, and I know Rory is pretty hungry."

"So you're saying she can eat?"

"If she's feeling up to it. Do you want to run to the cafeteria, or I have some delivery menus?"

"I feel like a sandwich." Lorelai told him.

"Jimmy Johns up the street is the best and will deliver right to the front desk."

"Let's do it! What would you like? You've been going for hours. You need to eat too."

"I'm ok, I'll grab something on my way home later on. Just get something for yourselves."

"Club sandwich it is." Lorelai told him.

"With Jimmy mustard please." Logan agreed. "Rory likes the beach club."

"You remember." Lorelai smiled, looking up at the man in front of her.

"I remember everything. Rory is pretty hard to forget."

"So let me ask you this . . . I know it's none of my business, but what happened back at Yale?"

Taking a step backwards, Logan leaned up against the counter, looked down at the floor and sighed.

"You said you loved my daughter. You asked Rory to marry you. But then when she wasn't ready, you walked away. I didn't expect that when you and I talked."

Logan slowly took a deep breath before raising his head to meet Lorelai's eyes.

"I didn't expect that either." he said softly. "I screwed up. I was hurt. I thought we were there. I thought we wanted the same things. I never expected her to say no."

"And now it's been over 8 years, and you guys haven't had any contact."

"I know . . . I reached for the phone so many times, but one day became two, which became a week, then a month. Then several months. And I kept chickening out. I kept telling myself that if Rory loved me as much as I loved her, she would call. Somehow I just justified everything in my head. I was stupid and stubborn, and I just couldn't come right out and admit that I was wrong."

"Did you know that Rory did the exact same thing? She kept telling me that it had been so long that she was sure that you had forgotten all about her. Any time my parents or anyone mentioned your name, Rory just tuned them out. She refused to hear anything about you. Rory said that if you wanted her to know, you would reach out."

"Paris told me that if I ever asked her to be the go between, she would castrate me."

"I wouldn't put that past her either." Lorelai said with a soft chuckle. "So what does this all mean now? Its been 8 1/2 years."

"Honestly?" Logan started, but then paused for a moment, trying to get his thoughts straight. "That is all up to Rory."

"Judging by your face, you still have feelings for her."

"There's never been anyone else . . . And yes, I know how incredibly insane that sounds."

"Well I'm not going to be your go between either. It's no secret that I didn't like you in the past. But everything has changed now. Neither one of you are the babies that you used to be. You are both grown up now, with fancy careers. Especially you! Never in a million years did I ever expect you to go to medical school. But you did. And now you're here, standing in this hospital room, taking amazing care of my baby girl."

"I ran into her at the coffee shop this morning. Did she tell you?"

"Not yet. But I'm sure she will later. She's been thru a lot today."

"I was just in the right place, at the right time."

"You have a tendency to do that." Lorelai told him with a gentle smile.

"I was just sitting there drinking my coffee before work, scrolling through my e-mail, as if I have some kind of exciting life or something. Next thing I know, this beautiful woman walks in with some other lady. I glanced up when the door opened, and I saw this gorgeous brunette, but I couldn't see her face very well. I wasn't even paying attention to her, until I heard her voice. I didn't even believe it at first. I kept telling myself that there was no way Rory was there, and that I was just being stupid and imagining it. But I know her voice so well, and I had to do something. So as they were leaving, I decided to say hi. I guess I've been lucky."

"So what now then?"

"This morning I asked Rory to meet me for dinner sometime."

"That's a good start."

"And I was thinking that if it all goes well, maybe I can convince her to give me another chance."

"Well, judging by today, I'd say that she definitely owes you dinner."

"So you're ok with us trying again?"

"If it's what Rory wants, then I am definitely ok with it."

"Alright." Logan answered with a smile of his own. "Let me ask you one more thing . . . It's already been over ten years . . . If things go my way, can I start calling you mom?"

"I think you might have to. But . . . Let's leave that up to Rory, ok?"

"Deal!" Logan said holding his hand out toward Lorelai.

"You just better not hurt her. Because if you do, you'll have both of us, Paris, AND Luke to deal with."

"That's a promise I can definitely get behind."

"Ok then." Lorelai agreed, shaking Logan's hand.

"Why don't you order some food, and I'll be back with the supplies to stitch Rory up, so we can get you guys out of here. We'll wake her up when I come back."

"Good plan. Give me 3 minutes." Lorelai told him.

"I may need a few more than that."

"Sounds good." Lorelai told him, watching Logan head out of the room to get all the supplies he was gong to need for Rory.