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I started writing this story about a month ago, and just randomly decided to publish it, so I am currently re-reading everything that I have thus far, making edits and changes, and publishing each chapter as I go. I have quite a bit written so far, but I am also dealing with some writers block, so hopefully by re-reading and editing everything, I'll figure out where to go with this and get it finished. If anyone has any ideas of something they would like to see happen, please feel free to let me know.
"Can I help you?" the lady at the desk asked without looking up from her computer when Rory stepped up to the admitting desk at the Columbia Presbyterian Hospital Emergency Room just after 7pm.
"Would you mind paging Doctor Huntsberger for me?"
"He's with patients."
"Yes I understand. I have his dinner. Would you please page him for me?"
"You can leave it here. I'll have someone get it to him when they have a minute."
"Look, I'm sorry to bother you, but could you please just page him for me?" Rory asked again.
"Ma'am, I already told you that Doctor Huntsberger is busy with patients." the lady snapped, finally looking up at Rory.
"Fine. I'll just call him myself." Rory said pulling her cell phone from her pocket and stepping a few feet away from the desk.
"Hey Ace, is everything ok?" Logan asked , answering right away.
"Hey, I'm standing at the admitting desk with some dinner for you, but somebody is being awfully rude and snapping at me, refusing to page you." Rory said glaring back at the lady at the desk who just rolled her eyes.
"I'll be right there." Logan said motioning for a nurse. A moment later the admitting doors opened and Logan walked out with a nurse behind him. "Grace, please take over the desk. Brenda, meet me in my office." Logan said strongly, then walked over to Rory. "I'm so sorry about that. It'll never happen again."
"It's fine. She obviously doesn't know who she's dealing with. I could have gone full on Emily Gilmore on her.
"Yeah, well, I'm about to." Logan said rolling his eyes.
"Now that is something that I would LOVE to watch!"
"That's not a side of me that I like you seeing."
"Logan, I've seen it before."
"I know you have. But I don't like being that person around you."
"Luke made burgers and fries." Rory said changing the subject, and holding a bag of food out for Logan to take.
"Score!"
"And he threw in a salad for you, and a slice of cherry pie."
"Please tell him thank you for me."
"He's right outside in the car if you want to tell him yourself. Mom and Luke drove me over."
"Let's go." Logan told agreed as Rory turned and headed toward the sliding glass doors. "Hey Luke, Lorelai!" Logan said as the passenger side window of the Dragonfly suv lowered to reveal Rory's parents. "Thank you guys so much for the food. I can't wait to dig into it!"
"It's the lease we could do." Lorelai smiled.
"Congratulations Logan. Medical school is a HUGE deal!" Luke told him.
"Thank you so much!"
"Mom has been bragging about you since Luke got here." Rory explained.
"And congratulations on surviving Paris every day." Luke added. "I don't know how you do it!"
"Some days I wonder." Logan laughed.
"Mom made that appointment you requested." Rory told him.
"I set it for Monday afternoon at 3. Did you want to go?" Lorelai asked.
"Only if it's ok with you guys."
"You can probably explain things better than I can." Rory told him.
"I second that." Lorelai agreed.
"I'll be there. I need to get back inside though. I have a little situation to deal with. Thank you guys for dinner." Logan said opening the car door for Rory to climb in.
"You are very welcome." Luke told him. "Thank you for taking such good care of Rory. We really appreciate everything you've done for her."
"No thanks needed." Logan smiled as he closed the door. "Please make sure she rests fore the remainder of the night."
"Scouts honor." Luke agreed.
"See you later Logan." Lorelai smiled as Luke put the car in drive and started to pull away.
Once back inside the hospital, Logan head for his office.
"Brenda, would you like to explain what happened out there?" Logan asked, walking in the door.
"Some delivery driver walked in the door and wanted me to interrupt you while you were with patients."
"Brenda, did you even ask who that was?"
"I have no interest where you get your food from. It's none of my business."
"Well, for the record Brenda, not only was that NOT a deliver driver, that was my family! And I don't care if it had been a deliver driver. Your careless snippy attitude isn't acceptable in this hospital. You and I have talked about this before. This time I will be issuing you an official write up. One more time, and you will no longer be employed here. Do you understand me?"
"Yes Doctor Huntsberger."
"And in the future, if my family ever walks through that door while you are here, you will be apologizing to them for your negative attitude. Got it?"
"Yes Doctor Huntsberger."
"I'm sending you home for the remainder of the day. Please reevaluate your actions, and next time you come in, I hope you will be implementing some changes. Have a good night." Logan said watching as Brenda stood up, and left his office. Logan sighed, as he sat down at his desk, but smiled as he opened the bag of food, and began to pull his dinner out.
"Doctor Huntsberger, do you have a minute?" another doctor asked walking into the office a moment later.
"I'm just eating the dinner my family dropped off. What can I do for you Doctor Greenley?"
"Brenda said you sent her home for the night."
"Brenda will be getting an official write up on her next shift due to her rude attitude and refusal to page me when asked. I don't have the full details of what happened yet, but I'll be checking the cameras, and talking to the woman she snapped at and refused to help. She just better hope that I don't find out about her being rude to anyone else today. I've had to talk to her about her attitude once before, and I let her know that she needs to take the rest of the night to reevaluate things, and that if it ever happens again, she will no longer be employed here."
"Well it sounds like you handled it well. What are you eating? It looks phenomenal!"
"Salad, burger, fries, and cherry pie. My girl's dad owns a diner in Stars Hollow, and is up here visiting, so he made dinner, and dropped some off for me.
"Your girl, huh? This is new?"
"I guess you could say that . . . We dated for 3 years at Yale, and just ran into each other again."
"Do I get to meet her?"
"Probably eventually."
"Well let me know. How much longer are you here tonight?"
"With the exception of when I ran out for lunch, I've been here for 13 hours."
"You should head home. I know you were here last night too."
"It's fine, I can stay if you need me."
"Don't you have a dog or something that needs attention?"
"Yeah." Logan chuckled. "I have a walking service that comes in the afternoons when I'm here. I take him out in the morning and at night, and my housekeeper usually lets him out too."
"Well you should go home and give your dog some attention. Doctor Randall is here, and Doctor Levi will be here in the next hour. We've got everything covered. You go get some rest. I'll see you tomorrow."
"Thank you Doctor Greenley." Logan said as his colleague left the office, closing the door behind him.
Back at her apartment, Rory's phone buzzed with a message.
Doctor Greenley told me to go home.
I've only been here 13 hours.
"Logan is getting off work at a decent hour." Rory said as she typed out a response.
Only 13 hours
Such a short day
"You can invite him to movie night, you know." Luke said.
"I know. But he's had a long day. He's probably exhausted. He didn't get much sleep last night."
Do you need anything?
I'm gonna hit the gym for a while.
"Logan wants to know if we need anything. He's going to the gym."
"I can't think of anything. Tell him to send you a shirtless picture." Lorelai told her.
"Mom, I'm NOT asking Logan for a shirtless picture for my mother!"
"Hey, I never said it was for me."
"Well I've seen him with his shirt off before, and I doubt that Luke wants it."
"In the last 8 years?" Lorelai asked.
"Well no, but I'm sure I will soon enough. Besides, I can feel what is under there every time he hugs me."
"That boy has definitely bulked up since college." Luke agreed.
"Oh, tell him to bring Rocky over! I wanna hang out!"
Mom says to bring Rocky over.
She wants to hang out.
Rory texted back.
Who's Rocky?
She asked in a second text.
"Mom, I don't even know who or what Rocky is. How do you know more about Logan than I do?"
"Rocky is his dog." Lorelai told her as Rory's phone buzzed again with a picture.
You have a dog?
"How did you know that Logan has a dog?"
For two years now
"He told me last night." Lorelai told her.
"Why do you want to hang out with Logan's dog?"
"Because I like dogs, and my dog is back home with Babbette. Tell him to bring me Rocky."
I think Mom wants to corrupt your dog and feed him popcorn, ice cream, and candy.
Rory typed out and sent to Logan. She cracked up when her phone buzzed again.
Tell Lorelai my dog isn't on the same diet as Paul Anka
"What?" Lorelai asked.
"He said to tell you that his dog isn't on the same diet as Paul Anka."
"Tell Logan he's a good dog parent." Luke instructed Rory.
Luke says that you're a much better dog parent than Mom is
"Tell him to bring me Rocky. I'll watch him while Logan works. It'll give me something to do." Lorelai told her.
Oh I'm sure she's THRILLED to hear that
"Mom, he said he was going to head to the gym."
"I don't care, he can still bring me the dog. Rocky needs some love too.
I think that my Mom wants to steal your dog
She says to bring Rocky to her so she can hang out while you're at work
"Rocky needs some love too"
"Mom, you have plenty to do taking care of me. And there is all kinds of stuff that we can do together. I have the next two weeks off."
You and I haven't even talked and yet this somehow feels like a subtle dig for grandkids lol
Tell Lorelai that Rocky has a dog walker that comes every day.
"I know. But I miss my puppy. Paul Anka is my furry baby!"
My mom is crazy!
She says she misses Paul Anka and wants to play with Rocky
"Logan says that Rocky has a dog walker that comes every day." Rory said as she saw Lorelai reach for her phone. "Who are you calling?"
"We're having movie night. Go get Rocky, and bring him over." Lorelai said as soon as Logan answered the phone.
"Mom!" Rory screeched.
"She sounds like a desperate grandmother or something, trying to get her fix." Luke laughed.
"Logan pretty much said the same thing." Rory said handing her phone to Luke so he could see Logan's message, then showed him the picture Logan had sent her of Rocky.
"Lorelai, a German Shepard is not a purse dog that you can dress up and carry around like a baby. It's a large dog that can eat you, bones and all." Luke told her. They all heard Logan laughing as Lorelai pulled the phone away from her ear, and hit the speaker button.
"Do you guys just want to come over to my place to meet Rocky?" Logan asked.
"Can we?" Lorelai asked.
"Bring movie night over. I'll have Rocky ready for you in an hour." Logan told her.
"How did you know it's movie night?" Rory asked.
"Because it's Friday . . . And you guys were talking about it yesterday. I'm going to go shower, and I'll see you guys in an hour."
"Bye Logan! Text me the address!" Lorelai said happily hanging up her phone.
"Luke, what is my mother up to?" Rory asked suspiciously.
"I was just wondering that myself."
"Come on Rory, let's go get you ready." Lorelai said getting up from the couch and heading to Rory's bedroom.
"Ok, spill it Mom!" Rory said following her, while Luke stayed in the living room shaking his head at his wife's antics.
"There is nothing to spill Rory."
"Please, we all know that you have ulterior motives. So tell me what they are. I'm pretty sure I already know, but you are acting really strange!"
"Let's pack you a bag."
"For what?"
"Rory . . . Do you REALLY want to wait until Monday to talk to Logan?"
"No, but he's gotta work Mom. And you and Luke are here, and Dad is with Gigi and Francine at the hotel. I'm sure he's just giving me space to spend time with my family."
"Well let's just say that Mommy might have already talked to Logan, and I pretty much know where this whole thing is going."
"You seriously talked to Logan about all of this?"
"I wasn't planning to at the time. But you were asleep, and he had that stupid love sick puppy look on his face."
"Mom . . ."
"Look . . . I owe you an apology. 8 years ago I was a jerk. I knew that you loved Logan, and I know that you wanted to marry him. And after yesterday, I feel like maybe I'm the reason that you turned him down. I still think that it was good for both of you to take the time to figure out who you are, and what you wanted to do with your lives, but at the same time, I was an idiot to not realize how badly you were hurting. Logan was never my favorite person when you guys were in college, and I made that more than clear to you. I was stupid, and stuck in my own head, and all I could see was the money, and the life that I ran away from, and I didn't want that for you. I still don't. But 8 years ago, that was all I could focus on. I just saw the way that Logan was raised, and I didn't want you drug into that life. But he's changed Rory, and so have you."
"Other than Honor, Logan only sees his family twice a year."
"I know. He's really changed. I realized yesterday that Logan and I have A LOT in common! He ran away from his family, and made a life for himself away from everything that he's ever known. And he pulled a Lorelai a second time when he randomly decided to adopt a dog because he was bored and lonely. Logan is a great guy Honey. And he loves you. He told me so. He wants to be with you, and I might have already told him that as long as it's ok with you, he's my kid too."
"You seriously told him that?"
"I did. I love you kiddo! And I want you to be happy. So let's get you over there. Luke and I will hang out for a while, then Luke will get tired, and I'll have to take him home, so I'll ask Logan if he's able to bring you home later, that way you can hang out for a while longer. We're going to pack you a bag, that way you can either stay there if you want to, or you can have Logan bring you home. Or, if things don't go well, you can call me and I'll come get you."
"You really are my best friend! I love you Mommy!"
"I love you too baby!" Lorelai said hugging her daughter tight. "Go get your big purse, and pack yourself a set of clothes for tomorrow, and whatever else you can hide in there, and I'll go grab your meds, some candy to throw on top, and explain the plan to Luke.
A couple of hours later, they were all hanging out at Logan's house talking and eating junk food when Luke started to yawn.
"Luke, you look exhausted." Logan observed.''
"A little bit. I'm ok though."
"Luke, it's ok, we can take you home." Rory told him.
"Honey, we just got here. Why don't I take Luke, and you and Logan can hang out and talk. Logan, do you mind bringing Rory home later?" Lorelai asked.
"Oh, so this was your ulterior motive?" Logan asked.
"Damn! Am I really THAT transparent?"
"You were demanding I bring you my dog like he's your grandbaby that you haven't seen in 6 months or something." Logan laughed.
"Fine! I give up! Let's go Luke. Rory, call me if you need me, ok?" Lorelai said as she stood up and held her hand out for Luke.
"How many sets of clothes are in the giant purse?" Logan asked turning to Rory.
"What?" Rory asked.
"Please, don't act like you weren't a part of this elaborate plan."
"Just one, and a few other things that I thought I might need."
"I've known you people way too long!" Logan laughed.
"Bye Rocky!" Lorelai said stopping to pet the dog on her way to the door. "You come visit me any time, ok Buddy? You have your Daddy bring you to Nanna Lorelai's house, and you can play with Paul Anka, alright?"
"And she's already picked her Grandma name. Great!" Rory said rolling her eyes.
"Hey! That's what Steve and Quan call me! I'm Nanna Lorelai to all the little kids!"
"It's true." Luke told them. "She's been hanging out with Lane's kids a lot."
"Hey, those boys are a ton of fun! Come on Luke, let's get out of here." Lorelai said opening the door, and waiting for Luke to follow.
"Bye guys!" Logan said with a laugh as Rory's parents left. "Ace, I love your mom, but you really didn't need to come up with an elaborate plan just so you could come talk to me tonight."
"Oh trust me, I was just an innocent bystander. She let me in on the plan after somehow getting you to invite us over."
"Your mom has an evilly brilliant mind. I was thinking of asking if you wanted to get together when I got off work early, but I didn't want to pull you away from movie night."
"I was debating inviting you over, but I didn't want to pull you away from whatever plans you had, or make you loose sleep over me after you didn't get much sleep last night."
"Hey, I'll loose sleep over you any time." Logan said putting his arm around Rory, and pulling her in to kiss her.
"Logan, I'm sorry I said no to you 8 years ago."
"Why did you?"
"I didn't think that you would walk away the way you did. I did want to marry you, but I just wasn't ready right then. I thought that we could talk about it, and that we could figure things out. Maybe do the long distance thing for a while. Just because I wasn't ready to get married right then, didn't mean that I don't love you, or want to be with you. I just wasn't ready to be Mrs. Huntsberger at 22 years old. I was just graduating from college, and I was having a really hard time finding a job. I was terrified that by marrying you, by being a Huntsberger, it would keep me from getting the job I wanted. What non HPG newspaper is going to hire a Huntsberger to work for them? I don't want to work for your dad. I want to do my own thing, and earn my place in this world. And I just felt that by marrying you, I would be forced into your father's company, and it's just not what I want.
"Rory, I would never make you change your name, if you don't want to. If anyone knows what kind of hell this last name comes with, it's me. I've worked so hard to distance myself from the family business, but I'm constantly still fighting to keep myself free. It would be so easy to give up who I am, and the life I've made for myself, and go crawling back to my father. I could have easily gone back, so many times. But I haven't because it's not what I want. That life makes me miserable! I know that you love to write, and that you love your job. And that makes me happy. But it's not what I want for myself. It's boring, and stifling. It feels like a death sentence to me. I've lived that life since I was a little kid, and I've always hated it. It was never the life that I wanted for myself, but no one understood that, until I met you. You are the only person who ever let me even dream of what my life could be like away from my family, and the dynastic plan. You are the only person who helped me to see the bigger picture, and that I didn't have to follow my dad down the road to hell. You never asked me to do any of it. And that's why I wanted to marry you. Because you are the only person who I've ever met who actually understands what I've been through, and doesn't care about all the money. You are the only one who loves me, and supports me. You are the one who challenges me to figure out who I am, and who wants me to live a life that I am happy with, rather than the joke of a life that my father picked out for me. You are the one who I always knew would stand by me, and never tell me that I was wrong for wanting out."
"Logan, why couldn't we talk about this 8 years ago? Why did you walk away?"
"I don't know . . . I guess I was just blind sighted and stupid. I never thought that you would say no. I'm honestly so stupid that I thought you would be so excited, and jump into my arms. I somehow was so messed up that I thought we would run off to California, and that we would have this perfect little life together. I somehow thought that by moving to California, we could start over, and become those sun kissed outdoorsy people that you see on tv and in magazines. I thought we could have that perfect life, relaxing on the beach after a long day at the office. I never imagined that I wouldn't have that life with you. I only lasted out there for 6 months before I gave up and came back. I was completely miserable without you! There were so many times that I wanted to pick up the phone to call you, and tell you what an incredible idiot I was, and beg you to take me back. But every single time that I started to call you, something stopped me. I somehow kept telling myself that if you wanted me back as much as I wanted you, you would pick up the phone."
"You have no idea how many times I did the exact same thing."
"I wish you had called." Logan told her "I am so sorry for leaving you. It was one of the stupidest things that I've ever done."
"My mom was right about one thing though." Rory told him.
"What's that?"
"It forced us both to grow up, and to figure out who we are, and what we want for ourselves. If we had gotten married, I wouldn't be working at the New York Times, and you wouldn't have gone to medical school."
"That's true. I probably would have tortured myself, and stuck with the job out in California. But at least I would have had you with me. Having you would have made things a lot more bearable."
"But would we have been happy?" Rory asked.
Logan started to answer her, but then closed his mouth again, and leaned back against his couch to really think about it.
"Geez Ace . . ." Logan said after a while. "I honestly don't think that I've ever not had an answer to something.
"Trust me, I know. I've pretty much been asking myself this same question for years. Had I said yes and ran off to California with you, would I have been happy? . . . Would we be happy? . . . Part of me wants to say yes, we would have been. But honestly, what it comes down to is would have I been able to find a job that I love with the Huntsberger name not hurting me? Would I have become a house wife? Would I have become Emily Gilmore? Would I end up resenting you for it? Would you resent me for it?"
"Those are all of the things going through my head right now. Would I have been able to find a way to like my job? Would I have left after 6 months, and moved in with Honor? Would I have gone to medical school? How would I have supported us if I had quit or lost my job? If I had gone to medical school, how would I have afforded it, and supported us while I was there?"
"Can I ask you something?"
"Anything."
"How did you afford medical school? You said you went without Daddy's money."
"Honor paid for it. Her and Josh. I moved in with them when I left California, and Honor helped me to figure out what it was that I wanted to do with my life. When I decided that I wanted to try medical school, I was going to take out some loans to pay for it, but Honor refused to hear of it. She went to Josh, and they wrote a check to cover everything."
"Wow! Your sister is incredible!"
"I know. But she pulled an Emily Gilmore, and demanded that we get together once a week to catch up. We used to spend weekends together, but right now, it's usually Wednesdays."
"I love her!"
"Yeah, she's pretty great."
"How does she tolerate Paris?"
"Oh please don't even mention Paris to her. Those two are EVIL together! They collectively kicked my sorry ass several times. That is the most terrifying combination of stubborn rage that I have EVER seen!"
"Yikes!"
"Don't put those two together unless you want them plotting against you."
"I will definitely try to remember that." Rory told him
"I know I'm going to sound like a completely presumptuous ass by asking you this, but you are staying here tonight, right?"
"I'll stay if you want me to."
"Of course I want you to. I never want you to leave."
"Then I'm not going anywhere." Rory smiled.
"I need to go take Rocky out, and then I was thinking of going to bed. It's been a really long couple of days, and I'm exhausted."
"What time do you work tomorrow?"
"It's my turn for the evening shift. I go in at 3pm and don't get back out of there until after midnight."
"Well at least you'll be able to get some decent sleep tonight."
"Especially because you'll be here with me. I've always slept better with you next to me."
"Me too." Rory told him.
"Do you want to come with me to take Rocky out?"
"I can do that.
"Hey Rocky! Walk?" Logan asked getting up from the couch, and holding his hand out for Rory, then following Rocky to the door, and putting his leash on him. "Come on buddy."
"Don't take this the wrong way or anything, but you have a dog." Rory said as they walked out the door with Rocky.
"I know. It's weird, right?"
"A little."
"I was sitting here bored one day, and it was super quiet and lonely, and I just couldn't take it anymore. Sometimes the silence can be really overwhelming."
"So you went out and adopted a dog?"
"Pretty much! It's pretty cool though, because he goes with me when I go out to run, and I don't have to worry about anyone keeping up with me because he's really fast, and he loves it!"
"Well that's good."
"It's funny, Collin and Finn came over right after I got Rocky, and I woke up the next morning to Finn asleep on the floor, snuggled up with my dog."
"Please tell me that you have a picture of that!"
"Oh I do. And it's framed."
Nice! You'll have to show me."
"It's in my office."
"What does Collin think about it?"
"It's been two years, and he's finally starting to get used to seeing Rocky here."
"Do the guys come over a lot?"
"Not so much anymore. They're busy. I usually see them every few months, or whenever one of them gets a crazy idea to go commit some kind of debauchery."
"You're still doing that stuff?"
"We aren't so wild anymore. Collin is married now, so Stephanie would kill us all if something were to happen to him."
"What about Finn?"
"I honestly can't see Finn ever settling down. He's just that guy that never changes. He's got all the energy in the world, and is always going. I can barely keep up with him anymore."
"I've always barely kept up with him. Maybe Finn needs a leash like Rocky."
"That might be a good idea. He would probably get into less trouble that way." Logan laughed
"You know, I kind of hope that Finn never changes. He's pretty epic."
"He's definitely unforgettable, that's for sure!"
"When did Collin and Stephanie get married?"
"A couple days before I got Rocky actually."
"I can see why you were feeling lonely."
"I blame him too." Logan chuckled. "I came back from the wedding, and I was sitting here with nothing to do, literally bored out of my mind. My friends were out of town, I didn't have to work, I had no one to hang out with. It was just me, and it was deafening. I couldn't take it anymore. So now at least when I'm home, I have Rocky to hang out with. He's a pretty good side kick, aren't you Rocky?"
Rocky snorted as he sniffed around outside, walking aimlessly around the pet area of Logan's apartment complex.
"You said you have someone that comes to walk Rocky everyday while you're working?"
"Yeah. I figured it wasn't too fair of me to just leave him sitting home all day while I'm working 12-18 hours, so I found a dog walking service, and they come and take him out every afternoon when I'm not home. Rocky loves it. They go to the park and he gets to chase balls, and play with other dogs. It's been really good for him. And my housekeeper takes him out for me a lot too. She loves having him around."
"I feel like I've missed out on so much."
"Rocky is really the extent of my exciting life lately. I work, and go running with Rocky. That's pretty much it unless one of the guys is around."
"That's more than I do. I work, and work, and if I'm not working I'll go hang out with Paris' kids, but otherwise I just work."
"Well, it'll be an adjustment, figuring out our schedules for a while, but I'm not planning on going anywhere Rory. I'm not going to let you walk out of my life again."
"Well, we've got a couple of weeks before we've got to start figuring it out, right?"
"Yeah, we do have that. I'll still have to work while you're off, but we'll figure it out. Monday and Wednesday are the only days that I'm not scheduled or on call this week. I haven't had much of a life in the last few years, so I've just made myself available pretty much whenever. But I can get that adjusted. I'll let them know that I'm cutting back a little. Get the other doctors to take back some hours."
"You don't have to do that Logan. I am perfectly capable of taking care of myself while you are at work."
"I know you are. But I still want to be able to spend time with you when I'm not sleeping."
"You don't have a set schedule?"
"We used to. Now it's rotating."
"So how does it work?"
"Come on Rocky, let's go inside." Logan said opening the door to his apartment building and guiding both Rory and Rocky inside. "It rotates starting after your days off. You start with the early morning shift and rotate your way thru graveyard before your next days off."
"Talk about something that isn't good for your health. You can't get any decent sleep when your sleep schedule changes constantly."
"I know. I'll see about making some changes. Like I said, I haven't had much of a life, so I've made myself available whenever, trying to keep busy."
"Is the entire hospital on a rotating schedule?"
"No. Just the ER doctors. Actually . . . Mostly just me. It gives them an extra hand on every shift. I'll talk to Doctor Greenley. He wants to meet you by the way."
"You told people about me already?"
"No. Of course not. I don't talk about my personal life at work. The most I've ever talked about my life was with you and Paris in the ER yesterday. I like to keep people out of my business."
"Then how does Doctor Greenley know about me?"
"He came into my office tonight to ask about the Brenda situation, which I actually need to talk to you about before I do her write up. I asked her what happened and she said some delivery driver came in wanting her to interrupt me with patients, which I wasn't with. She said she didn't ask who you were, and that it wasn't her business where I got my food from. She was very short with me."
"Did she at least give you the time of day because that would be a lot more than she gave to me. She refused to even look away from her computer. She just snapped that you were with patients then told me to leave the food and she would have someone get it to you when they had a minute. She didn't try to help me at all. Just snapped at me. She was very rude. I got annoyed, and didn't feel like dealing with her crap anymore, so I told her that I would just call you myself." Rory told him as they walked back into Logan's apartment, and he took the leash off Rocky, before heading to the kitchen.
"I still have to check out the cameras, but I've had to talk to her about being rude to patients before. The fact that she didn't even give you the time of day bothers me. She also didn't bother to even ask where I was or make a call to me to see if I had a minute. Whatever she was doing on that computer, had her full attention, and she couldn't be bothered to pay attention to anything else. But I'm going to find out what she was doing. When I talked to her, I asked her what happened, and told her that you weren't just some random delivery driver, you were my family. And I let her know that should she ever see my family come into the hospital again, she owed you an immediate apology. Then I asked her if she understood me, and I let her know that we had talked about her crappy attitude before, and that she would be receiving a write up this time. And should I ever have to talk to her about it again, she would no longer have a job. Then I sent her home to think about everything, and suggested that she reevaluate her attitude. I guess she ran into Doctor Greenley on her way out, and the next thing I know he comes into my office while I'm eating, to ask me about it. I told Doctor Greenley that she would be receiving a write up on her next shift for her bad attitude, and refusal to page me when asked.. He then asked what I was eating because it smelled delicious. I told him that my girl's dad owns a diner back in Stars Hollow, and that he's here visiting, so you guys brought me dinner. You brought your meds with you, right?"
"They're in my purse."
"Are you hungry? You shouldn't be taking meds on an empty stomach."
"Mom put some candy in my purse."
"You aren't eating candy to take your meds. I'll make you a sandwich."
"Logan, you don't have to do that."
"Yes I do. I'm your doctor. I'm not letting you take those meds on an empty stomach, or with candy. You're getting a sandwich. Doctors orders."
"I can see dating a doctor being a royal pain in the ass."
"Oh, I'll give you a pain in the ass!" Logan said grabbing Rory and kissing her passionately. "You know that I love you, right?" Logan asked after breaking the kiss.
"I do now." Rory said sweetly.
"I love you Rory. More than anything in this world."
"I love you too." Rory said kissing him again.
"Go get your meds. I'll make you that sandwich." Logan told her, brushing her hair out of her face.
"Ok."
Babe, I need to talk to you about something. And don't worry, it's nothing bad." Logan said as Rory dug in her purse while Logan got ready to make her sandwich.
"Alright?"
"There is something that you need to know about my job."
"Yes?"
"Being a doctor is great and everything, but it's also really hard, definitely not all unicorns and sunshine. Everyone thinks that it's this great noble profession. But they don't realize that it's also extremely mentally and emotionally draining. There are days that I'm going to come home really messed up. I have to make some really tough choices, and I loose patients sometimes. There are a lot of really rough days, and I don't always handle things the best way. There are going to be days that I just need to hit the gym and beat the crap out of the heavy bag. And then there are days that I'm going to come home and just zone out in silence and I need you to just be there with me. Most days are perfectly fine, but others are really hard, and I just really need you to be aware, and know that if I'm in a mood, it's not your fault. And even if I'm snapping about things, it's never about you. I just need to know if you can just be there on those days, because if you can't I need to know now before we go any further."
"Logan, I'm here. Going through all of that sounds horrible, and I don't think that I could do it. So you are definitely a better person than I am. But I love you, and I want to be with you. So I'll be here, ok? You just tell me what you need, and I'll be here."
"Geez, you sound exactly like ME!"
"How scary is that?" Rory laughed.
"Completely terrifying!" Logan said handing Rory a plate with a turkey sandwich on it. "When did we swap places?"
"Apparently sometime in the last 8 years."
"This is just weird."
"You're the crazy one who went to medical school.
"You could have gone."
"And you could have been the newspaper king."
"Yeah, no thank you! Hold on a second, I'm sorry, I should have cut that up for you." Logan said grabbing the plate back, and reaching for a knife. "I'm sorry, I'm not a very good care giver."
"Well then stop trying to be me! Get out of my head!"
"Oh trust me, inside your head, is definitely not the place that I want to be right now." Logan said kissing her, and handing her back the sandwich. "I would much rather be inside something else. Now eat your sandwich, and take those meds."
"Do you know how hot you are?"
"I've heard some whispering."
"Oh really? Should I be worried about some kind of competition?" Rory asked as she started to eat.
"Sure, because you know just how much I LOVE skanky girls and gossiping nurses."
"What are you talking about?! Those are your absolute FAVORITE people!"
"You really need to hurry up and finish eating, so I can go show you who my REAL favorite person is!"
"Don't you be threatening me with a good time!"
"Well come on then, hurry it up! I've missed you!"
"How much of this do I have to eat?"
"At least one more bite."
"Can Rocky have the rest?"
"I'm sure he's excepting it." Logan said as Rory took one more bite, then tossed the rest of the sandwich to Rocky. "Let's go!"
"Gosh you're demanding tonight!"
"It's been over 8 years Babe!" Logan said grabbing her arm, and pulling her toward him. "I'm done waiting."