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"So I was thinking that since we got my dad all settled into the rehab center, and we've still got a couple days before I have to be back at work, we should do something fun while we are in California." Logan said as they drove down the freeway.
"Logan, we have newspapers to check in on."
"I know that, but it doesn't mean that we have to spend all of our time there. We just have to meet with the editors for a couple of hours."
"Yeah, the editors of 6 different papers. That equals about 12 hours of meetings."
"And that is where you are wrong my beautiful brainy wife."
"Logan, it's simple math. 6 papers times two hours a piece. That is 12 hours of meetings. Plus drive time. They are all 30-45 minutes apart which in California means 2 hours on the freeway between each one."
"Not if I made a phone call and got everything arranged so that there are only two meetings on two different days. And I might have set each one for 8am so that even if they ran long we could still have the entire rest of the day to have some fun."
"So you have something up your sleeve then?" Rory guessed.
"Well, I might know that you love roller coasters. And the Los Angeles area might be the home to a few of the biggest coasters in the country."
"You're serious?"
"I might have already bought us tickets to Six Flags, Knotts Berry Farm, and Disneyland."
"Logan, it's almost 1:00."
"And Knotts Berry Farm is right there." Logan said pointing out the window as they got off the freeway. They don't close until 11pm tonight, so we have another 10 hours of play time."
"You really are a perpetual child sometimes."
"30 years hanging with Finn had to rub off at some point." Logan laughed. "We can stuff our faces with all of the amazing theme park junk food that we can get our hands on. Funnel cakes, cotton candy, giant pretzels, churros, nachos, coney dogs, bottomless French fries."
"We are going to be so sick!"
"But we are going to have an amazing time! We might not get to take an official honeymoon right now, but I thought that since we are here anyway, we might as well enjoy ourselves."
"You are crazy, you know that, right?"
"I do know that. But you love it!"
"So we are going to Knotts Berry Farm right now, and then tomorrow we have a newspaper meeting."
"8am in Santa Clarita." Logan told her.
"And then what?"
"Six Flags is in Santa Clarita."
"So editors meeting then roller coasters."
"That's right."
"Which means Disney on Thursday."
"Which means I booked us a suite at The Grand Californian in Downtown Disney tonight."
"Are you for real?"
"I know that you aren't into the whole Disney thing, but I figured if we are going to Disneyland, we might as well do Disney right."
"You are adorable."
"We are getting Mickey ears hats."
"I'll believe it when I see it."
"And we are wearing them all day while we are there."
"It's cute how you think that."
"Would you rather have a princess hat?"
"You mean a tiara?"
"No, you've worn plenty of those. We would get you a real princess hat. Maybe with Rapunzel hair."
"You're off your rocker."
"And I am fully ok with that."
"I love how excited you are for all of this."
"I just wish that we had one more day to go to Universal Studios."
"We are flying back on Friday, and it's a 6 hour flight."
"What time do you work on Saturday?"
"8am-8pm"
"So you are giving us an entire day to fly home."
"I figured it was a good idea so we could get settled."
"What if we changed our flight?"
"And why would we do that?"
"Because my husband is a perpetual child and for some odd reason he's talking responsibility instead of endless play time. Have we suddenly switched brains or something? You aren't usually the responsible adult in this relationship."
"So you are telling me that you want to play for one more day and sleep on the plane ride home."
"It wouldn't be the first time."
"You drive a hard bargain there Mrs. Huntzberger!"
"So Universal Studios is a go for Friday then?"
"What my wife wants, my wife gets."
"I think this is the perfect honeymoon! We should have thought of this sooner." Rory said as Logan parked the car.
"Let's go have some fun!"
"Logan really took you to Disneyland?" Honor asked as she sat having lunch with Rory on Saturday."
"He did, and he was so cute about it too. Logan insisted on us getting Mickey ears hats and everything. It was adorable!"
"That is so funny because Logan isn't a Disney person."
"I know, and I'm not either. But he was so cute, I couldn't say no. We went to 4 theme parks in 4 days, and the entire thing was so much fun! We adulted in the morning, then played for the rest of the day. It was the perfect trip!"
"Did you go on the tea cups at Disneyland?"
"We did and I thought I was going to throw up. They had something similar at six flags, but they spun even faster. I was so dizzy, and Logan was giggling like an idiot. It was seriously adorable!"
"Some days I swear Logan is still 5 years old."
"He's a perpetual child." Rory agreed. "We ate so much junk food. Logan insisted on getting funnel cake, cotton candy, pretzels, ice cream, churros, and all the other typical theme park junk he could possibly find. It was ridiculous! He was hitting every food stand he could find. I love snacking just as much as the next person, but right now all I want for the next month is salad."
"It sounds like you had an amazing trip. Sometimes it's good to just let go and act like a child for a while."
"It was a lot of fun! With everything that has been going on lately, 4 days of theme park hopping was much needed! We had a blast!"
"I am so glad! And you will be happy to know that I talked to Dad last night, and he is doing really well. He gets to play golf, swim laps in the pool, he goes to the gym every day, and he says that the food is really good. He was telling me that it kind of feels like a vacation instead of rehab."
"That is awesome! Have you talked to his care team?"
"I did. The said that they are working on building up his endurance. Every day they push him a little more. He is doing yoga in the morning and again in the evenings, he gets on the bike and treadmill at the gym and is doing light weight lifting. They are working on all kinds of different activities to keep him active and interested. It actually sounds pretty fun. And it's a bunch of older rich people, so I'm sure Dad is making friends. It'll be interesting to see what kind of business you end up getting out of all of this."
"How was everything at the office while we were gone?"
"It wasn't too bad. We got all the financials you requested from the papers you met with. The analysis team is looking over everything and will be ready to meet with you Monday morning to go over what they've found. I've got our Europe trip booked in three weeks, and everything is arranged for Logan to go for a few days. We will be back just in time for Thanksgiving which your mom already requested that you guys be at, and your grandparents requested Christmas eve."
"Is it bad that I forgot that all of that is coming up?" Rory asked.
"And that is why you have me as a second assistant. I've totally got your back!"
"Thank you Honor! I know this newspaper stuff was never what you wanted to do, but I really appreciate all your help."
"It's totally not what I ever wanted to do, but I get to hang out with you, and I am actually having fun. Doyle is taking care of all the boring business stuff, and letting me take on all the fun stuff like the travel plans and galas we are expected to go to or throw ourselves. I live for this kind of stuff!"
"Logan set you up with a salary, right?"
"He did, but I'll tell you a little secret. Logan and I have been getting a salary from HPG since we were born."
"Somehow that doesn't even surprise me."
"I honestly don't even need the salary. It's just going into an account for our kids someday. Or for yours if we don't end up having any. We'll just pay for your kids to go to college too."
"Honor, you really don't have to do that."
"I know, but I want to. I love doing things for other people. And my little brother is one of my favorite people in the whole world. I would do anything for you guys."
"You could always adopt a baby, you know."
"Yeah, we've talked about it. It might eventually happen. We are still weighing all of our options right now. There isn't any rush to have kids right now. We figure it will happen when the time is right."
"You have a really great attitude about everything."
"I try to stay positive. I've realized just how lucky I am, so there is zero point in being a Debbie Downer. There are other people in this world who would kill to have my petty problems. I honestly have no reason to complain about my life at all. Oh, speaking of life, I found you a house!"
"You did?"
"I did! And it's in my neighborhood too!"
"Do tell!"
"So my neighbor across the street just decided to sell her house. They are moving to Long Island. But their house is gorgeous! I actually told her that I would bring you to see it today. She was going to list the house this week, but I am so sure that you guys will completely love it, that I convinced her to hold off for a few days."
"That is awesome!"
"She is supposed to call me this afternoon when she gets back from her son's soccer game, and then I can take you over. So you think that Logan can take off work for a while?"
"I honestly don't know. He's been gone for so long that he might not be able to, but we can ask. If they aren't too busy, maybe he can take a late lunch break?"
"Do you want me to text him?"
"I can call him. He'll answer if he isn't too busy." Rory said as she dug through her purse looking for her phone.
"Has Logan figured out his new schedule yet?"
"I think so. Right now the plan is to do Monday -Wednesday at the office, then Thursday-Saturday at the hospital, and have Sundays off to spend together. He's working this weekend because he was gone for so long and they needed someone to cover for Doctor Greenley's anniversary. Logan will basically be working 9 days straight."
"It's nothing he hasn't done before." Honor laughed. "I know he would hate hearing it, but he definitely got Dad's work ethic. When Logan gets on a roll, he has a hard time stopping."
"He's like that with everything. I've never been able to keep up with him. Logan is basically the energizer bunny."
"It's funny that your say that because that is exactly what our nanny called him when we were little. He was always on the go, and never ran out of steam."
"So he hasn't changed a bit then."
"Not so much. The only time he hasn't been that way was when he was going through all of that bad depression while you two were apart. He tried to hide his feelings, but I know him way better than Logan even knows himself, and I always knew what was going on."
"Can I ask you something?" Rory asked.
"Yeah, of course!"
"Sometimes I just wonder, did you ever want to, I don't know if these are the right words for it, but did you ever wonder what would have happened if you had just forced both of us to deal with the situation? Like force us to see each other, or at least talk?"
"You know, I actually did. I wonder that all the time. I have for years, and I know that Logan wonders the same thing. What would have happened had I called you, or had I thrown Logan in the car and tracked you down on the campaign trail? Maybe I should have tricked you both into meeting up somewhere and locked you in a room together for 24 hours until you either killed each other, or finally admitted your feelings, and got back together. Some days I feel like I did Logan a huge disservice by not pushing you guys together. But then other days, I didn't feel like it was any of my business, and that I needed to stay out of it."
"Sometimes I wish someone had just locked us in a room together."
"I was seriously considering it at one point. I got really fed up with Logan constantly moping around."
"I hate that we wasted so much time. And now some days I feel like we are rushing around trying to make up for the last 9 years. Like even for as much as I really wanted that big fancy wedding, I just didn't want to wait for it anymore. I kind of felt like if we didn't get married now, it just wouldn't ever happen. We would wait and wait, and time would just keep on ticking by, and it just wouldn't ever be the right time. We've only been back together for about a month now, and in a way it feels like it's been a few years because so much has happened lately. It's like we are living in warp speed."
"I totally get it. Have you talked to Logan about how you are feeling?"
"Not really. A tiny bit, but not so much. I love him a lot and I am so grateful for him and everything he does for me. I am so glad he is back in my life, but it just feels like everything is rushed because we have to make up so much time. We aren't 22 anymore. It's like the clock is ticking, and we need to catch up."
"I totally get that. I feel like that with wanting to have a family. I'm 37. Most of my friends had babies by age 25. All of the others had them by 32. And here I am just sitting around, trying to get pregnant and it just doesn't happen. We tried fertility treatments and everything, and still nothing. All of my check ups and testing keep coming up fine. There is nothing wrong with me, but for some reason I'm just not getting pregnant."
"Did Josh get tested?"
"Oh yes! Several times. He's all good too. God apparently just doesn't want us to have a baby yet. Which is fine, but some days I just really wish he could explain it all to me. Tell me why he won't help us right now, or at least why we have to wait so long."
"Have you thought about maybe getting a surrogate?"
"We talked about it once. We just don't know if we can trust someone we don't know, or even half of the people that we do know."
"So I guess you've talked to Paris about everything then."
"Yep! Paris and like ten other doctors everywhere between here and California, as well as several in Europe. We've been doing this for a while."
"I am so sorry Honor! This must be so hard for you."
"It is at times, but it's not the end of the world. We can always find a surrogate, and/or adopt. I am just trying to stay positive and let God do his thing." Honor told her as her cell phone began to ring, and Honor reached into her purse to retrieve it. "You should call Logan and see if he can take a break. It's my neighbor Maggie."
"I'll wait until you are done." Rory told her as Honor answered the call.
"This is Honor!... Hi Magdeleina!... Yes, that would be wonderful!... Yes, I am with her right now... Yes, for sure! You are so kind... Yes we definitely can. Let me just call my brother, can I shoot you a text message in just a few minutes?... That would be wonderful! Thank you so much!... Ok, thank you, we will see you soon." Honor said, then disconnected the call. "Magdeleina says that we can come over right away if we would like to. She is home, and putting some cookies into the oven, so to just let her knew when we are in our way."
"That is awesome! Let's facetime Logan." Rory said as she began punching buttons on her phone.
"Hey Beautiful! I miss you today!" Logan said as he appeared on the screen. "How is your day going?"
"It's going good! I am having lunch with Honor." Rory said turning her phone so Logan could see his sister.
"Hi baby brother!" Honor said with a little wave.
"Hey Honor! Are you two having a good time?"
"We are. I actually called you because Honor found us a house, and we wanted to know if maybe you could take a late lunch break to come see it with us."
"I'm not really sure, but that might be possible. We aren't too busy today, and we do have two other doctors here. What time were you going head over there? Where is this house?"
"It's across the street from me." Honor said moving closer to Rory so she could talk to her brother as well. You remember Magdeleina, right? She is moving to Long Island, and is going to be listing her house for sale. I talked her into waiting a few days because I really think that you might like it. She is home right now and called to tell me that we can go over to look if we are available."
"Why don't the two of you head over there, and I will go talk to Doctor Robinson and see if he is ok with me leaving for a little while, and I will shoot you a text to let you know."
"That sounds great!" Honor told him.
"What did you have for lunch?" Logan asked.
"Chicken Caesar salad." Rory told him. "Wanna see it?"
"No, I believe you. That does sound really good after all the junk food we've eaten this week."
"I'll bring you my leftovers."
"That's ok. I had a sandwich from the cafeteria about an hour ago. But thank you for the offer. I was just curious what you were eating. Are you at Shelley's?"
"We are."
"I would tell you to grab some chocolate cake on your way out, but you might hurt me."
"We'll come back another day." Rory laughed.
"I'll hold you to that." Logan smiled. "Ace, I'm going to let you go so I can go talk to Doctor Robinson, but I'll text you in a few minutes, ok?
"OK. I love you Logan."
"I love you too Ace. See you soon." He said, then disconnected the call.
"Can I just say that I love how sweet my little brother is to you?"
"Logan has always been like this. Some days it feels like nothing has changed." Rory told her as they both got up from their table to leave the restaurant they were at.
"You two are totally perfect together! I am so glad you found your way back."
"Me too. I really missed him."
"Josh has always been super sweet to me but only rarely is he ever sappy sweet like Logan is. Josh calls him a sappy girl."
"That's funny. Logan is definitely sentimental. I think it's really cute."
"Yeah he is! That boy worships you!"
"He's an amazing husband. I kind of just follow his lead on things because most of the time, he actually knows best."
I will meet you at Honor's
Leaving the hospital now
Logan texted Rory, letting her know that he was able to meet them to look at the house across the street from Honor's.
Please drive safe
See you soon
Rory texted back
"Logan is on his way to your house." Rory told Honor as they headed for her car. "He says he will meet us at your house."
"There's my beautiful wife!" Logan said a half hour later as he opened the car door for Rory to exit Honor's car after they pulled into the garage at her house.
"Hey Babe!" Rory cheerfully responded hugging and kissing her husband.
"Geez you newlyweds are sickeningly cute." Honor laughed.
"Hello to you too big sister." Logan said giving Honor a hug as well. "Did Rory give you your present?"
"She did. Thank you Logan. The Little Mermaid was my favorite movie when we were little and you actually remembered."
"Well now you can have a pretty Mermaid to go with your beach theme sun room."
"That is a good idea but I think I'm going to put her on my dresser for a while. She can go sit in the shells in the sun room later on."
"How is your day going?" Rory asked as Logan slipped his arms around her, waiting for Honor before going to see the neighbor's house.
"It's been good. It's nice to be back. But I miss being with you all day."
"Has anything interesting come into the ER today?"
"Not yet. I've done some stitches, seen several sick people, and had a couple broken bones, one concussion. It's been pretty uneventful."
"That's good. A nice slow first day back is awesome."
"Are you guys ready to go see the house?" Honor asked.
"Yes please!" Rory answered still facing Logan.
"Alright, quit staring at each other all gooey eyed and let's go."
"Hey we aren't gooey eyed!" Logan told her.
"Yeah that's a lie if I've ever heard one! You're honeymoon phase is adorable but it's making me a little nauseous."
"Then stop looking!"
"Something tells me I may regret having you so close by."
"Just remember, you did this to yourself! This was all YOUR idea!"
"Alright you two!" Rory said as they followed Honor across the street to get neighbor's house where she knocked on the door.
"Honor, hello, you look lovely today!"
"Hi Magdeleina! This is my little brother Logan and his wife Rory."
"Hello, so nice to meet you. Won't you come in?!" Magdeleina greeted them with a friendly smile.
"Logan, Honor tells me you are a doctor."
"Yes, I am." Logan told her.
"How long have you been practicing medicine?"
"About 5 years. I finished my residency last year."
"Excellent! Good doctors are so hard to come by! And Rory, I hear you work in newspaper publishing."
"Yes, I do." Rory answered.
"That is very nice Dear. I worry that newspapers are dying out."
"They are to some extent. The industry is changing for sure."
"Well come come, I hear you are looking to buy your first home. Tell me, what is it that you are looking for?"
"We just got married two weeks ago, and we are looking for something with some space for a family someday, and also enough space for when our friends and family come visit. And we want to be close to work since I am on call quite a bit, and Rory will be working long hours at the office. We like this neighborhood because it is gated and quiet, and being near my sister would be great."
"You won't mind being directly across the street?"
"I lived with Honor while I went to medical school and completed my residency. We are very close."
"What about you Rory? How do you feel about being so close to your in-laws?"
"I don't think of Honor as my in-law. We are really close friends. She is one of my assistants at work. Being so close will be great!"
"Having close family is wonderful. You are very lucky."
"Thank you, we are very blessed." Honor told her. Magdeleina, this house is beautiful!"
"Thank you Honor! We do love it, but it's time for us to move on, and move out of the city. I only have Gregory at home now, and we just don't need this large of a home anymore. It is time for us to sell and move closer to our family."
"How long have you lived here?" Rory asked.
"We bought this house as it was being built 20 years ago. We picked all the faucets and cabinets. Half of this house ended up being custom. Come come. I'll show you everything."
"What did you guys think?" Honor asked as they walked back across the street to her house.
"It's beautiful!" Rory told her. "I love that they have their own library!"
"Just the library room alone is perfect for Rory!" Logan told her.
"There is plenty of room for you to work from home when you want to, and tons of room for kids and for your family to come visit." Honor told them.
"I like that master bathroom. That shower is incredible!"
"Right?! I want that rain fall ceiling! I wonder if we can remodel to get one."
"The basketball court in the backyard could be fun." Rory added.
"Magdeleina said it changes over to a tennis court too." Honor agreed.
"Did you see the built in grill? That alone makes me want the house!" Logan said as they walked into Honor's garage.
"So do you think you'll put in an offer?" Honor asked.
"We'll talk about it. The banks are all closed until Monday anyway. But we need to talk to Collin about it first or he'll kill us."
"I can talk to him when I pick up Rocky." Rory told him.
"I've gotta get back to work, do you need a ride home?"
"I can just go with you and take your car if you don't mind."
"That works. Are you ready to go?"
"I am. Thank you so much for lunch Honor, and for taking us to see the house." Rory said turning to look at Logan's sister.
"It was my pleasure. Just let me know what you decide to do, ok?"
"We will. I've gotta get back to work before my pager starts going off. I'll call you later." Logan told her.
"You guys drive safe. Let me know if you need anything."
"We will. We'll see you Monday morning." Rory said, then followed Logan to his car.
"I love that dress on you." Logan said, opening the car door for his wife.
"Really?"
"You look beautiful today."
"Thanks Babe!" Rory said kissing him before taking her seat and waiting for Logan to get in the car himself.
"Have I told you that you look hot in scrubs?"
"I was going to shower before coming over, but I needed to save time."
"Well you still look hot. I have zero complaints."
"Well thank you." Logan said as he pulled out of Honor's driveway, and headed back to the hospital. "So you are going to get Rocky?"
"Yeah, I told Stephanie I would come by and take our dog back."
"If they don't mind waiting until I get off, I can go with you."
"Logan, you need to come home and sleep tonight so you can go back to work super early in the morning. We haven't slept much lately."
"And have I complained at all?"
"Not even once, but you've got to be exhausted."
"It's worth it because I'm with you."
"How about I go get Rocky, and I will talk to Collin. We will call you if he has any questions. Then, when I pick you up from work, we can go home, have some dinner, and go to bed early. We can fall asleep watching a movie if that's what you want."
"I just want to be with you."
"Well I am not going anywhere. You get off work at 8, right?"
"Unless something changes."
"So I will pick you up, and I will have dinner ready when we get home.
"Are you going to cook?"
"Yeah right! We both know that you didn't marry me for my cooking abilities. I'll figure something out."
"Nope, but I did marry you for some of your other abilities." Logan said with a wink.
"Well, just for the record, I married you for all of that AND your cooking abilities."
"You are making it really hard for me to go back to work right now."
"And there goes your pager." Rory said laughing at the beeping that started .
"What does it say?" Logan asked as Rory pulled the pager off his pants.
"ER overflow need backup."
"Damn it!"
"We are only like a minute away. It'll be fine."
"I hope it's something that we can take care of quickly and doesn't last all night. I have plans to go home to my wife at a decent hour tonight.