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"So you want to hear ridiculous?" Honor asked crouching down next to her brother as he sat talking to friends.
"What's up?" Logan asked.
"Mom just went to bed."
"You're serious?!"
"I tried to get her to wait until after we find out the baby's gender and she told me that Dad or I could tell her later."
"I should go yell at her."
"Normally I would let you, but this is your party, and I want you to enjoy it. Let me handle mom this time."
"She hasn't even talked to me since you brought them to see the house earlier, and even then they didn't really say anything. Dad snapped at me for not letting them see the house sooner and mom said exactly 4 words to Rory in that snidely fake tone she uses. I immediately snapped at them, and told them that they can either respect my wife, or get the hell out of house and out of our lives. Obviously we know which choice Mom decided to make."
"It's fine. Just ignore her. Don't let Mom get to you. I heard that Donna asked to be an honorary Grandma to your baby."
"She did. It was very kind of her. It means a lot to both of us."
"Donna is amazing. She spoils her grand kids like crazy."
"I know, I've seen it. I really like her."
"Donna adores you. So forget about mom and Dad. You've got Donna and Grayson, and they are so much better than our selfish parents."
"Do you think we should tell Rory?"
"No. You can tell her when you get home. We don't need to ruin her night. I'm going to kick mom to the curb first thing in the morning. I have to take Dad back to rehab anyway, so I'll rip into her first."
"You could just kick her out tonight."
"I could, bu there are too many witnesses. I don't really want an audience for her crap."
"You shouldn't have to deal with their crap while you're pregnant."
"Don't worry, I'll be fine. I have over 30 years of experience in dealing with Mom. Tonight is about you and Rory. You need to just focus on being happy and enjoying yourselves."
"I'm doing my best. But this crap irritates me."
"I know it does. But I've got your back no matter what. Everything is going to be just fine. I promise!"
"Thanks Honor. For everything. I'm really excited that you're finally pregnant. I know how much you've been wanting this."
"Hey, I'm just excited to be pregnant with Rory. This is going to be so much fun!"
"I know I don't tell you this nearly as much as I should, but I love you. You're an amazing big sister."
"I love you too baby brother." Honor said hugging her brother. "Why don't you go find Rory, and I'll track down Paris, and see if I can get her to tell us what your baby is."
"I like that idea. Thanks Honor." Logan said as he got up from his seat and went in search of his wife, finding her in the kitchen a couple minutes later. "Hey Ace, are you having a good time?"
"I am. I am stuffing my face with all this amazing food. Sookie is my favorite person in the world right now!"
"Don't worry Sweetie, there is a big stash of all of this stuff in your fridge across the street. I made plenty! And whatever is left after tonight, you'll get all of that too." Sookie told her.
"Have I told you lately that I love you?" Rory asked.
"I love you too Honey! I am so excited that you are having a little baby of your own! You'll need to come visit a lot more so I can get all my snuggles in."
"The same goes for you lady! We have plenty of space. You come up any time you want."
"I'll make you a deal, when you go into labor, I will come up for a week, and do all your cooking."
"Deal! You may have to fight Luke for all of the cooking, but you definitely need to come up."
"We miss having you around the Hollow all the time. Maybe your mom and I need to start insisting on Friday night dinners or something."
"You know, that is actually not such a bad idea. Maybe we could come down every other weekend." Logan agreed.
"Wait, what? You would do that?" Lorelai asked.
"I think we could make it work. What do you think Ace?"
"Let's do it! But let's not tell Paris. I don't need her telling me that I can't travel by car for 2 hours." Rory told them.
"We could always take the train. I work weekends at the hospital, but I could always come back for work."
"Actually, Honey, Sookie and I were just talking about something that might work better for us. I don't know if it is even possible, but I actually really like the idea."
"Which is?" Logan asked.
"I have a friend who works for a big company with a ton of employees, and they have an on-site doctor. They have a day care too. But this on-site doctor is extremely discounted for only employees of that company. Normal doctor co-pays are around $20 or more, but with the company insurance policy, the employees can all see that specific doctor at his office in the same building, for like $5. And that doctor is available to employees and their families only. And the doctor is contracted through a local hospital, so that if one of the employees ends up needing the be admitted, the doctor can still go over to the hospital to treat them there. I don't know if that is something that you guys would be able to do, but I loved the concept. And it would make your schedule a lot easier. You would be in the office and still able to do whatever work you need with Rory, and then your employees can set up a time to see you, right from their computers, and you could see them right there either on or off the clock, however you choose to set things up. That way the employees can take like 20 minutes out of their day to see a doctor and not have it be an all-day event. And being a smaller, more private practice, you can get patients in quicker than at other doctors. All you would really need is just you and maybe a nurse to run the small in office clinic. And it could be all yours instead of you having to work in the ER and always be inside the hospital. You would still be a hospital employee, but you would be working your own hours, and running your own office."
"You know, I actually really like that idea!" Logan told her.
"I do too." Rory told him. "And technically with me being the CEO, I've already signed off on it. So if we wanted to do it, all we would really need to do, is talk to the hospital and then HPG insurance company and if we could get their approval and help, we could totally pull it off."
"It works great for my friend. She loves that doctor! There aren't any sick people sitting in the waiting room. She walks in the door and is seeing the doctor within two minutes. I'm actually pretty jealous."
"I can see it being extremely beneficial for the hospital. I'll have to talk to the chief of staff and the board, but I definitely think that we can pull it off. There are several hundred HPG employees just in New York City, and we could also bring in employees from surrounding cities within a few hours commute. That is a ton of extra patients for the hospital that could easily choose to go elsewhere. It's definitely a win win situation. I'll see if I can talk to the chief of staff tomorrow to see if we can maybe set up a meeting to discuss things. Thanks for the idea Sookie! You're a genius!"
"Why thank you!" Sookie smiled.
"Hey Paris!" Lorelai called across the kitchen when she saw Paris walk into the room. "When do I get to find out the gender of my grand baby?"
"As soon as I find your daughter." Paris called back.
"She's right here, stuffing her face."
"That's awesome! Let's go then!" Paris said waving for her friends to follow her.
"Come on come on!" Lorelai said excitedly, grabbing Rory's arm and pulling her out of the room.
"Hey Everyone, can we have your attention please?!" Paris yelled as she let Rory and Logan into the middle of Honor's crowded living room. "Who wants to know the gender of this baby?!"
"ME!" Lorelai yelled, causing everyone to laugh.
"Alright, let's do this! Doyle, would you mind getting me the box?"
"There had better not be any explosives in there." Logan said as Doyle set a large box down in front of them.
"No promises, Huntzberger!" Paris laughed. "Alright, is everybody ready?"
"Yes!" everyone yelled.
"Alright then. Go for it!" Paris told them.
Rory looked up at Logan for a moment then started ripping the wrapping paper off of the large box. Before they knew it a bunch of purple and green balloons started floating into the air in front of them, followed by a large silver Mylar balloon with pink writing that read "It's a GIRL".
"Logan!" Rory squealed, grabbing his shirt as Logan crashed his lips into hers.
"IT'S A GIRL!" Lorelai yelled above all the noise. "WE HAVE ANOTHER GILMORE GIRL!"
"Are you ready for another Gilmore girl?" Rory asked when she finally broke her kiss with Logan.
"I cannot wait!" Logan smiled, then kissed her again.
"Alright, break it up!" Paris told them.
"What do you want Paris?" Logan asked.
"Nothing. You're just grossing me out."
"Hey Kiddo, congratulations!" Christopher said stepping up in front of Rory and hugging his daughter.
"Thanks Dad!"
"Rory!"
"Oh my gosh! April!" Rory said as she let go of Christopher, and looked up to see her sister heading her way.
"Rory, congratulations!"
"Thanks April!" Rory said hugging her younger sister. "When did you get here? I haven't seen you in forever!"
"I know, I'm so sorry we're late! My flight was late getting in, and then there was a ton of traffic getting here from the airport."
"I am so glad you are here! Thank you so much for coming out this weekend!"
"I am so glad to finally be here. I had no idea that you are pregnant, but here I am, and you're having a girl. I am so excited for you!"
"Can you believe it, another girl in the family?!"
"It's completely crazy!"
"Gigi!" Rory yelled across the room. "Gigi, come here for a minute! Hey Logan, would you mind taking a picture of me with both of my sisters? I don't have one of the three of us at all."
"Oh, of course!" Logan agreed pulling his phone out of his pocket.
"Gigi, come here, I need a picture with my sisters." Rory told her.
"Hey April! I didn't know that you were here." Gigi said as she approached the group.
"Oh my gosh, G! How are you?!" April asked giving her a hug.
"I'm good! Long time, no see!"
"Ok girls, smile!" Logan told them, then snapped a picture.
"Logan, go stand with the girls, I'll get a picture of all four of you." Christopher said reaching for Logan's phone.
"Thanks Dad!" Rory said as Logan slid in next to her, sliding one arm around Rory, reaching for April, and his other arm around Gigi.
"Alright, everyone say Cheeze Wiz!" Christopher told them. "Perfect! Logan, will you send me these?"
"I will!" Logan agreed, taking his phone back.
"April, you are staying with us tonight, right?" Rory asked.
"I believe so." April told her
"Dad, can Gigi stay with us too?" Rory asked. "We can have a sisters slumber party."
"Sure, if she wants to!" Christopher agreed.
"Awesome! Thanks Daddy!" Gigi said excitedly.
"Yay! I am so excited! Logan has to actually go to bed at a decent hour because he has to work really early, and you know that Luke will turn in early, so it'll just be us and Mom."
"Score! Junk food city!" April told them.
"Yes!" Rory agreed. "I am totally excited! I never get to see both of you at the same time."
"Rory, you're having a girl!" Honor said hurrying over to Rory, and throwing her arms around her. "I am so excited for you!"
"I am too! Honor, this is my little sister Gigi, and my other sister April. Girls, this is Logan's sister Honor." Rory said introducing everyone.
"Hey Honor! It is so good to meet you! You should come to our slumber party tonight!" April told her.
"Yes!" Gigi agreed.
"You're having a slumber party?" Honor asked.
"We are! April and Gigi are both staying with us tonight. We are having a sisters slumber party! You should totally come hang out after you are finished with the parentals." Rory told her.
"That would be so fun! I'll talk to Josh about it."
"April, Honor is pregnant too."
"No way?! Congratulations! That is so cool! You should totally come hang out with us, it's a sisters party. You're Rory's new sister, so that makes you mine and G's sister too." April told her.
"Awww, you are so sweet! I've always wanted a little sister!"
"Well now you have 3!" Gigi told her.
"Rory, I love them! They're so sweet!" Honor gushed.
"Joy, I'm gonna be surrounded by women tonight!" Logan laughed.
"Oh come on Logan, look how pretty they are!" Christopher told him.
"Eh!" Logan said with a shrug.
"Oh hush! You'll be asleep anyway!" Honor told him. "Don't you work at 6am?"
"Something like that."
"Congratulations Rory!" Lane said stepping up to the gang. "April! How are you?!"
"Thanks Lane!" Rory said as she hugged her best friend.
"Hey Lane! I'm doing great, how are you? How are your boys?" April asked.
"I'm good! The boys are wild as always. They're here somewhere."
"They're down in the game room with Collin and Finn." Honor told her.
"Is that safe?" Rory asked looking at Logan.
"I think Stephanie and the baby are down there too."
"Well at least they all have a babysitter then." Rory laughed.
"I'm sure Zach is down there too." Lane assured her.
"I'll go check on them. Knowing Finn, they're all getting into my stuff that is still down there."
"Your toys are safe Logan. I had Josh move it all to your basement earlier today." Honor told him.
"Big sister to the rescue!" Logan laughed. "I'll head down there anyway. Just to make sure they aren't trying to blow up your house."
"Actually, come here for a minute." Honor said beckoning for Logan to follow her.
"Rory, congratulations Honey!" Richard said approaching his granddaughter, with Emily next to him.
"Thank you Grandpa!" Rory smiled.
"Gigi, April, it is great to see you two!"
"Grandpa Richard! How are you?" Gigi asked giving him a hug.
"I'm doing great Honey, how are you?"
"How are you Emily? It's been a really long time!" April said giving Emily a quick hug.
"Yes it has. You look wonderful!"
"Thank you so much!"
"When is the last time the three of you were all in the same room together?" Richard asked.
"I think that has only happened once, and it was by accident, while I was still in college." Rory answered.
"We should get a picture of you guys together." Emily told them.
"We actually just did. We got one with Logan too."
"Oh good! It's a shame you guys don't get to see each other more."
"It is, but G and I are still in school, and Rory is busy doing her own thing. Life happens." April explained. "I'll have more time once I finish school. I've only got a few months left."
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Scene 2 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"What's going on?" Logan asked as Honor pulled him into the garage.
"Dad asked me to tell you that he's going to bed."
"He couldn't come say goodbye to me himself? Since when is Dad a coward?"
"Something weird is going on." Honor told him.
"Do you think that Dad is feeling ok?"
"I don't know, he hasn't said anything."
"Do you think that I should go talk to him? See if he'll let me check him out?"
"It might not be a bad idea. But please don't start yelling at mom with all these people here."
"What if I took Paris upstairs with me?"
"That is probably a good idea." Honor told him.
"Ok, I'll be back." Logan said heading back into the house to find Paris, then head upstairs.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Scene 3 ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
"Hey Dad? It's Logan, can I come in?" Logan asked, knocking on the door of the room his parents were sharing. "Dad? Are you in there? . . . I'm coming in, ok?" Logan slowly opened the door, and seeing the lights on, he looked around the room, searching for his Dad. "Dad?" He called again, beckoning Paris to follow him in when he saw his mother asleep in bed with an eye mask on her face and ear plugs in her ears. "I'm gonna go check the bathroom." Logan told her, heading for the bathroom. "Dad? Are you in here?" Logan asked tapping on the bathroom door before opening it to see his Dad hunched over the sink. "Dad, I've been calling for you. Is everything ok?" When Mitchum didn't answer, Logan moved closer, and reached for his Dad's wrist to check his pulse. "Shit! Paris, call 911. He's having another heart attack." Logan quickly said, moving around his dad. "Come on Dad, let's sit down." he said hooking his arms under Mitchum's and helping him to a seated position on the floor, propping him up against the wall, then reaching for his phone, and quickly hitting the speed dial button for Honor.
"Logan, I don't remember the address here." Paris said as she dialed her phone.
"You dial, I'll give them the info." Logan told her.
"911 emergency, what is the nature of your call?" the dispatcher asked
"12504 Richardson Lane, 67 year old male, Myocardial Infarction, prior event about 6 weeks ago, recovering from bypass surgery. I need an ambulance to Columbia Presbyterian as fast as I can get there."
"Symptoms?"
"High pulse, clammy, weakness, unable to speak. We are in an upstairs bathroom. There is a party at the house, so the driveway and street maybe be full of cars. We are at the very end of the street, white house on the right. I'll send someone down to wait at the door." Logan said nodding to Paris.
"Is there a doctor we can have paged for you?"
"His doctors are myself and Doctor Levan, both at Columbia."
"And who are you?" The dispatcher asked.
"Doctor Logan Huntzberger. Do you need you license number?"
"Yes, please."
"127913959"
"Thank you Doctor Huntzberger, your ambulance is about 3 miles out. Is the patient stable?"
"Definitely not. His eyes are glassy, and he is very weak. I have no idea what he's eaten tonight, and I don't have my medical equipment with me."
"Logan, what's going on?" Honor asked, hurrying into the room with Rory right behind her.
"Dad is having a heart attack. Ambulance is on its way." Logan told them.
"Doctor Huntzberger, has the patient traveled at all lately?"
"He has been at a rehabilitation center in Malibu California for the last few weeks, and just flew back to New York Wednesday night. He is supposed to fly back to California tomorrow afternoon. I haven't been around him much since he's been back, but he was fine when I saw him a few hours ago."
"He's seemed fine the last few days." Honor told him.
"The ambulance is on your street, do the paramedics have permission to enter the residence?"
"Yes, of course!" Logan answered. "Ace, I'm going with him in the ambulance. You stay and enjoy the rest of the party. I'll call you with updates."
"I can follow the ambulance with Honor."
"Absolutely not! This party is for you. Your family is here. You go home and enjoy your time with your Mom and sisters. I promise to call you, ok?"
"Doctor Huntzberger, the paramedics are entering the residence. Is there anything else that I can help you with?"
"No, thank you so much. Just have the hospital let Doctor Levan know that I am on my way with the patient, and that the patient is my father."
"Will do. Thank you for calling Manhattan E-911." the dispather said as she disconnected the call.
"Rory, this is Paris' phone." Logan said handing the phone to his wife, then reaching to grab his own phone off the bathroom counter. "Please enjoy the rest of the party, then go home and have fun with your mom and sisters, ok?"
"Logan, I can come with Honor."
"No Rory. You never get to see your sisters. There isn't anything that you can do at the hospital. Please stay. I want you to enjoy the rest of the night." Logan told her as the paramedics entered the bathroom.
"Doctor Huntzberger, it's nice to see you again." one of the medics said as he squatted down next to Logan and began to assess his vitals.
"Sorry Stan, I don't have my equipment with me tonight, and it would have taken way too long to go get it."
"Are you coming with us?"
"Yes, of course." Logan answered. "This is my Dad."
"Good. Stretcher please?" Stan asked the other two men who were with him. "Patient is experiencing tachycardia. We need to go NOW!"
"Let's load him up." one of the other men said as Logan stepped out of the way to allow the paramedics to get Mitchum loaded on to the stretcher.
"You go back to the party, ok? I promise to call you as soon as I have information. I love you." Logan said kissing Rory, then kissing his hand and gently pressing it to her stomach. "Have a good night with your sisters."
"I love you too." Rory said stepping aside as the paramedics raised the stretcher, then started to move Mitchum out of the room.