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"Logan, how long have you been married now?" Mitchell asked as the family sat in Mitchum's office discussing Logan's current predicament.

"Five months." Logan answered confidently.

"But you've been with Rory for years as I recall. You dated in college didn't you?"

"We did, for 3 years."

"How long have you been together total?"

"That is a complicated answer. It depends on how you look at things."

"What does that mean?" Gilbert asked.

"Rory and I went our separate ways after college. I moved to California for work, and Rory got a job working on Barack Obama's Presidential Campaign."

"No kidding? So Rory has quite the credentials then." Ronald commented.

"Rory's resume is outstanding!" Mitchum proudly shared.

"So you broke up after college, and how long were you apart?" Mitchell asked.

"Eight and a half years." Logan answered.

"So you've been together again for how long now?"

"About 6 months."

"Wait a minute . . ." Ronald started. "You've been together for 'about 6 months' and married for 5 of them?"

"That's right." Logan confirmed.

"Mitchum, you allowed this?" Gilbert asked, completely baffled by the whole situation.

"Would you like to hear something even scarier?" Mitchum asked his friends.

"What's that?" Gilbert questioned.

"There's no prenup."

"Logan did WHAT!?" Ronald suddenly exploded, causing Mitchum to chuckle.

"I don't believe in prenups." Logan said as he casually shrugged his shoulders.

"Well, I guess the good news about that one is that if their union doesn't work out, that leaves Logan entitled to exactly half of the Gilmore and Hayden fortunes. Meaning that Mitchum's little family has just moved up in the world." Mitchell told them.

"Honor doesn't have one either, and she married a Rothschild." Logan added.

"Mitchum, what the hell is wrong with your children?! You clearly didn't raise them properly to allow such a hefty mistake to happen!" Ronald told him.

"As I recall, Honor did have a prenuptial agreement. We wrote it, gentlemen." Gilbert recalled.

"And I burned it." Logan told them as Honor stood smiling next to him.

"Well, again that means that should your children's marriages go south, your children are entitled to half of their spouse's fortune." Mitchell told them.

"My children have both done very well for themselves. I am very proud of them." Mitchum proudly stated.

"Well considering the financial ramifications of not having a prenuptial agreement, I guess you would be proud." Ronald commented

"Now come on gentlemen, money has nothing to do with it. Unlike us, my children both married for love. They are both very happy. Now, can we proceed?"

"So Logan, you dated your wife for 3 years in college before separating, and then got married a month into your renewed relationship?" Mitchell asked.

"Two weeks." Rory answered.

"Two weeks what?" Gilbert asked.

"We were married after two weeks."

"Really Mitchum?" Mitchell asked, causing Mitchum to just shrug.

"I asked her to marry me 9 years ago." Logan told them. "This marriage wasn't a surprise to anyone."

"Collin, you've been Logan's personal attorney for how long?" Ronald asked.

"Since I passed the bar about 5 years ago." Collin answered.

"Did you advise him on this?"

"I was with him when he bought the ring." Collin shrugged.

"Which ring?" Ronald asked.

"There is only one ring." Logan told them.

"You used the same ring?"

"I bought it for her. Is there a point to this? Why are we questioning my marriage?"

"Because that is exactly what the internal affairs office is going to do." Collin explained. "You are going to need to get used to this. It's tedious, but unfortunately, necessary. I know you, and I know Rory. I could answer all of these questions in my sleep. But you two need to be prepared to go under the microscope in order for us to fight this thing."

"Fine. Continue." Logan sighed.

"Rory, how far along in your pregnancy are you?" Mitchell asked.

"24 weeks." Rory answered.

"Hold on!" Ronald told them.

"Don't do the math." Logan said with a roll of his eyes.

"Mitchum, are you for real right now?!" Ronald asked, turning to his friend. "Were you aware of this?!"

"Not even Rory and Logan were aware of the pregnancy until they were already 8 weeks in." Paris chimed in. "There is no possible way to know that early. Rory got pregnant on their first night together. Get over it! We all have!"

"Thank you Paris." Logan told her.

"This isn't 1962. Nothing that Rory and Logan do should surprise anyone in this room. Rory and Logan have always had a freakishly close relationship. They are always together, always touching. This whole sitting on his lap thing that they're doing, this isn't new. They do this all the time. They do this at work too. Rory and Logan shared an apartment together at Yale. Even when Rory lived with me, Logan was still always there. If they weren't in class, or at work, Rory and Logan were together. These two were made for each other. They are that nauseating couple that is completely, hopelessly, miserable when they're apart. When they were broken up, Collin and Honor can both tell you exactly how miserable they were. Or at least how miserable and pathetic Logan was. Logan practically drank himself to death. And Rory just completely shut down. She worked, worked, and then worked some more. You were lucky to be able to get Rory on the phone, and even then you couldn't really have a coherent conversation with her. I called her to tell her that Logan had come to me to ask for advice about going to medical school. Rory doesn't even remember it. I told her I was helping Logan study while in school. She didn't care. I asked her about maybe having Logan in my wedding. Rory has no recollection. She was so far in denial that Logan wasn't even a blip on her radar. Rory was my maid of Honor in my wedding, and is the godmother to my children. But other than forcing her to take time off work for those events, I never saw Rory, or even talked to her unless I showed up in her office to force her to take a break. Rory and her mother are best friends. They are super close. But even Lorelai didn't see Rory except for holidays, unless she showed up to force Rory to stop for a breather. And Logan, all he did was drink and study. Party animal Logan who was always on the go back at Yale, and was the life of EVERY party, no longer went out. He lived in Honor's basement, and he only left to go to school."

"When Logan lived with me, he went to school, worked out, studied and drank. And he only worked out because I made him get up out of bed and actually do something. His patheticness was depressing and annoyed me." Honor added. "Logan didn't go to parties, or go out on dates. Even when Collin and I tried to get him to go out, or encouraged him to try dating or something, Logan refused. He had no interest. We all knew what was going on. Logan and Rory had been together long enough that we all saw exactly how heartbroken they both were when they split up. And it was my brother's moronic doing. He's the one who gave her the all or nothing ultimatum, and walked away. Logan asked Rory to marry him, and when Rory said not right now, Logan bailed. And he regretted it every single day. So when Paris and I got the phone call that Rory and Logan had finally run into each other 6 months ago, it wasn't an 'oh really', it was an 'it's about damn time'! Logan loves Rory. He's always loved Rory. All of us love Rory. It's really hard not to. So their relationship isn't a surprise to anyone who knows them. Rory's mom even told Logan the day that they ran into each other, that she expected them to end up married. Some of us were a little surprised by how fast they got married, but then again, it was 12 years in the making, so it really wasn't surprising at all."

"Rory and Logan should have been married before Paris and I were." Collin added. "We all expected their wedding to be the first of our group, rather than the last. Now, thinking back on everything, Paris and I probably should have ganged up together and forced them back together 8 years ago. I'm not even sure why we didn't."

"Because we didn't want to be stuck in the middle." Paris told him.

"Yeah, well, maybe we should have."

"Coulda woulda shoulda." Honor commented. "The point of all of this is yes, Logan and Rory's marriage happened really fast. But it was also 12 years in the making, so nothing about them is at all surprising. It really sucks that they are even being questioned because clearly, my brother would never dream of doing anything to cause his wife any pain. And if somehow he was abusive, do you really think that he would wait 12 years to show his true colors? Don't you think that the abuse would have come out during the first year they were together? Why would Logan wait until now? What's in it for him at this point?

"Logan has always done what Logan feels is best for Logan. I haven't always agreed with him, or supported his stupider decisions, but Logan's marriage is something that I wouldn't dare interfere in. I like Rory. She is the only person in this family with the spine to stand up to me when I'm being unreasonable. Rory isn't afraid of me the way that most people are. She called me, just to yell at me when Logan and Rory were at Yale. She's put me in my place, more than once. And if Rory won't take crap from someone like me, then what the hell makes anyone think that she is willing to take crap from my son either?!" Mitchum spoke up.

"Rory yelled at you, Mitchum?" Ronald asked, completely surprised.

"On more than one occasion."

"I think it was only twice." Rory chuckled.

"And you allowed that?!"

"Rory had good reason. I was being an ass!"

"Like father like son." Honor commented.

"Can we be done digging up the past now, and focus on trying to save my business please?" Logan asked.

"The reality of the situation is pretty simple really." Gilbert spoke up. "Rory is a billionaire! Plain and simple. Let's just accept it for what it is. Rory has more money than God, and she could buy and sell all of us without even batting an eyelash. Logan's net worth is pretty inconsequential compared to Rory's. In what world would someone like Rory allow anyone to abuse her in any way? What reason would Rory have to be in an abusive relationship? She doesn't need somewhere to live because she has a ton of money. She doesn't need a car, or child support, shelter, or food. There is literally no reason for Rory to stay if she was being abused. Rory doesn't need Logan. Rory doesn't need any of us. If Rory wasn't happy in her marriage, she could literally take her ball and go home. Rory could kick Logan out at the drop of a hat, and not even lose any of her family's money over it, because abuse is a valid reason for a divorce that trumps all pay outs. If Logan were abusing Rory, she could kick him out and leave him completely destitute."

"That's a good point." Mitchum agreed.

"Gilbert is right. You would think that the financial aspects of the relationship would be reason enough to prove that Rory isn't being abused. So the next question is why is Logan being investigated. What's in it for everyone else? The hospital is losing a great doctor. One who is obviously talented, liked, and respected. But why? Good doctors are hard to come by. The only reason that I can think of, that would make sense for someone like Logan to be thrown under the microscope, is to cover something else up. So the question is, what is being covered up?" Ronald asked.

"Which brings us to the topic of the two people behind the investigation; the internal affairs woman, and the physician's assistant." Mitchell concluded. "Why are they attacking Logan? What is in it for them? Have they done this before?"

"Well, my suggestion is that we issue a cease and desist letter. We demand that those two women back off of Logan, and the investigation dropped, allowing Logan to immediately go back to work. And like one of you said earlier, Logan is legally allowed to practice medicine anywhere he wants to within the states of New York and Connecticut. So even if they want to keep up the position of Logan not being allowed on Columbia property, Logan is still allowed on HPG property, which his wife owns. Meaning that Logan can go back to treating patients in any room in the HPG building other than the partner clinic with Columbia. He can treat them in the storage closet in the lobby outside his office if he wants to. So this entire thing with Logan being unable to work, is a load of crap. And even if Columbia decided that they don't want to continue to pay his salary, Logan is still a HPG employee. If Rory chooses to allow Logan to practice medicine in her office, and she chooses to keep paying his salary, that is Rory's decision to make. The hospital can ask Rory to stop, but Rory has every right to tell them to go to hell. Logan can keep paper files for his patients until he is allowed back into his office and regains access to the hospital computer system. Logan could even buy a medical patient software program to use while he's out of the office, that way he still has digital logs. He can write paper prescriptions for his patients. All he really needs is letterhead with his name and medical license number on it. That would take a whole 5 minutes for us to create on the computer. Logan could go back to work right now. As long as he isn't setting foot onto Columbia property, or using Columbia's computer system, there is no one stopping Logan from treating his patients. He can still refer them to Columbia physicians should he choose to, and send them to Columbia's ER if need be. All of that is entirely Logan's decision. They legally can't stop him from practicing medicine."

"I actually agree with Collin. As much as I am enjoying all of you being here, I do agree that Logan should get back to work." Mitchum agreed.

"What I propose is this. We set a meeting with the hospital board this afternoon, and present our demands. We let them know that come 8am tomorrow, either Logan is fully reinstated, or he will be seeing his patients outside of the partner office. We are also filing harassment, defamation, and discrimination lawsuit against both of the women initiating this entire ridiculous investigation, and also have a no contact order issued. We demand their termination from the university system, and insist on an investigation into both of their employment histories. We also sue for potential injuries to both Rory and the baby. We have all of Rory's medical expenses fully covered." Ronald began.

"You realize that they are going to try to come back and say that there is no evidence of any hardship when it comes to Rory and Logan being able to afford Rory's medical expenses." Collin commented.

"That is completely irrelevant. They caused Rory to have significant psychological injuries due to her underlying condition, and there is no way for any of us to assess what kind of damage this has all done to her unborn baby. The stress of this whole situation and resulting lawsuit greatly effects the level of stress that Rory is under and further complicates her ability to get the proper amount of rest that she needs in order to safely maintain this very high risk pregnancy. Because of the additional stress, Rory is having to be hooked up to what I am sure are very expensive echo cardio monitors, for the duration of her pregnancy, and undergo many more tests and months of additional monitoring that might not have been necessary had Rory not felt threatened and harassed by the internal affairs woman, while inpatient at Columbia's hospital. Rory no longer feels safe and requires extra security and medical assistance throughout her day. And because of Rory's social and career standing, Rory is a public figure, and the potential damages to both her and Logan's reputations are quite significant and require a full-time security team to be at their disposal at all times, who's salary is to be fully funded by the hospital from now through at least the first six months of the baby's life. We also demand full possession of the clinic office, and everything in it. We dissolve the partnership, but maintain the rights to all of the supplies and equipment. The only thing the hospital gets is the patient files already in their computer system. Everything else becomes the sole property of HPG. Every single little thing in that office is property of HPG; furniture, medical equipment, machines, computers, all of it. We also go after them for attorney and legal fees."

"While I completely agree with you guys that this is a really good plan, I think that some of it is kind of a reach." Paris told them.

"It doesn't matter, because there is no possible way that they are going to go for most of it anyway. You said yourself that the hospital board doesn't agree with this investigation at all, and they are completely on Logan's side. The entire point of all of this is that we throw all of these completely unreasonable demands at them, and then we offer to settle for simply the immediate termination of both the PA and internal affairs woman, an investigation into both of their employment histories, with the possibility of criminal charges being filed in the future, and the promise that Logan is immediately reinstated with all allegations against him not only dropped, but completely erased from all records. It will be as if none of this ever happened. Rory and Logan's lives can go back to normal, just as they were at 3:59 this morning. However, even after Logan is reinstated, we still privately go after both the IA woman and PA for harassment, defamation, discrimination, and whatever else we decide is fair to charge them with, as well as all of Rory's medical expenses incurred during this pregnancy. We dig up every single skeleton that we possibly can, and we help Rory completely destroy them. If they can make up ridiculous allegations to go after Logan, we can use completely honest and legitimate allegations to destroy them. And I can promise you that the PA's malpractice insurance won't pay a single cent for her defense in all of this. She will lose her medical license, and be forced to find a new career elsewhere."

"I like it!" Rory told them.

"Collin, let's get the paperwork drawn up, and get a meeting set with the hospital this afternoon. We will need to get on the road since it's a long drive."

"We have a helicopter." Mitchum told them.

"That's a good point." Gilbert agreed.

"Logan will be joining us for the meeting via video link. I don't want Rory traveling right now." Paris told them. "Rory is ok in a car, but I won't put her on the road until I know the outcome of this meeting. I will stay here in Hartford with them. You attorneys can go to New York to deal with the hospital. After everything is taken care of, I will clear Rory for travel home."

"I agree with Paris." Collin told them. "We need to be sure that we are doing exactly what is in Rory's and the baby's best interest."

"Are we done here? Because it would really benefit Rory to be in bed resting rather than sitting here stressing out over all of this drama." Paris told them.

"Yes, Paris go ahead and take Rory upstairs and get her settled. I'll come up if I need anything." Collin told her.

"I'm going too." Logan told him.

"That's fine."

"Mitchell, Ronald, Gilbert, thank you for coming and taking this nightmare on. We'll be upstairs." Logan said as he gently moved his wife's legs, and helped Paris help Rory out of the chair, before getting up himself.

"I'll take care of everything down here." Mitchum said as Logan stepped past him.

"Thanks Dad. For everything."

"Don't mention it. Go take care of your wife."

"Hey Paris, what time do your kids take naps?" Honor asked.

"Usually around noon, but they were up pretty early today, so I would be ok with putting them down earlier if they need it."

"Lorelai is bringing over lunch from the Inn. I actually need to call her about the extra people, so I'll let her know that you and the kids are here."

"They will love seeing her! My kids love Nana Lorelai!"

"I'm going to go call her right now. The kids are in the tv room with Josh, Finn and Blake."

"That's fine. I'll be upstairs with Rory if you guys need me.

*~ * ~ * ~ * 12:30pm * ~ * ~ * ~ *

"Party in Rory's room!" Lorelai said as she walked into Logan's bedroom carrying a box of food to see Rory sitting in bed with Logan next to her, typing away on her computer.

"Hey Mom!"

"Hey, I have your lunch. Where would you like it?"

"Uh, in my belly?"

"Oh, you funny funny girl! Logan, get rid of that computer. I'm sure you should probably be sleeping right now."

"Probably, but I can't. I'm busy causing trouble."

"Oh, I like trouble! What kind of trouble are we causing? Trouble is fun!"

"Mitchum's lawyers are here."

"I saw that. There is quite the party going on downstairs. I hear that Paris' kids are here too."

"They're probably still in the TV room.

"Paris said she would bring them upstairs to say hi after they finish eating. Sookie made your favorites. We didn't know what you would be in the mood for, so she made you everything." Lorelai told them as she handed Logan and Rory some takeout containers.

"Score!" Rory smiled, opening a couple of boxes to find all of her favorite foods.

"Keep opening boxes, there's more. I figured you guys could share."

"Give me!" Rory said, reaching to take a box from her husband.

"Collin and Finn are here too." Logan told her.

"Collin I'm not surprised by since he's your lawyer, but why is Finn here?"

"Collin said he didn't want to do the long boring drive alone."

"Oh, well I can understand that."

"Mom, have you seen all of this?! Taquitos, mac and cheese, mashed potatoes, lasagna, tiny sandwiches, jalapeno poppers, quiche, pigs in a blanket, egg rolls, pasta salad, potato salad, jello salad, macaroni salad, garden salad, stuffing, funeral potatoes, and are those mini burritos?"

"They are. And the mini sandwiches are turkey, ham, club, and BLT with avocado."

"There is enough food here to fed an army! Logan and I can't possibly eat all of this!"

"And there is plenty more downstairs. Even with all of the extra people, I'm sure there will be plenty of food left."

"Please tell Sookie that I said thank you so much! You guys didn't have to do all of this for me."

"Don't be ridiculous, yes we did."

"Seriously Mom. Thank you!"

"It was our pleasure! Did the lawyers get a game plan together?" Lorelai asked, taking a seat at the foot of the bed.

"They did. They are getting all the paperwork written up right now, and sending it over to the hospital before our meeting this afternoon."

"You have to go back for a meeting?"

"Just the lawyers are going. Dad is having the chopper take them rather than waste time driving there and back."

"Fancy schmancy."

"We are basically throwing all of our darts at the wall, and then offering to settle for our old lives and the loss of a couple jobs."

"I guess that's a good plan? But what are these darts that are being thrown?"

"Basically rather than having to dig through the last thirteen years of our lives, it's now come down to Rory's net worth."

"Explain?"

"Because Rory is both a Gilmore and Hayden, she has a ton of money. We all already knew that. But then when you add in being named the CEO of HPG, Rory's net worth just skyrocketed. Rory is basically a billionaire."

"A billionaire? Really?" Lorelai asked skeptically.

"Would you like to google it? Because Rory didn't believe it either." Logan told her.

"But Rory doesn't have control of any of her inheritance. Well, I guess technically she's got access to some money from my grandmother, but unless my parents die, and then Christopher and Francine die, Rory doesn't have a ton of family money."

"But she's still considered the family heiress for both of your families. There is a financial firm in New York city that figures the numbers. They take the combined estimated net worth of each of the societal families and combines it with the current investments and paycheck potential, as well as the gross income from the person's tax returns the prior year, and they figure out the net worth."

"Tax returns aren't public record though."

"But corporate returns are."

"Geez!"

"So they take Rory and average what they assume the net worth is for both the Gilmore and Hayden families, and then they add in the current net worth for HPG and what they assume Rory is pulling in for a paycheck, and you get several billion dollars."

"That's insane!"

"You're telling me! Apparently my wife is worth billions while I'm only worth a few hundred thousand."

"But you forget that New York is a community property state, so whatever Rory is worth, technically half of it is yours."

"This is true." Logan chuckled. "So anyway, the attorneys are using the defense of why would someone with as much money as Rory, bother to waste their time being in an abusive relationship. Rory is worth so much more than I am and doesn't need anything from me. She doesn't need shelter, food, child support, health insurance, a vehicle, nothing. There is nothing that I can provide for Rory that she can't easily get for herself without it having the slightest effect on her bank account. Rory doesn't need me, so if I was abusive toward her, what would keep her from leaving? Even without a prenuptial agreement, spousal abuse amounts to the abuser forfeiting any kind of settlement in divorce proceedings. So if I was abusing Rory, she could walk away leaving me completely destitute, and I could end up owing her money. There is no reason for her to stay in a relationship that she isn't happy in."

"That is their big defense?"

"Pretty much! It's much easier to prove than having to dig 12 years into the past."

"I guess I can see that."

"So then we are also throwing in a possible dissolution of the clinic partnership, damages to Rory's psyche, medical treatment, potential damages to both her and the baby from the stress of everything, harassment, defamation, blah blah blah . . . We are going after the hospital for everything the lawyers can come up with. If we were to actually sue them, which won't happen, because they'll settle right away to shut us up and keep this entire thing quiet, which is exactly what we want, but IF we were going to sue, Rory would be a multibillionaire and own Columbia University. Rather than just having her name on a building at Yale, she would literally have her own university."

"The University of Rory!"

"Exactly!"

"Geez, not the building thing again! That is so embarrassing!" Rory groaned. "I hate that Grandma and Grandpa did that!"

"What, you don't want to own the University of Rory?" Lorelai asked.

"NO!"

"Well we can change the name up a bit. Maybe make it Rory University. Or the University of Lorelai Leigh. Maybe the Rory Gilmore Huntzberger Newspaper Mogul University."

"You suck!" Rory told her.

"So anyway, that's what they are doing downstairs. They are getting all the legal threats in writing, then flying out to meet with the hospital and throw all of our threats in their faces then offer to settle with just the two witches being terminated and my being reinstated. I'll be able to go back to work tomorrow at 8am." Logan explained.

"Awwwwww! I'm going to miss having you guys nearby! It's so much easier to drive 30 minutes into Hartford when I want to see you, verses two hours to the city! Why do you have to leave so soon?"

"Because we have jobs, Mother." Rory said blatantly.

"But that makes me so sad! I'm actually enjoying having you guys here. You rarely come visit us."

"We thought about invading your house yesterday, but then didn't want to bring the media with us in case shit hit the fan." Logan told her. "It's easier to hide out here than it is in your tiny town. We didn't want to cause any trouble for you."

"You guys know that I don't care about any of that. You can come home any time you want. You don't even need to ask. You just come home. Rory has a key for a reason."

"Mom, I want to come home more, I really do. But it's just hard with work. Logan and I are so busy."

"I know you are Honey. I'm not trying to make you feel bad, or anything, I'm really not. I'm just saying that if you need a break, or you want to come home, just come home. Get in your car, or jump in the helicopter and come home. I'll never not be happy to see you."

"I'll try to come more after the baby is born. I promise!"

"I'll hold you to that. But you at least aren't so far away that I can't come see you all the time."

"I know, but I feel like we've hardly seen you lately. Until last night, we hadn't seen you in a month, and that just sucks!"

"Yeah it does!" Lorelai agreed. "I'll tell you what. Until Ayribella is able to travel to the Hollow, I'll come up to visit you guys at least every other weekend, ok? I would say every weekend, but I need to be able to work too. But I'll promise at least every other weekend until the baby is born, because let's be realistic, I'll probably be with you for the entire first month of Ayribella's life."

"Don't make me a promise that you can't keep, Mother! Because you know that I'll hold you to that!" Rory told her.

"I know you will Honey. What I'm saying is that I am going to do my best to come see you guys more, and then when Ayribella is born, I'll be there all the time until she is able to travel to visit me."

"That sounds really nice. I miss you Mom."

"I miss you too Sweetie!" Lorelai said pulling her daughter into her arms. "I guess you guys will be heading back to the city later today, right?"

"Most likely. We are staying until a deal is made with the hospital, and Paris said she'll clear me for travel home after that.

"I'll be sad to see you go, but I understand. I was thinking earlier, that if you guys were going to be in town for a while, maybe we should do dinner with your grandparents. We haven't had a family dinner over there since Thanksgiving."

"Maybe we can do one tonight? I mean, I'm not really in a rush to get back. Would that be ok with you Logan?"

"Sure. I'm down for dinner with Richard and Emily. We'll send Honor back to the city with everyone else, and we'll borrow one of dad's cars and drive up after dinner." Logan agreed.

"Are you sure?" Lorelai asked. "It's not a big deal, I haven't told them that you're here."

"No mom, please, call Grandma. We are happy to see them while we're here. Maybe we can head over there once we are done with the hospital meeting. I can just as easily lounge around Grandma's house, as I can here. In fact, I'll call Grandma myself. Babe, hand me one of the phones." Rory said as she shoved a bite of food in her mouth. "The only problem I see us having, is not being hungry after we finish off all of this food."

"What can I say, Sookie loves you!"

"Lorelai, please make sure that my Dad gives you a check for all of this food before you leave." Logan told her.

"He already did. I told him it wasn't necessary, but he insisted."

"It IS necessary! You guys do a lot of us, and you shouldn't have to feed all of our friends for free."

"It's really not a big deal Logan. We are happy to do it."

"Hey Grandma, it's Rory. Logan and I are in Hartford, can we come over a little later? Maybe have dinner together? I'm on bed rest, which is a really long story, but I want to see you while we're here."

*~ * ~ * ~ * 3:30pm * ~ * ~ * ~ *

"Now that's just adorable!" Paris said as she walked into Logan's bedroom to see Rory curled up in bed, sound asleep with the twins using her as a pillow.

"Shhhhh!" Logan hushed them from across the room.

"How long have they been asleep?"

"About an hour and a half. I thought about moving the twins to another room, but I didn't want to disturb them.

"Unfortunately, we are going to have to. Collin and your Dad's lawyers just landed at HPG a few minutes ago, and are on their way to the hospital."

"Is Doyle going to come back with them?"

"Yeah, he's not thrilled about having dinner with my mother, but it'll give the twins time with Daddy tonight."

"Hey, that's important quality time." Logan told her. "Those kids deserve every second that they can get."

"We need to get them up and settled downstairs with Honor, so we can take care of this meeting."

"Alright, let's wake everyone up." Logan agreed, getting out of his chair, and moving across the room to the bed, gently shaking his wife. "Hey Ace, time to wake up."

"Hi my babies, time to wake up." Paris said gently rubbing her kids backs, and kissing their heads. "It's time to go downstairs and play some more before we have to go see Grandma. Do you want to go play with Rocky and Auntie Honor some more? Maybe Uncle Finn will give you another piggy back ride?"

"Finn is giving piggy back rides?" Logan asked.

"Finn had a pillow fight with them. He's surprisingly good with kids!" Paris told him. "I never thought I would ever see the day!

"That's because Finn IS a kid!" Rory told her. "Finn is great with kids because Finn never grew up!"

"I agree with Rory."

"Mommy, I'm hungry." Catherine said as she sat up next to Rory.

"Well let's get you guys downstairs then, and get ourselves a snack."

"Can we have cookies?"

"Sure, I'm sure we can find you two a couple of cookies. And maybe some carrot sticks and celery with peanut butter."

"Do we have to eat vegetables?" Bradley asked.

"You guys love vegetables! Come on. Let's go eat two carrot sticks and two celery sticks with peanut butter, and then I'll have Auntie Honor give you both a cookie. How's that?"

"What about Uncle Finn? Does he have to eat vegetables too?"

"Of course he does! Why don't we go share with him."

"Good luck! The only vegetable Finn eats is potato. In liquid form."

"Vavoom!" Rory echoed.

"Zip your lip!" Paris said as her kids climbed out of the bed. "Come on you guys. Let's head downstairs."