All this time

Part 23

2 weeks later...
Rory was standing in a cemetery. The funeral had ended more than half an hour before, but she couldn't bring herself to move. Logan was standing a few feet away. He wanted to help her but he didn't know how. He wasn't sure if he should go over to her, or just give her space.

"How long has she been standing there?" Lorelai asked, appearing next to him

"Since the funeral ended" He told her

"She feels bad" she said. "That she moved away. That she didn't get to see him as often"

Without saying anything Logan walked over to Rory and put his hand on her shoulder. She turned around and buried her face in his chest. He just wrapped his arms around her, and held her while she cried. A few moments later she lifted her head and wiped her eyes. Logan kept his hands on her waist. "I didn't get to say goodbye" she sniffled. "Last time I saw him, I was telling him about our wedding. He said he couldn't wait, and now he won't be there" she started crying again.

Eventually Rory was ready and they headed back to Lorelai and Luke's house, where Lane had been watching the girls.

"Mommy!" Avery ran over to Rory when they walked inside.

Rory bent down to hug her. "Hi baby!"

"Mama, you're hugging me too hard" Avery said

"Sorry" Rory said, and let go. Avery went back over to where she was playing before they got back. "The other 2?"

"Backyard" Lane said. "How are you guys doing?"

"We're doing" Lorelai said

"Thanks for watching them" Rory said.

"Of course"

That night Rory and Logan were laying in bed. She was facing away from him but Logan could tell that Rory wasn't asleep.

"Talk to me, Ace" He said softly. "What's going through that head of yours?"

She turned to face him. "I wanna move"

Of ask the things he thought she might say, that wasn't on the list. "Move? Move where?"

"Here" Rory said "Hartford, or Stars Hollow, or even New York. I just...I wanna be closer to our family"

Logan thought about it for a second. She was right. You never know how much time you have with the people you love, so you should make the most of the time you have. "Ok. If you really want to, we can move" 

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The next couple of weeks went by quickly. The girls started school, and Rory and Logan started working out the logistics of their move. They'd decided on Hartford. Rory was offered the position of editor in chief of the Hartford courant, which she took. It was decided that Logan would take over HPG, they found a house, and they decided that the girls would go to Chilton. Over the years Chilton had expanded, they now had everything from preschool, all the way through high school. Once everything was finalized with the house, they sat the girls down to tell them about the move.

"Girls, come here" Logan said. The girls all sat down across from where he was sitting next to Rory at the kitchen table. "We need to tell you guys something"

"We're moving to Hartford" Rory said

The girls were all quiet for a moment until Amelia spoke. "Really?"

"Really" Logan said

"What about our house?" Abigail asked

"We're gonna have a new house" Logan said. "And you'll each get to decorate your room however you want"