Victoria Hayden Gilmore

Chapter Eleven

This chapter is a little longer. I need some help coming up with some outings for the three of them. Amusement Park, or is she too young? Picnic? How long before Logan and Rory go from dating to sleeping together. When should he start staying over when Tori is home? Give me some ideas. I plan on finishing the conversation about why Lorelai didn't like the book, later. Come on readers, let me know what you think. Have I convinced you at the time they thought they were doing the right thing? How much guilt should be involved in realizing how much Logan has missed? For him and her. Review.

Chapter 11

Rory left the office in plenty of time to meet Lorelai and Tori at Luke's for lunch. When she walked in the door, they were not there yet.

"Rory," Luke said. "Your mother is running late." He was shaking his head.

"Tell me something new." she told him. She took a seat at a table in the back. It wasn't long before she heard the bell and Tori came scurrying through the door. She was trying to get her coat and scarf off. Lorelai was just coming around the corner. She was hurrying and almost fell. Luke and Rory both witnessed it.

Tori already made it to Rory by the time Lorelai got in the diner. "Lorelia," Luke said. "You are going to be the death of me, or you, not which one will come first." He was helping her with her coat, picking Tori's coat off the bar stool she put it on when she ran to her mom.

"We went to Lele's work. I help Sooki make cookies with icing." She told her mother. Rory was smiling. She loved hearing the excitement in her voice. "Then we feeded Cletus some carrots, and I gots to jump off the hay. Momma, have you seen the hay to Lele's work? Cletus is a horse."

Lorelai finally made it to the table. "Did you tell Mom about feeding Cletus?" She asked.

"And jumping off the hay." Rory said. They both continued to tell about the adventure of spending time in Stars Hollow. Rory and Tori spent the rest of the day visiting with friends before leaving to go home.

Paris and Rory took Tori and Gabriel to the movies. Gabriel was a few years older than Tori, she was a pre-teen, but she still enjoyed spending time with Tori. They went for Ice cream and coffee afterwards.

Gabriel took Tori to play on the inside playground, while Rory and Paris watched and talked.

"So, you said he is moving back" Paris said after giving Gabreil some change for the carousel.

"Moved." She told her. "He has already moved back. Finn said he started the move over a year ago."

"And he didn't tell you?" Paris asked. Rory shook her head. "I guess we know where his loyalty lies"

"It's not like that. I don't think Finn thought he would try to see her, or maybe he did. Sometimes Finn can be such a romantic." Rory said, then her eyes got wide

"Romantic?" Paris said a little louder than she planned. "What has romance got to do with him seeing his daughter?" Paris was a little quieter.

"Well," Rory started, but stopped. Paris was still looking at her. "He kinda wants us to start dating." Rory was looking out toward the playground. Watching Tori and Gabriel.

"He wants to date you?" Paris asked.

"Yes," Rory said, turning back to look at Paris. "Is that so unrealistic to you?"

"Hey," Paris said, holding up her hands. "Just trying to figure out if you are really buying into this dating him."

"I don't know," Rory told her.

"What has changed?" she asked. "When you were pregnant, he had his chance." Paris had always thought Rory and Logan should have been together. She understood why things are the way they are, but she always thought they could have worked it out if they both wanted it bad enough.