3 Years After

Chapter 9

"Hey kid," Jess smiled and crouched down and gave Lena a hug,

"Hey Jess," I smiled at him,

"Why did I almost get run down by your Grandma?" he asked me, holding Lena as he spoke, "What's Blondie doing here?" he demanded,

"That's mommy's friend Logan. I call him Hogan," she smiled,

"Ror?" he questioned,

"Come here," I sighed, and he walked with Lena still with him, "Put her down!"

"And we're crabby." Jess grumbled,

"What's wrong?"

"What is that guy doing here?" Jess demanded,

"Logan? He's just, I'm doing a piece on him for the Times." I explaned,

"And that requires him being in your Mom's house in stars hollow?"

"I was interviewing him at my house, because he came to see me at work for the interview and Lena ran in."

"Oh."

"Yeah."

"Does he know?" Jess asked,

"Yeah he does, and is shockingly okay with it." I laughed breathlessly,

"Does Lena know?"

"She's three."

"That didn't answer my question Ror."

"No, she doesn't know. He just showed up, out of the blue, and he wants a relationship with her. She likes him, but what if he decides he doesn't want it. His family is going to hate us and demand paternity test and I don't know if I want to put Lena through that."

"Have you told him all that?" Jess asked me, crooking an eyebrow,

"No,"

"I think he's the one that needs to know all that, and I think Lena deserves to know who her dad is. Remember how pissed I was when Luke didn't tell me my dad came looking for me?" he asked,

"Yes I remember," I sighed, and saw Logan peek past the door frame, "Need something?" I called to him, and he quickly ducked away,

"As much as I dislike him and think he needs to be punched in the face, Lena needs to know where she comes from."

"What if his parents hate her?"

"Then screw them." Jess smiled, I grumbled and leaned into his shoulder, he wrapped his arms around me,

"Can you do it for me?" I muttered,

"Nope, all the fun is for you." He smiled and put his arm around my shoulder and brought me back to my family,

"So Butch is going to take us down to the diner, because Grandma ruined lunch time." Mom smiled, "Logan, Rory are you going to come?"

"Do you mind?" I asked Logan,

"Come Hogan!" Lena smiled and jumped up and down in front of him,

"Sure, I can't say no to a lovely lady." He smiled, and Lena grabbed his hand and brought him towards the front door. It felt so strange, watching big city Logan walking around little stars hollow, he had only been here a handful of times with me but then it seemed more normal, he had a reason to be here. Now he had another reason, Lena.

"So Butch, what are we having?" Jess smirked,

"Don't be a wise as-butt. You're calling me Luke." Luke grumbled,

"How come Lorelai gets to call you Butch?" Jess laughed,

"Because she's going to do it anyway."

"He knows me so well," Lorelai kissed his cheek,

"Uhm, Ace?"

"Yeah?" I asked and walked up to be with him and Lena,

"Who are those two women staring at us?" he asked, and motioned to the gazebo and I saw Ms. Patty and Babette standing there talking intently,

"Mom?" I called,

"I'm on it!" she replied and hurried over to Ms. Patty and Babette,

"Why do you call Mommy Ace?" Lena asked Logan,

"Because I gave her that nickname a long time ago."

"Mommy said Daddy called her Ace. Did you know my daddy?" she asked him, he looked up at me and I bit my lip, this is not how we're telling Lena,

"Yeah, I did." Logan smiled,

"Was he nice?" she asked,

"He became a better person when he met your mom." Logan explained to her, Lena nodded in approval,

"Why doesn't he want to meet me?"

"He does sweetie, he's just trying to find you." Logan smiled down at her,

"Please tell him where I am,"

"Sweetie, you've never asked me about your daddy before."

"Everybody else has a daddy; Nana's baby has a daddy. Katie has a daddy, I want a daddy too. I want you to have a friend Mommy." She smiled, my heart broke I wasn't thinking of Lena, if I was thinking of her, I would have tried harder to find Logan. I would have done that for her, I was selfish for thinking I would be enough for her, she deserves more than that, my baby girl deserved the world.