3 Years After

Chapter 10

"Alright, what does everyone want?" Luke asked,

"COFFEE!" my mom and I said at the same time,

"Okay, so one coffee for Rory and de-caff for Lorelai."

"What!? De-caff, why? I drank coffee when I was pregnant with Rory!" Lorelai protested

"And I was born with a caffeine addiction, PLUS I wasn't allowed caffeine when I was pregnant with Lena, so you suffer. French toast please Luke." I smiled up at him,

"Pancakes and bacon." Lorelei requested,

"Lena, honey?" I asked her,

"Chocolate milk and cheerios!" she smiled,

"We have to have some fruit with that," I reminded her,

"Apple!" she smiled brightly,

"Rory, I don't have any apples."

"That's fine; I'll just run over to Doose's." I kissed her on the forehead,

"Logan?" Luke asked,

"Just a toasted butter bagel?" he asked, "And orange juice, if you can."

"That's fine," Luke turned back to the kitchen,

"I'll get your apple, okay?" I told Lena and got up to go, Logan jogged up next to me as I was leaving,

"So, that's Jess. Your ex-boyfriend."

"So you remember." I laughed,

"He's Uncle Jess?" he asked, running his hand through his hair,

"Yes, he is. He was there when Lena was born, he's basically her Uncle." I explained to him,

"So he's only Uncle Jess...not daddy Jess?"

"Are you jealous?" I smiled at him,

"Psh jealous. I, no I'm not...why should I be?" he asked,

"He is only Uncle Jess and she's been calling his girlfriend Aunt Ashlee because they've been together for 2 years. Don't worry, she's never called anyone else Dad." I explained,

"So, you guys never got back together?"

"No. I told you, Jess and I are friends."

"Okay," he said breathlessly,

"Were you jealous?" I smiled,

"What? Psh, no I was not jealous." He grumbled, his cheeks turning pink. We walked into Doose's market,

"Rory, honey what are you doing here." Ms. Patty popped out of no where,

"Oh hi Ms. Patty. Lena and I are visiting my mom, she's having sleepover so I can get some work done." I explained,

"And is this work? Because if it is I need to get a job at a newspaper." She smiled, Logan kind of leaned away from her,

"You've met Logan before Ms. Patty. His dad owns a publishing company so I'm doing a piece on him. We're just getting an apple for Lena, in a bit of a rush. I'll see you later Ms. Patty!" I smiled and dragged Logan with me

"That woman makes me uncomfortable."

"She makes everyone uncomfortable." I laughed, and stared looking through the apples,

"I want to tell Lena." He said,

"Tell Lena, what?" I asked him, as I put the apple in a plastic bag,

"Tell Lena that I'm her dad."

"Why, why? Why would you want to do that?"

"Because I want her to know, I want to be there for her. I want to be a family." He insisted,