3 Years After

Chapter 19

I haven't seen anything so done up and beautiful since my debutant ball, or Grandma and Grandpa's vow renewal, I shook my head to get them out of my head. But a good thing happened that night, Logan and I got together with some help from a bottle of wine...that wouldn't be repeated tonight.

"Ace?" Logan held his hand on to me,

"Yes, sorry." I smiled and took his hand and he tucked it under his arm leading me inside, I was taken away by how lovely it looked. I was so glad I wasn't covering it, because I don't think I could find the words to describe how beautiful it was, I almost tripped over my dress looking around,</p><p>"Ace?" Logan laughed and handed me a glass of champagne,

"Logan I-,"

"Take it Ace, you're off Mom duty tonight. Relax," he smiled and kissed my hand.

"Logan," the sickly sweet voice nearly caused me to choke right there,

"Mom," he grumbled,

"Whose your beautiful date here Logan, is it that Fallon girl?"

"No, its Rory. Remember her?" Logan turned me around and I noticed the alright pulled tight skin by her eyes tightened even more and her fake smile stuck like glue to her face,

"Rory, Gilmore. What are you doing here honey." She smiled and kissed my cheek,

"I'm here with Logan," I smiled the same fake smile back at her,

"Can I speak with you Logan-,"

"Logan, son about time you got here." Mitchum came over and shook his hand, "Rory, good to see you too. What are you two doing together again?"

"That's what I was just wondering."

"Well we ran into each other again, and we're seeing how things are going." Logan lied smoothly, leaving out the part of an illegitimate love child that was at my 'harlot' mothers house who was pregnant with another illegitimate child...wow my family is on a great track.

"But you broke up, 5 years-,"

"3 years." Logan and I corrected Shira,

"Ago, why get back together now."

"We got to talking when she did a piece on me for the Times."

"A damn fine one Hayden,"

"Better then an assistant huh." I took a little jab at him and a familiar smirk crossed his face,

"Much better."

"Logan, please. Can we talk about this?" Shira pulled on his arm, while I had a death grip on the other,

"Talk about what Mom." He snapped, veins in his neck starting to strain,

"Logan, calm down." I whispered, trying to pull him back, I placed my champagne flute on the nearest table to keep him from getting that thought into his head,

"I thought you understood this, Rory is working. She's not cut out-,"

"For the Huntzburger family." I finished for her, and walked away from this situation, leaving Logan to his parents may not have been fair but the last thing I needed was to hear from them how no good I was for their son. Not forgetting for a second that he is in my daughter's life, the last thing he needed to consider was walking out on her...on me again,

"Hey," Logan caught my arm as I walked away,

"Hi," I looked down, and he tipped my chin back up

"Where do you think you're going?" he asked, smirking,

"To get my sheep,"

"Little bo beep was blonde,"