Time After Time

Chapter 8 - Iris

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Chapter 8 - *Iris

And I'd give up forever to touch you

'Cause I know that you feel me somehow

You're the closest to heaven that I'll ever be

And I don't want to go home right now

And all I can taste is this moment

And all I can breathe is your life

And sooner or later it's over

I just want you to know who I am

It's late afternoon, the evening sun created a beautiful silhouette over the skyscrapers lining the city. Logan stops working as his phone chimes for the first time all day.

He quickly snatches it off the desk beside his laptop. Finn's name shines green against the black background. He answers before he could change his mind.

"Finn, how it's going?"

The silence on the line was not what Logan expected to hear.

"Finn?"

"Logan, I'm coming by. Is O home?"

"What's going on Finn?"

A knock at the door only seconds later surprises the blonde who opens the door just as Finn hangs up his phone. His best friend makes his way inside, and without speaking pours himself and Logan a Macallan from the bar. He turns and hands the drink to Logan.

"Drink." He orders. Logan does so without questioning. Then watches as Finn pours him another one. He raises an eye at his friend, "Trust me mate you're going to need it."

Logan downs the second drink. Putting the glass on the counter he says, "Hit me."

"Rory is in the hospital. Not sure of all the details, but she was in some sort of a car accident, but is going to be ok." He pauses.

"Okaay..." Logan says, knowing there has to be more for Finn to be this serious.

"She's going to be ok, but... her son is in the NICU. He's not breathing on his own, and is on a ventilator. It's still touch and go. Logan..."

"Rory had a baby?" Logan is shocked. He had no idea she was even pregnant. She really must have loved Paul to move on like that.

He didn't know what to say. At lest she's happy, and alive and has a family. He had only wanted to know those things when he started this inquisition, right? He has to sigh. Now there was no reason to continue to wonder about her. She has moved on and any of his questions about why the Gilmores were at the hospital have now been answered, they were visiting her and their grand baby.

He chances a look up at Finn who was still looking at Logan like there is more to say. "What?!" he snaps.

"The baby..." Finn starts, only to be interrupted by Logan

"Yes I heard you the first time. Rory has a baby." He can't hide his irritation. "I guess all the reconnecting just meant more to me then her, as usual."

"The baby's name is Richard Logan Huntzberger." Finn says.

Logan is frozen. His head can't even begin to comprehend what he hearing. He looks at Finn unable to speak. The Aussie picks up the whiskey and pours another drink for Logan who just stares at it.

"OK, so I think the sales lady at the baby store thinks I'm seriously insane." Odette is speaking at a speed that rivals Lorelei. "I mean, I couldn't help it Logan. I know Honor already has so much stuff, and I know you said don't spoil Elias, but come on he's just the absolutely cutest baby on the planet. I got him several outfits and some stuff for his nursery, not to mention an incredibly expensive bottle of vodka for Honor to celebrate her ability to drink again." She's laughing and it shakes Logan out of his stupor.

She stops when she sees the pale faces of the two men in her apartment. "Finn." She turns towards Logan, "What's going on?"

Logan nods towards the door for Finn and begins to follow him out, "Um, we have to go, um, take care of a few things. We won't be too long. I'll see you in bit. The things for Elias look great." He kisses her lightly on the cheek before he and Finn and disappear out the door.

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

And you can't fight the tears that ain't coming
Or the moment of truth in your lies
When everything feels like the movies
Yeah you bleed just to know you're alive

Standing at the NCIU, Logan looks at the name on the outside of the door. Richard Huntzberger. The name of the little baby boy inside the room, the one in the incubator with tubes in his nose and a heart rate monitor connected to his chest. Inside the room, a doctor has her hands in gloves and checks the status of his h20 output. Logan didn't think he could ever hurt physically more then when Rory walked away, but at this moment, those feeling pale in comparison to how his heart aches.

Not only does Rory not love him, but she doesn't even care enough to tell him he has a son. She kept it all a secret and moved on. There really was no other explanation for they way he had to find out about the sick boy in front of him.

He could question if the baby was in fact his, but he wasn't even going to pretend that Rory was evil minded enough to name a baby after his family if it wasn't a Huntzberger. She may never have told him, but she wouldn't lie to Lorelei nor would she give a child a name that didn't belong to it. He knew without a doubt that the little boy in the room was part of him.

Finn puts his hand on Logan's shoulder. He is at a loss of what to do for his friend, not to mention his own shock that Rory hadn't shared this with Logan or any of them. He has always known in his heart that Logan and Rory belonged together. They were what made him believe that actual, real love, could exist.

He liked Odette enough. She was funny, and not a gold digger, but she wasn't the one woman who fit into their lives, unlike any other. She wasn't Rory.

Rory really was their mother hen. She let them have their fun, sometimes even join in the shenanigans, but she always had their back, even if that meant sticking her foot in their asses to stop them from killing themselves.

He wasn't sure what Logan was going to do, if anything. For now they just stood in the window and watched. It wasn't until he saw the eyes of Paris Gellar, Rory absolutely insane friend and apparently little Richard's doctor, that everything began to move at light speed.

"Huntzberger." Paris eyes the men with scorn. She shakes her head. "I told her not to tell you. I'll never understand why she can't just keep her mouth shut sometimes."

"He's mine?" Logan stutters.

"No, she just gave him the name Huntzberger for shits and giggles." She turns to the staff still inside the room, "Do not let him in until you have the ok from the mother and I mean you actually hear the words coming from her. Don't trust a thing he says."

"I'm his father." Logan says forcefully.

"Right now, you're just a guy standing in a hallway, hell I'll maybe even give you the title of sperm donor, but Father? Don't make me laugh Logan." Paris closes the door behind her and pushes past the men without another word.

And I don't want the world to see me
'Cause I don't think that they'd understand
When everything's meant to be broken
I just want you to know who I am

I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am
I just want you to know who I am

*Lyrics – Iris by Goo Goo Dolls