Come Back...Be Here (Gilmore Girls Post-AYITL)

Chapter 19

Rory grabbed her cell phone and tapped out a message to Christopher.

"Hi Dad, sorry I've missed your calls. Crazy week. Will call you later as I've got some important news to share with you."

Her cell immediately beeped into life while it was still in her hands.

"Hey Ror, good to hear from you, thought you'd gone AWOL. News? That sounds intriguing. Good or bad or do I not want to know?"

Rory smiled as she typed back a message. "Good. Well, I think so anyhow."

"Ok kiddo, so long as you're happy. Speak soon x "

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Logan and Rory had spent several hours viewing the first four apartments with the realtor and much to Rory's dismay; she hadn't really liked any of them. They were all beautiful places that she'd be more than lucky to live in but none of them had really felt right. She couldn't help but feel a bit sorry for Logan. One of the newest side effects of her ever-increasing pregnancy hormones seemed to be chronic indecisiveness, and he was clearly trying to be very patient with her.

"Just one more to go today Ace," Logan said grabbing her hand and walking into the lobby of the apartment block as the doorman held the door open for them. "Fifth time is a charm, huh?" He had a good feeling about this one. The West Village apartment was situated in a premier, boutique co-op, located on a quintessential tree-lined cobblestone block.

As soon as they made their way out of the elevator and stepped through the doorway into the last apartment, Rory knew that this apartment was the one.

It was a light and airy three-bedroom, two-bathroom home and came complete with a decent sized home office that Rory was particularly excited about. She had an image of herself sitting there at a large desk, crib in one corner, coffee machine in the other, working hard on finishing her book while Logan was at the office. She smiled at the vision.

Logan looked at her quizzically "What?" he asked.

"Nothing" She shook her head and smiled.

The extra large living room had a gorgeous wood-burning fireplace and the kitchen was a large flexible space that offered ample room for a dining area. Rory couldn't help but imagine the entertaining that they could do in this space.

As she stood alone in the master bedroom suite, complete with its own walk-in dressing room and luxury appointed ensuite bathroom she peeked out of the window. Opposite the apartment building was a small park and thought to herself how perfectly located it would be for taking their baby out for some fresh air.

"You love it don't you?"

Rory jumped when she heard Logan's voice behind her.

"Um, it's okay..." Rory started to say, trying to act non-committal. She didn't want to get her hopes up as the apartment was way out of their budget and there was still the fear that until everything had been cleared with Mitchum, living there wasn't really a possibility.

"Ace! You love it, admit it!" Logan laughed.

"Oh okay" Rory rolled her eyes "I do, I love it, I really love it! But ouch Logan, did you see the price? That was a lot of zeros..."

Logan slid his arms around Rory's waist and pulled her in close.

"It's okay if you love this one, we buy this one. What's the point in having access to all this money if we don't spend it?" Logan shrugged.

Rory squealed and kissed Logan firmly on the lips.

"Plus, anything that makes you this happy has got to be worth it." He smiled kissing her back.