Life Choices, Challenges and Changes

Part 1 Life Choices

2007 - 2008

Chapter 1 Graduation, What's Next?

Finn

Last night, in front of half of Hartford society, Logan popped the question to Rory at her graduation party her grandparents gave her.

Apparently, he asked both Lorelai and Christopher permission to ask for her hand in marriage. When Rory stood there stunned and didn't give him an answer Logan was shocked. He was so confident that she would say yes and agree. He had all of it planned out; he purchased a home in Palo Alto with an Avocado tree in the backyard, he planned for a carriage ride. They could have their society wedding, and by September they would be together in California. The only problem, Rory was a planner, and this wasn't in her plans.

Colin, Robert, and Finn stayed the extra year to finish up the courses that they had missed the semester that they went to Fiji. It was the only way his parents would let Finn go. Colin and Robert decided that they would do the same, but Logan's father pulled him out of school and made sure he had his degree when he went to work for the family company in London.

Logan came to our apartment after the proposal.

"Where's Rory?" Finn asked when he walked in looking dejected.

"I can't believe it; she told me that she needs to think about it. I gave her a ring; I hope tomorrow she will say yes."

"You know Logan, Steph told you, that you should wait," Colin said as he sat down on one of the chairs in Finn and Colin's their apartment.

Finn poured Logan a scotch and handing it to him said, "Mate, what do you expect? Why did you have to do it in front of everyone?"

Finn wasn't surprised, he figured this would happen. He had a feeling that this last time they argued, Rory was having trouble trusting Logan. He looked at Colin, and they both shrugged their shoulders. They had discussed this, and neither man felt that Logan treated Rory with the respect that she deserved. It was a good thing that Robert wasn't there because he would have told Logan off. Ever since his first date with her, Robert was waiting for them to break up, so he could date her again.

"Finn, I am moving to California, I can't do the long-distance relationship again. There are too many distractions, so I decided that she should move with me and get a job there," he told us.

"Is this what Rory wants?" Colin asked him.

Logan and Rory have had this long-distance relationship ever since he graduated the year before. Robert, Steph, Colin, and Finn all watched the fights and arguments that it caused, and Finn noticed that Logan was drinking more when he would stop over to their apartment.

About two months before Rory's graduation, they took a trip to Vegas when the company that Logan had purchased failed due to some legal patent problems that he never researched. He lost everything, all his money, his confidence and then left his father's company. He moved in with Rory in the apartment that she rented with Paris and Doyle. His father cut him off, and now he had to pay his bills, so his fancy apartment was now gone.

However, as always, Logan was confident that he could fix this problem. He hid the facts from Rory and never told her about the little distraction he had while he was in Vegas. His latest distraction in Vegas was called Mindy. She called Logan, and when Rory answered one of the calls, he told her that she was after Finn. As usual, Logan convinced Finn to help him, so he agreed, but he also didn't like seeing Logan cheat and lie to Rory. Logan tried justifying this by telling him., "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas."