Life Choices, Challenges and Changes

Part II a Chapter 6 You Did What?

Chapter 6     You Did What

September 19 -24, 2011

After meeting at the coffee house, Finn and Rory spent every evening together. Rory would come home from school and then order something for dinner for the two of them. When Finn finished with his work in his office, he would stop by a restaurant and pick up the meal that she had ordered. After dinner, she would clear her small dining room table so that they both could work there. He would take out his laptop and begin to do research on material he needed, spending most of his time answering emails and sending documents out to his various businesses. Rory would pull her hair up in a clip and work on the pile of papers that she needed to correct from her students that day. They then would sit on the couch. He would unclip her hair letting it tumble to her shoulders, caressing her silken tresses. They would talk, cuddle, stealing kisses and sharing their memories of Yale and the past four years that they were apart. On Friday, they didn't meet. She went to her grandparents' home for Friday night dinner. When she walked in her mother looked at her with a smile.

"Luke, do you know this young woman?"

"Ignore your mother, Rory", he said as he kissed her on the cheek.

She walked into the sitting room and then gave her grandmother and grandfather a kiss on the cheek and stuck her tongue out at her mother. Everyone grinned.

"Oh, she insults her mother!" Lorelai proclaimed dramatically pretending to be upset with her daughter.

"So, Loin Fruit, tell mommy why you have been so busy that you can't call me or come to dinner."

"Lorelai, I am sure that Rory has been busy with a certain young man," Emily said with a smile and twinkle in her eye.

Handing her a martini her grandfather said, "Is that true Rory? Are you back with Logan Huntzberger?"

"What? NO! Whatever gave you that idea?" She looked shocked at her grandparents, her mother and Luke. She was not back with Logan nor would she ever be again.

"Well we saw Logan at the club last evening and he was asking about you, so we told him where you were living, and your grandmother gave him your number. We just assumed he had called you and you were together," Richard explained now feeling rather embarrassed.

"Yes, we thought you had invited him to join you tonight for dinner," Emily said with a smile.

"NO, that will not happen. Mom, Luke, I am sorry. I have to go."

Rory put her drink down and stood up and ran for the door. Lorelai looked at her parents and then ran out the door after her daughter.

"Rory, wait. What's going on?"

Lorelai saw the expensive car that she was getting in.

"Rory did you get a new car?"

"Yes, I was in an accident last Friday and I was able to replace it with this one."

"Wow, kid, this is a very nice car. But what's wrong? Is Logan around?"

"I don't know mom, and I don't want to run into him. That part of my life is over. I think I need to go home lock my doors and have my phone number changed," Rory cried and continued to ramble, "Oh, why is this happening? I finally met someone who makes me happy, who respects me, makes me laugh and doesn't pressure me for something more. I don't have to fight off his advances. I want to move forward with my life. I am happy and since I met him I am no longer lonely."

She began to cry, and her mother hugged her.

"Ok sweetie, why don't you head to Stars Hollow and Luke and I will leave and meet you. I will talk to your grandparents and tell your grandmother that she can't give out your information like that. Okay?"