New Beginnings

Judgement Day

Rory's POV

The next few weeks went by quickly and I was back into my normal routine of classes and the YDN. It was Sunday night the day before we were due in court for cases against both Shira and Eliza, we had decided not to sue Susanna as she had no way out and she did her best to help me. Mitchum's divorce came through in record time only took his lawyers a week to lodge it and the judge passed it straight away with the extenuating circumstances. So here I sit the night before trying to relax while watching The Office but not being able to get into it with my mind running over and over everything that happened a month ago. I still suffer from night terrors but every time they hit Logan wakes me up, soothes me back to calm and holds me all night long, it's not making for an easy pregnancy unfortunately because of the stress I have been struggling to gain weight and the doctors are worried. After not taking in any of the show I decide to call it a night and have a bath to relax before I go to bed. I head into the bathroom and turn the faucet on and pour in some bubble bath and get out of my sweats I had been wearing for my lazy day inside. Once the bath was filled I gently lowered myself in and relaxed into my bath pillow I pick up my bath book from it's shelf and started to read as I allowed the warm water to relax my tense muscles. As I relax I don't hear the door open and the next thing I notice is a gentle touch to my shoulder and I turn to see Logan smiling gently down at me as he removes his shirt and nods for me to slide forward. He slips in behind me and starts massaging my shoulders.

"You ok Ace?" He questions while I enjoy his hands working magic on my body.

"Yes and no" I answer vaguely all the while thinking how I can answer his next question.

"You know my next question Ace" He retorts calmly

"I know that I am going to have to face your moth.. wait Shira and Eliza tomorrow but I'm also worried about whether I am going to be able to sustain this pregnancy with all this stress I am starting to feel drained. I can't get a solid nights sleep because of the night terrors and trying to keep up with everything here I feel like I'm going to fail at everything. Flunk out of Yale, not give you your healthy twins and not be able to take over for the grandparents. It is just becoming all too much and I don't want to fail, I have never failed at anything in my life and I don't want to start now. Why did all this happen to me? To us? Why can't we just have a normal life?" I breath and I feel like a weight has lifted off my shoulders.

"Feel a bit better?"

"Funnily enough I do

"Good now can I respond to some of that?" He questions and I nod in response as he continues massaging my shoulders.

"You have been through more then most people in the last 5 years, but together we will get through everything. We can go and speak with the dean and see if we can cut your course load down by half for the next year or two until we have a good routine with the twins and everything settles down. Next once tomorrow is over there will be no more Shira or Eliza to worry about and hopefully the night terrors will calm down with you knowing they are going away for a long time. Those twins you talk about aren't just mine, they are also yours but if you keep worrying it will make it worse so you need to relax more and with the reduction in course load you should be able to. I have faith in you and so does the family and with us being the dynamic duo we are they know the companies will be in safe hands and guess what? I will never let you fail because I know how much it means to you" he finishes with a kiss on the top of my head.

"I really did need that pep talk, you sure are an amazing cheerleader you know"  I reply with a smirk.

"I'm your cheerleader no one else's, just remember that Ace"