Hey! Welcome to my story! I really wanted to get this up before A Year In The Life started, to have my say before Rory & Logan's fate is determined once and for all. I missed that boat, just, but I think I still have time.

Anyway, this takes place after season 7, but not factoring in whatever happens in A Year In The Life.

CHAPTER ONE: The Funeral

With a deep exhale, Logan Huntzberger hangs the phone up after yet another very long, very heated discussion on the phone.

Clutching the tie that is wrapped around his neck, he jiggles it a little; just enough to stop it feeling like a noose that continues to strangle him more and more with every phone call and email.

All the stress, all the pressure and all the job dissatisfaction is just another day at work for Logan, knowing that it isn't going to improve tomorrow, or the day after.

Before carrying on with what will undoubtedly be another intense phone call, Logan takes a breather for a moment, grabbing the newspaper on the edge of his desk before taking a few bites of his prosciutto baguette.

He always eats at his desk and he always flicks through a newspaper while he takes his meagre fifteen minute breaks. However, as a part of his lunchtime ritual, he never just reads one particular paper. The first one that reaches his grasp from his desk is whatever he'll focus on reading as he shovels food and refreshes himself as quickly as possible to keep himself going for the rest of the day. Today, it's 'The Hartford Courant'.

As he nears his last two mouthfuls of baguette, he decides to briefly skip and skim-read portions of the rest of the paper after he finished reading the cover article and the story that interested him on page nine.

Flick, flick, 'Disaster', flick, flick 'Controversy', flick, flick 'Local school' are all words that jump out at him until a particular photo printed on the black and white page of the Obituaries stops Logan's skim-reading, instantly.

Richard Gilmore.

Those two words and the all-too-familiar photograph of his ex-girlfriend's beloved grandfather, looking about five years older than he did the last time that he saw him stops him dead in his tracks.

He doesn't stop to read the listing, to read the summation of his life according to the short article.

Richard Gilmore.

1943-2016

Beloved husband - devoted father - cherished grandfather and great-grandfather.

Instead, as soon as he sees the name of Rory's grandfather and the accompanying photograph, he slams the black and white pages shut, grabs the phone on his desk and hits the shortcut to his P.A.'s line.

"Claire? It's me. I need you to find out what you can on when and where Richard Gilmore's funeral will be held for me, please. Also, get me a seat on the next flight out to Hartford. Great, thanks."

#

The funeral was held two days after Logan landed in Hartford from California.

Both his parents also attended the funeral, separately. In fact, he didn't even notice that they were there aside from when he sighted his father at a distance speaking to Hanlin Charleston before the funeral began.

Before the funeral, he'd also seen Christopher with who he assumed was his daughter Gigi. She looked old enough to be, but she had certainly grown a lot since the last time he'd seen his ex-girlfriend's half-sister at around age four, compared to the teenager she is now.

Then, Logan next sights, although he doesn't instantly recognise the baseball-cap-less head of Lorelai's on-off partner, Luke. He is already seated on the front-row, with a young girl, no older than ten who is resting her head on his shoulder. Perhaps he and Lorelai had had a child together?

It's an unusual situation to be in, seeing, watching people he had known, trying to piece together almost the last decade of their lives as he observes them all from afar.

Then, just as he takes his seat for the funeral proceedings to begin, he catches a glimpse of the three women. The three women who are supporting each other and carrying each other through the day and through the loss that Logan's knows will be harder on them than any other person in the room...

The dignified funeral service progresses, with Richard's life, loves and achievements all being summarised in an hour.

After the main talk, Lorelai takes to the stage to make a speech about her father, before passing it onto the next speech.

Rory's.

And, just like the day she broke his heart, nine years ago, Rory Gilmore takes to the stage, all dressed in black all over again for a very different reason...

#

After the funeral, Logan hung around for as long as he could.

A part of him didn't know what he expected from today. He knew that he wanted to be there, to support Rory and her family, even if he was just another face in the crowd that had bothered to show up and pay their respects for her grandfather.

However, another part of him was distracted from every conversation that he was supposed to be engaged in, looking out of the corner of his eye, scanning the room, looking for her.

Then, just as he made the decision to leave after wrapping up a conversation with a fellow, former-student from Yale, he begins to walk off and out, turning the corner to face the one and only.

Despite the nine years that had past, she looked like a day had barely passed since he last saw her. She was just as beautiful, just as breathtaking as ever.

"Ace..."

I know the first chapter is brief, but it's a start. Please let me know what you thought and please let me know if you'd like more.