Hi everyone, here is the long awaited sequel. It will probably be shorter than It Happened One Night, but it will have a happy ending. I promise you that. Anyway, the first chapter is basically a continuation of the last chapter IHON, but I added some sentences in part one. I actually had this chapter out sooner than I planned.
Almost a year had passed since Rory and Logan had promised each other "Someday." Rory had had a good trip to Europe, and then proceeded to start Yale. The only remnant she had that Logan wasn't a figment of her imagination was through the postcards they would send each other. She had send Logan postcards of all the places she had seen in Europe, and where the best coffee was served. When she came back to Yale, she would occasionally send him a postcard of various Yale buildings. She would write him about her classes, the fights her roommates Paris and Janet would get and various other non-personal things. Logan had kept his promise to send postcards as well. He would write to her about the weather, Colin and Finn's antics and about the places they would dock. He also wouldn't touch on anything to personal. They both appeared to be afraid to breach the topic of feelings. It was probably the reason they didn't call each other, even though they had promised they would do that. Nevertheless, Rory loved Logan's postcards and looked forward to them.
Another reminder that Logan had been real was the things he had given her on their last night together. Everytime she would get lonely or sad she would open this box labeled Logan, and gaze over them, some objects longer than others. She would remind herself that for a brief period she and Logan had made some perfect memories.
Rory did not spend every second pining or missing Logan. She spent most of her energy focusing on Yale. Academically, Yale had been a good fit for her. Her classes had been challenging and she was allowed to express her opinions more; and the Yale Daily News was a good paper in spite of Doyle's bossiness. However, socially there was this loneliness Rory couldn't shake off. Tana and Janet were nice girls, but she couldn't connect with them as friends. Paris was busy with her Professor, and the less Rory was involved with Paris' love life the better. She hadn't met anyone who had captivated her interest. Marty was a good friend, but there was no deeper connection. Trevor was nice, but there was no spark. Sean, the guy she had met at Spring Break was only into her when Paris had kissed her. She wasn't the girl who depended on a boyfriend, but it was hard for her to be single for the first time since she was 16. She was friends with Dean even though it was wrong, but she missed her old life and Dean provided her familiarity. Nevertheless, she kept trying to keep the promise she had made to Logan to not get involved with Dean.
Right now Rory was in the midst of packing up her first year of Yale into boxes. In true Rory-fashion she had divided them into categories – books, clothes, videos, table decoration, etc. She had a lot of things, so packing took a lot of time. Her mind hoped that when she was home, she wouldn't think of what Paris had said to her about her going through a dry spell. She also hated that her grandmother was interested in her love life too, although she tried not being too hard on Emily, since she was going through a separation. So she decided to spend her last day of her freshmen year finishing packing, reading a good book and just enjoying the quiet the nearly empty campus provided.
Emily Gilmore needed a project. She and Richard were barely speaking and Lorelai enjoyed torturing her with the fact that she knew about the separation. She figured getting Rory a proper boyfriend would be a good start. She didn't know how Rory, who was so intelligent and refined, would pick such lowly and unintelligent men. Rory wasn't like Lorelai who liked to rebel, although the girl's lack of not being around society people did cause her to not be involved with the right men.
The only man Emily had approved who Rory had been acquainted with was Logan Huntzburger. She still would continue to look at the prom pictures, and she had never seen Rory so happy with any guy than she did with Logan. However, according to Shira Huntzberger Logan currently was gallivanting around the world. Alas, she needed to find someone else worthy of her granddaughter for the time being.
Right now, Emily was walking to Graham Sullivan's dorm, the son of one of her DAR friends. Graham wasn't her first choice for her daughter, but he seemed nice enough to introduce Rory to high class boys before Logan would come back. As Emily headed towards Graham's dorm she was surprised to see Logan sitting on a bench, with some of his friends. Emily smiled; she felt fate had given her a chance to set up her granddaughter with the right guy. She was thankful that she didn't have to set up her granddaughter with knock offs like Graham Sullivan.
It had been a fun year for Logan sailing around the world. He loved having his own schedule of sleeping, drinking, and partying whenever he wanted. Plus, a big advantage to being at sea was that he was getting fewer calls from his father. Logan felt really glad that he had taken the time off to go to off to sea and just enjoy his life.
But Logan hadn't always felt at ease. There were times when he'd felt uncomfortable, especially at the beginning of the year. Sometimes Logan had felt as though something inside of him was missing. He'd kept wondering what Rory was doing, and who she was with. Everytime he'd re-read her goodbye letter he'd felt a sense of shame for not saying that he cared about her enough. He had missed her jokes, her references, the sexy way she got mad, her excitement toward coffee, and so on. He had always been glad to get her Yale postcards; then he had felt like a piece of her would come back to him. Rory had kept him sober more often, for he had to see the places they would dock in order for him to send her postcards again. He'd wanted to describe to her every place they had been to, for Rory was a girl who was fascinated by travel.
After the fall Logan had moved on, and he started to casually date girls again. He started to enjoy his trip more and take part in more festivities with his friends. He moved on, or as best as he could for there were times when he would lie in bed and think about Rory. Rory had been right; they weren't ready to commit at the time. He still didn't know if he was ready to commit to her, now that his sailing trip had ended early because Finn had sunk the Yacht. He didn't know why he felt funny being at Yale. There was a part that wanted to go see Rory, but he didn't know if he was ready to see her now.
"Man, you look a million miles away…" Colin uttered.
"He's probably thinking about Rory…." Rosemary piped up. "Logan, don't waste your time. Finn isn't here with us; I don't need you to rescue me from him. Go see her…" She had noticed Logan's inward moods throughout their sailing trip, and she could tell they were related to Rory.
"I'm fine Rosemary. She's probably finished her finals, and is at home with her mom" Logan reasoned.
"Speak of the devil – isn't that her Grandmother?" Colin pointed out as Emily approached them.
Colin, Rosemary, and Logan instantly displayed their best society smile as Emily approached them. "Logan, I'm surprised to see you! Shira told me you were sailing around the world" Emily stated as he got up to shake her hand.
"We were, but we decided to cut our trip sort" Logan answered. "After all, Connecticut is widely pretty in the late spring." At least that was the excuse their parents told them to tell the other adults in their circle.
"Well, I love a man who comments on the scenery." Colin and Rosemary were trying their best not to snicker.
"Emily, you know my friends, Rosemary Roberts and Colin McCrae" he said, hoping they would be on the spot.
"Of course" Emily chippered. "Rosemary, how is Charles and Ingrid? And Colin, how is Andrew and … Bitsy?" Logan could tell Emily was trying her hardest to remember the name of Colin's current step mom.
"My parents are well…" Rosemary was trying to say, before Colin cut her off. "My Dad's no longer with Bitsy, he's now dating someone named Eleanor." Logan felt bad for Colin. As messed up as his own parents were, at least they weren't getting married every single year.
"Well, give everyone my best." Emily stated, then tried to get to the topic at hand. "Logan have you seen Rory yet?"
"Not yet, I just got in yesterday and I believe Rory is done with her finals and in Stars Hollow by now" Logan stated, hoping to end the conversation.
Emily smiled. "Actually, she had a Saturday final, the poor girl. Perhaps, seeing an old friend would cheer her up. Let's go pay her a visit..." Emily stated in a neutral, yet eager tone.
Logan was trying to find a polite excuse to decline Emily, but Rosemary piped in. "He would love to, Emily…"
Logan shot her a death glare, but realized he had no choice but going along with Emily. "Sure, I can go say hi to her…"
As Logan followed Emily his stomach was in knots with all different types of emotions of dread, fear; but most of all anticipation.
I'll have the next chapter soon. Aren't you guys lucky we got Logan instead of Graham. If Veronica Mars, didn't cast the actor we would have been stuck with him and no Logan. It's why I mentally send Rob Thomas a nice fruit basket.