They are relaxing on the island that they landed on two days after the wedding. Sitting on the patio outside their hotel room Logan reminisces.
“Do you know when I first fell for you?” he asks.
“No, you never told me exactly.”
“When we came to your building looking for Finn’s girl; your little debate with me just told me all I needed to know about you and I started falling head over hills.” “And what was that?”
“That you were passionate, stubborn, beautiful and feisty as all get out,” he says laughing and kissing her at the same time.
“Not necessarily in that order,” he adds.
“So after that you were playing hard to get?”
“Not exactly, when you wanted to see that author of yours, you could have just asked to go with me, but you didn’t. “
“You could have invited me; I was pretty clear I really wanted to go,” she says pouting.

He leads her back in the bedroom, with a grin, and they make love for a couple of hours for the first time since they were married. When they go downstairs for dinner that evening he brings up the earlier discussion again.

“You know at your grandmother’s vow renewal ceremony you were a bit forward,” he says teasing her. She gives him a come hither look but can’t hold it for long before laughing.
“I really wanted to get to know you, Logan, and I don’t mean just to have sex with you,” she says with a knowing smile.
She rubs her leg against his under the table; he can see her eyes are getting darker and he knows she is turned on. The waiter arrives with their food, just then.
“What are you hungry for Ace?”
“She licks her lips, I can wait until after dinner,” she says lowering her lashes and beginning to eat.
“You love to tease me don’t you, Ace?”
She grins, “I wasn’t teasing, I was just having a moment,” she adds continuing to calmly eat her grilled salmon.

The next morning about ten; the cell phone rings and wakes them up. Logan hates being awakened by ringing phones. He opens one eye and sees the caller and goes back to sleep. Rory turns over and looks at him.
“Logan, when are we going to deal with your family?”
“I’m sleeping, Ace, we can talk later, okay?”
Rory snuggles up to him and goes back to sleep.
The phone rings again an hour later, when Rory is getting out of the shower. She looks at the phone to see who is calling and sees it is Shira.
“Logan, wake up, your mom just called.”
He looks at her and puts out his arms for her to get back into the bed. She shakes her head.
“I’m dressed, you get up so we can go for a walk on the beach, sleepyhead,” she says whining to get his attention.
“Please,” she adds for emphasis.
“Okay, Ace, anything for my beautiful bride,” he replies finally getting out of the bed.
As soon as he is sitting up she sits in his lap and plants a long indulgent kiss on his surprised lips; he eagerly responds but she gets up and pulls him up with her.
“Now get dressed.”

They are lying on the beach when Logan finally makes the call to his Mom.
“Hey Logan, where are you?”
“Mom, you called earlier what’s up?” he says running his fingers through his hair.
She tells him about leaving his dad and Logan is not that surprised; but he is concerned for his mother who has never lived on her own.
“So how are you Mom? Where are you?”
“I’m in New York with friends, Logan, I am fine.”
“Mom, Rory and I got married about five days ago and we are doing great; hanging out on a little island getting some rest.”
“Good Logan, but you are going to have to deal with the Gilmore’s and your Dad about not going through with the planned wedding, you know.”
“We will in a few days,” he says.
“Call me if you need anything and I will talk to Emily, also, maybe soften the blow; though I am sure Lorelei has tried to smoothed things over already.”
“Yes, she was going to talk to them, but they are probably waiting to hear from me and Rory. Mom just let us do it, okay?”
She agrees and they decided to meet after they return from their trip.

That night Rory has her own questions about the past.
“So when we were casually dating, you really wanted to get serious?”
“Well, I was still weighing my options,” he says laughing as she throws a pillow at him.
“Weighing your options, Logan, we were having sex.”
“Okay, I’m joking I never intended to be without you from the beginning, but I have to admit the friends with benefits thing was fun,” he just misses getting hit this time when she throws the pillow at him as she heads to the shower. He follows her in to try and make up, which takes all night.

The next day Rory discusses calling her grandmother with Logan.
“I don’t know Ace, I don’t mean to be insensitive but Emily can be really rude and I don’t want you to go through that right now. I mean are your ready to fight with her?”
“No, but I won’t ever be ready, I hate fighting with anyone. But, I have to be a grown up, now that we are married we have to learn to deal responsibly with people, right?”
Logan hands her the cell and she takes a deep breath. “Hello is Emily in?”
When she is on the phone Rory apologizes for them running off to marry and not letting them know.
“No problem, you are your mother’s daughter, plus I had a feeling Shira was going to mess this up for everyone else.” Emily says.
“It was Logan and I that made the decision, and we did it alone, I hope you can forgive us at some point, no one else is at fault here,” Rory says.
“You are forgiven, both of you,” Emily says with a sigh.
“We are really happy Grandma, I hope you can be happy for us,” Rory adds.
“That’s great Rory thanks for calling; I really have to go now.”
“I will call you when we get back from our trip, okay?” “That will be fine,” Emily says hanging up the phone.

“What did she say?”
“She said she forgives us, but then she rushed me off the phone,” Rory says with a shrug.
“Well, at least that is over with,” he says hugging her.
“Now your turn,” she says handing him the cell.
“Fine,” he says dialing and taking a deep breath.
Mitchum picks up right away.
“Mitchum Huntzburger.”
“Hey Dad, its Logan.”
“I still recognize your voice, son, despite the fact I haven’t been able to contact you in almost a week.”
”Well, I am returning your call,” Logan says.
“Look Logan I don’t have a lot of time right now; we need to meet and talk, when are you coming back?”
“In a couple days we will be in New York checking out a couple of places.”
“Well call me then,” he says hanging up.
Logan shakes his head when he gets off the phone. “We need to make some additional appointments to look at condos before we go back,” he says more to himself then Rory.
“That is a good idea, what did your dad say?”
“We need to talk in person; better for him to intimidate me.”
Rory gives him a hug.
***
Logan meets his father at his office in New York the following Monday afternoon. Rory is looking at condos while Logan goes to meet with his father; they plan to meet at one of the condos when he is done. Mitchum has Logan waiting in the reception area for almost twenty minutes and Logan assumes it is to make him sweat. He promises himself it will not work. I am a man, he keeps saying under his breath. Finally Mitchum comes to the door and tells him to come in.
“Sorry, Logan I got stuck on a call, and now I don’t have much time; so we need to get this settled.”
“Dad,” Logan says before Mitchum interrupts.
“Logan I know you are a grown up and you have every right to marry who ever you want; I even respect that you felt you had to protect Rory by just getting on with your life.”
“Dad,” Logan tries again this time standing up at the desk.
“Logan I am not your enemy your grandfather is the one with “issues”, I am glad you found a feisty woman to marry, your mother used to be that way when we met,” he adds.
“So what is the problem?” Logan asks.
“Weren’t you listening? Your grandfather is still totally against it he hopes you will come to your senses and get the marriage annulled.”
“What? That is not going to happen,” Logan says walking toward the door.
“I wish you luck when you talk to your grandfather,” Mitchum says to his retreating back.

Logan meets Rory at the second condo and determines that they hate it.
“Logan, I don’t like condos, maybe a nice apartment or a small house will be better,” Rory says frustrated.
“Ace, that sounds like a good idea,” he says putting his arm around her as they head back to the New York apartment Logan usually uses when he is in town.
“I gotta tell you, Ace; it looks like my grandfather is the family member we have to deal with, at least according to Dad.”
“Do you think your father is telling the truth?”
“You know I wonder myself, maybe he just doesn’t want to be the bad guy, especially since Mom left him,” Logan says unsure of what to think now.
They decide to sleep on it and they make an appointment to speak with Logan’s grandfather the next day at his country home in Hartford. Logan insists that she shouldn’t go with him.
“Logan, I am your wife now; surely what I have to say will matter,” she insists.
“It matters to me, Ace, but my grandfather wants me to annul our marriage and things may get ugly,” he says holding her.
“Oh, he really is against me that much?” she sighs.

Logan goes to meet his grandfather alone in the end. Rory just doesn’t think she can deal with it so she goes apartment hunting feeling it is her way of contributing to their future.
“Logan, I will get to the point; what you did by marrying that “Gilmore Girl” was irresponsible and I am taking you out of my will; unless you end this nonsense, now.”
“Grandfather, your wife believed in my ability to make good decisions when I was a youngster, I do not understand how you can ignore that so easily.”
“What are you talking about?”
“She gave me her engagement ring when I was only a teenager; why didn’t she give it to my father for my mom? Because she had a feeling that I had a good heart,” Logan says getting choked up.
He goes to stand by the window to get himself together. “Your grandmother was a foolish woman, and she had dementia, besides wearing antique rings wasn’t the rage as they say when Mitchum got engaged.”
“That is a lie,” Logan yells, “You loved grandmother or you would not have stayed with her for over fifty years; I saw you at the funeral you were inconsolable,” he adds.
“We are getting off the subject, Logan, and you need to lower your voice.”
Logan takes a deep breath and apologizes for yelling. “No, we are not the subject is do I have begun to make good decisions, and I feel that I have and you feel I have not, right?” He continues, “The fact is; it is your opinion that is causing this conflict, if you want me out of your will feel free to do that, but I am staying with my wife, period,” Logan says turning toward the door.
“Alright then have a nice life.”
“We will thank you,” Logan says walking out the door for good.

Logan phones Finn when he leaves his grandfather’s house.
“Finn I need a drink meet me at the Yale Pub, it’s closest.”
“Be right there,” Finn says never one to turn down a drink.
Logan tells Finn the scoop on the meeting with his grandfather.
“Well, at least you have your trust fund,” Finn is saying as Colin shows up.
“It didn’t go well, I gather,” Colin says patting Logan on the back.
“Nope my grandfather disinherited me, but, it’s not the end of the world; I still have Rory and I love her,” he says with a grin.
“And you have proven that, Mate,” Finn says raising his glass to toast Rory.

Back at the apartment, Logan tells Rory the news.
“Okay, so now instead of being a bazillionaire, you are only a millionaire; gee I married a bum,” she says giggling as she sits in his lap.
Logan laughs, “I know it all seems so silly in a way, I mean its not like I don’t want to work to earn my money; I actually prefer it,”
Rory interrupts.
“Logan when have you actually worked?”
“You know what I mean in theory,” he says.
“Oh yea,” she says tickling him, “Uh Huh in theory.”
“I should really be thanking my grandfather, people earn a living everyday and they seem to enjoy life.”
“Yea, my Mom did and I turned out fine.” “You turned out perfect,” he says kissing her.



**End Notes: *Logan’s father did not take him out of his will only his grandfather. *Logan’s trust fund left to him by his grandmother, who was herself filthy rich, was five million dollars and given to him when he turned twenty, almost three years ago, and has not been touched. *Logan will still work with his father in the business and if he wants will be able to take it over. Just thoughts to keep in mind.

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