Meet Again

Flu

One Saturday Lorelai, Luke, and April were over at Rory and Logan's apartment. Everyone was sitting in the living room and Lorelai had Teddy on her lap. Logan was in the kitchen, making coffee.

"Hey, where's your ring?" April asked

"What?" Rory looked at her hand "oh, I was washing bottles"

"That didn't answer the question" Lorelai said

"We had to take apart the whole sink last week because Logan was washing dishes and his ring went down the drain" Rory said "I was trying to avoid a repeat, but I forgot to put them back on"

"Mommy" Nicky said and tapped Rory's leg

"Yes, my love"

"Why can't I see my eyes?" Nicky asked

Lorelai stifled a laugh

"Um...what?"

"Why can't I see my eyes?" Nicky repeated

"You know what? I think that's a really good question for daddy" Rory said "why don't you go ask him?"

Nicky got up and left the room

"He might look like a baby Logan, but that was 100 percent Rory" Lorelai laughed

"What does that mean?" Rory asked

"You were always asking me weird questions that I couldn't answer"

"No I wasn't"

"You once asked me where thoughts start" Lorelai said "you were 5"

"Did I really ask that?" Rory asked

"Yes, and I didn't have the ability to say 'go ask daddy' so you probably thought I was an idiot growing up"

"I never thought you were an idiot" Rory said "I thought you were weird but never an idiot"

"Um...should she do that?" April asked, noticing that Grace was trying to take her processors off.

"Yeah" Rory stood up and took the processors "she's done hearing"

"That's so cool!" April said "I wish I could turn off all sounds whenever I wanted"

"I love when Nicky calls them her magnet ears" Lorelai chuckled

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"I feel dead" Rory groaned and flopped face down onto the couch, when she got home from dropping Nicky off at preschool a few days later.

"What happened, Ace?" Logan chuckled. He was working at the dining room table, and could see into the living room from where he was sitting, but he couldn't see Rory.

"I'm dead"

"That's not funny"

"I'm not kidding"

Logan got up and walked into the living room "what's wrong"

"I don't know" Rory sighed "I think I have the flu something"

Logan pressed the back of his hand to the side of Rory's neck.

"Why don't you get back in bed?"

"What about work? And Grace?"

"I can handle it"

"You're gonna do both of our work, and take care of a 15 month old?"

"Yes" Logan said "if you're sick the kids shouldn't be around you anyway"

"Aright" Rory sighed "I'm getting back in bed, but get me if you need to"

"I won't need to"

Later that morning Logan got a call from Nicky's school. Rory was asleep, so he texted her that he was leaving with Grace and went to Nicky's school.