Rory twisted her wedding rings nervously around her finger as she stared out the tiny window of the plane. She was flying into New York for the afternoon on Mitchum's private airplane. She'd insisted that she was more than capable of driving the hour and a half into New York on her own. But Mitchum wouldn't hear of it; after all it was he who had arranged the job interview she was going on today.

It had been nearly a year since Logan and Rory were married, again, before all their friends and family, and a lot had happened. Shortly after the wedding Luke and Lorelai had started dating again and no one was surprised when Luke proposed one short month later. Wedding plans were well underway for the white-winter, Russian themed wedding that Emily had always dreamed of throwing her daughter. Lane and Zack were the proud parents of a baby boy and a baby girl, appropriately named Jimmy and Janis. Josh and Honor had recently announced that they were three months pregnant with the first Huntzberger grandchild and suddenly Logan had baby fever. Paris and Doyle had set a wedding date for 2010 and then quickly followed in Logan and Rory's footsteps, eloping in Atlantic City six months later. Paris insisted that the change in plans was not because she couldn't wait to be married; but because she was worried that Doyle would find another girl when Paris started medical school and wasn't around as much. Unlike Logan and Rory; Paris and Doyle were unapologetic about their change in plans and were not planning a follow up wedding or reception. Mitchum had headed up the search for a new secretary who was not 'hot' for his son. He'd begun to think of Rory as a daughter and wanted only to please her. In the end an older middle-aged woman named Barbara was hired. Barbara was happily married and displayed pictures of her twelve grandchildren on her desk; she doted on Logan and adored Rory. Sherri had moved back in with Chris and Gigi and it looked like a marriage wouldn't be out of the question. As Rory had predicted, she'd neither seen nor heard from Jess since the night before the wedding. Dean, on the other hand had served his six months in jail for violating the restraining order, plus another six months for the counts of destruction of private property and stalking, only to be thrown back in a mere week after his release after being caught lurking around Logan and Rory's Branford home. Finn was as wild and free as ever; occasionally he'd stay with one girl for nearly a month and they'd all wonder if he was finally settling down, but so far that hadn't been the case. Steph and Colin were still playing games with each other, but deep down everyone knew that when the time was right they'd have their happily ever after too.

Logan was still working at the newspaper in Hartford and seemed to be happy with it. Lately though, Mitchum had been throwing around the idea of moving Logan to a new and more challenging assignment within the company. Which is where Rory's interview today, fits into the picture. Rory had graduated from Yale in the spring with high honors. Logan had convinced her to take some time off at the beginning of the summer so they could do a little traveling. They'd visited Asia as they had planned to do the summer after he'd graduated, but had been unable to as Mitchum had sent Logan to London instead. After two weeks of traveling the couple returned home and Rory began looking for a job. In the midst of her senior year she'd had a little melt down, unsure of what she was going to do with her journalism degree once she had it; but in the end she'd decided that writing was her one true passion and she wanted to stick with that. She'd had a few job offers, but none of them had felt right yet. Though legally she was Rory Huntzberger, professionally she'd decided to remain Rory Gilmore; at least until the interview process was over. She wanted to get a job on her own merit, and not because she was a member of the Huntzberger family. If she landed the job today, which Mitchum assured her that she was sure to get, the plan was for Logan to be placed in one of the New York offices that Mitchum owned and the couple would relocate. They hadn't discussed yet whether they would sell the Branford house and buy a new house somewhere outside New York; or if they would keep the house and simply get an apartment in New York.

This morning Logan had dropped her off at the airport on his way into work. He kissed her good–bye and wished her good luck at her interview. He had a certain twinkle in his eye and a smirk on his lips that told her that he might know more about this interview today than she did. Mitchum had not been terribly forthcoming with the details; telling her that she'd find out all she needed to know when she arrived.

When the plane landed in New York it was raining, perfect Rory thought as she did her best to preserve her hair while searching for the car that Mitchum said would be waiting for her. Traffic was a snarled mess due to the rain and when Rory arrived at the New York Daily News office she was already running late. In the elevator she refreshed her lipstick and checked her hair in the mirror one last time. She would have called to let someone know she was running late for her interview, but Mitchum hadn't even told her who she was interviewing with.

"I'm Rory Hun…err… Gilmore," Rory said nearly giving away who she really was, as she stepped up to the reception desk.

The receptionist nodded and placed a call, saying, "Rory Gilmore is here, sir." After ending the call the receptionist said, "If you're ready I'll take you right back to the conference room."

The receptionist took her coat and left Rory outside a large imposing mahogany door. Rory knocked timidly. From inside she heard someone bark, "Come in." Rory opened the door and before she had even closed the door all the way behind her the same someone who had barked for her to 'enter,' had started speaking to her sharply. "Ms. Gilmore, do you not own a watch? Our appointment was to be at 11:00, not 11:20. I'm not sure this company can hire someone who doesn't understand the meaning and importance of punctuality."

"I'm terribly sorry, sir," Rory said addressing someone she'd not yet laid eyes on as he was sitting in a tall leather chair that was turned away from her. "With the rain the traffic was terrible; I'm typically, annoying early."

"I'm sure," the voice, which was starting to sound vaguely familiar, replied, "Just keep in mind that the news waits for no one. If we hire you I expect that this will not be an issue in the future."

"No sir," Rory said quietly.

"Please take a seat Ms. Gilmore," The voice told her.

Nervously Rory arranged herself in one of the many chairs around the table and waited for her interviewer to turn around and face her.

"I have reviewed your resume and carefully browsed your portfolio of writing and feel that you would be a wonderful addition here at New York Daily News. Naturally we would start you off as a rookie reporter, but you could one day progress to a columnist here, if you play your cards right," he said.

His voice was so familiar and she was beginning to feel annoyed over her failure to place it.

"Naturally we have some routine questions we'll need to ask you before we move forward with the hiring process," he said.

"We?" Rory said baffled, as she and he were the only two in the room.

"Yes, we," he said, "My associate, who would ultimately be your boss will be joining us shortly."

"If you don't mind me asking, sir," Rory said carefully, "What is your role with this company?"

"Why, I am the owner," he said as he finally swiveled the chair to face Rory, revealing that she was interviewing with none other than her very own father-in-law.

"I knew I recognized your voice. I just couldn't place it because I never would have guessed it would be you," Rory said, stunned.

"The acoustics in this room helped mask my voice a little too," Mitchum said, "Are you surprised?"

"That and baffled, stunned and confused," Rory rattled off.

"Showing off your vocabulary I see," Mitchum said with a proud twinkle in his eye.

"I didn't know you owned the New York Daily News," Rory said.

"The deal closed just last week. I asked Logan not to tell you though," Mitchum explained.

"Mitchum, while I am flattered that you would offer me a job; I want to earn one on my own merit," Rory said, "I won't feel like I'm earning it if I'm working for my father-in-law."

"Rory, I would not offer you a job here if I didn't feel that you deserved it. I have looked over your work and you are one hell of a writer. I would be proud to have you working at one of my companies. When I told you all those years ago that you didn't have what it took, I was wrong," Mitchum said.

"I am glad to hear you say that," Rory said, "But if I start my journalism career here, how will I ever land a job with another company? It's going to look like I wasn't talented enough to get a job with anyone besides my own father-in-law."

"I understand your point, but you need to consider all the attributes to this job offer, not just the one huge pitfall," Mitchum said, "For example; here you are being brought on as a rookie reporter. At an equally sized newspaper you would be lucky to be brought on as a copy editor at your age and experience level. Not to mention that you'll be making more money here than you would anywhere else. Plus you need to think about your marriage."

"Money isn't really an issue and you know that," Rory said, "True, rookie reporter sounds more enticing than copy editor, but I'm not opposed to earning my way up to rookie reporter. And I don't see how my marriage plays any part in this."

"Rory, you deserve to be a rookie reporter and not a copy editor. Someone with your writing talent deserves this chance. Please let me give it to you. Even if people think you took the easy way out by accepting a job from your father-in-law, your writing will prove them wrong," Mitchum said.

"You didn't explain to me how my marriage plays into this," Rory pointed out.

"I am moving Logan to one of my New York offices whether you take this job or not. He has learned the role of CEO at one of my smaller papers well and it is time for him to move on to bigger and better things. Don't you think the two of you will see a lot more of each other if you are working and living in the same city?" Mitchum asked.

"I will move to New York with Logan whether or not I take this position. Don't you think I couldn't find another job at a New York newspaper?" Rory asked.

"Not as primo as this job," Mitchum said confidently, "I have one more reason for you to accept this job."

"Okay," Rory said, "Let's hear it."

"Logan wants you to accept this job offer," Mitchum said.

"He knew about this whole crazy scheme?" Rory asked.

"He cooked most of it up himself," Mitchum said. At this moment their conversation was interrupted by the telephone. Mitchum took the call and upon replacing the receiver turned to Rory and said, "Your prospective boss, should you accept this job, has arrived, and is on the way down."

Rory closed her eyes and tried to sort out the thoughts in her head. Mitchum made some valid points about this job he was offering to her; but she felt like she was taking the easy way out if she didn't find a job for herself that was in no way connected to Huntzberger Media. She hoped that meeting her potential boss would help to sway her decision one way or the other; because right now she had no idea what she wanted to do. At the moment she was a little annoyed with her husband for planning this whole ambush and keeping her in the dark. Why did he want this?

Suddenly the door to the conference room swung open and her new boss stood before her. She couldn't believe that she hadn't figured out where this was leading on her own. Her potential boss was her very own husband.

"Has she accepted yet?" Logan asked Mitchum as he took the chair across the table from his wife.

"She's a stubborn one," Mitchum said, "Hopefully you can sway her."

"So, not only am I taking the easy way out by accepting a job from my father-in-law," Rory said, starting to get angry, "I'd be reporting to my husband. That is sure to win me a lot of respect from my co-workers."

"If you continue to work under the name Gilmore, how are they going to find out?" Logan asked.

"Remember our wedding in Austria? Our names were all over the paper after that." Rory pointed out.

"That was over a year ago. These people deal with so many names, how are they going to remember what my wife's maiden name was?" Logan asked.

"Why did you arrange this, Logan?" Rory asked point blank.

"I have a multitude of reasons why I would like this to happen but let me explain the one that I feel is the most important," Logan said, "Think of how many times in the past year I have been at the office late into the night. There have been weeks where we barely saw one another; and that was when only one of us had a career. With both us away at high-stress jobs all day don't you think the amount of time we'll see each other is going to decrease? We are both journalists. If we could work for the same company we could make up for some of that time."

"I can see your point," Rory agreed, "And I can even concede that working for one of my father-in-laws companies isn't so bad but I'm still not convinced that working for my own husband is the most fantastic idea."

"Afraid you'll get sick of me?" Logan teased.

"Slightly," Rory said, "No offense, but I need a certain amount of alone time to remain sane. Not to mention that I'm still concerned about people finding out who I am and being ostracized for it."

"If it makes you feel better we can pretend, at least at first, that we don't know each other and maintain minimal contact," Logan said, "But you do realize that eventually, despite our best efforts, that people are going to catch on to the fact that we know each other outside of the office."

"I know," Rory said, "That's my major sticking point on this whole deal."

"Would it help if I begged?" Logan asked.

"No," Rory said, "I feel like I'm going to regret this, but I accept."

"Really?" Logan asked, "You caved much more quickly that I thought you might."

"But I maintain the right to quit at a moments notice and find a job where I have earned my position," Rory said.

"Fine," Mitchum said, "Let's sign some papers and go have lunch."

"You two have time for lunch?" Rory asked, incredulously, "You make it sound like you are always eating at your desk or having a sandwich at a lunch meeting; if you have lunch at all."

"Ace, I had two full hours blocked on my calendar to come to this meeting today and convince you to accept," Logan said, "You caved in under a half an hour. We have nothing but time for lunch."

"Maybe after lunch the two of you should go apartment hunting," Mitchum said, "Sounds like the two of you are moving."

"Logan, what exactly is your job title going to be?" Rory asked, "Your father said that you were moving onto a more challenging role here, what is it?"

"Editor in chief," Logan said proudly.

Rory whistled appreciatively; maybe it was a good thing she'd accepted. With that kind of responsibility on his shoulders he'd probably rarely make it home before midnight, at least to begin with. At work might be her only opportunity to see her husband.

"Dad," Logan said suddenly, "Can I offer Barbara the position as my secretary here if she wants to make the move?"

"Sure, but don't be surprised if she isn't interested," Mitchum said.

The three of them headed off to lunch in downtown New York, all the while continuing to talk business. It was the beginning of a whole new era in the Huntzberger household.

Author's Note: Here it is, chapter one of the sequel. Please review and let me know what you think. I have lots of ideas in store for this story and I already have in mind what the end point will be. Hopefully this will live up to expectations!