6.22 Partings

[Logan is getting ready for his graduation]
Rory: Oh! Thats another good one!
Logan: No, its not.
Rory: Hold it. [snaps a picture]
Logan: Yo, Alfred Stieglitz, stop with the pictures.
Rory: I prefer Cartier-Bresson
Logan: My eyes are pale, very sensitive to the light.
Rory: You only graduate from college once. And I will document it to my hearts content, and you can't stop me. [takes another picture].
Logan: Well, at least I'm clothed in these.
Rory: Oh yes, those shower photos will fetch my a bundle on the internet.
Logan: I don't even know why Im doing this. Why am I doing this? This whole cap and gown thing?
Rory: Because the graduation ceremony is not only for the graduate, its for the loved ones, too. We talked about this.
Logan: No, you talked, and I disagreed.
Rory: And then I ruled, and thats that. [takes another picture]
Logan: I'm taking that Stalin biography away from you.
Rory: Come on, I don't want to be late.
Logan: You do realize your putting yourself in the crosshairs.
Rory: Meaning?
Logan: There will be all manner of Huntzbergers in the audience.
Rory: Oh, I can avoid people with the best of them.
Logan: I didn't say people, I said Huntzbergers.
Rory: Don't you worry your pretty little head about this. I'll take care of myself.
Logan: I just want you to be fully prepped.
Rory: Oh...I have outdone myself photographically. Every one of these is a keeper.
Logan: Okay, thats a close up of my naked butt, thats not a keeper.
Rory: You're right. Thats a screensaver.

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[Rory is sitting in the apartment, waiting, when she hears voices. She opens the door to see Mitchum and Logan talking]
Mitchum: I gotta go.
Logan: Yeah, I'll talk to you later. [to Rory] Hey
Rory: What happened?
Logan: It took longer than I thought.
Rory: Way longer. And Ive got to leave for my grandparents, like right now.
Logan: To top it all off, just as the family thing was winding down, a bunch of dad's business automotons came by, and he made me stay to talk shop.
Rory: To talk shop?
Logan: Cynergy, and new media ventures, and increasing shareholder value. I could hear my soul dying.
Rory: He's doing this on purpose.
Logan: I wouldn't put it past him.
Rory: Why is he doing this?
Logan: Look, don't think about him. Just...go. Go to your thing, get it over with, I'll wait for you here. Go.
Rory: Okay.
Logan: No more thoughts about Mitchum.
Rory: You're right, no more thoughts
Logan: Go.
[leaves the apartment as Mitchum gets on the elevator. She holds the door]
Mitchum: Oh. Hello, Rory. Were you at the ceremony? We didn't see you.
Rory: Yeah, I was there.
Mitchum: Didn't see you.
Rory: Well, I was there. Did you know that Logan and I had plans to go out after the ceremony? I mean, were you aware of that?
Mitchum: No, I was not.
Rory: Yeah...'cuz why would your son want to go out with his girlfriend the last day before he leaves, right?
Mitchum: Rory...
Rory: And this gathering of yours...it turns into a business meeting, on his graduation day? As if Logan's not going to have enough time for that during the year that you're forcing him to do in London?
Mitchum: It wasn't exactly a business meeting.
Rory: Why are you doing this?
Mitchum: Doing what?
Rory: Why are you taking him away from me? Why? Do you hate me that much?
Mitchum: I don't hate you.
Rory: Yeah, right
Mitchum: Why would I hate you?
Rory: Because I'm dating your son.
Mitchum: Logan's love life is his own business, I don't get involved.
Rory: Oh, please. You have done nothing but get involved.
Mitchum: How?
Rory: You're sending him away. Five thousand miles away. What other reason is there, but to seperate us?
Mitchum: Well, you flatter yourself, if you think I put that much energy into thinking about your relationship.
Rory: Here's the lobby.
Mitchum: Wait. Lets get this clear right now. Im sending Logan away for one reason, because it is time. It is time for him to stop jumping out of planes in a gorilla mask, and crashing boats, and getting plastered every night, and ending up in the hospital. Its time for him to stop being a child and to start being a man. Its time for him to start focusing on his future, and the only way he's going to do that is to get him out of his environment, and away from those dopes, Colin and Finn, and the Life and Death Brigade, and get him on a path. Logan is talented. He's talented, he's my son, I want him to achieve something, and he needs a push. Its what my father did with me, he pushed me, I grew up. And now Logan is going to grow up. Anything here you're not agreeing with? [Rory is silent] I didn't think so.

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[Logan gets off the elevator with Colin and Finn]
Colin: Come on, one more stop!
Logan: I can't.
Finn: But tomorrow you will fly away to London, and we will forget all about you.
Logan: I am touched. But Rory will be back in a minute.
Colin: You know, I'm starting to get the feeling you'd rather be with her than with us.
Finn: Impossible!
Logan: I appreciate the drinks and the diversion, your friendship over the years is worth at least a couple of pages in my memoir, but as of now, its good-bye. I'm spending the rest of the night alone with my girl.
Rory: [in a British accent] 'Ello, governor. Chips?
Logan: I'm sorry, I was looking for my girlfriend.
Rory: [leads him inside] Oh, I'm sorry, mate. No girlfriends here. Just us birds and blokes taking a piss out of each other.
Logan: Your accent is terrible, by the way.
Rory: Just go with it, you geezer. Now, we've heard that you're about to fly away to Old Blighty, and word around the pub has it, you're not terribly happy about it.
Logan: Well, I'm leaving a couple of people I'm pretty fond of...and some people I'm a little afraid of, but all in all...
Rory: Well, we're just going to have to change your mind. Because London, you see, is a place of fun and musical excitement! The Queen...Hello! Magazine...
Logan: You're gonna break into a chorus of Chim Chiminey any minute, aren't you?
Rory: Shoosh now. None of that talk, because tomorrow brilliant things will happen. A new life, a new adventure. You like adventure dont you, mate? Well London is certainly the place for that. And we, frankly, would not be the fine chaps we claim to be if we did not send you off in the proper way. With the batch of a lifetime! [everyone cheers] Come on, someone get this chap a pint! [in her normal accent] You see if you can't be happy, at least you can be drunk.
Logan: Kiss me, Mary Poppins.
Rory: Really? I thought it was more Gwenyth Paltrow, Shakespeare in Love.
Logan: Kiss me. [he kisses her]
Colin: To the Queen!
Finn: To the Queen!

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[Rory and Logan are sitting on the couch, while the party is going on]
Rory: Want to put money on who nails the Queen?
Logan: I think her Highness is pretty safe tonight.
Rory: Why? I thought Jenny and Paul broke up.
Logan: They got back together this morning.
Rory: Do the boys know?
Logan: Nope.
Rory: Are you going to tell them?
Logan: Nope.
Rory: Oh, wow...watching your best friends waste precious scoring moments. You can get kicked out of the club for that.
Logan: Yeah, well. You know, I've given a lot of great parties in my lifetime..
Rory: Oh, I know.
Logan: But I do believe that this one has topped them all.
Rory: Hey, its not over. We have hours to go, there's plenty of beer left, and no one's slugged Finn yet, so...
Logan: Thank you.
Rory: My pleasure. You want more beer?
Logan: No.
ROry: More Twiglets, Cadburys?
Logan: Im good.
Rory: Do you want to try the fruit again? Because I think my cramp has gone away.
Logan: Tell me not to go.
Rory: What?
Logan: Tell me not to get on that plane. Tell me to blow off my father, the paper, the whole Huntzberger destiny. Just tell me I can figure something else out, just tell me not to go.
Rory: Well, I can't do that.
Logan: [pulls her close] Hey...you're afraid the teacher's going to see you, or something? [they kiss]

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[Rory is asleep, when Logan rubs to wake her]
Logan: Rory...
Rory: Logan?
Logan: Don't get up.
Rory: You're dressed. Why are you dressed?
Logan: My bags already in the car.
Rory: The car?
Logan: Its downstairs. I just wanted to tell you...
Rory: [jumps out of bed] I'll be five minutes! I just have to find the closet.
Logan: Relax.
Rory: I just have to grab shoes and a coat
Logan: No.
Rory: No shoes, just a coat.
Logan: You don't have to come.
Rory: You're leaving! I have to go with you to the airport.
Logan: No.
Rory: I have to go to say good-bye.
Logan: Rory, no.
Rory: Yes. I have to wave to you at the gate.
Logan: They won't let you come to the gate, they'll stop you at security.
Rory: Ok, well...I'll wave to you at the metal detectors.
Logan: Rory.
Rory: I have to go with you.
Logan: No!
Rory: Yes! You are leaving for London. Who knows when we'll see each other again?
Logan: I thought that was all set.
Rory: What was all set?
Logan: With Christmas, Thanksgiving, Guy Falkes Day?
Rory: Thats so far away!
Logan: Rory. If you come with me, I won't get on the plane. I've paid for the apartment for the next year, so you don't have to worry about that. [Rory starts to cry] There's still a few weeks left on the car service, so use it whenever you want. I know that you wont, but just in case you need to. [he kisses her] I'll call you when I get in, okay? [he kisses her again, and she cries harder] What?
Rory: I keep trying to think of fabulous things to say, but all I can think is "Say hi to William and Harry for me."
Logan: I love you, Ace.
Rory: Thats so much better than "Say hi to William and Harry for me."
Logan: [he kisses her] I have to go.
[she watches him leave, crying...then runs after him. She gets to the door as he gets in the elevator. Rory holds up a hand in good-bye, as they both hold back tears]