Chapter 1

Rory walked back to her small one bedroom apartment located above a slightly subpar diner called Moe's, of course anything that wasn't Luke's just wasn't good enough for her. She rounded the corner with the feeling that someone was staring when she turned around she swore she saw a shadow. Her small town nature made her pick-up her pace a little.

She glanced back again only to see the same shadow lurking. She walked with a brisk pace continuing to look behind her periodically. Her breathing became laboured as she was nearly running the few remaining blocks to her apartment.

She rounded the corner looking behind her when she suddenly was hit by someone too busy texting to notice her in a panic. She fell to the ground and was scrambling for her things when she heard his voice, "Ace, what's the panic for?"

She was shocked to see Logan Huntzberger standing over her. She looked at him shocked, she knew he had moved to the city, but she thought the odds of actually seeing him were slim to none. Still in panic about whoever was following her, or so she thought, she grabbed his hand and pulled him towards her apartment.

Once upstairs with her door securely locked and curtains closed, she let out a breath she didn't realize she was holding. She turned to Logan, who looked like his head was about to spinoff in confusion. He looked at her dishevelled appearance, "Ace, what is going on?"

"There was someone following me!" She said in a near yell, running her hand through her hair.

Logan walked towards her with caution, "I didn't see anyone when you dragged me 4 blocks in such a hurry."

Rory collapsed onto the couch, "Never mind then, I was just being paranoid. Sorry to bother you, I didn't mean to drag you all the way here."

Logan sat down beside her, close enough that their knees brushed, "It's okay Rory, has anyone ever tried to follow you home before?"

Rory shrugged, "Other than Jason, no." Rory cringed at the sound of his name. Jason was the creep from work, that simply couldn't take a hint. He has only followed her home the one time she had gone out drinking with the rest of the paper.

Logan tensed, "Who's Jason? Why did he follow you home? Did he do something to you, because I swear-"

"You swear what Logan? We haven't been together for months now! This is the first I've seen of you since graduation. This isn't your problem, go home." Rory stood from the couch quickly.

Logan looked stunned, of course he knew that this was odd, but if this Jason guy was hurting Rory then he should do something.

Rory paced in front of the door, occasionally making side glances at Logan. They stayed like this for several minutes before she sighed in defeat, "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to be like that. I just don't want to talk about Jason, and it's weird running into you."

Logan nodded while looking at the floor, "It's fine Ace, really I understand, you don't need me clinging to you like a moron when you've already got people following you home."

Rory sat back down beside Logan and put her hand on his knee, "No Logan, that's not at all what I meant. I was nervous to see you, because I know how badly I hurt you, and I was too much of a coward to face that."

Logan looked at Rory with soft eyes, "I shouldn't have pushed to you into something you weren't ready for, I'm sorry."

Rory nodded, "You're right you shouldn't have, but sometimes I think I was ready and that I should have said yes." Rory's heart was pounding, she didn't think the conversation would go this far, and she was not prepared for what might happen.

Logan sighed putting his hand on the small of her back as she perched on the edge of the couch. His heart was pounding a mile a minute, everything Rory was saying was spinning in his head. Rory felt her heart begin to pound when Logan looked at her.

She sighed giving herself what didn't even know she still wanted. Logan wrapped his arms tightly around Rory's waist when she crashed her lips to his, he wasn't letting go this time.

She moved to straddle his lap, while never breaking his kiss. They broke apart when neither of them could breathe anymore. Rory rested her forehead on Logan's.

She pulled herself off of Logan with a shy smile. He took her hand pulling her to sit down beside him now, "Rory, what was that?"

She ran her free hand through her hair, "I don't know."

He played with her hand that was laced with his with a smile creeping onto his face, "Does this mean we can try again? I promise no rings until we're both ready."

Rory looked at Logan with concern, "Are you sure Logan? I hurt you really badly, and I know neither of us were perfect, but I really screwed up. It's okay if this isn't what you want anymore, I know-"

"Ace, calm down! Of course this is what I want, I will always want this, with you, and nothing's going to change that." Logan grinned kissing her sweetly this time. She smiled against his lips.

"I love you, you know that right?" She whispered to him.

He nodded, "I know, but it's nice to hear it. I love you too Ace."

She pulled him off the couch, "Let's go eat, I'm starving. The place downstairs is no Luke's, but it's pretty good."

Logan took her hand following her down the stairs to Moe's. He grinned just thinking of how happy he was to have turned that corner when he had.

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"So, Ace what's next on the agenda? You've nearly eaten all the food in this place, plus my milkshake." Logan smiled tucking a piece of hair behind her ear.

She shrugged, "Well, I have to call Mom, but we can have a movie night if you want to."

He nodded, "Lead the way my love." She took his hand waving to Moe on the way back upstairs. Once in her apartment she ran into her room to grab her movies as well as change her clothes. She opened up the forbidden box at the back of her closet. It was her Logan box, and she knew there was a change of clothes in there somewhere that would be better than that suit he was currently wearing.

Her phone rang just as she left her room with his change of clothes in hand, "Hey Mom, just one sec, here Logan you left these behind, I figured they're more comfortable than your suit."

He smiled and kissed her forehead before heading into her room. Rory sat down on the couch, "Okay go ahead."

"Did you just say Logan? As in, Logan 'I want to marry you' Huntzberger? Explain now Rory!" Lorelei always yelled on the phone, but this was nearly a screech. Rory could hear Luke asking questions in the background.

"Mom, it's okay, I ran into him today, and somehow he's forgiven me for being awful to him. We're going to try again, but he promised no rings until we're both ready." Rory sighed watching him walk towards the couch with a smile on his face.

He mouthed 'I love you' as he sat down beside her, and she did the same leaving a small kiss on his lips. Lorelei rambled on about marriage, and about being committed to another person, but Rory stopped her, "Mom, I have to go, I'll call you tomorrow okay? Just in time for Friday night dinner, so I can talk to Grandma and Grandpa too."

"Okay Rory, just remember what I said, don't do anything I wouldn't do. Bye." Lorelei hung up the phone with an audible sigh from the other end of the phone. Rory tossed her phone onto the coffee table turning to Logan.

"She took that better than I expect," Rory laughed to herself.

Logan grinned, "I'm glad Ace," he pointed to her room, "How many boxes do you have marked Logan in your closet with big frowns on them?"

Rory cringed, "I'm sorry, I just could bring myself to throw anything out so I put it all away for a while. They're my Logan boxes, remember I told you I had a Dean box, it's the same thing except I had way more stuff to put in them."

Logan nodded, "You're going to take it all out now right? I mean, I'm here, so it's okay to open them now?"

Rory nodded, "Of course I will, it'll make this place more homey to have some of my favourite things back." Logan smiled, and kissed her gently. Rory wrapped her arms around his neck kissing him back.

The kiss quickly escalated until Logan scooped Rory off the couch towards the bedroom. Rory wrapped her legs around his waist clinging to him, promising herself silently to never let go again.

They collapsed onto her bed with Logan's shirt coming off in the process. He broke the kiss pulling her shirt over her head quickly. He began kissing her neck softly. As he moved downwards Rory raked her fingers through his thick blonde hair.

She bit her lip holding in a soft moan as he slipped his hand under her thin bra. He played with her nipple gently, before reaching behind her to remove her bra. She moaned when he took his time incasing her nipples with his mouth. She could feel him poking through his sweatpants, and it was only making her wetter.

Rory pushed his pants away freeing his hardening erection. She closed her hand around it squeezing gently. He groaned lifting his head from her chest. She kissed Logan forcefully this time taking her hand away from his erection.

He pulled her shorts down past ankles and they joined the rest of their clothing on the floor. He kissed his way past her chest, all the way to where she couldn't wait to feel him. He pushed his tongue all the way along her folds making her moan deeply.

He grinned knowing she hadn't felt this way in a long time. He worked his way around her core until she was dripping wet. She tilted her head towards him, "Logan, I need you now."

He position himself at her entrance, and crashed his lips to hers as he filled her. She threw her head back onto the pillow.

"Oh my god, Logan!" She nearly screamed. They had both forgotten how great it was. He quickened his pace, quickly bringing them both over the edge.

He collapsed beside her pulling her against him, as he wrapped his arms around her. Rory sighed, "I missed you."

He laughed, "Not as much as I missed you Ace." He rolled onto his back, pulling her to lay on his chest. She drew small pattern over his stomach with her fingers.

He played gently with her hair, neither of them speaking for several minutes. Rory was lost in thought about how much she had probably missed with Logan lately. She hated the time they had spent apart, and even when she tried to move on she never got past the point of saying hello to another guy.

She wondered what Logan had been up to without her. She sighed again letting her thoughts drift. Logan spoke up, "What's on your mind Ace?"

She turned her head, perching her chin on his chest, "Were you with anyone else while we were apart? It doesn't really matter, I mean we were not together, I just want to know."

He smiled shaking his head, "No Ace, there wasn't any second of any day that I wished anyone but you were by my side."

Rory grinned at Logan's sweet words, "I love you, you know that?"

Logan kissed her gently, "I know that, did you know I love you too?" Rory nodded before laying her head back on his chest. She was almost asleep when she said "I'm sorry we never got to the movie."

She heard him whisper, "That's okay Ace, there's always tomorrow."