Logan Huntzberger, along with his two best friends; Colin McCrea and Phineas 'Finn' Rothschild were sitting at their usual table at the pub located conveniently next to the Yale campus in New Haven. They sat drinking to the end of final for the Fall Semester. Everyone at the pub were students blowing off steam, everyone was in high spirits except one.

Logan, usually the life of the party beside Finn, sat quietly at the table drinking Scotch. He spoke only when spoken to directly but his answers were harsh and monosyllabic. He had been acting strange like this for the past month but his friends couldn't figure out why.

"You know whom I miss?" a drunken Finn asked, his words were slurred slightly. "Reporter Girl."

Logan said nothing but instead downed his full glass of Scotch as though it were Tequila.

"Me too," Colin agreed. "I haven't seen Rory since we helped her move out of her grandparents' house."

"Rory moved?" Logan asked stupidly.

His friends noticed several things wrong with this question. The first and most obvious was that Logan never called Rory 'Rory.' He always called her 'Ace.' The second was that he didn't know.

"Right before Thanks Giving," Colin said slowly. "Don't you talk to your girlfriend?"

Logan's eyes hardened. He reached for his glass of Scotch only to find it empty. He then proceeded to catch the eye of the waitress and motioned for her to bring him tow more drinks.

"Logan?" Colin asked cautiously. "What happened?"

Finn braced himself, preparing for the worst.

"We broke up." Logan tried unsuccessfully to shrug it off as no big deal.

"No!" Finn cried dramatically. "No mate! Why? When?"

The cute blonde waitress brought Logan his two drinks, winked at him then walked away swaying her hips. Before Rory Logan would have had this waitress screaming for more before midnight. Now, though, Logan didn't even acknowledge her existence unless of course you count him downing the two full glasses of Scotch she brought him in ten seconds flat acknowledging her.

"So, I guess this explains why Rory stopped returning my phone calls," Colin said thoughtfully. "What happened?" he asked again.

"I don't know. Wait – you call her?" Logan asked incredulously.

"Huntz, Rory is my friend."

"Mine too!" Finn stated triumphantly raising a hand in the air. "Who wouldn't want to be friends with that beautiful blue eyed brunette? Too bad she isn't a red head."

Logan glared at Finn. It had never bothered him before Rory, when Finn complimented or flirted with the girls he was dating. With Rory it was different.

"Don't look at me like that, mate!" Finn exclaimed noticing the death glare that was being sent by his best friend.

"You're both taking her side! I can't believe this! Years of friendship and this is what I get in return? I'm leaving!" he stood up stumbling slightly.

He weaved his way through the throng of people until he made it outside. As he walked aimlessly away, he looked back and glared angrily at the brick building as though it were the cause of all his problems.

"You all packed Rory?" Christopher Hayden asked his daughter.

Rory looked up from her suitcase to her dad, "Just about yeah."

"You can stay in Boston longer you know. I love having you here. Gigi loves it too." Chris hinted conspicuously.

"I've been here for three weeks!" Rory laughed. "Dad, you know that tomorrow afternoon is the Stars Hollow Winter Festival! Mom and I never miss it!"

Chris laughed. "I should have known never to try to change a Gilmore Girl's mind."

"Never!" Rory said zipping up her suitcase. "Okay, I'm done!"

"I'm going to miss you kid," Chris said pulling her into a tight embrace.

"I'll miss you too Dad."

"Before you go, I have something for you," he pulled a small wrapped package from his pocket and handed it to her.

She took it curiously. "What's the occasion?"

"Just wanted to get you something," he answered shrugging.

Rory quickly unwrapped the red and green Christmas paper until she came to a small rectangular velvet box. She furrowed her eyebrows as she opened it. "Keys? Keys are good. What are they for?"

"Don't get angry Rory, but I may have bought you a townhouse in New Haven," he said slowly as though he were afraid Rory would lash out on him.

"A house?"

"Just, you know, for while your at Yale. You'll need somewhere to stay right? So I figured I could give you somewhere you could live," he said in the same slow and calm voice. "You can get a roommate if you want. Your friend what's her name – a city or something – London?"

"Paris?" Rory asked. Chris nodded. "Paris is living with her boyfriend."

"Then find another roommate. Just please accept the gift." Chris pleaded.

"Okay. Thank you Dad!" Rory said giving her father a brief hug. "I don't have enough furniture to fill a house!"

"That is what this is for." He took out his wallet and handed her one of his credit cards. "I got this for you. It is to cover all household expenses, furniture and coffee included."

"Dad this is too much." Rory said sitting down on the bed.

"Just for while you are at Yale or longer. Whatever you want," Chris said quickly.

"Thanks Dad."

Chris smiled. "Good. Now, you better get going. Lorelai will kill me if I keep you here too long."

Rory smiled and made her way down to her car after saying goodbye to Gigi and her father several times.

Almost three hours later Rory was pulling into the driveway of her mother's home. Finally feeling content. She had hated the four months she had spent at her grandparents' house while she was fighting with her mom. She quickly got out of the car and ran into the house.

"Mommy!"

"Daughter!" Lorelai cried running into the room and hugging Rory tightly. "You going to tell me why you left for three weeks right after our reconciliation, now?"

Rory had never told her mother why she had went to Boston just that she wanted to spend time with her dad. Lorelai didn't buy it. Rory wasn't a very good liar.

"Logan and I broke up."

"What?" Lorelai asked doing a double take. "When?"

"Well apparently that night Jess came to visit me," Rory said at her mother's confused face Rory went on to explain the fight and then the phone call from Logan's sister, Honor.

"You know I never took him for a coward!" Rory exclaimed after her story. "He didn't even have the galls to tell me!"

"Oh, Hun!" Lorelai said. "Let's get you some ice cream. Time to wallow which you really suck at you know that right, kid?"

Rory gave her mom a watery smile and shook her head but followed her into the kitchen all the same.

A/N: Well, here it is the new story! I probably won't be updating this story or my other story often if at all until Christmas break. Exams are coming up and I have to get my act together and start studying! Can you hear my excitment!