AN: I bet you can't believe that I'm updating this story huh? Trust me its a surprise to me to. I'm so sorry for the delay. I had every intention of keeping this story updated but life simply got in the way. I was given a promotion at work which meant I was busier and I had to learn an entirely different side of the law then I got a new job which has been a bit of the same and unfortunately on top of it all I have been suffering from writer's block. Anytime I sat down in front of the computer to start typing I just couldn't get anything out.

Hope you're all still with me though. I'll try to get another one out to you soon.

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One

I don't know how long I've sat here in Logan's office, alone on the floor. The tears finally subsided, but I couldn't move. I couldn't get up and walk out that door because I didn't know what was next. I couldn't face going home to the apartment I shared with Logan. I was scared that he wouldn't be there and it would just be empty or I would find him packing his things. Neither option sounded very good. No going home right now was not an option.

What had I done?

I love Logan. I want to marry him. My future is with him. I knew that. I know that. So then why, why couldn't I just say what I really wanted to say instead of just blurting out that I had an offer from CNN? The reality was, the offer with CNN wasn't even a problem. It just meant I would have to give up the Today show, but that was it. It was based in New York, sure I would have to travel a bit but it wouldn't be any different than what I was currently doing. There was no issue there, so why was I stupid and made it sound like I was choosing my career over the man I loved.

Ugh!

Scared Rory Gilmore, that's just who I am. He was right. I'm just running scared which is incredibly stupid considering the fact that I know what I want and it's right there in my grasp. Hell I already had it.

My eyes find their way to the beautiful diamond ring on my finger and tears start to fill my eyes again. How could everything have gone so horribly wrong, when just ten months ago everything was perfect?

Ten months earlier

"Logan you better not still be standing in front of that mirror styling your hair." I yelled out as I absentmindedly opened the door to the loft apartment we shared. "We were supposed to be at your mother's party a half hour ago. Shira's going to kill us fo…" I stopped mid sentence as I started walking further into the apartment and noticed rose petals all over the floor, a candlelight dinner was set up on our dining room table and the buffet had from what I could see food covering every inch of it.

Logan appeared from seemingly out of nowhere smiling. He looked handsome in gray slacks and a crisp button down white shirt with his sleeves casually rolled up. "Wha…what's going on? I thought we were going to your mother's party tonight." I asked confused as he came around me to take my coat off then reached for my purse, placing both on the bench before giving me a sweet kiss on my cheek.

"Eh…I decided that celebrating the new year alone with my girl sounded a lot better than hobnobbing with the rich and entitled at one of my mother's boring society parties." he said as he led me to the table. "That is unless you'd rather spend the evening with my mother because in that case we can go."

"No…no, this is definitely much better." I say wrapping my arms around his waist, squeezing gently and he chuckles and kisses my forehead. I take a careful look at the spread he has laid out on the buffet table and it seems to be full of all of my favorite foods from back at Yale. The scene looks wonderfully familiar. I look up and there are garden lights hanging from our ceiling and I quickly look over to our living area and there on the floor is a blanket spread out with a sea of pillows surrounding it. "Logan did you…did you re-create that night you surprised me after coming home from London?"

He smiles shyly and nods as he opens the wine. "Well I didn't have a meteor shower to trick you with so I used my mom's party, which we were excused from by the way, and it's too cold to go up to the roof, but yeah I did."

I smile brightly amazed at what he has done and completely incredulous. "That night was one of the best nights of my entire life. I really loved that night. Thank you for this." I say smiling as he hands me my glass of wine. I take it but quickly put it down before wrapping my arms around him tightly and gazing at his face. "I love this and I love you so much Logan. I can't believe you did this for me."

"Well you know me Ace, I've got to keep you on your toes." he says smiling and I pull his head down and kiss him. It quickly heats up and we're both gasping for air when we finally pull away. He smirks as he looks down at me, "so are you ready to eat?"

"Mm, I think I'm hungry for something else actually." I say smiling as I take his hands as I lead him to living area to made shift bed he's created.

"I like the way you think Ace."

"Me, you're the one who put this seduction spread out, I'm just taking my cues from you Huntzberger." I say jokingly and he growls before picking me and throwing me over his shoulder running the rest of the way to living area, the both of us laughing the whole time. He lays me down gently and my laugh fades away as I take in the way he's looking at me with those beautiful chocolate eyes. I know in that moment, as I always know when Logan looks at me that he loves me, completely and fully. This man loves me like no one else. His love just has a way surrounding me and making me warm and whole and I know I love him in just the same way.

I reach out and pull him closer to me and kiss him and as his kisses trace the contours of my neck I breathlessly whisper, "love me."

A couple of hours later we are sitting up in the makeshift bed he had made in our living area with empty plates of food pushed to our feet and a glass of wine in our hands. Logan's shirt has found its way onto me as it usually does and he's only wearing a pair of pajama bottoms he grabbed from the bedroom. We had turned the tv on and were watching Ryan Seacrest on Dick Clark's Rockin' New Year's Eve waiting for the ball to drop. I glanced over at Logan and noticed he was fidgeting and looked a little strange.

"Logan are you ok, you look a little off?" I said and he looked at me and shook his head, "maybe you ate too much. You should know by now that you shouldn't try to keep up with me. It takes years of training to get your stomach at the Gilmore level of eating."

"Uh no my stomach is just fine," he says trying to brush me off, but I can tell that something is off with him. I let it go for a bit and watch Rihanna's performance on tv. When midnight it just a few minutes away Logan fidgets some more and I see his hand reach under the couch. What is he doing? He grimaces and curses under his breath.

"Logan what are you doing? Did you lose something under the couch?" I ask confused.

"No it's fine." he says moving his hand around some more. "Damnit." he says before turning around on his stomach and peering under the couch, trying to grab something.

"What are you looking for? Maybe I can help?" I say pushing some pillows away peering under the couch too.

"No Rory, I've got it." he says but before he can stop me my hand is under the couch searching for I don't know what and I instantly feel something small and hard.

"I think I found it." I exclaim and I grab it and pull my hand out from underneath and take a look at what's in my hand as I sit up. There is a small box in my hand and suddenly I feel my heart start to race. In my gut I know what this box is and as my eyes meet Logan's shocked brown orbs my suspicions are confirmed. In that moment I feel a calm come over me.

"I guess I just can't ever get it quite right." he says shrugging before taking the box from my quivering hands and opening it. Inside is a beautiful large but simple antique looking round diamond ring with smaller diamonds encircling it and on the band. It's absolutely perfect. He takes it from the box before taking my hand and looking into my teary eyes. "I tried this once before and I did it completely wrong. I never imagined back then that I would be lucky enough to get the chance to do it again. I love you Rory Gilmore. You're it for it for me. You amaze me. You've made me believe in myself and that love exists. You've made me happier than I ever thought I could be. I know what life is like without you Rory Gilmore and while I can do it, I know a life without you in it is not really living. I love you and like I told you before I will wait forever for you, but I think, no I believe that the time is right and we shouldn't wait anymore." he took a breath and pushed himself onto his knees. "Ace, Rory will you marry me, will you be wife?"

Suddenly I didn't know how to talk. I opened my mouth and a noise came out but there were no words. I didn't know how to find the words so I just smiled through my tears and nodded my head. His face lit up and I'm not sure who reached for whom, but we were suddenly entangled in each other's arms placing kisses everywhere and somewhere in distance I heard the faint sound of people counting backwards.

When we finally pulled away, Logan smiled placing his hands on the sides of my face. "Did you really just say yes?"

"I don't think I said it yet officially, but I'll say it now." I said smiling brightly. "Yes, Logan Huntzberger I'll marry you! Yes, yes, yes a million times over, yes! I love you."

He pulled the ring out again. I hadn't even realized that it wasn't on my finger yet but he slowly slipped it on the fourth finger of my left hand and out of the corner of my eye I could see fireworks booming in the distance. It was simply magical. It was perfect.

"Looks like you got it right this time Huntzberger." I comment as he pulled me into his arms, cuddling together as I gazed down at the beautiful ring he had just put on my finger.

"Not exactly, you weren't supposed to find the ring." he said laughing. "There was supposed to be a lot more finesse or something like that."

"Maybe, but it was still perfect to me. I love it and I love you." I said kissing him softly before pulling away and bolting up looking around frantically.

"Ace, what's wrong, what are you doing?"

"I have to find my cell so I can call my mom." I answer as I find my purse and fish my phone out.

"You can do it tomorrow." he says as he stands up.

"No I have to do it now; I promised my mom that I would call her right away if you ever proposed." I said, but he grabbed the phone from me. "Hey what are you doing?"

"Lorelai isn't expecting your call until tomorrow morning." he said putting the phone down on the couch smiling. "She said and I quote "don't let my darling daughter call me right away, the two of you should be celebrating horizontally afterwards or obviously I haven't taught her anything." and end quote."

"My mom said that?" I said with my mouth open before something dawned on me. "Wait when did you talk to my mom?"

"At Christmas when I asked her, Luke and your dad for your hand in marriage again." he said matter-of-factly.

"You asked all of them?"

"Well yeah." he said shrugging. "I only asked your mom the first time, but then I realized where we were now and how right being together was and I wanted them all to know that I loved you and I planned on taking care of you, being your partner in life. I just wanted them to all know where I stood because they're your parents and you love them they love you."

I felt tears spring to my eyes once again as I looked at this amazing man, my fiancé. "I can't believe you did that for me."

"I don't know why you can't believe it Ace. I love you and I know each of their opinions matter to you so I wanted make sure I had their blessing, but I probably would have proposed anyway even if they had said no." he said smirking and I punched his arm. "Hey if it makes you feel better, Luke and Christopher promised to break my knee caps if I ever hurt you again."

"That does make me feel better, thank you."

"Hey!"

"What I'm just kidding. I know you won't hurt me again." I said placing a kiss on his lips. "So didn't my mom say something about celebrating appropriately?"

"I believe she did." he said pulling me closer, "I can't believe I'm taking advice from your mom about having sex."

"What, my mom always has the best advice," I whispered nibbling at his earlobe.

"I've got to agree with you there Ace." he said as a moan escaped his lips.

Yup my mom definitely has some good advice.

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