Chapter Two
Rory awoke as the sun came streaming in through the windows. She winced and rolled over in bed as the sun invaded through her eyelids. She hadn't fallen asleep until almost four in the morning; her sleeping patterns had been messed up since she had been in different time zones only hours before. Her heart plummeted as she realized that she had nothing to do all day, or any day for that matter. She was unemployed. For the first time in a really long time, she didn't have a schedule to adhere to, it was whatever she wanted whenever she wanted to do it, and it was a little exhilarating.
She jumped out of bed with a slight smile and pulled on her new pink Hollister tee and white skirt while slipping on her sandals. As she was leaving the pool house, where she was now staying since her mother was still incognito, she grabbed her bag and closed the door behind her. She went into the main house and had breakfast with her grandparents before she headed out and jumped into her new car, the ones her grandparents had gotten for her when she had graduated from Chilton. She turned the key in the ignition and the car roared to life as she sped out of the driveway and into the streets. She turned on the radio and winced as a familiar song came on.
Lying
here with you
Listening to the rain
Smiling just to see the
smile upon your face
These are the
moments I thank God that I'm alive
These are the moments I'll
remember all my life
I found all I've waited for
And I could
not ask for more
Looking in your eyes
Seeing all I need
Everything you are is everything to me
These are the
moments I could not ask for more than this time together These are the moments I thank God that I'm alive I could not
ask for more than the love you give me
I know heaven must exist
These are the moments I know
all I need is this
I have all I've waited for
And I could not
ask for more
I could not ask for more than this time with you
Every prayer
has been answered
Every dream I have's come true
And right
here in this moment is right where I'm meant to be
Here with you
here with me
These are the moments I'll remember all my life
I've got all
I've waited for
And I could not ask for more
'Coz it's all I've waited
for
And I could not ask for more
I could not ask for more
She couldn't ignore the tears that came to her eyes as the song played on, she didn't have it in her to turn it off. This was the song that she and Logan had danced to the last they had been together before she had rejected him. It had been one of the happiest moments of her life, one of the happiest songs, but now all she felt was emptiness and pain. She knew she had missed him while she had been away, but she had been afraid to feel again, afraid that her emotions would overpower her. She knew that she had been wrong, that she should have accepted his proposal, but it was too late, and he was gone.
The first time she had called her mother, she had asked whether or not she knew how Logan was. Her mother's reaction had stunned her, to say the least. Right after her graduation, Logan had left New Haven for Japan, he was supposedly going there to work at one of his father's new newspapers, but everyone knew the truth, he was trying to get away from her. Everyday she mentally slapped herself for; once again, letting a man she loved slip away. It seemed to always be that way in her love life. Dean? Slipped away. Jess? Pushed away. Logan? Pushed away and then slipped away. That was how it went in Rory Gilmore's life, which truly proved that her love life was destined to be as hazardous as her mothers had been until she got together with Luke.
Finally she arrived at her destination and parked her car. She slowly slipped out of the car, wiping at her eyes as she took deep breaths to calm herself down. She tucked her hair behind her ears as she headed into the coffee shop. She climbed up the stairs and entered into the coffee shop and was shocked at how deserted it was, there was only one other person there. She went over to the table by the other person and sat down, quietly humming to herself. The man at the table next to her looked over and whispered quietly,
"There is a better coffee shop around the corner, trust me. I'm only here because I'm his son. Escape while you still can" his panicked eyes made her feel very uncomfortable and she slowly shuffled out of the coffee shop and back onto the street. As she was exiting the coffee shop she suddenly had a painful flashback as tears crept into her eyes once again.
"Logan, it's 8:30 in the morning, you had better have a good excuse for dragging me out of bed, making me get dressed and making me walk so early in the morning" she wined as he practically dragged her across the street, leading her to what looked like a rustic styled coffee house.
"Ace, coffee" he gestured with his hand as they neared the coffee shop, she almost started drooling when she smelled the delicious coffee smell that was wafting towards them. She untangled herself from his hold and sprinted towards the coffee shop, running inside and sniffing the air, sighing with happiness. She heard a laugh from behind her and whirled around to see Logan there, laughing at her ridiculous behavior. She blushed and looked down at her feet, embarrassed with her actions. He took hold of her chin and tilted her head so that she was looking up at him.
"Never be embarrassed Ace, I love you and your little quirks"
"You love me?" she said with a little bit of shock, he had never really come right out and said it before.
"Yeah Ace, I love you, you and your coffee addicted self" he said with a smirk as he kissed her softly"
The tears were streaming down her face now and she couldn't stop them. She had been bottling up her feelings for Logan for months, and now they were finally coming out, right here and right now, in the middle of a busy street. She covered her mouth with her hand, stifling a sob that was forming in the back of her throat. Suddenly, coffee didn't seem so appealing anymore; she whirled around to go back to her car and ran smack dab into someone who had been coming the other day. She apologized profusely and looked up into the eyes of the person she had bumped into, shocked at whose eyes were staring back at her with bewilderment.
AN: Who is it? I'll never tell! ) You can all take your guesses, and as to what this story's ship is? It's debatable. Depends on what people want after the plot is revealed. Could it be Rogan? PDLD? Dory? Literati? Or something else?