Road to Love
Chapter 2 – It's going to be an interesting night…
Disclaimer: Wouldn't we all LOVE to own Gilmore Girls, and its wonderful cast, but alas we don't, well at least I don't. Amy Sherman – Palladino does, I do however own a Gilmore Girls book. YAY for me!
AN: I'm so sorry that I didn't post this sooner, but I couldn't log in, and so I couldn't post this. Anyways, thank you so much for the reviews, they meant so much to me! Honestly it did. I was completely overwhelmed by how many people reviewed. I didn't have much homework to do, or much of anything to do today, so I decided 'what the hell, I might as well write a chapter for this fic right, and maybe for my other fic as well, depends on how I'm feeling…' Now that I've told you that, I think it's only fair that I actually start the fic now. But before I do that, I would like to ask you to review, it means so much to me, but of course the decision lies with you. Once again, I'm going to say it, I might make a fool of myself trying to be witty and sarcastic, like those quirky Gilmore Girls, and so if I am making a fool of myself then by all means tell me. Alrighty then, I'm going to start writing now, so BYE! He-he-he, full out laughing now…
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Rory walked into her room, after Logan had left, his usual attitude back in tact, as if nothing had happened, when really just minutes before he had been a puddle of confusion and something she just couldn't quite put her finger on. Her mind wandered back to what Logan was about to say, but seemed to have thought better of it, her reporter instincts made her twice as curious as the average person. 'Damn these instincts,' she thought bitterly to herself.
With a frustrated sigh she plopped down on her bed, questioning herself as to what he might have said. As if right on cue, to save her from her overly inquisitive thoughts, her cell phone rang shrilly, piercing the silence in the room.
Not bothering to see who was calling, she reached over and grabbed her phone from her night stand.
"Hello," she said miserably.
"Well hello to you too, my darling daughter!" her mother said, in a perky voice.
"Why are you so energetic today?" Rory asked her mother dully.
"Coffee, at least 10 cups, and need I say more?" Lorelai asked honestly.
"Nope, that about explains it…mmmm coffee…must have coffee…" Rory said as if hypnotized.
"That's the spirit," her mom said gleefully, "So my fantastic daughter, how'd your revenge, I mean joke on Logan go?" Lorelai said quickly correcting herself.
"It was…" she thought for a minute before finally answering. "It was definitely worth it, but sadly I gave in to my guilty conscience and confessed that it was in fact a joke. But the look on his face when grandpa told him was priceless." Rory told her mom, thinking if she should tell her what was bothering her.
"Wow that last line sounded just like a master card commercial. You had the priceless part down, all you need now is, 'for everything else, there's master card,' part, and it'll be the perfect re-enactment. But onto better things, like what's bothering you maybe?" Lorelai asked knowing that Rory was hiding something from her. She could hear it in her voice.
Rory was stumped as to how her mother had figured out that she was in fact hiding something. She had tried her hardest to sound as normal as possible, but yet still her mom had figured her out. But then again, this was Lorelai. "Nothing's wrong mom, what could possibly make you think that?" Rory lied quickly, guilt dripping off, of her every word. She silently prayed that her mom bought it, and let the subject drop.
"Yes well, I'll let this go for now, but look forward to a full interrogation when you come home from Yale this weekend missy." Lorelai told her daughter half jokingly, and half seriously.
"I can hardly wait; I'm counting down the minutes until our next meeting. In the meantime, I must quench my thirst for coffee, the elixir of life, well at least our lives…" Rory said thoughtfully.
"Alright, child of mine, I'll let you go this time, until our next encounter." Lorelai said, a slight smile growing on her face.
"Bye mom, love you." Rory replied as calmly as she could.
"Bye sweets, love you too." Lorelai said hanging up.
Hearing the dial tone, Rory hung up as well. Grabbing her coat, scarf, purse and any other necessities that she would need she headed out the door, in search of the nearest coffee cart. Once she spotted one, she hurriedly scuttled towards it.
"Two of your largest coffee's please." Rory told the man behind the cart. Who had quickly handed her both of her coffees, while she handed over some money.
Turning away from the coffee cart, she came face to face with Logan, who was grinning from ear to ear. Colin and Finn stood slightly behind him, both sporting the same smile on their faces.
"Stop smiling so much, it scares me, and your jaw is going to start cramping soon." Rory told the three of them, gulping down her first coffee.
"Well excuse us." Logan told Rory, his smile fading slightly, but the light in his eyes only brightened.
"You're excused. Now will you please move out of my way? I have things to do other than stand here and have another pointless argument with you. As intriguing as that sounds I've got a life, contrary to what you may or may not think." Rory told Logan, trying to maneuver her way around him, only to be stopped by his arm on hers.
"Not so fast there Ace. I'm pleased that you enjoy our 'pointless arguments' as you so kindly put it. I – well we," he motioned towards Colin and Finn. "Have a proposition for you." He said letting go of her arm once he was sure that she wasn't going to try to leave again, while she started on her second coffee.
"As appealing as this mysterious proposition sounds, I think I'm going to have to pass." Rory replied, finishing off her second coffee.
"Well, would you at least hear us out, you don't even know what we were going to suggest. It wasn't even our idea, I'll have you know. It was Stephanie's; she wanted to know if you'd like to come to a party with us. It's just a party, nothing too fancy, or classy. Fine it might be a bit fancy," Logan said seeing the disbelieving look on her face. "And much to your disappointment, I think you might just have some fun, unless that's too much for you to handle." Logan said persuasively knowing he'd struck a nerve. "Yes, it's probably is too much fun for your liking, so we'll just tell Steph that you said no, and on with our lives we shall go as hard as that may be." Logan said, in what he hoped came across as a convincing tone. The truth was that Stephanie really did ask to invite Rory. In fact she insisted that Rory come, and that Logan be the one to ask her. In the back on his mind, he, if truth be told hoped that Rory would accept the offer and come with them.
Logan desperately tried to drown this voice out. He wouldn't give in to this internal battle that this little part of his mind seemed to be having with the part of his brain that was functioning. Which was telling him that Rory otherwise known as 'Ace' was a just a friend nothing more, and the fact that she was going to be at the party tonight was no big deal. He however couldn't help but feel as excited as a child who was in a candy store for the first time, with rows upon rows of the delicious treats. Logan didn't know why his stomach seemed to constantly be doing cartwheels whenever he was around her, and that scared him.
They could all see that Rory was trying frantically to think up an excuse as to why she couldn't go. But much to her dismay she came up with nothing. As much as she didn't want to go, Logan seemed to have a way of convincing her, by making her life look so boring. In truth it really wasn't, well at least to her, but according to Logan, the all-knowing Logan, it was. Giving up she agreed to Logan's, wait no, Stephanie's invitation.
"Great. Alright let's go." Logan said in a business like tone.
"Wait! Go? I can't go! I'm not dressed properly." Rory told them matter-of-factly.
"Don't worry about it, Stephanie's got you covered, she's gotten you a dress, well she's got extra dresses that'll fit you." Finn piped up.
"Oh joy…" Rory said sarcastically, her last hope fading away.
"As much fun as this is, we better go. If were not back in time, Stephanie's going to wring our necks or worse…" Colin said with a tinge of fear in his voice, while leading them towards a black SUV.
The ride to Stephanie's dorm was definitely a quiet one. You could've heard a feather drop, that's how quiet they all were. Once they'd arrived at her dorm, they all piled out of the car, each just as relieved to be out of the zone of silence, that was the car.
Logan led the way inside Stephanie's dorm.
Completely ignoring Logan, Stephanie went straight towards Rory, giving her a small hug before dragging her towards her room.
"I'm so glad you decided to come!" Stephanie said excitedly.
"Me too…" Rory said quietly.
"Okay…here are you dress choices." Stephanie told Rory holding up a red, silky strapless dress, and a black spaghetti strap dress, which was also made of silk.
Rory just stood there dumbfounded starring at the beautiful dresses that Stephanie was currently dangling in front of her.
Before she could answer, the door to Stephanie's bedroom opened, and in came Finn.
"Something blue," Finn said, sauntering over to Stephanie's closet to find something blue.
A few minutes later, Finn came out of the closet holding a baby blue, spaghetti strap dress; this dress was also made of silk. The silk made the dress look like water flowing in mid – air.
"This one," Finn said effortlessly, holding the dress up in front of a gapping Rory. "The bathroom is through there," Finn told Rory pointing towards a door to his right. "There are some towels in the cupboard in there. When you're done your dress will be waiting for you." Finn finished telling Rory giving her a slight push towards the direction of the bathroom.
"Um…Okay" Was all Rory could get out, before she given one final push into the bathroom. Once she was in the bathroom, she called her mom.
"Mom, I'm going to a party with Logan and all those other people from the LDB!" Rory whisper yelled to her mom in a worried voice.
"Good for you sweets! Have fun, don't get too drunk, mommy doesn't like that. Oh and don't get arrested for anything, and have the police call be at god knows what time, and wake me up so I can come and get you okay?" Lorelai told her daughter, happy that she was finally going to do something fun.
"Mom, I don't even want to be here. I want to be in my dorm, drinking coffee, reading a good book." Rory exclaimed.
"Did you tell them that?" Lorelai asked.
"Well…no but…" Rory confessed.
"Well then, go have some fun, oh and take pictures too. Bye!" And with that, Lorelai hung up the phone, leaving Rory to deal with her worried thoughts.
Fuming, Rory stripped of her clothes and took a shower. Once she came out of the shower, her temper had gone down considerably.
Drying her skin off, she wrapped the towel around her, walking out of the bathroom.
"Finally," Finn said impatiently. "Here's your dress, you can go change in the bathroom, or right here if you want." Finn told her slyly.
Taking the dress from Finn, she walked back into the bathroom, changing into this stunning dress. It really brought out her eyes; it made her skin glow slightly. It looked as if Rory was drowning in a sea of water. It was absolutely beautiful, Rory thought to herself, smiling as she looked at herself in the mirror. It clung to her body in all the right places, and the back was laced all the way down to the small of her back, the rest flowed down to the ground. After doing a little twirl, she walked out of the bathroom, still smiling slightly.
"Wow! You look awesome. Okay come on, we have to do your make up and hair." Stephanie exclaimed, clapping her hands, and squealing for joy, like a school girl with a crush.
"Thank you." Rory said blushing slightly. All of her worries, hastily ebbing away.
After about an hour, Rory's hair and make-up was finally done. Her make-up was light. While her hair was done up, with a few curls falling down to her shoulders. It was an absolutely breath-taking scene.
Putting on her shoes, which matched the dress perfectly, she stood up.
"Aw…Logan's not going to know what hit him, you look brilliant." Stephanie said, looking Rory up and down.
"Um…Thanks." Rory said, not really knowing how to reply to the comment. She hoped that Logan thought she looked good, but it didn't really matter, right? She questioned herself.
"Okay, c'mon I haven't got all day to stand here and complement Rory on her stunning appearance, we've got a party to go to, so let's go!" Finn told them.
"Right let's go." Stephanie repeated. She was wearing a beautiful pale pink, strapless dress, with matching shoes. Her blond hair was curled, cascading down her back. Her make-up was a bit heavier than Rory's, but all in all, she herself looked fabulous.
When they walked out, Logan and Colin were standing at the there, flowers in hand, tuxedo's on.
'Wow! Logan looks great.' Rory thought to herself, her mouth suddenly dry.
'Dear god, I think I'm going to have a heart attack, Rory looks amazing.' Logan thought to himself, looking her up and down. He could feel his heart beating faster and faster, his stomach doing flips again.
The two girls walked towards the two awaiting boys. Finn walked behind them, holding their purses, and wraps to go with their dresses, should they get cold.
"You two look great." Logan said, all the while starring at Rory.
"Thanks, and you look good…" Rory told Logan, not breaking their eye contact. He looked fabulous, she could feel her heart beating faster than it ever had, her skin getting warmer. How could Logan's mere presence and a few words do this to her? She chastised herself.
"Uh…these are for you Steph," Colin said, breaking the silence that had settled since Rory and Logan's last words.
"Thank you! There beautiful," Stephanie said smelling them.
"Oh…right, these are for you Ace." Logan said finally breaking his gaze.
"Right…thanks…" Rory said finally finding her voice.
"Let's go, let's go!" Finn said impatiently. "There are going to be many pretty ladies at this party, and I'd like to get to them!" Finn said walking out the door; the other's following closely behind him.
Leaving their flowers behind, Colin was walking hand in hand with Stephanie. While Logan and Rory walked awkwardly behind them, starring around at their surroundings.
Colin and Stephanie walked up a bit, so they could talk privately.
"This is definitely going to be an interesting night for those two," Stephanie said to Colin, nodding her head slightly, in the direction of the two unknowing lovebirds.
"Definitely…" Colin said helping Stephanie into the SUV, with Finn tapping his finger edgily on the steering wheel.
Once Logan and Rory were seated, much to their discomfort next to each other, Finn reversed out of the lot, and they were on their way to the party.
'This is going to be an interesting night…' Both Logan and Rory thought to themselves. And an interesting night it would be.
AN: Alright, this chapter has sadly come to an end. I've left you with a slight cliff-hanger, and so if you don't mind sending me some ideas as to what's going to happen at the party, they'd be much appreciated! I'm sorry I took so long to update, it's just that I was busy with my birthday, which was on the 6th, of January. My arm still hurts from all the birthday beatings I got from my friends, who jumped at the chance to punch me. I hope you like this chapter; it is twice as long at the previous chapter, which I hope is a good thing. I was very pleased with the outcome of this chapter, but I think it could've been better. Oh well…I hope you all enjoy this chapter, and if you do please review, even if you don't review. I would love to know what you thought of this chapter. And once again, I would appreciate it so very much, if you would be so kind, as to be as brutally honest in your reviews, if you review that is. Well that's all… you can expect another update maybe sometime this weekend, but most likely I'll update next week. Oh and I promise to get inside Rory's head, and see what she's thinking a bit more in the next chapter. BYEZ!