He pulled away with a strong force but he didn't leave. He just stood there holding me away from him. He said that he loved me and yet when I kissed him there was nothing there. Great I was in love with him and yet he didn't feel the same way about me. I tried to pull farther away from him but he would let me. He dragged me into my apartment and closed the door behind us.

He leaned down and kissed my lips moving his hands to my waist and pulling me farther into him. I wrapped my fingers into his hair and pulled myself closer to him. It was all happening so fast. He sat down on the couch and pulled me on top of him. This was what I wanted but it was a little much.

"Logan." He was kissing my neck. "Logan we can't do this." He stopped kissing my neck and I slid off his lap onto the couch next to him.

"What's wrong?I thought that this was what you wanted?"

"It is but this wasn't how I wanted it. What I mean is that I am tired and I have to go to work in the morning. I just can't do it right now."

"I understand." Logan got up and then walked to the door.

"I had fun tonight." Logan opened the door.

"Me too." He walked outside and shut the door.

I threw my fist into the pillow of the couch and sighed. I had him right where I wanted him and there he goes walking away again. I got up and went into my bedroom, stumbling and finding my way by leaning against the walls. When I got to my bedroom I made my way to my bed and crashed. This was not at all how I imagined a reunion being.

In a perfect world we would have met on the beach. It would be summer and I would be tanning and from across the beach our eyes would meet and it would be like in a slow motion part of a romantic movie where we would get up and run into each other's arms and our lips would meet with a long soft kiss. We would strip down on the beach and just do it right there. That was how it should have gone.

Instead we met again over work, not a pleasant encounter might I add. Then after work I invited him to come and see me get wasted at a local bar. And the best part is we were about to do it and I said no. The only thing that made me feel worse was the fact I had to see him tomorrow and I knew that there was going to be a killer hangover that would remind me payback is not a morning person.

I groaned and then tried to find a comfortable spot on the bed. After a few minutes of tossing and turning I managed to get comfortable and fell asleep.

I heard my alarm clock blaring in the morning and I smacked it with my hand and got up and made a pot of coffee. I leaned against the counter and waited for it to finish brewing. My head was throbbing and all I wanted was to go back to bed but lucky me had work and it wasn't like I could call in sick. The coffee finished brewing and I poured myself a giant cup and then went into the bathroom. My hair was a mess but that was fixable. I grabbed my brush and started to work out the knots when I decided a shower would be better. I turned on the shower and then went to my closet and took out something to wear and brought it into the bathroom so I could get dressed faster. I brushed my teeth and then hopped into the shower. I usually enjoy my showers but with a horrible hangover it was a little harder to do. I finished my shower and then dried off and then toweled my hair dry not wanting to hear the roaring of my blow drier this morning. I pulled my hair back into a pony tail and then got dressed. It was not one of my better work looks but I have to say that it was the not the worst look. Before I left my bathroom I opened my medicine cabinet and looked for some aspirin but with no luck. Apparently the last time I used it I placed the empty bottle on the shelf to remind myself to buy a new bottle but all it did now was mock me. I closed the medicine cabinet, grabbed my coffee, and then left for work.

I walked down to my car and then got in and drove to work. I knew that this day was going to be bad but I didn't think that it could get worse. I got to work to find that some jerk had parked in my spot so I had to drive around and find on open visitor spot. I got out and walked into the office. I had gotten into my office and realized that I left my coffee in the car. I stood up and went into the lounge and found Logan talking to someone blocking the coffee.

"Excuse me." I wait for them to turn around and realize that I was waiting for the coffee pot.

"Oh Rory we didn't see you there." Logan turned around and flashed me one of those million dollar smiles.

"Well now you do." I crossed my arms and then waited for them to move.

The girl who Logan was talking to walked away but Logan stood in front of the coffee pot and didn't move.

"Coffee after a hangover?"

"No coffee in the morning, like always."

"Rory."

"Logan."

"You don't need to be drinking this what you need is water."

"What I need is for you to move out of the way of the coffee pot."

"Rory if you do what I ask I will give you some aspirin."

"You have it with you?"

"You're not the only one who hit the bar hard last night. now go get a bottle of water and when we get back to your office we will talk about the aspirin."

I went over to the fridge and grabbed a bottle of water and then I walked back to my office and sat down at my desk. Logan came in a few minutes later sporting a muffin and a bottle of aspirin.

"Eat this, drink water, and take two of these." He put the muffin and the bottle down on my desk. I went to grab the bottle of aspirin and he snatched it back.

"Hey!"

"Eat the muffin first and then drink some water and I will be back with bottle of aspirin."

"Not fair."

"Life's not fair. I will be back."

"Yeah, yeah famous last words."

I took the muffin he left and started to eat it. After finishing half of the muffin I dug through my purse to find the sunglasses that I carry with me. I slipped them on to try to cut some of the lights that were making my headache worse. I finished eating the muffin and then I open the water and took a few sips but it wasn't my coffee.

I got up from my desk and then looked around to see if Logan was around and then I went back into the break room and poured myself a cup of coffee and went back to my desk. I took a sip and then heard someone clear their throat. I looked up and saw Logan standing over her desk.

"That doesn't look like water."

"Yeah I tried it and I wasn't a fan."

"Then I guess you won't be a fan of aspirin either."

"No I need the aspirin. Please?"

"Give me the coffee."

"No I need that too."

"Ace."

"Rory."

"I'm sorry, ugh Rory give me the coffee." I sighed and handed him the cup.

"Goodbye coffee I will miss you." He handed me the bottle of aspirin and I opened it and took two pills out.

"Take them with water and I will be right back, I just have to get rid of this first." He walked away and I took the pills with some water.

I turned on my computer and waited for it to load. While I was waiting Logan came in and took off my sunglasses and set them on my desk and then he took a few steps back. A few seconds later Mitchum walked into my office. I moved the aspirin and water to where he couldn't see it and then looked up at him.

"Good morning Rory."

"Good morning Mitchum."

"Rory, Logan and I are going to need to talk to you about your future with our company. Would you meet us down at the Huntzberger offices in two hours?"

"Is that a question or a task?"

"It's a task. I'm sure if you would like Logan would be more than happy to drive you."

"I think I can handle it."

"Like I said. Two hours. Logan." He turned and walked away. Logan looked like he was going to say something but instead he turned and followed his dad.

I waited until I was sure no one was watching and I put my sunglasses back on and then looked at the screen. I had another article that I needed to write and and I was in no condition to be writing or meeting with the new head of the paper. I sighed and leaned back in my chair. I knew that it was going to be a bad day when I started but it has just gotten worse and worse. About an hour later Logan came back.

"You know if you want to make it to the meeting on time you might want to leave."

"What time is it?" I looked at the blank screen of my computer and then back to Logan.

"Let's just say that your two hours are almost up. Do you want a ride?"

"Sure. This headache is killing me."

"Still?"

"Yeah."

"How much water have you had?"

"As much as it took to take the aspirin."

"Well that is part of your problem. You know you need to hydrate."

"I was trying to do that and then someone took my coffee..."

"Just drink the water and get your things we are leaving."

"Fine." I grabbed the water and the bottle of aspirin and put it in my purse and then followed him out to his car. It was a different car from yesterday and it was parked in my spot.

"Hey you know that there is assigned parking here."

"Yeah I know."

"Then why in the world did you park in my spot?"

"I didn't know."

"Yeah well now you do."

"Are you going to get in or just stand there and complain?"

"Hey I can complain if I want to."

"Just get in."

"Whatever." I opened the door and got inside.

It was a lot farther than I had anticipated. Well I am not sure if it was father or if the ride seemed to last forever. There was an awkward silence that filled the car and it seemed to last until we got into the elevator heading up to his dad's office.

"So I'm sorry about the whole Rory thing." I felt like it needed to be said.

"It's fine, I just got caught up in the moment and it slipped."

"I mean I have no problem with you calling me Ace I just wasn't expecting it."

"I understand."

"I mean I think that it is more professional for you to call me Rory in the office but I mean I like the name Ace..."

"Rory like I said I understand."

"Oh, okay."

"Oh and Ace?"

"Yeah?"

"Lose the sunglasses."

"Oh." I pulled the sunglasses off my face and put them into my purse.

When the doors opened I followed him down the hall and then into his father's office. Mitchum was sitting at his desk reading something at the computer. He had barely noticed that we walked in until he glanced up at the sound of his door closing.

"Oh you're here. Well take a seat." He motioned for us to sit down and we did.

I placed my purse on the ground and then put my hands on my lap and waited for someone to say something.

"So Rory I want to talk to you about your job. The thing is that there is no longer a place for you at Old York. I have a few other options for you but your position as a columnist is no longer available." I was dumbfounded. I knew that him calling me into his office like this was not good news but I never figured that this was it.

"What do you have in mind?"

"Well I have a position open on my staff. You would come on and work as a secretary for a year and then I would move you into a writing position..."

"Are you kidding me?" He had to be joking. I would rather be unemployed than work as a secretary for his company.

"I am very serious Rory."

"Mitchum take your offer and shove it." I stood up and grabbed my things and then stormed out of his office.

I could hear Logan coming after me and I pressed the button for the doors to close in the elevator and barely missed him. When I got down to the ground floor I ran outside and back to my house. A secretary? i just replaying his words in my head. He was either an ass or he was a cocky ass. He had to cut my job, I understood that but a secretary? I have been without a job before, I was not desperate. When I got up to my apartment I stormed in and closed the door. I grabbed the container of ice cream out of the fridge and sat in front of my television and pigged out.

I tried to chase after Rory but she was too far ahead of me to catch her. I had talked to my dad about what he was going to offer her but what he said to her in there floored me. She was suppose to be offered a job as a reporter on staff not a secretary. I was fuming when I walked back into my dad's office.

"What the hell was that?" He was reading something on his computer as if nothing had just happened.

"What my offer?" He asked causally.

"Yes your offer. That was nothing like what we talked about earlier today."

"I know but things change Logan. The position that she was going to be put in got filled and I offered her what I had left and apparently she didn't like it."

"We both know that you didn't fill that position, what happened?"

"You got attached Logan. I told you to get her to come to my company not to fall in love with her again."

"What are you talking about?"

"I saw the way you look at her Logan. I cannot have you distracted. When you get distracted you get sloppy."

"So you ruined her life?"

"I didn't ruin her life, I can ruin her life, but I haven't."

"You just fired her."

"People move on Logan."

"How come you can never do anything nice for people? Are you programed to screw over all human kind?"

"Logan calm down..."

"I will not clam down dad. So what if I love Rory?" That was the first time I had admitted to myself that I still loved Rory. What was I doing trying to argue with my father? He was never going to change but there was something that I could change.

I turned from my father and sprinted down the hall and pressed the button to the elevator. I turned when I heard my dad call after me.

"Logan where are you going?"

"To get Rory, dad."

"If you get into that elevator don't come back."

"I wasn't planning on it." I got into the elevator and watched my dad's face fall as the doors closed.

I didn't bother with getting my car. I sprinted out of the front door and down the street to Rory's apartment. I was winded by the time I got to the elevator but I just kept going. I got in and kept pressing the button for Rory's floor until the doors closed and the elevator started moving.

I was pounding on Rory's door when I finally got there. I knew that she was inside and I needed to talk to her. The door opened and I pulled Rory to me and kissed her. I could taste the ice cream on her lips and it was so nice. She wrapped her hands around my neck and pulled my inside her apartment. We bypassed the couch and she led me into her room without taking her lips away from mine the entire time. She laid down on the bed and I followed her lead and climbed on top of her.

She took off my shirt and I slid off my pants. She stripped off her shirt and then her pants. She started to kiss my neck and then made her way up to my ear. She pulled the covers over us and then we made love, multiple times.

The next morning I woke up with Rory wrapped in my arms. I missed having her there and it felt right to have her there again. I could feel her shift a little and I knew she was awake. She flipped over and looked at me.

"Good morning Logan." Her smile was contagious.

"Good morning Ace." She kissed me and I held her there for a minute. "Rory?"

"Yeah."

"I love you."

A/n: What do you think? I have written this chapter many times so I hope that all that work has paid off. Please review and let me know!

-Katie