Chapter 3

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Friday at 7:00, Rory was in her dorm room applying her make up. She had curled her hair and it ended past her shoulders, she pulled half of it up in a clip and left the rest down. Her outfit was a cute white romper with a deeper V-neck than she would not usually get, but Steph had talked her into it for the party. She wore a small navy blue leather jacket with a silver zipper, but she left it open, and white Steve Madden pumps that matched the romper.

"Steph let's go!" Colin said from where he was waiting in the common room. He had been there for about 15 minutes waiting for them to be ready. Logan was on his way over from their dorm to meet them by the limo.

"Keep it in your pants Colin, we're almost ready," Steph said walking out of Rory's room where she was getting shoes. There was a knock on the door and Colin got up to answer it. He opened it to find Logan impatiently tapping his foot.

"What the hell is taking so long?" he asked and walked through the door Colin was holding open for him.

"The girls aren't ready yet. I don't understand they've had all day!" he said exasperatedly as he had already had this conversation with Steph.

"Oh my god! Chill, I'm ready," Rory said coming out of her room and picking up her white clutch from the couch.

Logan felt his breath stop when she stepped out and he was sure his jaw fell all the way to the floor. He knew she was pretty, but she looked absolutely stunning. Her romper showed off every inch of her legs and the heels made them seem miles long. The V-neck was plunging, but just modest enough to avoid slutty and leave Logan's imagination running wild. He didn't know how long he had been staring when her voice brought him out of is trance. "Logan are you ok?" she asked.

"Um, yeah, I think. Ace you look… wow," he said. That was all he could come up with, here he was in his third year at Yale and all he could think of was wow, great.

"Um, thanks," she said feeling a blush creep up. "You don't look to bad yourself," she added.

He was wearing dark wash jeans and a black T-shirt that fit him so you could just barely see his perfect abs underneath and he had on a black leather jacket. He looked great and she could feel herself getting hotter looking at him.

"Ok, I'm ready!" Steph said as she ran out of her room. "Oh Ror you look amazing!"

"Thanks Steph, you did pick it out," Rory said laughing at her friend. "Hey aren't those my shoes?"

"Maybe, but they're the only ones that go with my outfit." She was wearing a hot pink tank top with a black jacket and a black skirt. She had taken Rory's matching pink sandals and her hair was straightened.

"That's true and you do look great," Rory said.

"Aw thanks girly," Steph said.

"Ok can we go now?" Colin said.

"Yeah, yeah don't get your panties in a twist McCrea," Rory said as she and Steph walked out. Logan followed them snickering at Rory's remark. They all got outside and piled into them limo, Colin and Steph sat together, leaving Logan and Rory together. On the way, Rory had begun telling Logan about Stars Hollow and by the time they got to the club, he was insisting she take him some time because he didn't believe her stories about Kirk.

When they pulled up and got out, they were greeted by Finn waiting outside the club with his date. He practically ran over and picked up Rory, swinging her around he said, "Love, where have you been? It's been weeks," he set her down and did the same to Steph.

"Aw Finny I'm sorry, but it's only been four days," Rory said laughing. Along with Colin, Finn had also become good friends with Rory and Steph. He treated them as a big brother would, and was very protective of them.

"You let her call you Finny?" Logan said, shocked that he would. Girls always called him that Finn constantly complained.

"Yes, you see Love here is different, if she want to call you something, you let her call you that," Finn answered.

"Yep, it's ok you'll catch on Logie," Rory said.

Logan cringed at the name out of reflex, but noticed that coming from her it did not seem that bad. "Let's pick a new name Ace," he said.

"Okay, Cocky Ass seems to fit," she said smirking.

"How about Master and Commander," he said.

"Nope, Cocky Ass works for me," she said. Laughing he draped an arm over her shoulder as they walked in and they both tried to ignore warmth and spark they felt when he touched her. Upon entering, they headed for the bar where he got a scotch neat and Rory got a martini.

The group of friends stood around talking, a number of guys coming up to Rory and asking her to dance, but she turned them down and opted to just hang out with her friends. Logan did not like the feeling he got in his stomach when another guy talked to her or innocently touched her arm. This time he didn't push the feeling down, instead he kept an arm over her shoulder after about the fifth guy had come and gone. He was realizing that as much as he wanted them to be, his feelings for Rory were not platonic, but he was still Yale's playboy and he wasn't ready to commit to anyone. He also didn't think she reciprocated these feelings and she only wanted him as a friend anyway.

Logan and Rory were discussing, or debating more like, the recent bill in front of congress. Logan followed the news and was very well educated and well read. Rory was starting to realize that there was more to him than the rich playboy façade and she was starting to get to know the real Logan. This Logan she liked and he was fun to talk to, but he still had his boyish, arrogant charm she was beginning to like more than just as a friend. She had noticed that whenever a girl flirted with him she got an odd feeling in her stomach and she tried to suffocate it, but was unsuccessful. Logan had wrapped an arm around her shoulder and that effectively stopped the harem of girls. She was glad, but confused as to why he would do that. Even if she did like him, there was no way he like her. He would sleep with anything with boobs and a pulse then move on. She would not be a notch in his bedpost and she wasn't his type anyway.

A blonde girl flirting with Logan and asking him to dance interrupted their conversation. He had been turning down girls all night and this was no different until Rory answered for him. "He would love to," she said.

"Ace it's fine, I don't want to leave you," he said.

"Logan its fine, go, I don't need a baby sitter. Thank you, but go have fun," she said thinking her was just being polite.

"Are you sure?" he asked hoping she would say no and tell him no stay.

"Yes, now go Mac, go dance," she told him.

"Mac?" he asked confused.

"Master and Commander," she said with a wink before turning on her heel and walking toward the bar to refill her drink.

He watched her walk away and groaned internally before turning to the girl next to him and leading her towards the dance floor. As hard he tried the only thing he could think of was Rory and how this girl was not her. However, Ace wasn't interested in him like that and he wouldn't commit so when the girl kissed him he reciprocated and they quickly made their way out the door. After all this was the reason, he wouldn't commit, so he could sleep with other girls.

Rory watched as they danced and eventually started kissing, she felt a tug on her heart and her stomach sink. She couldn't stay and watch them anymore, she told Steph she wasn't feeling well and was leaving, but would send the limo back for them.

She walked into her dorm and fell on the couch. She hadn't even had a crush on anyone since Dean and Logan was the first guy she had liked since him. The lies she told herself about having a platonic relationship weren't working anymore and she knew she liked him. She also knew they wouldn't be together, he was a playboy and she wasn't the type of girl he liked. The one guy she wants she can't have.

With that last thought, she packed her bag and left for Stars Hollow. Right now, she needed to talk to her mom and a classic Gilmore movie night was exactly what she needed.

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Logan and the girl made it back to her dorm and landed on the bed. He had just taken her shirt off and she was sucking his neck, his eyes were closed and he wasn't looking at the girl, just enjoying her ministrations. He let out a groan and then moaned out the name on the tip of his tongue, "Rory."

Realizing what he had just said and that the blonde girl hadn't heard him, he quickly pulled away. "I can't do this," he said and ignoring the girls protests he left her dorm as quick as he could and went back to his own.

He made it back his room, still in shock at the name that had come out of his mouth. Apparently, not committing to Rory was going to be harder than he thought. The thing he couldn't stand though was that she didn't share those feelings and the girl he wanted didn't want him back. In reality though, he knew he didn't deserve Rory. She was too good for him and it was better to stay friends. He would just end up hurting her and he couldn't do that. She belonged with someone who would give her everything and treat her like a princess. While he could do his best to try, he wasn't a boyfriend guy and that's what his Ace deserved.

He went to sleep that night thinking about her, and how she would never be his. His dreams were filled with thoughts of her and he woke up in a sweat after a particularly heated one. He had been right, Rory Gilmore would be the death of him.