A/N: so sorry guys I haven't updated in a while but I just finished with school so now I'm just taking one class over the summer and working so I hope I have more free time to write sorry again enjoy.
Chapter 5: Shopping
Rory woke up lying next to someone. She was confused until she opened her eyes she was in the living room. She looked up to see Finn sprawled across the arm chair. She moved her head to look at her best friend on the couch who was lying down with Colin. She smiled at the sight knowing they would end up becoming a couple and she would never hear the end of "Oh my god Colin was so cute today he ……" story's out of Steph when they finally get together.
Next Rory turned her head to the boy she was lying against, the one who had his arms wrapped tightly around her as if he never wanted to let her go.
Rory studied his features. She smiled to herself as she noticed that he was smirking she wondered what he was thinking about. She looked away from him to the clock that was on the VHS/DVD player it read 6:30 it was early. She snuggled into Logan as his arms pulled her closer to him. She fell back to sleep felling safe.
-----------Break------------
Logan heard a door close upstairs and a shower turn on. As he opened his eyes he looked across the room at Finn and smiled at the fact that his best friend could sleep anywhere and in the strangest positions. He then looked over to Colin and Steph a smile that graced his lips grew as he thought about his best friend caring for the blond that he held in his arms. Next he looked down to the brunette who had her head buried into the bean bag next to his shoulder. He pulled her closer to close the small gap between them. He smiled to himself as he moved his hand to move some stray hair that had fallen out of her pony tail off of her face. He bent his head down and lightly placed a kiss on her temple. He moved his head back and closed his eyes knowing Lorelai would be down to wake them in about forty-five minutes.
------ Breakfast anyone-------
Lorelai walked down the stairs ready to go. She looked at Finn and held in a laugh as she turned to look at the couch where she saw Colin and Steph. She knew Steph had feelings for Colin. When she went to look at her daughter she was shocked to see her so close with Logan and his arms wrapped tightly around her. She knew they were good friends but Rory always denied any feelings she had for her best friend. She walked out of the room to start the coffee. She walked back into the living room and decided to wake Finn up first since she knew he was the worst to get up. Once she had him semi up she moved over to Colin and Steph to wake them up. Last she whispered into her daughter's ear that the coffee was ready. Rory tried to jump up but was stopped she looked at her mother and then turned to look at Logan
"Wake up sleep head!" Rory said as she tried to get away.
"No" was all Logan said as he held her tighter
"Coffee!" was all she said as she pried his arms off her waste.
Lorelai, Steph, and Finn followed after Rory as Colin got off the couch and looked at Logan who was trying to fall back asleep.
"Logan come on you have to get up you know we're going to Luke's then who knows what the girls want to do today." Colin stated
"I'm up" said as he got up off the bean bag and followed Colin to the kitchen to join their friends for coffee.
------Time for Luke's---------
As the group filed into Luke's they sat at the round table in the corner by the window. Rory sat in-between Logan and Finn. Steph sat next to Finn and Colin sat on Steph's other side. They caught everyone up about their first week of school. Once everyone placed their order with Luke, Steph looked up to see a familiar figure emerge from behind the curtain that covered the stairs that led up to Luke's apartment.
-------Jess POV--------
When Jess walked down the stairs from his uncle's apartment he was surprised to see Rory sitting with group she was with the night before. He looked at Rory and saw that she was in a heated debate with Logan as Finn kept asking them to stop. They ignored his pleas and kept up with their debate over something that happened in their journalism class. He had no idea what they were talking about but decide that he was going to interrupt them so he walked over to the table that the five of them were sitting at.
"Hey Rory, Steph, Boys" he said the last part with disgust present in his voice.
"Jess" Steph replied repulsion present in her voice Colin and Finn nodded but Rory and Logan never looked up from their debate until Jess put his hand on Rory's shoulder. She looked up to see Jess. Her eyes grew cold as she looked into his.
"Rory can I talk to you outside?" Jess asked Rory looked at Logan not knowing what to do. Logan looked away from his best friend and sent an evil glare at Jess just like their other three friends were doing.
"Rory pleas" Jess pleaded
"Fine" was all she said as she got up and followed him outside.
Once outside jess turned to face Rory, he went to open his mouth to speak but was cut off by Rory. "What do you want? This is the second time you have interrupted my time with my friends so you can try to talk to me about things I don't even want to hear?" Rory Yelled
"Rory stop and listen to me." Jess stated
"No I don't want to hear it, you left Jess you did not me, and it's not like you can fix it or take it back it just won't work" Rory said as she turned away and headed back into the diner to rejoin her friends but jess grabbed her arm and puller her back.
"Now you listen to me. OK! I'm sorry about that but Rory I want you back. I love you" Jess pleaded
"No if you loved me you never would have been able to leave me behind and just forget about it because you ruined your chances with me" Rory said as she turned back around and walked into the diner and sat back in-between Logan and Finn.
"You ok Ace?" Logan asked with a concerned look on his face as he grabbed Rory's hand under the table and held it in his letting her know that he was there for her.
"Um Yeah I'm fine" Rory said not convincing anyone let alone her best friend
"Rory" Logan said as he raised an eyebrow at her
"I'm fine Logan god." She said a little too harshly
"Ok sorry" he said putting his free hand up in mock surrender.
Their food came and as they kept the conversation light talking about things the boys had done over the years or story's the girls had.
----Day plans anyone???------
Once breakfast was done they paid the bill and walked back to the house.
"So what else is going on today?" Colin asked
"Well Steph and I were thinking about going to the mall to get our homecoming dresses." Rory stated
"Sounds fun Loves" Finn chimed in
"Oh it will be, but we were wondering if you guys would want to join us? I mean it would be great to spend the day together but it's always nice to have a guy's opinion" Steph using her puppy dog eyes looking at Colin
"Sure why not we can take the limo" Logan said as Colin nodded in agreement.
"Oh I love shopping" Finn exclaimed
"You would" Colin said as the group laughed as they went inside the Gilmore house.
"Ok so I'm going to go change into something more for shopping" Steph smiled "Rory you coming?"
'Yeah sure why not I think I'll get rid of the jeans and change into something else." Rory added as she walked past the boys and followed Steph who had disappeared into her room off of the kitchen.
The guys watched as the girls disappeared into Rory's room. Colin and Finn went to sit on the couch to watch some television as the girls got changed. Logan got his cell phone out of his pocket and called Frank. Once he knew Frank was on his way he walked over to Rory's room. He knocked lightly on the door as he heard his two best girl friends giggling.
"Yes" he heard Rory say through the door
"I just called frank he said he would be here in forty five minutes" Logan said to the closed door
"Ok we'll be out in a bit." Steph replied
"Ok we'll be in the living room watching some television." Logan supplied before he walked away
------Girl talk---kind of lol-----------
"Ok so you heard Logan that means we have loads of time." Steph said turning to Rory as she changed out of her gene skirt and into a swade mini skirt and a black lacy tank top.
"I can't believe this" Rory stated
"What?" Steph questioned as she went over to the mirror to fix her make up
"Well I don't know what to wear" Rory stated
"Ok well go with the gene skirt and a cute tank to." Steph suggested
"Well I was going to wear the gene skirt but what tank top?" Rory asked holding up a simple light blue tank top with a little lace design along the neck line or a halter that had diagonal stripes pointing to the center. It dipped low and tied around the neck. The stripes were a mix of blues and greens.
"Oh I'd so go with the halter those colors are going to make your eyes pop" Steph screeched
Rory changed into her outfit and walked over to where Steph was putting the final touches on her makeup.
Rory applied some blush and some eye shadow and then reapplied her mascara.
"Rory can I French braid you hair?" Steph asked
"Sure go ahead" Rory said as she grabbed her brush and handed it to her best friend
Once Steph was done giving Rory two identical French braids they walked out to the living room laughing.
Finn was the first to look up. "Wow loves you look amazing" Finn stated
Logan and Colin turned to look at their friends and nodded
"You look incredible" Colin said as Steph walked over and sat in-between him and Finn
"That they do" Logan agreed as Rory sat on the ottoman in front of the chair that Logan was sitting on. "Frank should be here any second" Logan said as they saw the limo pull into the driveway and a car door close. Everyone started to laugh as a light knock played on the door of the Gilmore house. Rory got up to answer the door "Hi Frank" Rory said as she grabbed her purse off the table by the door as everyone filed into the awaiting limo.
Everyone chatted about what was to come in the next few weeks as they drove to the mall. Once they were there they got out of the limo and walked into the main entrance.
"So where to first girls?" Logan asked
"Well I need to get a homecoming dress" Steph smile as she led the group to the nearest dress shop
"What about you reporter girl?" Finn asked as he put an arm around Rory's shoulder as they walked into the Black and White. Steph picked out a few dresses as Rory looked around for a few cute tops. Once they each had their arms full of things they wanted to try on. They would walk out and show everyone when they saw something they liked and wanted to know everyone's opinion. Steph found a little black dress she thought might come in handy. Rory found a cute shirt and a few tops. They paid for their clothed and went to a few more stores. The last stop was Jessica McClintock. They walked in and Steph went straight to the back as Rory carefully looked through the racks as the guys waited holding the girls bags by the door.
"Rory come back here" Steph exclaimed
Rory looked at the guys they just shrugged and followed Rory to where Steph was standing In the back of the store.
"You have to try this dress on Rory" Steph ordered
"I don't know step I don't think it's me" Rory stated
"Oh I think it will look great" Steph smiled
They each fond a few more dresses and decided that it was time to try what they had on.
"Oh wow this one I bad" Rory said as she looked in the mirror
"Ok well then try on another one but I want to see the one I picked out on you when you try it on ok" Steph shot back as she tried on another dress
"Fine I'll try it on now" Rory replied to make her best friend happy.
"Sounds like a plan" Steph said as she walked out of her dressing room in a white dress. It was a halter that had a low cut neck line and flowed at the bottom almost like the dress Merlin Monroe wore.
"Wow" Colin said as Steph walked over to where the guys were standing by the mirrors
"Can you finish zipping up my dress?" Steph asked the guys Colin who was closest moved to finish zipping up her dress.
"Love you look amazing" Finn Chimed in as Steph gave a little twirl so they could see the skirt move.
Steph stopped and looked at the boys but noticed that Logan looked like he'd seen a ghost. She looked in the direction of Logan's gaze and saw Rory stepping closer to the group.
"See I told you that dress was perfect it even left hunts speechless for once" Steph joked
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Rory walked out of the dressing room she looked beautiful in mirror on her door. The dress was a metallic blue strapless with black lace around the waste that covered her torso with black tulle coming out under the blue overlay at the bottom where it ended about the knee.
"Love, you look fantastic" Finn spoke up Colin nodded and Logan still stood there starting at her.
Rory walked up to him "Logan…. Logan" Rory said his name a little louder the second time after getting no response out of her best friend
"Yeah Ace" Logan recovered
"What do you think?" She asked giving him a little spin
"You'll knock em' dead with that dress Ace" Logan smirked trying to play it cool
"Oh and I know the prefect shoes to go with that dress" Steph said rejoining the conversation
"So everyone think this is the one?" Rory asked skeptically as she turned to look at herself in the mirror they all nodded in agreement.
"Logan's right Rory with this dress you'll have all the guys after you and you won't be free for one dance unless by choice" Steph said proudly
"I'm going to have to keep an eye on you love" Finn pointed out as Rory turned back to face the group.
"Yeah if you're sober enough to remember" Rory shot back
"True" Finn admitted as everyone let out a laugh
"Either that or he finds a red head he wants" Steph added
Rory shook her head at her friend "Too true Steph too true" Rory agreed with her friend
"Ok so now we have our dresses let's go get shoes" Steph said as the girls walked back to the dressing room so they could change.
The girls each bought their dresses and were about to walk to the nearest shoe store when Steph got an idea. "Logan call Frank I know the perfect place to get shoes." Steph exclaimed as they followed her to the entrance of the mall where Frank had dropped them off.
They all got into the limo as it pulled up front of the mall a few minutes later. Steph told Frank where she wanted to go before she got into the limo.
They drove to a plaza that had a giant shoe store connected to a David's bridal.
"Oh let's look in there too just in case" Steph said as she walked up to the doors Rory following closely.
When they walked in Rory wandered around just browsing as Steph tried to search for the right dress. Steph walked through the store and saw it the perfect homecoming dress. It was amazing she grabbed her size and walked over to the dressing room. Rory waited outside as Steph came out in a red dress. It was a low cut halter. The skirt flowed down on one side but came up getting shorter till it meets and makes a slit on her right leg.
"You so have to get that dress Steph" Rory stated taking in how good her best friend looked
"I know I do where are the guys I want their opinion" Steph questioned
"I don't' know they probably stayed in the limo since we dragged them around the mall all day, let's buy the dress then go get shoes then we'll call them." Rory replied
"Sure" Steph said turning around to go change back into her clothes.
They bought the dress then went next door to get shoes. Rory got really cute black heals that tie up her calf. And Steph got cute open toed red heals that match her dress once they paid they saw the limo waiting in the parking lot Rory pulled out her phone to call Logan as they headed across the parking lot to the limo.
------Limo time------
Logan looked down to see ACE flash across the front of his cell phone.
"Ace what's up?" Logan answered
"Well we found Steph a new dress and got shoes and were now headed for the limo where are you guys?" Rory asked
"Where in it" Logan replied simply
"Ok we'll be right there" Rory spoke before she hung up the phone
As they got closer to the limo Frank got out to open the trunk so he could put the girl's bags away, after they got into the limo.
"So is this the homecoming dress or are you still looking?"Colin asked the blond as she sat next to him
"Yes this is the one and it's going to get everyone's attention" Rory replied as she sat down in the middle of Logan and Finn.
"Yup Rory and I are going to have every guy at that dance drooling. They're all going to want to take us home with them." Steph exclaimed as Rory blushed at the sort of attention she might get. Logan put his arm around her and pulled her closer to him.
"Don't worry we've got you covered. Your going with the four of us and your coming home with us even if we have to bring a few redheads for Finn and beat up a few guys." Logan whispered into a blushing Rory's ear
She turned her head and said a quick thanks and then turned her head back to watch her friends arguing about why or what not she should show them her dress. Rory laughed at her friend's antis as she put her head on Logan's holders it had been a long day.
They stopped at a Chinese restaurant where they had called in a large order earlier. Colin and Finn got out to go get the food. They each had three large bags full of food that they loaded into the limo for a nice lunch back at the Gilmore house.
A/N: hope you liked it and sorry again about the wait for the chapter please review I like to know what people think about my writings thanks for reading I hope you enjoyed my story