"Mom I am going out with an older man. Shouldn't you be telling me not to do something this crazy?" Rory rambled on the phone with her mom for the past hour.
"Rory you are a big girl. It's time you went out an enjoyed life. This is what college is all about. Going out and meeting new people even if they are older. It's not that big of a thing, he is only what 3 years older then you."
"Yes I know all that it's just this is not the kind of thing I do."
"You will be fine Rory. Now get off the phone and go get ready. Besides it's not like you are marring this guy. It's just dinner."
"Thanks mom. I love you."
"Love you too."
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"So that's my interesting childhood. Traveling and boarding school."
"What about your parents didn't they ever want you home?"
"Rory, you gotta remember I grew up in society. Parents don't care about their child just make sure they stay out of trouble and then take over for them when they step down. That's all my dad has ever wanted for me. He doesn't want me to do anything but take over. He even has my wife picked out for me. He wants me to marry some girl that is dumb and will just be about the DAR and making me look good. He doesn't want me to marry for love but for what's best for the family."
"I am sorry to hear that Logan. I am glad I have never grown up in that environment. I mean I could never marry someone and have the expect me to stay home and be "house wife" that's not how my mom raised me. She raised me to be strong and independent."
"Well that's good for you Rory. I am so glad that I met you. You are not like any women I have ever meet. You are not the time of women that looks for a guy with the perfect last name."
"Yea that's not me. I am someone that can stand on their own. Last names don't make any impression on me." Rory said with a smile.
"I know. From the first time we meet I could tell you were different. You didn't let anyone walk all over you, me included." Logan grinned
"Well I wasn't going to let you think you were God's gift to earth." Rory laughed. Logan joined with her. They had the most wonderful dinner and coffee after. They sat for hours just talking about life and death and history and newspaper. They both got so caught up in their wonderful talk they failed to realize the coffee shop was closing.
"I am sorry to bug you, but we are closing." a waitress came up to them.
"Right sorry. We will be leaving" Logan got up.
"Sorry." Rory said.
"Well Logan, this was a great...I don't know what to call this."
"I say it was a date." Logan told her.
"Well it was an amazing date. I had a great time. The best. I wish we could continue our talk but it's getting late."
"Well we could. You could come back to my place."
"Logan I am not that girl that's going to fall into bed with you."
"I know that's not what I am asking. Although I wouldn't stop it if it happened." Logan said with a smirk.
"LOGAN!" Rory playfully slapped his arm.
"I was just saying. You could come over we can discuss Hemingway."
"Hemingway. Are your for real Logan. I am not going to fall for that."
"I am not kidding Rory. Or we could discuss Poe. Which ever you prefer."
"Logan I am not going back to your place to talk about poetry."
"Well I told you I didn't want to take you home to bed but if that's what you want to do..."
"Logan! Once again. I had a great time tonight. Thank you for taking me out and showing me a great time. I am going to go home to bed now."
"Alright Ms. Gilmore. But don't think this will be the last of it." Logan bent and kissed Rory lightly on the cheek and turned and walked away.
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Over the next few weeks Rory and Logan began to see each other everyday. He would stop by her place every morning and come baring a new coffee. Something different each morning. Rory couldn't complain who would complain about free coffee. Although some days the coffee was really bad. But then Logan would know so he wouldn't go back to that place.
"Logan I am running late. I have no time for coffee or for small talk. I will have to catch up with you after classes. I will be back around 5." Rory answered the door running out the house.
"Rory, I just wanted to say one thing." Logan raced to catch up with her.
"What?"
"This." With that Logan grabbed Rory and turned her to face him and planted the sweetest kiss on her lips she has experienced in a long time.
"Logan?..."
"Don't say anything. Now go, you are going to be late. We will talk later."
Rory couldn't believe the day she was having. First she was running late to class and Logan had just kissed her. What was she suppose to think about that? How can a guy just come up and kiss her like that. What right did he have doing that. Rory walked into her history class and sat down.
"Good morning class. Today I have a new assignment. It's something totally different. Nothing I have never done before but something I think could be really great for everyone. Now this time in history is very important for all of us. We have a war going on and many of you may know someone over their fighting for us. I have decided that we are going to have pen pals with a solider over in Iraq right now. Now I have a name for each of you. Come up and get your paper from my desk."
Rory walked up and found her name. She went back to her desk and gathered her stuff. She finally could confront Logan on what he thought he was doing this morning.
"Logan we really need to talk about what happened this morning. Please call me back as soon as you can please." Rory hung up her phone and went to her room to start her work. When she went to grab her notebook a piece of paper fell out. She bent to grab it remembering the assignment her history teacher assigned this morning.
Sergent Tristan DuGrey 1678 E. Cactus Rd Charlotte, North Carolina 45287
Tristan...
A/N:Hope you liked the chapter.I hope you all had a great fourth of July! I know that this chpt is a little short didn't want to make it to long.
I just got to get Tristan back in the story. Still plenty to come out to all who have reviewed now I hope to get some more reviews
