Chapter Nine
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Some dialogue taken from Episode 19: But I'm A Gilmore from Season 5.
On with the story!
After Jess left, Rory went back into her room and called Lorelai to have an actual talk. They hadn't had a good one for a few days and even though Rory did have a class soon, she felt she could call up her Mum and chat for a little while.
"You've reached the fantabulous Lorelai Gilmore. Press one if you'd like to hear a beep noise or leave a message and depending on who you are and how much we care, I'll get back to you. If not, try again tomorrow." The message tone went off and Rory sighed. "Hi Mum, just so you know I don't think 'fantabulous' is a word. Jess just left and I'm off to a class so I'll call you later. Love you." Rory hung up the phone and plonked it on the bed. She touched her lips, which were warm from Jess's embrace and she smiled. She didn't like long distance.
Grabbing some jeans and a new shirt she quickly changed and then exited her room where she full on ran into Paris.
"Jeez, Gilmore! Watch where you're going," said Paris and Rory huffed out an apology. "Is Jess gone?"
"Yes, he's gone," said Rory, shortly, trying to avoid the topic.
"Weren't you complaining about Huntzberger last weekend?"
"Yes," came Rory's answer as she picked up a scarf to put around her neck.
"And now you have another guy in your room and in your bed."
Flipping around to look at Paris, Rory said, incredulously "He's not in my bed!"
"Well he was certainly on it!" huffed Paris. "Are you trying to bed heaps of guys this year?"
Rory glared at Paris who had the decency to look ashamed. "For your information Paris," said Rory, very slowly and clearly, "Jess and I have not slept together. Logan and I are finished. Jess is my boyfriend. And it is none of YOUR BUSINESS!" With this last statement Rory picked up her bag and stormed out of the apartment.
Lorelai listened to Rory's voicemail and grinned at the message. She was about to redial when her phone rang and she answered it without thinking. "Lorelai speaking."
"Well, it is good to hear you answering your phone a little more professionally," came Emily Gilmore's voice from the other end.
"Thankyou Mother," said Lorelai, rolling her eyes. "Your approval is what I was searching for. What can I do for you?"
"'What can I do for you?' Could you be more crass, Lorelai?"
"Mum, why are you calling? I'm assuming it's not a social call or else you would call me when I am not working."
"Is there a problem calling my daughter?" huffed Emily.
"Well, seeing as it's nearly the middle of the day, yes. I am at work Mum."
"Why did you answer your phone then Lorelai, if you're so busy?"
Lorelai sighed and then signed for a package at the front desk. "I'm going to hang up in a minute."
"It's about dinner on Friday. Will you and Rory be there?" Confused Lorelai answered in the affirmative and then heard Emily say "Good because we have a surprise for you. Someone else is coming and I thought it would be good to have you there."
"Mum, we're always there. When we try to get out of it . . . well we don't. Who is this visitor anyway?" she asked.
"Oh, is that the time. I better let you get back to work. See you Friday!" With that, Emily Gilmore hung up the phone, leaving her daughter to stare at it in confusion.
Lorelai slid the mobile back into her pocket and tried to spend the next few hours without focussing on this visitor. Emily Gilmore had no boundaries and Lorelai knew that it could be Christopher or Jason or any other old suitor that Mrs Gilmore found more appropriate then Luke.
Christopher would keep his distance. After the wedding fiasco Lorelai made it very clear that they were not going to be speaking anytime soon. Chris had honoured that and Lorelai knew that he would not accept an invitation to the Gilmores, unless it had the Lorelai and Rory stamp of approval.
She thought.
Jess pulled up outside of Truncheon and sighed. He felt like he had been away from it for ages and that he was coming back different. What was meant to be a couple of days with his Uncle developed into a week with an old/new girlfriend. He was sure Matt and Chris would find that hilarious if he got around to telling them.
He pulled his big duffel bag out of the back of his car and walked into the publishing house. The little bell tinkled above him and he heard a yell from upstairs.
"Hello?" he called out and heard a thumping from the back of the shop. He saw Matt's head emerge from the stairs and Jess smirked.
"Jess! Bane of my life, you are back!" Jess rolled his eyes at his theatrics and he shouldered his duffel bag. Chris came down the stairs and nodded at Jess.
"A couple of days, huh? Is that what you call a week?" asked Chris, mock frowning at Jess.
"I got held up." Jess couldn't help the grin that spread across his face and Matt and Chris noticed it, looking at each other in shock. Without saying anything else, he walked up the stairs and looked around at the mess of their upstairs apartment.
He was home.
Rory walked out of her morning class and looked around. She was happy to be back but she had to deal with the Logan situation now. She felt that she was doing something wrong and she wanted to be Jess's completely without having Logan in the back of her mind. Not that he was; there was something about Jess's touch that removed all thoughts of everyone else from her mind.
Looking at her watch, she figured she could go see Logan and then order food for tonight's dinner. No doubt Paris would be out with the paper and she could do with some time by herself to catch up on some work she missed out on.
Sighing, Rory walked past the coffee stand and went to Logan's apartment. Bracing herself she knocked on his door and waited patiently for him to answer it. He opened the door and said "Well this is a surprise" with a smile.
"Can I come in?" asked Rory, without a smile. She really didn't want to do this but she knew she had to.
"Sure, wanna sit down?" He moved back into the room and Rory walked in after him. She hadn't seen him in about two weeks and Rory didn't quite know whether she was going to tell Logan about Jess or not. She heard quiet music playing in the background and desperately hoped that no girl was currently over.
"Nope, I won't be here long."
"Is everything ok?" he asked with a slight frown.
"I can't do this anymore Logan," said Rory with a sigh.
"Do what?" he asked confused.
"This causal . . . dating thing. I don't like it, it's not who I am and I don't want to make it who I am."
"Woah, hold on." Logan took a deep breath and turned the music off with the remote. "Where's this coming from?"
"It's coming from me, the ravishing creature standing in front of you." Rory said this with an aim to be a joke but it fell flat.
"We talked about this."
Rory felt awful and said "I know –"
"I didn't make you do this," said Logan, with a slight warning to his voice.
"I know," said Rory. "I'm not accusing you of anything. This isn't your fault." Rory didn't want Logan to think he was in the wrong even though he sort of was.
"I don't understand, I thought everything was going so well." Logan said and sounded very confused and then Rory got really annoyed. How could he think everything was going well?
"What are you talking about? I haven't heard from you in two weeks."
"I was busy, I had some friends in town and –" He started rambling with excuses and Rory stopped him. "You know what, it doesn't matter. You're not my boyfriend; you don't owe me any explanations. I just don't want to be one of the many anymore Logan."
"Oh, Rory come on." Rory didn't say anything and at that moment Logan's roommate stuck his head out of the door.
"Hey Logan, Cassandra's on the phone." Rory inwardly sighed and didn't understand why Logan was fighting her on this.
"Take a message," answered Logan, not even looking at him.
"She's got a great accent, where's she from?"
"Lanny, message!"
"Fine, relax man jeez." Lanny went back into his room and Rory sighed.
"Go call Cassandra back. We're done here." She turned to leave and Logan said "How are we done here?"
"I said everything I have to say," said Rory simply.
"Which is what?"
Rory sighed again. "I'm a girlfriend girl Logan, I have boyfriend's not escorts."
"Ah."
"I thought I could be different but I can't. I'm sorry. Maybe we could go back to being friends again?" Rory said this and she knew as it came out of her mouth that it would be awkward but hopefully less awkward and drama filled than her breakup with Dean the second time around.
"Or maybe we could become boyfriend and girlfriend right?" said Logan angrily.
"What?" exclaimed Rory. This was not going the way she had thought.
"I get it. I get what you're doing." Logan continued speaking even though Rory desperately wanted him to stop.
"I'm not doing anything!"
"Hey, if that's what you want then just come out and say it, but you coming in here and issuing an ultimatum –"
"I am not issuing an ultimatum!" interrupted Rory.
"That's not what I heard."
"I said 'let's be friends'," Rory said.
"That's not what you meant." Rory scoffed and said to herself "Oh, I need some coffee."
Logan paused and Rory hoped that he had finally understood her. "Alright fine I'll do it," said Logan and Rory was the one now confused.
"Do what?"
"I'll be your boyfriend," he said simply.
"You can't be my boyfriend," said Rory quickly. Jess was running through her mind and she kept thinking of him in order to keep focussed.
"Why not?" said Logan, undeterred.
"Because . . . you told me that you can't be my boyfriend." Rory didn't want to tell him about Jess. She didn't want to but she would if she had to. She just wanted him to stop talking!
"If I say I can then I can," Logan said stubbornly.
"You have a hundred girls on speed dial. You keep a second bathrobe in your closet for overnight guests." Rory hoped this reasoning would stop Logan but it didn't.
"That's all beside the point. You came in here to tell me you were unhappy with the situation right?"
"Right?" Rory had to tell him about Jess; she had to before this went any further.
"Fine, I've rectified the situation. Problem solved."
"No, problem not solved!" exclaimed Rory.
"Hey, if I say I can do this, I can do this." Logan stared at Rory and then there was a knock on the door. A skinny brunette stood at the door and looked at Logan slyly. "Hey Logan, I thought I could get you to buy me lunch." Rory just stared at her as Logan said "Oh jeez" beside her.
This was his life. He had girls flocking after him all the time. This was Logan Huntzberger and he was fighting to keep her in his life. She thought of Jess then, and how he had no other girls fighting over him and how much she liked him, loved him even. She knew her decision and needed to get out of Logan's apartment.
"I'm sorry, could you excuse for just a moment? We're almost done here." Rory said this as sweetly as she could and the girl replied with a "Sure, I'll just wait out here."
Logan shut the door and looked at Rory with an empty look.
"So the Swedish flight attendant should be here any minute now," said Rory, sarcastically.
"I swear this situation has never happened before in my life," answered Logan. Rory shook her head.
"Logan . . . I don't want you to be my boyfriend. You have so many girl acquaintances and you don't need me."
"It's not about need, Ace. It's about want. I don't want to stop seeing you. Do you want to stop seeing me?"
"Of course not," said Rory. "That's where friends come in. We were friends before –" Logan interrupted her by kissing her on the lips.
In her shock Rory didn't respond and then she melted against Logan, the feel of him familiar and warm. She kissed him back and pulled him close. His hands moved up into her hair and she thought to herself Jess always makes me feel good.
Jess.
Jess.
Rory swiftly came back to reality and pushed Logan off of her. She glared at him and hissed "What was that?"
"It was a kiss and a good one at that. What's the problem?" She slapped him across the face hard, tears threatening to surface. I cheated on Jess. I cheated on Jess. Oh my God I cheated on Jess with Logan.
"What the hell Ace?"
"Don't! Don't call me Ace! Don't! I told you. I told you we were over! I told you and you didn't listen because you are a stubborn Huntzberger." She growled out the last part as if it was the worst insult she could give.
"What is the problem, Rory?!" She glared at him and wanted so much to slap him harder but her hand stung from the first slap.
"I have a boyfriend!" she screamed at him. He looked shocked and started to say something but she wouldn't let him talk. "I have a boyfriend that I just cheated on! With you! Because you wouldn't listen! Dammit Logan!"
Logan recovered from his initial shock and said "You have a boyfriend? Since when?"
"Since you forgot about me to one of the many. A week and a half ago, when he came back into my life. When I realised all I wanted was him. And now . . ." Rory sat down on Logan's couch and put her head in her hands and held back the tears.
"So you'll be his girlfriend and not mine?" Rory stared at him in anger and stood up slowly.
"Yes, because he's committed and doesn't have a list of girls available to sleep with on his phone! Yes, because he has aims and dreams bigger than getting drunk every night! Yes, because he is the one I can talk to about anything!"
Rory walked to the door and opened it to see the girl from earlier still standing there, with a slightly shocked expression on her face. "He's all yours," she said, pushing past her, tears falling down her face.
I ruined it. I screwed it all up.
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