When Logan and Rory reached the Harlequin Suite, there was no sign of Finn other than a note on the coffee table;
"Gone to pick Rosemary up, back later x"
"Guess things are back on with Rosemary then" Rory rolled her eyes.
"Great suite Ace! How did you swing this?" Logan asked, helping himself to some Scotch from the bar.
"Finn booked it for us, he's been really great. He even arranged to bring me over here in Colin's jet" she said kicking off her shoes before adding quietly "He came with me to the scan too...I had been avoiding it and didn't want to do it on my own. I couldn't really have done any of this without him." It was all true, Finn while always considered the loose cannon of the group had really stepped up for Rory.
"I'm glad you've had someone there for you. Obviously, I wish it would have been me there with you, but if I had to pick anyone, I'd choose my best mate for sure. Though I'll admit I'm slightly relieved when you first said you were here with Finn I thought you were telling me that he was the father". Rory looked at him shocked and shook her head laughing.
"So," Logan said putting down his scotch "now that you've got me up here Gilmore, what do you intend to do with me". Rory's stomach flipped as Logan walked towards her.
"This..." Rory said as she wrapped her arms around him and pressed her lips against his. Logan responded, running his hands up and down her back. It felt so good to kiss her again and to be able to touch her like this. She was like his missing puzzle piece – they just fit.
"Rory..." Logan pulled back and looked at her. While the urge to be with her was incredibly strong he was concerned that he didn't want to hurt her in any way and the fact of the matter, whichever way you looked at it, was that he was still engaged and still had a huge mess to sort out with Odette.
Rory pulled Logan back in and kissed him again. "Rory...I think I should probably go..." he said, kissing her neck gently. "Shall I go?" he asked her "Ace?"
Rory responded by kissing him again, only this time a lot harder. She looked him in the eyes "Stay" she said firmly. "I love you Logan. Stay."
That was all that Logan needed to hear.
"I think we should move this party to the bedroom Ace".
The next morning Rory woke early again, but this time was different, today she was lying next to a sleeping Logan. With so many thoughts about the events of yesterday running through her head, she knew there was no way she was going to be able to go back to sleep so she decided to take her morning coffee out on the terrace – only this time she remembered to take a blanket as well to ward off the December chill. As she sat there looking out at Hyde Park starting to busy itself with joggers, cyclists and commuters going about their business, she couldn't help her mind wandering back to the night she had just spent with Logan.
Rory had spent weeks agonizing over the decision and just how she was going to tell Logan and while it certainly didn't all go to plan, it had turned out okay. Better than okay in fact. He wasn't angry in any way and he had actually told her he loved her! After they arrived back at the suite, they carried on the kissing that had started in the bar downstairs and the inevitable happened as it did so often when Rory and Logan were left alone. They spent the majority of the night tangled under the bed sheets but this time it felt different. There was always passion when Rory and Logan got together, that was one thing that wasn't lacking, but this time there was a whole heap of emotion attached to it. The door opening behind Rory broke her train of thoughts.
"Good morning milady" a sleepy looking Finn addressed her. "Can I presume from the trail of clothes between the living room and your boudoir that things went well last night? VERY well?"
"Well it didn't suck that's for sure" Rory smiled as she got up and walked into the suite, just as Logan came out of the bedroom. She smiled at him as picked up his jacket off the floor. "Morning," he said looking up at Finn and Rory.
"Good morning young man" Finn said loudly.
"Finn, you kept all this a bit quiet didn't you?" Logan pretended to be annoyed with him. "You certainly didn't tell me you were bringing a guest with you to London" he smiled nervously at Rory.
"Not my secret to spill Sir" he said winking at Logan.
"Finn, what happened to Rosemary?" Rory laughed
"Sssssh, my future wife is still sleeping in there" he gestured to his bedroom.
"Your future wife?" Rory raised an eyebrow "Does she know about this?"
"Of course not, for by tonight there is sure to be another future wife on the horizon...but until then I must return to my fair maiden". Finn went back to his room taking a bow.
Rory looked at Logan collecting up his belongings. "So."
"So" he echoed "Look, erm, I don't want it to seem like I am running out on you but I've got to get going, I have an early breakfast meeting so I'm going to have to leave now to go home and get freshened up."
"Oh," Rory said with a hint of disappointment "Yeah, sure, I understand, I need to pack up anyhow," she said putting on a brave face.
"Right. Oh yes, you're flying home today." Logan walked over to Rory and kissed awkwardly her on the cheek "I'll call you in a bit, I'll try and catch you before your flight, okay?"
"Sure...okay," she said as Logan walked out of the suite.
Well, that was weird she thought to herself.
Logan knew that he had been acting weird as he left the hotel suite. He knew that Rory was going to be upset and he was angry at himself for acting so nonchalant towards her.
Last night had been perfect. When he saw Rory walk into that hotel bar, he couldn't take his eyes off her, she was the most beautiful woman in there and all he could think about was how much he needed her and ached to touch her. Then came the pregnancy bombshell – yes that had been a huge curveball and not what he had expected to hear from her, but the situation they found themselves in had really given them the opportunity to open up to each other and admit their true feelings. Logan had felt happier than he'd felt in months and then they went back to Rory's hotel room – it's fair to say that the night just got better. He'd dreamed of being close to her again and last night they were Rory and Logan again. Together as life had always intended them to be.
As Rory drifted off to sleep last night, Logan had spent a long time just sitting watching her. She was beautiful and one of the most important things he had in his life and now she was even more precious to him because she herself was carrying something equally precious. He had stroked her hair while she lay there and she curled into him, laying her head on his chest. They had finally both admitted what they were feeling - he loved her and she loved him right back.
He knew in that minute that he needed to protect her as much as possible and that meant removing her from the fallout that was coming. He needed her to go home to Stars Hollow – away from Odette and away from his parents who he had just heard were coming back to London before Christmas for a charity event. He knew if he'd given her the opportunity to, she would have chosen to stay in London with him but right now, he needed time to think about his future and how he was going to handle the situation. The thought of being someone's father terrified him, and he hadn't even begun to get his head around that.
Logan felt a slight pang of regret about sleeping with Rory – which was a completely new feeling for him, he had never once regretted being with her, even when he knew he shouldn't, but this morning, he was left feeling like he wished he'd been stronger and said goodnight before it had gone too far. It was too quick and he was concerned that they had done this before they'd even discussed what might happen next. The problem was, he'd always found Rory irresistible.
Logan sighed as he looked at the time on the clock on the wall of his office. Rory would be leaving for the airport soon.
He really hadn't meant for their exchange this morning to be as awkward was it was and he had fully intended to get back to the hotel to say a proper goodbye to Rory before she left for the airport, but right on cue, Mitchum had turned up at the HPG offices demanding Logan's time and attention and there was just no way he was going to be able to slip out.
"We're going to have to leave for the airport in a minute darling, else we'll miss our slot to take off and we don't get that jet back to Colin pronto, he'll never let us abuse his family's wealth and power again and that my dear, would be an absolute travesty" Finn said, his arm draped over Rosemary who was staying in London a little longer to see friends.
"I know" Rory sighed "It's just, well I thought I would have thought I'd have at least heard from Logan by now, he didn't really even say a proper goodbye this morning. "
"The car is here Rory, shall we?" Finn said picking up her bag.
"Yes" Rory said with an unsettled feeling "Okay, sure. We need to go".
As she sat in the car on the way to the airport Rory felt her cell buzz in her coat pocket. She pulled it out to see a message from Logan.
"Ace, sorry I can't get to see you before you leave, something came up at the office. Have a safe journey. Lx "
"That's it?" Rory looked down at her cell "THAT'S IT?"
"What on earth is the matter darling," Finn asked while Rory thrust her phone in his direction. He read the message and then looked up at Rory. "Ouch".
"I can't believe after last night...I'm so stupid," she said slapping her palm against her forehead "He's not going to leave her is he?" she turned away and looked out of the window.
Finn took out his cell and started tapping a message to Logan.
"Huntzberger! What in the name of all things holy are you doing?"
An uneventful journey followed, during which Rory spent most of the flight asleep – not that she was particularly tired but she really needed to do something to stop replaying things in her mind, she was at serious risk of major overthinking occurring. Had she got all the signs wrong she wondered? It certainly didn't feel like it when he had told her how much she meant to him and then made love to her but he'd acted so strangely towards her this morning in the cold light of day.
When they landed, Finn dropped her back off at Lorelai's house in Stars Hollow and as he carried her bags into the house for her, he turned and looked at her.
"It will be okay, you know? I have faith in our man"
Rory nodded
"Are you okay?" Finn asked her.
"Yes, no. I don't know" she laughed before nodding "I did what I went there to London to do. I did what I had to do. Logan knows everything now, the ball is in his court".