A/N: Okay, so this is chapter 10 finally up. It's been a while again I know, but I have already nearly finished the next chapter so it should be up by Friday at the latest. Thank you to everyone who read and reviewed the last chapter, it had the best response so far and it's nice to know people are enjoying the story.

Also, about writing a couple of extra POV's in at the end of a chapter. I will be adding in a different POV at the end of the next chapter. It will either be Logan or Steph, I haven't decided yet, and it will be on one of the scenes from earlier on in the story.

Anyway, this is chapter 10, another long chapter. I hope you like it.

Rory smiled as their lips met for the third time that night. Her arms slid up his body in the familiar way to put them around his neck and his went around her waist as usual. This time however, they were far more intoxicated and the fact that they were alone and happy seemed to reflect on the kiss. As she moaned in to his mouth and Logan started to gently pull away.

Not allowing that, Rory lightly pulled the front of his shirt and their lips crashed together. She heard him whisper her name in to her mouth and they both staggered in to the open doorway to her room, Logan kicking it shut behind him.

"Mmm" Rory groaned, rolling over with her eyes still closed. That move however, was blocked as she felt something warm and heavy around her waist.

Whatever it was seemed to move and Rory successfully managed to turn around; becoming face to face with Logan.

She blinked in shock and leant back. Logan seemed to wake up and do the same. He quickly removed the arm from around her waist as she hurriedly sat up, pulling the sheet around her body.

"Rory?" he asked looking shocked.

"Oh God." She said as the familiar pounding in her head started and she sunk back in to the pillows with a sigh. "We…"

"Yep." Logan replied and rolled on to his back himself, both of them staring at the ceiling.

"Oh." Rory murmured, keeping her eyes in the air as the night before came flooding back to her.

She had just lost her virginity to a guy she was either in love with or arguing with, while drunk, on a yacht in Italy. She wasn't entirely sure if Lorelai would be proud or horrified. At the moment she wasn't sure what she felt herself.

Rory turned slightly to look at the blonde lying next to her and their eyes seemed to meet. That was when she knew exactly how she felt. Fine. Happy even. Sure she wasn't absolutely joyful that her first time had been like that, but it was Logan. A guy who, despite everything, she trusted completely. He was her best friend, and after everything that had gone on last night, maybe more than that.

It was all so complicated.

"You okay?" Logan asked, breaking the silence.

She nodded. "Yeah, more than okay." A slight smile appeared on her face and Logan smirked in response.

That familiar expression was all she needed. It was Logan. Her Logan.

Leaning forward she quickly brought her lips to his, gently tracing them with her tongue. Logan responded, reaching a hand up to cup her face as she leaned closer to him.

With a sigh, they both pulled back and looked at each other.

"So…" He started.

"We need to talk." Rory said biting her lip subconsciously.

He nodded and there was a moment of silence between them.

"Last night." Logan stated "I don't know what you think. I mean it was…good."

Rory nodded. "Yeah, it was really good." She blushed slightly at this and he smiled, his fingertip brushing her flushed cheek.

"So us." He sated and looked at her.

Rory nodded.

"Ace…" he started "I know in the past I have never done relationship stuff. You know that."

"I know," Rory replied calmly, but she knew that she didn't want to stop seeing him, the night before had been good. Hell it was one of the best nights of her life and she never thought that she, Rory Gilmore, would be saying that about sex. That was when she knew that she was going to try and carry on seeing Logan no matter what.

"Look, Logan." She started, looking in to his eyes "I'm not looking for a relationship. I've done that, in fact I've just done that, and I don't want to go through all that again. Maybe we should just have fun. Keep it casual." She wasn't entirely sure if the words were true or not, and her stomach felt queasy as she spoke them.

Logan raised his eyebrows at her. "You would do that?"

"Yeah," she said and found some truth in her words, despite some of the feeling in her stomach "I would. Believe it or not, girls just want to have fun." She laughed and blushed slightly at her own words and Logan smiled again.

"If you sure…"

"I am."

"Ok. Well, good. I don't want to stop seeing you."

"Neither do I." Logan smiled in response and leant forward to kiss her lips gently.

Rory smiled in to the kiss and then pulled back; frowning as another thought popped in to her head.

"The others…" she trailed off and looked to see what he said.

Logan nodded. "I know, I thought about that. Their reaction is going to be…well I don't know."

"Maybe we should keep it quiet for a little while." Rory suggested slowly "I mean it's not like we are in a proper relationship and stuff. It's not official and really important."

"It will be important to them, they want to know everything." Logan said "But you're right; keeping it quiet is the best option."

Rory nodded and then listened. The boat was silent; no noise what so ever apart from the wind and the waves outside.

"Where is everyone? You'd think there would be someone moving around by now."

"Probably met someone and stayed out all night, or knowing Finn passed out by a bar or on the beach naked."

Rory laughed and then smiled slightly, looking him in the eye.

"So we're all alone?"

Logan raised an eyebrow and smirked. "Yeah…" he said slowly.

"So…" Rory grinned and shifted closer to him on the bed.

He laughed. "I've been a bad influence on you Ace." he said, his smirk returning.

"Oh, shut up." Rory said.

"Gladly" was the reply and he pulled her to him, crashing their lips together in a frenzied kiss.

Three hours later they were on the deck again. Colin was tying knots on the side furiously, his knuckles turning white as he did so and ignoring the world around him. He had returned first, followed closely by Steph, who was being walked back by a cute Italian guy. That didn't go down well with Colin and he had been ignoring her ever since. Steph of course, was enjoying every minute of it, and spent most of her time smirking at him.

Finn had also returned with a black eye and a bad headache. He had been muttering about over protective boyfriends before he went below to sleep for the rest of the day. Logan, who was sat with a newspaper, had just shaken his head, sharing a light smile with Rory before returning to reading.

"So what happened with you and Logan last night?" Steph asked, distracting Rory from the book she had been reading.

"What do you mean?" Rory asked, keeping her voice cool, even though she was alarmed inside. How could she know what had happened?

"Well, yesterday, and for the past week you and Logan have been barely speaking. At one point you couldn't even be in the same area as each other. Now you seem fine. Something must have happened. You talk?"

"Yeah." Rory nodded relieved "We did and sorted everything out."

"Finally." Steph said shaking her head "This has been going on for way too long. I don't know what the Hell happened below deck that day, but you both needed to snap out of it and sharpish."

She nodded slightly, agreeing with her blonde friend. Steph was right, it had been going on too long and it was silly. It was over now though, and Rory hoped that it would stay that way.

"Let's go to the beach!" Steph said suddenly, making Rory jump "We haven't been here yet and I'm board of this boat."

She was getting restless again, but Rory couldn't help but agree with her. They had spent most of the time they had in Italy on the boat, and remembering the feelings of the sand and the sea from last night, Rory wanted to go as much as the other girl.

"Yeah ok." She replied, getting up slowly "Good idea."

"Where are you going?" Colin asked, looking up from the deck.

"To the beach," Rory said as Steph had already gone to get her stuff "We need a change of scene."

"I'll come." A voice said from beside and she was surprised to see Finn appear.

"What are you doing up?" she asked "It's not 2 o'clock yet."

"Making the most of the sunshine Doll." He said cheerily and Rory raised an eyebrow sceptically.

"You hate the sun." she said.

"Maybe, but he likes the girls in bikinis." Logan said amusedly, standing up himself. "I'll come too." He said and Rory smiled to herself, catching his eye.

"Colin?" she asked, breaking her gaze from the chocolate eyes currently staring a hole in the side of her head.

"I suppose." He said stiffly "You'll probably need some company if Steph goes off with another Italian guy."

Rory smirked at him and Steph herself appeared, glaring at Colin.

"That's my business." She snapped at him and the turned to the others "Are we ready to go?"

"Nearly, I just need to grab my stuff." Rory said and started towards the hatch.

"Hurry then." Steph called to her as she disappeared.

"Catch!" someone yelled at her as a ball came sailing through the air towards where she lay on a sun bed.

"Crap." Rory muttered as she leant forward to try to catch it. The chances of it happening were very slim, and a pink volleyball at that speed, coming straight for her, was not a good thing.

"Ahh!" she said in panic, ducking at the last second. Colin, who was playing, rolled his eyes.

"Great Gilmore," he said "Really good catch."

He had been a bad mood for the past hour because Steph, as predicted, had gone off with a guy within ten minutes of arriving. Judging by the wink she had sent Rory, it was all in aid of trying to provoke Colin.

She rolled her eyes, picking up the ball and eying it cautiously. Deciding against throwing it back, she waited for someone to come and get it off her. A tall, muscular guy with light brown hair walked over to her and smiled. She smiled back and handed it to him, watching as his eyes trailed over her body, which was clad in denim shorts and a baby blue tank top, her new Prada sunglasses covering her eyes.

"Thanks" he said, bringing his eyes back up to her face.

"No problem." Rory replied, knowing full well that she had done nothing that he needed to thank her for.

He turned, shooting her one last glance, and went back to the net with the guys crowding around it.

Leaning back again, Rory tried to concentrate on her book. After about five minutes of staring at the pages, she gave up. It was unusual for her not to be able to concentrate on a book, but her throat was dry. Standing up, she glanced around for the others. Colin was still playing, Finn had disappeared after the same girl from the night before (the one with the boyfriend), and Logan was no where to be found.

Deciding that asking Colin if he wanted a drink was a recipe for disaster, Rory stood up herself and headed over to one of the beach bars.

It was crowded and there were a lot of Americans of her age, all trying to get in first for the next drink.

A gap formed and Rory slid neatly in to it, looking over the list of cocktails on the menu.

"What can I get you?" the bar tender asked, turning to her quicker than she expected.

"Umm, Summer Passion please." She said, randomly picking a name of the menu.

He raised his eyebrows. "You sure? It's pretty strong."

"Yeah" she nodded "I'm quite tolerant by now."

"Ok." He said, turning to mix the drink.

A minute or so later he handed her a tall oval shaped glass, filled with a peachy coloured liquid and some fruit attached to the straw, the rim glazed with pink sugar. Picking off the fruit and tossing it on the side, she turned to place it on a tall table, meant for people to stand and drink and talk at.

She was just reaching for a napkin, when another hand pulled at the same one.

"Sorry." She said as the other person let go. She was reaching for the one underneath when the person spoke.

"Rory? Rory Gilmore?"

Rory turned to look at the guy. He was tall, dark haired and was good looking in a way, with clear blue eyes. After looking at him for a second, recognition sparked inside of her.

He was from Chilton.

"Ben." She said her voice surprised, and slightly wobbly. What was he doing here? How the hell had she ended up in the same area as someone from Chilton. Not only that; one of Tristan's closest friends.

"Yeah." He said slowly. He was looking at her with a shocked expression. "Long time no see."

Nodding Rory frowned. What was she doing? She was letting herself get intimidated all over again. This was supposed to be the new her (though it had been 8 months). She was happy, had great friends, found her confidences and knew more about who she was inside. She dealt with bitchy girls and arrogant guys almost everyday. Why should anyone from Chilton, never mind Ben, intimidate her?

They shouldn't.

"Eight months." She replied, her voice now cool and calm.

"Right." He said, his eyes widening slightly at her lack of reaction. The Rory that he knew would be stuttering slightly, and probably backing away. "I never thought I'd see you in a place like this."

"Well, like you said, it's been a long time."

"Yeah." He said nodding and looking her up and down in quiet surprise. "So what, are you here with your Mom?"

"No, some friends actually." Rory replied coolly, her eyes narrowing at the thought that he was basically saying the only person that would go on holiday with her was her Mom.

"Oh right. They go to your new school? What was it again?" Rory knew he could remember; he just wanted to see if she had lasted there.

"Andover in England." She said "And yes, they are from school."

"Well…good."

She smiled tightly. The tension in the air was thick, when a tall blonde girl appeared in front of them.

"Your one of the people with Logan Huntzburger right?" she said, looking at Rory piercingly.

"Err…yeah." Rory replied frowning. What the hell did this girl want?

"Do you know where he is?" she asked "I was with him earlier and he said he was going to get a drink, and then he never came back."

"Right…" Rory said slowly, glancing briefly around for the blonde who was almost constantly in her thoughts. No sign. She knew Logan; if he liked a girl he wouldn't leave her and not come back. If he left and was obviously trying to stay hidden, there would be a reason.

This girl seemed clingy, and the fact that she had obviously asked around to see who he came away with, was way too eager and desperate.

"No," Rory said calmly, looking the blonde in the eye, ignoring the feeling of jealousy. He didn't even like the girl by the looks of things. "I haven't seen him all morning." That was technically the truth; she hadn't seen him since arriving at the beach.

"Well where are you staying?" the girl asked, clearly not giving up "I heard you are on a boat. Which one? I can just go and wait for him there."

Rory's eyes widened. This girl was insane. Completely desperate and clingy, it was kind of scary.

"I'm not sure that's a good…"

"Hey Ace, I've been looking for you."

An arm looped around her waist and she found herself relaxing in to the familiar embrace. She could smell the familiar scent of him and she sighed.

"Logan! There you are!" the blonde said, standing up straighter and smiling flirtatiously. When her eyes caught sight of his arm around Rory's waist she frowned, her brown eyes narrowing.

Logan smiled tightly. "Charlotte." He said slowly "I went to get a drink and got talking to a guy I used to know. I lost track of time."

"Oh…well, you're here now." She said.

"Yeah," Logan replied calmly "I see you've met my girlfriend Rory." His arm tightened around her waist and Rory tried to ignore the feeling that sparked in her stomach when he called her his girlfriend.

"Girlfriend?" the blonde, Charlotte, said in shock, her face becoming angry.

"Hey." Rory said smiling innocently "Yeah you didn't really give me a chance to mention it before. What did you say you wanted to see him about?" She leaned closer to him, lifting her hand to run it along his chest.

"Umm…" the girl paused uncomfortably, clearly not wanting to say anything with three people watching her. "Nothing, I just…umm…It doesn't matter. I will see you around Logan. Rory." With that she turned on her heel and practically ran off, her hair swaying behind her.

Rory smiled at her retreating figure and looked away. That was when she realised that Ben was still there.

He was looking between Rory, Logan and Charlotte with a look of bewilderment on his face. His blue eyes were wide and looked shocked and confused.

Logan seemed to notice him for the first time and frowned slightly, looking Ben up and down.

"Err…" Logan raised his eyebrows at Ben, clearly wondering who the hell he was and what he was doing in their conversation.

Ben shifted slightly uncomfortably and glanced at Rory, who snapped out of her daze and back in to action.

"Logan," she started "this is Ben Colton. We went to Chilton together." She gestured to Ben and Logan's eyes narrowed.

He knew about what Rory went through when she was at Chilton. After spending a lot of time together, she had eventually come clean to the boys about why she left home. They had been understandably angry. The three of them had wanted to kill Tristan and weren't particularly happy about Paris (though that side could be left to Steph). It was a good job in a way that they were hundreds of miles apart, but now Ben was here, there was no telling what would kick off.

"Ben," she continued then, not wanting to draw to much attention on Logan's reaction "This is Logan Huntzburger."

"Hi." Ben said quietly, looking uncomfortable against Logan's gaze. Rory cleared her throat, trying to interrupt the silence that fell between them.

"So you were at Chilton when Ace left?" Logan asked suddenly, his intense gaze still on Ben.

"Yeah, I was." Ben said, looking slightly confused at the nickname, but guessing it meant Rory.

"Right." Logan said nodded, speaking lightly as if it was just easy conversation, but Rory knew him well enough to know that it wasn't.

"We should probably get going." Rory said quickly, resting her hand on his shoulder "We ought to check that Colin and Steph haven't killed each other and that Finn hasn't gotten himself in to any more trouble. Right Logan?" she started to pull him away and towards the beach. "I guess I'll see you around Ben." She finished, flashing him a fake smile before turning the other way.

Logan let her pull him down the steps from the bar area and on to the beach front. When she started leading him towards where the others were however, he stopped her, pulling her to stand by the side of one of the beach shacks.

When they stopped she paused, then looked round to meet his angry eyes.

"Well that was awkward." She said trying to lighten the mood. Logan was not amused and Rory shifted slightly under his intense stare.

"He was one of the guys?" he asked, his voice controlled, but she could hear the anger underneath.

"What guys?" she asked, though she knew exactly what he meant.

"Don't play dumb Rory." Logan snapped glaring at her "He was one of them from Chilton wasn't he."

Swallowing she nodded and he sighed.

"Who was he? Have you mentioned him to us before? Rory?"

She sighed and nodded. "He was Tristan's best friend." She said, running her hand over her forehead and pushing her brown hair back and off her face.

Logan shook his head. "So you just let him talk to you?"

"He wasn't doing anything wrong, he wasn't being mean or anything."

"So that makes it better? Those people put you through hell Rory! They even managed to get you out of the country, and you are being pleasant to that guy?"

Rory closed her eyes slightly and then looked back at Logan. "What am I supposed to do? Just attack him the minute is see him? I don't think he's here with anyone from Chilton, he's on his own with people that have nothing to do with this. Me and you attacking him would be wrong."

"They attacked you when you were on your own at that school." He said.

"So we should do the same thing? How does that make me any better than them? "

Logan looked at her incredulously. "You're serious?"

Rory smiled weakly. "Yeah I am. I'm not saying that I forgive him, but it wasn't him really anyway. Most of the time it was just Tristan and the girls."

"So that's it? He may not be the main perpetrator but he was part of it. Come on, the Rory I know wouldn't let someone at Andover get away with that, so why is he any different? What happened to you was wrong Rory. I know Colin and Finn will definitely agree with me." Logan looked determined.

"Don't do anything stupid." She said grabbing his arm "You're right, it was wrong, but let me handle it. I'm not going to just go up to him and start out of the blue, but if he gives me a small reason to at some point, I will."

Logan smirked "You're waiting."

Rory rolled her eyes. "Could you be any more dramatic? But yes in a way, at some point while we're here I will tell him what I think."

"I still think you Colin, Finn and I go to visit him."

"Not yet. Stay put, if he does try something in any way, I will let you."

"Good." Logan said simply and the Rory smiled suddenly. "What?" he asked.

"Nothing," Rory said grinning at him "I just don't think I've seen you actually hide from a girl before."

"Well, did you see her?" Logan replied defensively "She was practically stalking me."

"Karma." She said smirking.

"Well, you didn't exactly hesitate to help me out."

"Well," Rory shifted slightly "You looked desperate." She thought back to when it happened; his arm around her waist, the happy feeling she got when he was close to her, the feeling inside when he called her his girlfriend. She shook her head, clearing her thoughts. Logan didn't do relationships, she knew that. They had agreed.

Logan frowned. "What is it Ace?"

"Nothing." She said quickly "It doesn't matter."

"I know that look. What's on your mind, tell me." He looked insistent and as Rory looked in to his eyes she knew that this wasn't enough. She had loved the feeling when Logan had said she was his girlfriend, even when it wasn't true. She still couldn't ignore the jealousy inside of her when other girls were around. This was Logan though, he didn't commit and she wasn't about to ruin things by making him.

"Nothing, really," She smiled at him "We should go and check on the others, I meant what I said before."

Logan laughed but as she turned he grabbed her arm.

"What are you…" she started when she felt his lips on hers.

"So that's what you're doing" she said smiling against his lips and leaning closer to him.

A few moments later they pulled away and Rory smiled.

"What did you think I was doing?" Logan asked, smiling back and the letting go of her. "Let's go then, make sure that no ones died."

Rory laughed and they headed off towards the volleyball nets.

""So did you see it? It was amazing!"

"Mmm." Rory said, nodding at the guy that was currently perched on the end of her sun bed.

It was the same guy that had collected the ball from her earlier. He had been watching her ever since she had returned with Logan, and the second the game finished he had been over there talking to her.

As it turned out however, as cute as he was, he was arrogant and annoying. He was obsessed with himself and after the introductions he had been going on about how good a sports player he was.

"Yeah, so like I said it was awesome! When I shot the ball at Connor too, that was brilliant. Did you see that?"

"Yeah." Rory said smiling slightly, trying to look less bored. The truth was she had no idea what he was talking about, and she hadn't been watching any of the game.

"So are you going to the party tonight?" he asked her.

"Probably." She said, relieved that the subject was no longer on sport.

"Well I was wondering if you'd like to go with me." He said and Rory looked up at him again.

Looking over him Rory smiled. No one else had asked her to go and she was sure Logan would have someone else tonight after spending last night with her. Why not?

She opened her mouth to say yes when someone cut her off.

"Sorry, we already have plans for tonight. We weren't going to go to the party, Ace must have forgotten."

Rory frowned and looked to the side to see Logan by her shoulder. What was he talking about? They didn't have plans.

"Oh, ok then, I guess not. Another time maybe. See you around Rory." He smiled at her and turned away, as she felt anger beginning to rise up inside of her.

"What was that about?" she asked angrily, turning to face Logan. "We don't have plans; you didn't need to answer for me."

"That guys a jerk." Logan stated calmly. "You noticed that."

"Not really." She lied, what did it have to do with him? "What gave you the right to answer for me anyway?"

"I didn't think you should spend the night with him." He said, looking angry himself.

"What does that have to do with you?"

"Because it's bothering me, and I don't like that it's bothering me." Logan shifted slightly where he was standing.

"Why should it bother you? You were talking to Charlotte earlier and I'm sure a few other girls too." Rory said looking confused and angry.

"I don't like seeing you with those guys."

"What makes you think I like seeing you think I like seeing you with those girls?"

"You don't?" he said frowning.

Rory paused and thought about earlier. It was now or never to talk to him. All of this time they had been moaning about Steph and Colin dancing around each other, and here they were doing the exact same thing.

"No, I hate it." She said, looking in to his eyes. "I hate seeing other girls with you and earlier, when you called me your girlfriend…It felt good. I was happy. I know that you're not a relationship person, I get that. This is me being honest."

"I'll tell you something myself." Logan said, looking right back at her. "I liked calling you my girlfriend."

Rory pursed her lips, a feeling starting inside of her. "Really?"

Logan nodded and leant forward to kiss her.

A/N: So what do you think? Does anyone want Ben to do anything in particular while they are away at the same time?

Please review, I will be sending the usual excerpt of the next chapter to anyone who does.

Like I said at the beginning, I will be updating before Friday. Thanks for reading and I hoped you liked the chapter.