***Here's the phone call. Let me know what you think.***

"Hi."

"Hey Ace." Here we go, he thought.

"So ... I'm sorry about that. I didn't realize you'd think I was ... doing anything with anyone else."

The last little bit of tightness in his chest loosened. "It's okay. I read it, and my stomach dropped, but I should have known what you meant. I'm sorry too. I wish I was there with you."

"Me too. I won't take it for granted again."

"I want to be with you, Rory. Can we please finally stop dancing around this and make it official?"

"You don't date."

"I haven't. First time for everything."

"Well, um, in the interest of full disclosure, there would probably be a number of first times involved eventually."

He smirked, glad she couldn't see him. "Are you trying to scare me away? Because it's not working."

"Logan."

"We'll start slow. Go at your pace. I promise."

She closed her eyes. "Yes."

"Yes? Really?"

She smiled at his excitement. "Yes. Keep fighting off those Tribune women, Huntzberger. I don't think sharing is going to be my strong suit."

"Mine either. No sharing. Just you and me, Ace."

"It boggles the mind. Steph says you kind of already laid the groundwork the other night when you carried me away - apparently it was quite the spectacle."

"Memorialized forever in print now."

"I love that picture. I get serious butterflies in my stomach every time I look at it. Which is a lot."

"I brought mine."

"What? You have it with you now?"

"Yep."

"Awe, Logan. You knew you were going to miss me."

"Yeah, I did. I'd already figured that out."

"This should feel weird. Why doesn't it feel weird?"

"Maybe because we've basically been dating for weeks. Think about it."

"Hmm. You did almost get in a fight defending my honor."

"Dugrey is a douchebag."

"He totally is. And Ben, he told me you turned down - hmm what did he call them - lots of hot chicks at the Pub the other night."

"Ben has a big mouth. But I did pretty much piss in a circle around you last weekend at the LDB party. You were a big hit with the LDB players, and I had to shut that down."

"Really? What did you do? Wait, nevermind, I don't want to know. I'll just take my place at the front of the Logan Huntzberger line, and stay there."

"Ror, that line is crap."

"I know. Okay, I'm going to bed. I'll see you in Stars Hollow Saturday. Oh, and happy thought for you, now you'll be meeting my mom as my boyfriend and not just my friend. That should go well."

"I don't care. I'll just be glad to be back and with you. Night, Ace. See you soon."

Rory laid in bed that night thinking about what just happened. She was dating Logan. Her boyfriend was Logan Huntzberger. She was going to be stoned by her fellow classmates. And her mom was going to have a shitfit.

But she was dating Logan!

Logan shut down the TV and thought about what just happened. Rory agreed to date him. He was going to date Ace. He had a girlfriend. What in the hell did he do with a girlfriend?

He'd figure it out. Because Rory agreed to be his girlfriend! He needed Finn to kick his ass for sounding like a pansy.