Summer has finally arrived... now what will our young lover's do?
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Chapter 11: THE BEGINNING OF SOMETHING NEW
Two weeks had passed since their 'Weekend with the Families,' as their friends had quickly dubbed it and the semester at Yale was coming to an end. Rory had gone over all the particulars of the internship at the Hartford Chronicle with her mother, her grandfather, Logan and finally Mitchum Huntzberger. She signed a four-month contract to effectively shadow Mitchum and had two more weeks before she began the job, one week before the end of finals and one week to get settled in Hartford at an apartment that her grandparents had rented for her for the summer. Although reluctantly, she had accepted the apartment on the condition that the cost be added to her 'Yale-tab.' Her grandparents, also reluctantly, agreed to her condition.
Logan had yet to decide where and what he would do with his summer. Finn had invited him to spend sometime in the outback during July, since that was the only month that he planned on being down under. Colin was working at his father's law office and Stephanie was spending the summer with her sister in New York, to be close to Colin. Logan wanted to stay near Hartford so that he could be with Rory as often as he could. He knew that she was going to be working hard at the paper and he knew that it meant a lot to her and he didn't want to be a distraction. At the same time he didn't want to go away and not see her all summer. Then there was the job offer from his father.
Shortly after offering Rory the internship at the Hartford paper, Mitchum had offered Logan a job at one of the papers—any one of his papers. After more than a week without an answer from Logan, Mitchum changed the offer to a freelance position with the New Yorker that Logan could write from anywhere and which would only require his attendance at the office for 2 or 3 days a month. Ultimately Logan decided that if he took the job he would make his dad happy, Rory happy (because he'd be working and he could be around to be with her) and it would give him the freedom to visit friends and do some traveling as well. Two days later, Logan told his father that he would take the freelance position.
When he told Rory, she was ecstatic. She knew that although he wouldn't admit it, he really did love to write and wanted to. She was also glad that he'd taken the position because it gave him something to stick around for, besides her. She knew that it would be hard for them over the summer because they wouldn't be seeing as much of each other as they had been at school but she hoped that with the job in New York that he would be able to stay in Hartford for most of each week. She also knew that he was planning on going to Australia in July and was glad that he would still get to spend time with his friends.
Neither one had mentioned marriage since that day in Stars Hallow, yet the thought was not far from either's mind for the following weeks. Rory imagined how amazing it would be as Mrs. Logan Huntzberger, but at the same time she acknowledged that there were a lot of things she wanted to do before she got married. She wanted to finish college and get her career started. She wanted to excel in her career and she didn't want it to be because she was a Huntzberger. Logan was also imagining how great it would be for Rory to be the newest Mrs. Huntzberger. He imagined waking up beside her every morning in THEIR bedroom, having coffee and breakfast in THEIR kitchen and having their friends over to THEIR home. Yet even in his wildest dreams, he knew that they weren't ready. He knew that he wanted to graduate and get his career started first and he was positive that Rory would want the same things. But everyday they both dreamed about their future together and smiled at the prospects.
Finally the day came when Lorelai, Luke, Logan, Finn, Colin, Stephanie, Paris and even Richard and Emily helped Rory move into her apartment. The group joked all day about how Rory had never lived alone and how she would probably call Lorelai every night before she went to sleep and every morning when she got up. Silently Rory hoped that she wouldn't be alone too much but laughed along with her friends and family and agreed that they were probably right.
That evening after everyone except Lorelai and Logan had left Rory pulled out two small boxes and handed them to her mother and boyfriend. They looked at her suspiciously before opening the box and when they did they both smiled and looked at each other. Lorelai laughed.
"You know kid, you really don't have to give me a key. I'm sure you are going to be just fine all by yourself here. Without mommy. Because she's at home in Stars Hallow, all alone in her big house…" Lorelai whined and pouted teasing Rory.
"Mom," Rory smiled and laughed. "Of course I had to give you a key, otherwise how would you be able to get in here to drop off my coffee from Luke's?" Rory teased her mother and then continued. "And when you're meeting me to go to Friday night dinner and I'm running late, I won't have to listen to you complain about how hot it is outside because you'll have come in here where it is cool." Rory smiled at her mother when she finished. She figured she would rub in the fact one more time that Lorelai had agreed to come back to Friday night dinners as long as Logan was there too.
Lorelai stuck her tongue out at her daughter before laughing. "No really, you didn't have to give me a key." She smiled mischievously as she sunk her hand into her pants pocket and pulled another key out. "You see, Dad already gave me one! He figured I'd probably need it." She announced as she waved the two keys at Rory.
Logan and Rory both laughed and Rory spoke. "I knew that grandpa gave you one mom, which is why I only gave you one." Rory eyed her mother and continued to tease her. "I know how good you are at losing keys, I figured by giving you two now it would be at least a month before I'd have to get you another one." She finished with a smirk.
Lorelai scoffed, and her jaw hung open as she stared at her daughter. Then remembering that Rory had given Logan a box as well she looked at him and then back to Rory. Pointing at Logan she started, "How come he gets one?" Rory laughed at her mother because her tone sounded like a two year-old.
"Logan gets one because he's my boyfriend, and it is an open invitation for him to come and see me any time he wants—day or night. Do you want me to go into more details Mom?" Rory gave her mother a wink and smirked.
"Dirty…" Lorelai and Logan said at the same time and then all three laughed. Finally Lorelai reached for the phone and asked "Are you guys hungry? I'm craving some Chinese, how 'bout you?"
"Chinese sounds good. But I'll eat anything." Logan answered as he headed towards the bathroom.
Once he had closed the door behind him Lorelai whispered to Rory. "Do you think that he got the not so subtle hint that you wanted him to stay here as often as possible?"
Rory laughed quietly, "Yeah, at least I hope so. He isn't always sure what is said in jest and seriousness when we talk. But I think he got it." Rory shrugged slightly and then smirked, "I guess we'll find out."
Lorelai just shook her head and dialed the number for the Chinese place. By the time she had finished placing the order Logan had come back out of the bathroom and Rory had started a pot of coffee in the small kitchen. Logan went over to the new entertainment unit that was in the corner of the living room and started setting up the stereo, TV, DVD player and VCR. Rory and Lorelai continued unpacking boxes in the kitchen until the food arrived and the three sat down at the table to eat. Through dinner they joked and made fun of a movie that they had recently watched and laughed about something that Kirk had done the day before at the diner. After they finished eating, Lorelai decided that she would get going home and told Rory that she would see her the next day when they went shopping for some new clothes for Rory to wear to work. 'Something sophisticated, smart and sheik' Lorelai had told them. She told the young couple goodnight and left them to celebrate Rory's first night in her new apartment.
After Lorelai left Rory and Logan decided to watch a movie, since he had finished setting up all of the electronics before the food had arrived. Rory snuggled up close to him on the couch and he wrapped his arms around her. For the first time since they had started dating, they watched a movie in silence. The usual talking about, mocking of and laughing at the movie was absent as their minds wandered to other things and they dozed quietly on the couch.
Logan woke silently and looked at the clock on the wall, 1:34am. He looked down at Rory who was still cuddled up beside him and smiled to himself. Slowly and without waking her, he lifted her sleeping body and carried her quietly to her bedroom and laid her on the bed. Then he went to the other side and pulled off his pants and shirt and crawled in next to her. She whimpered lightly as he pulled her to his chest and hugged her loosely. She shifted and then rolled to face him; her eyes open but still sleepy.
"Thank you Logan." She whispered.
"For what?" he whispered back.
"For staying. For being with me, for loving me. For everything." She smiled softly at him as he leaned forward and brushed a kiss across her lips. "I love you and I just want you to know it."
"I do, Ace." He smiled as he said the words and his mind drifted once again to the thought of Rory as his wife. Her kiss brought him out of his thoughts and he deepened that kiss. As he nibbled on her top lip she giggled. Finally he pulled back and looked her in the eye. "I love you too. You know that right?"
"Yeah." She said smiling and nodded.
"Good." With that he leaned forward and kissed her again. Slowly he moved his hands up under the tank top that she still wore and he tickled her belly. She lifted her arms and he pulled the shirt off over her head. As she tossed the shirt to the side his head dropped down to her left shoulder. His mouth left a trail of warm kisses across her collar bone and down between her breasts. Then as she inhaled deeply in a sigh, he closed his mouth around one of her nipples. The nipple became even harder in his mouth and as he scraped his teeth over it he heard her moan and say his name. She held onto his head with one hand and ran the other along his back. Quickly he released her breast and latched onto the other one and continued suckling. Rory arched her back in to his body and she called out to him again. Finally he let go of her breast and began kissing his way down her stomach. When he lingered at her belly button she seized the moment to push him over onto his back and climb on top of him.
The move stunned him but he didn't show it. She began to kiss him passionately and then followed the same route down his body that he had taken with hers, pausing only slightly on his nipples and then licking circles around navel. Then she slowly allowed her tongue to move over to his hip bone where she placed small, wet kisses. When she glanced up at Logan's face she smiled to see his head tilted back, his eyes squeezed shut and his mouth open, breathing heavily.
She played slightly with the head of his penis with her tongue, moving around in circles and then licked down the length to the base of his erection. She licked back up the underside of his shaft and then quickly pulled the head into her mouth and gently sucked. She felt him shudder and heard him moan her name.
Her hand found its way to his shaft and then in coordinated motion with her mouth began to move slowly in to and away from his body. She continued to play with her tongue in circular patterns around his head.
"Rory," he cried out. "Oh, my… I… Rory!"
She continued suckling the head of his erection and moving her hand along his length and he began to lift his hip in time with her motions. She felt his body begin tensing and heard him say "Now" but she kept right on sucking until nothing more came out and then she began kissing him gently. Her mouth moved to his hips and then across to his belly button and back up his chest. When she started to kiss his neck he grabbed her face and pulled it towards him and kissed her hard. When the need for air became too great she pulled back and looked at him. She smiled at him and then relaxed down onto his chest as he held her close.
After a few minutes his breathing and heart rate returned to normal and he rolled them back onto their sides. He looked into her eyes and they stared at each other for a few moments. He finally broke the silence with a sigh and then looked at her again when he spoke.
"Why did you really give me a key?" She smiled and shook her head with a little giggle.
"Really?" she asked. He just nodded and so she continued. "Because I wanted you to know that I want you to stay here as often and as frequently as you can." She saw the look of amazement in his face and so she went on. "If I was able to get up every morning and make it to class, I'm sure I'll be able to pull myself away and go to work." She smiled at him and he returned the smile.
He bit his bottom lip and closed his eyes. "That's what I thought," he admitted. "But I wanted to be sure. I don't want to push things. And I don't want you to do things that you normally wouldn't do, unless you really want to do them." His whisper was coarse and Rory knew that he was serious. She also knew that the statement had more than one meaning.
"Logan, I would never do something that I didn't want to do." She looked him in the eyes and nodded. "I've done a lot of things with you that I wouldn't normally do with a guy, but you have never pushed me to do anything that I didn't want to do at least a bit. Somehow, with you, everything just seems, uh, right."
"Ace I just don't want you to do something that you aren't comfortable with, just because you think I'll like it or because you think it's what I want you to do." His eyes were searching hers and they were filled with concern for her.
Rory smiled at him again and laughed a bit. "I didn't do it because I thought that you would like it…" She grinned at him wider and then continued. "I did it because I KNEW that you would like it. And because I was ready to do to you as you have done to me." Smirking she leaned forward and kissed his nose gently and then set her head back on the pillow and looked at him. "I love you Logan, that's reason enough to do just about anything."
They smiled at each other and then she cuddled up close to his chest and sighed. Silently and holding each other, they fell asleep. The first night in her very own apartment, with Logan in her arms and the prospect of many more such nights and she slept with a smile on her face.