Chapter 12
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Rory walked through the door to Logan's dorm and then preceded to walk into his bedroom where she found him sitting at his desk working on something on his laptop. She plopped herself down on his bed, her head resting on the pillow. "We're having dinner with your parents, tomorrow night," she told him. She had just returned from Friday night dinner at the Gilmores and after a phone call from Elias she came straight to Logan's dorm.
"Ace," he whined, not wanting to deal with his parents any time soon. He got up out of his desk chair and made his way to the bed. He laid down across the bed, laying his head on her stomach.
"Logan," she whined, mocking him. "Come on, you're a big boy, you can handle them," she said running her fingers through his already messed up hair.
"You overestimate my level of maturity," he told her dryly.
"Nope, that's not it. I think you're afraid to face your parents, and while I completely understand that, the sooner we go and get it over with, the sooner we don't have to see them for a very long time," she told him.
"Ugh, I hate logic," he groaned, his voice slightly muffled by her chest where he had moved his head and was now lying next to her.
"And I hate Mondays, but they come around every once in a while," she said.
"Fine, we'll go," he sighed.
"Aw that's cute, you thought you had a choice," she said, kissing him when he lifted his head to glare at her. When they pulled apart he realized that this invitation normally came from his father.
"Hey Ace, how did you know about this before I did?" he asked, slightly confused.
"I got a call from your grandfather after I left dinner, he said he wanted to see us and then invited us to dinner tomorrow with your parents and Honor," she told him.
"Why didn't he call me?" he asked.
"Because he knew you would need to be persuaded and I'm prettier," she said, grinning.
"Well, I can't argue with that," he said leaning down to kiss her deeply. A minute later he pulled away and began trailing kisses down her neck and didn't stop there. Needless to say they didn't leave Logan's bedroom until the next morning.
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"You're trying to kill me aren't you?" Logan asked as Rory opened the door. When he saw her his mouth went dry, she had curled her hair and applied light makeup. Her dress was white and ended above her knee, it had ¾ length lace sleeves and the lace continued down her back, ending at her waist. The neck line was a modest v-neck, but knowing what was underneath didn't help put his imagination at ease. Her legs looked miles long in the white pumps she had on and he was positive she was trying to kill him.
"What are you talking about?" she asked.
"You know you only get everything if we're married right?" he asked.
"Logan, what are you talking about?" she asked, confused.
"You in that dress, it's killing me Ace," he said. She rolled her eyes, a smiling playing at her lips and squealed when he pulled her to him and kissed her hard. Luckily she hadn't put on any lipstick or it would have been ruined. "You have once again overestimated me," he said.
"What do you mean?" she asked, still in his arms.
"You overestimated my restraint and ability to not rip that dress off of you at my parent's house," he whispered huskily in her ear sending shivers down her spine.
"Be a good boy and maybe you'll get lucky later," she said before walking out the door, Logan following close behind. She closed the door and locked it and then they both made their way to Logan's car. Logan opened the passenger door for her.
"Don't taunt me Ace," he said kissing her before she slid into the car and he got in on his side.
"Me? Never," she said feigning innocence when he was in the car. He smirked and kissed her again. He started the car and started the trip to his parent's house.
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"You look nervous," Rory noticed when they pulled up to the Huntzberger mansion.
"Do I? I'm just not sure what's going to happen tonight and I don't want you to get hurt," he told her. She kissed him and rested her hand on his cheek.
"Logan I promise I'll be fine," she said. At his pointed look she added "Your grandfather is on our side and so is Honor, having them in our favor is good. I know your parents weren't great to me last time, but it wasn't horrible."
"I know, but last time I introduced you as my friend, now I'm going to tell them you're my girlfriend. I just don't want them to attack you or say anything negative about you. They probably will and I just want you to know that their opinion changes nothing, I don't care what they think."
"I know Logan and don't worry I'm not afraid of what they will say, it's probably nothing I haven't heard before," she said offhandedly.
"What do you mean?" he asked, concerned.
"Well, I was born out of wedlock, Hartford society tends to frown upon that and they don't keep their opinions to themselves," she told him.
"I'm so sorry," he said.
"Why? You don't have anything to be sorry about," she said, confused.
"I'm sorry you had to hear those things, because you shouldn't have had too. Nothing they told you was true Rory I promise you and I'm so sorry you have to endure whatever my parents are going to do tonight," he said.
"Logan stop worrying we'll be fine, I'll be fine. Really I will, it's ok. Come on we have to get inside or we'll be late," she said getting out of the car and taking his hand to walk to the front door.
Logan knocked and they waited for the maid to answer the door, she took their coats and Rory's purse with a thank you from them both. Logan led Rory to the sitting room where his parents, Elias, and Honor were waiting for them.
"Logan, hello," Shira said when they walked in, ignoring Rory.
He greeted his mother with a kiss on the check "Mom," then shook Mitchum's hand "Dad." He gave honor a hug and shook hands with Elias. He then moved back to Rory's side and put his arm around her. "You all remember Rory, she was at the party here a few weeks ago."
"Lorelai it's lovely to see you again," Elias said standing up to give her a hug, something he rarely, if ever, did with anyone but Honor.
"You too Elias," she said with a smile.
"Oh of course, your friend Rory," Shira said with a fake smile. Logan sat down with Rory on the couch opposite Shira and Honor, while Mitchum and Elias sat in the chairs to the left of them.
"It's nice to see you again Mr. and Mrs. Huntzberger," Rory said,
"Actually mother Rory is my girlfriend," Logan corrected. They were hit with four different responses at the same time.
"Yay!" Honor squealed.
"Finally," Elias said with a smile at the couple.
"Girlfriend?" Shira shrieked.
"Your what?" Mitchum growled.
Deciding to ignore the positive reactions and take them as a blessing. Logan dealt with the negative ones.
"My girlfriend, you know exclusive partner," Logan said as though talking to a child.
"I know what girlfriend means, but why is she, yours," Mitchum asked threateningly.
"Because I want her to be," Logan said keeping his voice calm and as though stating the obvious.
"But Logan what about Laura Fallon?" Shira asked desperately.
"What about her?" Logan asked.
"She's a lovely girl, why not date her," Shira suggested.
"Because while at times Logan may come across as lazy, he is anything but stupid and dating that gold digger over Lorelai here would most certainly be stupid," Elias grumbled, interrupting the brewing argument.
"Dad, this is not your place, and how do we know she's not simply after Logan's money?" Mitchum said.
"It most certainly is my place, when a fine young lady is being judged because of the circumstances under which she was born, I will not stand for it. Lorelai is absolutely not after our money, she is a Gilmore for god sake and if that's not enough she's the Hayden Heiress on top of it," Elias shouted, refusing to listen to his son any longer.
The look on Shira and Mitchum's faces were priceless. They couldn't believe they had insulted the Hayden Heiress. Noticing their looks, Rory decided to say something finally.
"What did you think my mom got pregnant by the pool boy? My father is Christopher Hayden," she said. "Look, don't start acting as though you like me now, because I won't listen that. You don't like me. You have made that perfectly clear and if the size of my trust fund is going to earn your approval then I don't want it, so don't bother." She added.
Logan placed a reassuring hand on her knee and gave her a look asking if she wanted to leave, she didn't. She wouldn't give them the satisfaction of knowing they had gotten to her and watching them try to kiss her ass for the rest of the night was sure to be entertaining.
The maid came in to announce that dinner was ready. The group moved to the dining room, Elias at the head of the table and Mitchum opposite him. Rory and Logan on Elias' right and Honor and Shira across from them. They all ate the salad course quietly, Honor and Rory sometimes picking up a conversation. By the main course Elias and Logan had joined the two women and were now discussing the Life and Death Brigade, as all of them were or had been members. Shira and Mitchum sat silently stewing, Mitchum becoming angrier with the situation by the minute until finally he couldn't take it anymore.
"No" his voice boomed, scaring Honor so much she dropped her glass. "I will not sit her and pretend that everything is just okay now, I still do not approve of Logan dating this bastard child and I don't understand why you do," he said angrily directing the last part at his father.
Without waiting for his grandfather or anyone to answer Logan stood up with a force so strong he nearly knocked over his chair. "That's enough!" he shouted in a voice so deathly low that Rory had never heard it before and certainly wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of it, ever. "Don't ever call Rory something like that ever again, that was uncalled for and she sure as hell didn't deserve it. If you really want to know why I'm dating her then I'll tell you," he said, still unbelievably angry at his father.
"Well go on," Mitchum said, appearing unfazed by Logan's sudden outburst, but inside he was very unsure of what would happen. He had never heard his son speak to anyone like that, not even him.
"I'm with her because she is the best thing that has ever happened to me and I would be a fool to let her go. She knows me better than anyone, and she is everything to me so I strongly advise you not to speak to her like that again. I could stand here all day and tell you how in love I am with Rory, but I know you'll never listen so i won't even try, but she-," he stopped as he noticed the shocked looks on the faces around him and the words he had let slip out came back to him. He looked over at Rory and saw she had tears in her eyes. He didn't know what to think though, he assumed she was angry or scared or wanted to get away from him as soon as possible.
He couldn't come up with anymore scenarios because in a second Rory was standing up kissing him. He kissed her back fervently, desperate for more, to be as close to her as possible. She hadn't left, hadn't run, he had said he loved her and here she was, seconds later kissing him. He still couldn't think straight he was so happy. He had forgotten where they were and by this point his hands were dangerously close to cupping her ass and pulling her even closer to him when Honor coughed to bring them out of their revere.
It worked and when Rory came to her senses she realized what they had just done in front of Logan's whole family and if Honor hadn't stopped them it could have been far worse. Her face turned beat red and she buried her face in Logan's chest, his arms sill wrapped around her waist. Logan was too happy to care about his family right now and he placed a kiss on the top of Rory's head, still grinning.
"Well as fun as this has been, I think we'll be leaving now. Grandfather, Honor, it was good to see you both," he said and then led Rory out of the dining room to get their coats. They walked out to the car and he opened her door for her to get in before going to his side and pulling out of the driveway. The ride back was silent, both thinking about the events that had occurred.
Rory couldn't believe Logan felt all that about her, let alone admitted it to her and his family. She had thought he would be scared if she had told him she loved him or even hinted at it, she looked over at him and suddenly realized he may not have meant it. He could have been saying it just to appease his family or maybe it just slipped out and he didn't actually mean it. She had been so excited when she heard him say it, she didn't even think, just kissed him and now she was regretting acting so quickly.
Logan was beginning to feel nervous, Rory hadn't said anything since they left or since he had made his confession for that matter. He glanced over at her before returning his eyes to the road, she seemed unsure about something, he could tell by the way she bit her lip. He always loved that adorable habit she had when she was nervous. Before he could say anything she beat him to it.
"Did you mean it?" she asked hesitantly. As soon as he heard her question he pulled over on the side of the road and pulled her to him. He kissed her with so much passion and force she was glad they were sitting down or else she was positive she would have collapsed due to weak knees. When he pulled back he looked her in the eye.
"Every word," he told her. Looking into his eyes she saw nothing but honesty and an intense amount of love she was sure was reflected in her own.
"I love you Logan," she said, a huge smile on her face and her eyes tearing up.
"I love you too Rory, so much," he said with a matching grin and then kissed her again, this time softer and sweet.
They made the trip back to Yale and once back he kissed her and carried her to his dorm, never breaking their kiss. He laid her on the bed and preceded to plant kisses down her neck. They made love to each other that night and fell asleep in each other's arms, both never wanting to fall asleep any differently.
