AN: Here goes another chapter. I wanted to thank my lovely reviewers and this chapter is dedicated to them since they're all so nice. And to Me.No.Read because she found the time to review even though she has such a hectic schedule. By the way last chapter, I mean Robert handed the keys to the Valet not he Ballet. The B and V are so close to each other and I just typed, typed and typed. School's starting in one week and I'm going to be a freshman. UGH. I'm going to get lost in Northgate, I took the tour and halfway through it I already didn't know how to get back to the front of the school… Anyways we're experiencing a mini time skip in this story.
Italics are flashbacks and thoughts.
Disclaimer: I own nothing in this story and I am not associated with ASP or any of the characters of Gilmore Girls though I would love to be in contact with Alexis and or Matt.
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Two weeks have passed in the life of Rory Hayden. Two weeks consisting of school, coffee, two Friday night dinners, Finn almost convincing Rosemary to a date, Finn and his alcohol, Stephanie and Colin showing their affection, Logan and his smirk and the array of girls pleading Logan to take them out. The last time Rory had contact with Robert was two days after their date. He had asked if she wanted to have dinner with him on Friday night but she politely declined telling him that she had plans with her grandparents. It was Tuesday and Rory stepped into the pandemonium that was better known as The Yale Daily News. Earlier in the morning her and Logan had both received a call from their parents.
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Rory had her first class in 20 minutes, which was at 11 and she was currently enjoying a blueberry muffin while watching C-Span with Logan, who she had her next class with.
"I still don't understand why we're watching this Ace." Logan said.
"You're the one holding the remote. I'm just happily eating this blueberry muffin that you brought for little old me." Rory replied referring to Logan coming by the dorm with two cups of coffee and a blueberry muffin. Logan shrugged and quickly changed the channel, settling with a showing of "Back To The Future".
"Oompa Loompa! Pick up the phone! Your darling mother is calling you! Oompa Loompa! Pick up the phone! Your darling mother is calling you!" Rory's phone blared the message her mother had recorded. Lorelai insisted that a song was not acceptable for such a cool mom so she recorded a message that played when she called. "Oompa Loompa! Pick up the phone! Your darling mother is--"
Logan gave Rory a strange look as she answered her phone, "Hey mom."
"I hate my mother." Lorelai responded.
"Good morning to you too."
"I don't want to go."
"Go where?"
"She's making us go to dinner at the house tonight. I hate my mother." Lorelai whined.
"At least you're not going golfing with Mitchum and Richard this afternoon." Rory heard Christopher complain. "I hate golf! Why do I even have to go to these insipid business golf outings when we don't even talk about business! All we talk about are memories of the olden days back at Yale. How the hell am I supposed to join in on that conversation when I didn't go to college at Yale in the 'olden days?'"
"Just let it all out Chris." Lorelai instructed.
"So you have to go to dinner tonight? Am I supposed to go?" Rory inquired.
"Yes. We are all being dragged to a Tuesday night dinner. They better not make it a recurring thing." Lorelai voiced her thoughts.
"Oh. Well what time do we have to be there?"
"Seven freaking o'clock."
"Okay, I'll see you later at seven freaking o'clock. Bye mom."
"It'll be Tuesday hell-dinner. Bye hon." Lorelai stated.
Rory hung up the phone and looked over at Logan to see he was also on the phone. She took another bite of her blueberry muffin and listened to Logan's side of the conversation.
"Why do I have to go?" Logan asked his voice laced with irritation. "I still don't see why I'm needed there… No Mom… Fine… Seven… I know, I know, be on time… Bye." He hung up his phone and shook his head then glanced at Rory who took a sip of his coffee. "That's mine."
"But mine's empty and yours was the nearest. You don't want me to not have my coffee jolt especially after learning some unfortunate news do you?"
"Right. So what is this unfortunate news you have just learned?" Logan graciously inquired.
"Dinner at the grandparents' house tonight." Rory making a face letting Logan know that she was obviously not pleased.
"Well I guess we'll just take my car."
"What?" Rory asked bemusedly.
"My presence is required to the same dinner you have been requested to go to." Logan replied. "So we'll take my car?"
"I guess."
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Rory placed her bag on her chair and turned on her computer screen. She had finished her latest article for the newspaper and needed to skim through it to check for mistakes. It was currently 3:25 in the afternoon and Doyle, her omnipresent editor, wanted all articles on his desk by 3:30.
"Five minutes people and those damn articles better be on my desk!" Doyle barked.
"You sound like my mom." Glenn commented.
"Just get those articles on my desk."
"You look like my mom."
"I'm not your mother Glenn." Doyle replied.
"Pick up your socks!" Glenn imitated his mother.
Over at the other side of the room two students were rushing to finish their articles.
"My last sentence… Nope… second to last… Wait no… third to last… I have another paragraph and what time is it already!" A girl named Jenny asked.
"It's 3:26. Now shut up so I can concentrate on MY article. I have two paragraphs left!" A boy named Ronnie snapped.
Jenny scoffed, "well good luck with that." She paused typing a sentence, "What the hell happened! Damn computer won't show up the things I type!" She yelled.
"What'd you do?" Belinda asked Jenny.
"I don't know!" Jenny replied.
Belinda looked around the computer,"Well you're keyboard came unplugged." Belinda told her holding up said plug.
"How did it come unplugged? Oh Ronnie you son of a--"
"The joy of working at a newspaper." Rory mumbled. Scanning through her article she found three mistakes; two spelling mistakes and one sentence she wasn't so content with. 3:28, she had two minutes to print her article out. Gliding her mouse over the 'print' button she pressed it twice to make sure a clean article was placed on Doyle's desk. She retrieved on of the printed articles, stood up grabbing her bag and walked to Doyle's desk. "Here's my article Doyle."
"Features right?" Doyle made sure.
"Yes."
"Did you edit it yourself first?"
"Yes, I did." Rory responded.
Glenn stopped by and dropped his article on Doyle's desk. "Here's my article… mom." Then began to walk away.
"I am not your mother Glenn. Stop calling me that."
"Then stop acting like her!" Glenn countered walking back to his desk.
Doyle grunted and looked back at Rory, "Yes Hayden? Is there anything you want or do you just want to waste both yours and my time?"
"No, nothing." Rory answered back softly then walked out of the chaos of the YDN. As she stepped out she bumped into Logan. "Oh hey Logan."
"Hey Ace, where you heading?" Logan casually asked. He was originally on his way to Rory and Stephanie's dorm since Finn had thrown him out.
"I was going to stop for some coffee then go back to my room. Where were you going?"
"Well, Finn threw me out of our dorm--"
"He threw you out?" Rory grinned.
"Apparently, a lovely redhead needed to be 'pleasured.'" Logan answered using air quotes on the word pleasured.
"Ah." Rory nodded understandably as she walked up the coffee cart, "Hey Bill."
"Hey Rory." Bill greeted. "You want the usual?"
"Yes please but make it the biggest size you have. I have to go to my grandparent's house for dinner tonight and I'm not looking forward to that." Rory requested.
Bill nodded as he began to make a big cup of coffee. Logan looked at Rory, "But Ace, I'm going with you. Isn't that something to look forward to?" He asked with a smirk.
"Yes, the sorrows of being in that dinner will disappear once you're by my side." Rory answered taking her cup of coffee and paying Bill.
"I thought so Ace. I thought so." Logan put his arms around her ignoring the group of girls talking about the two of them.
As soon as he asked the question a group of girls scoffed beginning to talk. "I don't even see what he sees in her." One of the girls said.
"I know. She's not even that pretty." Another girl commented.
"And what's with 'Ace?'" The third girl asked.
"You know, he hasn't even gone out with any other girl ever since she came." The first one reminded the two.
"I heard they were dating exclusively during high school and she transferred from Harvard because she wanted him back." The third girl stated.
"No way." The other two chorused.
"Yes way." The third confirmed.
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"Here you go." Logan opened the car door for Rory letting her go in the sleek black Porsche.
Rory put her hand to her forehead, "Alas, chivalry is not dead."
Logan smirked as he slid in to his seat and drove off the parking lot of Yale. "So how has life been ever since I saw you last?"
"You saw me this morning and after the YDN." Rory replied.
"Alright then, how were your classes?"
"You were in my first and second class."
"How were your third class and the YDN?" Logan revised.
"Well class was good, all we did were take notes and receive a new paper to write."
"And the paper?" Logan inquired.
"Doyle, the editor--"
Logan interrupted, "I know Doyle is the editor."
"Well, I didn't know you knew him taking in the fact that I never see you at the paper."
"My mind works in mysterious ways Ace." Logan gave her a smirk then focused on the road.
"So Doyle tells everyone that all the articles be there by--"
"3:30." After Rory gave him a look Logan answered, "I have turned in an article or two before."
"Of course. So it was 3:25 when he told everyone this and I already finished my article and just needed to edit it. He tells everyone that all articles better be on his desk by 3:30 then Glenn tells him that he sounds like his mom."
"Whose mom?"
"Glenn's mom. Then Doyle says that he's not the mom but Glenn says that he looks like his mom."
"Why didn't I go to the paper today? I missed all these great events." Logan asked to himself.
"So then I turn to look at the other side of the room and Jenny starts to talk about how she needed to write a sentence. But then she said she needed to write two more sentences, then three more sentences then it lead to having to write a paragraph. Ronnie, the guy who sits on the desk next to hers tells her to shut up because he--"
"As in Ronnie?" Logan made sure.
"Yes, as in Ronnie. So Ronnie tells her to shut up since he still needed to type two paragraphs left."
"Why didn't they write these articles beforehand like you?"
"Well it's better than not writing an article at all." Rory answered giving him a pointed look.
"Alright, alright. Continue with the story."
"So they typed away when suddenly Jenny explodes."
"She exploded?"
"Not in the literal sense. But she started screaming about how her computer wouldn't let her type or well the things she typed wouldn't show up on the screen."
"Wow."
"Yea, I know. Then Belinda came up to her and asked what she did. Jenny replied saying she didn't know what she did. Belinda started to look around then noticed that her keyboard came unplugged."
"Ronnie did it." Logan figured with a smirk.
"I guess because she started to scream at Ronnie. But I didn't hear anything else because I concentrated on my article since I didn't want it to be late. Then when I gave it to Doyle, Glenn came and they went through the 'mom' thing again."
"I bet they did that another time after you left."
"Maybe. So I was still standing there and I'd already given my paper when Doyle looks up at me and asks why I was wasting his and my time just standing there."
"Well that was very nice of him." Logan sarcastically offered.
"I know. After that I walked by outside and then I bumped into you." Rory finished.
"And you were so glad to see me." Logan added. "Alright Ace we're here." He said turning of the engine and stepping out of the car.
"Already? That was fast." Rory commented as Logan helped her out of the car.
"Yes, but now we have to face them." Logan reasoned motioning to the house.
"Wonderful." Rory responded as the two walked up to the door.
Before Logan could even push the doorbell, Emily opened the door with a smile on her face, "Oh Rory, Logan. Wonderful to see you! Did you drive separate cars on the way?"
"No Grandma, I rode in Logan's car." Rory answered.
"Well that's great! Come in. Come in. Your parents are already here, Logan. So are Lorelai and Christopher." Emily exclaimed while Rory and Logan nodded her heads. As the three stepped into the living room Emily announced, "Rory and Logan are here already, everyone!"
"Logan, son!" Mitchum boomed.
"Dad." Logan replied then turned to his mother, "Mom."
Lorelai stood up and hugged Rory, "Hey sweets."
"Hey Mom. Hey Dad." Rory greeted.
Rory and Logan took their seats, which just so happens were next to each other and got their club sodas.
"So Rory, do you like Yale so far?" Richard inquired.
"It's a magnificent place. And my friends there are really fantastic." Rory took a sip of her club soda and sent a smile to Logan.
"I assume you have caught up in the schoolwork?" Mitchum continued.
"I've managed with the help of my friends especially Logan." Rory motioned to Logan.
Shira and Emily brightened up at the thought of Logan helping Rory with catching up in the schoolwork. Shira nodded, "Oh really? Is this true Logan?"
"Well Ace here, is really quick and sharp I just answered a few questions and she caught up on her own."
"Ace?" Lorelai and Christopher asked.
"Oh… uh, Logan calls me Ace." Rory answered.
"A nickname! How adorable!" Emily exclaimed to Shira.
"Why?" Lorelai directed the question to Logan.
"Ace reporter." Logan briefly answered.
Lorelai and everyone else nodded their heads. Soon the maid came out to announce dinner. Everyone stood up and walked towards the dining room taking their seats, leaving Rory and Logan sitting next to each other. Dinner was served and polite conversations started. Fortunately for Logan, his father didn't question him about the YDN. Soon, Shira and Emily started to talk about wedding dresses, Richard and Mitchum talked about their game of golf dragging Christopher into the conversation and Rory, Logan and Lorelai talked about Stars Hollow.
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"Vera Wang." Emily suggested.
"Yes, we both know her personally. She'll be happy to do it." Shira nodded.
"Oh, I can't wait to see her in a Vera Wang wedding dress standing next to Logan." Emily stated gazing at Rory.
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"Ah yes, you played a good game today Richard." Mitchum complimented.
"I was on a roll, don't you think?" Richard asked.
"Of course." Christopher droned.
"You did great also Christopher." Mitchum declared patting Christopher's back.
"Yes, if you count finishing last and sending a golf ball flying to a man's Jaguar great…"
"It wasn't that bad." Richard assured him.
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"So everyone's still talking about Tristan and Brown." Lorelai told Rory and Logan.
"Still?" Rory asked.
"Well some people are, I mean Kirk and Lulu being engaged is at the top of the gossip mills but Tristan is still on the list." Lorelai explained.
"Kirk as in the Kirk who thought Tristan baked brownies with Miss Patty's ex-husband Kirk?" Logan questioned.
"Wow. Kirk's engaged. What else are they talking about?" Rory wondered.
"You two." Lorelai pointed to Rory and Logan.
"Why?" They asked at the same time.
"Luke told Christopher and I that a blonde boy had his arms around my little girl and well Miss Patty heard that." Lorelai said as if that explained everything, which of course it did.
"Oh." Rory mumbled.
"The last thing I hear about the two of you was from Kirk telling someone from Stars Hollow High that you two were dating exclusively and that you started to make out at the side of Luke's but Luke told you to stop. Only you didn't." Lorelai described with a smirk. "Gee Rory, how come you didn't tell me this when I called you last, last week?" She asked still smirking.
"What!" Rory and Logan yelled, gaining the attention of everyone at the table. "Sorry." They mumbled.
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Rory and Logan excused themselves from the dinner earlier than everyone else saying that they had early classed the next day, even though their classes truly started at 11.
"Oh well it is a school night." Emily reasoned.
"Yes, we are sorry we couldn't stay as long." Logan said.
"Well just drive safely." Shira advised as Lorelai and Christopher hugged Rory goodnight.
"We will. Bye everyone!" Rory acknowledged as she stepped out of the house and closed the door behind her. She slid into the car as Logan opened the door for her. Once they were on the road she announced, "that wasn't so bad."
"I guess it wasn't." Logan nodded.
"But I need to have a talk with Kirk…" Rory stated.
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AN: TADA! I liked this chapter. It was fun. It was very Rogan-ish. I liked it. Hopefully you did too. And hey, I updated faster than I thought I would. REVIEW PLEASE.