When they woke up in the morning, Rory knew something was wrong. She told him, "I'm going to go ahead and apologize now. Before I even look. I'm so sorry. I should have paid closer attention to dates."

At his confused look, she told him she was pretty sure she got her period after they fell asleep. He laughed. "Okay. So we're heading back to the shower?"

"Yep. This is mortifying."

Shrugging, he picked her up, rolled out of bed, and put them in the shower. Ten minutes later they were cleaned up, Logan had raided Colin's bathroom for one of Steph's tampons, and Rory was in one of his t-shirts and her skirt. She looked at herself. "I think this might officially be a walk of shame." When he smiled, she told him, "Not that I'm ashamed. But geez - can I be any more obvious?"

Logan sent out a text about brunch, and they walked over to Rory's for her to change. Paris was up and grumbling about a headache. Apparently she'd stayed at the party, late, and had a spinning head now. "But you two sure look all bright eyed and bushy tailed."

Logan loved messing with her. "Well, you know, Paris, I find spending a solid ten hours a night in bed keeps me chipper."

"How many of those hours are sleeping, Huntzberger?" He grinned at her.

Steph, Colin, and Finn rolled in 5 minutes late. Finn ordered a Bloody Mary as soon as he sat down.

He looked at Rory. And at Logan. "You two look awfully cheery." He yelped ouch, and looked at Steph, who'd kicked him under the table. "What the hell? When have we ever had limits? We talked about you and Colin ad nauseam at the beginning. And you all sure as shit never let me off the hook. Are we changing now because Rory's with us?" Colin and Logan smiled watching the two of them.

Rory jumped in. "I don't want you to change anything because of me. Do what you'd normally do."

"See?" He told Steph. He smiled at Rory, and said "So?"

Rory looked at Logan, who just smiled and nodded. Rory leaned towards Finn, "So, Logan loves me."

He snorted, "I could have told you that a month ago. You led him on a merry chase. It was fun to watch."

Rory told him, "He was pining for me." Finn and Colin hooted with laughter. Steph smiled, knowing it was true. She would wait to get Rory alone to talk about the rest, because while they did share most of their lives, they did have limits about some things, despite Finn's earlier comment.

Brunch was fun. They talked about their upcoming trip to Antigua. Steph was especially excited Rory was coming. In fact, she was so excited she volunteered to join Rory and Emily shopping after brunch. Emily had been so pleased when Rory told her she was going on a LDB trip, having fond memories of her LDB trips with Richard 40 years ago, she offered to take Rory shopping for clothes before the trip. Emily was a rockstar shopper. They were meeting that afternoon.

Steph waited until they were alone in the car on their way to meet Emily. "Well? Care to share? You and Logan?"

Rory blushed a little. "What do you want to know? It was good. Really good. I don't have any way to compare it, but I think Logan's probably pretty good at it."

Steph laughed. "Yeah, I think that's a safe bet. So? Come on. How'd it start? Details."

Rory laughed. She started slow, more than a little embarrassed and unsure about sharing. But Steph made it easy. She told her about him telling her he loved her, her saying it back, him stripping her down to the lingerie, which she assured Steph was a big hit. She told her about Logan's mouth, and nearly shuddered, and about having him over her. She told her about the shower, and her period. Steph loved it. All of it. She knew Logan would get it right, and made a mental note to hug him when she saw him again.

Steph told her they'd probably be spending a lot of time in the shower this week. At Rory's blank look, Steph laughed and explained. Actually, she figured Logan would be equally as clueless because this situation would never have arisen in his past life. Rory blushed again, and put her head against the window.

Emily was happy to have Steph along, and the two of them circled Rory like twin tornadoes. They had taste and style. Rory was shocked when Emily approved some very small bikinis Steph found. She got beach wraps, shorts, halters, sundresses, and a more formal dress Steph told her she'd need, and shoes to match all of it. She fell onto her bed a few hours later surrounded by bags. And promptly fell asleep.

Steph went right to the guys' dorm after she dropped Rory. She found Logan in the kitchen and hugged him. "Good job, Huntz." He laughed, having no idea what she was talking about. She went on, "Seriously, we're all so jaded and she's not, and she was so hesitant to share, but I got some of it out of her, and, no shit, I might have swooned and/or cried if I hadn't steeled myself against it. So good job, Huntz. I love you." She kissed his cheek, and went off looking for Colin.

Logan shook his head. He loved Steph, and he was glad she and Rory got along. Life would be very hard if they didn't. And Colin and Finn had had questions too, so he wasn't surprised Steph had hit Rory up for information. He'd gone light on details to the guys, not sure how much Rory would be comfortable with sharing. He did tell them he'd been nervous, because of the virgin thing, and they thought that was funny. But they both readily admitted they wouldn't want that pressure.

When Rory woke up, she had a text from Logan asking how the shopping trip went. She texted back.

Rory: "Hey, Steph and Grandma wore me out shopping - I took a nap. They have approved my Antigua wardrobe. I'm going to be beach vacation Barbie."

Logan: "Tell me about the bikini."

Rory: "One is blue."

Logan: "Mission accomplished."

Rory: "And you know that conversation about no one else seeing that mark?"

Logan: "Yes"

Rory: "You're going to have to be careful until after this trip - lots of skin is gonna be on display."

Logan: "Are you sleeping over tonight?"

Rory: "Not sure."

Logan: "Will you sleep over tonight?"

Rory: "You do remember how we woke up today, don't you?"

Logan: "Yeah. Doesn't bother me. Just want you with me."

Rory: "Sheesh. Okay."

Logan: "Bring clothes and whatever else you need. You can leave some of it here."

Rory: "You're a pushy boyfriend."

Logan: "There's a statement never before made to me."

Rory: "I know. I like it. I've got to call my mom because we haven't talked in a while. Then I'll head over."

Logan: "I love you."

Rory: "Logan. I love you too."

She called her mom with her news. Lorelai took it well, and told her she'd been expecting Rory's call since she met Logan. She was happy for her, and Rory told her a little bit about it. Not nearly as many details as she told Steph, but enough so Lorelai knew it was good and she was safe and happy. She was excited they were coming to Stars Hollow that weekend, and Rory was too.

After, she packed a bag. She didn't know what to bring. What she should leave there. She ended up packing a little bit of everything. And her school stuff for tomorrow. It was weird, but not weird, she thought as she walked to his dorm.

Logan and Finn were eating pizza when she got there. She ate too, and listened to Finn describe one of his midterm assignments. Finn, being a Morgan, was a finance major. And fortunately for Finn, it came relatively easy to him because he generally put little effort into it. She looked over his shoulder at his laptop and cringed. It was like Greek.

She and Logan worked quietly on their own stuff for a little while. Finished, she went and changed into her pajamas. When she came back out and sat on the couch, Logan looked up from his laptop and grinned. This time she wore pale blue singing sheep pants and a short pink t-shirt. "Dancing cows were dirty?"

"You got a problem with my pajamas, Huntzberger?"

"Nope."

Finn looked up. "Nice pants, Gilmore. Might be the first time Huntz gets a hard on looking at sheep." Rory laughed. Logan flicked him off.

Colin came in holding a bowl of ice cream. At Rory's look, knowing her eating habits, he said, "Ice cream social - common room down the hall."

Rory was amazed. "Are you kidding me? You guys have ice cream socials? What are you? Five? And, crap. We don't have ice cream socials. I want ice cream." But she looked down at her pajamas and frowned.

Logan stood. "Come on, Ace. You and your sheep will be fine."

She grabbed flip flops and followed Logan and Finn out. Colin wasn't kidding. There was lots of ice cream stuff. She and Finn happily worked their way through the tables. She told him, "I'm dumping Paris and moving to this dorm."

Bowl full, she looked up and saw Logan leaning against a couch surrounded by a few women. Rory nudged Finn and pointed that way. He told her they could have some fun messing with them. She shook her head, resigned to being nice to women who wanted Logan. Even at an ice cream social. She could hardly blame them. Although maybe she could blame the one who leaned against the couch next to him and kept inching closer.

As they approached, he caught the sparkle in her eyes. She took a bite of ice cream and licked the spoon. "Want a bite?" He followed her tongue, and then looked in her bowl and winced, "Ace."

Logan introduced them all, starting with his "girlfriend" Rory. She smiled at them, ate, and looked around. "So do you know all these people? Play hopscotch on Mondays after the ice cream socials on Sundays?"

Finn burst out laughing. "It's a junior dorm. Slightly different crowd. Not sure how we got here."

"I'm sure you guys liven it up." She shivered. Logan pulled her closer to him and put his hand on her back just under her t-shirt. He was so warm and she leaned in. "Winter blows."

"Pretty sure it's the quart of ice cream you're eating and not the weather making you cold."

"Smartass."

He took her ice cream and handed it to Finn. "Hey," she said. He pulled his hoodie off, and pulled it down over her head. "Hmm, it's all warm. Thanks." She got her ice cream back and smiled at them.

At that point, the other women mumbled something and excused themselves. "Well, that was fun. Good ice cream," Rory said.

Later that night, Logan climbed into bed with her. "Night, Ace." He leaned over to kiss her, and leaned further over when she deepened it. Within seconds, he was on top of her, and she was grabbing his ass to pull him tighter to her.

"Shower," she got out when he lifted his mouth. "We can do this in the shower. If you want."

Getting it, he dragged her into his bathroom. She flung her clothes off, tossing them on the floor, and did what she needed to do while he went to grab a condom. Five minutes later he had her wrapped around him and was pounding her into the shower wall. She bit down on his shoulder trying to stay quiet. Turned out he was the one that couldn't stay quiet, ending with him semi-yelling her name.

Cleaned up and back in bed, Rory was asleep in minutes. Logan went out to get a water, and found Finn and Colin on the couch staring at him. All three burst out in laughter. Colin told him, "Dude, we're going to need soundproof walls if this gets worse - it's only Day 2."

He flopped down next to them. "That loud?" They nodded. He rubbed his hands over his face. "She touches me, and I lose my mind."

Rory was running around her room. They were due at the Huntzbergers for dinner in less than an hour, and Logan would be there any minute. She wasn't ready, and she was nervous. She wore a black dress and matching sweater, and was working on putting her hair up.

It was doubly nerve wracking for her because Mitchum Huntzberger was HPG for crying out loud, but he was also Logan's dad. What if this didn't go well? What if his parents hated her? They'd invited her, but she'd been standing right there. Ugh.

That's how Logan found her. She'd worked herself up into a tizzy, and she was wide-eyed when she opened the door to him. "What if they don't like me?"

He smiled, "I'm pretty sure they don't even like me. I wouldn't worry about it. I like you. A lot." She laughed. "Ready?"

They pulled up to a mansion that dwarfed the Gilmore mansion. "Geez, Logan. You lived here?"

"Yep. Lived, being the key word. Never again."

He took her hand as they walked to the door and held onto it as they followed a maid into a sitting room off the dining room, where his parents and an older man sat. Logan introduced her to his grandfather, William Huntzberger.

His grandfather studied them throughout dinner. This was the first women Logan had brought home, ever. He knew about his grandson's exploits, and had enjoyed hearing about them, even when Mitchum had been in full ranting mode. He knew all too well that life changed when school ended and the real world began. Logan was going to need solid backup in the coming years as he took on Mitchum. He saw a united front with Logan and Rory, and was glad for it.

When dinner ended, Mitchum suggested he, Logan and William go to his study to deal with the trust papers. Rory and Shira returned to the sitting room for coffee. Shira told her how they were leaving for London the following week and wouldn't be back until after the new year, so she was busy with packing and planning. Rory made appropriate comments, but was thinking how they just up and left Logan during the holidays. Had they done that when he was young? The men finally returned, and Logan told them Rory had early classes so they made their exit.

Once safely in his SUV, she leaned over and kissed him. "We made it out unscathed." He laughed. "Yeah. Thanks for coming and spending a night with the pod people."

"I kind of liked your grandfather."

He smiled, "He liked you. Told me I chose well. I told him I thought so, especially since you were so good in the shower."

"Logan!"

"But really, he did say I chose well. And I did agree."

"What changes for you now?"

"I get more crap in the mail, I get more money, I guess, and I have to attend some meetings. I can have my grandfather vote for me, if I want, but I'll probably do it."

"Did you know your parents are leaving for two months next week?"

He rolled his eyes. "They must have forgot to send me their schedule. Where are they going?"

"London."

"Huh."

"So that means I get you for all the holidays, right? Because they're waiving their rights."

"I'd have dumped them for you anyways." A minute later, "Where am I taking you? Your place or mine?"

"What do you think? Do you think we spend too much time together? Like we'll get sick of each other? Are Finn and Colin tired of me being at your place?"

He looked over at her while he drove, "I think you should come home with me. No, I don't think we spend too much time together, I'm not going to get sick of you, and Finn and Colin are fine."

"If you're sure."

"You have what you need?"

"Yep. That bag I left has all kinds of stuff in it."

"Good."

"Ever think you'd be 21, in college, and have a girlfriend and tampons under your sink?"

"Nope. But I like it." He parked outside his dorm and came to her side to open her door.

"I love you, Logan."

He kissed her before she climbed out. "I love you, too, Ror. I don't know what I did without you."