And the Stage is Set
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Friends in a Blizzard
Rory had distanced herself from Logan and she didn't know why, not fully anyway. Of course, the obvious reason would be what Kevin had said, but Rory knew it was more then that. She was letting her own insecurities get in the way of her relationship, but her insecurities had reason.
Kevin, Logan, Finn, and Colin had a plan for their college years and it was to have fun. It had surprised Rory when Kevin asked Paris out because Rory knew that her brother planned to be single until he was married. She hadn't thought about what would happen when Logan went to Yale.
Rory had the house to herself. Kevin was on his date with Paris and her parents were on a trip. Lorelai had been hesitant about leaving Rory, especially after the little scene at the dinner table.
They Hayden's were eating; it had been two days since Rory had really said anything real to them. Suddenly, she looked up from her meal to Kevin.
"So all that crap you said in the hospital was just that; crap." She said, surprising everyone.
"No." Kevin replied
"Then what was it?"
"All I said was that I knew he made you happy and that I was sorry. I mean what I said."
"Well guess what Kevin," she said, getting out of her seat, "I mean what I said. Stay out of my relationship, in fact, stay out of my life!" she said seriously, before leaving the table.
"What was that about?" asked Chris
"Nothing." Replied Kevin before leaving the table as well
Lorelai and Chris just stared at each other in confusion, jumping when they heard to slamming of the Rory's bedroom door followed a few minutes later by the slamming of Kevin's.
After finishing her weekend homework she made her way to the kitchen. On her way there, she thought about how truly pathetic she was being. It was a Friday night and she was pulling a hermit just because she was too scared to talk to her boyfriend.
Rory had thought she heard the T.V. in the living room, but didn't think much of it; they were always leaving the T.V. on. After getting enough junk food for three people, Rory ventured into the living room for a lonely night of watching movies and pigging out; boy was she wrong.
"Love! You bought refreshments! Any alcohol?" cried Finn, already drunk, as soon as Finn entered the living room.
"Hey Rory," said Colin, tearing her gaze from the T.V. to greet her.
Logan didn't bother; he just kept his stare on the screen in front of him.
"Hey guys," she said after the initial shock of them being there. "What are you doing here?"
"We're waiting for Kevin to get back." Answered Finn
"Oh," she hated the feeling of intruding in her own house.
Rory put the food on the coffee table and sat on the same as Logan, but the two were still about four feet away from each other.
Rory felt weak and she hated that feeling. She hated how she let what Kevin said get to her, she hated how she was treating Logan, despite how much she missed him, and she hated thinking that Logan hated her. But the one thing she hated the most was, right then and there, he eyes filled with tears and she couldn't do a think to stop them from overflowing.
When Rory had started to avoid him, Logan had though he had done something wrong. He had tried to approach her but she always made up some excuse to leave. Then, her actions started to irritate him and by Thursday, they had just stopped talking. Logan had been at the Hayden's with the guys and didn't notice when Kevin left he, Finn, and Colin just kept watching the replay of the Harvard/Yale football game. He noticed, however, when Rory sat on the couch and didn't look at him, he noticed when she didn't complain about watching football, and he noticed when she started crying.
"Ace?" he leaned forward and put his hand on her arm
The tears came faster and harder. Colin and Finn had noticed by now and looked to Logan in confusion. Logan's cold demeanor was nonexistent as he pulled Rory to him. He buried her face into the crook of his neck and continued to cry.
"Do you think this has anything to do with Monday?" Finn whispered, loudly, for he was drunk
"I don't know." Colin answered truthfully.
It scared Rory to be this dependent on one person, but being in Logan's arms felt so good, so safe, that she didn't care. Rory felt like a huge weight had been lifted off of her back. Logan kissed to top of her head and rubbed her back, trying to calm her down.
"What happened on Monday?" Logan asked
"Wed don't know mate." Finn told him
"Kevin called us and asked us to pick her up from some café." Colin added
"What's wrong Ace?" he asked into her ear
Instead of answering, she tightened her arms around her neck.
"I'm sorry," she whispered so only Logan could hear
"What happened?" he asked.
The only answer he got was her steady breathing. With her body on top of his, she had fallen asleep. Logan got Finn to pass him a blanket and spread it over her. The food was devoured by Finn and Colin as the three boys continued to watch Yale pound Harvard into the ground. At lease Finn and Colin did; Logan, while it may seem he was watching the game, was secretly reveling at the feeling of having Rory this close to him.
Logan himself had just fallen asleep when the doorbell rang. Colin, since Finn was drunk, decided to answer it. When he opened the door, he found Louise, Madeline, their luggage, and snow.
Without saying anything, the two rushed past Colin and into the house, eager to get out of the cold.
"When did it start snowing?" Colin asked dumbly as he closed the door.
Before Colin's question was answered, the door burst opened and Kevin and Paris joined them in the flyer.
"What are you two doing here?" Kevin asked Madeline and Louise.
"My parents are renovating and we have no heat. Plus, they're out of town." Said Louise
"My parent's are out of town and I didn't want to be alone." Madeline answered shyly, "Why are you here?" she asked Paris
"No powers at my house, plus, my parents are at the same party yours are."
"When did it start snowing?" Colin asked again
The four looked at him like he was crazy.
"It's been snowing for the last hour. There's a huge blizzard coming our way; don't you watch the news?" asked Paris, heading for the living room
"Not on a Friday night." He answered, following her
Paris stopped short when she saw Rory and Logan, as did the others, except Colin.
"Well, this is a recent development." commented Paris
"Not really," said Colin, taking his original seat
"Did any of you bring any alcohol?" asked Finn hopefully
"When did this happen?" asked Kevin
"A little while ago," Finn answered passively, "Alcohol?"
"I thought they weren't talking to each other." Commented Madeline as she sat next to Finn
"They weren't," Colin said, "How bad is this blizzard supposed to be?"
Paris grabbed the remote from Finn and turned on The Weather Channel.
"Hey!" cried Finn
They watched in silence as the meteorologist described the ferocity of the blizzard. The shrill ring of the phone broke the silence.
"I'll get it." Kevin said, answering the phone, "Hello?"
"Kevin!" it was Christopher.
"Hey Dad." Kevin replied, plopping back down on the couch
"Are you okay? How's your sister?"
"Rory's fine. Everyone's here."
"I figured; their parents are at the same lame ass function we're at."
"When are you and Mom getting back?" asked Kevin
"We were supposed to be back by tomorrow but because of this story all flights are canceled; private and commercial."
"We'll be fine." Kevin assured him
"I'm sure you will be. Let me talk to your sister."
"She's sleeping." He answered
"Isn't Logan there?"
"Yep, he's sleeping too."
"Oh . . . okay." Christopher was silent for a moment. "Well, I'll call you when we get a flight."
"Okay, bye Dad."
"Bye."
"Our parents are stuck in New York," he informed the others after he hung up the phone. "You guys are welcome to stay here."
They mumbled their thanks and continued to watch the weather.
"So when did this happen?" Kevin asked again, referring to Logan and Rory
"About two hours ago." Said Colin
"It was weird," added Finn, "she just sat on the couch and started crying."
"Why?" asked Madeline
"We don't know," Commented Colin. "She's been kind of distant ever since Monday."
"I know," agreed Paris
"What did you say to her?" asked Finn after a few moments of silence
"Hmm?" asked Kevin
"Rory. What did you say to her? I know you said something; she told Colin and me you said something and that it had to do with her and Logan. What was it?" Finn inquired, sounding incredibly sober in his intoxicated state.
They all started at him expectantly, all but Louise that is, who seemed to have a knowing look on her face. Luckily for Kevin, it was then that Rory started to stir, which work up Logan.
"Hey guys," he whispered, still lying down. Gently, he shook Rory awake. "C'mon Ace."
"Your mean." Came her half awake response.
"We need to get up." he replied
"Why?" she whined
"Because we have an audience."
Rory's head shot up from Logan's chest, where it had moved during sleep, and sat upright on the couch, as did Logan."
What are you guys dong here?" she asked, squinting from the unfamiliarity of the light.
"Blizzard." Replied Colin
Rory's face lit up.
"It's snowing?" she asked, jumping from the couch without waiting for an answer.
She ran into the kitchen, grabbed a cup of coffee and a donut, unplugged her phone from the charger, put her coat on, and ran out the door. As she was standing on the doorstep, watching the snow fall, she dialed Lorelai's number.
"Are you outside?" came her mother's voice
"Doorstep." She answered, eating her donut
"Balcony."
"I can't believe the first snow of the season is a blizzard."
"I can't believe the first snow of the season is in December. Usually it's in November." Lorelai retorted.
They girls were silent for a moment.
"You know what this means don't you?" Lorelai asked after a while
"What?' Rory retorted, noting that her coffee was almost gone.
"Something great is going to happen."
Rory was about to reply when the door opened behind her.
"Ace get inside!" Logan yelled
"I'm barely outside." She said to Logan. "Mom you always say something great is going to happen."
"And something always does." Lorelai replied
"Rory, you're going to catch pneumonia! Get your ass inside!" Logan yelled again
"What's that?" Lorelai asked
"Oh, Logan's having a hissy fit." Rory replied nonchalantly. "I'm going to go back inside. When you get back we'll do this for real."
"Okay kid, bye."
"Bye Mom."
As soon as she hung up the phone, she was thrown over Logan' shoulder and carried into the house.
"Logan put me down!" Rory cried as the door slammed shut
Instead of complying with her demands, he slid her body down his so that they were face to face.
"Are you crazy?" he asked
"Maybe." She replied
He let her feet touch the ground and she took off her coat and hung it up.
"I'm sorry," she said again, looking at her feet
"I know you were sorry, and I'm not mad at you, I just want to know why." She avoided his gaze for a moment and then looked him in the eye.
"Can we talk?"
He nodded
The two went through the living room, ignoring their friends surprised look's, and went into Christopher's study.
"What do you think is going on between them?" asked Colin
"What did you say Kevin?" Finn asked once again, a little more serious this time.
"Look, all I did was ask her whet they were going to do when Logan's goes to Yale and I told her there was a big difference between college and high school."
"You're such an ass." Louise scoffed
Kevin rolled his eyes
"You know I'm right." Louise said scathingly. "Yeah, she told me." Louise said to Kevin's surprised look.
"What!" exclaimed Finn
"She told me." Louise repeated
"I can't believe you. When Colin and I called you and asked you to get her to tell you what happened, you were supposed to tell us."
"She made me promise." Louise replied simply
"It was our idea! Shouldn't we get some cut of the profits?" asked Colin
"It wasn't a business deal Colin!"
"I didn't say anything that wasn't true." Kevin spoke up
"You that as soon as Logan got to Yale he would forget all about her." Louise replied, exasperated.
Rory and Logan walked into the dark study. Logan waited by the closed door as Rory turned on the desk lamp. She sat on the small couch beside her father's desk and Logan did the same.
"What's up Ace?"
She leaned into him and kissed him for the first time since school. On instinct, he pulled her closer to him, yet broke the kiss when she tried to deepen it. He looked at her pointedly and Rory knew she had to answer his question.
"You know how Kevin and I talked on Monday?" she ventured''
"What did he say?"
"Nothing, just-."
"Ace." He pleaded, wanting her to tell him
"What he said bought up some things that we hadn't talked about and . . ." she trailed off
"And?" he encouraged softly, pulling her closer to him. She looked him in the eye.
"When you imagined yourself going to college did you imagine yourself having a high school girlfriend?" she asked him quietly
"Rory,"
Her name said by him sounded foreign to her, but she continued
"The four of you had a plan to be single through college; to sleep with as many women as possible, to go to class as little as possible, to drink, to party; not for you to have a girl friend. As stupid as that plan is it was something that you four have been looking forward too. I know; Kevin's marking the days off on his calendar."
"As far as going to class as little as possible, that was more for Finn. I can still drink and I can still party." He replied. "As for sleeping with as many women w as possible," he continued, "something better came along." He finished sincerely
She kissed him, slowly letting go of her insecurities. The two moved so that Logan was above her, Rory in his arms.
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All eyes were on Kevin.
"I did not say he would forget about her." He said adamantly
"You might as well have." Louise shot back
And then the power went out.
"Shit." Whispered Colin
The three guys, who knew the house by heart, felt their way to where the firewood was kept and started a fire in the fireplace. After that, they got flashlights, candles, blankets, and matches from various places in the house.
Half an hour later, Rory and Logan were still in Christopher's study.
"What do you think they're doing I there?" asked Kevin out loud
"Each other?" offered Finn, getting up to go see from himself.
The lamp desk her long gone out, but it didn't matter much; it hadn't given much light in the first place. The two were completely enthralled by each other. Underneath her shirt, Logan's hands were moving lightly over her skin. Skillfully, her moved the shirt over her head, their lips separating or only a moment, and her shirt fell from Logan's hands to the floor.
His hands moved more freely now that her shirt no longer acted as a barrier. She had missed him this past week, and not just emotionally. His shirt joined hers and she ran his hands up his chest.
They didn't notice when the door opened, slowly and noiselessly.
"Are you going to let the girl breath?"
Finn's voice tore Rory and Logan from the private world the two had been in for the past hour. They could see Finn's smirk from the light being given off by the candle he was holding. Rory was silently praying that her brother didn't join them. She was hidden from Finn's view and we thankful he couldn't see her blushing.
"What do you want Finn?"
"You should be thanking me; it was either me coming in or Kevin." Finn said in mock offense.
He walked into the room and Rory hid her face in the cork of Logan's neck while he hid the rest of her from Finn's vies. Finn placed the candle on the desk and walked out of the dorm. As soon as the door closed, Logan placed a kiss on Rory's neck.
"Are you okay?" he asked in her ear
"Yeah." She whispered back
He handed her her shirt and sat up so she could put it on. He kissed her once more before going out to face their friends.
A/N Wasn't exactly sure how to end this chapter. Hope you all liked it. Review please!