"Logan?" Rory wondered.
When Rory spoke up she could see that the person in front of her stirred, which signaled her that the person heard her. The person then rose from the ground and stood in front of her.
"Hey Ace," Logan told her with a smile on his face.
"Hi," she told him. "I thought it was you." and with that Rory moved past Logan to her dorm door.
"I don't think you want to go in there," Logan warned her, as he was fully aware of what was going on inside there.
"Why not?" Rory wondered as she looked at him.
"Your roommate told me she was going to please our editor," Logan told her with a big smirk planted on his face.
"I hate it when she does that," Rory told him as she heard some yelling from inside her dorm which intrigued both Logan and herself, so slowly she opened the dorm room to see what was going on. But they couldn't believe her eyes.
"Doyle come back here!" Paris said while yelling through the dorm room while only wearing a bathrobe.
"I don't wanna!" Doyle yelled back at her as he continued to run through the dorm room while only wearing boxers.
"Bad image!" Rory yelled as she quickly closed the door.
"Not my bag either," Logan told her.
"Not?" Rory said acting like she was surprised but she was just joking. "I really thought you of all people would enjoy this."
"It's nice to use it against him you know, I have to admit that," Logan told her. "But really that image was a bit too much. The stories I heard from you were already too much!"
"Welcome to my world!" Rory told him with a smile.
"So do you think it's safe for you to return back to your room tonight?" Logan wondered.
"I don't think so. This could go on for hours!" Rory said as she started to ramble. "Usually they do this on Friday nights when I come back from Friday night diners but apparently they couldn't wait till Friday. So usually I go to Stars Hollow but that's not an option now since I have a class tomorrow at ten."
"Stay with me," Logan simply stated.
"What?" Rory asked. "I can't stay with you. I don't have any clothes or my toothbrush. Besides things between us are kind of, well you know."
"Weird," Logan filled in.
"Yeah kind of," Rory told him sincerely. "And there's the fact that you have Colin and Finn!"
"Don't worry about them," Logan told her. "They don't have classes tomorrow till late in the afternoon. They most likely hit the pub and won't be back till early morning."
"Really Logan," Rory started. "I couldn't stay. I wouldn't have any clothes or what about my toothbrush?"
"You just said that," Logan said. "Besides you can set the clock and go back to your dorm tomorrow morning if it's that big of a problem."
"You have a point there," Rory told him as she thought of the situation. It would be weird to sleep at his dorm while this weird situation was still between them.
"I'm good at making points," Logan smiled. "So what do you say Ace?"
"Sure, it's better then sleeping in front of my dorm room on the floor or in my car. So why not?" Rory told him.
"Because I might kill you in your sleep," Logan teased her as they started to walk to his dorm room.
"Well at least I would die happy," Rory shot back at him which confused Logan.
"Why is that?"
"Because I just had like 4 cups of coffee during the ride home. That should explain enough," Rory told him with a smile.
"Definately explains enough," he confirmed as he opened the door to his dorm room. He took her coat like a gentleman and told her to take a seat.
"Coffee?" he asked her as he walked to the kitchen. She followed him and sat down on the sofa.
"Do you even have to ask?" Rory asked him.
"Well it is 11 o'clock," Logan pointed out.
"I can drink coffee at 11 o'clock," Rory told him as she received a big mug of coffee from Logan who poured himself a cup of coffee too as he sat down on a nearby chair, a few steps away from Rory.
They sat in silence for a while until Rory spoke up. She had to know, because it had been bugging her the entire time they walked to his dorm.
"So why were you sitting outside my dorm room?" Rory spoke up.
"Waiting for you," Logan stated the obvious as he smirked, which caused Rory to roll her eyes.
"Why?"
"I wanted to see how you were doing. I saw the news about your grandfather on the news and wondered how you were doing. When Paris said you would be home tonight, I decided to wait for you," Logan explained as he saw Rory smiling at him. "What?"
"That's really sweet," Rory told him with a big smile on her face. "I can't say that anybody has done that for me. Or at least a guy, my mom waited for me a million times."
"My pleasure," he told her. "You know Ace,"
"What?"
"I think we really need to talk about...," Logan started but he didn't really knew how to name it or at least should call it so things wouldn't get awkward. "us. I really missed you over the summer. You need to know that."
"I missed you too," Rory admitted. "I have to say I don't like how things are between us either. It feels weird and not how it should be. You have no idea how much I have regretted everything bad I told you."
"It's okay. You already told me you regretted that," Logan said. "So how should things be between us?"
"What?" Rory asked a bit confused.
"You just said, this is not how it should be," Logan repeated her earlier statement. "How should it be?"
"Well," Rory started but like Logan had before, she didn't know how to tell him. How to put it.
"We should be together," Logan filled in and Rory nodded in return. "I'd like that."
"You would?" Rory wondered. "Why?"
"I think I told you that once before, haven't I?" Logan told with a smile on his face.
"So you didn't move on over the summer? You didn't meet a new girl?" Rory asked.
"Nobody who could make me stop thinking about you," Logan told her honestly. And it was true, at the office there were tons of woman who were flirting with him, on the streets of New York there were also a lot of girls flirting with him. But he just brushed them off, they meant nothing to him. "Really Rory, you mean a lot to me. I was never the guy who stayed with a girl longer then a day but somehow you had the effect on me that made me want to be with you constantly. I even spend more hours at the Yale Daily News because of you. And really these last few months in my life, it felt like it was an eternity. I realised how much you were already being in my life and just life without you seemed unimaginable."
Rory could feel the tears streaming down her cheeks. Never had she heard such a sweet and honest confession from a guy. She never knew he could speak so well that would make her burst into tears.
"Are you okay Ace?" Logan asked her as he moved over to her and sat down next to her. It hurt him that she was crying especially when he didn't know what kind of tears it were. Were it tears because of how happy she was or how sad she was. He really had no clue. But he couldn't see her like that and he put a comforting arm around her shoulder.
"Yeah I am fine," Rory replied when she realised it she hadn't said a thing since he told her what he thought about her. He put his heart on the line and she said nothing. "Just happy."
"Happy?" He wondered.
"Yeah," Rory told him. "I really missed you a lot Logan and thought about you constantly much to my mother's dismay or Lane's because they really thought I was bad company. I kept wondering if you were going to call me over the summer or if I should call you. I kept regretting those things I told at my grandparents' and that stupid 'Oh'! That was really the worst thing I could have told you but somehow I just blurted it out when I really wanted to kiss you at that moment for saying that."
"So what are we going to do now?" Logan wondered as he really didn't know how things would go on from now on. This was all new to him, telling a girl how you feel, putting your heart on the line. Everything was new to him, and like he once told her that you should try new things, he definately wanted to try this but only with Rory.
Rory smirked as she moved closer to Logan and she pressed her lips on his. The kiss became intense and both of them opened their mouth to let their tung enter each other's mouth. Then Rory broke off the kiss and smiled at him and he happily returned it.
"I liked that suggestion," Logan smirked.
"I hoped you would," Rory told him with a smile on her face.
"So this is it?" Logan asked her. "What are we now? Boyfriend and girlfriend?"
"Only if you want that," Rory asked him as she slightly feared he didn't want that, since he wasn't the commitment kind of guy.
Logan saw the doubt in her eyes and gave her a kiss on her forehead.
"I wouldn't want anything else," Logan told her as they curled up in each other's arms and just held each other. No watching tv, no Colin or Finn disturbing them, it was just the two of them holding each other.
"Rory?" Logan then spoke up.
"Hmm?" Rory said as she felt like she was about to fall asleep.
"I never really did the boyfriend thing. If I do anything wrong, you do have to tell me okay?" Logan asked her.
"You'll do fine," Rory assured him with a smile on her face as she lifted her head from his chest and gave him a brief kiss on the lips.
"We could go to sleep in my bed you know, or you could sleep there and I'll sleep here," Logan suggested not wanting to push anything.
"No this is nice," Rory told him. "Besides I don't feel like moving. I'm too tired."
"Goodnight Ace," Logan told her while planting a kiss on her temple as he could hear her murmer a goodnight. He watched her as she fell asleep, this was really too good for words. Finally he held Rory in his arms and things just couldn't be more perfect.
The rest of the week went by fast. Rory had immediately called her mom the next morning to tell her that Logan and herself were now in a commited relationship. Lorelai was happy for her daughter because she knew that Logan made her happy, happier then when she was with Jess or Dean.
Other then informing her mom who also told her that she was going to the party that her grandparents were hosting. Rory had spend a lot of time at the Yale Daily News or studying and of course she had spend her time with Logan. Doyle was annoyed by the relationship Logan and Rory had because that meant that Logan was spending a lot more time at the paper.
But then finally Friday had arrived, Rory had invited Logan along with her so she could finally tell her grandparents that she and Logan were now officially a couple. Rory and Logan already imagined on how Emily Gilmore was going to react and how she was going to plan the wedding immediately.
Earlier that week she had bought a dress along with her mother. It was an absolutely beautiful dress. It was a white and turquoise coloured dress made of satin with white tulle. There was a light flower print on the top of the dress. With a few matching jewelry, Rory waited for Logan to pick her up at six. Her grandparents had told her to get early since the party would begin at seven. At six sharp, a knock was hear on the door and Rory opened the door, looking at Logan who was in a nice tuxedo with a blue tie. She gave him a brief kiss on the lips when she broke it off again.
"We're a match," Rory told him the minute she noticed his tie. She then smiled at the confused look on his face.
"Drank too much coffee again?" Logan joked.
"You can never drink too much coffee!" Rory defended her coffee. "I meant the color. You have a blue tie and I have a blue dress! We're a match!"
"A match made in heaven," Logan told her which made Rory slightly blush. "Might I say milady, you look absolutely amazing! Gorgeous!"
Logan was just amazed by how well the dress looked on her. He had tried every day to find out what kind of dress she bought but she wouldn't spill. She had told him that now she finally had a secret and he was left in the dark. But the dress just looked amazing on her, the blue in the dress matched her blue sapphire eyes perfectly. She was a perfect picture with only a slight touch of make up on, which was really unnecessary for Logan. She was already beautiful.
"Thank you," Rory told him. "You look good too!"
"Good? Not amazing?"
"I didn't think your ego needs more flattering," Rory joked. "Now let's go!"
She dragged Logan off with her and together they walked to his convertible car. As a gentleman he opened the car door for her and they drove off to the Gilmore Mansion once again where a party was going to be held.
The minute they arrived at the mansion and Rory introduced Logan as her boyfriend, Rory could see a smile appear on Emily Gilmore's face immediately.
"So there was no need for that outburst a few weeks ago, Rory," Emily told her as she directed to that diner she had before the summer began with the Huntzbergers.
"Things were different back then, grandma," Rory told her grandmother.
"What do you mean?" Emily asked her.
How was she going to say this? She didn't feel like telling her the entire story about the 'Oh' situation. She could already imagine the lecture her grandmother was going to give her about why she hadn't run after him and stuff like that. And she really didn't feel like going through all that again.
"We were just friends back then, Emily," Logan added for her. "I think Rory didn't want to jeopardize our friendship."
"Ah that explains it," Emily said. "Thank you Logan. Now I must check on a few things. I'll see you later tonight. Your grandfather is in the living room."
With that Emily Gilmore took off, into the kitchen, and both Logan and Rory went to the living room.
"Thanks," Rory told him as they walked to the living room.
"No problem Ace," Logan told her with a smile as they greeted Rory's grandfather.
They talked for a while about Yale and business as Richard also complained a bit about how he expected to be more recovered from the accident. He told them that he would spend most of the night on the sofa. Rory felt sorry for her grandfather but also found it very weird to host a party while having injuries. But it was hard to convince a Gilmore and she knew that so she just thought the best way to teach him wrong is by letting him go through the pain of tonight's events. Mean, but then again it was what Lorelai Victoria Gilmore, had taught her.
After being in conversation with her grandfather for a while, Lorelai and Luke arrived. Lorelai managed to bring Luke along because she knew why this party was being thrown and she assured Luke that he wouldn't want to miss it.
Rory also wondered what this party was all about. She thought it could have been another Alumni Party but it didn't make sense since her mother was invited too. But she decided not to ask any questions, she had asked them to Logan but he swore to her that he really had no idea what this party was about.
At seven, the party began and more and more elite people joined the party. Rory noticed Logan's parents entering the room along with a few other people she recognised from the Alumni party a year ago.
Rory and Logan mingled a little bit with Lorelai and Luke, mostly Lorelai who was thrilled to finally see the two of them together. Around eight o'clock both Emily Gilmore and Richard Gilmore wanted to make an announcement. It was Richard who spoke up.
"Good evening," Richard started off with. "I am going to keep this brief since tonight isn't about me but my lovely granddaughter Lorelai Leigh Gilmore or Rory for short."
"Me?" Rory wondered as she looked at her mother who just smiled at her. She definately knew that her mother knew more about it.
"Just keep listening," Lorelai told her daughter.
"Due to my accident a few days ago, Emily and I thought about a few things in our lives," Richard continued. "We already discussed this when I had an attack a few years ago but I didn't find it very necessary to discuss it any further. But now I do. I would like to announce that when I decide to stop working at my company, my granddaughter Rory will be the owner of my company."
"What?" Rory said quietly in a shocked voice.
"Congratulations," Her mother told her in a low voice as Richard continued.
"For now I have no intentions of quitting but if time comes I am certain that the company will be in good hands with my granddaughter. So hear is to the new heiress of the Gilmore family!" and with that Richard rose his glass into the air and soon everyone else in the room followed his command. "Now Rory, would you like to say anything?"
Did she have to get up there? What was she going to say? With pleading eyes she looked at Logan but he just shrugged his shoulders, telling her that he couldn't get her out of this. So she stepped forward to her grandmother and grandfather.
"I have really no idea what I am going to say since this just shocked me. I had no clue this was the purpose of this party so I can't find the words. Just a thank you to my grandparents for trusting me to do this and just overall my mother for her moral support in my life. Thank you," Rory told them as she walked back to her mother, Luke and Logan as her grandparents followed her.
"Congratulations Rory," both of her grandparents congratulated her.
"Thanks, I guess," Rory told them. "But one question. Why are you hosting a party for annoucing that I am the heiress? Couldn't you just tell me at Friday night diners?"
But before her grandparents could respond, Lorelai already had her answer ready.
"Sweety, high society people even host a party when their kid get their first A in college. They love parties and they use the most craziest reasons for them!" Lorelai explained while smiling widely.
"Don't be silly, Lorelai!" Emily told her daughter before turning to Rory. "We are hosting this party because this is important Rory. All the companies our family owns control a lot of things in the world. You becoming the heir of such a business is important and worth an announcement and party."
"Indeed. Our company has a large influence in the world and we know that the day I leave the company it will be in good hands, your hands," Richard added.
"But why didn't you tell me this in private before this whole party? And how did you come to this decision all of the sudden with leaving the company? And what about mom?" Rory rambled on with questions.
"Easy with the questions, hon. I have chosen not to be in this high society life a long time ago and I don't fit here but I do have to say that the parties are great!" Lorelai explained. "But you Rory, you are perfect for this world. I've seen your face before the announcement and you were just glowing! You loved it!"
"And we didn't tell you in private because first of all we wanted you to be surprised and you wouldn't have been if we told this again on a party like this. And to answer your question about why I am thinking about leaving the company. Since that accident I really realised that my health is something you can't control. I just want to have a backup for the company so it will be in good hands." Richard explained once more.
"I don't know what to say. How will this effect my life? Do I have to give up on journalism and start to learn economics or something like that?" Rory again began with the questions.
"You dont have to learn economics. You can hire people to control the company while you follow your own dreams. But I do have to say that reporters might be interested in your life now." Richard told her while smirking at his last remark.
"Isn't that funny! A reporter is interested in a fellow reporter's life. That's really funny!" Lorelai laughed.
"I don't want other people to be interested in my life!" Rory commented.
"That would be so EdTV! Seeing you in the tabloids and on tv every day because they want to have the latest scoop about you!" Lorelai continued.
"Not funny mom! How can I do things I like when I know people are ready to make photos of me." Rory said a bit worried about how this all was going to effect her private life.
"Don't worry Rory. I'm sure things won't be as bad as they seem right now. Just wait how things will turn out." Emily assured her.
"Yeah Ace, relax a bit! I'm an heir too you know and I hardly get photos taken from me." Logan assured her as he spoke up ever since she returned back to him after her short speech.
"Or the media could be interested in two people who are heir and heiress of a big family company!" Richard thought out loud.
"That would make some great pictures!" Logan added as he smirked at Rory who just gave him a evil glance in return. He put his arm around his shoulder just to show her he was being there for her.
"What about money? I am sure I'll be invited a lot for these parties now. How am I supposed to pay for clothes?" Rory asked.
"All taken care of. You'll receive a credit card soon enough, unlimited, so you can purchase anything you need for events like these. Of course, you can't abuse the card like your mother would do that." Emily told her while she directed the last part to Lorelai.
"Who says I would do such a thing?" Lorelai said offended but smiled nonetheless. "Of course I could buy many Jimmy Choo's for it! Unlimited! Do you know how many Choo's you can buy for that?"
"That's exactly what I meant a minute ago. I know you will handle it well Rory," Emily assured her.
"But don't spend it on Jimmy Choo's. Last time I heard about it, they cost a fortune," Richard advised her.
"How about Manolo Blahniks? Mom likes those shoes too!" Lorelai piped in.
"Stop it right now! None of you are helping except for grandma and Luke! So I only listen to grandma and Luke from now on. I'll leave you all alone so you can talk some more about me, the heiress and guest of honor!" Rory laughed as she walked off, leaving all of them behind with a smile on their face.
"Already an attitude! I taught her so well!" Lorelai commented as Rory walked through the room.
Rory continued to walk through the room, a lot of people congratulated her. She didn't really see why they did that since know that she thought of it, it was always quite sure she was going to enherit all the money of the Gilmore family, she just never thought of it because she never looked at her grandparents that way, as only money. Besides she knew her mother would never accept it since she wanted to do things on her own and not by any help from her parents not even know. She knew that her mother still wanted to prove that she was capable of doing things on her own.
Then she was being congratulated by two people she hoped she could avoid at all costs this evening. It's not like she hated them but it was just that the previous meeting they shared wasn't really that nice.
"Hello mr and mrs Huntzberger," Rory greeted them politely as she just hoped Logan would come by to save her soon!
"Hello Rory, lovely to see you," Shira greeted her. "Congratulations, twice."
"Twice?" Rory questioned.
"Yes on becoming an heiress and on being Logan's girlfriend," Shira told her with a smile on her face.
"Thank you, I didn't know that you knew that me and Logan were seeing each other," Rory told her in all honesty.
"I didn't hear it from Logan, I heard it from people all around," Shira explained.
"I'm sure Logan wanted to tell you. It's just that things have been pretty hectic this week," Rory apologized on behalf of Logan, he had saved her earlier this night so she was going to put in a good word for him. "He was pretty busy with the paper, Doyle can be pretty though when he wants to be."
"Paper?" Mitchum said. "That's a first."
"He's been there pretty much lately actually, even the previous year," Rory defended Logan in front of his father.
"Oh look Mitchum, there's Diana Fielding, I'll go say hi. I'm sure I'll see you soon Rory, we'll have diner sometimes," Shira said as she excused herself and went over to another woman at the other side of the room.
"I'll be right there, Shira," Mithcum told his wife as she left. "Enjoy yourselves for now Rory, but don't get used to it!"
With that Mitchum excused himself and followed his wife to the other side of the room. Bedazzled, Rory looked after him as she saw Logan coming up to her.
"Hey Ace," he said. "I saw you needed rescuing. I guess I'm a bit too late. You okay?"
"I'm okay," she told him, but she wasn't sure. She had no idea what Mithcum meant with that last part. Don't get used to it? But she immediately focused back to Logan. "So your parents know we're together."
"I figured they'd find it out," Logan told her with a smile. "My dad is also quite a reporter Ace. I would have been ashamed if he hadn't figured it out while I'm doing this with you." and with that he kissed Rory on the lips.
But their kissing was interrupted by Lorelai and Luke who watched the happy couple.
"Uhmm...," Lorelai coughed loudly and Logan and Rory stopped kissing to see Lorelai and Luke standing behind them.
"Oh sorry," Rory said with a big smile on her face. "Do you want to hit the bar? I'll be happy to step aside."
"Funny girl," Lorelai commented. "So everything is good?"
"Perfect," Rory commented as both Logan and herself looked into each other's eyes and smiled at each other. It was indeed perfect!
Author's note:
Thnx for the reviews I've gotten. I really liked them !
Next chapter: Like Normal People
Rory and Logan go on their first real date!
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