Road to Love

Chapter 24 – Boxers and Socks

Disclaimer: I swear I do not own Gilmore Girls, please, believe me won't you?

AN: Alright, here's the new chapter, sorry once again for the late update, I suck and I know it. But it's a new year, and I'm really going to be making a strong effort to update faster! Thank you for the reviews for the last chapter by the way, I really appreciated them! Look out for the responses to your reviews at the end of this chapter, and a LONG rambling session from myself. I LOVE January, you'll find out why when you read the AN at the bottom! Enjoy!

AN2: THERE IS SWEARING IN THIS CHAPTER! JUST SO YOU KNOW! Once again, ENJOY!

"Hello?" said a disoriented voice, crackling slightly as though they'd just been woken from a deep slumber.

"Logan, hey it's Rory. Look I'm sorry I haven't talked to you much lately, but I was wondering if you wanted to do something tonight, or tomorrow maybe, if you want of course." Rory said, finally taking a deep breath at the end.

"Uh… sure, tomorrow then," Logan said in reply, his mind stilly hazy from his drunken night the day before. He'd taken to haunting bars during the night, and even during the day, just to get his mind off of Rory. He would take Finn with him, time after time, because he knew he wouldn't have to explain it to him, it was alcohol after all, you never had to explain the need to drink with Finn. For once in his life, he was thankful for that.

"Well… um, alright then, tomorrow, maybe you could meet me at my room, around 6-ish. You sound tired, so I'll let you go, bye Logan." Rory said, hearing the sound of the dial tone before she'd even finished saying, 'bye,' to him. 'Can't wait to see you too,' she thought sardonically to herself before hanging up and going back to her studying. 'Can't wait.'

The bright red lights in her alarm clock flashed the numbers 4:00. 'Boy does time go by quickly when you're studying.' Rory thought miserably to herself as she began packing up her things neatly onto her desk. She had to start getting ready for her date with Logan, or rather, her, 'dreaded meeting.' Truth be told, she really was dreading today. She just had a bad feeling about it. She had half a mind to cancel on him, but she knew that if she did, she would continuously wonder what would've happen had she gone.

She walked tiredly to her closet, picking out a simple outfit for the night. She'd hoped that they would just go to dinner, somewhere casual, a burger joint maybe. But with Logan, simple things were rare. He would always go the whole nine yards, ten if he wanted to be really extravagant.

She'd just finished putting on the finishing touches on her makeup when she heard a soft knock on her bedroom door. Looking up she saw an elegantly dressed Paris. Her face fell slightly at the sight; she'd been hoping that it had been Logan at her door.

"Don't look too happy to see me, god forbid your perfect face might break, or worse yet, pimples might break out on your face, ruining it, forcing you to either join a cult of some sort because of the horrors it causes you, or you would run around wearing a paper bag over your head." Paris said rather simply with a small smile playing on her lips.

Rory just stood, stunned at Paris' words, she didn't know whether Paris was being her normal self, or if she was being serious.

"It's a joke Gilmore, well actually sarcasm, so lighten up."

"Sorry Paris, my mind is just not here right now." Rory confessed honestly. She'd never wanted to fake being sick more than right now to get out of this date, but her need to be honest kicked in.

"Obviously, so uh, not to pry, but where are you headed this evening? I thought you and L… 'he-who-must-not-be-named,' had broken up. You'd been avoiding him for quite a while, so I just assumed." Paris finished lamely.

"Well truthfully, I did sort of want to end things with him a couple weeks ago. I told you about my mom being in the hospital right? He'd been with me when I'd gotten the call, and he'd rushed me to the hospital to see her. I don't know why, but every time I'd look at him after that phone call would continuously re-play over and over in my head, bringing back every horrible feeling I'd felt when I got it. I guess I just sort of resented him for that. I really don't know why, I know its stupid, but well there you go, welcome to the mind-boggling mind that is Rory Gilmore's."

"Your right about one thing, it is sort of stupid, but I can see where you're coming from. He just kept making you think about what happened to your mom, and how horrible you felt." Paris finished saying just as there was a loud knock on the door.

"I guess that's him, see you later Paris." Rory said wearily, gathering her jacket and purse before walking out of the room.

She walked through the living area to answer the door. Quickly she turned the door and yanked it open to reveal a haphazardly dressed Logan.

"Hey, I can see you really went all out for our date tonight." Rory said sarcastically, not being able to contain herself as she surveyed his messily put together attire.

"What can I say, nothing but the best for my girl," Logan told her winking at her as he pulled her in for a kiss.

She could taste the lingering alcohol on his breath but thought nothing of it. She just enjoyed the moment, and jumped as a fire erupted in the pit of her stomach. This kiss felt much like their first, with her spine tingling, and her knees weak. She felt like a schoolgirl.

Logan made quick work of deepening the kiss, only breaking contact with Rory's lips when she pushed lightly on his chest. They both moaned in pleasure as they parted, breathing in wheezes. He pecked her lightly on the cheek as he encircled her with his arm.

Truth be told, Logan had forgotten about their date. He'd been sleeping when she had called; he'd just gotten in a few hours before from the pub. Things had gotten worse recently, his father had constantly been nagging him about joining the company, and his responsibility as the Huntzberger heir. He had missed Rory to say the least, but he was far too proud to admit it. He had wanted to call her, but after awhile he'd given up. When he had finally remembered he'd been sitting in his room, clad in only his boxers and socks, playing X-Box, and drinking, or rather guzzling down his first bottle of rum mixed with coke. He'd slipped on whatever was clean and walked out the door, giving Rory plenty of time to do whatever girls needed to do. For the first time ever, he had not even checked his reflection before he'd left, it didn't really matter, he thought, it's not like she cares.

"Let's go." He said simply, walking her to his car.

They'd finally arrived at their destination. They were at a ritzy café. There was a waterfall out in the front, with comfortable dinning area upstairs and busy tables downstairs where people were simply chatting and sipping on coffee.

"Coffee," Rory said simply, taking Logan's hand in hers as they walked to the entrance.

Logan just smiled, once a coffee addict always a coffee addict.

"So how's it going?" Logan asked after they'd been seated and had ordered their meals.

The area upstairs was beautiful, with large, comfortable chairs, and lava lamps spread out here and there. There were plenty of candles in the corners; each corner was a different scent their waiter had told them. One was lavender, another was peach, then strawberry, and the final one was vanilla. She'd chosen lavender.

They were seated at a cozy little table, with a light purple table cloth, and a beautiful arrangement of long and short stemmed purple flowers in the middle. It was a sensational sight. There was a gorgeous view out the window where they were seated of the setting sun; it was a picture perfect moment.

"Pretty good, you," Rory replied simply, sipping on her hazelnut coffee with whipped cream and chocolate shavings, as expected she got a dot of whipped cream on her nose which she quickly whipped away with her napkin.

"Uh… alright I guess if you think being hounded by your father is fun. Other than that I'm good." Logan said. He wanted to tell her that he'd missed her, missed her smile, missed having her in his arms, missed her touch, missed her lips, her smell, just everything, but he didn't. He had to keep some shred of his dignity.

"I've missed you." She told her simply, her crystal blue eyes locking onto his warm chocolate ones.

He'd missed those enticing blue eyes of her too. "I missed you too."

"I'm sorry I was so… distant before." She said, choosing her words carefully as she watched him drain his second glass of wine.

"It's okay, you were going through a tough time, you needed to be alone, and I get that." He said simply, starting on his third glass.

"I'm glad."

He just sat silently, not bothering to reply as he looked out the window. "You could've just told me that you know, instead of dodging my calls, and me. I would've understood." He said bitterly, saying what was on his mind, not caring how she took it.

"I know, and I'm sorry. But I… I don't know, every time I thought about you, I saw my mom in that bed. So useless and dying. It made me feel depressed."

"No you mean I made you feel depressed. You still could've been honest with me, told me you needed some space. I'm not a stalker you know, I would've left you alone until you were okay."

"I never thought or said you were a stalker, it was just my way of dealing with it. It's not like a go through things like my mom getting into an accident everyday, sorry that I don't have a method for dealing with her being mangled in a hospital bed, in a coma, that would agree with you."

"You know what, no; you cannot turn this around and make me seem like the bad guy. I wanted nothing more than to be there for you so don't you dare make it seem like I'm being insensitive to what happened to your mother." Logan snapped back finishing off his third glass, and before taking a swig straight from the bottle.

"I didn't say that, stop putting words in my mouth! God! No wonder I didn't like you at first, you really are an arrogant ass, a drunken one at that." She said referring to how much he was drinking. "Look okay, I'm sorry I pushed you away, I am, but it is not my fault! You're probably right, I should've told you I needed space, I shouldn't have just pushed you away, but honestly, you're making this into a bigger deal that it is." Rory snapped at him, her tone of voice rising with each word, her eyes turner cloudy with anger and annoyance.

"I am not a drunk. And I'm not making this into a big deal; I'm just saying how I felt. I felt stupid that as soon as I'd finally let you in you do a complete flip and start pushing me away! What the hell Rory? You know what this conversation is over; I can't deal with this right now. I've gotten bigger and actually important things to deal with."

"Oh, so when the going gets tough you pull out! Logan that is not how a relationship works! ARGH!" she cried out in frustration, her eyes still blazing. "What could be more important? What is daddy threatening to cut you off? Is he threatening you to actually start acting like an adult and face the real world? Is the fact that soon you'll have to take over as his heir and actual do work scaring you because god forbid you'd lose your beauty rest or worse yet break a nail? Come on Logan, grow up, you can't go through life being the scared little boy that you are, partying all the time, getting wasted every night, using countless amount of girl for sex! You need to start facing reality; you can't hide behind alcohol for the rest of your life Logan!" Rory shrieked, rising from her set, her cheeks rosy with color, her neck felt warm, as did the rest of her body. Needless to say, she was pissed.

He too was on his feet now, the bottle of steadily emptying wine swinging in one hand as he retorted just as loudly, his eyes blazing as well. "Fuck you Rory! You think you're all that, with your nose in books all the time. You hide, behind your books, so before you go and tell me to stop hiding, why don't you tell yourself first! And you know what, your damn right I'm going to party and drink and have sex because you know what this," he said, using his hand to motion between himself and Rory, "is over! I've heard all of what you just said before, and quite honestly, as much as you seem to think you know me, you don't, so don't you dare judge me! I am not scared. I know just how hard I'm going to have to work; I know just how big the shoes I'm going to be expected to fill, and then some." He finished out of breath as he bent his head back to take another mouthful of the burning alcohol.

"FINE, were over, I don't give a fuck, I really don't! You can go and fuck how many girls you want to, I wouldn't be surprised if you've already been screwing around, and quite honestly I don't care. Do what you want to do. And please, while you're at it, stop your fucking whining! You didn't even have to work hard to get where you are, daddy dearest has always been behind you, and with a thick wallet I'll bet! Unlike you, some people actually want to go somewhere with their lives, some people actually have to work hard, some people don't have the opportunities you have. You can do anything and more, and you take advantage of that! Instead of taking advantage of what you can do, you take it for granted, and bitch and moan about it! 'Daddy's hounding me, daddy's not giving me enough money, daddy this, daddy that!' Just shut up! You have no idea how lucky you are!"

"Oh shut up about how fucking lucky I am! I have no choices Rory! The day I was conceived, my life was automatically planned out for me! I wasn't even out of the womb when my father started drilling it in my head that I was supposed to take over his company, to be him and better. I don't want any of this, I'd give it all up in a second if it meant that I could just be free and do what I actually wanted to do! I don't want any of this, sure the money is great, that always has its benefits, but the rest is for the taking, because I don't want any part of it! But daddy dearest won't hear of it, no, why would he care about what I want? Just stop judging me okay, stop thinking that you know me and my life, because you don't. Just shut up about you not having opportunities, if you want something Rory, go and get it! You want to be a reporter, have fun, work for fucking CNN for all I care, just get out of my face!" Logan screamed.

"You are a dick Logan. You are a rich little arrogant, over-privileged drunken dick. You want me out of your face, fine, were through, and I'm glad. Goodbye Logan." Rory said curtly, hurt by his words, but at the same time she was fuming as she picked up her belongings and walked down the stairs. She could feel the eyes of the few people enjoying their meals upstairs on her retreating back. A prickling feeling attacked her eyes, but she refused, she wasn't going to cry over him, not after how he treated her.

It was over, and she really was glad.

AN: Another chapter finished! I suck at updating, I really do! I promise to get better at this, but it's been hectic lately what with Christmas and my birthday which was on January 6th! Hopefully you guys liked this chapter, at first I did, then when I started to write Rory and Logan's argument, I didn't, and then near the end, I did again! It was confusing! They are OVER people, I am sorry, but it was just so fitting for the moment. I've already got a few ideas in my head for future chapters. I'll update again soon, I promise!

Please review, I appreciate it so much! Byez!

Personal Responses:

Smartiepantz – I can imagine that not seeing a long reply to your review at the end of the chapter would be weird, seeing that most of my replies to you are long. I was hoping that Lorelai's pregnancy would make some jaws drop, that was the effect I was going for, and I guess I achieved my goal. I just really wanted to mix it up, add a twist, something that no one would possibly expect, and that was the best I could come up with. No, they did not break up a while ago, don't feel bad, I know my story is a bit slow in pace; I should really work on that. I can safely say that this meeting is going to cause an even bigger rift in Rory and Logan's relationship. Sorry my rambling session wasn't too long, I just couldn't think of anything to write. I think I can pronounce your name, but I'm not entirely sure. I've got a few ideas on how to pronounce it, although, because you said, "good luck pronouncing it," I'm not too sure if how I'm saying it is entirely right. Thanks for the review!

KarmaDreamz – Good luck getting into NHSS, are you applying for the Honors Program, or Cyber Arts? I don't get it then, if you're going to NHSS why did you apply for the program at CW? Yes you should get started on updating your stories, probably like a week later you'll get reviews from me; I'm just so lazy these days. Thanks for the review!

Festis7 – I missed Logan too, so I just had to throw him in near the end of the chapter. I hope Lorelai and Luke get back together as well especially since Lorelai is pregnant with his child now. Thanks for the review!

Gilmoregirl7878 – That's a great idea to have Logan sleep with someone, but it would be too similar to the reason Luke and Lorelai broke up so I want something different. I'm not saying Logan and Rory are going to break up, but then again I'm not saying that they won't. Thanks for the review!

Sapphirestar11 – Rory and Logan getting back together is not for sure yet, as I said a while back I really want to cause a rift in their relationship. Thanks for the review!

Aznangel4eva – That's a good point for the fifth movie. I'm thinking that the next movie will be a lot darker than this movie, which is in my eyes, will be an incredible feat seeing that this was a really dark movie. I can't wait for the next one to come out, I'm thinking sometime in the end of 2006 or early 2007, but that's just my estimate, I'm not actually sure. Hope you enjoyed the chapter! Thanks for the review!

And now, time for me to ramble…

Okay so Christmas and any other Holiday celebrated during this time period is gone. I'm definitely sad, but I'm definitely happy as well because I LOVED, and I mean LOVED my gifts! I was the happiest girl on Christmas morning I swear. I got up around 8:30 in the morning and I woke up my brother, and we then proceeded to wake my parents who were extremely annoyed that they were being woken up that early. We opened our respective gifts, and I swear my mom had to start FANNING me when I opened one of my gifts! I was HYPERVENTILATING! I swear. I was going crazy. I didn't know what to do or say, I was just shocked! So anyways I basically got clothes, and a MP3 player which I loved. The last gift that I got was the one that induced the hyperventilating, but I'm not going to say what it is because on of my friends reads my fic, so I don't want her to know until we get back to school! Sorry, I'm sure you're all dying to know.

I miss Prison Break! I really do! I love that show, and seeing Wentworth Miller all the time is a definite plus! He makes me love that show! I love it when he takes his shirt off! Especially when he went swimming, well not swimming really, he had to flood the part from the tunnel, in order to attach the rope to the grate covering the hole so they'd be able to climb up and then up into the Infirmary. I was screaming, 'take it all off. Take it ALL off!' LOL! I miss Gilmore Girls; does anyone know when it's coming back? The show has been on break for quite some time now. Oh my, gosh, for all the One Tree Hill lovers out there: NALEY IS BACK TOGETHER! I was crying during that episode, I forget the name now, but it was the most recent. It was where Lucas forgave Brooke, and now Dan 'the-devil' Scott is mayor. Then Nathan called Haley and he told her how she was like his light in the dark, helping him when he was in need, especially when things were screwed up with his family. Then when she was going to leave, he asked her to stay! THEN in the last few minutes we saw Brooke and Luke on Luke's bed, making out, after he forgave her, and we saw Nathan and Haley in the same position! I was crying, I swear I was! It was just so cute, and I was so happy! If only I could be Haley or Brooke, I would LOVE to make out with either THE CHAD or James Lafferty! LOL!

HAHA! Eminem aka Marshall Mathers is a total hottie! I love his new song, 'When I'm Gone.' He really loves his daughter, it's so cute. I heard that he's back together with his ex-wife, Kim. I'm happy for them; hopefully they can work things out, for Haley's sake. I also read an article recently that their getting married on the 14th of January, so that's cool. Also I really, really, really, really, really, really, really hope that, 'Curtain Call,' is NOT Eminem's last album, it jus can't be! I really hope it's not, because if it is, I'm going to be really sad.

Oh my gosh, I saw The Chronicles of Narnia: The witch, the lion and the Wardrobe, and I'm telling you, it was amazing. I absolutely loved it. The movie in the beginning sort of struggled to gain my interest, but after a while I got really into it, I would definitely see it again. I also saw The Notebook, and surprisingly I didn't cry. I did tear up here and there but that was it. It was a great movie though. The chemistry between Ryan Gosling, who by the way is a TOTAL HOTTIE and Rachel McAdams was amazing, if it is true that they are a real life couple, I'm SOOOO happy for them. However, I am a little jealous that Rachel's got him and not me, but its okay Rachel. It's okay.

Oh yeah, I recently read that Bethany Joy Lenz of One Tree Hill is getting married to Michael Galeotti I believe, sometime in 2006. It was posted on her website I believe, but I read it in a thread somewhere. You can look for her name on the opening credits of One Tree Hill which is starting back on the 11th to have changed already to her husbands' last name. I'm happy for her I guess, but I had always had a secret hope that her and James Lafferty, who plays Nathan Scott her husband on the show, would get together in real life! They just look so gosh darn cute in the show, and I'm sure they would make a great, lasting couple. Oh well, its okay, my dream is crushed but I think I'll survive! I hope! LOL!

Can anyone refer any good books or songs to me? I love ballads a lot, and basically every other genre, except like jazz, rock&roll, country (it's okay though), and things like that!

It's back to school for me, and I can't say i'm looking forward to it, but i'll try.

Alright, I think I've said enough. Byez!