It was Tuesday, a few days after the party her grandparents hosted. Apparently the news about her becoming the Gilmore heiress had traveled around Yale and several people congratulated her on becoming it. She thanked all of them but she became sick of it. But now she was at the Yale Daily News, where nobody could interrupt her and where she could work in peace.
"Hey Ace," Logan said as he stood in front of her desk, with a big smile on his face.
"Hey," Rory replied as she gave him a brief kiss on the lips. Before it could become intense, she broke it off. "What are you doing here?"
"Checking on my lovely girlfriend isn't a good reason?" Logan asked her with a smirk on his face.
"It would be a good reason but," Rory started.
"But what?" Logan wondered.
"But you don't usually come to the newspaper," Rory pointed out. "At least not voluntarily. You always avoid Doyle and the paper."
"True," Logan started. "But I didn't have a girlfriend before who spends a lot of time here. So you're worth the risk of running into Doyle."
"Isn't that sweet?" Rory said sarcastically as she continued to work on her article.
"I'm glad I hold your affection that long," Logan remarked sarcastically.
"I need to finish my article," Rory commented. "That's what most people do around here who don't nap like you do. Don't you have an article to finish?"
"I do, but I am working on it at my dorm room," Logan told her seriously but soon his serious look turned into a grin. "I always get distracted here."
"Distracted?" Rory wondered as she looked up. "By what?"
"By my lovely girlfriend," Logan told her with a smirk on his face as Rory rolled her eyes in return.
"Well my lovely boyfriend," Rory started with a smile. "Do you know how many times you called me your girlfriend in the last few minutes? Three times and not very subtle either."
"Sue me if it bothers you," he joked.
"Well I did met a few nice law students on that party my grandparents hosted a year ago," Rory stated as she acted to be in deep thought about it. "You know, that party where you pretended to be my boyfriend."
"I remember," he said. "I have to say that you were a lot happier with my presence back then, then you are now."
"What can I say? I was in desperate need of help, desperate times call for desperate measures," Rory remarked with a smile on her face.
"That hurts Ace," Logan told her as he pretended to be hurt. "Anyway, the actual reason I was here is that I am wondering if we could go out tonight."
"We always spend the evenings together," Rory told him as she focused back on her article again.
"I meant a real date," Logan said seriously. "we never had a first date and we're already together a whole week."
"Man, only a week?" Rory joked. "It feels like we're already together for like, what was it again, two and a half years!"
"Ah yes, time flies by doesn't since it seems like yesterday that we celebrated our one and a half year anniversairy," Logan joked back as he remembered how he told that guy a year ago that he and Rory were already together for one and a half year now. "No seriously Ace, we should go out tonight, on a real date."
"You're right," Rory said with a smile. "Tonight it is. So where are we going?"
"Like I'm going to tell you," Logan smirked. "I'll pick you up at seven."
"It was worth a shot," Rory remarked as she noticed Doyle entering the room. "Now I think you should go. Doyle has entered the room and hasn't seen you yet. I'm sure you don't want to spend your free hours here while Doyle is watching you."
"Dirty," Logan remarked as Rory rolled her eyes. "But thanks, you know me too well. See you at 7 Ace!"
Logan gave her a quick kiss before leaving the room, hoping Doyle hadn't seen him.
The minute Logan was out of the room and Rory tried to focus back on her article, which as hard since somehow Logan's kisses could startle her for several minutes, Doyle walked up to her.
"Was that Huntzberger?" Doyle asked her.
"Nope," Rory replied simply. "And hello to you too Doyle."
"Just stop it Gilmore," Doyle said annoyed. "Now was that Huntzberger?"
"Why are you so grumpy Doyle? Paris giving you a hard time?" Rory asked him as Doyle started to smile. "Wait! I don't want to know!"
"Now tell me," Doyle pushed her. "Was that him?"
"Want to know the truth?" Rory asked him.
"Of course I want to know the truth! Why else would I be asking you that question?" Doyle said even more agitated then before much to Rory's pleasure.
"Because you like Logan and want to spend more time with him," Rory joked. "You're not telling me that you're going to steal away my boyfriend from me, are you?"
"I'm loosing my nerves Gilmore!" Doyle said angrily.
"That was Russel Crowe," Rory stated simply.
"That was Russel Crowe?" Doyle asked her.
"That's what I said," Rory replied. "He told me he was a big fan of me."
"He kissed you! I saw that!" Doyle replied. "and he looked just like Huntzberger! I don't believe you!"
"Well I'm sure Logan will happy to hear that you think he looks just like Russel Crowe," Rory joked back at him. "And you not believing me Doyle? I'm hurt! Do you accuse me of lying?"
"Well I," Doyle started but was soon interrupted by Rory.
"No Doyle, I heard enough," Rory said as she collected her stuff. "See you tomorrow!" and with that Rory walked out of the newsroom with a big smile on her face. It's not like she was able to concentrate anymore and she just loved to make fun of Doyle.
Rory walked back to her dorm and noticed it was already five o'clock. She took a quick shower but when she wanted to get dressed, she realised she had no idea on what to wear since she didn't know where they were going. Did she need to dress fancy or casual? She decided to call Logan but he didn't answer it, so Rory decided to call her mom. The minute Lorelai picked up the phone, Rory started to ramble.
"I have no idea what to wear, what am I going to do?" Rory started off. "He tells me we're going on a date, I have no idea where we are going so how am I supposted to know what to wear?"
"Hi honey, how nice of you to call," Lorelai remarked sarcastically. "I had a great day. How was yours?"
"Fine," Rory snapped. "Now help me!"
"First fill me in on the details, because you were kind of on fire and I only heard half of it," Lorelai told her daughter.
"Logan is taking me on a date tonight and is picking me up in about an hour. I have no clue where we are going so I have no idea what to wear," Rory said more calmly.
"Okay," Lorelai stated. "How about something which you can wear to a fancy place but also to a normal place."
"So what should I wear?" Rory asked, getting a bit more impatient.
"How about that blue little cocktail dress. It's fancy but also casual," Lorelai told her.
"Good choice, I knew there was a reason why I hadn't given up on you yet," Rory joked.
"Funny, but how are things between you and Logan going?" Lorelai asked her daughter with full interest. She had hoped ever since Logan was first discussed and she had seen how she talked about this Logan guy, that they would end up together. And now they were much to Lorelai's pleasure, she liked the guy, he challenged Rory and he wasn't that bad.
"Great, we spend every night together and he always brings me coffee in the morning," Rory said with a big smile on her face.
"I think he's a keeper, bringing you coffee in the morning, there aren't that much guys who do that," Lorelai said.
"I think I'll keep him a bit longer yeah," Rory laughed.
"I'm glad you're happy hon, it's been a while," Lorelai remarked seriously.
"It's been a while indeed, but now I am really happy. Logan makes me happy," Rory told her mother honestly.
"Good," Lorelai said once more. "So anything major happened today?"
"I made fun of Doyle," Rory said as she began to tell her mother the entire story of what happened at the paper.
Rory soon hung up on her mother when she noticed it was already 6:30 and Logan would pick her up in thirty minutes. She got dressed in her baby blue colored cocktail dress. She kept her hair down on her shoulders and put on a bit of make up. Around 6:55 Rory was ready, she flipped on the TV and waited for Logan to arrive.
At seven sharp, there was a knock heard on the door. Rory opened the door to reveal Logan in a casual outfit, a pair of black pants with a very Logan like shirt above it.
"Hey Ace, you look great," Logan said as he leaned forward and gave Rory a kiss on the lips. The kiss became more and more intense but Logan broke it off.
"What's the matter Russel?" Rory asked him with a big smile on her face.
"We need to get going or we will be late," Logan told her as they began to walk away from Rory's dorm room on their way to Logan's car, which was waiting outside the building.
"Don't you have reservations?" Rory wondered.
"This place doesn't do reservations," Logan stated simply.
"No reservations?" Rory repeated again. "I'm curious."
"That's nothing new," Logan smirked. "So what's with the Russel thing?"
"Just something which had to do with Doyle today at the paper," Rory remarked. "You should have been there to understand."
"You send me away remember," Logan pointed out. "So please explain yourselves."
"Well Doyle wanted to know if that was you who fled the newsroom and I told him that wasn't you," Rory started.
"So you lied to Doyle?" Logan asked her.
"Technically not," Rory said as Logan opened the car door for her and she stepped in his convertible car. Logan walked around the car and took a seat on the driver's seat. He started to car and began to head for their destination.
"What do you mean, technically not? You said it wasn't me who was leaving the room while I was leaving the room," Logan rambled.
"Well I said Russel Crowe was leaving the room," Rory stated as it should have explained everything but Logan was just confused.
"I don't get it," Logan wondered.
"And you're a reporter? You have to work on your skills a bit more," Rory joked as Logan laughed. "Master and Commander. Russel Crowe is in the movie Master and Commander and you said I needed to call you like that. So technically I wasn't really lying."
"I get it now," Logan remarked.
"About time," Rory laughed. "So where are we going?"
"I'm not telling you," Logan told her while a big smirk was once again planted on his face.
"What can you tell me?" Rory asked him.
"That you look beautiful," Logan smirked.
"Thank you but not thanks to you," Rory remarked as she began to ramble. "I had no idea what to wear since I didn't know if it was going to be fancy or not. And seeing you in that outfit I see we're not going to a fancy restaurant. So first I called you but you didn't answer so I had to call my mom and ask her for advice on what to wear since it couldn't be fancy but not casual at the same time. And the result is this dress."
Logan didn't reply but only smiled. He loved to hear her ramble about a small thing and him being quiet and hiding something from her always worked on her nerves which he enjoyed a lot.
"Can't you tell me at least a little bit about where we are going?" Rory asked him to break the silence. "Are we still in Connecticut? Will we be back tonight since I do have classes tomorrow. How long do we have to drive?"
"We'll be back tonight," Logan answered to one of her questions.
"Is that all you're going to say?" Rory asked but Logan remained silent. "Fine!" and Rory started to put on her pouting face and turned on the radio. For fifteen minutes Rory remained silent as Logan looked at her several times during the ride and couldn't help but smile at Rory's pouting face.
"Are we there yet?" Rory spoke up again.
"Almost," Logan told her.
"We're already in the car for hours!" Rory exaggerated.
"We're in the car for only 25 minutes Ace," Logan told her. "Relax. We're almost there. In the meantime you can put this on." and with that Logan grabbed a blindfold out of his pocket and threw it at Rory.
"A blindfold? This isn't the LDB! Is it?" Rory remarked as she looked at Logan confused.
"It's not the LDB," Logan told her. "But it is a surprise. So if you want to be surprised then put the blindfold on. Or you can close your eyes but I'm not sure if you will keep your eyes closed."
"You don't trust me on the fact that I will keep my eyes closed if you tell me?" Rory acted like she was hurt.
"I completely trust you," Logan told her as a grin was formed on his face. "Except I do not believe that you'll keep your eyes closed. You're too curious for that. Now please Rory, trust me, it's worth it."
"It better be," Rory remarked as she put on the blindfold. "Happy now?"
"As happy as happy can be," Logan told her.
"That was a double standard," Rory remarked as the car stopped. "We're here?"
"Yes we're here," Logan told her as she opened the door for her and took her hand which she glad accepted.
"Where's here?" Rory asked him as she already knew he wasn't going to answer it.
"Right in front of you," Logan smirked as he lead Rory to their destination.
"Funny boy," Rory remarked sarcastically as Logan couldn't help but laugh.
"It's just nice to keep you in the dark Ace," Logan told her as he squeezed her in her hand.
"Well you tend to take that too literally," Rory remarked with a smile and with a hint of annoyance in her voice. "So when is this blindfold coming off?"
"Soon," Logan stated simply as they came to a stop.
"Why did we stop?" Rory asked Logan. "Do we have to walk over a tiny bridge that is about to fall apart and you are questioning yourself if you will carry me over that bridge or if you will let me walk over that bridge with the blindfold?"
"No, that choice would have been easily made," Logan told her.
"Really?" Rory wondered.
"Yeah, you don't think I want to be chased after by your mother when she realises that it's my fault you had fallen off the bridge," Logan laughed. "I would be a dead man."
"But a happy dead man," Rory added.
"Why is that?" Logan wondered.
"Because we would be the rulers of the underworld," Rory joked. "Like Phoebe and Cole in Charmed! Except I would have to die my hair black and so would you otherwise we wouldn't look like an evil couple who rule the underworld."
"Okay," Logan said. "It's time for the blindfold to come off. I think the dark is having a bad affect on you."
"Or you have a bad affect on me," Rory said with a smile on her face.
"I thought that was already a fact," Logan joked back as he took the blindfold off.
A shimmered view at first but soon the scenery in front of her became visible and it looked amazing. They were surrounded by trees as they stood in front of a beautiful lake as you could see the stars shining in the water. In front of the lake there was a small table with a pair of chairs. On the table there was a candle with a rose and the table was set for diner. Around the table there were several candles which lit the area some more. Overall it had a very warm touch and it really seemed like Logan had overdone himself.
"Amazing," was all that Rory could say as she looked in front of her as Logan stood by her side, smiling at Rory's reaction.
"Glad you like it," Logan told her as he lay his hand on her back and moved her to the table. He gave Rory a seat like a real gentleman would do as he grabbed two bottles.
"Champagne or soda?" he asked her as he poured some soda in his own glass.
"Champagne sounds good," Rory told him as Logan filled her glass. "Why aren't you drinking any?"
"Well somebody has to drive us home, right?" Logan asked her as he took a seat across Rory and took the lids from the plates which revealed two plates with chinese food, which of course was still warm.
"Right," Rory confirmed as she stared at the lake and the beautiful sight of the stars in the water. "So how did you arrange this in only a few hours?"
"Well Colin and Finn were a big help," Logan told her with a smile. "As was Frank."
"Then who's going to clean this all up?" Rory asked him.
"Don't worry that much, Frank will take care of that," Logan told her with a smile.
"Then we're saving him some food. That's the least we can do," Rory told him as he nodded in return. "But really Logan this is amazing, perfect actually."
"I hoped you'd like it," Logan said as the date began.
They ate their Chinese food while discussing various things like Yale, Stars Hollow but also other topics like movies, coffee and music and the crazy things Finn tends to do when there isn't somebody watching him.
When diner was over and they spend some time walking around the lake and looking at the stars, they drove back to Yale. The ride back was filled with laughter and arguments where both of them wanted to have the last word. After thirty minutes of driving they were back at Yale where Logan dropped Rory off at her dorm.
"Well Ace," Logan said as they stood in front of her dorm. "Quite a night huh?"
"Yes it was," Rory confirmed. "It was a great night. We should do it again sometimes."
"And we will," Logan comfired with a grin as he leaned in on her and planted a kiss on her lips. Both of their lips parted as their tungs began to contact and every second that followed, the kiss became more intense. But Rory broke it off when she heard noise coming from inside her dorm.
"What was that?" Rory wondered as she moved to the door and opened it, seeing her roommate Paris and Doyle on the couch, getting ready to undress themselves as somehow the table was upside down and the entire dorm was a mess.
"My eyes!" Rory cried when she saw the scene in front of her and immediately closed the door.
"What was it?" Logan wondered.
"It's horror. Even seeing Finn running around naked is less worse then what I just saw!" Rory said in disgust about what she just saw and the image of Finn naked.
"That bad huh?" Logan wondered. "Do I even want to know?"
"I'll spare you the details," Rory said with a smile. "I don't think Paris would like that I am telling you what she and Doyle were planning on doing in there."
"I think you already gave me too much information with just that," Logan informed her with a disgusted look on his face. "So want to go with me to my place? You can sleep in my bed and I'll sleep on the couch."
Rory just smiled at how he carefully he said those words. She was glad he didn't want to push her into anything. She knew it was all new to him and that he sometimes didn't know how to react to certain things but all he did was always sweet.
"That won't be necessary," Rory replied with a smile as they walked back to Logan's dorm together, fingers intertwined. After only a few minutes, they arrived at his dorm. The entire dorm was dark and Logan lead Rory to his bedroom.
"You can put on a shirt of mine, it's in the closet and the bathroom is over there," he said as he pointed to the closet and the bathroom door.
"Okay," Rory smiled as she moved closer to Logan and began to kiss him again and started to pull his shirt over his head, leaving him shirtless.
"Are you sure Rory?" Logan asked her between kisses as he waited for her to reply but no answer came as she moved her fingers over his bare chest. "Rory? Are you sure you want to do this?"
"Positive," Rory replied with a big smile as she kissed him once more before they made their way to his bed.
'It was indeed a perfect night,' Rory thought as she fell on Logan's bed and kissed Logan once more.
Author's note:
Thnx for the reviews I've gotten. I really liked them !
I read that Lauren Graham nor Gilmore Girls or any other actor on the show has been nominated for an Emmy Award! Don't these people have eyes? They are really stupid for not nominating this show, it came back with an excellent season and good ratings, excellent acting performances and good directing. So why not reward it with an Emmy Award! I hope GG gets many other awards so the people who organise the Emmy Awards realise how dumb they are. So that was my two cents, back to the fic. Please read and review :)
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The morning after their date
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