A/N: I know some of you hate that Logan came back, but I hope you enjoy the way I deal with him, at least this time. Happy Reading.

Chapter 36 - Rory

Rory woke up and Jess was gone. A panic gripped her chest and adrenaline started pumping through her body. She sat up and was about to jump out of bed when common sense once again ascended over her and her thoughts started to fall in order. A memory of seeing him this morning in a sleepy state came over her. She smiled, realizing that he had not left her, how could she think that he would.

He was in the restroom, or the kitchen, he had to be, she listened and heard nothing, no sound that might indicate that he was still in the apartment, no smell of food or coffee.

Coffee! There was a smell of coffee in the air, but it was Luke's coffee. Of course, he's getting coffee from Luke's. She smiled, she was going to have to get used to living over a diner. She smiled at how thoughtful Jess was and decided to get out of bed. She scooted to the edge, moving had become more difficult with each month, it was getting to an unbearable point. She sat on the edge of the bed and as she did, memories of last night flooded her brain; memories of her and Jess, and them together. She remembered how amazing it was to be with him. The infinite tenderness he had shown and the dedication to her he had shown in the physical and emotional. She was in awe of everything he had been to her.

Obviously, he wasn't her first, and when it came to boyfriends, and relationships, she had never felt like she had lacked. She had felt that the physical aspects of her relationships had always been exciting and enjoyable. But there was something about last night that was different. Something that went beyond the physical, something more than sex. She thought of the term "making love," to her it had always seemed antiquated and cheesy, and yet when she thought of what she had Jess had shared, it sounded exactly right.

"Making love," she tested the words out loud. She realized that making love and having sex were not the same, not close. Being over taken by desire or lust, or even a strong physical attraction, or hormones, was just the tip of the iceberg. What she had felt with Jess has superseded any previous sexual experience she had had. She had not just made love with him with her physical body, but rather with her emotions, her spirit, her entire essence had been involved.

She sat and pondered this new experience. Was it a one time thing she wondered, and in the wondering she felt her body respond to just the idea. She felt that yearning build up in her. Where was Jess? It couldn't take that long to get coffee. She was on her way across the small apartment to the closet when the door opened and Jess stepped through.

"Rory, you need to call your mom!" Those were the words that popped out of his mouth, "now! or I will do it, but you need to tell her what you want her to do."

"Wait, what are you talking about…take a breath…slow down, now explain."

Jess's words were coming out incomprehensible. He went to the room grabbed his cell phone and called the number he now had for Lorelai.

He handed the phone to Rory, looked her in the eye and finally said something she understood. "Logan is here, he is on his way to your house."

"Rory's eyes widened, Logan, here? In Stars Hollow? How…Why… WHAT? Jess, he can't see me like this!" Her hands waving down over her obviously pregnant belly. He isn't dumb."

"He stopped into the diner and ordered two coffees from me to go. He didn't recognize me. But if he wasn't looking for you, what else would he be doing here first thing in the morning asking for two coffees. Luke is on his way over there to head him off, to give you some time to talk to your mom, but you need to talk to her now."

Rory looked at the phone in her hand and realized it was already talking to her. "Jess, Rory?"

Finally she put the phone to her ear. "Mom?"

"Rory, I could hear you talking in the background so I held on the line, what is going on. Why are you calling me from Jess' phone?"

"I don't have time to explain that right now. Logan is in town. He came into the diner and ordered two coffees to go, so Jess thinks he is on his way to the house. Luke should be right behind him trying to stall so we can get our story straight."

"Hold on, let me look out the window. Yup, there he is, just pulled into the driveway and Luke right behind him, what do you want me to do kiddo?"

"He can't see me like this, but I need to talk to him to figure out what he wants. Pretend I am working out of town with my publisher. It's half true and call my cell. He doesn't have the new number, which is why he stopped by. Have him use your phone, don't give him my number."

"Who saw him, recognized him?"

"Jess served him coffee this morning and recognized him, apparently, he didn't recognize Jess. Also, call Babbett, she needs to spread the news that no one is allowed to talk to him about me. I know I have not said who the baby's dad is, and this will make it obvious, but I can't have anyone in town spilling that I am here, or I imagine most know by now, that I am living above the diner."

"Yeah…" Lorelai said absently as her brain flew through the possibilities. "I gotta go hun, it looks like Luke is running out of steam."

Rory hung up the phone and prayed her mother had time to do everything she asked before she had to speak with Logan.

"So what are you going to tell him?" Jess asked as she handed him back his phone.

Rory slowly walked into her room and picked her own phone up off of the charger. She looked at it while her mind whirled trying to concentrate her thoughts before she had to confront Logan, if only by phone.

"First I need to find out why he is here. I need to know what his purpose is. Then hopefully I can persuade him that we don't need to see each other. If he flew here from London just for me, it might be hard to dissuade him, but if he drove up on a whim and has business in New York then I should be able to just make up that I am busy. No matter what I cannot let him talk himself into having to see me."

The phone rang, Rory looked down, it was her mom. She took a deep breath and whispered "show time."

"Hi mom, good morning, it's early here, why are you calling so early?" Hinting, so her mom would realize part of the out of town plan was that she wasn't in the same time zone

"That's right I forgot it is earlier where you are at. Did I wake you?"

"No, I was up, here in California, we have some media stuff to do today, so I had to get up earlier than usual, but what's up, something wrong?"

"That's right, I forgot that this time you were in California. You have a visitor here who wants to talk to you. He doesn't have your number, but I wanted to run it by you before I gave him the number, so I told him I would call you for him from my phone."

"Who?" Rory asked for show, she wasn't sure how much of the conversation would be overheard, so she wanted to keep it strictly business.

"Rory, it's Logan."

"Logan? Logan Huntzberger?" Rory said this at an almost surprised scream, hoping he would overhear.

"The one and only."

"I don't want to talk to him mom, can you tell him that."

Rory could hear her mom's voice telling Logan, "she said she doesn't want to talk to you."

"Tell him, we ended thing good and we should just let them be."

Again Rory could hear her mom repeating her message. Then she heard Logan's voice, "Well, I need to talk to her and it is important that I do it now."

"Hun, he says it's important." Rory was expecting that she would not be able to dissuade him through her mom but she had to try."

"Fine, pass him the phone."

"Rory?"

"Hi, Logan."