The rest of the week flew by and the weekend was upon them. "Are you sure I have to go this weekend Ace?"
Rory sighed. "No, you don't have to go. I can go by myself." She said sadly
"Well now that's not fair sweetheart. You can't say that you're not making me go and sound so sad and miserable at the same time. It's like emotional blackmail."
"You really don't have to come if you don't want to." She said again
"No, I'm coming. I promise. How long are we staying, because if we're staying the whole weekend I need to know what to pack." Logan told her
"No we aren't staying the night there. We'll be back tonight. Things with me and Mom are still kinda rough and I don't think staying the night is a good idea."
Logan nodded. "You talked during the week though right?"
"Yeah."
"And she knows you're coming right?"
"Yeah."
"And she knows you're bringing me with you right?"
Silence.
"Rory she knows you're bringing me right?"
Silence.
"Ror! You didn't tell her you were bringing me?"
Rory walked away from Logan slightly. "I tried but every time we talked she wouldn't let me get a word in edgewise. Don't worry though it will be ok."
Logan sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "You say that now Ror but I have a feeling your mom would rather you bring Finn home with you instead of me. She likes Finn. She hates me."
"She doesn't hate you. She just doesn't know you. But I have no doubt that once she gets to really know you, she'll love you."
"Let's hope you're right Ace."
xxxxxx
Lorelai looked over at Luke. She watched him flit from table to table waiting on customer after customer. She heard the bell over the door ring and looked up. She smiled as she saw her daughter walk in. "Rory!" she yelled
Rory ran over to Lorelai and threw her arms around her. "Mom!"
"I'm so glad you're here! I feel like we haven't spent any time together in years."
"I know." Rory said looking back towards the door as Logan walked in, "I brought Logan."
"Obviously." Lorelai said under her breath
Logan walked over to Rory and Lorelai hesitating slightly. "Mom please be civil." He heard Rory say before he got over there. "Hello Lorelai." He said "It's nice to see you again."
"You too Logan." Lorelai said too politely, "So what are you two doing today?" she said once she turned back to face Rory.
"Well since the last time Logan was here all he did was pick me up and take me back to Yale, I thought I would take him around town and introduce him to everyone."
"Make sure you introduce him to Patty and Babette." Lorelai said smiling widely
"No tour of Stars Hollow is complete without stopping in to see Ms. Patty and Babette." Rory agreed
"You two should stop by the Dragonfly for dinner. We'll get Sookie to make us something. Plus she'd love to meet Logan."
"Logan?" Rory asked
"Sounds like a plan. But first I thought we'd have some lunch. And I was hoping you would join us Lorelai." He said
"Well…" Lorelai said about to decline when she saw the look on Rory's face, "I'd love to."
"Great." Rory said before yelling, "LUKE!"
"My god you are getting good at that. I swear you are just like your mother!" Luke snapped from behind
"That's not a bad thing." Rory said defensively
"Never said it was Ror." Luke said while walking around to the other side of the counter where were all seated. "You must be Logan." He said facing Logan
"It's a pleasure to meet you Luke." Logan said sticking his hand out to shake Luke's.
Luke grunted but nevertheless held out his hand and shook Logan's. "You too." Then he looked at Lorelai, "Three lunches?"
"Yup." Lorelai said trying to sound enthusiastic but failing miserably
xxxxxx
After lunch Rory and Logan headed out and began walking around town. Both in deep thought no one said a word for at least ten minutes. "Lunch was really quiet. Not what I expected from you and your mother Ace." Logan said
"I told you things were strained between us Logan." Rory said softly
Logan nodded. "It's just seemed like you two were fine until I walked in."
Rory sighed and reached out to grab Logan's hand. "Logan please listen to me when I say this. My mom is important to me but she will eventually have to either get over it or get used to not seeing me as often as she would like to, because I am not giving you up. You are important to me too. I love you and I intend to love you for a long time."
Logan smiled at her. "I don't want to come between you and your mom. I know how special she is to you."
Rory leaned over and kissed him softly. "I love you."
"I love you too Ace." Logan said kissing her back
"And I love my Mom, but loving one of you doesn't mean I can't love the other one. She'll have to adjust. You're part of my life now right?"
"Right Ace. I'm not going anywhere. I almost lost you once, I refuse to let you go again. But can I ask you a favor?"
"What's that?"
"Next time we decide to come here, can we bring Finn?"
Rory laughed. "Of course."
xxxxxx
Rory and Logan walked into the Dragonfly for dinner, both knowing that they wouldn't see Lorelai at the inn, even though she was normally there until after dinner. Rory led Logan right past Michel who was muttering about rude children in room four and straight into the kitchen. "Ace you sure we're allowed to be back here?"
"It's my mom's inn Logan. I can go wherever I want." She said smiling
"Hey sweets!" Sookie yelled in their direction before walking away from the stove leaving one of the staff to put out the fire she had just started when she got distracted. "How have you been? It's been a while since I saw you!" she said bubbly
Rory hugged her. "I know. I'm sorry, things have been busy at Yale, and me and Mom have been…"
"Fighting." Sookie finished, "That doesn't matter. What matters is that you're here and I finally get to meet the boyfriend." She said giddily gesturing towards Logan
Rory smiled widely. "Sookie this is Logan. Logan this is Sookie. Sookie's the best chef in the world."
Logan smiled and kissed Sookie's hand. "It's a pleasure to meet you Sookie. I've heard nothing but great things about you."
Sookie blushed. "I've heard all kinds of things about you. Great from Rory though." She said reassuringly
Logan nodded, "Bad from Lorelai." At Sookie's apologetic look he added, "It's fine. I fully intend to win Lorelai over. It's just going to take some time."
Rory smiled. "See why I love him Sook… he's the internal optimist."
Sookie nodded. "That and he's awfully cute. Has he met Ms. Patty yet."
Logan winced. "I don't think I've quite recovered from that meeting just yet. I may have problems sitting for weeks."
Sookie laughed. "Why don't you kids go get yourself a table and I'll bring you out some food. Any food allergies Logan?"
AN: Sorry it's so short.. I'm running out of ideas… it's probably going to end soon there are a few things I know I have to do first but then… sorry… read and review