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Chapter 5: Rory's Adventure

"So, where are we going anyway?" I ask Logan from inside his black mustang.

"You'll see," he replies.

"Come on, Logan, just tell me."

"You'll see."

"Ugh! You are so frustrating sometimes!"

"Hey, I just like to keep you guessing," he says with that annoying smirk (well, usually it's cute, but right now it's just plain annoying).

"Exactly! Frustrating!" I exclaim, then fold my arms and look out the window. The rest of the car ride is surrounded by silence, with a few snickers from Logan after glancing at me every now and then. He finds this amusing? He finds this amusing! I'm mad at him, and he's laughing. I don't know why I even bother with him! He just ends up infuriating me no matter what.

He finally pulls into the parking lot of …an amusement park? He looks over at me, grins innocently and says, "We're here." I keep ignoring him, but I can see him out of the corner of my eye. He is trying to look apologetic, and he is succeeding in looking incredibly cute. I feel a small smile creeping up on my face, and I try with all my might to conceal it. "Ah-hah! That's a smile, Ace! Don't think that I didn't see that." He opens his door, gets out, and walks around to my side of the car. He opens my door and looks in at me. "Come on, Ace, let's go." I turn my head away from him, so he reaches in and grabs my hand, yanking me out of the car.

"Wait! Let me at least unbuckle my seat belt first!"

"Fine, hurry up."

I get out, and still holding hands we start walking towards the gate to the park. "Why are we at an amusement park? What are we, ten?"

"We're here because it's fun. It's a place to get away. Where we don't have to worry about fathers, or being the best, or …anything. We can just be kids for a couple of hours."

Logan's words made me smile. It was a side of him that I had never seen before. He's always so confident, nothing ever seems to bother him. But right here in front of me is the vulnerable Logan, the innocent child who gave up trying to please his father years ago.

Logan pays for our tickets, and we proceed through the entrance to the park.

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After an hour of one exciting ride after another, I sit on an empty bench while Logan goes to get some hot dogs for us. I watch people as they walk by. A very tired looking mother with three young, screaming boys walks by; a man and a little girl, both holding sticks of pink cotton candy, walk by; a group of giggling teenagers walk by; then a tall young man with black curly hair walks by. A flash of Marty comes into my mind. I see him smiling, asking how my day is going. I miss him. It's amazing how much you can miss somebody when you get so used to being around them, and then suddenly they're not there. I search for my cell phone and dial his number.

"Hello?" says a familiar voice on the other end of the line.

"Hi, Marty. It's me…Rory."

"Oh! Hi, Rory!"

I smile at his excitement. I thought for sure that he was mad at me, but maybe he isn't. "So, what happened with you this morning?"

"Oh, that? Um… I just… I was caught by surprise, that's all."

"Really? You're not mad at me for something? Because you certainly seemed angry last night."

"Yeah, I was just having a bad day. No! I mean…I guess I was a little angry."

"At me?"

"Not really at you, it's just…you were going on and on about that Logan guy. I mean, I stopped everything that I was doing last night so that I could help you look for Anna, and all you could think about was Logan. It was annoying."

"Oh," I say guiltily. Was I really talking that much about Logan? "Look, Marty, I want to make it up to you. You really helped me out last night. How about you come to Star's Hollow with me tonight? I missed Friday night dinner with my grandparents, so my mom had to go alone. I have to make it up to her, so we're going to have a movie night. You can come, and we'll eat tons of junk food and watch movies all night."

"Um…yeah, sure, that'd be great!"

"Great, we'll leave at five. Don't be late!"

"I won't," Marty says with a chuckle. "What's all that noise?"

"I'm at an amusement park."

"Oh, with who?"

"Oh, just some friends," I say, feeling guilty for not exactly telling him the truth.

"Okay, well, I'll see you later."

"Yeah, later." I hang up the phone and put it back in my purse when I see Logan coming towards me with the hot dogs.

"Who was that?" he asks.

"Oh, no one," I say. I take my hot dogs and give Logan a smile as he sits down next to me. "So what's next?" I ask with a mouth full.