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Chapter 3: Rebellious

The digital clock switched to say 8:00, and immediately there was a knock at the door. Rory rolled her eyes as she got up from the couch. She just knew that Logan had been standing there, probably staring at his watch until it was the exact correct moment to show up. An evil grin showed on Rory's face before she opened the door, preparing herself for what was about to come.

"Logan, hi!" Rory exclaimed in surprise as she swung the door open. She gulped as she took in his attire and how handsome he was. He was wearing a dark blue suit, with a blue shirt and matching blue silk tie. The look was chic, stylish and above all, expensive. However, he still managed to maintain his devilish side with his perfectly mussed up hair and impish smirk. The smirk faded a bit as Logan gave Rory a once-over, and took in her reaction to his presence. "What are you doing here?" Rory asked innocently. She opened her mouth a bit and widened her eyes for dramatic effect.

Logan shook his head out of confusion. "We have a date Rory. Remember, last night I told you I'd pick you up at 8 and that you should dress fancy? Lovely as you always look, I'm not sure your outfit fits the mood of our destination."

Rory frowned and looked down at her outfit, a borrowed pink sweat suit of her mothers, complete with the word "Juicy" on the butt. A very unRorylike outfit, but it fit the very unRorylike things she was doing. "I don't remember making plans with you Logan. In fact, I made plans with Marty. He's coming over to study with me."

Logan's eyes flashed at the mention of Marty's name. "You made plans with the bartender? If you wanted a study partner, why didn't you ask me?"

"Well…I always study with Marty. I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings dear, you just don't seem like the study partner type."

"What do you mean? I…study," Logan said lamely. His mind whirled with ways to convince her to study with him and not Marty, but when Logan saw Rory smirk triumphantly, he realized what was happening. Rory Gilmore was once again trying to pull a fast one on him! Make him all flustered, and confused. Well it almost worked, he had to hand it to her, but Rory had lost character and it only took that tiny second to alert Logan to what was really happening. Swiftly, Logan called back his smooth charm. "Anyways," he said in a low and seductive voice, never breaking eye contact with her, taking small steps that forced her to walk backwards into her room, "why would you even want to study when you can spend the night with me?"

Rory looked startled as Logan backed her into the room, but she was unable to break away from his pull, unable to recapture the upper hand. She knew she was losing it as she listened to his smooth voice, and she tried frantically to regain control of her mind.

"I made reservations for two in a romantic restaurant," Logan all but purred, "with candles and roses, dancing… all to celebrate our engagement. Doesn't that sound so much nicer than studying?"

Rory gulped as she gazed up at Logan. NO! Her logical mind screamed at her. That doesn't sound more amazing, say no!

"Yes," Rory heard herself say breathlessly. Idiot!

Logan smirked. And all this time he had been so attracted to Rory because she was resistant to his charm. He had been so confused at first to meet a girl like this, and so determined to beat her down. Looks like the ol' Huntzberger charm wins again, he thought to himself.

"Fabulous. I'll wait here while you go change. We can still make our reservations." He turned Rory around to face her bedroom and gave her a little push to head her in the right direction. "Oh, and don't forget to give Marty a call canceling your study night with him. Unless you want him to show up here to an empty apartment!"

Rory turned back around to face Logan. "Sweetie, I'm sorry, but when did I say I was going with you? As nice and lovely as your evening sounds, I have to study. And unlike you, I put schoolwork before pleasure. That's just something you'll have to live with."

There was a knock at the door and Rory glanced at her watch with a smile. "8:15, right on time. Marty's here, with the pizza."

She walked towards the door and opened it, leaving a speechless Logan behind her. "Marty!" Logan watched as Rory gave Marty a quick hug, somehow managing not to ruin the pizza in the process. Marty returned the hug with pleasure, until he saw Logan and he quickly broke apart from Rory with a scowl on his face. Not noticing anything unusual, Rory took the pizza from Marty and set it on the table, opening the box with a look of ecstasy on her face. "Mmmm," she moaned, breathing in the delicious smell. "All the toppings. Yum."

Marty glanced back at Rory with his fists clenched. "I didn't know we were having Huntzberger join us tonight. I would have gotten another pie for him, soaked in alcohol."

Rory looked up at Marty and giggled. "Oh no, Logan's just leaving. We had a miscommunication about plans, but I need to study tonight." She got up and walked over to Logan. "Sorry about the whole mix-up, but we'll talk later, ok?" she said as she walked Logan to the door.

Logan looked over his shoulder as Marty smiled triumphantly, obviously happy that he had beaten Logan this time. "No, Rory, I don't think I should go," Logan said, stopping before Rory could push him into the hall.

"Logan, tonight's a study night," Rory said exasperatedly. "I apologized for the misunderstanding, but I'm not going to change my plans for you. We'll do this some other night. Now please go!"

Logan looked down at Rory, his eyes glinting with determination. Rory held her breath. She had come to recognize that look, it meant something was brewing in Logan's head, that he had his next move planned out and that she probably wasn't going to like it.

No way was Logan going to back down to Rory, let alone Mr. Bartender. No, Logan was determined to win this round. With a charismatic smile on his face, directed at Marty, Logan said, "No darling, you misunderstood me – again. We really must work on our communications skills before we get married." Logan enjoyed Marty's reaction to that comment - the bugging eyes, swift look at Rory, back at Logan, back at Rory – before continuing. "I want your goodness to rub off on me. So I think I'll stay and study with you two."

Logan turned back into the dorm room, loosening his tie as he walked, proudly leaving Rory dumbfounded behind him yet again. It really and truly was satisfying to always get the last word.