A/N Alright, once agin, thank you for all the reviews. They make me so happy. Also, I love the Logan and Rory kissing stuff, but I feel that my story needs more substance, so he it is.

Disclaimer: Never, in my wildest imaginations, could I ever have created such wonderful characters.

Chapter 8: Too Much Thinking

Rory went to class the next day, took her quiz, and got her A of her own violation. Logan had let her study a little bit so he didn't have to get creative in order to keep his promise. But something had been bothering Rory since the night before.

Getting back to her room at midnight, she had taken out her books to study. This went well seeing as how she has been studying since she attended grade school. The problem manifested when she put her things away for bed. She saw her new painting. For the millionth time, she pondered who could have given it to her, but her list was sadly short. Logan, of course, was heading the list, but he profusely denied knowing anything about it. This meant nothing to Rory, because Logan could very well be lying. Still, if it wasn't Rory's new beau, then who was it? She had already asked everyone in Stars Hollow who could have even considered giving it to her and even a few extremely unlikely possibilities. They all knew nothing about it, but Ms. Patty said she would love to know so would Rory please inform her as soon as she knew anything. ("It must have been from a fine young man.")

This enigma perturbed Rory all night. She would wake up from dreaming it was from Kirk and see it staring at her, only to fall back asleep and dream it was from Dean. She absolutely couldn't get away from it. No surprise, it was the first thing she thought of when she woke up. The books and window haunted her in the forefront of her mind as she took her quiz. Rory was tired of this game. She also decided that she needed to resolve the ring issue. For now, she was keeping it in its box in a drawer of her desk.

Rory was very distracted all day. In the early afternoon, she was so caught up in her own thoughts that she almost didn't hear her phone ring.

"Oh darn it," Rory got up to answer it. "Hello? Oh hi Logan. I'm fine. No, I still have dinner with my grandparents on Friday nights. Well I still want to see you too. Can we do it on Saturday night instead? Ok good. Then this Saturday you are taking me to this mystery place. Oh are you free right now? Cause I want you to come over. No, I have something to give you. Alright then, I'll see you in like half an hour." She closed her phone and placed it on her desk, then walked to her closet to pick out an outfit for Logan.

Rory searched for ten minutes before she chose a pale lime green, lacy tank top with a nice pale yellow button down shirt to go over it and a denim skirt that went just below her knees with slits up the sides. She quickly curled her hair and draped on a necklace, finishing off her appearance. She had to look nice, especially considering Logan might take her next actions badly.

She exited her room as a knock sounded on the outside door. Taking a deep breath, she opened it with a smile, and saw Marty.

"Wow, Rory. You look, so nice, um...wow. What are doing right now?"

"Oh, hi Marty. I'm meeting Logan. He is supposed to be on his way over, anytime..."

"And that time has come. Hey Ace. You wanted to see me?" Marty made a face as Logan showed up.

"Yeah, Marty, we'll have to catch up later. I'll call you." Marty couldn't hide his dejected look as he walked back up to his room. "Come on in Logan."

"You look wonderful today Ace. I hope you didn't just call me over here so that I can see how beautiful you are. I already knew that."

Flattered, Rory looked away, then quickly back to Logan." No, I didn't, but thank you."

"Good," Logan said, kissing her lightly. "What can I do for you then?"

Rory suddenly became serious. "I don't want you to read into this." From the look on his face, she realized that she probably shouldn't have started her narrative this way. She had started though, so she had to keep going. "I want to stay together," she maybe should have practiced this. She decided she should just get to the point so she took the ring box out of her drawer. "I don't think it's appropriate for me to have this." She held the box out to him. "We aren't actually engaged and that is clearly an engagement ring." Logan hesitantly took the ring. "I want to still be together, like we have been, but I don't think I should have that ring anymore."

Logan was visibly strugglingl. He wasn't sure if Rory really wanted to stay dating, but she dressed nice. Would she have taken the time to look amazing just to break up with him? Rory didn't seem that mean. He decided she must be telling the truth as he pocketed the ring. "Ok. You're sure you don't want out of this?"

He was answered with a kiss that couldn't have been anything but an affirmative. "Good, because I don't want to have to find a new date for Saturday."

"Is that all I am to you Huntzberger? Just good enough for a date on Saturday?" His responsive kiss took away her breath, moved them to the bed, and lasted for quite some time.

A/N tests and papers are such a bitch. I hope you enjoyed it.