As Logan held Rory close to him, he breathed in her scent and just pulled her closer.
Rory held onto Logan tightly, hoping that if she ever let go of him, it wouldn't be anytime soon.
Tristan had made his way back to watching them, and leaned against the bar with a beer in his hand, staring intently at the pair.
And Finn… well… he had stalked off, not angrily, just away, from the whole scene because the entire thing made him sick. He would never want to take Rory away from Logan. The Reporter Girl had been his the minute their eyes met, so he couldn't hold that against Logan. But sometimes… sometimes she looked at him in that way that said, "It could have been you if it weren't for Logan" and it made his heart drop to his stomach because sometimes life just was not fair.
By the time Rory and Logan had retired from the dance floor due to the songs being played and the boring pace at others were dancing to them, Steph and Colin were no where to be seen, Tristan was still at the bar, and Finn seemed to be hitting on Louise, who although had been there with her boyfriend, didn't seem to be giving Finn any signals to back away.
Rory laughed as Logan and she reached Tristan.
"Some things never change… Louise Grant will always be a flirt." Rory said, although she said it affectionately since the girl had been her best friend.
"Who is Louise?" Logan asked.
"You wouldn't know her." Tristan said with venom in his voice, whether from jealousy or because he had too much to drink no one was really sure.
"An old friend of mine and Paris'. Excuse me, I have to go say hello!" Rory said, giving Logan a quick kiss on the cheek before running over to Louise and Madeline.
"Maddy! Louise!" Finn heard a girl scream and made the mistake of turning around. Apparently Rory Gilmore was even more beautiful when she was excited… he feared the picture may stay imprinted in his mind forever.
"Oh my god, Ror! What are you doing here?" Louise said, stepping away from Finn and meeting the girl half way, arms open for a hug.
"Louise I go here…" Rory said, biting her tongue from saying something sarcastic. "Maddy… it's so good to see the two of you." Rory said as she stepped out of the embrace she had with the brunette girl.
"Where's Paris?" Louise asked curiously, looking around as if she would be here now, too.
"Gellar? Oh that girl is probably passed out somewhere by now… she just can't hold her liquor…" Finn said from behind them, a twinkle in his eye that was probably amusement.
"Paris Gellar is at a Frat party?" Madeline Lynn asked, raising her eyebrow in the direction of this Finn fellow.
"He's kidding Maddy. Paris would not be caught dead at one of these things unless it was for a story. She's actually out with her boyfriend." Rory said matter-of-factly.
"That's what she wants you to think." Finn said in a sing-song voice.
Rory shook her head, obviously not agreeing. "I have to go. My boyfriend and I are leaving, but I will call you guys and we can meet up sometime." Rory said, giving the girls one last hug before saying her farewells and telling Finn she'd talk to him later.
Arriving back to Tristan and Logan, Rory was feeling extremely awkward between the pair because they were just staring at one another in complete silence, almost sizing each other up it seemed.
"Hi boys. Play nicely?" Rory joked, stepping in front of Logan so she could lean back against him.
"Of course. It was a real blast." Logan said, although his jaw was clenched and Tristan's vein on his neck was popping out.
"Oh… sounds like you had a real hootenanny." Rory countered, although she knew that that was less than likely.
Logan sat in his room at his dorm, staring at the ceiling, throwing his remote to his stereo up in the air and then catching it.
Tristan sat in his room at his dorm, blaring Deathcab for Cutie and tossing a football.
Rory was curled up in her bed, breathing evenly, fast asleep.
She likes Tristan… I know that she does. Well maybe I don't know that. Maybe I want to know that. He likes her… he said so himself. God, what am I going to do?
She still has to love me. There is no way that I still love her so much and she just cares about Logan. There is no way… I just have to remind her… She couldn't have forgotten what it was like with me…
And Rory dreamed of dancing coffee and donuts… while the two men in her life had conflicting emotions and stayed awake all night.