This one isn't very long, but I just started school again today, so it is going to be harder for me to update. Let me know if you like the story so far and if you have any ideas as to where you want it to go from here. I pretty much don't have any other plans for the two of them, so new conflict is always interesting. Thanks guys!
Chapter 8
Big Dreams
For the first time in her life, Rory had no intention of running. She looked up at Logan and felt like she was at home. Even with the crowd cheering them on, she was just as comfortable as if they were completely alone.
"Happy New Year." She whispered to Logan.
"Happy New Year Ace." He replied with a smirk. "Do you want to go for a little walk?" He asked, wanting to get away from the others so he could talk about what had just happened.
"I would love to. All these people watching is a little creepy." She admitted.
Logan took Rory's hand and walked her out of the tent. Once they were shielded by the darkness he wrapped his arm around her. He noticed that a slight shiver ran through her body, which he confused with the cold night. Logan slipped off his jacket and draped it over Rory's delicate frame. She gratefully accepted the jacket and continued walking. They reached a small pond and found a bench on its shore and sat together.
"So that was a pretty amazing kiss…" Logan said, not knowing where to begin.
"I would have to agree. I have never had one that quite compares." She said to him.
"What do you think that means Rory? I mean, that was at a whole new level. I was not expecting such results." Logan said, blushing from the confession.
"Well Logan, I think that it means that we have something called chemistry. It is something that two people can share, and when they do it means they are attracted to one another and they want to be together." Rory said smiling.
"Well we obviously have chemistry, but what do you want to do about it?" Logan said, smiling at her little joke.
"Well we could study it in a classroom? I always liked chemistry; it was a pretty fun class." Rory said, continuing to make light of the situation. "Why, do you have different ideas?" Rory asked.
"Well, I have been thinking. I have been thinking about this a lot actually, and I think that it may be a good time to maybe start going out." Logan said awkwardly.
"Going out? I thought you were supposed to be some suave ladies man." Rory said punching him in the shoulder.
"Well, I am just not used to this. Usually girls just find me; I have not had to do a lot of work in that area." Logan said.
"I am sorry that I made you have to work Logan." Rory said, with an air of annoyance.
"No Ace, I liked it. Half the fun of us was just getting to this point. I think that it has made me want to be with you even more. If you had been like the others I would never have given you a second thought. But that is what I lov…like so much about you. You are so much different from anybody I have ever met, and you challenge me, you make me want to be with you, you don't just make it convenient." He said, obviously searching for his words.
"Well Logan, I have to admit, I have thought of little else tonight. After you confessed your feelings for me, I was scared. I know that I told you I liked you, but I did not want you to know at what depths. I have been hurt in the past, and I don't want to be put in a situation where I am left vulnerable again. I also don't want you to walk on glass thinking that every wrong move will devastate me. I am a tough girl; I am just not used to putting my heart on the line." Rory said.
"Rory, please trust me when I say this; if you give me your heart I will do my very best to protect it. I have spent the past four months trying to convince myself I did not have feelings for you. I think that was the hardest work, being with you is natural, and it is what I want more than anything. I promise you that if you trust me enough to be with me I will give you my all."
"So you think that you and me? We can be? We should start?" Rory said confused.
"Rory Gilmore, as corny as it may sound, I want to be your boyfriend." Logan said bright red with embarrassment with his honesty.
"Does that mean that I have to quit seeing the other guys?" Rory asked.
Shocked, Logan said, "Well, yeah. I kinda hoped we would be umm, exclusive."
"I am kidding Logan! And yes, I accept your offer. I will be your girlfriend. So are you going to pin me or something?" She asked.
"Pin you? Well…umm...." Logan looked around for something he could use to "pin" Rory with. He settled on his cufflinks. "Rory Gilmore, would you wear my pin?" He asked, holding up his platinum cufflink engraved with his initials.
"I will definitely wear your pin," Rory said, attaching the cufflink to her dress.
"I have never pinned a girl before." Logan said.
"I have never been pinned. I like it though. It makes things more real. It is a little 1950ish, but in a cute way." Rory said, smiling at the cufflink on her dress. "So what are you going to tell Ollie and the rest of the gang?" Rory asked.
"Well, I think that they have seen this coming for a while now, nobody will be surprised." Logan said.
"I am sure there are going to be quite a few broken hearted girls left pinning for you." Rory told Logan, afraid that he may miss his days of being a playboy.
"Well Rory, the only heart I care about is yours, so let them be broken, for the first time in my life, mine is finally happy." Logan said, leaning down and kissing her softly.
The two sat on the bench like this for hours. Rory only finally noticed the time when she started to feel sleepy and noticed the tent had been abandoned. "What time is it?" She asked Logan.
He looked down at his watch and saw that it was 4am. "Oh wow, it is really late." He said to her.
"Where did everyone go?" Rory asked, not seeing anybody around.
"Most people went home long ago, otherwise the rest of us are staying in the house." Logan said.
"Oh wow, we can stay in there?" Rory asked, surprised.
"Of course. Shall we head over there? I think they saved a room for me, I hope they did." Logan said, forgetting about the sleeping arrangement. He had not planned on the evening go so well. In fact, he assumed he would be returning Rory to the dorms around 1am, and then heading off to his own room from there. He did not count on needing a room in the house, or two for that matter.
Logan led Rory into the main hall and noticed couples sleeping on all of the furniture. Everywhere he turned he saw taffeta and tuxedos. It was not looking good for getting a room. They walked further into the house and made their way into the kitchen. They found a very awake looking Finn seated on one of the bar stools drinking some kind of blended alcoholic beverage.
"It is about time you two love birds showed up." He said looking at the couple. "I have been guarding your room for the past two hours." He said handing Logan a key.
"I did not know I had a room." Logan said to him.
"Well, I figured that you two may want some time alone, so I did the honors of saving the master suite for you." He said winking at Logan.
"Thanks Finn, but I really don't think that is entirely necessary." Logan said, looking towards Rory apologetically.
"Well fine, at least just use the room. I lost my date somewhere in the mess of bodies, so one of us needs to at least get some sleep." He said patting Logan on the shoulder as he left the room.
"Well, at least we have a room." Logan said uncomfortably.
"Let's go check it out. I won't bite Logan." Rory said, looking at his red face.
"I know that Rory, I just did not know how you would take Finn's innuendo." Logan replied.
"I would take it the same way I always do, as nothing more than a joke." Rory said, making her way out of the kitchen.
"Right, well then, the master suite is up this way." Logan said leading Rory up the stairs.
They passed door upon closed door while making their way towards their room. Logan knocked just to make sure the room was unoccupied. Once he was convinced it was empty he turned the key and opened the door revealing one of the largest bedrooms Rory had ever seen. The king size bed came equipped with a mahogany canopy poles and velvet drapes. The room was decorated in a simple floral motif, a little too old for Rory's taste, but elegant none-the-less. She would have loved to further explore its contents, but she was overcome with tiredness and wanted nothing more than to fall asleep in the welcoming bed.
Logan turned to her "Well, I will be the gentleman and give you the bed; I can sleep on the floor. This carpet actually looks pretty comfy." He said as he toed the plush carpeting.
"Oh grow up Logan, it is a king size bed, we can share it. That is as long as you promise not to try to seduce me." Rory said, raising an eyebrow at him.
"Ha, I was just about to say the same thing to you. If I do remember correctly, it was you who kissed me first." He said, pointing out their earlier seduction.
"Well Logan, lucky for you, I am far too tired to even attempt to seduce you. So fret not, I will stay on my side of the bed and you on yours. If you try any funny business please remember that I took a self defense class with my mother." Rory said.
"I would never want to jeopardize your honor Rory. I shall refrain from any 'funny business'" he said laughing.
"I should probably wash my face, but really the thought of doing all that work makes me cringe, so I think I am just going to go to sleep." She said with a yawn. "I don't have any pajamas either, I am wearing a slip, and maybe I will just sleep in that." Now Rory was just babbling out loud as she was unzipping her dress.
Logan did not want to watch, but he could not tear his eyes away from Rory as she stepped out of her dress. Her beautiful skin was glowing under the soft lights of the bedroom, and her tiredness made her all the cuter to Logan.
After Rory crawled into the huge bed, Logan quickly took off his tux, stripping to his boxers getting ready to sleep. He asked Rory if she wanted him to shut the drapes around the bed so they will be able to sleep later. Rory opened her eyes and was unable to look up from his naked chest; she mumbled something that Logan took to be "That is a good idea." After Logan shut the curtains and climbed into bed they were both out as soon as his head hit the pillow.
The final thoughts that danced through Logan's head were heavenly as he looked at Rory's face as she slept. He knew that this was going to be the start of something huge.