AN: I FINALLY saw Pulp Friction over a week after it was on and now I've been inspired to add on to this story. Thank you for all of the reviews and I hope you enjoy what I have in store…
Rory brought her mother the coffee and Lorelai drank it like she hadn't had a drink in years. Little did Rory know she was followed back to the house; Luke was standing behind her watching Lorelai sobbing and drinking her coffee. He didn't know what he was going to do or say, but he did know that he was going to get Lorelai back.
"Luke…" she said softly seeing that he was standing there.
Rory turned around and saw the serious look on the diner owner's face and walked towards the house. She had her own thinking to do while her mother and Luke hopefully reconciled.
"When Rory came in to get you coffee…she told me…"
"and you came here…"
"I miss you, Lorelai; you've come into my diner every day for the past 12 years and for the past 2 weeks I've barely seen you."
"You saw me at the play."
"And all I wanted was to…" Luke wasn't very good with words so he walked over to Lorelai and kissed her.
Meanwhile Rory was in the house thinking about her situation with Logan. She thought hard about the words she said to Luke; Lorelai never wanted her to be part of the social set and she never had an interest in it. There was something about Logan though that drew her in and she was completely addicted to him. Every kiss was something new filled with passion she'd never imagined before.
Rory looked out her bedroom window and saw that her mother and Luke had made up which made her want even more to be with Logan. Her thoughts were interrupted by her cell phone ringing on her nightstand; she looked at the caller ID then had to look again.
"Hello?"
"Hey, Ace"
"Logan, it's been a few days…"
"I know. Look, we have to talk."
"I'm home until Sunday night."
"Can I come out there?"
"Umm….I guess so?"
Rory wasn't sure what was going to happen because when she was around Logan she lost control. He responded to her letter that he felt the same, but that was it – there was never anything else. She was sure he'd come over and kiss her then suddenly everything else would disappear and there would be no need for talk.
Lorelai came into the room with a big smile to inform Rory of the reconciliation when she noticed the frown upon her daughter's face.
"Logan's come over."
"What?"
"He called and said we needed to talk and I kind of agreed that he can come over."
The girls had planned a movie night to help cheer Lorelai up that night, but now that Lorelai was happy it was Rory that needed the cheering up. Her mother had rented Spaceballs because everyone needs a stupid comedy every once in a while and the junk food was spread all over the living room. Luke hated it and brought his own snacks to movie night after a while; he was back at the diner until 8 when he put Caesar in charge and planned to head back to the Gilmore house.
An hour later there was a knock at the door; Rory rushed to answer it only because she didn't know what Lorelai would say to Logan if she saw him. When she opened the door, Rory and Logan stood there and look at each other before he said the first words.
"So are you gonna invite me in, Ace?"
"Oh yeah – come in."
Rory escorted Logan to the living room where they sat down on separate ends of the couch; it was evident that neither trusted themselves. They sat in complete silence for a few minutes again before Logan pulled a piece of paper out of his pocket. Rory recognized the paper as the letter she wrote him; she was expecting him to mock it and tell her that the response was written by Finn or more likely Colin.
"I don't know how many times I've read this," Logan said breaking the silence. Rory just stared at him waiting for more, "when I wrote you that reply it was because all I wanted was to be near you…but truthfully, I was scared."
"That's what you were avoiding me?"
"I wasn't avoiding you."
"Then what do you call walking out of every room I walked in to even when you were drunk telling me that you want me."
"Okay, so maybe I was avoiding you. I don't know, Ace, there's something about you – like I told you at the wedding, you're special. I don't want to hurt you."
"I thought I could do no strings, I really did…"
"I knew you couldn't."
"Then why did you agree to it?"
"Do you know how much I wanted to kiss you? Do you know how many times I wanted to pull you close and not let go. That night you were in my arms on the dance floor and if I'd told you that you couldn't handle no strings, would you have walked away?"
"Probably."
"I didn't want that."
"Well what do you want?"
"You."
"That's not an answer, Logan."
"I'll try the relationship thing, it's something new for me, but you're worth it. I thought about how I would feel if I saw you with another guy…"
"and…?"
"I would want to rip his head off."
There wasn't another word, Rory leaned in and kissed Logan and he welcomed her tongue into his mouth. Rory once again felt like she had no control and when Logan put his arms around her she simply melted. Kissing him was nothing like anything she'd felt before with Dean, Jess, or anyone.
The two lovebirds were so caught up in themselves that they didn't notice Lorelai walk into the room until she coughed to catch their attention.
"Mom….you remember Logan?"
"Yes, this seems to be the same way I met him also."
Rory blushed, but Logan rubbed it off and attempted to charm Lorelai. Lorelai explained to Logan that charm wasn't going to change her opinion of him and she then asked Rory to join her in the kitchen. Lorelai reminded her daughter that it was movie night and said that Logan was welcome to join as long as there was no more tonsil hockey on the couch. After a few laughs and a serious talk about what Rory was getting herself into, the girls went back into the living room.
"Logan, tonight is movie night and it's tradition that boyfriends are allowed to stay…"
"I'll stay if you accept me as your boyfriend."
"I'll take that as a yes."
Rory sat down next to her boyfriend and he put his arm around her, Lorelai couldn't help but feel skeptical when she saw them, but Rory looked happy. Eight o'clock rolled around and Luke showed up sporting his own snacks since he wouldn't touch the junk food that the girls lived on.
Lorelai ordered the pizza and Logan watched in amazement as Rory ate all of the candy on the table. The pizza came and they put on the movie; Lorelai and Luke sat on the couch while Rory cuddled against Logan on the floor. It was the first time since their first kiss where Rory and Logan were able to just lay together and were perfectly fine with simply that.
Logan was unsure of how much Lorelai knew; he knew that Rory and her mother were close but he didn't know if Rory would tell Lorelai about her sex life. He was actually jealous of the relationship Rory and Lorelai had; his life with his own parents revolved around nothing but money. The movie was over around 10 and Lorelai said that she was going over to Luke's.
"Logan, you are welcome to stay the night."
"Thank you, Lorelai, that'd be nice."
After Luke and Lorelai left, Rory took Logan's hand and led him towards her room.
"I'm sure your mother didn't mean in your bed."
"If we were at school, where would you sleep?"
"In your bed, but this is your house."
"My mom knows that we're sleeping together, I don't think she'd care."
Logan was not going to argue with the beautiful girl that was leading him to her bed. Rory changed into a tank top and pajama bottoms while Logan, who had nothing to sleep in, wore simply his boxers. Rory found a comfortable position on Logan's chest with his arm around her and he innocently kissed the top of her head. An innocent kiss didn't last very long before it became more passionate. Logan slipped his hand under Rory's shirt but she felt awkward. She hadn't done anything in that room since Dean and something didn't feel right.
"Not tonight."
Logan looked at Rory and saw the serious look and just held her for the rest of the night. He realized in the morning that there was nothing better than looking at Rory sleeping in his arms. She woke up not long after and smiled because she realized that Logan really did care about her and he was going to be able to do the relationship without strings.
After the two woke up and separately showered, Logan wanted to see the town. He wanted to learn about the life that Rory lived away from the socialites. This was all new to Logan and he wanted to learn everything.
Rory first took him to Luke's for coffee and breakfast then they did the full tour. Miss Patty's was first and of course she took every opportunity to hit on Rory's new boyfriend. When the two were walking away Miss Patty whispered, "Hold on to this one, he's cute." Rory simply laughed and took Logan's hand leading him towards Doose's. Before entering the grocery store, she made sure that Dean wasn't working and since it was safe she took him inside. Everything about the small town life was new and exciting for Logan – he loved how everyone knew Rory and people glared at him making sure he took care of their baby. He was dating the town sweetheart and wanted to do make sure he kept her.
The last stop on the tour was the Dragonfly and Logan was amazed at what Lorelai had accomplished. He'd heard about her, especially when he first met Lorelai. His parents had known Lorelai when they were younger and she was the wild child that got pregnant at sixteen; none of the elites that Logan had grown up around could ever raise a child on their own the way that Lorelai did.
"Rory, don't forget there's a town meeting at 6. Is Logan coming?"
"Town meeting? Sounds straight out of Nightmare before Christmas."
"Well, without everything alluding to death…actually scratch that – it's pretty similar."
