NEW PLEASE READ: Since all of the reviews I have received so far were positive on the anime side I am reposting. You don't have to know anything about anime at all to understand the sequence. I found it very amusing when I wrote it. I hope you will too.

A/N: Well for those of you who hoped and prayed something would happen so I couldn't go out of town...you got your wish. Doctor's orders- I am to remain bed ridden. It sucks rather a lot since that means I won't be going to my sister-in-law's wedding (my husband's sister). I'm pretty bummed about it. I will try to keep up writing like I have been...but I may find myself at the doctor's a lot more often.

PLEASE READ: I got a very volatile reaction to Rory being an anime fan. I was completely blown away that anyone could get that upset that I would suggest such a thing, to the point of being insulting that anyone that likes anime is not normal. My rational for the possibility for Rory to enjoy such a strange thing has to do with her best friend being Asian and they both have always been into counter-culture music so I didn't take it as a stretch. I, an Anglo-individual with MANY Asian friends of several nationalities (all of whom went to very prestigious schools, I might add), was introduced to anime with all the cultural references behind it including the history of the art form and so on. The conversation is back in the story. For how short the banter is on the subject I doubt you will think it was worth the controversy.

Chapter 5: The limo boys

Colin shook his head slightly. "That has got to be what an acid trip feels like," he stated heading for his car.

"We're walking," Logan announced.

"Why?" Colin challenged.

"It will take less than ten minutes to get there and besides I need a chance to talk to you."

"You want to walk and talk. That's asking a lot man," Finn joked.

Colin huffed but followed his friends. "So what's going on?"

Logan sighed, "Well, first off I am dating Rory. That you probably figured out...so that means as my friends I will need you to help spread the word on campus and help me with my alcohol induced behavior."
"Meaning?" Colin wanted things clarified.

"Meaning we make sure to remind him that his hands, tongue, lips, and cock belong to Rory now...and discourage any females from trying to take advantage of him in a weakened condition," Finn stated clearly.

"Pretty much," Logan confirmed.

Colin stopped walking, "Why are you doing this? What is it about this girl that is causing you to give up your college ways?"

Logan turned to his friend and looked him in the eyes, "You were always the one that did the girlfriend thing best. I'm not trying to tread into your territory or anything man, but this girl... I don't want anybody else and I don't want to screw it up."

"Well if you don't want anybody else, why do we have to help you?" Colin asked incredulously.

"What's wrong with you man?" Finn asked out of nowhere. "You of all people know that we have all done things we regretted, girls we regretted, when we were drunk. Logan is just asking us to watch his back a little more closely than before. He's laid out for us what he would regret now...so deal with it."

"Why are you getting mad at me?" Colin snapped.

"Because you are acting like the dumped girlfriend that tried to stay friends with her ex. Now cut it out," the Aussie growled.

Colin grit his teeth.

Logan put his arm around him, "Col...she's important to me. Please be okay with this."

"I've got no problem with her...not really. I just don't like change. You know that."

"Well... that is why I invited you here. You have come to Stars Hollow. You are bonding. It will make things easier."

"Now onto the next thing," Logan stated.

"Yeah," the friends said in unison.

"Please don't mock, belittle, condescend, or patronize anything here. This is Rory's home. This town raised her. She may be in an Ivy League school but she doesn't want to be society," Logan explained. "New York Times reporter, yes...tiara, no... No socialite."

"So she just plays one on TV," Finn joked.

"Pretty much."

Colin looked at his friends, "You do realize how very strange this all is."

"What?"

"We are walking to pick up ice cream...we could have driven...hell I bet we could have had it delivered."

Finn chuckled, "He needs to get laid soon. He seems to have lost all rational thought."

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Dean watched the Frat boys move down the street laughing and talking. He hated them with a passion for being in his town...with his girl. Rory was supposed to come around and see that world as fake and come back to him again. It was not supposed to happen this way.

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The limo boys rolled into Doose's market much to the amusement of Miss Patty, who was talking to Taylor. "Logan," she called. "Who are your handsome friends?"

The blonde contained the smirk that was threatening to spread across his face. "These are my best friends Miss Patty...Colin and Finn...neither is attached."

She raised an eyebrow at him. "Nice to meet you."

"The pleasure is ours," Finn flirted before kissing her hand.

"Oh and an accent too," Miss Patty cooed. "I must compliment Rory again on her excellent taste of attractive males to surround herself with."

"Thank you milady," Finn stated with a deep bow.

Colin rolled his eyes looking to Taylor who was also rolling his eyes, "Forgive my friend. Subtlety is not his vocabulary."

"Nor hers," Taylor answered. "Taylor," he introduced himself and shook the boy's hand.

"Colin."

"Nice to meet you...now what do you need Logan? Lorelai already bought tons of junk food."

"Yes...but not ice cream," Logan stated.

"In the back."

"Bye Miss Patty," Logan said with a coo.

"Bye," she said with a little wave as the boys turned to the back of the store.

Suddenly both Finn and Colin yelped turning around fast to see Miss Patty heading out and Taylor shaking his head.

"What?" Logan said feigning innocence.

"That woman pinched my butt," Colin said incredulously.

"Mine too," Finn stated with a lazy smirk.

Logan started to laugh... That was after all the essence of Stars Hollow- an institutionalized town.

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A couple bags of Rocky Road, Chocolate, Turtle fudge, Mint chip, and Chocolate chip cookie dough later the guys were headed back to the Gilmore 'estate'. Finn seemed to take everything in stride while Colin was still grumbling.

Suddenly a dark haired guy that was vaguely familiar came walking up. "Why are you here?" he said angrily.

Logan looked at the guy confused, "Because my girlfriend wanted ice cream. Why are you here?"

"Because the love of my life is sleeping with a blond pretty boy from Yale," he growled.

"Farm boy...get lost," Colin snipped. "Rory is over you and onto better things... and people."

Logan looked at his friend, "Shut up."

"What did I do?" Colin asked incredulously.

"There is no need to be insulting. If I lost Rory I would be pissed too," Logan defended. He had no reason to defend him other than he was afraid the younger Gilmore might take insults against anyone as an insult against the town.

"That idiot broke up with her in front of all of us...and harshly too," Colin justified.

"Whatever...lets just go."

"So that's it?" Dean asked.

Logan looked at him, " I don't like what you did to Rory but that is for her to deal with you about...I've got no beef with you."

"But I have a beef with you," Dean said taking a swing at Logan but Finn was there holding Dean's arm preventing the blow.

"Don't do this man," Finn said low and lethal. "We are just heading back. Don't cause any more problems. It will only make her hate you more than she does now." Dean stared at Finn as the other two guys turned and kept walking. "Just walk away."

Dean nodded and did just that.

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"Why the hell did you do that?" Colin asked Logan.

"That is Ace's ex, Dean. At one time she loved the guy...they may still be friends, I don't know. What I do know is calling him Farm boy and insinuated we are better than him will only serve to make her think that we are pricks."

"Its an ex...ex's are supposed to be taken down a notch," Colin debated.

"Yeah...but not by us okay?"

"Fine."

Finn was quiet the whole time deep in thought before suddenly saying, "Lorelai looks really young."

Logan knew this would eventually come up so it was best to get this out of the way. "She is really young. She had Rory when she was sixteen."

Finn and Colin stopped dead. "What?" they said as one.

Logan shrugged, "The Gilmore's that threw that party we went to are Lorelai's parents. Rory's parents never married. Her mom dropped out of high school, had her, ran away from home with her, and raised her on her own with no financial backing from her folks."

Logan turned to his friends, "That is why Ace is so sensitive about the way we talk to people. She is from a family of bluebloods but she and her mom have had to work for everything they have. Lorelai worked at an inn as a maid and lived there raising Rory as a baby... Ace is very proud of her mother for what she has accomplished on her own. She graduated high school, got a business degree, and owns her own inn now. Ace may put on ball gowns and go to society functions but she never forgets where she came from... and she doesn't want to."

"Wow," Colin said with respect. "No financial backing...what about Rory's dad?"

"Also sixteen when she was born... All she's really told me is he is of blueblood stock and he is a screw up. I don't even know his name... Lorelai did it all and on her own."

"But her grandparents..."

"Are paying for Yale so she has to eat dinner with them every Friday...I don't get it but hey... I mean I do get it. Lorelai cut them out of Ace's life for most of her growing up. That only changed when Lorelai needed money to send Rory to a private high school. Ace had always wanted to go to Harvard so that school was her best bet... Long story short Lorelai would pay them back but they had to eat dinner with the Gilmore's each week...thus giving them a chance to know Rory. Lorelai has paid them back so... Now its Ace's turn...its very complicated."

Finn looked at Logan and smiled, "Well...we always knew reporter girl had depth...now we know why."

Logan chuckled as they kept on.

As the limo boys approached the house Finn turned to Logan. "Now I have defended you and played along so far...but you aren't going to quit the LDB are you?"

"Of course not," Logan said quickly.

"Okay because being in love is one thing but out and out Family Man crap is another."

"No worries... Think of it this way... more women for you."

"I like that thought, " Finn stated.

"In we go," Colin stated gesturing for the door.

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"They're back!" Lorelai yelled to Rory before facing the guys. "Are you okay? Do you feel completely violated? Did Logan at least warn you?" she said in one breath.

"We're fine. I have no idea what you are talking about. And Logan hasn't warned us about anything," Colin stated clearly.

"Bad puppy," Lorelai said shaking her finger at Logan.

"What's this about?" Colin asked.

Rory shook her head, "Miss Patty called to say what firm cheeks you had and could I bring you home more often."

Finn smirked, "And Logan knew we were going to have our arses grabbed?"

"I asked if he had gotten pinched earlier," Lorelai commented.

"He didn't warn us," Colin said with a glare.

"Don't worry. It's pretty much a rite of passage. Logan only escaped because of Rory," Luke said from the kitchen having taken the bags of ice cream from the guys.

Both guys were glaring at Logan who clapped his hands together and rubbed them back and forth while moving into the kitchen and out of harms way, "So what movies do we have up tonight?"

"Swingers, Army of Darkness, Austin Powers, Gross Pointe Blank, Cowboy Bebop: the movie and the newest version of The house on Haunted Hill," Lorelai said.

"What's Cowboy Bebop?" Colin asked.

"The best anime series ever. This happens to be a movie they made based on the series after it was over," Rory said.

"Anime...like cartoons?" Logan asked.

"Uh-oh...someone's not getting laid tonight," Lorelai sing-songed.

"Mom!"

"It's true... He just said the kiss of death. I am surprised you haven't launched into the speech about Anime as an art form after the WWII. That is, after all, my favorite of your Japanese culture speeches."

"It's not his fault he wasn't cultured," Rory said teasingly.

"Culture is perfecting the Farrah Fawcett flip."

"Only in your world, Mom... Besides I can tell him tomorrow when we watch the movie because I will have a problem with it being mocked."

Lorelai smirked, "But honey, the main character's name is Spike Spiegel, along with Jet Black, Faye Valentine, a little girl named Edward Wong something something the fourth, and a dog named Ein. There is so much in the name alone to mock."

"Exactly why it will not be watched."

"Well, can we mock Swingers first?" Colin asked.

Luke made a face, "I thought you guys would think that movie was the Holy Grail. Or have I been misinformed of your exploits?"

Logan smirked, "No...it is the perfect movie to mock...because it mocks us so well."

"Oh...he is smart," Lorelai cooed. "We have a first movie... But we have to watch the beginning of 'The House on Haunted Hill' before anything else."

"Why did you get 'The House on Haunted Hill' anyway?" Rory asked.

"Because you have your blond pretty boy here...My blond pretty boy is in the first fifteen minutes of the movie. I don't care about the rest," Lorelai said grabbing some popcorn from one of the many bowls of junk food on the counter.

"Please explain...because even I don't understand you right now," Rory stated.

Lorelai smiled big, "James Marsters plays a camera man in the first fifteen minutes of the movie."

"Oh my god...Mom, this Spike obsession needs another outlet than movie night," Rory chided.

"You obsess about an anime named Spike. I obsess over a vampire named Spike... And besides I've asked Luke to dye his hair, fake a British accent and bite me during sex but he won't go for it, kid. I have to survive on reruns and movies alone."

"I am in the room ya know?" Luke reminded them. The Gilmore's ignored him.

Rory looked at her mother, "Take your Big Bad and your Burger Man wherever but that movie is not going to be watched with us while you lust after the undead."

"I'm still here!" Luke gripped.

"He's not undead in the movie," Lorelai responded.

Luke looked at Logan. "Get used to it, kid. You have many fun hours of listening to them argue while pretending you aren't there."

"Oh, you do the same to us when you are arguing with Taylor over something in the diner," Lorelai volleyed.

"Yes...but that is at the diner...not during...whatever the hell this is..."

"Family time," Logan offered.

"Don't be a smart ass or I really will pop you like I intended to the first time I met you... you remember that don't you? You were the one with your fly open?"

Finn and Colin looked at each other then their buddy. "Oh, this is highly entertaining. We don't even need a movie," Finn uttered while munching on chips in the bowl next to him on the counter.

"Thanks ever so Luke. Now when I get back I will have to explain what that just meant," Logan groaned.

"Oh...I will..." Lorelai said raising her hand like a kid in school.

"No!" both Logan and Rory shouted.

"See my parents had this renewal ceremony thing," Lorelai began.

"Mom."

"I was the maid of honor so I got to wear a dress."

"Lorelai," Logan chirped.

"And Rory was the best man in this suit that made her look like KD Lang."

"Mom," Rory fussed.

"And Rory and Logan were getting pretty friendly on the dance floor."

"Lore," Luke tried to help.

"And low and behold I go to find my daughter for pictures..."

"Lorelai," Logan pled again.

"And there was your best friend being stripped by my daughter in the coat closet."

"MOM!"

By now Finn and Colin were rolling at not only the scene they could imagine happening but also the fact that no one could stop this woman from talking.

"If I hadn't broken it up when I did I am not sure how I would have explained the either elated smile on my daughter's face or the look of frustration, annoyance and disappointment as the case may be."

"LOW BLOW!" Logan gripped.

"Nothing was being blown when I walked in but I guess that could have changed," Lorelai stated non-plus.

Rory sunk to the floor in mortification with Logan next to her, while Colin and Finn were crying as they laughed so hard.

"I love this woman...she must be mine," Finn said crawling on his knees to Lorelai.

"Back off Aussie," Luke stated in no uncertain terms. "She's mine."

"Too bad. She's a real spit fire. Amazing in the sack I would imagine."

"Imagining is all you are going to be doing Dundee...and for the record she is and no I don't share," the older man claimed putting an arm around Lorelai.

"My hero," she murmured against his throat. "I don't need a British vampire. I just need you."

"Glad to hear it," Luke said, picked Lorelai up in a fireman's carry and headed for the stairs. "Night boys."

The four college students just stared after them. "Did that just happen?" Colin asked quickly.

"Yes it did," Rory muttered shaking her head. "I suggest we turn on a movie as quickly as possible and ignore any overhead thumping."

"You have to do that a lot?" Logan asked.

"Ah...no...I'm at school with you clowns. But in this case they are going to be having make up sex and that is always louder and more acrobatic in my mother's case."

"That is just wrong to know about your parents."

Rory looked at him like he was nuts, "I was conceived on the tiny balcony outside my mom's bedroom at my grandparent's house. Believe me...if you want to know weird find out something like that while you are standing where it happened. 'Oh Rory...don't stand out there.' 'Why not mom?' 'Just don't.' 'Why?' 'Cause you were conceived out there.' The ick factor has yet to wear off years after the fact."

"Can I just say this is far and away the most entertained I have been completely sober in years?" Finn offered.

"Welcome to my world," Rory stated. A groan was heard from overhead. "Let's watch a movie...NOW."

TBC...

Please REVIEW. I am very curious if other people were offended at the suggestion that Rory would be an anime fan. Then again REVIEW and let me know what you of the banter in general.