A/N: Ok, just FYI, Prankster is a title I made up because seeing just "Rory/Logan" to describe the pairing was becoming boring.

Fwoujke: Logan didn't trick Rory into sleeping with him, it just happened And he didn't cheat. Sorry if I scared you. Thanks for reviewing!

Ne who, on to the story!

Chapter 5: Get 'er done

"She's our daughter? I have a child?" Logan repeated uncertainly, searching Rory's now slightly misted eyes.

"Only if you want to. You can have much or as little in her life as you want. I just want to know your decision before I tell her. I don't want her to get hurt. I don't want her to be like me and know that her daddy is somewhere but doesn't care enough to be with her," Rory babbled, her voice slightly choked with unshed tears.

"Rory, I want, no need, to be a part of her life, just like I need to be a part of yours. I don't think I could physically or psychologically live with myself if I abandoned the woman I love more than anything in the world to raise our child, my baby girl, all by herself. The fact that you have had to for 2 years makes me want to hang myself for not being more persistent and making you listen to me. I would give everything I have in the world to have been there with you when you were pregnant and to have shared the responsibilities of caring for a baby. I've already missed too much. If you'll let me, I want to be there for Ella for the rest of her life, and for you."

"Oh Logan," Rory cried. "How can I be sure I can trust you? How can I know Ella won't get hurt? I want to, but I'm so confused."

Logan scooted closer and wrapped his arms snuggly, warmly and comfortingly around her slight, but feminine frame. Making soothing noises, he held her and let her cry on his shoulder. After a few minutes, he drew back. He brushed away the remaining tears with a gentle caress of his thumb before speaking.

"I know its going to take me a while to regain your trust in me, but I ask, no beg you to give me another chance. I only ask that you let me try to convince you that I will never ever, intentionally or other wise, let you down. Come on Ace, you know its not in me to beg unless I really mean it."

After a few minutes of Rory's face being fraught with mixed emotions, she smiled up at him tremulously.

"I'll try to give you a chance Logan, both with me and Ella, if you meet 2 conditions. 1, we take it day by day and, if for any reason I have serious doubt, I can call a stop to it and we'll work out some sort of custody system. And 2, you kill or at least slightly maim the Tweetle Dee and Tweetle Dumb over there for betraying my confidence and my whereabouts. No matter how charming you are, they still should have kept their mouths shut."

"Condition 1, I can completely agree with you on and promise I will try my hardest to never giver you a reason to call a halt. Condition 2, I can only promise a slight maiming. After all, they are my best friends and they were just trying to ensure my happiness," Logan said, relief evident in his voice.

"So where do we start in this whole give-Logan-another-chance thing? I've never really had to deal with a situation like this before. How do you want to go about it?" Rory asked, uncertainly.

"Well, I guess we could start by me helping you out with Ella and maybe having dinner at your place as a family-type unit and see where it goes from there," Logan said, hopefully.

"Oh my god," Rory exclaimed, looking slightly stricken. "Logan, what are we going to tell your family? or mine for that matter. My mom and Luke are still pissed off at you and I'm almost positive my grandparents haven't spoken to your parents since graduation."

"Whoa, whoa slow down there, Ace. First, let's deal with telling your dad and more importantly, our daughter, about the situation before we get the feuding clans involved."

"Ok. I'm slow, I'm calm," Rory said, breathing deeply. "Ok, no I'm not. My dad will string you up by the male part of your anatomy and how is Ella going to understand?"

"They'll both understand. We'll explain the situation to your dad as soon as you go home and then we'll sit down and talk to Ella. Little kids somehow understand this kind of thing. Plus, she is our offspring; she's got to have better comprehension skills than most 2 year olds," Logan pointed out.

"Well, then lets get 'er done."

A/N: Read on! Review on!

Aphi72: your questions will be answered and/or explained in the next ch. or the one to follow. Thanks for the input. Your questions made me think. I'm sort of writing whatever pops into this zany brain of mine that runs my life.

This chapter's title is dedicated to my friend Matt O. Future King of Texas.

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