Chapter 5: Unknown payback

Logan had been sitting at his table for the majority of the evening caught up in conversation with Abby, Megs and Colin. It was like the old days when they would get together to plan all kinds of mayhem. He was truly enjoying this challenge, and knew it would just keep getting better. Abby and her two friends defiantly had a creative streak in them, it was hard to outdo them, but he still enjoyed trying.

"So Abby, when are you going to give up the goods? Or am I expected like everyone else to just wait and see what happens?

"Oh Logan, hasn't anyone ever told you that curiosity killed the cat?"

"Actually many times, but I think I have 2 or 3 lives left in me"

" Really?... Well if you still have a few more lives to lose, then you can continue to be curious, cause I'm not telling"

With that Abby got up from the table and excused herself to the ladies room. Following suit Megs did the exact same.

Alone at the table Colin and Logan couldn't help but laugh at everything going on around them.

"So Colin, did you see Steph's face when you walked in with Megs?"

"Yeah I did, and I know she was laughing. Why do I get paired up with someone that is drastically shorter than me? I love Megs like a sister, but I must have like a foot on her at least."

"Well it was only fitting that you walk in with her. I'm co-masters of ceremonies, so I had to walk in with my other half. Besides Abby knows how to push your buttons, and you know if you had walked in with her she would have had you blushing at something. I guess you could have walked in with Gwen, but you would have had to fight Finn for that one, and we both know you would have lost."

"Who says I would have lost? When Finn is sober he is not nearly as strong as when drunk and you've only seen him beat me when he was drunk."

"True, but the only time I've seen you beat him, is when he is sleeping or unconscious"

"Your right, its only fitting I walked in with Megs."

"Besides, there is no way in the world you could of gotten Megs to walk in with a man dressed completely in gold. Not to mention that out of the three of us, you are the closest to her"

"Speaking of our man in gold, it looks like Rory is giving him a run for his money."

"She certainly is, and I'd expect no less from her. Though there is no doubt in my mind that Finn is doing the same to her."

"So what's going on with you and Rory anyways? I know you really had to fight to get the other chapters to agree. You had to of known you were going to get resistance. And then there is Abby, who till this day has yet to agree it was a good idea to bring her in. Just look at the challenge she has concocted just to prove you wrong. You must really like this girl if you're going through all this. Hell you even leant the Canadian chapter our dorm for the week!"

"That's where you're wrong Colin, Abby didn't devise this challenge to prove me wrong. She with the help of Megs and Gwen challenged us to keep us on our toes."

"So are you saying this isn't payback for the challenge we threw at them a while back? Cause I see the those three glowing in anticipation for the events coming up this week. You know they are going to hit as hard and they are going to hit us fast."

" It can't be about payback, its not their style. Besides if it was payback why didn' t they hit us sooner? Its been months since that stunt. Not to mention you know just as well as i do how territorial those girls are when it comes to their friends, this is purely about Rory….. And since it looks like Finn has left Rory to chase a girl no doubt, I think it would be rude of me to just leave her standing alone on that dance floor"

With that Logan was out of his chair and strutting towards Rory with his trademark smile on his face.

"Hey Ace, you look like the cat that caught the cannery"

"If you mean happy, then yes I am."

"And what may I ask, has made you so happy? Since last time I spoke to you, you were anything but."

"Well that's because at the time you saw me last, I had just gotten home from my regular Friday night dinners to find my suite turned into a gold and blue headquarters against some unknown country that apparently doesn't like me!"

Rory could see that Logan was clearly not really listening and instead probably thinking some absurd thing about her looking cute when mad, which she still couldn't understand. In an attempt to break him out of a daze she leaned forward and kissed him. It took him a second to register what was going on, and with no time wasted, wrapped his arms around her and deepened the kiss.

It was at that time that Abby and Megs decided to come out of the bathroom.

"See Megs, I told you he had fallen for her."

"You know I would never have believed it, if I hadn't seen it. This has to be the end of some kind of era. Cause there is no way the old Logan would have fought so hard to get some girl into the LDB"

"It's defiantly different with this one. She actually has a brain. Did you read that piece she did on that event of theirs a few months ago? It was brilliant."

"Did you just compliment her?"

"You know I'm a little territorial when it comes to my friends, and I don't like others interfering, but I don't hate the girl. I just want to see if she is made of the right stuff. Besides Logan should have known this was coming, it's been awhile since the last time we all got together, and I do believe we owe him a dose of his own medicine."

"Oh this is going to be fun!"

walking up behind her friends Gwen asks "What's going to be fun?"

"Oh geeze Gwen you scared me!"

"Oh Megs, lighten up, it's a party!... So what's going to be fun?"

"Well Gwen, Abby and I were just saying that Logan deserves a taste of his own medicine"

"You betcha he does, after that last stunt he pulled. But you can't just blame him, you know Colin and Finn had just as much a part in it as he did. By the way Abby that envelope idea was awesome, you had everyone soooo stirred up. Did the boys get pics too?"

"No, I thought I would let them sit this one out, make them think they are safe from our little challenges. They are clueless to this being for them. They think this whole thing is devised to test Rory, which don't get me wrong it's doing that too. Nobody said an event couldn't be multi-purposed."

Megs couldn't help but laugh, Abby was defiantly the devious one of the three, she had been waiting to get back at the boys for a while now, and when Logan submitted a petition for Rory to enter the LDB, she jumped at the opportunity.

"Is it safe to say that Steph isn't safe from our little game either?"

"Well Megs, did you see her reaction to picture in her envelope?"

"Oh you didn't!...Brydon?"

"Don't play with fire, if you don't want to get burned!"

"Wow so no one is safe…..This is going to be one hell of an interesting week!"

With that the girls decided it was time to show the dance floor what they were made of

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