Chapter 6: Inside Lovers' Minds

Paris was not home when Rory got back giving her some time to finish her work before the inquisitor appeared for the second round of her questioning. Not that she was able to concentrate on it with all the things going on inside her. Her paper she was sure to get not more than a C and an idea for the article was still needed. Her cell phone rang making her look away from the blank computer screen. It was Lane.

"Hey, Lane," Rory greeted. Maybe talking to her friend would clear her mind from unwanted thoughts.

"I cannot believe you didn't tell me."

"Tell you what?"

"About you and Logan! Tell me what!"

"I'm sorry, but hey, if it's any consolation I didn't tell my mom either until Friday."

"That is consolation... how you holding up?"

"I'm ok..."

"I know!" Lane giggled, "who's the hot guy?"

"What?" Rory asked surprised, since Lane had never seen Finn. They stayed only a while at Luke's, during Lane's break so there was no way that she could have gotten even a glimpse at Finn.

"You know, the very handsome , tall, dark-haired guy that hang out with you all weekend."

Great way to take her mind off things...

"That was Finn, a friend," she stressed the word 'friend'.

"Yeah, whatever, I saw the picture."

"Picture? What picture?"

"The picture of the two of you talking in the town square."

"We didn't take a picture there. In fact we took no pictures whatsoever!"

"You didn't, but Kirk did. He put it up on the gazebo with the words 'our hero' below it."

"How did Kirk get a picture and... what the hell?"

"It's Kirk."

"Well, that answers it."

"Nice picture though."

"Stop it."

"No, it really is! You guys look cute together. You are staring at each other, smiling, very sweet!"

"Please, Lane, stop it," Rory begged. This was the last thing she wanted to hear right now, it was just confusing her even more.

"Ok, sorry. But seriously, are you ok with the whole Logan thing? I heard he went to your house Saturday night."

"Why did you call? I mean, you already know everything that happened!"

"Well, we're friends, I sort of wanted to hear it from you."

"I'm really ok, Lane, thanks for the concern. We talked about it and things are fine now."

"You're not back together?"

"No, we're not."

"And you're not with this Finn guy?"

"No, I'm not."

"Fine then. So..."

"I'm kinda busy right now, Lane. Do you mind if I call you tomorrow? I have to finish this article and I have no idea what to write."

"Ok, sure no problem... but call, ok!"

"I will, bye!"

Rory flipped the phone closed and stared at the computer again. Nothing. Her mind was a complete blank. Well, not really, it was a blank about the article but it was quite busy with other things. When Rory realized she was afraid of what Finn could think if he saw her hand in Logan's it confused her. She had always been sure of her feelings for Logan. She was sure she still cared about him, that she still loved him, but her behavior and her reactions this weekend weren't exactly in accordance with her "certainties". Her friendship with Finn was evolving into something more, something she wasn't quite prepared for, something she did not want to feel. She lied to herself, telling her that she was just confusing things, seeing things that were not there. She was emotionally fragile and Finn had been there for her, nothing more normal, she thought, than to feel a little bit tender towards him. That was it, their friendship was just growing, nothing more. She totally ignored the voice in the very back of her mind that was screaming at her, telling her to stop being blind, stop lying to herself and start accepting the fact that maybe she had started to move on and that all her 'sures' about Logan were now 'maybes' about Finn.

Unlike Rory, Finn accepted his newly developed feelings more easily. He knew denying would not help him, so it was much easier to just accept it. The only thing he wasn't so sure about was how to deal with Logan. Should he tell him? Should he not tell him? Should he wait for Rory to say something and then talk to Logan? He knew that, eventually, he would have to have the conversation with Logan, he just wished it was later rather than sooner. He almost wished that Logan would not be home when he got there, but he thought that it was very unlikely that Logan would be out at this time of morning.

"Wow, you're really back early!"

"What the hell are you doing here at this time? Shouldn't you be at your own room sleeping?" Finn asked Colin who was sitting on the couch reading the newspaper.

"Well, I'm not."

"Obviously... where's Logan?"

"Out," Colin answered, his attention back to the paper.

"Out? At 9 am on a Sunday? Out where?"

"Don't know, didn't say, he just said he was going out."

"Did you even bother to ask where he was going?"

"No."

"Fantastic, good to know you care about your friends... didn't you think it was weird that Logan would be up at 9 am on a Sunday, and even more weird that he'd be out at 9 am on a Sunday?"

"Not if said Sunday was the one that would bring back his best friend from the weekend with his ex-girlfriend."

Finn understood. Logan was purposely avoiding Finn, he was also scared of the conversation.

"What are you going to tell him?" Colin asked noticing that Finn was thinking about something.

"Tell him about what?"

Colin sighed. "You guys probably think I'm stupid, that I don't see what's going on. I'm talking about Rory. You like her, don't you?"

"Maybe..."

"Maybe? Come on!"

"Fine, I do, ok? I like her, so what?"

"So what? Are you seriously asking this question? Have you thought about Logan?"

"Yes, I've thought about Logan."

"And..."

"I don't know, Colin. I don't know what to do. Honestly, I'm lost."

"Have you talked to Rory? Does she like you too?"

"I don't know. I didn't ask!"

"Some things you don't need to ask. Does she like you too?"

"I don't know... she might... I think she's very confused though."

"Why do you say that?"

"Last night, when Logan went there, they were talking outside on the porch and I didn't know it was him, so I opened the front door and saw the both of them holding hands. I thought they had made-up, but as soon as Rory saw me she let go of his hand and started explaining everything, like she had done something bad. Logan was pretty confused by that and so was I. I thought she had done that because she might like me, but when I asked her this morning why she had let go of his hand she said she didn't know and I'm pretty sure she meant it."

"This is really messed up, dude. It's wrong even."

"I know, I didn't bloody do it on purpose. I just cant' help it, man. She's amazing. There's no way a guy could not fall for this girl. I'm telling you, just spend a few hours alone and you'll be under the Rory Gilmore spell as well."

"Well, I'll probably avoid that then, Logan really does not deserve to see his two best friends in love with his girl."

Finn sighed. "What do you think I should do?"

"Honestly? I don't know. But if I were you, before talking to Logan I'd make sure Rory felt the same about me. It'd be really bad if you jeopardized you friendship with Logan for a girl who's not sure about things. Maybe you should wait, see how things play out."

Again Finn sighed. "Yeah, maybe I should wait. What a fucking mess..."

"Which you willingly got yourself into!"

"Thanks for making me fell worse, man."

"Sure, no problem," Colin joked.

It was 8:30 when Logan left his dorm room and started to walk aimlessly around campus. He didn't know what time Finn would be back but he was sure he didn't want to be there when he did. He didn't want to let things get weird between them but he just wasn't ready to face his friend and talk to him about Rory. He knew that conversation was coming soon. Last night he confirmed his fears, Finn liked Rory and he was starting to think Rory might like him too. He didn't blame her for not forgiving him right away and he thought that he might have had a chance when she took his hand, but those thoughts soon went down the drain when he saw her reaction to Finn's appearance. She let go of his hand so quickly and started explaining everything in such a way that left him no doubt of her feelings for him. He didn't think she was in love with him, but he was pretty sure she had some feelings for Finn. A tear came running down his face when he thought about this. He looked around him making sure no one was witnessing his breakdown, and once sure he sat down on a bench and cried a while. It was all his fault, he knew it. But how he regret it now. If he could take back the last week he would, just so everything would go back to normal, Rory in his arms and Finn seducing every other girl on campus.

Rory managed to write her paper but her article was still missing. She decided to go out and get some coffee. Maybe the inspiration would come after a few cups of her favorite drink. She instantly recognized him sitting on a bench bent down with his face in his hands. 'Please don't let him be crying,' she thought apprehensive. He suddenly looked up and ran his fingers through his hair. His nose was kind of red but he wasn't crying anymore. She decided to go talk to him.

"Logan?" She said as she approached him from behind.

He stood up startled. He recognized her voice. "Rory."

"Hi."

"Hey."

There was an awkward pause.

"What time did you get back?" Logan asked, since the silence was bugging him.

"A couple hours."

"How was the drive?"

"Ok, uneventful."

The awkward pause was back again.

"I don't this to happen, Rory."

"What?"

"This," he pointed his hand back and forth between them, "the awkwardness."

"I don't either, Logan."

"I mean, I like having you around, talking to you. I'm used to it."

"Me too."

Logan smiled. He really loved this girl.

"So, um, do you want to get some coffee or something?"

"That's why I'm here. I mean, I didn't come to you so you would go get coffee with me, I just wanted coffee cause I have to write this article and," Rory stopped since Logan was beginning to smile at her babbling, "coffee sounds great, thanks."

A/N: Transition chapters... you gotta hate them! But you've gott have them! I kinda needed this to make you guys feel a little more sorry about Logan, you know more torn. Most of you, well actually all of the reviwes I'm getting, you guys want Rory to end up with Finn, so maybe this chapter will change things a bit. Tell me you didn't think it was sweet Logan crying for Rory? Oh, the indecision! Anyway, I know this was kinda boring, but I just love to hear from you, so please, please review! Even if it's to say that this sucked! I know it did, I don't like this chapter myself, but hey, it's an update! Oh, yeah, review!