A/N: Well, so you all want me to keep going, huh? Your choice! I thought you guys were tired of the drama! But I guess you're not! I had written this chapter differently, everything would be ok, but I rewrote it. (Oh, here's a clue, hehe) Anyway, this is one of my favorite chapters, I do hope you like it! Now, here are my thank yous!
Beautymarked - I'm not going to tell you what happens, but I assure you there's a good dose of drama coming your way! Thanks for reviewing!
ReeseAnn - Oh, yes the tension! There's a lot of that in this chapter, and I mean a lot! Enjoy! Thank you for the review!
Alicia Jo - Oh, you cheated! Haha, just kidding! But you see, I'm not that evil! Well, I can say that one of your wishes might be coming true on this chapter, hehehe. Anyway, thanks for reviewing!
Honeyluv - tsctsc, reading fanfics while at work! Hahaha, just kidding, I do that a lot too! Thanks for reviewing anyway, hope you like this one!
Problem Child1 - And the insanity just keeps on coming! HahahaYour comment on the whole Pirates of the Caribbean thing made me laugh out loud... like all your reviews, hehe. But you were totally right, he did look like one of the 3 musketeers! hahahaha. Anyway, you were also right about my Friends reference. Oh, man I love Chandler, he's just so cool. I love his spontaneous, sarcastic, ironic humor! He's the best. Well, I have another Friends moment in this chapter too, can you find it? You'll get a cookie! Haha, anyway, thank you for the long review dear!
Puncher - you're rooting for Logan? Wow! I haven't gotten one of these in such a long time! Well, I can't make any promises, just keep on reading, hehe! Thanks for reviewing!
TSOHoneybaby - well, someone is going to leave the Dinner... will it be Rory? You'll just have to read it! Hahaha. Epiphany moment? We'll see, hehe, we'll see... Anyway, thank you so much!
Kellie - old married couple? Hahaha. Yeah, I love Finn and Rory too. Duh, I'm writing a story about them right? But seriously, I never thought of them together on the show until I started reading their fics here... now I'm addicted! What's my point? Oh, yes, thank you for the review!
Crissy - yes! Bad, bad Logan! He deserves a spanky! Anyone volunteers? Hahaha Anyways... thank you!
Smile1 - hey! Thank you once again! LolCoffee-addicted - Suggestion noted! Do you think I took it? Oh, boy! Haha thanks for the review!
Mrs.Williamthebloody - Well, I assure you there'll be drama! You guys asked for it! And I just love the drama, and the fights, and the yelling, and the tears! So much fun! Hahaha. I'm joking, I'm not evil, hehe. Sometimes I am... anyway, thank you for reviewing!Bookworms - ok, breathe, breathe... hahaha, feeling better now? I'm very glad you liked chapter 14 and that you were so involved in it. About the title choice, thank you, I always have a hard time coming up with titles, I'm glad you approved it! About Logan, yes sometimes he's pathetic, but I am feeling a bit bad for him. But like someone said to me a while back, he does get enough lovin' on the show, hehe. Finn deserves it too! Oh, and Emily! She's just one of those characters you hate cause she can be so mean (Oh when I saw WBB I wanted to jump on her throat!), but you can't help but love her, cause she's so real! Anyway... I guess all that is left for me to do is thank you for the "longest review you've sent ever"! Thank you!
Cinemagal - Oh, man, you're too sweet! So, another Logan fan, huh? I'll tell you what I told Puncher, can't make any promises, just keep on reading! But seriously if I could help write the show I would so put more Finn in it! He's just the best and Tanc's so easy on the eyes, you know! Anyways, thank you for reviewing!
And that's it. So, the story does not end now! Yay! So let's just keep going! Enjoy!
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Previously on Where The Heart Is,
He turned to her, she was looking at him with a questioning look on her face. He traced her face with his fingers, she didn't stop him but maintained her expression. He sighed. "I'm begging you," he whispered, "I don't want to do this."
"You don't want to do what?" Rory asked clueless. Logan's face was so near hers she could smell the wine from his breath.
He still had his hand on her face and he looked at her sweetly, making her remember her moments with him. When he licked his lips she figured out what he didn't want to do.
Chapter 15: The Art Of Making An Ass Of One's Self.
Rory tried to find inside her the strength to push Logan away but she couldn't, it was like all her bones had frozen, all her nerves had stopped working, she couldn't move, she couldn't think, she just stood there, help up by Logan's hand on her waist while the other remained on her face. She knew the doors were glass and they were standing right in front of them, so anyone who happened to look outside would see this scene, including Finn. This thought made her turn pale, but she still couldn't move.
"Rory," Logan whispered leaning closer.
"Rory!" someone called after shutting the patio door.
Rory thanked all the gods that this person's voice was not Finn's, but her own mother's. She quickly pushed Logan away from her and turned around to find a not so happy Lorelai staring at them.
"I'm sorry, did I open the door to the past?"
"Mom..."
"Could you excuse us?" Lorelai asked Logan who was nervously standing behind Rory, his hands inside his pants pockets. He immediately retrieved to the living room, and giving one last glance at Rory he shook his head, 'stupid idiot, what were you thinking!' he thought to himself.
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Lorelai noticed her daughter was missing. She had been talking to some women, friends of Emily, and she was dying to tell Rory about that insipid conversation but she could find her nowhere. She looked for Finn but he was talking to Richard alone. That's when she heard the noise of the patio door open and then close. She hid behind one of the pillars and looked outside. She saw Rory giving Logan a coat and then standing beside him looking at the sky. Lorelai couldn't tell what Rory was saying but it had some effect on Logan because he started to look at her differently. If it had been Lorelai, she would have run away from him the moment he tried to touch her, but Rory just stood there, paralyzed. She watched as Logan moved even closer, placing his hand on Rory's waist and Rory still not moving. Lorelai couldn't understand, she couldn't understand neither of them. She couldn't understand Logan for trying to kiss her daughter after what he had done to get her and Finn together, and she couldn't understand Rory for allowing Logan to get so near her after everything he did to her and all she had to go through to be with Finn. She looked back at the party and spotted him. He was talking cheerfully to some old lady, pretending to be really paying attention to what the woman was saying but secretly thinking about Rory. Lorelai smiled, she knew Finn really like her daughter, and she knew Rory liked him too, so she just could not find a reason why Rory was outside with Logan. Having had enough of this and seeing that Logan was making his final move to kiss Rory, Lorelai went outside and interrupted them, with a not pleased countenance.
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"Rory, what are you doing?" Lorelai asked after Logan left them.
"I didn't mean to."
"Didn't mean to what? What's going on? Why were you here alone with Logan?"
"I just came to check on him, he's been alone during the whole party."
"And that concerns you because..."
"He's my friend."
"Didn't look like he was just your friend from where I was standing."
"I couldn't move."
"Why not?"
"I don't know."
"You do know he was trying to kiss you, right?"
"Yes."
"Were you going to let him?"
"I..."
"Couldn't move, I've heard."
"I don't know what happened, mom. First I get jealous cause he's sleeping with someone else, now this..."
"Logan's sleeping with another girl?"
"Finn said so."
"And you got jealous?"
"I didn't want to be. I like Finn. A lot."
"I know you do, and that's why I don't understand you. You didn't want Logan to kiss you, did you?"
Rory took more time than necessary to answer Lorelai's question, "no."
"Why did you hesitate?"
"I didn't."
"It took you like 30 seconds to answer my question when it should have taken you just 3."
"This is not fair, mom."
"You're right, this is not fair. To Finn."
"Mom..."
"Rory, I promised myself I'd let you do whatever you want with your life, you're a big girl, you can tell right from wrong. And while sometimes things might get a little mixed-up inside that head of yours, you always seem to find a way around it and fix things. But this time I have to meddle, I can't see you do this to such a great guy like Finn. He likes you Rory, maybe more than Logan ever did. The things he's done for you, you know he cares. If you're going to act like this, allowing another guy to touch you the way Logan was, maybe you'd better break it up before it gets too out of hand."
"Mom," Rory was going to answer but she saw Finn walk into the patio.
"What are you two ladies doing out here in the cold?" Finn asked hugging Rory and kissing her cheek while Lorelai answered, "oh, nothing, just talking. It's going to snow tonight, soon."
"But I saw The Weather Channel and they weren't 100 sure," Finn replied.
"But I smell snow."
Finn gave Rory a questioning look and she just shrugged her shoulders, "she says she can smell snow."
"I can!"
"Sure you can," Rory said looking at her mother and then turning to Finn, "anyway, every time she smells snow, it actually snows."
"Powerful!"
"I like to think so. However, as much as I love snow, it's too cold to stand outside without a coat on, so I'm going back inside make sure Luke's still alive."
"I'm pretty cold too," Finn said shivering a bit, "seriously, why were you out here? You came prepared, you even have your coat on."
"I just wanted to see the night. Come on, let's go back inside, you're freezing."
Finn didn't feel like arguing, he really was freezing, but he knew Rory was hiding something, he'd confront her later.
Finn was even more sure something was wrong during dinner. He sat next to her on the table and Logan happened to seat across from her. However they did not exchange one look during the whole dinner. He knew it wasn't because Rory was still mad at Logan, because he knew she wasn't, so something must have happened. Something must have happened outside. Lorelai must have interrupted something that was happening outside. He didn't like these thoughts, again Logan was an issue between him and Rory even though she promised he wouldn't be. But maybe that was a promise she just couldn't keep. He had never felt so sad in his life before and he was afraid of having a breakdown in front of everybody so he excused himself and left the table, leaving everyone with confused looks on their faces. Rory looked at her mother, who was sitting next to Logan, and she gave her a look telling her to follow him, so Rory excused herself and went after her boyfriend. She saw him outside, this time with his coat on, so she grabbed her own and went to talk to him.
"Finn? Is anything wrong?" she asked closing the door to the patio.
"I'm fine," he answered dryly.
"What are you doing here then? You didn't finish your dinner."
"I've had enough."
Somehow Rory knew he wasn't talking about dinner. "I don't understand."
"Of course you don't."
"Please tell me we're not going to have another fight. It's Thanksgiving, we're at my grandparents' house, now is not the time, Finn."
"I shouldn't have come. Why did you make me come?"
"I didn't make you come, I just invited you, it wasn't an obligation!"
"I'm sure you would have loved that! The both of you!"
"What's that supposed to mean?"
"You know perfectly well what that's supposed to mean."
"Oh, no, not this again. Finn, we've had this conversation!"
"Then why did you lie?"
"When did I lie?"
"What were you doing outside earlier?"
"Nothing! I told you!"
"Were you alone? Please don't lie to me, Rory."
Rory hesitated, "no."
Finn already knew the answer to his next question, "who was with you?"
"Logan."
"Why?"
"Let's not do this now, Finn, please, come back to the dinning room."
"Rory, why were you outside with Logan alone?" he repeated slowly.
"We were just talking, Finn, please, come back inside," she said, tears starting to accumulate under her eyes.
He gave a deep breath, "you're lying."
"No, Finn, I'm not lying, I swear, nothing happened, please, believe me!" she said now crying.
"Stop crying, Rory."
"I can't, not when you're talking to me like this. Please, Finn."
"I have to go," he said and left her standing there. He feared if he stayed there too long Rory would get to him and he would forget about everything, and he didn't want to forget.
Rory was crying, actually she wasn't crying, she was weeping soundly when her mother walked in.
"What happened?" Lorelai asked while hugging Rory.
"He left," she said between sobs.
"He left you or he left the party?"
"Both, I think."
"Did he tell you why?"
"He thinks I still have feelings for Logan," Rory said drying her tears.
"And do you?"
"Mom!"
"What? It's a legitimate question! If I hadn't walked in on you before, I'm sure you would've kissed!"
"Of course I don't have any feelings for Logan, I'm in love with Finn!"
"You are?" Lorelai asked a little surprise at this confession.
"I am," Rory said almost to herself, as if she had just figured that out.
"Have you told him that?"
"No."
"I'm guessing that would be a good opening line for your next conversation, of course, followed by a big heartfelt apology."
"I guess you're right," Rory said drying the remains of her tears.
"I'm always right, babe" Lorelai said, making Rory smile.
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Rory decided to go back to Yale so that she could talk to Finn, but her mother made her promise that she'd go to Stars Hollow on Saturday to tell her how everything went. She woke up on Friday at about 9, not that she was able to sleep a lot during the night, she kept thinking about Finn and what to tell him. She got herself a nice big cup of coffee and headed to his dorm, she didn't want to lose any time. She knocked on the door three times and called Finn's name twice until someone finally opened the door, this someone was Logan.
"Ace? What the hell are you doing here at 10 in the morning?"
"Is Finn here?" Rory said trying to ignore Logan's naked torso.
"No, he didn't sleep in, I thought he was with you," Logan said looking down.
"Well, he's not. Do you have any idea of where he might be?"
"I just told you, I thought he was with you."
"Anywhere else?"
"I don't know, he has some relatives in Hartford, maybe he's there."
"Damn it!" Rory exclaimed.
"Is everything all right?"
"No, nothing's all right, thanks to you!"
Logan looked puzzled, he was still half asleep so he was not really registering all Rory's sentences.
"Ok, don't know what you're talking about, but I'm guessing it's not something you want to discuss in the middle of the hallway. Would like to come in?"
"Don't know what I'm talking about?" Rory asked pushing Logan out of the way angrily and going inside his dorm.
"Nope, I don't," he said closing the door behind him.
"Oh, you're such a cynic, Logan!"
"A cynic!"
"You tried to kiss me last night!"
"You weren't exactly pushing me away, Ace."
"Stop calling me Ace, it's getting on my nerves!"
"Last night you said you missed it."
"Last night didn't happen."
"Then why the hell did you go outside and looked all worried cause I was alone all night?" he asked a little hurt.
"I don't know, ok!"
"Not good enough, Rory."
"It's good enough for me!"
"Oh, come on, stop fooling yourself, stop lying!"
"What's that supposed to mean!"
"You're clearly in denial!"
"I'm in denial?"
"Yes!"
"Please, enlighten me then."
"I know you still love me Rory, deep down inside, I know it's there. This thing with Finn, you're just doing it to get back at me," he said walking up to her and taking her hands.
"Stay the hell away from me! Don't touch me!"
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Finn woke up around 8. Well, actually, Finn stood up from his bed at around 8, since he did not close his eyes during the night. He kept thinking of Rory and their fight, their fight about Logan. Maybe he had overreacted, maybe nothing had happened. But Rory's eyes couldn't lie, he could see in them that she was hiding something. He put his hands on his face in desperation and decided not to think about it anymore, if someone had to apologize, that someone was Rory. He went to the kitchen, his aunt had made him some breakfast. He thanked her for the hospitality, promised to visit more often and went back to Yale. He walked slowly to his dorm, not really knowing what he would do for the next three days. He was about to open the door when he recognized the voices and heard Rory yelling at Logan to stay away from her. Finn thought about opening the door and see what that was about, but thought it over and decided to listen to the rest of the quarrel and see how that would play out.
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"Stay the hell away from me! Don't touch me!"
Logan took a step back, letting go of her hands.
"That's not why I went to check on you last night. I was just worried," she said a bit more calm.
"You were worried? About what?"
"What are you doing with your life, Logan?"
"What are you talking about, Rory?" he said impatient, not wanting to hear her analyze his life yet once again.
"I'm talking about you sleeping with random girls! It's not you!"
"How do you know about this?"
"Finn told me."
"Of course he did, the asshole. I knew he would go running to you and tell you I was sleeping with other people."
"Oh, shut up, Logan, this is not about Finn. This is about you and the stupid choices you're making."
"Stupid choices! You chose Finn! Wanna talk stupid!"
"Stop it, Logan! Why are you doing this? I'm just trying to help you!"
"Help me with what, huh, Rory? Move on? Forget about you? Not think about what you and Finn might be doing in your dorm room alone at night?"
"Stop!" Rory yelled, "don't blame me for your bad choices!"
"Why is it a bad choice, I don't get it? So you're allowed to sleep with other people, but I'm not?"
"First of all, I'm not sleeping with other people. Second of all, even if I were, it wouldn't be random guys, it would be my boyfriend, Finn."
"You're not sleeping with Finn?" Logan asked a little hopeful.
"No."
"Why not?"
"Not that it's any of your business, but I thought it was too soon."
"Well, you didn't think it was too soon when we started going out."
"And that worked wonders, didn't it?" Rory said sarcastically.
Logan was silent.
"Don't do this to yourself, Logan. I want you to move on with your life, but I don't want you to do it like this, I don't want you to act like this, sleeping with girls you don't even know the name."
"I've always been like this, Rory."
"No, you changed!"
"No, I changed for you! But I don't have you anymore!"
"But you don't have to change back."
"Why be like this, Rory? Why be this guy I turned into for you, if I can't have you?"
"But you'll find someone else!"
"I don't want someone else, I want you!"
"No, Logan, please, stop it!"
"Rory, you don't understand. I try, really, I try not to think of you, I'm trying to forget you, but I can't, I love you!"
"But I don't love you anymore! Let it go!" Rory said a little harsh.
"I don't believe you," he said. He walked over to where she was standing and grabbed her by the waist.
"Logan, please, stop it, let me go," she screamed, trying to hit him on the chest.
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Finn had heard enough. Logan had tried to kiss Rory, Rory didn't push him away. Logan said he still loved her and she said she didn't love him anymore. He thought the talk was over when Rory said that, but he was wrong. From Rory's cry he could only suppose Logan was forcing something on her, so he followed his first impulse.
"Get the fuck away from her!" he yelled after throwing the door open.
"Finn!" Rory exclaimed still in Logan's arms.
"I said get the fuck away from her!" he said even louder.
Everything happened so quickly. Finn walked over to them, anger burning in his eyes, pushed Rory away from Logan with his left hand while his right hand held Logan by the throat. Finn was just a bit taller than Logan, but it seemed as if he had grown a whole foot in just two seconds. He was breathing hard. When he made sure Rory was in a safe distance he pushed Logan making him fall down. He quickly stood up and Finn was ready to punch him when Rory held his arm, trying to get him to stop.
"Stay away, Rory," he said to her.
"Come on, Finn, it's not worth it, let him go," she begged.
"No, let him, Rory. Come on, man, take a swing!" Logan said in a challenging tone.
"Shut up, Logan!" Rory screamed.
But it was too late. Finn got rid of Rory's grip and hit him with a full blow on his jaw. The punch was so strong Logan fell down on the floor again.
"Finn!" Rory exclaimed.
"Don't get near her ever again," Finn said in a threatening tone.
"Or what?" Logan asked in the same tone.
"You really don't want to know."
"Come on, you guys," Rory said trying to calm everyone down, "nothing happened, everything's fine."
Logan stood up, Rory was getting desperate. "Oh, but I really do want to know," Logan said looking straight into Finn's eyes.
Finn didn't think twice and got ready to hit him again, but this time Logan was quicker and punched him in the stomach, making Finn bent down. "Come on, man, stand up!" Logan said.
"Logan! Finn!" Rory screamed helplessly while she watched the both of them fight. They didn't even know what they were fighting about now. It certainly wasn't because of what Finn had heard anymore. This was something they've been wanting to do for a while now. Seeing that they were literally at each other's throats Rory reached for the first cell phone she saw and called for help.
"Colin, they're killing each other!"
"Rory?" Colin asked in a sleepy voice.
"Who's Rory?" she heard a woman's voice ask in the background.
"Hold on," he said to this girl, "Rory? What's going on?"
"Finn and Logan! They'll kill each other, you've gotta come!"
"Where are you?" Colin asked fully awake.
"Their dorm!"
"I'll be right down."
Not five minutes later Rory saw Colin enter the dorm and pull the two guys apart.
"Oh, but this sad," he said shaking his head at the two of them. There was blood all over their faces and bodies. Finn's shirt had been ripped and Logan had almost lost his pants. "This is sad indeed."
"Shut up, Colin," Logan said through his fat lip.
"Hey, don't get hostile with me, I'm not the one who stole your girl!"
"Colin!" Rory exclaimed not believing that he'd be joking in a time like this.
"Sorry, bad time for a joke."
"You think?"
"Anyway, what happened here?" he asked looking around at the mess of their apartment.
"He was forcing himself on Rory. He was trying to kiss her!" Finn said.
"She wasn't really fighting it!" Logan replied.
"What are you talking about, ass? I heard her tell you to let her go!"
"You stole her from me!"
"I didn't steal anyone from you! You let her go on your own free will. You even got us back together! What the hell's your problem?"
"Come on, you guys, it's over now, stop it," Rory said.
"You got that right, it's over now," Finn said and walked out.
Rory didn't think twice and followed Finn out of the dorm, not even giving Logan one last glance.
"Rory!" Logan called when he saw her walk out.
"Give it up, dude. She's with him now, for real."
Logan lowered his head. "I know."
"Why did you do this? I mean, you went through all the trouble for getting those two back together and now you're trying to ruin it? What's wrong with you?"
"I don't know, I wasn't thinking. I mean, she came here because of Finn, that should've given me a clue."
"That? You should have gotten a clue a long time ago, man."
"Shut up."
"Seriously, now. You've gotta stay away for a while, give them some time to cool off. I'm pretty sure you're not their favorite person right now."
"How many times can a person make an ass of himself?"
"Hey, who's counting?"
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A/N: So, was that to your satisfaction? I just wanted to add something I didn't say on my first AN: REVIEW! Hahahaha Thank you for reading everybody!