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angel6 aka trinigyal: She told Logan what Mitchum said, but not that she was dropping out. That's what I think she should tell Logan. He wouldn't want her to. (Or so I think…)
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Disclaimer: I'm not going over this again.
After her mother left, Rory picked up her cell phone. She held down 2 and listened while her phone dialed the familiar number. She paced the room while listening to the rings. She counted them out loud. "One… two… three… four…" After seven rings, the answering machine kicked in.
"Hey, it's Logan. Leave a message. If this is Finn, your voicemail's full again, man! We're meeting up at Colin's, so be there at nine. Don't be late. And erase those stupid messages!"
Rory laughed slightly, then at the beep she said, "Hey, Logan. It's me. I need to talk to you, so just call me back."
She sighed and sank back into bed. What was she going to tell him?
The ride back to the Hollow was silent, but filled with happier thoughts than the previous drive. Lorelai was confident that both Logan and Paris could give Rory a better perspective on her situation. She was sure that neither of them would want her quitting college. And she was right.
Rory's cell phone rang a half-hour later. She picked it up from the bedside table and answered it. "Hello?"
"Hey, Ace."
"Hey, Logan."
"So, you need to talk to me?"
"Yeah…"
"Talk."
"I'm not going back to Yale next year."
"What? Ace, come on. You have to." A wave of realization hit him. "It's about what my dad said, isn't it?"
She couldn't find it in her to lie to him, so she kept quiet.
"It is. I'm going to kill that son of a bitch!"
"Logan, please. It's not his fault. He was just telling me what I needed to know."
"I'm sorry, but I don't think he needed to crush your dreams like that."
"He wasn't. He didn't think I had it, so he told me before I got too far in. He was doing me a favor."
"No, he wasn't, Rory. He wasn't. Telling someone they're incapable isn't a favor." Logan grabbed his jacket. "I'm gonna go talk to him. I'll call you later." And he hung up.
"Logan-" but she was cut off by the dial tone.
Luke pulled into the Gilmore drive. He put the truck in park and turned to Lorelai. "You're free on Saturday, right?"
"Yeah."
"Well, I was thinking we'd go out. To dinner. On Saturday."
"That sounds nice."
"So I'll pick you up at seven."
"Seven's good." She stepped out of the truck and shut the door. He quickly rolled down his window and called out to her.
"Lorelai?"
"Yeah?"
"Dress fancy, okay?"
"Does this mean you'll be all 'GQ'd up'?"
He just smiled. "Goodbye, Lorelai."
She waved as he pulled away. He had a special evening planned. A very special evening.
Sorry for the shortness, but I wanted to end it here. I think I'll have more on the Rory/Logan situation next chapter. I'm not really a Rory/Logan fan, I much prefer Marty. But where did Marty go, anyway? I wonder…
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