The first half of the drive was relaxing. Rory told Logan about all the crazy townspeople, focusing on Miss Patty, Kirk, Babette, Morey, Sookie, and Jackson. They fell into a silence, and Logan noticed that Rory was a little tense.
"Hey, what's wrong, Ace?
"Nothing, really. I'm just worried about Luke. He didn't exactly get a very good impression of you at the wedding. He might try to hurt you."
"Naw, he wouldn't do that. I'll bet he's just a big ol' softie inside."
"Yeah, he is, but he would do anything to protect me and my mom. He tried to beat up Dean once, but mom stopped him." She explained, and then fell silent.
"Oh, why?"
"Well, he was my first boyfriend, and on out 3- month anniversary, he showed me this car he was gonna build for me, then he told me that he loved me, and when I couldn't say anything back, he broke up with me. Then, the next day, he was coming into the diner, and Luke tried to beat him up."
"Wow, I'd better be careful." He said with a laugh. "How many times did you guys get together anyway?"
"Well 3. There was that time, then about a month later, we get back together, but we broke up before Thanksgiving during my senior year because I kinda had a thing for Luke's nephew, Jess, and he was jealous, then he got married to another girl at the beginning of last school year."
"What about the third time; is that the time he broke up with you at the party at your grandparent's house?"
"Yeah. After school let out last year, my other ex- boyfriend asked me to go away with him, and I was really upset, and Dean was working with the crew at the Dragonfly, so we started talking, and he told me things weren't working with his wife, and we had sex."
"Wow"
"Yeah, I still can't believe it. But after that, my mom sent me to Europe with my grandmother, and I wrote a letter to Dean to tell him that I couldn't be with him, and Lindsay, his wife, found it, and she kicked him out, then we tried to be together, but, as you know, it didn't work very well."
"That sucks."
They finished the ride to Stars Hollow, and then took their bags inside. They decided that there wasn't enough time to fit in the grand tour of Stars Hollow before they had to meet Lorelai, so they decided to try to watch some TV before they left. Logan had Rory sitting with her legs across his lap, and they were just cuddling and kissing each other every once in a while. When Logan decided to make it a little more, Rory pulled herself on top of him, and after a few minutes, they pulled apart and Logan said
"So, is Dean someone else that I should worry about while I'm here?"
"Ummmm, I don't know, I think he avoids the places we spent time together, so we may not even see him."
"But if we do, do you think he's gonna get upset?"
"Possibly, I don't want to talk about this anymore."
"Okay. Its 6:10, do you think we should go?
"Sure"
As soon as they left the house, they ran into Babette and Morey, who were heading home. Babette ran over to hug Rory and said
"Rory, doll, how have you been? How's school? And who is this fine young man?"
"Hi Babette, Morey. I'm fine, school is fine, and this is my boyfriend, Logan."
"Well, Logan, nice to meet you, come give me a hug."
She moved towards Logan without giving Rory a chance to warn him, and gave him a big hug, making sure to grab his butt.
"Ummmm, Babette, Logan and I need to go meet Mom, so can you give me my boyfriend back, please?"
"Oh, sure, honey, come by before you go back to school, ok? Nice to meet you, sweetcakes."
"Nice to meet you guys, too." Logan said quietly, still shocked by Babette's grabbing his butt.
Rory and Logan continued their walk towards Luke's, Logan's arm around Rory's waist. Once they got to where they knew Babette couldn't hear them, Logan said
"Does she grab every guy's ass, or am I special?"
"She does it to every guy that she doesn't think will yell at her afterwards. So, nope, you aren't special at all."
"Well, I see how attached you are to me. Are there any more things I should worry about before we get any farther?"
"Yep, Miss Patty will do the same thing, Kirk will probably do something completely unexpected, and I will wonder why I didn't expect it for days afterward, and by the time we get to Luke's, the fact that I brought a boy home will be all over town, since Babette is the second biggest gossip in the town, next to Miss Patty."
"Ok, do I get a treat if I do well?"
"It depends."
"On…?"
"How well you do now." She said as she turned to kiss him.
"Well…." He asked
"Maybe."
"Can I get another try?"
"I guess." She said, feigning disinterest
He dipped her back and kissed her, just as a kid on a bike came barreling around a corner, knocking her into the grass. He sat down beside her, and he kissed her in a way that would have made her fall over anyway, then they got up, and went to Luke's.
When they got there, Lorelai jumped off of her stool, ran over to hug Rory, and then said,
"Hey, Limo Boy, what's up?"
"Nothing, Ms. Gilmo-"
"It's Lorelai; Ms. Gilmore is the evil woman who has tried to ruin my life every day since the day I as born."
"Oh, sorry, Lorelai." He said with a laugh.
"Now, I don't believe that you have met Luke since we found you undressing my daughter at the wedding, so Logan, this is Luke, Luke, this is Logan, Rory's boyfriend." Lorelai said happily.
"Hey." Luke said gruffly, not wanting to be nice to anyone that would try anything with Rory, his eyes in a near 'father with a shotgun' stare.
"Nice to meet you Luke." Logan said politely, offering his hand to shake.
Luke reluctantly took it, and then asked them what they wanted to eat.
"Coffee, burger, coffee, fries, coffee, pie. Oh, and some coffee." Rory said excitedly.
"Geez, are you trying to kill yourself by ingesting too much caffeine?" Logan exclaimed.
"Nope, just trying to make up for lost time with the miracle brew."
"Miracle brew?"
"Luke's coffee is the best in the entire universe."
"Ok; Luke, I'll take some coffee too, please."
"Gilmore coffee or normal people coffee?" Luke asked.
"Hmmm, I don't know, what do you recommend?"
"Are you willing to be up till 5AM because of the massive level of caffeine in your bloodstream? Wait, I don't even want to know the answer to that." He said, grimacing at the thought of Rory doing things with Logan that he did with Lorelai.
"So what do you want to do tonight, guys?"
"Movie night?" Rory said hopefully.
"Sure. What movie? Should we let Logan pick?"
"Ok, Logan, do you want to pick a movie for movie night?"
"Ummmm, how 'bout Rush Hour 2"
"NO!" yelled both of the Gilmore girls.
"You have lost all right to picking a movie until further notice." Lorelai said to Logan. To Rory, she said, "How could you possibly be with someone who would watch Rush Hour 2?"
"Hey- that is a good movie, it has fighting in it." He said, losing confidence with every word.
"I don't know; I won't be with someone who would watch it if he doesn't stop making such horrible suggestions for movies right now."
"Aw, Ace, you wouldn't do that to me, would you? You know how hard it was for me to finally realize how much I care about you, and you would be willing to throw that all away and take away my faith in the fairer sex for the rest of my life? I am truly hurt."
"Ooh, Logan, we're just kidding," Rory said, kissing him gently, "but we will never watch Rush Hour 2 or any movie that is anything like that."
"Ok, I give up"
"So… Casablanca?" Rory suggested.
"Ooh, ooh, Luke, you have to watch that with us. It's one of the few movies we don't make fun of." Luke looked at her oddly. "Most of the time." She added with a smile.
"Yay, how 'bout Logan and I pick up the movie, and you get the food, and we meet back at the house after we eat?" Rory asked.
"Ok" Lorelai said.
"But we're eating now." Logan interrupted.
"Oh my gosh, what have you been doing at that school of yours?" Lorelai exclaimed.
"Don't answer that!" Luke cut in.
"Luke, honey, you can't pretend that Rory is still eight years old, she's a woman now. Deal with it"
"Nope, can't do that."
"Fine, whatever, meet us at home after you close, ok?"
"Ok, bye."
