Rory woke up around 8:30 on Sunday morning, and felt completely happy, feeling Logan's arms around her, and then the events of the previous night's events came flooding back to her. She still couldn't believe what Dean had done, and she was so relieved that Logan wasn't giving up on their relationship because of it. She just laid there until she heard Lorelai bounding down the stairs, then she got up to get some of the coffee that she knew was about to be made.
"Hey, honey. Did you behave yourself last night?"
"Moooooom. Do you have to be so crude? And yes, I was a good little girl last night."
"That's good. Here." Lorelai said as she handed Rory a mug of coffee.
"So, what's been happening around town?" Rory asked, taking the mug.
"Well, Miss Patty decided that she wants to do a salute to vaudeville. Taylor is still harassing Jackson for running for selectman. Kirk is working and staying at the inn, because, as you know, has been appearing in people's beds because he moved out of his mother's place, and Lulu is won't let him stay with her because she's worried about the appearance of an unmarried teacher cohabitating with a member of the opposite sex. I swear to Bob, those two are meant for each other."
"Bob?"
"Yes, Bob."
"Ok, whatever. You really trust Kirk in the inn without you there?"
"Yes. But only because there is a baby monitor in his nightstand and the night staff listens for any weird activity in his room."
"Mom, that's called invasion of privacy."
"Rory, that's called protecting my property."
"Fine, whatever, I'm need to go get a shower."
"Ok. I'm gonna go see Sookie. Why don't we meet at Luke's for brunch in an hour?"
"Sure, but I think we're gonna leave right after that. I'm not sure Logan will want to stick around much longer."
"That makes sense. See you later."
Rory left to get her shower, and when she got out, she went back to her room to wake Logan up. When she got there, she climbed into the bed with him and started kissing his forehead.
"Mmmmm, why must you torture me so?" Logan said once he realized where he was.
"Because the thought of kissing you and making it hurt tortures me." Rory answered.
"I don't think it will hurt. I can barely feel it anymore."
"That's probably because it's swollen and numb."
"So it won't hurt when we do this." He said, pulling her into a long, slow kiss.
"Stop it. I don't want to hurt you anymore."
"You haven't done anything to hurt me, Ace."
"Yes I have. I brought you here and I let Dean get to you."
"It was my idea to come here, remember?"
"But I'm the reason you wanted to come here."
"So?"
"So it's all my fault that your lip is busted and you have a black eye."
"No. It's all Dean's fault."
"But I put you in the situation to let Dean do this to you."
"Rory. Calm down. These things happen."
"So you're used to jealous ex-boyfriends of your girlfriends?"
"Actually, since you're my first real girlfriend and all of this is new to me, no, but I'm ok. You should be, too."
"But it's not ok. You're hurt and it's my fault. And I still think you should be mad at me. I'm so sorry, Logan."
"Its fine, Ace. I'm fine. We're fine. Everything is fine. Except maybe Dean's head."
"What's wrong with Dean's head?"
"He's crazy about you."
"What's wrong with that?"
"You're taken."
"Oh. But how can you not be mad at me?"
"Because I remember doing this every time I consider being mad at you." He said as he kissed her again.
"Stop. I don't want to hurt you."
"Are we really gonna go through this again?"
"If we have to."
"Rory."
"Logan."
"Rory."
"Logan."
"Ok. This is boring; let's go do something."
"Ok. We're supposed to meet my mom and Luke in 20 minutes, so should we get our stuff together and drive back to school from there?"
"What about my grand tour?"
"I thought you might like to wait till you don't have to explain the bruise around your eye to everyone, and I don't want everybody to think that I am dating some loser who got beat up in some bar brawl."
"Ha. That's funny. If I got in a fight at a bar, Finn would be there, and he would knock the guy out before he got a chance to throw a punch."
"I can believe that." Rory said with a laugh.
"See, there's that smile I've been missing all morning."
When Logan and Rory arrived at the diner, Luke already had a plate of pancakes and an omelet waiting for them.
"Aww, Luke how did you know that I had a hankering for a pancake-omelet sandwich? But you forgot to make something for Logan."
"Hardee har har." Logan said sarcastically.
"So, which do you want, Logan?"
"I'll take the very special omelet, as long as it doesn't get stuck in the pancakes."
Rory and Lorelai shared look when they heard the words 'special' and 'omelet' together, then started laughing.
"What's so funny?"
"Its just that the special here was French toast for a long time, then, one day, Luke changed it to his 'special omelet' and mom ordered it and changed everything just to give him crap about it."
"That's sounds hilarious."
"It was, especially when Dean came in and ordered it without knowing what it was, and Luke got sooooo mad at him. He almost kicked him out."
"I wish he had." Logan muttered.
"Sorry. I shouldn't have mentioned him."
"It's ok. He was a big part of your life for a long time."
"Yeah, but that part of my life is over now."
"But you still think about it. And you should think about it."
"But I'm with you now, and he hurt you."
"But he's changed since then. He could have great back then."
"He was. But he isn't anymore. I hate him now."
"But I'm fine, you shouldn't hate him."
"Ok. Let's eat."
"Ok."
They ate their brunch, then said goodbye to Luke and Lorelai.
"Bye, hun. Give me a little more notice next time you decide to come so I can have Jess here waiting to knock Logan out, ok?"
"Mom!"
"Hey, I'm just trying to make light of the situation."
"There is no light in this situation."
"He doesn't hate you, does he?"
"No." Logan and Rory both said, Rory sounding unsure of herself.
"There's the light."
"Ok, Mom, I get the picture. Bye. Bye, Luke."
The ride back to Yale was relatively quiet. Both Rory and Logan were still tired and they were just thinking about everything again. When Logan stopped in front of Branford Hall to drop Rory off, he kissed her lightly and said
"I'm not mad at you, you know that, right?"
"Yeah, I think I do. But I'm still surprised that you aren't."
"Then you really underestimate my ability to not let myself get emotional."
"Ok. See you tomorrow?"
"Yeah, I'll be the one holding your coffee."
"Ok. Bye."
"Bye."
