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Chapter 6: Miracles Happen After All
At 8:30am Logan woke up to the alarm of his phone, fortunately he remembered to set it before he went to bed earlier. He reached to the night stand but was unable to move. At that point he remembered where he was and why he couldn't move. His beautiful girlfriend laid across his body, her brown hair was sprawled over his shoulder and chest. It tickled. He could feel her breathe and he felt… at home; like this is how he should wake up every morning.
The magic of the moment disappeared when Rory grumbled "Make that damn noise go away!" he voice was raspy and she sounded like a mother bear that woke up during her winter sleep.
"You'll have to get of me first, Ace. It's because of your body on top of mine that I can't reach my phone." he said with a smile in his voice.
She looked up at him and then looked at her position. A blush crept up her cheeks but she didn't get of him. She reached for his phone instead and handed it to him before lying back down on his chest. After he turned the alarm of he put his phone back on the nightstand and wrapped his arms around her.
He knew he could lie like this the entire day but he had to go. He promised Collin and Finn they would hang out today. They thought it was a good idea when he called them about it yesterday afternoon. He kissed Rory on her hair.
"I know, I know, you have to get going." she sighed as she got of him.
"Yes. Sorry. But if I don't go now I'll be late. I want to shower and change before we go." he said as he got up and started to get dressed. When he looked at her and saw her pouting he just had to kiss it away. After he stopped the kiss he looked at her with a pleading look in his eyes.
"Please don't look at me like that, Ace. I hate to see you pout but I really have to go."
Rory realized she was being egotistical and jumped onto her feet, almost knocking Logan down in the process. She walked to her bathroom to get her bathrobe.
"You're right," she said as she handed Logan his shirt "you should hurry up. You don't want to keep the men waiting. Besides, I'm going to Lane this afternoon and after that mom and I are going to have a movie night. We used to do that all the time when I still lived at home."
After Logan had put on his shoes she handed him his coat and opened up the door for him. He turned to her in the doorway and kissed her.
"I had fun, Ace. And that was one heck of a good night sleep."
"Yes it was." Rory whispered before pulling his head down for another kiss.
"Have fun and tell the boys I said 'Hi'" she said after pulling away. He gave her on quick kiss on her lips and walked away. Right before he turned the corner he looked at her once more and gave her a wink. After that he was gone.
Rory sighed and got back into her room. She had no idea Marty had been standing on the stairs and watched the entire thing.
Logan was surprised to see both his roommates having breakfast when he came in.
"Wow Finn, are my eyes deceiving me or are you really up at almost 9am?" Logan couldn't keep the surprise out his voice.
"No mate, your eyes deceive you not. I am gracing you both with my presence on this unnatural hour." Finn said with the air of a king before taking a bite of his eggs.
"Huh, I guess miracles happen after all."
"So," Collin looked up at his friend and felt a sting of jealousy going through his entire body. Fortunately he was good in hiding his feelings. "do you want to go over our plans now or do you want to take a shower first."
Before Logan could answer Finn asked; "You didn't shower at Ace' place?"
"Please don't call my girlfriend Ace, that's my nickname for her, you come up with your own. And no, I didn't. I don't have any necessities over there"
"Necessities?" Finn wondered, still being a bit slow due to the early hour.
"Yes, you know Finn" Colin chipped in "his beauty products."
"Oh, those!" Finn exclaimed with a grin on his face.
"Whatever, I'm going to take a shower. I won't take long." Logan grumbled a bit.
"Take all the time you need girlfriend." Finn said in a girly voice.
The slamming of the bathroom door was all the responds he got.
Rory sat on her couch enjoying her third cup of coffee, over thinking the night before when she decided to call her grandmother.
"Gilmore residence, Angelique speaking." A French sounding girl answered the phone. Rory was sure that last nights maid had no accent, poor thing.
"Hi, this is Rory Gilmore; I'd like to speak to my grandmother, please."
"Yes miss, one moment s'il vous plaît."
A couple of seconds later Emily answered the phone. "Hello, Rory, how are you?"
Emily asked. It was obvious that she was uncomfortable.
"I'm fine grandma, I actually called to see how you are doing. Is everything alright?"
Emily couldn't help but smile. Her granddaughter was one out of a million. Her kindness was insurmountable. She had almost ruined Rory's evening and here she was, calling her grandmother out of concern.
"Yes, I'm alright." She sighed. "I'm really sorry about last night, Rory. I have no idea what came over me. I hope you still had a pleasant evening."
"Yes, we had fun, I just wish you had been with us."
"So do I sweetheart, maybe I can make it up to you next Friday? And I am really sorry." Emily hadn't felt this bad in a while.
"I forgive you grandma, but I don't think it's me you should make it up to."
"You're right. I'll call your mother and Christa to see if they want to have lunch this week."
"That would be great grandma. I'm sorry, but I have to go no. I want to step by the newspaper before I go to visit Lane."
"That is fine. Enjoy your weekend Rory… and thank you." Emily said in a soft tone.
"You're welcome grandma. Bye."
They both felt a lot better when they hung up.
"Dragon Fly Inn. This is Michel speaking. How may I help you"
"Hello, this is Emily Gilmore. Can I speak to Lorelai please?"
"Of course, I'll go get her. One moment please."
Michel walked to the kitchen to find Lorelai. He found her having coffee with Sookie. Of course, where else would she be.
"Lorelai, you have a phone call. It sounded important."
"Okay." Lorelai said as she walked over to the phone. "Who is it?"
"They didn't give a name."
"Dragon Fly Inn. Lorelai speaking."
"Lorelai, this is your mother." she heard on the other line. She shot Michel a death glare and threw a grape at his head.
"Hello mom. What can I do for you?"
"Well…" Emily started, not really knowing how to proceed. "I was wondering if you have time to have lunch with me this week. I want to invite Christa too."
"And why is that mom?" Lorelai was still a bit angry and hurt about the night before.
"Because I would like to apologize to the both of you, but I want to do it in person."
"Oh." Lorelai said, taken aback by the fact that her mother actually wanted to apologize instead of sweeping it all under the carpet.
"I understand if you don't want to see me after my behavior last night, but I hope you give me a chance to explain myself." Emily wasn't used to pleading, but she didn't want to lose her daughter again.
"Actually mom, Chrissy and I are having lunch at 1:30, would you like to join us?"
"I would love to. Are we having lunch at the inn?"
"Yes we are."
"Alright, then you will see me at lunch."
"Okay mom, see you then."
"Oh and Lorelai…. Thank you."
When her mother hung up Lorelai just stared at the phone. She still couldn't believe that the woman she just talked to was her mother.
"Huh, I guess miracles happen after all." she mumbled to herself.
"What did you say?" Sookie asked.
"Oh nothing. My mom will be joining us for lunch so we'll need more food."
"Okidoki."
"So, what are the plans for today?" Finn asked after breakfast.
Both he and Colin looked at Logan who was enjoying his first cup of coffee.
"What? You want me to decide?"
"You mean to tell us that you don't have anything in mind? You didn't think this over?" Colin wanted to know. Right after he asked he thought of something. "This was all Rory's idea, wasn't it?" he exclaimed accusing.
The fact that Logan didn't look him in the eye was all the answer he needed.
"I can't believe you! The only reason that you wanted to hang out is because your girlfriend made you." Colin was fuming. He knew he was overreacting, but he couldn't help himself; this was the last straw.
"Rory didn't make me do anything. She just suggested this after I turned to her for advice." Logan yelled; he was getting angry now too. "And you want to know why I needed advice?" he continued "Because you have been acting weird ever since Rory and I got together. You even threatened me by telling me I could lose your friendship. What are you jealous or something? Is that it? You can't stand that I, the eternal playboy, have a real relationship and you don't?" Logan felt really angry and hurt. He thought Colin would be happy for him; it was the least he could expect from his best friend, right?
Colin saw the hurt in his best friend's eyes and he wanted to kick himself. He didn't want his jealousy to ruin his friendship. But he couldn't come clean about his feelings either. This was the closest to the truth Logan could come.
"I…" Colin started, not quite knowing what to say. "You really went to Rory for advice?" He knew how stupid he sounded, but it was the only thing he could think of.
Logan didn't notice the confusion in his friend's voice, he was still angry. "Yes I did. I was confused and I didn't know what to do so I turned to my girlfriend for advice, okay. Sue me." After that he walked into his room and slammed the door behind him.
"That went well. There's nothing like a good fight to start the day with." Finn said. He had been quiet during the whole thing.
When Colin sat down looking really defeated Finn just looked at him for a while. He sat back in his chair and crossed his arms.
"So, how long have you been in love with our reporter friend?"
Colin's head shot up and he looked at his friend in disbelieve. Was it that obvious?
Finn saw Colin wanted to deny it but he beat him to it. "Please don't insult my intelligence. I may be drunk a lot, but I'm neither stupid nor blind." He saw the unspoken question in his friend's eyes. "Don't worry, Logan has no idea. So, what are you going to do about it?"
"Nothing. What can I do? If I tell him I risk losing the both of them."
"Logan would never choose a girl above you."
"But he would never forgive me for ruining this for him either. Not to mention Rory, she wouldn't want to have anything to do with me."
"So you have to get over it mate, because if you keep acting like this you will lose his friendship." Finn stated very wisely.
"You're right. I'll go apologize to him right now."
"You should do that. I'll go get our climbing equipment. Ragged Mountain is calling our name."
"Just what the doctor ordered." Colin said as he walked to Logan's room.
He took a deep breath and knocked.
"Go away Collin. I've got nothing to say."
Collin walked in anyway and saw Logan standing in front of his window.
"Well I do." he said matter of factly.
"I'm sorry. I'm just not used to seeing you so… committed. It takes some getting used to. And yes, I am a bit jealous of what you have with Rory, I want that too."
Logan turned around and looked at his friend. He hated fighting with him or Finn.
"You'll find someone too, be patient. She won't be as great as Rory, but you shouldn't strive for that anyway. Nobody can compare to my Ace." Logan smirked, trying to lighten the mood.
Collin felt a sting of anger, but he knew Logan couldn't help it.
"I know, you're one lucky guy."
"Yes I am. So, ready to go and have some fun?"
"Always, Finn wants to go to Ragged Mountain."
"Sounds great, but I have a better idea. Ever been to an arcade?"
Rory was on her way to the YDN when she saw Marty coming over to her. She crossed the courtyard to meet him half way. She wanted to smile but failed when she saw the angry look on his face and the fury in his eyes.
"Marty.. Hi.." she started, but was interrupted by his harsh voice.
"Don't you 'Marty hi' me!" he grumbled.
Rory was taken aback by the sound of hate in his voice. She had never seen him like this before. She looked at him confused, but this only seemed to make him even angrier.
"Oh don't put on the innocent act please. I deserve better than that."
"Look Marty, I have no idea what your problem is, but I'm going!"
He stopped her by grabbing her arm in a rather aggressive way. "You're not going anywhere until I've said what I want to say." He looked furious.
"Let me go!" Rory cried out. This seemed to attract the attention of a few by passers, so Marty let her go.
"What is your malfunction!"
"Oh, don't you even dare to be mad at me. I'm the only one who has the right to be angry here. I saw you Rory, I saw you with him!"
"What! Saw me with whom, Marty?"
"I saw you with Huntzberger, he was coming out of your room this morning and you were kissing him, you…. you... WHORE!" he yelled at her.
"He's my boyfriend now Marty. And since we haven't spoke in a while I didn't get the chance to tell you. And I am NOT a whore!" Rory was fuming. Nobody called her a that!
"And then another thing. My love life is none of your business." She knew she was making a spectacle, but at that moment she really didn't care.
"It isn't! All this time you've been stringing me along! What was I you back up or something? Or do you just like being a tease?"
"I haven't been stringing you along!"
"Yes you have. Let me guess, after Dean you just got the hang of it so you thought to yourself 'why wait when I can have the biggest playboy on campus' huh. I bet you just hungered for sex huh, filth slut!" Marty was beyond himself with anger, he wasn't thinking straight anymore. All he knew was that Rory hurt him and now he wanted to hurt her.
He was brought back to reality when he felt her hand slamming across his face. When he looked at her his heart broke. He had lost her forever…
Rory looked at Marty and knew she had never been this angry ever before. When she spoke her voice sounded flat and cold.
"I've been standing here letting you call me the worst things I could imagine. I don't want to have anything to do with you ever again. I get that you had feelings for me, I get that now. But that is no excuse for your behavior. I'm with Logan now."
She looked Marty in his eyes and saw the pain in it. She didn't care.
"Goodbye Marty." All emotion was drained from her voice.
"Goodbye Rory." His voice sounded like the exact opposite of hers.
Marty walked away and Rory felt like she had just been beaten into a coma. After a few moments she realized she still had an audience and walked away. She had no idea where she was going and she didn't care.
"Finn please, please put on some other music. I hate this punk rock crap." Collin whined.
"No mate, how can you ask me to turn off the 'Dressy Vagabonds'? 'You shook me all night long' is amazing."
"Fine. Whatever." Collin's sulking had no effect and was quickly forgotten when Finn saw Rory crossing the street. She wasn't looking where she was going and looked extremely upset.
"Hey Logan, isn't that Rory?"
"Where?" Logan asked as he looked out of the window. As soon as he saw her he told Finn to pull over. He knew this could ruin his day with the guys but Rory looked bad and he knew she needed him.
As soon as Finn slowed down Logan jumped out of the car and ran after Rory. He saw she took a path that led into the park.
"Rory! Rory!" he yelled as he ran after her. She didn't respond.
When he reached her he grabbed her arm to make her stop. He turned her to face him and saw tears running down her face. She looked like a zombie. What happened!
"Rory? Rory, can you hear me."
It was like she looked right trough him; like he wasn't even there. After a few moments she seemed to come back to reality.
"Logan?"
"Yes, I'm here. What's wrong?"
As soon as she realized he was really standing in front of her the memories of her confrontation with Marty all came back. The hurt, the anger and the humiliation all came back at once. It was more than she could handle, more than she could bare. She broke down when she saw Collin and Finn heading her way. Logan caught her when she was about to fall and carried her to a bench. There he sat her on his lap and let her cry while stroking her hair and whispering calming words to her. He had no idea what happened, but whoever did this to her was going to pay.
Collin and Finn watched the couple on the bench from a few feet away. They were stunned. Rory's loud sobs filled their entire being. They had never expected to see her like this. This was Rory, strong, smart and witty Rory. The fact that somebody made her break down like this made them want to kill that person. They could only imagine how Logan must have been feeling.
After a while the crying decreased and Rory became aware of her surroundings. She knew Logan was holding her and when she looked around she saw Collin and Finn sitting on the bench next to the one she and Logan were on.
She felt hurt and vulnerable and she didn't like it.
"Logan?" she said with a small voice as she looked him in his eyes.
"Am I a slut? Or a tease? Am I a whore?" she was so confused and was wondering if there was any truth in Marty's words.
Logan couldn't believe she was actually asking him that. Who had said that to her and did they even know her! He felt anger bulge in his chest but knew that anger was the last thing she needed right now.
"Are you kidding me, Ace. Of course not!"
"But Dean and I just broke up and I'm already with you."
"First of all; you two broke up a couple of months ago. And second; moving on doesn't make you any of those things."
She sighed and he could tell she wasn't convinced, she doubted herself.
"Rory. Look at me." he said very sternly. "A slut is someone who sleeps around and a whore gets paid for it. You do neither."
"But I am a tease, aren't I? I mean, I've should have seen that Marty had feelings for me but I didn't. So by being nice to him I strung him along." He knew she was talking more to herself than to him. At least now he knew who caused all of this. He would make Marty pay for causing Rory so much pain and making her doubt herself.
"You're not a tease. Naïve? Yes. A tease? No. None of us think of you like that, you can ask Collin and Finn."
She turned to the two boys, all of a sudden remembering they were there.
"Logan's right, love" Finn said. "You're a kind and caring person. And yes, some guys can take that the wrong way. But that is their problem, not yours." he stated firmly, hoping to get trough to her. He wanted to rip Marty to pieces.
Collin looked at her and smiled. He hated to see her like this. But he was also struck by the obvious love that Logan had for her. When he saw him comforting her like that he knew that she belonged to Logan and not to him. He just wanted her to be happy and Logan made her happy. He also wanted to kill Marty, but there were better ways to take revenge.
"The only downfall you might have is that you're not aware of your beauty and the effect you have on guys. But that's also one of your charms. At least you're not arrogant or stuck up." he told her.
She smiled at them and then looked back at Logan. "Thank you. All of you."
She kissed Logan and stood up to kiss Collin and Fin on their cheeks. "You guys are the best, you know that? You gave me exactly what I needed. How can I ever thank you?"
"You just did." they all said at the same time. All four of them started laughing.
"So, you want me to take you to your mom?" Logan asked.
"Or to your dorm?" Finn suggested.
"Or you could come with us." Collin chipped in.
Rory looked at the three young men in front of her and smiled a loving smile. She cared so much about them and she felt blessed she had them in her life. She hoped things would stay like this forever.
"I'll be fine guys; you just go on as planned. I'm going to Stars Hollow to see Lane and my mom."
"You're sure?" Logan asked.
"Yes, I'm sure. Thank you for being here for me, I really needed it. But it think the best way to get over public humiliation is to just move on and don't think about it anymore."
"What do you mean; 'public humiliation'?" Logan wanted to know.
"Well, when Marty confronted me we were standing in the courtyard in front of the YDN."
Finn saw the anger in Logan's eyes and knew it resembled his and Collin's. Rory needed to be with her best friend and her mom and the three of them needed to have a little talk with Marty. But first they needed to calm down. The way they were feeling now Marty probably wouldn't live.
"At least let us drive you to your car, love." Finn said as he took Rory by her arm and led her to the black SUV.
When they reached Rory's car they saw Stephanie leaning against it.
"Hey Steph." Rory said as she walked up to the blond girl. "What are you doing here?"
"I heard about your run in with the bartender so I figured you could use a friend. And I know we haven't known each other that long, but I wanted to see if you're alright."
Rory smiled and hugged her. She couldn't believe how kind and caring Logan's friends were towards her, they had accepted her as one of their own and she loved it.
"I'm fine. These three took care of me." She pointed to the three boys who were watching them.
Steph smiled at the boys and turned her attention back to the girl in front of her. "Are they taking you on a 'cheer up' trip? They're really good at that."
"No, they actually were on their way to have some 'guys fun'. I just got in the way of their plans." Both girls smiled when they heard the boys protest.
"I'm actually on my way home." Rory continued. "Do you want to join me?"
"Really?"
"Of course. I'm going to hang out with my best friend, who is in a rock band, and tonight I'm going to watch movies with my mom. Nothing exciting, but a lot of fun nevertheless."
"I'd love to join you. But are you sure your friend and your mom will be okay with that?" Steph didn't want to pry or be an inconvenience.
"No way, they'll love it. Now, let's get going so these gentlemen can resume their previous activities."
Rory kissed Logan goodbye, thanked them again and then went on her way.
Logan turned to his two best friends. "So, you guys also feel like blowing of some steam?"
They both nodded in agreement. "Then let's go to the arcade." he said as he got into the car.
Once they were on their way Finn looked at Logan. "Want to pay the bartender a visit later this day?"
"Yes I do, Finn. Nobody hurts my girl and gets away with it." he stated with sheer anger in his voice.
Emily reached the driveway of the Dragon Fly the same time Christa did. When they got out of their cars they greeted each other in a rather uncomfortable way and went inside.
Once inside they were greeted by Lorelai who escorted them to their table.
"Sookie can't join us; there were some complications with tonight's dinner." Lorelai told them as they sat down.
"So…" she started, trying to break the ice.
"So…" Christa dubbed.
Emily felt the tension and knew it was because of her presence. She looked at both women and cleared her throat.
"Lorelai, Christa," she started "I want to apologize for my ridiculous behavior last night. I completely overstepped my boundaries because I was jealous. I forgot that the two of you have a history together and didn't know how to react. I'm sorry."
Lorelai and Christa were silent for a while and just looked at Emily. Then they both smiled.
"It's water under the bridge, mom. Or over the dam."
"Or where ever you want it."
After they got that out of the way they filled Emily in about dinner and just enjoyed their lunch.
Later that night Lorelai got home to a house filled with the delicious scents of all sorts of food. She could smell chinese, pizza and burgers from Luke's.
"Honey, I'm home." she yelled as she walked into the living room.
"Hey mom!" Rory yelled back. "We're in the kitchen!"
When Lorelai got into the kitchen she was taken aback by the big amounts of food. She looked at her daughter and her friend and asked; "Is the army coming over for dinner?"
Steph laughed and thought to herself that Logan was right; Lorelai was definitely a cool lady.
"Mom, this is Stephanie, Steph, this is my mom."
"So," Lorelai started after she shook Steph's hand. "what's with all the food. I mean, I know I can eat a lot and I know you can eat a lot but this is over the top, even for us. Do you have the appetite of King Kong Steph?"
"No ma'am." Steph laughed. "Rory needed some comfort food and we couldn't decide what would be best, so we just took it all."
"Sweet Stephanie, please don't call me ma'am. I'm not THAT old. Just call me Lorelai."
"Okay, Lorelai. And please call me Steph."
"Will do. Now…" Lorelai shifted her attention to her daughter "why do you need comfort food?"
"Well mom, that's a long story. So why don't you go change while Steph and I bring all the food to living room. Then I will tell you everything over dinner and we can watch movies after that."
"Okay. I'll be back in a flash."
"Your mom is really cool, Ror. You're Lucky." Steph told when Lorelai was upstairs.
Rory smiled. "I know, Steph. You're the third person to tell me that in two days."
Marty was sitting in his room, sulking. He kept thinking about his encounter with Rory and of ways to make things good again. But no matter how long and hard he thought, nothing seemed good enough. He had been terrible and couldn't forgive himself, so there was no way Rory would. His thoughts were interrupted by a loud knock on the door. He rushed over to it, hoping it was Rory.
"Rory?" he said as he opened the door.
"Yeah right. You think very highly of yourself, don't you?" was the answer.
Marty looked at the two guys in front of him and knew he was in trouble. In front of him stood Collin and Finn and they didn't look like they were at his door for some socializing.
"Come with us, please." Collin said in a way that left no room for refusal.
Marty was escorted to a parking lot. It was dark outside so the only light came from a few lanterns. When they reached a black Aston Martin V12 Collin opened the door to the passenger's side and told Marty to get in. Logan was in the driver's seat. His face expressed no emotion but Marty could tell he was furious by the tight grip he had on the wheel.
Not knowing what to do or how to act, Marty just sat in silence. His fear grew with every second that passed; this was Logan Huntzberger, after all.
"Hello Marty." Logan said breaking the silence. "How have you been?"
"N..n..not so g..g..good." he stuttered.
Logan knew the guy was scared to death and that was exactly what he was after.
"Are you scared, Marty?" Logan asked with a sadistic undertone in his voice.
Marty knew there was no reason to deny it plus he didn't want to infuriate Logan even more.
"Yes"
"Good, you should be." Logan's voice was as cold as the snow that was falling from the sky.
Marty just looked at him. The suspense was killing him. "Are you going to hurt me?"
Logan's chuckles send shivers up Marty's spine.
"You mean physically? No, that is beneath me. I just want to have a little talk with you." He finally looked at Marty. "Tell me Marty, did you enjoy hurting and humiliating Rory like that?"
"No, no, of course not. I've never felt worse about anything before." he stammered slightly. "I've been thinking about ways to make it up to her all day. I just can't think of anything."
"Of course you can't. Nothing can make it up to her, Marty. She trusted you and you just spit on that like it was nothing. I'm going to give you a little advice, Marty."
Logan kept saying his name, knowing how intimidating it could be.
"Stay away from Rory."
Marty expected this and knew he just couldn't comply. "I can't. I've hurt her and I need to make it up. I need Rory in my life."
"Listen Marty, I know you're in love with her, I knew when I saw you two at the coffee stand when you introduced us. But you can no longer be a part of her life. You hate me and the fact that I'm with her now. And if you're honest you know you can never accept our relationship. So it will be a matter of time before you snap again and hurt her once more. See, I just can't let that happen. Anyone who wants to hurt my girl has to go trough me, Marty. And you're not man enough to go against me." Logan knew he was being arrogant but in his point of view Marty didn't deserve kindness. Of course he didn't choose to fall in love with Rory but he did choose to hurt her.
"I can't. I need her in my life. Just as a friend if that's all I can get. I won't try to sabotage your relationship. I just need her to be my friend; you of all people should have to understand that." Marty told Logan.
"What I understand, Marty, is that you need your bartending gigs. Now, as you know, my family has a lot of influence and it takes only a couple of phone calls to make sure you'll never get a decent job in Connecticut ever again. Is that what you want, Marty?"
"You can't do this!" he exclaimed.
"Yes I can, and I will."
They were both silent for a while and Logan knew Marty was going over his options, or better said, lack of options. After a silence of almost five minutes Marty looked at Logan.
"Fine, you win. I'll stay away from Rory." he said as he started opening the door. He paused when he heard Logan say; "Please understand that I will ruin you of I hear that you've tried to contact or approach her."
"I understand." Marty grumbled. When he got out Collin and Finn got into the car and the three of them drove off.
As Marty walked back to his suite he knew he had brought this upon himself and that he was the only one to blame.
"Farewell Rory." He whispered as he passed her door on his way up.
"Wow." Lorelai sighed as Rory finished her story. She took her daughter in her arms and hugged her tight.
After they let go Lorelai knew Rory wouldn't want to discuss it any further. She felt like going to Yale and kick Marty's ass, but she knew she didn't have to; Logan would make sure the boy would pay. She made a mental note to call him tomorrow and ask for details.
"So, how are things going between you and Logan?"
"Great." Rory was glad her mom changed the subject. "I like to wake up next to him. I'm just afraid that sleeping next to me won't satisfy him for long. And I'm not sure if I'm ready to take the next step. I mean, we've only been dating for a week."
Stephanie looked at Rory and smiled. "Don't worry, Rory. Logan isn't the type to push girls. And he can be very patient if he wants to. Besides, this is his first real relationship, so I'm sure he doesn't want to rush either."
Lorelai saw the relieved look on Rory's face. "I agree with Steph. I know I don't know the guy that well, but I'm sure he knows very well that sex can be great but can also ruin things."
Steph nodded in agreement. "Yes, he knows that out of experience."
"So, have you gotten him an 'Overnight Kit' already?" Lorelai wanted to know.
"A what?"
"You know," Steph answered "a box or bag with everything he would need after spending the night at your place."
"Ehm, no. I had no idea that I was required to get him those things."
Lorelai and Steph both rolled their eyes.
"You're not required to do so.." Steph started.
"It's just a considered thing to do. And it will show him that you want him to stay over on a regular base." Lorelai finished.
"So, what's in a kit like that?" Rory wanted to know.
"What time do you see Logan tomorrow?" her mom asked.
"We're having lunch at 12:30. Why?"
"Because Steph and I will go to mall with you tomorrow and help you to put together your first overnight kit."
They chatted for a while longer and then watched the movies Rory and Steph rented.
Rory couldn't believe how well Steph fitted in. She actually seemed to enjoy herself.
"Huh, I guess miracles happen after all." she mumbled to herself.
"What was that, hon?" Lorelai asked.
"Nothing, mom."
Kinda took it from Spiderman2.
A/N: I realize that Marty is completly OOC in this chapter, but even the nicest persons snap at one time or another. Especially when they get their heart broken. I Chose to go this way because there wasn't a lot of room for Marty in my fic and this was a way for Rory to get closer to Logan and his friends. Please bare with me and keep up the RR.