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Chapter 11: Secrets Unfold.
"I'll play with you." Rory responded in a cheery voice.
"Will you now, luv? Don't think my friend over here would appreciate it." Finn answered as he put an arm around Logan's shoulders.
"Ew! Gross me out, why don't you!"
"Trust me, luv. It would be far from gross. Right mate?"
"Right you are, Finn." Logan chuckled.
"And how would you know?" Rory tried to cover her embarrassment by diverting the attention to Logan. "Is there something you want to tell me?"
"Yes, Ace. Some not so refined girls like to kiss and tell."
"Especially when they think it would make Logan want some too." Stephanie chipped in.
"Really? Doesn't that bother you, Finn?"
"No, luv. I don't mind sharing. Besides, those girls are not known for their selectiveness, they're golddiggers."
Rory didn't like hearing about Logan's busy sexlife, fortunately for her Logan didn't like her hearing about it either. He knew that was behind him and that was where he wanted to keep it. He also didn't want her to feel any kind of pressure to sleep with him.
"Well, Finn, to get back to your proposal; I'm in for a drinking game, it's always entertaining."
"I'm in too." Steph said. "And so is Leroy." She put her arm trough his and introduced him to her friends.
"What about you two?" Finn asked Colin and Celia.
"We're in, this will be a great opportunity to get to know Colin's friends." Celia answered for the both of them.
"Great! Finn cheered. "Now, let's go find a quiet place to play.
They went upstairs and settled for one of the bedrooms. The seven of them sat down in a circle on the floor in front of the bed. Finn gave all of them a glass and filled them with tequila.
"Does everybody know the rules?" he asked as he looked around the circle. They all nodded.
"Good. Just remember, nothing but the truth, so help you God. I'll start."
He looked at his friends and the two new comers and smiled. He wanted to get all of them completely wasted, especially Logan and Colin. And Celia of course, maybe it would get his friend some much needed 'Get-over-Rory-sex'.
"Okay, I've never cheated before."
"I thought you said 'Nothing but the truth'." Logan commented.
"I've never cheated, mate. Seeing as I only had one girlfriend on whom I didn't cheat, I'm not lying. Now, drink up mate."
"Everyone, except for Celia, took the shot."
"Wow, Ace. Don't tell me my perfect and loyal girlfriend has strayed." Logan smirked.
"Just once. I kissed Jess once while I was still with Dean."
"So you're not perfect after all." Finn said, trying to sound disillusioned.
"Yes, I'm sorry, Finn." Rory smiled.
"Don't be, luv. Perfect is tedious."
Rory beamed a smile at him and then smiled at Logan. She remembered the night she told him about Dean and his reaction to the whole thing. She kissed him on the cheek.
"What was that for?" Logan whispered.
"Just for you being you." She whispered back before returning her attention to the game.
It was Steph's turn.
"I've never had an addiction." She stated.
Rory smiled and took her second shot. So did Finn.
Steph smiled, she wanted Rory to get drunk, just to see what she would be like. You're turn, babe." She smiled at Leroy.
"Well ehm, I've never… wore a skirt."
To Leroy's surprise the entire group took a shot. Rory felt that she was getting drunk, but she wouldn't give in, a Gilmore never gave up. She knew she would be really sick tomorrow, but her mom would fix that.
Next it was Celia's turn. "I've never watched porn."
Rory was relieved she didn't have to take a shot this round. The rest of them did.
"I've never been drunk before noon before." Colin smiled at Finn, who took another shot. It wasn't a big surprise that he was the only one.
"Your turn, Ace. Make it a good one." Logan smirked.
"Preferably one that will make Colin take a shot." Finn added.
"Hmm, I've never slept with anyone who was old enough to be my parent." Rory grinned.
Colin let out an embarrassed groan and took a shot. Celia looked at him with a frown on her face. "How old was she?" she asked.
"41."
"And you were?"
"17."
"Ew!" Celia shrieked "That's so gross!"
Colin ignored her and turned to Rory. "How did you know?"
"You told me, remember?"
"I did?"
"You did?" Logan interrupted "When?"
"Yes, when did I tell you, Rory?"
"When we went for coffee after you came to my dorm to apologize for that little stunt in my philosophy class."
"Oh my God, you're right." Colin exclaimed "I completely forgot."
"Well, I'm glad to know my presence is so memorable." Rory said in mock hurt.
"Trust me, Rory, your presence in more than memorable. I remember the coffee, I just forgot what we talked about, that's all. Now, Logan, your turn."
Logan had an eerie feeling in the pit of his stomach, like something bad was going to happen. But he dismissed it and smiled.
"I've never kissed a guy before."
"Everybody had to take a shot. Rory looked at Finn and Colin.
"Please tell me you didn't kiss each other."
Both young men bowed their heads. Finn mumbled; "It was a dare."
"And that's all we have to say about it." Colin added.
The rest of the group started laughing. To make them stop, Finn continued the game.
"Okay people. That was the warming up round. Let's make it a bit juicier, okay?"
They all agreed.
"I've never…" Finn started "tongued a family member." He declared.
Colin threw a fuming look in Finn's direction and took his shot.
"Oh my God, Colin! What kind of a freak are you?" Celia exclaimed.
"I didn't find out she was my cousin until after we kissed, Okay! And Finn, you'll pay for this one." He fumed.
Rory looked at Colin and felt a bit sorry for him. She knew those things could happen when you had a big family. Lane once fell in love with one of her cousins.
"Don't worry about it, Colin." She said as she put a comforting hand on his knee. "These things can happen. My best friend, Lane, who is Korean, once fell in love with her cousin. Of course it ended immediately when she found out they were related, but in with a big family it's hard to keep track." She smiled at him.
Colin returned the smile and felt much better. "Thank you, Rory."
"No problem, Colin."
Logan looked at his girlfriend and felt his heart swell with pride and… something else. Something he wasn't ready to name yet. He wrapped his arm around Rory and pulled her into a bear hug. "You're remarkable, Ace." He whispered in her ear.
Rory blushed a kissed him tenderly.
"Okay, okay, enough with the Danielle Steel moment already!" Steph interrupted the couple in mock annoyance. "My turn. I've never slept with someone who was married."
Rory head snapped up and felt her blood rushing up to her face. She hesitated, she didn't want everybody to know, but she didn't want to be a coward either. So she took the shot and noticed that Finn took his too.
"Guess you're far from perfect, huh?" Celia sneered; she couldn't really hold her liquor.
Rory was about to say something, but Logan beat her to it.
"We all make mistakes, Celia. And if this is Rory's biggest mistake, she's lucky. There are far worse thing people can do!" he stated. Before Celia had the chance to respond, he added; "Leroy, your turn."
Stephanie mouthed an 'I'm sorry' to Rory. Rory smiled at her and mouthed 'It's okay'.
Colin observed the girl next to him and saw she felt really uncomfortable. He felt the need to console her and almost placed his arm around her shoulders. But when Logan did it, Colin scolded at himself, remembering that it wasn't his place. He could feel he was getting drunk and welcomed the feeling. It would be nice to be liberated of the pain, even if it was just for a little while.
Leroy felt the tension and decided to lighten up the mood a bit. "I've never stripped." He smiled.
Finn, Steph and Celia took their shots.
"Looks like you're not so perfect either, Celia." Steph commented.
Celia just stuck her tongue out, like a two year-old and turned to Colin. "If you play your cards right, you might get a private show." She stage whispered in his ear. Colin smiled at her and placed a kiss on her collarbone.
"Can't wait." He replied in a husky voice. When he took a glance at Rory he saw her cuddling up to Logan. A pang of jealousy went trough his entire body. He knew he had to do something before it would become unable to hide is feelings, maybe he had to give Celia more attention. She could help him forget, she just had to. He moved closer to her and placed his hand around her waist. He placed softly his lips on her ear and whispered; "Your turn."
Celia could feel shivers running up and down her spine. She had liked Colin for a while now and couldn't believe that he was actually interested in her. She knew he was interested for the wrong reasons; to forget Rory Gilmore, but she would make sure he would only think of her after she was true with him. He just needed a few more drinks.
"Hmm, let's see, I've never kissed a girl before."
To her surprise the entire group took a shot.
Logan looked at his girlfriend in awe.
"What?" Rory asked in an innocent voice while batting her eyelashes.
"You kissed a girl?"
"Yes, but so did Stehp!"
"Yes, but hers was a dare, we were all there. What about yours, luv?" Finn inquired.
"Last spring break Paris kissed me, no big deal. Next!"
Colin looked at Rory with admiration in his eyes. I wonder if she has to take a shot with the next one.
"I've never had sex in a public place."
Rory frowned and leaned over to Logan. "Is a dance studio a public place?" she whispered in his ear.
"Yes, I think it is, Ace."
Rory giggled. "Okay, in that case." She hiccupped as she took another shot. "Guess I'm a naughty girl then.
Logan looked at his girlfriend and smiled. She was drunk, really, really drunk. He had seen her drunk after her grandparents little shindig, but that was an 'I need-to-be-cheered-up' kind of drunk. This was an 'I'm-having-fun-with-my-friends' kind of drunk. Plus he found out his Ace had a bit of a kinky side and that pleased him. Especially because it wasn't a slutty kind of kinky, it was a sexy mixed with innocence kind of kinky, in a way only Rory could be. He loved getting to know her better, it was like pealing an onion, she had so many different layers, so many different sides to her personality.
She also had a bit too much to drink, and so had his friends. And to be honest, he was feeling far from sober himself.
"How 'bout we finish this round, let Finn end it and then go back to join the festivities, huh?" he suggested.
Everybody agreed and waited for Rory to resume the game.
Rory looked at her boyfriend and started giggling again. She wondered… did he ever?
"Okay, I've never streaked." She kept looking at Logan and waited to see if he would take a shot. And he did. Rory's eyes went so big they almost popped out of her head.
"Tell me everything!" she demanded.
Logan looked into her big baby blue eyes and smiled. She was radiating with pleasure, which made her even more beautiful.
"How badly do you want to know?" he baited her.
"Very bad. Very, very badly." She declared melodically. She slung her arms around his neck and batted her eyes while she stuck her bottom lip out. "Tell me, boyfriend of mine. Pretty please?" she purred.
"Okay, I'll tell you." Logan conceded. "Last year the LDB and the CDL had a little challenge. We…"
"The CDL?" Rory interrupted.
"Yes the Coeur De Lion, another secret society."
"Wow, didn't know there were more. But, okay, continue."
"As I was saying; we had a challenge. A sort of scavenger hunt, like the one we did today. Only instead of clues, we had to find objects. You can imagine the nature of those objects."
"I guess you're not talking about your garden variety scavenger hunt- objects?"
"The LDB doesn't do 'garden variety'. Anyway," Logan proceeded "I was with Colin and Finn."
"Because no one else is good enough." Finn interrupted.
"Of course not." Rory stated dryly.
"Of course not." Logan agreed.
"On with the story Logan, I want to know the rest." Steph demanded.
"Well, we had to get the dean's portrait out of his office. While we were getting it of the wall we heard the campus police approaching. We had quite a predicament; we could either get out and forfeit the hunt or we had to come up with a diversion. Of course the first one was out of the question, so we had to go with the latter one. So I streaked, Finn and Colin got the portrait and we won the challenge." He finished.
Everybody started laughing as they imagined the scene in their heads.
Rory looked at him with a smile on her face. "But why were you the one who had to streak?" she wanted to know.
"We did the 'rock-paper-scissors' thing and lost." Logan clarified.
"Hmm, okay, your turn." Rory said as she kissed him on the cheek.
"Let's see.. I've never… had to beg for sex." he declared.
"Not yet, anyway." Rory snorted.
"Trust me, sweetheart, you won't be able to resist me that much longer." He baited her.
"Hpmf. I'll have you know I have excellent resisting- abilities." Rory huffed. "That doesn't mean I never get turned on, I just think sex is a very big step. But fooling around is always a lot of fun." She hiccupped slightly.
"Uhm..." Logan didn't know how to respond and just looked at her in awe. She is REALLY drunk.
"I err..." he tried again.
"Ha, look who went all monosyllabic on us." Rory chuckled.
Finally Logan regained his speaking abilities.
"Wow, those are a lot of big words for someone who's drunk." Logan smirked. Then he leaned over to her and whispered in her ear. "We'll have this discussion again when you're sober, and then we'll see who goes monosyllabic."
Rory felt shivers running up and down her spine when she felt Logan's breath tickle on her ear. Right then she realized she might just lose that discussion and she probably wouldn't mind, either.
The rest of the group had watched their little interaction with much amusement. It was always fun to see those two go at it. They were definitely each others equals when it came to bantering. Finn looked at the two while he took his fifth non-game-related shot.
"Okay, luvs. Why don't we finish this game so I can go downstairs; I feel another reenactment coming up. Maybe something in the Heat Ledger category."
"You're right, Finn. We should end it now, seeing as you hardly left anything in the bottle for two more rounds." Colin sneered.
"Whatever, Wadsworth. I've never…" he started while he kept his eyes on Colin "been in love with Rory Gilmore."
Colin looked at his best friend and saw the challenge in his eyes. He kept his gaze on him while he took his shot.
In the mean time Rory looked in wonder as Logan took his shot. "You're in love with me?" she gasped. Logan looked at her and smiled. He was about to confirm it when he saw Colin take a shot. His smile faded and was replaced with anger.
"You're in love with my girl!" he growled.
This struck everybody's attention and within seconds all eyes were on Colin.
Colin, who wasn't thinking clear before because of the large amounts of alcohol in his system, was immediately shaken out of his buzz when he saw his best friends face. "No, I mean, not anymore. I was in love with Rory, but I got over that before you two became a couple." He lied.
"So you're completely over her?" Logan wanted to know. Hesitation was evident in his voice.
"Yes, I assure you, Logan, it was just a phase. You've got to believe me." Colin pleaded.
Logan looked him straight in the eye and smiled. "I believe you, Colin. You're my best friend, if you say it's over than it's over."
They all got up and walked towards the door. Logan gave Colin a quick man-hug, complete with a manly slap on the back, and then joined Rory. He held open the door for her but she removed his hand and shut it after the rest had left the room.
Rory turned to Logan and placed her hands on his chest. She looked at him and smiled before she leaned in and kissed him. This kiss was different from all the other kisses they had shared before; it was more intense than Logan could ever have imagined. He instinctively opened his mouth when she sucked on his bottom lip. Their tongues explored and caressed every part of their mouths like it was their first kiss. Logan moved Rory so he could position her against the door, trapping her between him and the object. Rory moaned when he slammed his body into hers and moved his hands to her breasts. It was his turn to moan when she entangled her hands in his hair so they could deepen the kiss. As soon as Logan felt his pants tighten because of his arousal, realization hit him like a ton of bricks; they were both drunk.
He ended the kiss and disentangled himself from his girlfriend. Seeing her standing there against the door; her lips swollen and lust in her eyes, almost made him resume their previous activities. Almost. But he couldn't take advantage of her like that, not after the promises he made.
Rory looked at Logan and smiled to herself. She might have been drunk, but she knew what happened. She also knew why Logan ended it, which made him even more wonderful in her eyes. She walked up to him, placed her arms around his waist and laid her hand against his shoulder.
"So, you're in love with me, huh?"
Logan looked down so he could look her in the eyes. "Yes, I'm in love with you, Rory Gilmore."
"Good, because I'm in love with you too, Logan Huntzberger." She smiled as she pulled his head down for another kiss. This was one sweet, full of mutual affection. When they had to part due to the lack of oxygen, Logan placed his forehead against hers.
"Want to rejoin the festivities?"
"Yes, after all, it is our party."
A/N: In the next chapter I'll add some drama to the mix.
