Paris dropped the piece of toast that she had been buttering as soon as the front door to the apartment was shut. She was still having a hard time believing that Logan had just been standing in her living room smirking at her. No one except for Finn and Colin had seen Logan since he'd left three years ago for California. Even then they'd gone to visit him he hadn't come back home. She suspected that it was because he feared Rory would hate him. It wasn't impossible to believe that she would. He'd never told her he was thinking of not going to Yale. He'd only told her that he'd enrolled to Stanford after she'd found his acceptance letter. Paris smiled. She was glad he was back. Things had been different without Logan. Everyone had missed him. Rory missed him the most. She'd never admit that was true but it was. Paris grabbed the cordless phone off the hook and dialed Stephanie's number. It took four rings for Steph to answer. "Guess whose back!" she squealed into the phone.

Stephanie had been fast asleep when her phone had begun to ring. Colin must have been picking Finn up or something because she was forced to answer it herself. "Huh?" She was confused. Paris was squealing. Paris Gellar did not squeal. This had to be pretty exciting.

"Guess who was just standing in my living room." Paris replied. She knew that it wasn't fair of her to squeal into the phone. From the sound of Stephanie's voice she had still been asleep when she'd answered. Paris was going to contain her excitement.

Stephanie remained quiet on the other line trying to think up people for Paris to be excited about. "I don't know Ted Koppel. Was Ted Koppel standing in your living room?"

Paris laughed. "No but my God if he was then I'd really be squealing still this person is almost as good."

"Spit out." Stephanie was getting impatient. If he was almost as good as Ted Koppel then he was GOOD. She prayed she didn't come up with some stupid old author and that this was a legitimate interesting person.

"Logan Huntzberger!"

Stephanie gasped. "No…"

"Yes…" Paris assured her friend. She wasn't surprised that Stephanie was shocked. It was quite the news.

"Are you sure you weren't dreaming? Or that I'm not dreaming?" Stephanie questioned as she pinched herself. "Okay so I'm not dreaming. But you are you dreaming?"

Paris laughed at Stephanie's disbelief. "If Ted Koppel had actually been in my living room I would have been convinced I was but I know that he was actually here because he along with Rory just left the house."

"Do you know what this means?" Stephanie asked. She was now just as excited as Paris had been when she first called.

Paris smiled. Stephanie was always scheming. "That you are going to make sure Rory breaks up with that townie Dean so that she will unite with Logan and they will have charming blue eyed socialite babies?"

"Exactly." She confirmed as she grabbed a pair of jeans off a hanger and searched for a cute top. "Oh but don't forget the part where her kid marries one of my kids and then the four of us are related." Stephanie added.

"How are you going to make that happen?" Paris wondered how Stephanie could be so sure that this would work. Sure there were definite hardcore problems in Rory and Dean's relationship. Sure she had unresolved feelings for Logan, but still this was Rory. This was Rory the thinker and planner who didn't do crazy things anymore. The last time she'd followed her heart it had led her to Logan who in turn left her. Would she really be willing to do that again? Paris wasn't so sure that she would give into temptation…no matter how sweet it was.

Stephanie sat down on the couch of her penthouse apartment and sighed. She really hadn't thought that far ahead. She knew why Paris doubted her ability to accomplish her goal. Rory had a tendency to think twice about things. Logan was the only one who'd been able to make her do really crazy things. If Logan was charming enough then Steph's job would be easy. Then it hit her. She'd need reinforcements. Really all she needed was one person to make this job possible. It was obvious who she needed. Not Lorelai who was especially close to Rory but wasn't really dependable enough at the end nor was she pushy enough. No Stephanie would need the one and only Emily Gilmore on her side. "I'm going to go down to the coffee shop and "accidentally" bump into them. I'm going to make up some excuse about being so busy with everything. Rory is going to automatically try to help me out. She's going to grab this dress that I'd been looking at for over a week at Macy's. I'll get her to grab it for me and when she gets there she'll run into the one and only Emily Gilmore who will automatically assume that Logan and Rory are back together again. From there I don't know what I'll do. No matter what though Rory and Logan are going to get back together or I'm going to give Colin back his ring."

"Don't say things you can't actually follow through with." Paris warned her friend as she nibbled on her piece of toast which had grown slightly cold.

"Your right so I won't give back my 3.5 karat white gold diamond ring that would even make Jennifer Lopez's look raggedy. Even more reason to make sure that they're going to get back together."

Rory chattered as they walked down the road from her room to a small coffee shop right outside of the campus. It was a cold October day. There were leaves covering the ground. Logan had his arm wrapped around her shoulder and had pulled her close to his side. Logan wasn't even able to really listen to what Rory was saying. He was too distracted by her beauty. God was she beautiful. He knew that she hadn't spent long putting on her makeup. She looked so different from the girls he'd experienced in California. All of them were Barbie wannabes. Rory was comfortable in who she was. "Paris is dating the editor." Rory whispered to him.

"Is it part of her plan to take over his job or something?" Logan asked after being brought out of his thoughts by her sudden remark. Paris hadn't really dated anyone since her boyfriend at Harvard. He couldn't for the life of himself remember the guys name but he did remember that the guy was older but really seemed to like Paris weird, anal retentive, obsessive compulsive tendencies and all.

Rory laughed. "No she seems to really just enjoy hanging around him."

"What happened to…Harvard boy?" Logan asked curiously. The last time he'd spoken to Paris about the subject of her boyfriend she seemed madly in love, and ready to get married.

"God we were all so in love in high school. Don't you remember that night on my balcony?"

Logan smiled wistfully. What a night that was. "Of course I do"

Rory Hayden sat on her balcony drinking an iced coffee and reading one of her favorite novels "Valley of the Dolls." It was late in the evening and she was left to read by candle light. She didn't mind though. There were three weeks left until senior year started. She had spent most of the day with Stephanie preparing for their last year as Chiltonites. She'd found a cute Coach purse at some small vintage store in town. She was caught up in a sentence when her phone rang and disturbed her reading. She answered the phone in an irritated tone "Hello?"

Logan smiled. He'd just gotten inside his room. He'd spent the last few weeks reluctantly jet setting with his mother. As soon as he entered his room he noticed that Rory was sitting on her balcony reading. She was so predictable sometimes. He'd spent the last few weeks dreaming of her. There was something about the way her hair fell in her face when she was reading that just got to him. "Hey Ace. Whatcha reading?"

She looked up from her book and smiled when she saw him standing on his own balcony right across from hers. "Oh I'm rereading Valley of the Dolls. I'm a sucker for pill popping actresses. When'd you get home?"

"Three minutes ago. Pill popping actresses huh? Sounds like a good ole time. Mind if I come over." He knew there was no way she'd say no.

"If you'd like." She pretended to not care if he came over but deep down she'd craved a conversation with him since the moment he'd left. She smiled as she watched him climb down the trellis of his house and then proceed to climb up the one that led to her own balcony.

"I'd like." Logan smirked as he sat down next to her. "I brought you something."

Rory sheepishly smiled. He was always buying her things. "What'd you get me this time?"

He pulled out a bag that she hadn't noticed before and grinned. He handed her the bag and watched as she looked at it skeptically. "Open it."

Rory opened the bag and began to remove things one by one. First she pulled out a book. At first glance she thought it was just a book but upon further examination she realized it was a baby book. "What's this?"

"That is just a little something to chronicle the first year of Logan Jr.'s life."

Rory scoffed. "Logan Jr.?"

"I was thinking it could be Emily, after your grandmother, if it's a girl."

"You've got balls Huntzberger."

Logan smirked. "I would hope I had balls I do plan on creating children with you one day."

"Is this your way of telling me that you are ready to be a couple?" Rory could feel her heart pounding in her chest. Logan always had a way of doing this to her. He'd get her thinking that he wanted a committed relationship and then would make some jackass remark to contradict his earlier statements.

Logan looked past her for a moment. Was this really his way of asking her out? He'd thought about her everyday while he was gone. Sometimes he'd stand at his balcony window hoping to get a peek of her. He made excuses as to why he needed to talk to her. "Yeah I'm asking you out. What do you say?"

"I say…you better not be pulling my chain…and then I say yes." Rory smiled and then softly kissed him on the lips.

"There's more in the bag." Logan replied against her lips.

Rory kept kissing him but stopped long enough to say "They can wait."

"Things were so simple back then." Logan concluded as he opened the door to the coffee shop.

Before Rory even got a chance to respond she recognized a girly flirtatious laugh. She scanned the room for the person who owned that voice and smiled a sarcastic smile when she realized who was here. "Hey Stephanie." She greeted after leaving Logan to order her a plain black coffee.

Stephanie looked up from her magazine and pretended to be surprised to see Rory. "Oh my Rory I didn't think you'd be up yet. What are you doing here at this time of day?"

"I'm just grabbing a cup of coffee."

Stephanie smiled. "Oh did you come by yourself?" She thought it was funny the way Rory kept avoiding directly answering her question.

"No I came with a friend."

Stephanie smiled again this time in a more skeptical manner. "Oh yeah which friend?"

Rory took a deep breath and looked at him out of the corner of her eyes. He would be walking up soon. "Logan. I came here with Logan."

Stephanie pretended to be confused. "Logan who?"

"Logan Huntzberger your fiancé's best friend." Rory knew that at this point Stephanie was just screwing with her. There was no way to miss Logan. He was a little over 6 feet tall and had messy blonde hair. He had a tendency to stand out.

Stephanie cracked a big smile and then jumped out of her chair and proceeded to squeal. She had to make this look authentic. An over the top celebration is something that she would definitely do. "Oh that's so great! So when did you two get back together?"

Rory sighed. Talking to Stephanie sometimes felt like talking to her grandmother. She should have known that Stephanie would jump to the conclusion that they had reconciled. Everyone had wanted them to reconcile. Rory and Logan were one of the few couples in Hartford that actually treated each other like equals. They were competitive and ballsy. Outside forces made it hard for them. Logan couldn't take the feeling that they were always been watched and judged. He hated how fake people were. For once in his life he wanted to be treated as if he were no better than anyone else. So he chose Stanford. "Steph you know I'm with Dean. You know I've been seeing Dean for almost a year. Logan just came home to wish me a happy birthday and to hang out with the old gang. We aren't back together."

Logan walked up to the table holding two cups of steaming coffee. He knew that he had just walked in on a tense conversation. Rory was giving Stephanie the same shut up eye that she used to give him when they dated. It was such a cute look. If he told her that then he would have gotten the I'm going to kick your ass later look. Putting both of the cups on the table he accepted a big hug from Stephanie. "Oh Steph it's so great to see you again. Let me see the ring."

Stephanie held her hand out proudly. She loved to show off Colin's grandmother's 3 karat antique diamond ring. "So Logan I was just questioning Rory about you. Details Logan I need details about your trip."

"Awful forward aren't you Steph. Rory told you the truth I just came home to celebrate her birthday. I've missed you all and California isn't as great as it sounds in the brochures." Logan shrugged.

Stephanie watched him. She watched him talk. Then she watched him look at Rory. He looked at her with adoration. Sure he was home to just celebrate her birthday. Yeah and she was mother freaking Theresa. "Oh sounds lovely. Hey Rory are you going to be busy today?"

Rory looked at her friend skeptically. "Why?"

"Cause I need someone to pick up a dress for me. For Colin's mother's birthday party next Saturday. It's green. Could you do it for me I'm just swarmed today." Stephanie gave her friend an innocent look as she explained the situation. She prayed that Rory took the bite.

"Uh…Well…" Rory began to stammer as she tried to think up an excuse as to why she couldn't.

"Yeah we can do that for you…" Logan answered for her. He smirked at Rory's glare. He would do anything to spend more time with her.

Stephanie hopped up from her chair and gave him the biggest hug she could muster. "You enjoy every second you can get." She whispered into his ear. She knew why he said yes. He hated shopping unless he was drunk. Colin and Logan used to do everything they could to get out of shopping. The only kind of shopping that he liked was bikini shopping. "Thanks you guys. Well I better be going Colin should be home by now. The three of us will definitely see you tonight." She explained as she gathered her things to leave. She was smiling inside. No it was more like beaming. She loved those two together. They had to be together for her future to come true. No matter what happened her future was going to come through and Logan showing up was just further proof that they loved each other.

"Where was Colin?" Logan asked as he handed Stephanie her Modern Bride magazine.

Stephanie rolled her eyes. "He was picking up Finn from some girls apartment. Appears he went home with her and was too drunk to remember where he was. So he of course called dear old reliable Colin who drove over there and picked him up."

Logan laughed. Finn had a tendency of going home with strangers. Still it was unlike him to not be able to remember where the stranger lived. "Which store?"

"Huh?" Stephanie hadn't understood what he was saying.

Rory had been quiet this whole time watching the exchange it was funny how easily Logan just became a member of the group again. He hadn't been here for a little over three years but nobody seemed to notice that. He complimented and flirted with Stephanie the same way he always had. He'd made her coffee just the way she liked half a pack of sweet n low. She hadn't even had to tell him. It was like he'd never left. She found herself become more attracted to him as she stood there. Dean. Still there was Dean. She couldn't give in to her feelings for Logan. He wasn't reliable. He didn't even live here. Dean lived here. Dean was reliable. Dean wouldn't hurt her. Dean wouldn't leave her to move half way across the country. Still Logan was dreamy, suave, debonair, cocky, sweet, and charming. Logan had this control over here that made her want to scream. She still loved him for some unknown reason. She still needed him. "Did you hear that Ace?" Logan questioned pulling her out of her thoughts.

"What?" Rory was a little confused. She'd been so caught up in the debate on whether or not Logan was a suitable person to love. So far he'd been winning by long shot. The fact that she loved him kind of helped.

Stephanie grinned. She knew why Rory was confused. She'd been thinking about Logan. She should have known that her friend was daydreaming about the handsome blond by the dreamy expression on her face. "I said the dress was at Rosanna's."

"Oh okay. Just come over a little before the dinner party begins and I'll have it for you."

Stephanie gave Rory a warm hug and Logan a peck on the cheek. Just as she was about to leave them alone she turned and called over her shoulder. "Behave you two. Don't do anything I wouldn't do with Colin!" As soon as she was outside the coffee shop she pulled out her cell phone and the sheet of paper she'd shoved in her pocket. She dialed the numbers jotted down on the paper and then waited for someone to answer. "Hello I'm calling to speak to Mrs. Gilmore is she in? … Okay then I'll wait for her…"