Rory looked over at Colin and frowned. He was staring out the window as if he was lost. She knew that he was worried about his relationship with Stephanie. That was obvious by the way that every few minutes he would shake his head and sigh. He was probably remembering their relationship. It was definitely a tumultuous one. So tumultuous that it totally caught Rory off guard when Logan told her about Colin's crush on Stephanie. She was shocked. They'd always argued so much about everything.
Rory was quietly reading a book about the Kennedy's in the back of Chilton's large library. In one hand she held a highlighter and with the other she fiddled nervously with her hair. The novel was getting to her favorite part of the Kennedy's history. It was beginning to discuss Robert's children. She turned the page and started to read but suddenly someone covered her eyes. "Guess who?" they whispered playfully in her ear.
She bit her lip. "I don't know. Is it Peter Jennings?"
Logan laughed. "Yes that's exactly who it is. Peter Jennings, your favorite newscaster here to sweep you away to a news desk." Logan sat down in the chair across from here. "Still seriously Peter Jennings? That is really a little weird Ace."
"Aren't you supposed to be in Accounting right now?" Rory asked knowing full well that he would totally bullshit her into being okay with him cutting class.
Logan smirked. "Ah but you see I have a little sheet of paper saying that I am allowed to be here because I am retrieving my notebook from you."
"Why would I have you notebook?"
Logan smirked a little more. "Because I put my notebook in your book bag this morning while you were getting another coffee and before you ask why I put my notebook in there it's because I have a secret to tell you."
"Why didn't you tell me this morning?" Rory was intrigued. Logan always had good secrets.
"Because I had to wait until I knew you wouldn't be able to see Stephanie. See you see her first period which means you would have wanted to tell her this secret and some way somehow you would have accidentally let the cat out of the bag. So I figured hmm how do I keep you from telling her? Well I tell you now because you won't see her for the rest of the day." Logan explained with ease. There was something hot about his cockiness which made him even cockier.
Rory rolled her eyes. "Fine I'll admit I do have a tendency to tell Stephanie secrets. So go ahead tell me. I promise I'll attempt to keep it. I'm dying Logan you have got to spill the beans."
"Well what are you going to do for me if I tell you?"
Rory smiled and then whispered in his ear. "I won't make out with you for an entire month if you don't tell me and if that isn't enough then how about I will also tell Colin that you were the one who dumped the bubble bath stuff in his hot tub."
"Colin has a thing for Stephanie actually he has a huge thing for Stephanie. Huge as in he wants to be her escort for the ball. He talks about her all the time and he even skipped his favorite show on Bloomberg News to help her with her French." Logan whispered into his girlfriend's ear.
"That is huge. Wow. Oh my god. You have got to be kidding me." Rory was shocked. She couldn't believe it. Colin and Stephanie had a hard time being in the same room with each other for more than ten minutes.
"I wish I was joking, but I'm not. So this is the time where I take my notebook and I go back to class before Mrs. Peterson sends the National Guard for me." Logan kissed her tenderly on the lips before grabbing his notebook and turning to leave. He was almost out of sight when he turned around and mouthed the words I love you to her.
Rory sat there in her chair in awe. Wow Colin and Stephanie. Next people were going to tell her that Ethel Kennedy's nephews didn't kill that girl.
"You know Colin there's nothing to worry about. This how thing is going to blow over in no time."
Colin looked over at Rory and sighed. "I wish that was true but for some reason I have this feeling like this fight is going to pull us apart instead of bring us together. I can't keep dealing with all of the shit that she pulls Rory."
"I used to think about Logan all of the time. I thought that this was the one that was going to really do it. It was really going to end us. Then something dumb would happen and it would all be forgotten. Colin she loves you. Plus Bryan can't afford to take care of her."
"Stephanie and I have never been like you and Logan. I wish we could say that we were but we weren't or rather aren't. I remember the first time we met. You had come to Andover for the weekend to celebrate Logan's birthday. You walked into the room carrying this big box and wearing jeans and a sweater. I remember watching Logan watch you. There was this look in his eye that said whoa. We were in eighth grade. He was already talking about going to Chilton. When you had gone to the bathroom I asked him if you were the reason he was going to Chilton and he didn't bother to try to lie. Instead he simply said yes. Stephanie and I don't have moments like that. We've always sort of somehow just managed."
Rory kind of laughed. She couldn't believe he thought that she and Logan were the perfect couple. "The thing is Colin Logan and I never fought in public. We saved our anger for private moments. We were better at pretending to be happy than you and Stephanie were. I love Logan. I always have loved him. I probably always will love him. That's all that matters. If you know you love them then that's all that matters." Rory pulled into the parking lot of the driving range and smiled. She had almost forgotten the day he asked her to homecoming. It had been so long ago.
"You know Logan nine out of ten girls would have refused to go shoot some balls at the driving range. They would have also told you that it wasn't really an appropriate date." Rory replied as she placed another ball on the small tee and grabbed her nine iron out of her bag.
Logan went behind Rory and fixed her stance so that she was more even with her ball. He loved watching her play golf. There was something about the way she looked when she was focused on that small ball that drove him crazy. "Well luckily I'm with the one girl that is willing to play golf."
Rory smiled and then hit the ball as hard and as far as she could. She loved to play golf. She went with either Logan, her grandfather, or her father at least once a week. She went into her bag and grabbed another ball and saw that it had some small writing on it. She brought it close to her face and saw that it little black letters it simply said HOMECOMING? She looked over at him with a confused look on her face. "Is this your way of asking me to homecoming?"
Logan nodded. "Is this your way of accepting?"
"No this is." Rory said simply before pulling him close to her and then passionately kissing him on the lips.
"I like that way better." Logan whispered just before kissing her again.
"You want to get in a couple of shots before we leave?" she asked Colin as she started to get out of the car.
Colin looked back at Finn who was fast asleep in the backseat. "Yeah sure but just a few because the last thing we need it be arrested or something at the driving range because Finn can't hold his champagne."
A young guy wearing a bright blue polo smiled warmly at the pair as they walked up. He looked down at the small picture on his desk and realized that she was the girl he was supposed to give the clue to. ""Hi what can I do for you two today?" he asked as if he knew nothing about a clue.
"I think a guy left something here for me." Rory was having a hard time containing her excitement. She hoped that it wouldn't take too long to find all of the clues. She was dying to see what he left her.
The guy explained that before she was allowed to get the clue she had to be able to hit the ball all the way to the 450 ft. marker. Rory sighed. Logan had been smart. He wasn't going to let her just breeze through this little hunt. She took the nine iron and balls that Logan had left for her and then went to the very first area. She was just about to swing when she realized that she couldn't do it in the heels that she was wearing so she took them off and handed them to Colin. It took her eight tries before she could finally reach the 450 ft. marker. When she was done she smiled triumphantly at the man and received her next clue. "He better not have made them all this hard." She muttered under her breath as she read the clue as she walked to her car.
Six hours later she was on the very last clue. To receive clue number three she had to eat an entire plate of shrimp fettuccini alfredo and a whole piece of cheesecake, because that was what the two of them always shared whenever they went to Giovanni's their favorite date restaurant. To receive clue number four she and Finn had to paddle boat across the lake and back because it was in said paddle boat that Logan had first told her that he loved her. The easiest clue to earn was clue number five because all it required was for her to drive to her family's home on Cape Cod because that was the place where they became as close as two couples can become which was the way she put it into of saying having sex. Now she was driving back to Connecticut struggling to figure out the answer to clue number six. It said in bold letters the place where I realized I wanted to spend the rest of my life with you. At first she thought maybe it was in Cape Cod but soon she realized that it couldn't be. All of the drama had finally caught up with Colin meaning he no help because he was fast asleep in the back seat of the car where Finn who was now driving had once slept. Finn decided to go easy on her. After everything she had to do to earn the clues he knew she deserved a break.
"He wrote you a letter once Rory. Do you remember that? He wrote to you while on a sailing trip." Finn hinted at the answer. He knew she was too tired to think of that on her own. Even Finn who knew Rory and Logan's story better they did themselves didn't know the answer.
Rory suddenly realized the answer. She also realized that Colin and Finn had helped him plant the clues. Before she had thought it was little weird how unsurprised they were at all the places. Now it all occurred to her. "The last clue is planted on The Socialite. I can't believe you knew all of the answers and didn't tell me. So come on make it up to me and tell me what my present is."
"Nope love I can't tell you your present. That would ruin the surprise. Logan put too much time and effort into this whole shebang for me to do that."
Rory looked at Finn with a shocked expression written all over her face. "That was the most responsible thing you've ever said. I mean really. Oh it looks like my little Finny is growing up." Rory joked as she lightly pinched his cheek.
Finn looked over at her offended. "I am still a child thank you very much. My father reminds of that point nearly everyday."
Rory almost jumped out of her seat before the car had come to a complete stop as soon as they reached the docks. You could tell she was just about to burst. You could also tell that she had no idea that Logan was leaving her a ring. She grabbed Finn's arm and forced him to run after her as they searched for The Socialite. It was the fifth from the last boat in the harbor. She ran onto yacht and searched for the clue as if she was a little kid searching for her Easter basket. When she found the clue she sat down on one of the seats and slowly opened it. "So this is the last clue my darling. You don't have to leave to find your present. I'll make this one an easy one. Where do we spend most of our time whenever we take the boat out?" Rory got up from her seat and went into the cabin where she saw a large box. She opened it and realized that he was going to be an ass and pulled the box within a box within a box trick. Eight boxes later she saw a small black velvet box and gingerly picked it up. She slowly opened the lid and then she-----
That's where I'm going to leave this chapter. I think I will have about three more and then this story will be done. I'm sorry that it took me so long to update I just couldn't figure out where I wanted to go next. I tried to include the memories so everyone could get their Rogan fix. I thought the name of the yacht was especially brilliant. I'm joking. Thanks for reading. I don't know if this was my best chapter. Sorry I didn't describe each clue in such detail it was just I didn't want to draw it out too much. Please review I love to read them!