A/N: I think that this story is coming to end and pretty soon. Let me know if you want a sequel though.

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"Logan I need you," Rory said knocking on his door frantically.

"Can I help you?" Logan's roommate asked opening the door and staring at her.

"Where's Logan?" she asked.

"I think he's at Colin and Finn's," he said shrugging but Rory was already down the hall.

She ran up the flight of stairs as fast as her Gilmore legs would carry her. "LOGAN!"

"Ace? What the hell is going on?" Logan asked trying to figure out what she was saying.

"I need your plane!" she gasped trying to catch her breath.

He stared at her for a moment.

"Logan…please?" she asked, her voice with a tone of begging.

He studied her for one more moment. "Come on," he said pulling her back down the hall, down the stairs, and out into the parking lot.

"Where are we going?" she asked confused.

"To the airstrip," he said and climbed into the driver's side while she got in the passenger's side.

Logan pulled out his cell phone and Rory could tell he was talking to his pilot and arranging the trip.

"Done," he said and hung up the phone.

"Logan thank you so much for this!" Rory breathed.

"We're friends…it's supposed to be this way."

Rory smiled shakily not quite believing that she was about to chase after a crazy guy who she had fallen for somewhere along the road.

"Maybe you should call somewhere there and tell them you're coming?" Logan suggested.

Rory nodded and pulled out her phone. She wasn't sure who to call but then realized that Erin was the clear choice.

"Hello?" a male's voice answered the phone.

"Is this Colby?" Rory asked.

"Yes, who's this?" he asked confused.

"Colby, I know that Erin's phone has caller ID and I know that Finn is either with you or on his way so you can't tell him," she said quickly.

"Right…here's Erin," he said and Rory could tell he was completely clueless.

"Rory?"

"Hey Erin."

"What's this about Finn being here?" the Aussie asked.

"We got in a fight…well sort of. He's on his way there right now to cool down and I'm about to leave too…I have to get to him," Rory explained.

"You're chasing Finn to Australia?"

"Yes…I know it sounds completely crazy but I it's something that I have to do. Things didn't go the way I had hoped and I have to fix it," Rory confirmed.

"Does he know you're coming?"

"No…and I would appreciate if you didn't tell him. But I assume he will be coming to Sydney instead of staying with his parents so keep him close," Rory requested.

"Of course…call me when you get in and I'll pick you up," Erin said.

Rory was relieved that this girl was so easy to accept things. She knew that Erin probably didn't understand what was going on but she was willing to help anyway. That meant a lot to Rory.

"Ace…this is all my fault," Logan apologized again as they waited for the plane to be ready.

"You were trying to protect me…I can't be mad at you for that," Rory sighed.

The pilot told them that the plane was ready.

"Good luck…call us when you get there," Logan said pulling her into a tight hug which she returned gratefully.

"I promise," she said.

He kissed her on the cheek and she boarded the plane feeling weird being the only one on it.

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"Rory!" Erin called waving from by her car in the parking lot.

"Hey…thanks so much for picking me up," Rory said hugging the girl. She barely knew Erin but she knew that she was a good person who she could trust.

"Don't worry about it. Finn got here about eight hours ago," Erin informed her.

"Did anyone tell him I was on my way?" Rory asked.

"Colby's the only one that knows and I made him promise not to tell," Erin said smiling.

Rory sighed. "I don't even know what I'm going to say to him. I don't have the right to say anything."

"What do you mean? Of course you do, you're his girlfriend," Erin pointed out.

Rory suddenly remembered that Colby and Erin still thought she was with Finn.

"Erin…I have to tell you the truth…Finn and I aren't together," Rory admitted.

"I know, but don't worry you'll make up and get back together," Erin tried to comfort her without realizing that Rory didn't mean that they had broken up.

"No…I mean we were never really together. We were just friends when we came down here," Rory explained further.

"Why would you lie about it?" Erin asked confused.

"He wanted to see all of you again but he didn't know if you guys would let him hang around. He was afraid that you would all think that he was back for you but he didn't want to steal you back or anything. Then I needed to get away from Logan so we just left and then met you and we lied about it," Rory rambled.

"Why did you need to get away from Logan?" she asked.

"He liked me and wanted to get with me so I was avoiding him," Rory replied.

"I don't believe you. You and Finn were so in love…you guys are either the next big thing in acting or you truly do love each other. There's no way that you can fake feelings like that," Erin protested.

"I'm not making this up. And before we came down I had a little crush on him but he didn't want me. Then we started hooking up down here and I thought we had a chance to be together. Right before we went home he asked me to be his girlfriend and I said no because I thought he just wanted sex.

"Then when we got back I tried to take it back and he refused me this time. So I was really upset and then we went to the same party at Stephanie's one night and hooked up. Then when I woke up he wasn't there and I thought he had just left me there so I left but Logan got me to tell him what happened.

"So Logan went back and hit Finn then found out that Finn had just left to get me coffee for when I woke up. So Finn went to the hospital and got his nose fixed and Steph told me what happened so I tried to find him but then Logan told me he had come down here so I borrowed Logan's plane and here I am," Rory went off into a ramble again.

"Wow."

Rory just nodded.

"I…don't know what to say. I just seriously can't believe that you two weren't together…I could see it in your eyes," Erin said after a moment.

"I wish."

The girls sat in silence just stewing in their thoughts until they pulled up to the curb ten or fifteen minutes later.

"He's down there," Erin said pointing to the ocean.

Rory saw a small brown-haired figure sitting in the sand staring out at the sunset. She took a deep breath and set off.

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A/N: I would write more but I have an appointment to get my last cast off! Ryan and I are going to that and we may be back and write some more later. The rest should be up soon!

Ryan's Note- Thanks for all the support. Updates may be a little sporadic over the next week or two…Lara is starting school again on Monday so she's probably gonna be real tired. This story is probably almost over. We were thinking like another chapter or two and then another chapter about like the scenes of the future…sound good? Thanks and God Bless –Ryan

P.S. Please keep the West Virginian miners' families in your hearts and minds…thanks