An: Hey guys! I'm trying to keep a steady updating pattern. Not much to say.

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Craving of the day: Back to Taco Bell; needless to say Mark is not pleased.

Colin slowly crept into the penthouse. He was instantly was greeted by the laughing faces of Rory, Finn, Lorelai and Steph. He gasped and jumped back from surprise. They noticed this and started laughing.

Lorelai looked down at her stomach laughing. "I'm not that big!" she shrieked in laughter.

Finn stood up. "It's my hips isn't it? Dammit!" he exclaimed throwing the bag of marshmallows down.

Rory laughed nervously, still afraid that Colin hated her. Steph just laughed because she was having a lot of fun with the bunch.

Colin walked over to Rory. "Hey, can we talk in private for a minute?" Rory nodded and followed him into the home office.

"So?" she asked.

"I'm sorry." he blurted out.

"I just didn't know what I did wrong." Rory said quietly.

"Nothing! You did nothing wrong! I was just upset. You know how Steph and I are dating?" she nodded, "Well, the night we got into a fight, Steph and I had got in a fight."

"I understand." Rory said, still a little unsure how she came into this.

"No, you didn't let me finish. Steph had talked about breaking things up, claimed the student/professor thing was too much." It finally clicked in Rory's mind.

"Oh." she said.

"Yeah, I was just worried about Logan. Just sticking up for a buddy, ya know?" Rory nodded.

"So, are things okay with you and Steph?" Rory asked carefully.

Colin waved it off. "Yes, of course."

Rory nodded still a tad uncomfortable. "So, we're okay?" Colin smiled.

"C'mere. We're great." He said pulling her into a hug. Rory was happy again. She felt safe with them.

They pulled apart and Colin smirked.

"There's actually a reason i'm here." Colin stated.

"Yea?"

"I'm supposed to help Logan with this 'contest'." Colin said laughing. Rory smiled.

"Oh really?"

"Yep, I was supposed to do it secretively too." Colin said laughing harder.

"Well, that worked out great. "Rory said sarcastically.

"Anyway, you'll probably see what i'm doing but could you humor me and stay on the couch out there until i'm done?"

Rory looked confused. "Um, okay."

"Great!" Colin said leaving the home office and Rory followed after to go back to watching the movie.

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"So, what do you think Logan's having him do?" Lorelai asked after they heard another crash and decided to turn off the movie. This was more interesting.

"Don't know." Rory said nonchalantly.

"Really?" Steph asked. They had decided to invite Steph to movie night.

"I know what he's doing." Finn replied in a gossiping school girl tone. All the girls leaned in.

"OOOhhhh, what?" Lorelai asked.

"He's gonna move all of Logan's work out equipment into the bedroom, most likely in front of the bed." Finn said casually.

Steph and Lorelai laughed.

"Pssh! He thinks that much of his body? Rory can handle that. She has self control. Right, Ror?" Lorelai asked.

Rory looked at her popcorn, apparently finding it very interesting right now. "Ummmm." Rory started.

"Rooory!" Steph squealed.

"What!"

"What do you mean by ummm?" Lorelai asked.

"Well, there was this one time that I had an early class and Logan was purposely being distracting. I wouldn't listen, though. Well, Logan hadn't given up and he walked out from his shower in just a towel. I couldn't resist! He usually comes out fully clothed!" Rory said covering her face.

Everyone laughed. Lorelai wiped away fake tears. "This is a proud day. This is the day I discovered my daughter is a big horn dog." Lorelai said chalked full of fake emotion. Rory screeched.

"Mom! I can't believe you just called me that! You didn't see him!" Rory wailed.

They continued the rest of the night laughing and plotting. Finally Colin was done and him and Steph left. Finn decided he better start his drive to his sister's so he could get there by morning. Lorelai fell asleep on the couch and Rory covered her with a blanket before heading into Logan's bedroom.

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Logan got home around 6 the next morning. He had missed Rory so much. He was glad to be home. He unlocked the door and he startled a groggy Lorelai on the couch. She sat up. "You must be Logan." she said walking over and shaking his hand. "I realize that the handshaking is usually a guy thing but I can't really hug you because i'm really round." Lorelai said bluntly. Logan laughed.

"You must be Lorelai." he said with humor in his voice.

"Yes, I just want you to know that i'm happy Rory found someone like you. The age is a little off but who cares. Just don't hurt my baby and if you make her round like this before a ring on her finger then I will go tarantino on your ass. Got that?" Lorelai asked.

"You bet." Logan said.

"Well, I must be going now. Give Rory a kiss for me, preferably no tongue and it was nice meeting you." Lorelai said tossing him a wink before leaving. Logan shook his head in amusement. Her mom was definately a trip. He walked through the junk food massacre in the living room and headed straight for his bedroom. He found Rory on top of the covers curled up next to The Fountainhead. He gave her a kiss on the forehead. Damn the stupid contest. He slipped off his shoes and curled up next to her, pulling the covers over both of them.

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Logan woke up again around one. He rolled over and came face to face with and empty bed. He got up and changed his clothes. He walked out into the living room. It was clean. He walked into the kitchen to find Rory sitting at the table eating whipped cream...off her finger. Logan knew she was serious about this contest, but he also knew Rory was naive enough not to know that him watching her do this would drive him mad.

He decided to play it off cool. He would get her back later. "Hey, Ace."

She looked up and smiled. She ran over and jumped in his arms. "I missed you." she mumbled into his neck.

He loved having her in his arms. He reluctantly gave her a kiss on the cheek. She frowned. "You woke up next to me." he said.

"I know." She had gotten some whipped cream on his neck during the jump and got an idea. She began sucking on his neck. He groaned and put her down. "Sorry, I got whipped cream on your neck." Logan nodded and went to go take his shower. His cold shower. Rory smiled. It didn't take much. Nope, not much at all.

AN: Well, I liked it. So, there ya go. Chapter 17.