Australian love 1: Australia here I come!

AN: Ok so it's official; I'm nuts! Posting another story. But I just can't help it. They keep falling into my head and I have to write the ideas down before I forget them. And look at it this way, I've been writing this story for a while now, and I would have continued to so that even if I didn't post it. This way I can share it with you too.

Description: Rory and Logan knew each other as kids. They were both 8 years old when Logan's family moved and Logan was sent to a boarding school in Europe. They kept in touch for a while, but after some time lost all contact with each other. They haven't seen each other since they were 8. They are now 17. PS: there was a Dean, but they broke up before she left, there never was a Jess.

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Rory hugged her mom tight. This was the last time she was going to see her for a very long time. She was going to Australia for a year. A whole year without her mom, a whole year at a new school, living with a family she didn't know. It was exciting, but at the same time terrifying. What if she didn't like her host family? What if no one liked her at school? What if? Rory's head was working overtime. Over thinking and over analyzing the situation.

"Call me when you get there ok" Lorelai said. Rory nodded.

"I promise" Rory whispered. A voice over the loudspeakers said that it was time for Rory to get on board her plane. Lorelai swept the tears on her daughter's cheeks away with her thumb and gave her one last hug before they walked towards security.

"I love you mom"

"I love you too babe. Think of me every Friday when I have to go to Friday night dinner alone" Rory smiled and nodded.

"I will. Bye"

"Bye sweetie"

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Several hours later Rory's plane landed in Sydney. She looked out of the window nervously. In a few minutes she was meeting her host family, would they like her? If they had kids, would the kids like her? Rory shook her head. She had to stop thinking about what could go wrong and start focusing on what could go right. She picked up her carry-on bag and walked out of the plane. Once inside the airport she met her EF-contact Emma.

"Hey Rory, ready to meet your host family?"

"As ready as I'll ever be" Rory said.

"Good. Come on, they're waiting inside. Nick and Shirley have two kids, April who's almost four and Sarah who's 10 months old." Emma said as she led Rory through the airport. When they stopped Emma looked around for a little while before she pointed at a family.

"There they are" she said. Rory turned to look at them and smiled when she saw that the little girl called April was holding a poster that said 'Welcome to Australia Rory'. They walked over to them and Nick held out his hand.

"Hello Rory, I'm Nick Anderson. This is my wife Shirley and our daughters April and Sarah."

"Nice to meet you" Rory said a little shyly.

"April say hello to Rory" Shirley said.

"Hello Rory"

"Hello April" Rory said and sat down so she was the same height as April was. April looked at Rory for a little while before she said:

"Can I give you a hug?" Rory smiled and nodded her head. April put both her hands around Rory's neck and hugged her tight. Rory smiled and hugged the little girl back.

"I've always wanted a big sister, can you pretend to be my big sister?" April asked. Rory felt her heart do a little flip; no one had ever asked her that. And a little touched she answered.

"Of course I can" The adults looked at the scene in front of them and aww'ed.

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Half an hour later April led Rory through a house the size of her grandparents. She opened a door at the end of a little corridor, and Rory couldn't do other than gasp. The room was painted white with a hint of pink, not so little that the room was white, but not so pink that it screamed pink. All the furniture was white and everything matched. The bed was white with pink covers and pink and white throw pillows. On the wall next to the bed there were two big doors that led out to the little balcony. The curtains were thin and white with a flower pattern.

"This is your room" April said. Rory's eyes widened.

"You're kidding?" she said before she could stop the words.

"She's not kidding" Nick's voice said from behind her.

"Do you like it?" Shirley asked.

"I love it"

"Good, I was scared that you wouldn't like it."

"Don't worry, it's perfect"

"Here's your suitcases, you can put your clothes in the closet over there and the bookcases are here to be used. There's an internet connection over there by the desk. You can stay on-line for as long as you want. Make yourself at home. We're just outside in the garden if you have any questions" Nick said and placed Rory's suitcases on the bed.

"Thank you" Rory said as the others walked out the door. Shirley lingered at the door for a little while.

"The door through there is to your bathroom" she said and pointed at a door a meter or so away from the bed.

"I get my own bathroom?" Rory asked shocked.

"Of course you do" Shirley said as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Wow" Rory said. Shirley smiled.

"I'm gonna let you get all settled in, while I start on the barbeque."

"Ok" Rory said as she opened her suitcase.

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An hour later Rory had unpacked everything, and called her mom to say that she had landed safely and liked her host family. She was currently standing on her balcony looking around the neighborhood. A sudden scream and a splash made her turn her head and look towards one of her neighbors' garden. Three boys and a girl were fooling around in a pool. Two of the boys and the girl had blond hair while the last boy had brown hair. That was all Rory could tell from the distance she was. Suddenly one of the boys waved to her. A little surprised she waved back.

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Logan, Colin, Finn and Steph were having fun in the pool when Logan saw her. One of the most beautiful girls he had ever seen. He gave her a little wave and grinned when she shyly waved back.

"What are you grinning about mate?" Finn asked.

"Who's that girl?"

"I have no idea...Last time I checked that family only had two little girls, not someone our age."

"I call dibs!" Logan almost yelled.

"Course you do..." Colin and Finn muttered.

"Finn you like redheads" Logan said.

"That is true..."

AN: Do you like it? If you do I'll continue. April is just a name I like; it has nothing to do with the April on the show. Anyways PLEASE review. You'll make me a very happy girl if you do.

Ps: I promise to update all my stories soon. School is officially out so I'm free to do whatever I want.

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