Australian love 3: Love, Hate Relationship
AN: You people are GREAT! Man, I've never gotten so many reviews before!
Ok so a little info to you people. Last summer I was on a language travel. I lived with a British family for three weeks, and some of the things I write are stuff that actually happened to me. Some of the conversation between Rory and Shirley is taken from a conversation between me and my host mom. Sam and Joe if you ever stumble across this; You guys rock and were the best host family ever!
Oh and let's not forget Laurin and Michelle, you two are awesome.
Disclaimer: Yeah sure, and my mom is the queen of Norway. (Which she's not)
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As soon as the bell rang all the students hurried out of the classroom. Logan and Rory still had trouble wrapping their heads around the fact that they were both there in Australia. Logan was the first one to break the awkward silence between him and Rory.
"So Ace, how come you are here? Emily and Richard didn't send you away did they?"
"No...Do you seriously think they would have managed to get my mother in on that?" Rory said with a smile, grateful that he asked a simple question. Logan smiled back at her, god she was beautiful.
"No, not really. If I remember correctly Lorelai is extremely stubborn"
"You've got that right"
"So how come you're here then?"
"Every year my high school picks out two students that are offered the opportunity to go to school in another country. This year my sort of friend Paris and I were picked."
"Sort of friend?"
"We have this love hate relationship" Rory said and shrugged.
"I think that's the first time I've ever heard that someone hate you." Logan said.
"She doesn't really hate me...I think."
"So where did she end up?"
"England...So...How did you end up here?" Rory asked before the odd tension and silence returned.
"Well, I met Finn, Colin and Steph at the first boarding school I was sent to. We became friends and somehow talked our parents into letting us go to the same schools"
"Schools? Logan Huntzberger were you a little trouble maker?"
"You bet. Well anyways. Finn decided that this year he wanted to go to school in Australia, so we decided that we would tag along."
"Have you been here before?"
"Nope, Finn comes back every summer though. But that's only logical. I mean his parents live here"
"Do you live with them?"
"Yup"
"So what did you guys do when Finn was in Australia?"
"We went home to our parents too, and sometimes we'd travel around on our own" Logan said.
"Oh..." Rory said quietly. So he had been home in America, and even traveled around, but not once had he come to see her. He knew where she was, she never moved. It was him who always moved around. She felt her eyes start to water and blinked a couple of times.
"Listen Ace, how about you, me and a movie tonight? We can talk and catch up. And I'll tell you why I never visited, ok?" he said when he saw that she was on the verge of tears. Rory looked at him with tear-filled eyes and nodded. Logan smiled and hugged her. He knew he had hurt her by not keeping in touch, but it hadn't been an easy task for him either. He just hoped that she would understand when he explained.
"Wanna have the movie night at my house? That way we can be alone." Rory suggested.
"Perfect, so I'll come over around 6?"
"Ok, I'll have the movies and food"
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After school Rory walked into the garden where Shirley, April and Sarah were.
"Hey" she said and sat down in one of the chairs.
"Hey, honey. How was school?" Shirley said and placed her book on the table.
"Extremely...I don't know how I can describe it. Let's just say I got a big surprise"
"Oh yeah? What was the surprise?"
"There were four other kids starting the school too, and one of them happened to be a good friend of mine...one that I haven't seen in 7 years" Rory said. Shirley looked at Rory with big eyes.
"That's not something that happen everyday" she said.
"You can say that again. Is it ok if he comes over here tonight?" she asked.
"Of course it is Rory. You don't have to ask. This is your home now, if you want to bring friends over you bring friends over. The only thing I ask is that you are a little quiet after the kids have gone to bed"
"Thank you. We will. Don't worry." Rory said and hugged Shirley.
"I gotta call mom, she'll have a blast when she finds out that the boy I told her about is Logan."
"Is this the same boy as the one that lives a few houses down? The one you told me about"
"Yeah" Rory said with a little smile. Shirley chuckled, funny how life can turn out sometimes. As Rory walked back to the house Shirley couldn't help but think how lucky they had been to get Rory as their exchange student. You never know what kind of person you end up with, they had really been lucky to get a girl like Rory.
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Rory flopped down on her bed and grabber her phone. She didn't care how much this was gonna cost; she needed to talk with her mother.
"Who ever you are you better have a good excuse for calling me at this hour" Lorelai mumbled into the phone.
"Mom! The guy I told you about goes to my school! And guess who he is! Logan, mom. My Logan. Logan Huntzberger!" Rory rambled.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Stop right there kid, stop and rewind. What were you saying about Logan?" Lorelai said and sat up in her bed. Had she really heard what she thought she had heard? Rory took a deep breath to calm down.
"Remember the guy I told you about?"
"Yes"
"Well guess what? Today was my first day at school and apparently these kids were new also. So we were all standing in front of the class introducing ourselves, and when I said my name, One of them yelled 'you've gotta be kidding me' then he said 'hey Ace'"
"Oh my god! Logan really is there, I thought I heard you wrong the first time. What are the chances of you two running into each other in Australia?"
"Apparently they're big" Rory said and rested her head against the wall.
"So what happens now?" Lorelai asked.
"We're having a movie night tonight. Other than that I have no idea"
"Hey Rory?"
"Yeah?"
"Didn't Logan check you out that day you saw him and his friends for the first time?"
"Ehh..."
"Rory and Logan sitting in a tree, K-I-S-S-I-N-G..."
"Mom!"
"Sorry, couldn't help it. This is getting expensive kid. Call me tomorrow after the movie night ok?"
"Ok. Love you mom."
"Love you too kid" with that they hung up and Rory sighed. Logan had checked her out that day; she had even heard him yell something about dibs. She had checked him out too; she had a feeling that this movie night was going to be eventful.
AN: So there you have chapter 3, I hope everyone like it. Next chapter will be the movie night. Please review. I absolutely love the response so far. The more reviews, the faster there will be a new chapter.
Caroline