Australian Love 5: I miss those times

AN: Oh my god!I'm sorry this took me so long; this chapter was for some reason hard to write,

Thanks to Michelle for reading through it and keep me motivated.

Disclaimer: If you think I own this then you're really stupid…lol (Don't own the beautiful poem/song either. That belong to Lene Marlin and her song called 'When you were around')

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Rory pulled away from Logan after only a few seconds. She turned around embarrassed.

"I'm sorry, I don't know what came over me…I didn't think. I shouldn't have done that. I don't usually do stuff like that…I'm sorry…." Rory rambled in one breath. Logan looked amused. Rory had kissed him…she had kissed him in the middle of a fight. Logan could still feel tingling on his lips and in his stomach. Who knew that a simple kiss from Rory Gilmore could make him all tingly inside?

"I shouldn't have kissed you like that. Why would you want me to kiss you? I…" Logan grabbed her arms and turned her around.

"Don't ever be sorry about kissing me ok?" he said and looked into her eyes. Rory took a deep breath and nodded her head. Logan pulled her into a hug and kissed her temple. After a little while he let go of her.

"Why did you kiss me?" he asked. Rory looked at her feet.

"I don't know."

"You don't know?"

"No…one minute I was so mad at you, then you called me Rory and all of a sudden I kissed you. I have no idea what made me do it" Rory said a little embarrassed. Logan let out a little laugh.

"It's ok Ace"

"Logan?" Rory asked quietly.

"Yeah"

"I want you to know that I do like you, but I don't want to rush into anything. We have a lot to figure out first." Rory said in a quiet voice. She really hoped he would understand; she didn't want to loose him again.

Logan looked into her deep blue eyes; it was like reading an open book about her feelings. He could see all her worries and fears about what she had just said. He knew she was right. They had to sort out everything between them before they could even start to think about going out together.

"I know what you mean Ace, and I like you to you know" he said. Rory let out a breath she didn't even know she had been holding.

"So…we should probably start sorting those things out right?"

"Right" Logan said as he started to get up from the floor, but something by his hand caught his attention. It was a picture. A picture of him and Rory the summer before he moved. They were at a huge playground, laughing while lying on top of each other in the sand at the bottom of the huge slide. He remembered that day. It was the day before he found out that he was moving. Lorelai had taken them to the playground and they had fooled around in the slide. They had decided to slide down it at the same time and had landed in a mess of limbs at the bottom. Logan had to smile at the memory. He was about to put the picture down when he noticed something blue on its backside. Something written with Rory's handwriting was written there. A poem.

I miss those times,
I miss those days
When you were around,
in so many ways
And it felt so safe,
and I was glad.
But now something's changed,
That makes me sad

If you're doing fine,
I don't know
You see, I gave up calling
long time ago
Haven't heard from you,
I guess that means
That I'm no good no more,
that's what it seems

Rory played with the hem of her tank top while Logan read the poem. She had written it when she was 14 and had lost all hope that Logan would return her letters or call her.

Logan looked up from the picture and over to Rory who was staring at her top. Had she really felt like that? So alone, sad and abandoned?

"Oh Ace" Logan said, grabbed her hand and pulled her onto his lap.

"The problem was to you were too good" he said and hugged her tight. Rory let out a sigh and rested her head on his shoulder.

"So how are Matt and Dylan? I haven't talked to them since before you guys started high school" Logan asked after a while. Rory let out a little laugh. Matt and Dylan had been their friends since first grade. After Logan left they had given themselves the title 'big brothers' and they took their job seriously. That and it was the fact that Logan had called them every once in a while to remind them to take care of her.

"As crazy as they've always been."

"So still pulling pranks, sleeping around and punching every guy who as much as puts a hand on you?"

"Pretty much. Although their pranks have improved a lot, they actually painted a classroom pink the year before high school. Both got shipped off to military school after that. How my grandparents still think that they are angels I don't know"

"How anyone thinks that Hartford's youth are angels I don't know." Logan said with a smile. Their parents and grandparents were really naïve sometimes.

"Good point"

"So they actually got shipped off?" he asked amused. Most parents threatened to ship their kids off, very few actually did.

"Yeah, they came back after a year though."

"New and improved?"

"Nope, crazier than before."

"Figures"

"Yup"

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An hour later Rory and Logan sat next to each other on her bed. 'Harry potter and the philosopher's stone' was playing on the TV.

"Tell me again why we're having a 'Harry Potter' marathon" Logan said.

"Because I decided that this summer we're going to watch some of the movies I know we would have watched together if you hadn't moved. It was either a 'Harry Potter' marathon or the Shirley Temple marathon we started when we were 8, but never finished" Rory said and took a bite of the muffin she was holding in her hand.

"Right" Logan said and took a handful of skittles.

"It's Leviosa not Leviosa" Rory said at the same time as Hermione did.

"How many times have you seen this movie?" Logan asked.

"I don't know, but I've read the books too, and some scenes just stick." She said with a laugh.

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Hours later both Rory and Logan had fallen asleep, Rory had her head on Logan's chest and he had his arms wrapped around her. If you asked them how they had ended up like that, they wouldn't have known the answer. It's funny how your subconscious moves you when you sleep.

Shirley looked into Rory's room before she went to bed. She smiled at the picture the two teenagers made. She turned off the light and closed the door. She had a feeling she would find those two like that many times this year.

AN: So there it is. I know it's a little short. PLEASE review. Hopefully the next chapter will be up a lot sooner than this one. I have a plan for it, and it involves Finn, Steph and Colin. (some crazy antics from Finn)

Review please.

Caroline