A.N: I'm so sorry that I posted this so late! I got tied up last night andI signed off beforeI posted at midnight like I usally do!

Someone asked me when is this story going to live up to it's rating and well...I planned on having some sceces in the future but changed my mind and this story took a different turn in which you'll find out later on! But as i'm to lazy to change the rating andI do use bad language I've decided just to leave it as is! Sorry for the confusion! The descion wasn't made till lately!

As for chappys till the wedding we're still a far way off!

Also as for Logan and Rory having feelings for each other and loving each other! Come on people thier being forced into a marrige thier not going to look at each other and jump into each others arms! LOL! They are still a far way off till loving each other! But thier getting there!

IfI sounded rude I'm sorry! Okay now on to the new chapter!

Part 15: The Keys

Rory sat down next to Logan and smiled at him.

"You okay?" He asked. She nodded.

"I'm telling him on Thursday." Logan nodded.

"You ready for that?"

"No, but it's got to happen sooner or later. Thanks for, you know, putting up with this."

"Hey, what are fiancés for?" She rolled her eyes and turned to Stephanie who was talking to Colin and Finn.

"Okay now, presents." They both looked up at Shira Huntzberger who was standing next to her husband and the elder Gilmores. Her grandfather looked upset. When she turned to her mom she also looked mad. She frowned. What was going on? "Now we thought since Logan and Rory are both still in school that their money should go towards their school needs and saving up towards the future Huntzberger-Gilmores. So we have taken it upon ourselves to get you two this." She handed Logan a small black box. He opened it and took out keys.

"Keys?" Logan asked. "Did we get a car?" He handed them to Rory who looked at them.

"We've got you a house." Shira said excitedly.

"A house?" She squeaked.

"Well, you really don't expect to live in the dorm, now do you?" Emily said as if it were obvious.

"A house, don't you think that's a bit much, mom?" Logan said. Rory was still staring at the keys in her hand.

"Well what, did you want to live in an apartment or a condo? A house is perfect and it's in New Haven, perfect for the both of you."

"I think me and Rory can decide what's perfect." Logan said. He sighed. Why the hell was he even arguing with his mother, it wasn't as if it was really worth it. He knew better than to cause a scene in the middle of a party with Harford elite. One wrong comment and they would be the center of town gossip. Rory handed him the keys back and closed her eyes.

"Thank you for this." She said. He knew it was probably very painful for her to say and she'd argue about it later, when all the guest called it quits, as would he.

"You're very welcome. We can get the realtor to give you a tour of the house sometime next week."

"That's great." The rest of the night was spent with congratulations and envelopes, many being handed to her or discreetly put in Logan's breast pocket. By the time all the guests left she fell back on the couch.

"Well, that party was a success." Emily Gilmore commented to Shira as they sat down across from Rory on the couch. Logan came into the room after sending his farewell to the last guest. Rory looked at him. He was mad.

"You had no right to buy the house." He told his mother. Rory looked at him. She had never seen him this mad.

"Logan, it's only right."

"No, this whole thing isn't right! And you know that! You didn't even ask if we wanted to live in a house!"

"Logan, you are a Huntzberger and Rory is a Gilmore, it's the proper way of doing things. A house is a necessity, a necessity your father and I as well as Emily and Richard took part in buying."

"No, Shira, Richard and I had no say in the house." Mitchum argued. Rory closed her eyes. She so didn't need this right now. She needed sleep and to sort all the events of this night. When she opened them she saw Logan leaning against the wall with a scowl on his face as his father and mother and her grandparents all fought over something. She got up and went over to him.

"They had no right to get the house." He gritted out.

"No, they didn't."

"We could have gotten it ourselves."

"Why are you so mad about this?"

"Why are you so calm?"

"I don't think the reality of getting a house has really sunk in yet. I'll let it stew for a few hours. Trust me I'll probably wake up in the middle of my sleep and start getting really pissed off about all this and I'll give you a call and we can be angry about it together! But right now, I need sleep and actual food."

"Come on, I'll take you back. Finn took my car so I don't have a ride."

"Don't I get to offer you a ride?"

"No, you'd probably fall asleep at the wheel. I'm driving." Rory nodded to tired to argue. He guided her out to the hall where the maid handed them their jackets and he led Rory to the valet. She handed the ticket to the man and he went to get her car.

"I've never seen you so mad." She said. Logan shrugged.

"We've known each other two weeks. You haven't seen a lot." Rory nodded. "So why Thursday?"

"What?"

"Why tell him on Thursday, why not tomorrow?"

"I've got things to do tomorrow and I'm not going to be on campus, so I told him that I'd tell him when I got back."

"Which is on Thursday?"

"I really don't know. My grandfather got me into this thing and I really don't know how long it's going for. So I told him to meet me in the parking lot of my dorm on Thursday night unless I call and tell him I can't make it." Her car pulled up and the valet gave Logan the keys and opened the door for Rory. She got in and Logan got in on the driver's side. He pulled out of the Gilmore mansion and made his way to New Haven.

"So I saw that you came downstairs with your mom."

"I also came down with Finn."

"I know, I sent him up there since Miss Patty had me trapped. You didn't have anything to do with that, now would you?"

"Me?" She asked innocently.

"I thought so." Rory shrugged.

"How many times did she pinch you?" She laughed.

"Too many times to count. But she also got her fingers on Colin and Finn so it made me feel better and you just changed the subject, you're good at that."

"Yes, I am."

"So did you guys talk?"

"Yelled."

"Ahh, how'd that go?"

"Bad and good. I don't know. How do you forgive someone for something like this? I mean..." Rory rubbed her temples. "I'm just tired of all of this. I need time to myself."

"We all do." Logan agreed. "So did you two come to some sort of agreement?" Rory shrugged.

"I don't know. She asked to have lunch. I said I'd think about it. And I will, but we won't have what we used to have." Logan nodded.

"I know what you mean, well, not really, seeing as I never had a good relationship with the parents."

"Why not?" Logan shrugged.

"Just didn't, I mean, me and my dad are pretty close. We talk and stuff, but it usually consists of him telling me to clean up my act because I'm taking over after him and me and my mom were never close. But my grandfather and me are very close."

"Really?"

"Oh yeah, he was totally against this. Turned twenty shades of purple. It was totally great when he went off on my dad. He lives in Rome." (A.N. Remember, anything that's happened in the 5th season with exception of the Dean thing does not apply here!)

"Nice."

"It is." Rory turned on the radio and fiddled with the stations. Once she found a station she liked she sat back and looked at the ring on her finger then grabbed her purse and took out the chain she had put in there. She took off the ring and placed it on the chain and around her neck clasping it in place.

"It looks good on you." Logan siad.

"What?"

"The ring."

"I agree, but it doesn't belong on my finger." They rode the rest of the way in silence, the soft music of the radio playing. He parked the car at the Branford parking lot and got out walking over to her side and opening her door and handed her the keys.

"Thanks for the ride, Ace." Rory smiled and nodded locking the car.

"No problem."

"See you later?"

"Yeah." Logan nodded as he walked towards his dorm. Rory opened the door to her dorm and saw Paris sitting on the floor with a box of pizza on the coffee table and C-SPAN on TV.

"The food sucked." Was all Paris said. Rory laughed and sat down next to her and grabbed a slice.

"How hard was it to find a pizza place open at," Rory looked at her cell phone, "two o'clock in the morning?"

"Pretty hard, but I tossed a few names around and even got it delivered." Rory smiled as she took some cheesy bread and bit into it. "There's coffee."

"You are a savior, Paris, and I love you," Rory said getting up to pour herself a cup. Paris just snorted and went back to eating her pizza. Rory smiled as she sat back down and they both sat there against the couch watching C-SPAN, Paris in her pajamas and Rory still in her dress.

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Rory woke up the next morning tired as hell and her back in pain. Her and Paris had fallen asleep watching TV and eating pizza. She had been so tired she hadn't even taken off her dress from the night before. She went to her room to see if she could get a few more hours of sleep, but went wide awake when she saw she only had twenty minutes to get to her first class. She quickly jumped in the shower washing off the makeup and combing her hair out of the twist that she had put it in. She put it in a quick ponytail, pulled on some jeans and a green turtleneck. She grabbed her bag and rushed out. She had just enough time to get a cup of coffee and make it to her class. Which is what she did. She grabbed her coffee and walked quickly to her class, but careful as to not spill the cherished drink. She walked into her class and sat in the back preparing herself for the oh so boring lectures.

At three she was done with her classes and last minute things at the news office and didn't have any classes till tomorrow and that was at noon. She would probably miss it. She sighed. Why hadn't her grandfather given her a time frame for this thing. She walked to her dorm to get ready. She would wear what she was wearing, but needed to get her tape recorder, camera and notepad. She packed everything in her bag, along with her cell. She grabbed the envelope from her drawer and stuck it in her bag. Then grabbed her wallet and stuck it in there as well. If she was going to be leaving to some unknown location the possibility of coffee being present was very slim.

She left a note to Paris saying that she had things to do and would be back tomorrow and not to worry. She had made the mistake of not letting her know when she wasn't coming home once and she did not feel like repeating it. She left the dorm and went to the coffee stand and ordered a coffee. She then went back to her dorm building and leaned against the wall. She had thirty minutes till she had to wear the blindfold and she was going to wait till the last possible minute. Who knows, maybe they'll slip up and she'll get to see who's in the secret society.

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Finn parked the black SUV at the Branford parking lot and cursed the sun. He had been drinking all night until Colin told the bartender to cut him off. Now he had woken up with a hangover the size of Vermont. Was Vermont big? He'd have the check the map later, but the point was that his hangover was huge. They were waiting for Rory to put on the blindfold so that they could 'kidnap' her and take her to the location of this month's event.

"She put it on yet?" Finn asked slipping on his dark sunglasses.

"I'm still here, aren't I?" Logan said looking out of the window waiting for her. He was responsible for the pick up. She was drinking coffee looking around and watching people. Luckily, they still had ten minutes until she actually had to put on the blindfold.

"No need to get your panties in a twist, mate. Just asking. I'd like to get a move on if you don't mind."

"We've got to wait." Logan said.

"She knows who we are. There really is no point in her seeing us." Steph said from the front seat.

"It's regulation! You of all people should know that." Colin said looking out of the window as well.

"Colin, stop, take a breath and relax. You're no fun during these things."

"I still don't see why we have to be part of it."

"Cause Richard asked if we could help her along for her article. She needs all the help she can get. And well, we're her friends." Logan watched as she threw away the coffee cup and went to get another.

"That girl is addicted, it's a good thing the LDB supplies coffee. I wouldn't want to know what's she's like without it." Colin said as he watched her set down the cup and bag and take something out.

"And there it is, the infamous blindfold." Steph teased. Logan smirked as he got out of the car and leaned against it as she tied it on and reached for the cup first, then her bag and stood up leaning against the wall sipping on her coffee as if everything was normal.

"Be ready so that when I come back we can leave." Logan said starting to walk away. He heard Finn mutter something and turn on the car. Finn was always irritable when he got woken up before four in the afternoon on a day he didn't have classes. He walked over to Rory and grabbed her arm.

"Ready?"

"Logan?"

"Nice deductive skills, Ace."

"What are you doing?"

"Taking you to the car. Come on, we've got to get going if we're going to make it on time." He said leading her towards the car. He helped her in and closed the door. Finn pulled out of the parking lot and onto the freeway.

"You're sure she can't see?" Colin said.

"Paranoid much." Steph said filing her nails.

"I didn't know Colin and Steph were part of the LDB." Rory said

"Well, love, they're only part of it because of their families, the same with me and Logan."

"Finn."

"She can see, I'm telling you."

"Jeez, calm down, Colin. Did you ever think that she recognized the voices?" Steph said with a roll of her eyes.

"I don't like this." He said as he sat back.

"Colin is always like this when someone new joins. Nothing against you, Ace. Now I need your bag."

"My bag?"

"Yes, your bag. The letter said there are certain rules to you coming along."

"How do you know what was in the letter?"

"Cause he wrote it, love." She would have turned to look at him if she hadn't had the blindfold. The effect was lost when her face turned towards him, but her eyes didn't meet his. For all she knew she could have been facing the opposite direction.

"So what are these rules? And am I at least facing you?"

"Yes, you're facing me. The rules are that you are not to ask anyone questions with the exception of Stephanie, Finn, Colin or myself, and Robert."

"He's part of the... now the whole my grandfather being a member makes sense."

"The idiot could have given the whole thing away and you wouldn't have put it together, love." She decided to ignore that statement as did Logan since he continued.

"Also no pictures. You will get your camera back once we return, also no names. Like you might know The Life And Death Brigade is just a rumor."

"A true one which I am putting an end to once I write the article."

"Yes, of course you will, love." Rory rolled her eyes as if they could see her.

"Before I was interrupted. No names. We've done some things in the past that the cops would love to get names for and I, for one, am too young to actually be convicted." Rory laughed.

"Sorry." She said biting her lip.

"Also no cell phones."

"But what if..."

"Ace, no one uses cell phones at these things, and believe me, once you get there you won't have time to make calls." Logan handed the camera and cell phone to Colin who put them under the seat.

"So I can use the tape recorder?" Logan frowned and searched the bag for the recorder, when he found it he also handed it to Colin.

"Sorry Ace."

"So just pen and paper, huh?"

"Yep, pen and paper." Rory nodded. "And one more thing. You are not allowed to interfere with the integrity of the event."

"The integrity?"

"You'll see." Logan said with a smirk.

"Fine, but can I at least know the reasoning behind the blindfold?"

"You can't know the location."

"Of course I can't." She said all while thinking What the hell did I sign up for?