Part 21: Feminism Takes Over

Rory stepped out of the shower and wrapped one of the hotel's plush white towels around her body. Using her hand she wiped the mirror of the fog until she could see her face semi clearly. She had spent an hour in the shower trying to get the molasses out of her hair. The rest was spent washing her body, trying to get rid of the smell. She grabbed her brush and dragged it through her hair trying to untangle the mess that was left. She pulled the brush off and ran a hand through the part she had finished. It was still sticky.

"Crap." She muttered taking off her towel and got back in the shower. Twenty minutes and a lot of scrubbing later she came back out and dragged the brush through her now clean hair. She wrapped the towel more securely around her body before exiting the room. She was about to go over to the drawers to get some clean underclothes, but stopped when she saw who was sitting at the table near the window.

"What are you doing here?" He looked over at her and smiled.

"Finally you're out."

"You have your own room you know. You could have showered there."

"I have been kicked out of my room."

"You're kidding me."

"I kid you not. Evie and Finn are staying in her room and Colin and Steph in mine. We are the only ones not getting laid tonight."

"How crass." She said, then shifted when she remembered what she was wearing... or not wearing. He stood up and went to the bathroom.

"That looks good on you, Ace." He whispered in her ear before closing the door. Rory stared at the white door for a few seconds before she finally heard the water running. You have a boyfriend. You have a boyfriend… one you have to dump so that you can marry Logan. Dammit. Did this mean that she was being unfaithful to her boyfriend or fiancé? She shook her head and went to the drawers. Thinking about it would just give her a headache.

She grabbed some underwear and put it on, then opened another drawer and got out a pair of light blue sweats and put those on as well. She grabbed the matching shirt and made sure the water was still running in the bathroom before she dropped her towel and put it on.

She draped the towel over the chair Logan had been sitting on and grabbed the remote. She flipped through the channels settling on reruns of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. She went over to the mirror near the TV and grabbed the brush that was sitting on the desk and ran it through her hair. She got a hair tie out of her bag in the closet and started braiding her hair.

"Is this your nightly ritual?" She looked through the mirror and saw Logan leaning on the bathroom door jam, wearing only a towel around his waist. She looked away and concentrated on separating her hair right.

"Why?"

"Just want to be prepared for any of those quirks so that I'm not taken by surprise after we're married." Rory rolled her eyes.

"I thought we decided on not talking about the wedding?"

"We're done with the event. We can talk about it now."

"What if I don't want to?"

"You don't have to. I'll talk about it." Rory rolled her eyes and twisted the thin brown hair tie onto the end of her braid. He walked over to the closet and grabbed the clothes that he had put there when he had entered the room, then walked back into the bathroom.

She was ignoring him. Not necessarily him, but the topic of conversation. He put on his boxers and white shirt and rubbed the towel over his hair a few times and ran his hand through it, then walked out. She was sitting on the bed Indian style, flipping through the channels once more. He sat down next to her, his legs outstretched in front of him and his back resting on the headboard.

"So who are the bridesmaids?" She frowned and continued to stare at the TV. "You know we're going to have to move into the house?"

"I know."

"Good, you're talking. Now about kids." She got off the bed and started folding her towel. He had hit a nerve. "I was thinking we could have two."

"You have got to be kidding me." She muttered as she walked into the bathroom. He smirked.

"A girl and a boy. The boy first, of course, as the heir." He had something crash in the bathroom and he laughed to himself. It was funny getting a rise out of her. "Logan, if it's a boy."

"You're pushing it, Huntzberger." She said as she came back out and sat on the bed. "I'm going to have kids when I'm good and ready. With you or with whoever I feel like it. No one is going to push me into something I'm not ready for."

"Too late for that, don't you think?"

"Hey, I'm not the only one in this boat. If I'm going without sex, guess what, so are you. Now get to your bed. I want to go to sleep." She said pulling the covers down and getting under them. She covered herself up hiding her head.

"Whatever you say, honey."

"You're being a real asshole." She muttered turning her back to his bed. He just smirked and laid down. No, just giving her a reality check.

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Rory rolled over and looked over at the bed next to her. It was empty. She sighed and looked at the clock on the nightstand. It was already eleven o'clock. She sat up slowly and rubbed her eyes and got out of bed. She knew that the LDB was having lunch in an hour and they were going to announce the winners of the last night events. The door opened and Steph came in with a smile on her face.

"Good night?" Rory asked.

"Very good, thank you for asking. What about yours?'"

"Logan was being an ass."

"That's what husbands are for, sweetie. Now get in the shower. I'm starving. Lunch is going to be served and I have the perfect idea for the losers." Rory nodded.

"I'm just going to wash my face. I spent two hours in the shower trying to get the stickiness off."

"Same. But I had Colin's help."

"Did not need to hear that." She said as she walked into the bathroom. She washed her face and brushed her teeth and put some clips in her hair so that it wouldn't all fall out of its place.

"Do I need to dress up or are jeans and a shirt okay? And don't say it's okay and then the minute I walk in there you guys are all dressed up in ball gowns and tuxes." Steph laughed.

"No, jeans and a shirt are okay. We don't dress up till tonight. The costume party."

"I can't wait." Rory replied

"Was that sarcasm, Miss Gilmore?"

"That was indeed." She said pulling out some clothes. Steph laughed.

"Believe me, with the Stooges taking care of the plans, everything is going to be out of the world."

"Who am I going as, Steph?"

"I can't tell you."

"How bout a hint?" Rory shouted from the bathroom as she pulled on her pants.

"Nice try." Steph shouted back.

"Oh, come on, the curiosity is killing me." Steph rolled her eyes.

"You're wearing green." She said slowly, trying not to give too much away. Rory frowned and went back to the bathroom to put on her shirt which was a dark blue turtle neck. She came out and sat on the bed putting on her shoes.

"Sleeping Beauty?"

"No, she wasn't in a green dress, hers was blue." Rory frowned. "Face it, Rory. You are never going to figure out who you are."

"Green?"

"Yes, green. Ready?" Rory nodded, grabbed her purse and followed Steph out.

"So where are the guys?"

"Setting up for the party. They had an early start today. They'll be in the restaurant though. We rented it out for lunch." Rory nodded and got into the elevator with Steph.

"Hold the elevator!" They heard someone yell. Steph put her hand on the door to stop it and Evie ran in. "Thanks."

"No problem."

"So did you have fun last night?" Rory asked. "I hope you did."

"I had lots of fun... why?" Evie asked slowly, Steph smiled.

"We kicked Logan out of his room and right into Rory's" Evie smiled.

"Did you get lucky?" She teased.

"Shut up." Rory said with a laugh.

"No, they fought." Steph answered.

"We didn't fight." Rory said as they stepped out and walked to the restaurant. Steph and Evie rolled their eyes. "He just went back on a promise and ticked me off is all."

"You know, sweetie, if you're already fighting this close to the wedding, maybe it wasn't meant to be?" Evie teased as she put her arm around Rory's shoulders. Rory laughed and sat down at an empty table. Evie and Steph at either side. The next few minutes were spent pointing out various girls and boys who were either sleeping with each other or had and the dramas that went with it.

"Now that's Julie Benson. She's dating Robbie Johnson." Steph explained.

"But I thought Robbie Johnson was dating Janice Benson." Rory said confused. Evie and Steph smiled.

"You have a good memory. And yes, he is dating both of them." Steph said.

"Was." They turned around and saw Finn, Colin and Logan standing behind them. They sat down next to the girls they came with and Logan sat across from Rory. He stayed quiet and smirked as he turned to look at Robbie, then around the restaurant.

"Was?" Rory asked with raised eyebrow.

"Janice found out that he was dating Julie as well. If you notice on the left side of his face he is now sporting a black and blue battle wound. They were on the same team last night." Colin explained. The girls laughed.

"Poor girls." Rory said with a sad smile. "Must suck to have that happen to you."

"I love the LDB drama." Steph said rubbing her hands together. Rory laughed and Evie rolled her eyes. Just then Robert and Seth came out and stood in the middle of the room.

"Welcome, brigadiers!' Robert said. "I know you all must be starving, what with the lack of food last night and this morning." He said looking pointedly at Seth.

"Sorry, guys. The caterers got messed up with the orders and addresses. and the fact that they couldn't deliver food to Disneyland after hours was a big problem." Seth apologized.

"Anyways, before lunch today we would like to announce the five groups that are the winners of this month's event. These five groups will get together and figure out a punishment for the losers. Now, without further ado, from group number one Beth, Becca and Frank." Everyone clapped for them. "Group number two: John, Janice and Julie. Sorry about the eye, Robbie." Everyone laughed. "Group three: Jenny, Anna, and Sarah. Group four, the winners are Nicole, Brooke and Brock. Looks like the ladies dominated this month." Robert muttered. Seth rolled his eyes.

"Group five was lucky not to get disqualified." Seth said as he grabbed the card to read off the names. Before he could continue, Steph interrupted.

"There's nothing against the rules that says we can't trick the opposing team into an annoying and broken ride. And it is certainly not our fault that two of the idiots didn't listen to Logan. And it is not our fault that they actually fell for it and sat there for an hour and a half. " Steph said standing up.

"Hey!" Colin objected standing up as well and facing Stephanie. "It is not OUR fault that you three couldn't do the tasks without tricking us."

"That's sexist!"

"How is that sexist?"

"You think that because we're women, we can't do anything you can do!"

"You're twisting my words around! She's twisting my words around, you all heard her." Colin said addressing the rest of the room who was now watching them with avid interest."

"Do not bring other people into this argument, Colin. You are a sexist pig. We won fair and square."

"I never announced who won." Seth said. Rory laughed and kept watching.

"How do you know that we didn't do more tasks than you did, huh?"

"Cause you guys are stupid! You got a negative 3 on your IQ test last year!" Steph yelled.

"I did not! That was Finn's!"

"Hey!" Finn said. "It was a negative two, thank you very much." Rory bit her lip and continued watching

"What are we even fighting about?" Colin asked rubbing his temple.

"The fact that you think that Rory, Evie and I couldn't have won because we're women."

"Steph, sweetie," Evie tried to interject, "he didn't say that." Steph glared and Evie sat back.

"Yeah, listen to Evie, I didn't say that."

"Bastard!"

"Bitch!"

"Hit him!" Someone from the crowd yelled causing everyone to laugh.

"I wouldn't be talking if I were you." Steph said to Colin ignoring the outburst. Then she said something low enough for only the two of them to hear and Colin gave her a glare, crossed his arms over his chest and sat back down. She smiled triumphantly and waved a hand at Seth to continue.

"Thank you." Seth said. "As I was saying, before feminism took over, group five was lucky not to be disqualified after their little, but hilarious, stunt but after studying the rules there is nothing in the book that says that tricking the other members are grounds for disqualification, therefore Stephanie, Evie and Rory are the winners from that group." Steph smiled triumphantly and Logan smirked over at Colin who was sulking.

Lunch was served as Seth and Robert sat next to their dates. Colin and Steph went to go fight some more, but in Rory's opinion they had gone to the bathroom for a quickie. Finn and Evie had went to go get some last minute alterations done for their costumes. Evie's needed to be made a bit longer and Finn's a bit shorter. They said they'd grab lunch on their way, leaving Rory and Logan alone to eat. Rory put her fork down and looked at her watch. Two thirty.

"What time does the party start?" Rory asked breaking the strained silence

"Eight." Logan said.

"Did you three get everything you needed to do done?"

"We have a few last minute things left to do." Rory nodded. "Steph told me you asked for a hint." Rory frowned.

"Hint?"

"For your costume."

"How could you possibly know that? I asked her that before even getting here for lunch. You couldn't have known!"

"I have my ways."

"Sneaky bastard." She said. He smirked.

"What was the hint?"

"The dress is green." He nodded. "Care to give me another?"

"No, but I'm willing to spend a few hours with my future bride." She frowned. "Get to know you a bit better maybe." Rory sighed.

"Logan."

"Rory. Look, the way I see it is that if we're going to get married, against our wills mind you, we should at least know the basics about each other." Rory sighed and nodded.

"Fine." She said.

"Good." He stood up and held out his hand for her to take. Rory hesitated knowing that by taking his hand they were taking the next step into their "relationship" She slipped her hand into his and took it. He helped her up and led her outside, never letting go. His hand was warm. That was good seeing as the weather was cold. The bad thing was that her hand fitted perfectly with his, only adding to her confusion.

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A.N: Gah! Sorry this one is late, guys! School is really hectic right now and I have to get a c average if I want to go to Europe in the summer! So my posting might be a little weird until I'm able to get a regular posting date set. So sorry guys! I'll try and post every week like I do. So, please, no lynching if I miss a week or two! I happen to like my neck! LOL! Hope you guys enjoyed and I'll be back as soon as humanly possible!

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