Part 30: Bad Luck and Dresses

"Everyone who is planning on having the day from hell wake up now." Rory heard Paris say through the other side of her door. Rory groaned and grabbed her towel as she walked out.

"You know, I've only had a few days from hell this year."

"Really? Paris asked.

"Yeah, the first was when I found out I was stuck living with you for another year." Rory said walking into the bathroom.

Paris grinned. "Aww, love you too, Gilmore." Rory mumbled something about evil roommates as she closed the bathroom door and started her shower.

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Paris ignored the tirade of curses as she went to go answer the door. She found Huntzberger standing there with a grim expression on his face. She smirked and let him in.

"She's getting ready."

"We have to leave soon."

"Why are you telling me?" Paris asked walking back into her room only to be stopped by Rory.

"PARIS!"

Paris sighed. "Yeah?"

"Have you seen my black boots?"

"You lost them again?" Paris asked in disbelief. How the hell one lost a pair of black knee high boots, was beyond her. But then again, this was Rory Gilmore she was talking about.

"Yeah!"

Paris sighed. "I'll check the oven."

"I'm going to check under your bed." Rory said coming out of her room wearing a denim skirt and a blue turtleneck. He noticed she was wearing fishnet tights as well. "Hey Logan." She said as she passed him to get to Paris's room.

"Hey Rory."

"Found them." Paris said. Logan watched fascinated as she took a boot out of the oven and the other out of the microwave.

"Ha." Rory said taking them from Paris and sitting down on the couch to pull them on.

"Do I want to know?" Logan asked.

"No." Paris and Rory said as Rory stood up and went back into her room.

"I'll be over at Doyle's tonight, Gilmore." Paris said leaning against her doorjamb. Rory came out pulling on her denim jacket and grabbed her purse.

"Okay, I'll see you tomorrow. I need quiet, I have that Russian Lit class test next week." She said checking her cell phone battery before deciding it was full enough and sticking it in her purse with her keys.

"You have that article for the YDN."

"You're not Doyle." Rory laughed. "And I know. I'm almost done with it." It was the LDB article. She was having trouble with the ending. Other than that it was ready to be submitted.

"See you later, Gilmore."

"Later, Geller," Rory said pushing Logan out the door and closing it behind them.

"It's like watching a ping pong ball." Logan said.

"What is?"

"You and Paris."

"Ha, you should watch my mom and I. Well, when we were on better terms. Pick a subject and we can connect it to almost everything." Rory said. "We have to stop at Steph's."

"For what?"

"For my dress." Logan gave her a confused look and she rolled her eyes. "Don't act stupid, Logan. You know very well I bought a wedding dress in LA."

"Just waiting for the confirmation." Logan said as they reached Steph's dorm. Rory knocked and Steph opened up a few seconds later.

"Let me go get it." Steph said running into her room. Rory smiled as they stood in the middle of the dorm.

"They're probably going to make you try on dresses." Logan said.

"I'm not going to." Rory said crossing her arms over her chest.

"You're up against a Gilmore and Huntzberger; you're going to try on dresses." She turned and glared at him.

"No, I won't."

"She won't," Steph said coming out with the garment bag. "Because once they see this on Rory, they'll think it was their idea to buy this dress all along." Steph said that with a roll of her eyes.

Rory laughed as she took the bag out of Steph's hands. "Thanks for keeping it here, Steph."

"No problem."

"We'll see you later, Steph." Logan said opening the door.

"Rory, we'll do movie night next week?"

"After my tests?"

"It's a date." Steph teased as Rory walked out. Logan closed the door and led her to his car. She saw the black SUV in the parking lot. He unlocked the doors and got in. She hung up her dress on the little hook in the back, then got in next to Logan. She buckled up as he backed out of the parking lot and made his way to the Gilmore house. The ride was quiet, not much was said between the two, that is until Logan parked in front of the Gilmore estate.

They stared up at the house that was currently holding the two women that held their fate.

"I really don't want to go in there." Rory said unbuckling her seat belt.

"You? I would have gotten out of this if it hadn't been for you."

Rory scoffed. "You would have been sitting here one way or another, Logan." She said as she opened the door and got out.

"You know it's not too late. We could turn back and just hide out at my dorm for the rest of the week."

"We'd just have to come back next week. Let's just get this stupid thing over with so I can go back to my dorm and study."

Logan gave a defeated sigh before unbuckling his seatbelt and getting out of the car. Rory grabbed her dress bag from the back and closed the door. They walked to the front door and stared at the door before Logan pressed the bell.

"It's still not too late." He said. Rory rolled her eyes.

"You just rang the bell."

"Please, tell me you've played ding dong ditch once in your life." Logan asked.

Rory blushed and turned back to look at the door. "Once."

"Thank god."

"But I felt bad afterwards and went back and apologized."

"Are you serious?"

"My mom wasn't as surprised." Rory said with a laugh.

"You're not supposed to apologize."

"You do when it's Taylor's house and he threatened to charge a two-hundred dollar fine." Rory said just as the door opened.

"He threatened a little kid?"

"Yeah, that's what made me apologize, that and I felt bad." Rory said. She took off her jacket and gave it to the maid.

"They're expecting you in the dining room," the maid said. Rory smiled and thanked her as they made their way to the dining room. Shira and Emily were standing at the table looking over china patterns and invitations.

"Oh Rory, Logan." Shira said.

"Hello Shira, Grandma." Rory said kissing each on their cheeks.

"Mom, Mrs. Gilmore."

"Oh please, Logan, call me Emily. I'll be your grandmother-in-law soon enough." She laughed causing Shira to laugh as well.

"Is there such a thing?" Rory asked.

"Not sure, Ace." Logan said.

"Rory, what's that you have?" Shira asked. Rory looked down at the garment bag.

"My dress." Rory said.

"You bought a dress?" Emily said. "Why? When Shira told me I thought she was kidding."

"Oh, well, I got a dress." Rory said.

"Well, then go upstairs and try it on. We have some other dresses up there for you. You never know." Shira said.

"I think I'm going to keep this one." Rory said. "But I'll go try it on." She turned to Logan. "I need your help."

"With what?"

"The zipper." Rory said as she started her way towards the stairs. Logan was about to follow when his mother stopped him.

"Logan, you can't go up." Shira said.

"Why not? She needs help."

"It's bad luck to see the bride in her dress." Emily said.

"Excuse my bluntness, Emily, but this whole wedding is bad luck, I don't think it's going to make our situation any worse if I see Rory in her dress. Now if you'll excuse me, there's a zipper upstairs that needs attending to." Logan turned and went upstairs.

"Nice going, Huntzberger." He stopped and saw Rory at the top.

"You heard all that?"

"Yeah, come on, my room's this way."

"You actually have a room here?"

"I don't stay often," Rory said, "but after my grandma saw that my mom and I used to live in the potting shed, she sort of made the room mine." She grasped the doorknob and turned to him. "One word about anything and there is no chance in hell you are getting any in the years we're married."

Logan smirked. "So you're saying there's a chance?"

"I'm saying that chance is very slim and is going to be non-existent if one remark comes out of that mouth." Rory said.

"Fine, fine, I promise on my chances of getting laid that I will not say a word." Rory eyed him curiously and opened the door. Logan had to bite his tongue to keep the remarks in.

"How bad is your tongue hurting?" Rory asked.

"Really badly." Logan said with a smirk as he eyed the Justin Timberlake poster above her bed. Rory rolled her eyes and went into her bathroom.

"So did you really need help?" He asked as she closed the door.

"Not really… Well, yeah… but I felt bad leaving you down there with them"

"That was nice of you, seeing as you got me to come."

"Are you saying you wouldn't feel in the least bit bad about me having to spend the day with them?"

"Nope."

"You're going to be a horrible husband." She laughed

"Thanks, Ace." Logan said as he sat at the edge of the bed. "I know you said that with all your love."

"Okay, the stupid zipper got stuck." Rory said.

"Come out and I'll help you."

"I can't"

"Why, is it stuck on the toilet bowl?"

"The things you say."

"Ace, come on."

"Logan, it's bad luck."

"Then you shouldn't have asked me to come up."

"I'm serious, Logan, I've heard the stories."

"Ace, I'll tell you what I told them, it can't get any worse. We're already getting married against our will."

"Do you think you can close your eyes while you zip me up?"

"I don't think, Ace, I know I can't." He heard her sigh.

"Fine." She opened the door and walked out. He turned around and had to blink a couple of times to get his mind to work again.

"Wow!"

"It'll look even better when it's zipped up." Rory said walking past him and to the mirrors that were set up. He walked up behind her and tugged the zipper down to get the fabric out that had gotten caught before tugging it up.

"Ace, it's… I think it's… wow."

"Mr. Huntzberger, are you speechless?" She asked with a playful smile through the mirror.

"I think I am."

"It is pretty, isn't it?"

"I don't think it's the dress, Ace, I think it's you."

"Okay, subtle attempts at flirting will not make those chances of getting laid any bigger."

"Damn, and here I thought it would work." He took the risk and slid his hand around her waist resting his chin on her shoulder. He felt her stiffen, then relax and rest against his chest. "I'm being serious, Rory. Not many women can pull off this dress, but you make it work."

Rory bit her lip as she watched through the mirror. The image of how they were holding each other was perfect, and it scared her.

"I should probably get down there and show them."

"I'll stay up here. It's a girl thing." He let her go and Rory took a few steps towards the door.

"Thank you, Logan."

"What can I say, I'm good with zippers."

Rory laughed and had to give him credit for turning an awkward moment into a good one.

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AN: Trust me, that whole scene wasn't just unexpected by you, but by me as well. I really didn't want that to happen yet… but hell, it worked. Now the next chapter is one that I'm really excited to write. Hehehe… lots of plans for that one. Only few people know this already… but unfortunately this story is going to be ending soon. Not soon as in a couple weeks soon. But soon as in… it's coming, lol.

I still have a lot planned. But I've known how I wanted to end this for a LONG time. And well… it's coming, lol. And if you don't like it, well tough, I'm not changing my ending. Not for you and not for anyone. I already know how it's going to be and well… some will like it… and some won't. And I accept that. It's my duty as a writer to accept it. But it works for the story and for me.

I do know that there is going to be a sequel. Sort of has to be. And I have plans for that too.

I just wanted to tell you, guys. I've been getting question on and off how long this story's going to be and truth be told, I really don't know. I never really know. But I do know what I want to happen and when things are going to happen. I know that love isn't going to come quick for Rory and Logan so don't expect Rory swooning anytime soon.

Just know that I have a plan and I'm sticking to it. So now that I've bored you all with my very long author's note, press the Go button and leave a review… I command you all with my lasso of truth… hehehe…

Kassandra

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