A/N – Umm yes so shopping happens in this chapter and maybe planning for Rory's prank which will take place either right at the end of this chapter or the very beginning of the next. We're assuming that Rory's part of the LDB and I thought it was implied that Logan and Rory were together so to answer your questions yes they are dating.
You Started It
"Okay so I think that works out pretty well." Rory said into her phone.
"Rory who the hell are you talking to? We're almost there." Logan said.
"It's nothing Logan." Rory said shutting her phone.
"Oh prank stuff." Logan smiled knowingly.
"No Not prank stuff. It's my turn to hold a LDB event and I'm doing a party based on Old New York but I can't tell you anything else." Rory smiled sneakily.
"Fine. What should I wear?" Logan asked.
"It's all in the envelope you'll be receiving tonight. I'm having manila envelopes sent to everyone in the LDB which I have someone filling and sending out right as we speak. Everything is being set up at the hall and the party is Friday night." Rory told him.
"That's quick." Logan said eyebrows rising.
"Well that way people don't have a chance not to show up thinking it will be amateur, I have a stunt planned and there will be lots of decorations, very authentic." Rory started rambling.
"You don't have to prove yourself to me, I believe you. Just don't screw up." Logan smirked.
"I won't. I'm even taking tomorrow afternoon and all of Friday off school for 'family issues' while I organize the event." Rory told him waiting for his reaction.
"Well Rory Gilmore I never would have guessed." Logan smiled.
"What can I say? I live to shock." Rory said and turned to the window hoping Finn and Colin were doing everything right, you could never trust them but when it came to the LDB they took it pretty seriously.
"So who do you have filling envelopes?" Logan asked suddenly.
"It's..." Rory started, "Good try. I won't tell and neither will they so stop trying."
"Yes mom." Logan said.
"Very funny. Do you do to your mother what you and I were doing last night?" Rory asked with a smirk.
"Oh my god...ew!" Logan screamed glaring at her.
"Eyes on the road Logan." Rory said as they swerved and a car honked at them.
"Yes M...Ace." Logan said very disgusted now.
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"What about this one?" Rory asked twirling for Logan.
"I like it." Logan smirked.
"You would the skirt is tiny." Rory said.
"Oh come on Ace, we're revamping not redoing the exact same thing." Logan shook his head.
"So you want me to get the teeny skirt and abnormally revealing top that I am wearing at the moment?" Rory asked sweetly.
"Yes. Now go put on the next one." Logan shooed her playfully back into the dressing room. The outfit had been a short khaki skirt with a purple wrap sweater which was very low-cut over a black cami.
"I'm coming out." Rory came out of the room with her arms folded over her chest.
"Nice jeans." Logan whistled.
"Shut up." Rory blushed.
"Let me see the shirt." Logan walked up to her and moved her arms, "In my highly valued opinion I'd just like to say I like it."
"So why is Steph late?" Rory asked with a hint of desperation in her voice.
"She'll meet us at the next store in half an hour but first, what do you think?" Logan asked her of her current outfit.
"I like the jeans but they are kind of tight." Rory said trying to bend over.
"You'll get used to it." Logan promised, "Do you not like the shirt?"
"It's kind of low." Rory said folding her arms again.
"It's fine Ace. Besides it looks great." Logan smiled at her.
"I don't know..." Rory looked unsure.
"I do. Go take it off and put on your clothes so we can pay and go meet Steph. Your savior." Logan teased.
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"Rory, what did you buy?" Steph asked grabbing her bag.
"Nothing. Logan bought me stuff." Rory smiled.
"I love this skirt! I'll have to borrow it sometime." Steph said holding it up.
"As long as I get to see it on Rory more than once, you can wear it on occasion." Logan agreed.
"Deal." Steph and Rory laughed.
"I love these jeans." Steph's eyes went wide.
"I can't move in them." Rory admitted sheepishly.
"You'll learn." Steph promised.
"So what are we doing in here?" Logan looked around the store.
"Well you suggested we revamp my entire wardrobe I thought I would get an outfit or two for dinner with my grandparents. And some stuff that's school appropriate as well as my new not so appropriate stuff you are inclined to see me get." Rory explained.
"Oh I see...well go look and I'll be here let me know if you want me to see something." Logan told them and Steph pulled Rory away.
"Hey Colin." Logan said when Colin answered his phone.
"Hey Huntz." Colin replied.
"So are you and Finn filling envelopes for Rory?" Logan asked quickly.
"No." Colin answered quickly.
"So...do you know who is?" Logan continued.
"No." Colin replied once again.
"Do you know anything about the event?" Logan kept pushing.
"No." Colin repeated.
"Fine you're not much help and the girls are calling me so I got to go." Logan hung up his phone.
"Who was that?" Rory asked when he approached them.
"No one. So what are you trying on?" Logan asked trying to change the subject.
"I have two outfits; I'm going to put the first one on while Steph tries to get shoes for the second one. The first outfit was a brown skirt with lighter brown patterns; an olive green tank with an off-white sleeveless shrug, there was a gold bracelet, an off-white crescent bag, with a brown belt that matched the designs on the skirt and lastly off-white shoes that match the purse.
"Are you coming?" Logan asked impatiently ten minutes later.
"There are a lot of pieces to this outfit, hold on." Rory said tying up the belt, "Alright, I'm coming."
"Finally." Logan rolled his eyes luckily just before Rory came out of the room and he saw how good she looked, "Ace, you look great."
"Thanks, where's Steph. I need a girl's opinion." Rory looked around.
"I'm here, I'm here." Steph came over, "That looks awesome Rory, try this one on."
"Ok." Rory disappeared into the changing rooms once again.
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"Can we go now?" Logan asked as they left the 6th store.
"I guess. I mean I kind of got a lot." Rory looked sheepish.
"I'll say." Logan agreed, "Took a lot out of my credit card."
"Hey. This was your idea, you told me I have to loosen up and have fun but in order to do that I had to get a new wardrobe or take one day off class a week to have fun with you Finn and Colin but I told you I couldn't take time off school so it was your idea to get Steph to meet us here to buy me a new wardrobe." Rory ranted.
"I know Rory, I was just kidding. But look at all the bags you have." Logan gestured at himself, Steph and her. Logan had at least eight bags, Steph was carrying four and Rory had five herself so...they thought Rory had enough.
"Good point. Alright let's go." Roy caved and they left the mall, Steph going to her little red mustang and Logan and Rory to his silver Porsche.
"So did you have fun?" Logan asked Rory.
"Yes." Rory nodded her head.
"So was it worth it just for the eight hours of shopping?" Logan asked jokingly.
"Totally. Could you drop me off at my dorm?" Rory asked.
"You don't want to have dinner with me?" Logan pouted.
"I have to get ready for Friday and I have a meeting with one of my professors then I have to go see someone about the stunt and I have to do all of this before preparations start tomorrow." Rory rambled.
"You should just give it more time...no one's going to back out." Logan promised.
"You don't know that and besides the invitations and information is already printed with dates and other stuff specific for Friday." Rory told him.
"Okay." Logan held up one hand in surrender.
"You can call me tonight but not until after ten and before ten thirty." Rory continued.
"Why?" Logan asked.
"Well I should be out of the meeting with my professor by nine thirty but then I have to go to the library and I can't have my cell phone there but I can be out of there by ten and I'm not in my meeting with the stunt guy until ten thirty." Rory finished.
"Okay. Who on earth are you meeting that late?" Logan asked as they pulled up outside her dorm building.
"Call me later." Rory kissed him goodbye and left quickly to avoid answering the question.
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"I need you to finish those envelopes guys." Rory ducked to avoid a paper airplane that Finn was throwing around.
"We're done." Finn told her throwing another one.
"Then what are you doing here? You are supposed to be sending them out, slide them under doors for people on campus and drive to their houses and deliver for those off campus. It has to be done tonight so people can shop." Rory shooed them out the door.
"Rory are you still busy with that cult stuff?" Paris came into her room.
"Yes Paris I'm going to be bust for the next three days and for the last time it's not a cult." Rory shook her head.
"Fine but Saturday when you're done with cult stuff can we go to Stars Hollow? Maybe Steph can come and we can have a girls weekend." Paris suggested.
"Steph and I go there every weekend Paris and yes you can come this weekend but you need to go now. I have so much to do and so little time." Rory shut the door in Paris's face.
Rory sat down in front of her laptop and checked her email to see if there were any emails from providers for Friday and there wasn't. She looked at her watch...eight o'clock which meant she had half an hour before she had to leave. Grabbing a paper and a pen Rory sat down on her bed ad began writing out the list of stuff to do, in order, and who was going to do it. Normally there were more LDB members to help but in order to make sure Logan never heard anything about it she had narrowed it down and she had five other people helping her; Finn, Colin, Steph, Robert and Seth. They were all taking tomorrow afternoon and Friday off with her to get ready except Finn and Colin who were keeping Logan away and surprised by taking a usual Friday off. They did however plan on leaving Logan early to go to the hall and help out with last minute things.
"Hello?" Rory answered her phone.
"Fruit of my loins..." Lorelai replied.
"Hey mom." Rory smiled.
"So what are you doing?" Lorelai asked nosily.
"Nothing, you?" Rory asked.
"Same, you want to come see mommy early? Take a day of school?" Lorelai fake pouted.
"No, I have a meeting until ten with my professor and then I have stuff to do tomorrow and Friday but I will see you Saturday...possibly slightly hung-over but there none the less." Rory told her mom.
"Oh so there's a party Friday night." Lorelai said understanding.
"Yes that I just happen to be organizing oh by the way do you know where I can get flapper dresses?" Rory asked.
"What?" Lorelai laughed.
"The theme is New York in the twenties and Steph and I both need flapper dresses and Finn, Colin and Logan need tuxes with pipes, top hats and canes." Rory explained.
"Oh my god...themed parties. Are you even going to dance like them? Do a little Charleston? Drink only very expensive mixed drinks and try hard not to get drunk? I can't believe it my daughter is making a themed party..." Lorelai rambled.
"Mom I have to go but I miss you and I'll talk to you Saturday." Rory hung up her phone.
Rory hid her notebook among her school things and then grabbed her purse and the paper she was discussing with her professor and quickly left the room.
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"Okay thank you for your time." Rory left the room quickly. The meeting with her professor went well and the guy that was going to rehearse the stunt with Finn and Colin tomorrow seemed nice. Rory quickly got into her car and drove the 5 minutes back to campus. When she got to her dorm she pulled out her notebook and added a few things, then she sat down at her laptop to finish the incorrect paper she had just shown her professor. The professor told her that what she had was excellent but that she had to add more personality to it and that she was two paragraph's short she had misread the note he had handed out.
"Rory." Paris entered the room.
"What Paris?" Rory asked typing quickly.
"What classes to you need notes for?" Paris asked.
"Every class we share that I'm not at for the next two days." Rory replied.
"And why aren't you there?" Paris continued.
"Oh ya...my cousin is in the hospital because she was hit by car...she's in the ICU so we all need to be there to help my aunt and uncle." Rory suggested.
"Both of your parents are only children." Paris reminded, "And the school knows both sets of your grandparents."
"Shit...a close family friend is in the hospital and someone has to take care of their kids." Rory tried again.
"That works. I'll get all of your stuff to you Saturday, what time do we leave for Stars Hollow?" Paris asked just before she closed the door on her way out.
"When Steph and I are awake and as responsive as two girls with major hang-overs can get." Rory told her.
"Okay." Paris shut the door and Rory went back to her paper.
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"Okay that goes over there and all of the drinks should go behind the bar. I'll set them up later just leave the crates back there. I want a lamp on every table and plenty of lighting but I want all of it to be dimmable for the stunt. The stage where the band will perform needs to be built in that area over there and there needs to be at least two empty tables that are larger than the round ones for people to put drinks and stuff on. I want to see the costumes that the staff will be wearing and don't put that there! It goes over there." Rory pointed and she went to sit down next to Finn and Colin, "Is there nothing you guys can be doing?"
"We just finished carrying in all of those tables." Finn pointed to the area filled with tall, round tables.
"Guess what? The party's tomorrow and it all has to be done so get your asses up and find something else to do!" Rory yelled at them and they ran off.
"Miss?" Someone came up to her.
"It's Rory." Rory replied.
"The waiting service is here and awaiting your approval for their costumes." The girl finished.
"Okay show me where they are." Rory got up and followed her over to where a big group of people stood.
"Okay, girl's costumes over there and guy's costumes over there. Finn! Get your ass over here." Rory called.
"Yes Rory?" Finn asked coming up to her.
"Can you check the guy's costumes, it needs to look authentic and they have to have a top hat but no cane because they need their hands." Rory told him the criteria and sent him to look at the costumes.
"Okay if your costume comes with gloves and stockings over here, if it doesn't over there." Rory addressed the ladies, "Now are they all the same color?" She asked the girls with gloves and stockings.
"Yes all of our outfits are red and black." Someone replied.
"Okay then someone hold one up." Rory requested, "Are they all like this?"
"Yes."
"Okay you guys are good. Now why don't these ones have stockings and gloves?" Rory asked the other group.
Someone shrugged.
"You all need the same costumes exactly like the other ones. Thank you." Rory said and they all scattered.
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"I am exhausted." Rory leaned against Logan.
"According the Finn and Colin you were pretty stressed out all day." Logan told her.
"Well they're just mad because I wasn't any nicer to them than anyone else." Rory explained.
"Oh see and they told me it was because you made them do all the heavy lifting instead of hiring someone." Logan laughed.
"I hired someone...them! They wanted inside information and I said no way unless you're helping me get it ready and so they agreed. It's their fault." Rory shook her head.
"I know Ace. Are you staying here tonight?" Logan pulled her onto the bed.
"I don't know, it's a big step we haven't; even gone on three real dates." Rory glanced at him nervously.
"Sleep Ace, sleep." Logan assured her and he kissed her soundly on the lips.
"Sleep." Rory agreed kissing him again.
"So you're staying?" Logan asked as they broke apart.
"Yes." Rory pulled him back to her and they continued to kiss... "Sleep..." Rory started.
"Later." Logan promised.
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"I have to go." Rory kissed a sleepy Logan and got out of his bed.
"I'll see you tonight at the party." Logan said.
"Okay don't be late." Rory shut his door quietly and left his dorm, getting in her car to drive to the hall to finish getting ready. At noon her and Steph had to go pick up their pre-ordered dresses and the tuxes for the boys so and around four Rory was letting Finn and Colin go so they could get Logan his outfit and get theirs on to be back for six when the party started. Until noon though Rory had so much to do including making sure there was a table in the right spot for her revenge on Logan.
"Hello?" Rory answered her phone.
"Hi babe. How's the party going." Lorelai asked.
"It's going great, everything's actually ready I just hope the waiting service found the right amount of outfits." Rory told her mom.
"I'm sure it's fine." Lorelai smiled at her daughter's perfectionism.
"Ya. I got the cutest black flapper dress ever and lots of pretty shiny jewelry." Rory told her.
"Oh sounds pretty get lots of pictures." Lorelai ordered.
"Will do mom." Rory agreed.
"Are you almost at the hall? I want to hear you be in charge and yell at people! Please?" Lorelai asked pleadingly.
"Goodbye mom, I'll see you tomorrow." Rory promised and hung up her phone.
Rory got out of her car and grabbed the black table cloths with sequins and frills for the tables out of the backs eat before entering the hall.
"Rory you're here!" Steph pulled her in quickly.
"Hey, what time is our appointment?" Rory asked putting her hair up in a ponytail.
"At one." Steph told her.
"Then we have to work really hard right now." Rory told her friend.
"Calm down Rory." Steph out a hand on her shoulder.
"It's just...thanks." Rory smiled.
A/N – I'm sorry this took so long, it's longer than my other ones but I was just so busy because I just switched courses and I baby-sit all the time. If you want to see the outfits from this chapter please visit my profile page for the link to the website...thank you.