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Chapter 3
Logan blinked his eyes open, tightening his arms around the woman he was holding. She looked up at him, smiling slightly.
"Morning Ace." He said, kissing her forehead lightly.
She yawned. "Morning. Need coffee. Now."
He grinned. "So get coffee."
She narrowed her eyes, glaring at him. "Nooo… that's your job."
"Since when?" 'This explanation should be amusing.' He thought, waiting.
"Since you wanted to be my boyfriend. It comes with the territory. Do I need to replace you with a guy who caters to my coffee needs?" She asked, shaking her head slightly, a teasing glint in her eyes.
"Well, we can't have that." He responded, crawling out of bed and dressing. As he was about to go get her coffee, a thought struck him.
"Hey Ace, Lucas called last night. It was really late. He said to let you know he called."
She nodded. "Ok, thanks."
As he left the room in search of coffee and breakfast, she grabbed her phone, hitting the 3.
"What?" An obviously annoyed, tired voice snapped.
"Geesh. With a greeting like that I just can not wait to spend the whole summer with you. Hmm… what will you do when you see me? I mean, if you're this thrilled to hear from me, I can only imagine the snippy things you'll say when you see me."
"Sorry Ror. I had a late night."
"I guess I can forgive you. Just this once. And just because I have to deal with you all summer." She teased.
"Well, aren't I lucky? Cause God forbid you not forgive me."
"So, I heard you called last night." She stated, moving on from the early morning, pre coffee banter.
"Yeah." His voice was quiet. Somewhat strained.
"And it was about…?"
"Nothing much. Just wanted to see what was going on."
"Oh. Well, I'm going to be there in four days. Nothing much here. Just spending time with everyone before I leave."
"Ok. Do you mind letting me get back to sleep?" There was that tone again. She didn't particularly care for this tone. It was a distracted tone. She was used to his full attention, no matter what time of the day or night it happened to be.
"Um, sure. Later."
"Later." And with that, he hung up.
She frowned listening to the dial tone. She wasn't sure what his deal was. But she had all summer with him. She would figure it out.
-OTH-GG-
While getting the breakfast, Logan took the opportunity to call Colin.
"Hello." Came the annoyed tone of Colin's voice. His stock market reading time was being interrupted. That was something he did not like happening.
"Are the arrangements all made?" Logan inquired, cutting to the chase.
Colin sighed. "Yes, but I don't see why we have to go to some hick town in North Carolina. Bush Mountain or whatever it's called. Australia is a much better choice."
Logan rolled his eyes. "Tree Hill."
"Excuse me?"
"It's not Bush Mountain, it is Tree Hill."
"Big deal." Colin was sounding more agitated by the second.
"So we'll get there when she does?"
"Yes, Logan. But I don't understand why she just doesn't go with us."
"Neither do I, which is why we're following her there. I want to know what's going on exactly. You would do the same in my position." He defended, feeling completely just in his decision. 'After all, it is MY girlfriend spending her summer alone with another guy.'
"I wouldn't be in your position. I would just kidnap her to Australia."
Logan snorted at that. "Yeah, and have Lorelai call the FBI, CIA, and Luke on me? I don't think so." He shuddered at the thought of the elder Gilmore Girl's wrath. Lorelai was not a person one wanted to be on the bad side of. He knew that from experience.
"Ah, yes, the crazy mother. You do have a point."
"I need to go now. Just make sure everything is taken care of." Logan finished saying, and hung up, grabbing the breakfast and making his way back to Rory's. Everything needed to go ok.
He needed to see for himself exactly what the relationship was between this Lucas and Ace. He needed to know where he stood. They had enough problems in their relationship lately, with his family and her mom. If something started to happen between them this summer, he would be there to stop it.
-OTH-GG-
Rory was showered and dressed by the time Logan came back. She was also waiting very impatiently for her coffee. She could either deal with a snippy Lucas, or she could be caffeine deprived. Both at the same time was a somewhat deadly combination.
As soon as Logan entered the room, she grabbed one of the coffees, drinking quickly. She closed her eyes as the caffeine entered her system. 'Better, much, much better.'
Logan stood and watched her, clearly amused. He loved seeing her take her first drink of coffee every morning. That in itself was always an experience. The way her face would light up and the tension would ease away.
She opened her eyes a few seconds later, and sat on the couch, as he joined her, handing her some food.
She looked over at him, deeply in thought.
"What?" He asked, grabbing a bagel.
"So you talked to Lucas last night?" She asked, biting her lip, unsure how to approach this topic.
He nodded.
"What did he say?"
"For you to call him." Logan said, shrugging, watching her face closely.
She frowned. "Did he seem upset?"
Logan shook his head. "I really wouldn't know how he sounds when he's upset. What's with the questioning?"
"He seemed kinda out of it this morning. I was just wondering what's wrong with him. Oh well, I'll just pull the info out of him when I get there." With that, she ended the conversation, taking a big bite of her Sausage & pancake on a stick.
-OTH-GG-
On the other side of campus, Colin sat in his favorite chair, still reading the financial section.
He shook his head. Logan was in deep with Rory. And if he didn't watch it, he was going to screw up and lose her. He knew that no good could come of following her down to Nowhere, USA. He just hoped Logan wouldn't try to do anything stupid, like break up her friendship with this Lucas guy. He had a feeling Rory wouldn't take to kindly to that. 'I hope Logan knows what he's doing…'