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Chapter 5 : 15 minutes

PLACE: Rory's apartment

Rory sat there on her couch bawling, yet again thinking of her life and what a mess she was. She cried so hard she almost missed the distinct knock on the door.

"He's here! It's only 6:45!" thinking she looked a mess, mascara running down her eyes, her hair looked as though she had not brushed it for days. She got up and walked closer and closer to the door, with each step trying to make herself look as decent as possible. She wiped her eyes and took a deep breathe and reached slowly for the door knob.

"Logan!" thinking why now, why did Logan have to come now.

"Were you expecting someone else?"

"What are you doing here?" Rory said out-of-breathe from the shock, worrying to herself 'Oh crap Jess will be here in fifteen, no, now 13 minutes.'

"I wanted to see you."

"Okay, well here I am." hoping he'd leave because she now had 11 minutes until Jess would be arriving.

"Look I need to talk to you." Logan said in a matter-of-fact tone.

"Okay, what about?" thinking if she just stayed quiet and gave short answers he would leave sooner.

"Us."

"What about us?"

"I know we said this relationship could last and that we would try and make it last."

Rory cutting him off she said, " Oh my gosh what did you do?" wondering what new girl he had slept with.

"Hey calm down. I was actually referring to you." sounding almost shocked and offended at the previous remark Rory had made regarding him.

"What!"

"Yeah, you….I just have a feeling that you are not in this as much as I am."

"Of course I'm in this Logan…stop being silly." saying while hoping this would make Logan leave, but it didn't. She knew what she had to say to get him to leave. Rory opened her mouth to tell Logan she loved him but the words came out differently than expected, "I love you Jess." Rory didn't even notice her mistake until…

"What did you just say?"

"I said I loved you." stammering, making a really bad recovery. Looking at Logan's face, Rory realized he did not buy the alibi.

"No you didn't. You said 'I love you Jess,'"

"I DID NOT!"

"Rory listen, I think you are possibly the best thing and the worst thing that has ever happened to me but…you don't want to be with me."

"Logan, please no. I mean we just started out and we've already been through so much together."

"I am doing this because I care about you and tonight you just confirmed what I have been thinking all along…you're not over Jess."

"YES I AM!" She thought saying this might magically make her get over the feelings she still had for Jess.

"No Rory, face the facts. We can be friends nothing more. It's killing me to let you go, but someone has won you over and it's not me." Logan heads toward the door but Rory suddenly stops him.

"WAIT!" Logan turns around hoping that she'd decide to be with him. "Good-bye Logan."

"Why do you say that Ace?"

"Because I know how much it hurts when you don't say it." Remembering all those times Jess had left with no warning or good-bye.

Logan nods and walks up to the door and reaches for the handle, but as he is doing that someone knocks on the door. Logan opens it and says, "Who are you?"

"Jess"

"Well nice to finally meet you. I was just on my way out."

"Bye" Jess said utterly confused. He walks in and sees Rory. "Are you okay?" Looking at her, tears pouring down her cheeks. He sits next to her and hold her close to his body and she buries herself into his arms. "Rory everything will be okay."