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It's too late

Only seconds went by while Rory and Logan stood there, both unable to move, but to them it seemed like hours. All they could do was staring into each others eyes while the past six years seemed to fade away like a distant memory. The pain seeing each other caused in them felt just too real to believe that it had been six years since the end of their relationship. To them the events of Rory's graduation felt like yesterday.

But while the world had stopped turning for Rory and Logan the moment they looked at each other again, everything went on normally for all the others, like Logan's date. The woman turned around when she realized Logan was no longer at her side and saw him standing outside the door with a brunette stranger who had her back to her. For many women the expression on Logan's face would have caused suspicion, but the blonde was just too happy to notice. She just smiled and said: "You coming, baby?"

Her voice seemed to wake Logan from his trance, but he still couldn't take his eyes off of Rory. He had waited six years to see her again, he couldn't let her out of his sight.

Later that evening, Rory wondered how she could have reacted that fast, but it just came naturally. "Sorry, Mr. Huntzberger. I didn't mean to stand in your way." She told him and stepped aside. When Logan didn't move she added in a whisper: "Logan, please. Just go in there." She was surprised at the desperation in her voice, but she just couldn't help it. She felt like one more second near him would cause her to break down.

Her silent plea made him finally realize how suspicious the situation must seem to his company. He cleared his throat and managed a neutral expression. "Don't worry, Miss." he directed at Rory before turning to the other woman. "I'm coming, honey. The speeches won't wait for us." Somehow he even managed to smile at her and took her hand like nothing had happened since they arrived.

But no matter how much he wanted it to be true, he couldn't deny the fact that something had changed. Before he had left the limo, spending time with the woman at his side had been all he wanted. But now all he could think about was how he could sneak away and get back to Rory. All he was able to do was thinking about her, the sad expression in her eyes and all the feelings she had caused him to feel. Even though he had managed to live six years without seeing her he felt like every second apart from her now would slowly kill him tonight.

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Rory wasn't able to move, so she just stood outside of the hotel, staring out into the rain. She couldn't think, she just stood there, without any idea how much time went by until she suddenly heard a voice from behind.

"Rory?" was all Logan managed to get out. Hours seemed to pass until Rory finally turned around and found the courage to look at him again. And just like that, without any word being said, the tears started running down her cheeks and her body was shaking with sobs.

Logan didn't lose any time, he didn't think, he just went towards her and put his arms around her. This caused Rory to cry even harder and soon Logan felt his shirt getting wet. But he didn't care. All that mattered was to have Rory in his arms.

But all of a sudden, Rory realized that all of this was wrong. She wasn't allowed to cry. She had hurt him, not the other way round, he shouldn't stand here after six years, comforting her because she finally admitted to herself that rejecting him had been a mistake. She let go of him abruptly and turned away from him to regain her composure.

"I'm sorry, Logan." she said, still unable to face him. "You shouldn't be out here with me. Go back in to your…"

"…fiancée." Logan completed the sentence with the word she had expected to hear least. "Rebecca is my… fiancée." he repeated, suddenly having trouble to say the word out loud. Talking about another woman as his fiancée in front of Rory just seemed wrong.

Rory tried to ignore the stabbing pain his words caused in her heart and finally turned around. "Your fiancée? Wow, congratulations. How long have you been… engaged?" She had no idea how she got up the strength to say these words, but they just came out of her mouth.

"I… I asked her tonight." Logan forced himself to tell her, but somehow he was unable to remember him proposing earlier that evening. The feelings and events seemed like they had happened to a completely different person. "Rory, I… I still…" Logan silently cursed himself. He always found the right words, why not now? "I've missed you." he finally whispered.

Rory stared at him, then she turned away and started walking out into the pouring rain. Suddenly she felt like one more word from him could kill her. She just walked, not even realizing the rain falling down on her, soaking her dress and washing away her makeup.

Logan looked after her, but then he realized he could not let her go. "Rory, wait!" he yelled and ran after her through the rain. She continued walking as if she didn't hear him but he was faster. He grabbed her shoulder and forced her to stand still while he walked around her so she had to face him.

All they did was looking at each other, into once so familiar faces, while the rain fell down on them. And then, without any noticeable reason, Logan bent down to her and locked his lips with hers. It was a slow, almost painful, kiss, not like the passionate ones they had once shared. But as slow as the kiss might have been, it still held more emotions than any kiss between them before.

Rory stopped thinking the second his lips touched hers. All that existed in this moment was their kiss. Finally tasting his lips again, feeling his hand on the small of her back, holding her close. And still, even though it was a familiar feeling to kiss Logan, it was totally different than all the kisses she had experienced before. But Rory couldn't tell what exactly that difference was.

But the less Rory thought about the kiss, the more thoughts ran through Logan's brain. At the beginning, it just felt good to kiss Rory, like coming home after a very long journey. But then he suddenly heard her voice inside of his head, telling him she wasn't ready to marry him. And when her words started to mix with Rebecca's voice, his fiancée Rebecca, telling him how much she loved him and that she couldn't wait to become his wife, he ended the kiss. As sudden as it had began, it was over.

"I'm… I'm sorry, Ror." he whispered. "I can't do that. It's too late." And with that, he turned around and walked back towards the hotel, without turning around one single time. Just as he had done all these years ago on the Yale Campus.