No idea where this is coming from but I seem to have gotten into a serious writing mania ;-). I wrote a chapter last night and another one this evening, so I'm giving you the first one right now and the second a little later. Hope you like it, this time we see Logan in the aftermath of meeting Rory. Have fun reading an keep those reviews coming.

The One

It was already in the middle of the night when Logan and Rebecca finally got home from the event and Rebecca wanted to go to bed immediately. Logan told her he wanted to check his email before he went to bed. She looked surprised and a little disappointed, she had hoped he would want to pick up where they had stopped before going to the Plaza. But she accepted when he told her he was waiting for an important mail to confirm a business deal. His devotion to his business was one thing she loved about him after all.

After she had gone to bed Logan sat alone in the living room, staring at the wall. He felt bad for lying to Rebecca, there was no deal that had to be confirmed. But he knew she had wanted to sleep with him, and even though he would have loved to have sex with her, he knew it would have been wrong. It made him feel like the worst jerk on the face of the planet, but he knew if he had slept with her tonight, he would have closed his eyes and imagined her to be Rory. And he couldn't do that to her.

So he just sat there and replayed the scene with Rory in his head over and over again. She had looked so broken after he had ended their kiss. She had always been so strong but tonight he had realized that the woman he used to know was gone. And he knew it was his fault.

Sure, she had hurt him when she had rejected his proposal. She had broken him, too, all these years ago. But he couldn't help but wondering every day why he had refused to continue their relationship. It would have been hard but somehow he knew for sure that if he hadn't broken up with her they would have gotten married one day. And by not being able to give her a little more time he had broken her and disconnected both of them from the life they truly wanted. A life together.

And now he sat here in his apartment, newly engaged to another woman, with only one thought on his mind: Seeing his Ace again. But he had no idea what he would do if he met her again. And no idea if his Ace was still there somewhere inside of this broken woman.

It was almost morning when Logan finally fell asleep on the couch, still having no clue what to do.

***

The next morning he was woken up by the ringing of his phone. He could barely open his eyes and was glad his mobile lay on the coffee table right next to him so he didn't have to get up. He looked at the caller id and smiled.

"Hey, sister!" he said in a sleepy voice.

"Don't tell me you were still asleep?" Honor's voice came over the phone.

"Okay, I'm not going to tell you I was still asleep." he laughed. "How are you?"

"How I am?" Honor asked in disbelief. "I'm hurt and disappointed. You proposed to Rebecca and then don't tell me immediately after she said yes? Don't you know there's a codex between siblings about that? Always tell your sister first! I mean, it was nice to hear one of your friends telling you she's gonna marry, but as she's going to marry my little brother, it would have been nice to get the news from him."

Logan laughed at his sisters rant, but stopped immediately when the events of the previous evening came back to his mind. "I'm sorry, Honor. Yesterday was a little…" he stopped, having no idea what to say. Should he tell Honor about Rory? Her advices were usually the best, but as she had said, Rebecca was her friend and she wouldn't like the fact that in the night after proposing to her friend all that was on his mind was another woman.

"A little romantic? Heated up?" Honor recommended. "Rebecca already told me you were late for the event yesterday…"

"Rory was there." Logan blurt out, a little surprised at his own words. There was a long silence on the other end. "Honor?" he asked.

"Sorry. I'm just a little… surprised." Honor said hesitantly. "Rory Gilmore? The one who managed to make you a boyfriend but didn't want to make you a husband?"

Logan was stunned at how short one could sum up his relationship with Rory. "That would be her, yep."

"Well, I guess it was just a matter of time when the two of you would meet again. I mean, you're the boss of Huntzberger Publishing Group and she's a reporter at the Times, you're in the same business and work in the same city, you had to meet sooner or later." Honor told her brother, mainly because she had no idea what else to say. She knew Rory had hurt Logan more than any other person in the world, but she really hoped he was over her. For the sake of her friend Rebecca and of course for his, too. She didn't want to see him hurt again, even though she had always liked Rory.

"That's true. But, you know, I never thought it would happen. I always put that thought aside. And now I meet her the very day I propose to another woman. Talk about irony." By this time Logan had gotten up from the couch and read the note Rebecca had left him.

Hey fiancé! Headed out to have lunch with your sister. Don't plan anything tonight… I love you so much! Rebecca

Shit! Why did he have to get in this mess? What did he do to deserve this? He was distracted by the note that he only heard the last two words his sister said. "…change anything?"

"What do you mean? Sorry, I was a little distracted." he apologized.

"I said this isn't going to change anything. Or is it?" Honor asked, desperately hoping for a negative answer. But her brother hesitated too long and she knew that for him things would never be the same again after running into his ex-girlfriend. "So it is." she stated matter-of-factly.

Logan knew his sister wouldn't be happy if he did anything to hurt Rebecca. But she was also his sister and he knew she would always be there for him no matter what. "I have no idea. Seeing her again… it was so… I don't even find words for it, Honor. And you know that I usually never run out of words."

"She rejected you, Logan. Do you really think it's a good idea to let her back in your life?" Honor reminded him.

"She hurt me, but so did I." Logan admitted. "But that's not the point. It's not about what happened in the past, but about what happened between us yesterday."

"Something happened between you?" Honor screamed out in disbelief. "You proposed to Rebecca yesterday!" she added in an accusatory voice.

"What do you think? That I jumped into bed with her? You should know me better. I mean, I kissed her, I won't lie to you about that. But that's not the point either."

Honor was about to say something about that kissing comment, but Logan continued before she got the chance to say anything. "The point is: Yesterday, when I met her again, I realized that I still think of her as the One. Despite the fact that I'm in a relationship with Rebecca for almost two years now and that I really love her. Even though I haven't seen Rory for over six years, in my heart she's still the One."

There was silence between the siblings for a long time. Honor knew she should be angry at her brother for talking like that only hours after proposing to one of her best friends. But something in his voice almost made her want to cry. He sounded so sad and confused and still his words sounded absolutely sincere. And she knew his words were true and she was aware that if he felt like that it wouldn't be fair of him to marry Rebecca. "Then you have to do something about it."

"But what? I let her stand in the rain, Honor, I kissed her and then left her behind in the rain. I don't think she's eager to see me again."

"Did she kiss you back?" Honor asked.

Logan was confused by that statement. "What does it matter?"

"What does it matter? Logan, it's the only thing that matters. Regardless of what happened before or after."

Logan thought back to the kiss. He could almost taste her lips on his again. And he remembered her drawing him in closer, bringing her hands up to his neck, trying to deepen the kiss only moments before he broke apart. "I guess she did."

"Then go to her. Go to her and either make her your One or end it for good and get some closure." Honor told him. "It's the only way you'll feel better, and you know it."

That was true, Logan knew it. But what would he tell Rebecca? And what if Rory turned him down? He couldn't stand losing her a second time. It would break him, he knew it for sure. But on the other hand staying away from her would kill him, too. So what did he have to lose?