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Chapter 3
Looking down at the speedometer Rory noticed she was driving 20 miles over the speed limit. She felt as if she had no minute to lose. She just hoped Logan would be at the apartment in New Haven. She forgot her phone, so she couldn't call him, but she did not like the idea of turning around and having to wait even longer to get to talk to him, so she kept going. She was normally so organized, but this was all in the spur of the moment. She just felt a pull in her heart and knew she had to follow.
The entire drive different thoughts with doubts were going through her head. What if he wasn't there? What if he changed his mind? What if he didn't want to see her? She knew most of them were silly, but she couldn't shush the thoughts. She just felt worried about what would happen when she got there, but even that couldn't stop her from going. She knew one thing for sure and that was that she needed to see him.
As she was still speeding, the Jeep was making a lot of noise. It was not prepared for driving this fast on a hot summer night. Rory thought the noise made her head even fuller with doubts, so she turned on the radio. Immediately Ed Sheerans sound filled the car. Rory sang along, just to keep herself busy. A couple more miles until the turnoff to New Haven. She pressed the speed pedal even harder; she couldn't wait anymore.
Rory had to contain herself to not run to the elevator. As Rory stood in the elevator going up to their apartment, she realized she had no clue what she was going to say to him. She was pacing through the elevator, when it at once stopped. It was stuck. Rory went over to the control panel and pressed the help button. Nothing happened. The moment could not have been any worse. Rory was worried already, she felt as if her world was collapsing. She pressed the button again. 'Hello, this is the emergency desk. How may I help you,' sounded from the panel. 'Hi, this is Rory. I'm stuck in the elevator.' 'Ma'am, stay calm. I will send someone immediately. I will ring you when I have an update for you' And with that the help light turned off. Rory fell to her knees. This evening had been a lot to take in. Rory longed for her mother, but now she could not even call her. With her arms around her knees she sat there for a couple minutes, feeling defeated, but then at once she rose up and started pacing through the elevator again. With two steps she was on the other side, she turned around and did the same thing over and over. This all while she was thinking out loud about what she was going to tell Logan. 'Well, first I must apologize to him of course. I surely must have hurt his feelings. I would never want him to feel as if I don't love him with everything I have. He makes me feel so special. He makes sure I know every day how much he loves me.' While saying that Rory knew she was in the right place, well of course not exactly the elevator, but going to Logan was right. Logan was all she wanted, Logan was all she needed, and she could not imagine feeling any different about this ever. She was ready. With that the help button lighted up again. 'Ma'am, I am sorry to inform you, but this is going to take a while, we can't connect remotely with the control panel. It's fried. Just hang tight. It will be another hour or so.' Even though this was not the news Rory had hoped for when she saw the light, she felt buzzed with excitement. Excited to be so close to Logan, excited to finally have shaken off the doubts.
Rory still had to sit here for a while, so she went through her purse to find her book. Uch, this was the one time where she listened to her mom and brought a smaller bag to the party. Her book, wallet and phone were still in the small bag, in Stars Hollow. Out of habit she grabbed this bag while running out the door. She totally forgot about the other purse. Rory did find an old receipt on the bottom of her tote though. This gave her an idea, and she went through her bag until she found a pencil. All her belongings were now spread out through the elevator, but Rory did not care. She started writing for a while, thinking a little and then writing some more. This went on for a while until finally the elevator started moving again. Not more than five seconds later the elevator sounded it's recognizable ding and the doors slid open. Rory ran out of the elevator, relieved to be free.
Before Rory could reach the door, it flew open. Right there in the opening was Logan. He was still wearing the outfit from the party, his tie hung loose around his neck. His hair was all messy. He looked exactly like the man Rory loved so much. Rory had to contain herself to not run towards him and jump in his arms, but she wasn't sure how he felt about her right now. Rory stood still about three steps from Logan. Logan still stood there in the opening, leaning against the doorpost.