"Are you sure you want to come Ac- Rory?" Logan questioned.

Rory gave him a look. "I'm already buckled into the car and I have everything I need. I'm going."

Logan smiled and nodded. "Just checking," He turned back around and started his car.

Rory was in the back of the car, next to Owen who was in his car seat. He was sleeping soundly.

And they were off. It was awkwardly silent until Rory started to make conversation.

"So uh, how are the boys doing?"

Logan knew she was referring to Colin, Finn and Robert. "They're good. I just texted all three of them yesterday. They asked for a recent picture of Owen."

"Really?" Rory was taken aback.

Logan chuckled. "Yeah they love seeing pictures of him."

"Oh." Rory whispered.

"I thought I'd send one of Owen and you."

Rory frowned. "I don't know… I don't look so hot right now."

"It's just the guys… besides you look great. No one would ever guess you just came out of a coma."

Rory didn't respond. She thought about it for a bit. "I guess you can take one when we get to your place."

"Okay." Logan said.

Owen woke up an hour into the trip.

"Um… I don't know if you smell that, but he needs to be changed."

"Uh yeah," Logan laughed a little. "I usually stop at the McDonalds at the next exit anyway to pick up some food."

"Okay. Great." Rory smiled. She hated that she couldn't think of anything else to say.. She didn't exactly want to talk about anything with Logan right now, especially not in a car.

They were silent again until Logan pulled into the McDonalds parking lot.

Logan automatically opened the back door and started to take Owen out of his car seat.

"Oh, I'll do it." Rory offered.

"It's all right. I don't mind. You can wait here in the car if you want. Or do you want something?"

"Um no I eat before you came to pick us up."

"Okay. I'll handle Owen."

Rory passed him the diaper bag. "Logan Huntzberger changing a dirty diaper, now that's something I need to see."

Logan smirked. "Well I'll change the next one at my place too."

"Sound like a plan." Rory giggled a little. She was staying overnight at Logan's as it was already evening and they wouldn't be there for a couple hours.

Logan returned twenty minutes later. "Sorry there was a line." He held Owen with one arm and a takeout bag his other hand.

"No worries." Rory was waiting outside the car. Logan handed Owen to her.

"We're out of wipes by the way, but I have some at my place." Logan said once he had gotten back into the car.

"Okay." Rory had just buckled up Owen into his car seat. She shut the car door and walked around to the other side.

They spent the rest of the drive chit chatting about life. Rory learned a little about his life without her when she was in the coma.

Lorelai was shaken awake. She shot up straight.

"What?!" She yelled.

"Whoa. I just woke you because I thought you'd want to sleep in bed." Luke took a step back from the couch.

"Oh sorry. I was having a nightmare."

"Oh?" Luke gazed at her, concerned.

"Yeah. It's nothing to worry about." She forced a smile.

Luke considered pressing her but he offered her his hand instead. "Come on, let's go to bed."

She accepted his hand and he pulled her to her feet. "What time is it?" She asked.

"Just after midnight,"

Lorelai nodded. She followed him upstairs to their bedroom.

Once they were in bed and under the covers, Lorelai asked:

"Did you do the dishes, hon?"

"Yeah and I did a load of laundry."

Lorelai smiled. "Thanks. You're the best."

Luke smiled back then he frowned. "You can talk to me about your nightmare you know."

Lorelai looked down, but she spoke a few seconds later.

"Owen got sick suddenly and we were all visiting him in the hospital."

"Oh." Luke furrowed his brow. "He's very healthy, that won't really happen."

"I know." Lorelai answered immediately.

"Okay." Luke whispered, accepting her answer. "Goodnight."

"Night," Lorelai faced away from him.

Before Luke could turn off his lamp, Lorelai told him to wait.

"What?"

She moved closer to him. "Kiss please." She said with a sultry smile.

He leaned in and gave her a lingering kiss.

"Thank you." She grinned.

He gave a little chuckle then turned off his lamp. Lorelai turned off hers and they both lied down. It took a while for both of them to fall asleep.

Once Rory and Logan got his apartment, it was time to change Owen again.

Logan took Owen without a word and Rory followed him to the spare bedroom. There was a crib, a chair, a dresser and a changing table inside.

"Nice set up." Rory commented.

"Thanks. I was thinking of decorating it when Owen gets older."

Rory bit her lip and tried to imagine Owen as a toddler in this room. Would Logan still have this apartment then? She wondered. She wanted to talk about their relationship but it would have to wait until morning.

She watched Logan change Owen's diaper, giggling a little.

Logan beamed. "What's so funny, Ace?" His smile faded when he realized he had called her by her nickname.

"Nothing, it's just… you're really good with him. It's good to see that. I never imagined this."

Logan put Owen in his crib. "You never imagined I'd be a good dad?"

Rory shook her head. "No. I never imagined we'd be here, with a baby."

Logan stared at her. He looked back at Owen who was starting to fall asleep. Then he came to stand in front of Rory.

"I don't regret it." He said thickly.

"Having an unplanned kid?"

"I don't regret any of it… anything that I ever did with you the past year and a half." Logan's hand brushed Rory's arm.

Rory gasped at the sudden touch but she didn't pull away.

"Really?"

"Really." Logan leaned in even closer.

To avoid the inevitable kiss, Rory wrapped her arms around Logan.

His arms encircled her immediately and he pulled her as close as possible.

"You okay?" He whispered after seconds of silence

"Yeah." She whispered back and moved her head to rest it on his shoulder.

'Rory I-"

"Don't." She pulled away. She wasn't ready for this.

"Rory…"

"Do you regret being with Odette?" She asked coldly.

He let out a small gasp then sighed.

Rory waited for an answer but he didn't give one.

"I'm tired. I'm going to bed." She would be sleeping on the couch as Logan only had his bed and a couch.

He followed her out into the living room.

"Rory I…" He trailed off when he saw the way she was looking at him.

"We'll talk in the morning." She said tonelessly.

He agreed without saying a word and wished her goodnight.

"Night," She mumbled.

At about four am, Owen woke them both. He needed to be fed. Rory walked into the bedroom to find Logan lifting Owen out of the crib.

"I'll go make a bottle. You have enough formula right?" Rory said quickly.

"Yeah. It's in the cupboard next to the fridge… on the left."

Rory went into the kitchen and found the formula. She spent the next few minutes preparing a bottle.

When she came back into the bedroom, Owen had calmed down a bit, but he was still crying.

Rory set the bottle down then held out her arms. Logan handed her Owen without saying a word.

Once Rory had sat down, Logan passed her the bottle. She whispered "Thanks."

Logan looked down at her and watched as she fed Owen.

The only sound was Owen sucking on the bottle.

"So if the situation was different… if you hadn't been in coma would you have breast fed him?" Logan asked suddenly.

Rory raised her eyebrows. She wondered why he was asking. "I don't know. It depends."

Logan didn't respond. He continued to watch Owen feeding. He was just curious as he read a little bit about breast feeding versus bottle feeding.

Once Owen had stopped and had been burped, Rory passed him to Logan. Logan kissed Owen's temple then put him back in the crib.

Rory watched with a smile.

"I'll uh head back to bed for a few hours." Logan yawned and walked out of the room without waiting for a response from Rory.

Rory headed back into the kitchen and a got herself a glass of water. After she drank the whole glass, she looked back at the couch. It wasn't very comfortable. She had only been asleep for a little over an hour when Owen woke up.

She went to Logan's bedroom. The door was closed so she knocked. She heard Logan get out of bed and he walked over to open the door.

"Need something?" He asked.

"I uh… I can't sleep. No offense, but your couch is uncomfortable."

Logan chuckled. "Yeah I actually bought it used to save a little money. I wanted to spend more on Owen's things."

Rory stared at him in disbelief. He wasn't exactly poor, but he had chosen to spend more money on Owen than himself.

"Oh." She breathed.

"Here, why don't I take the couch and you can have my bed."

"Oh no…" Rory looked behind him and saw that he had a queen sized bed. "You can stay in your bed and I can t-take the other side." She stammered.

Logan smirked and raised his eyebrows.

Rory hit him playfully. "Don't get any ideas. We still need to discuss everything. No cuddling, no touching. We're just going to be two people, sleeping in the same bed."

Logan smirked again, "All right."

Rory pressed her lips together to prevent a smile. Logan stepped aside and let her pick which side of the bed she wanted.

He got into the bed after she had lied down. He turned off the night and lied down and shifted until he was comfortable.

When they awoke a few hours later, they were closer together. They weren't touching, but Rory's hand was pretty close to Logan's chest. He woke a minute before she did and rolled over, facing away from her.

Rory opened her eyes to see Logan's back. She slowly sat up and then got out of the bed. She peeked and Logan who didn't move. She shrugged and headed to Owen's room.

Owen was still sleeping. Rory reached down and gently caressed his cheek. She heard Logan walk into the bathroom.

Rory watched Owen for a couple of more minutes then decided to make herself some breakfast. Logan had already told her to help herself.

She was just finishing up breakfast when Logan came out of the bathroom. He had to walk by the kitchen to get to the bedroom and Rory caught a glimpse of him in nothing but a towel around his waist. She glanced away although he was in the bedroom within seconds.

He came out a few minutes later in a T-shirt and sweat pants. He picked up a banana from the counter and started peeling it.

Rory put her dishes in the sink and told Logan that she had made a pot of coffee.

He nodded and told her he had cut back on caffeine.

"Really?" She asked.

"Yeah. I only have coffee in the morning when I'm going to work."

"Hmm," Rory responded. She stood there awkwardly as he finished eating the banana.

When he had swallowed his last bite, Logan cleared his throat. "So, do you want to talk while Owen's still asleep?"

"Sure."

They both took a seat at the table. Logan started.

"You asked if I regret being with Odette. And I do in a way, but also no."

Rory gave him a confused look.

"I mean when we got back together… when we started whatever it was you told me you wanted it to be casual. No strings attached. I was… still in love with you. I realised that about a month after we started the Vegas arrangement."

Rory didn't reply so he continued.

"But Odette was the woman who made everything easy. She was with me for business and family benefits. Staying with her kept my father happy and she was my friend. We were happy, neither of us objected to the arrangement, not at first anyway. My father helped me when I was at the lowest point in my life. I lost all that money I invested and you had just rejected my proposal. So I had to take his offer to start working for him."

"Okay. I understand that." Rory said simply.

"Once we-"Logan gestured between himself and Rory. …"started our arrangement, I knew I was a goner." Logan cleared his throat again. "I mean I always knew deep down I didn't truly love Odette, but I thought you would never give me the time of day again. So I agreed to marry Odette and I thought I could be fairly happy, successful. I missed you though… and when we met again, my heart took over." He stopped.

Rory spoke. "Logan, I felt the same way."

Logan looked at her in shock. He had always hoped she felt the same way but he didn't allow himself to think like that because she was the one who wanted no strings attached. She had a boyfriend and he was engaged. They weren't being fair to themselves or their significant others.

"Felt? Do you still feel?" Logan didn't finish his sentence. There was no need to.

Rory nodded. Before the coma she had known that she still loved Logan. She wasn't ever going to tell him though since he was still with Odette and she thought he was happy with her. "Yes. I still love you."

Logan took a deep breath. "Not just as Owen's father?"

"No. I'm in love with you. I have romantic feelings for you." Rory declared.

Logan couldn't help but smile. "I love you too." He said softly.

"It's great that we can admit out feelings after all that's happened, but we messed up Logan." Rory sighed. "You hurt Odette. I don't know if she had real feelings for you-"

Logan cut her off. "She didn't."

"That doesn't matter. She was still hurt. I'm sure of it. Paul never knew about you, but it was wrong of me to be with you while I was with him. I was unfaithful and I hate myself for it. I was bored with Paul and I realized I still loved you but I didn't break up with Paul like I should have. We hurt other people."

Logan took a shaky breath. "You're right. I hate myself for putting Odette through that. I should have ended things with her after we started sleeping together. I didn't love Odette, but she didn't deserve that. No one deserves that. I was just comfortable with the way things were and I didn't think you wanted something more."

They were silent for a moment, lost in their own thoughts.

"Logan," She spoke loudly to get his attention.

He met her gaze.

"I want to be with you, but we have to take things slow. I want us to work. Not just for Owen's sake but because I can't have my heart broken again. I'm the one who rejected your proposal, but you breaking up with me without trying to do long distance broke my heart. I can't go through that again." Rory choked, tearing up a little.

Logan reached across the table and took Rory's hand in his. "I promise you that I will do everything in my power to make you and Owen happy. I've never loved anyone like I've loved you. I'll do anything for you. We'll fight and disagree sometimes, but I will try to do better. I want to make this work this time."

Rory squeezed his hand. "Good. Then we're on the same page."

"The third time's the charm." Logan grinned.

"This is more than the third time." Rory pointed out.

Logan just shrugged. He let go of her hand and stood up.

"Come here." He said gently. He held out his arms.

Rory smiled softly. She got up, but before she could embrace Logan, Owen started crying.

Logan groaned but smiled. He went to Owen's room. Rory followed.

"He needs to be changed." Logan announced once he had set Owen on the changing table.

"I'll do it this time." Rory said.

"Okay."

Owen had a fresh diaper a few minutes later and he looked up at his parents and smiled.

Rory bent down and kissed Owen's cheek. Logan tickled Owen's toes.

Logan carried Owen into the kitchen and sat back down. Rory started making Owen a bottle.

That afternoon, Rory was heading back to Starts Hollow. Owen would be staying with Logan for another night and he would drop him off at Luke and Lorelai's house the following night.

Logan stepped out of the car and took Rory's duffle bag out of the trunk. He set it down in front of her.

"I guess I'll see you tomorrow night then." He mumbled. He didn't want to say goodbye.

"Yeah," Rory whispered. She opened the back car door and said a quick goodbye to Owen who was in his car seat.

She shut the car door then stepped in front of Logan. They both reached out at the same time then collided in a gentle embrace.

"Have a safe trip." Logan whispered in her ear.

Rory briefly pressed her face into his neck, inhaling his familiar scent. Then she pulled away a little and their eyes met. She was the one to initiate the kiss.

Their lips brushed gently at first but then Logan deepened the kiss. Rory held on tighter to him. Logan brought a hand up to her face and cupped her cheek. He slowly ended the kiss only to lean in once more and peck her lips.

Rory pressed her forehead against his for a second then pulled away. She flashed him a smile then turned around and walked away.

"Bye!" He called out with a hearty laugh.

"Bye!" She called back.

Author's note: Thank you for reading. I hope this R/L thing didn't seem rushed. Reviews are always appreciated.