I am sorry things took so long. I have a new job and my house does not have internet at the moment, so I have to go the liberary so that makes my updates a little slow these days.

Logan knocked on the door of Rory and Emily's suite around 7 o' clock. He was surprised to see Emily open the door with a polite smile on her face and not have Rory right behind her, but he justified it as Rory was probably putting the finishing touches on her outfit.

"Logan, nice to see you," Emily greeted him, "I'll let Rory know you're here" Emily smiled as she stepped back to let him in and went to knock on Rory's door. When there was no answer, Logan started to feel a bit worried. They exchanged a look before Emily went in to see what was going on. But as quickly as she had entered the room, just as quickly she came out with a grave expression on her face.

"I'm sorry, Logan, Rory is fast asleep" Emily explained after quietly closing the door. "It's my fault, I should have told her the ways to prevent getting jet lagged. On the other hand, tomorrow we're starting a tour at six o'clock in the morning, so it's better for her to get rested for the tour."

"A tour?" Logan asked in a surprise tone.

"Why yes, I arranged for us to have three tours, one at the Musee D' Orsay, the Musee Carnavalet, and I arranged a special tour on important paintings at the Louvre. We have a very full day tomorrow" Emily said in a matter-of-fact voice as if it was the most normal thing in the world.

Logan groaned inwardly. Three museums in one day seemed really excessive, but he did not want to show his reluctance to Emily and get on her bad side. Instead he gave her a fake smile and said, "That sounds wonderful, Emily. Can I go see Rory in her room and write her a note?"

"Of course, but no more then 15 minutes." Emily was very weary of what could happen between two young people of the opposite sex being in the same bedroom.

"Of course not, Emily" he said as he crossed the living room to Rory's bedroom. He slowly opened the door, and immediately glanced at Rory. He could tell that the girl had had no plans to fall asleep for she was wearing a gorgeous and shiny blue dress and her hair was curled at the end. She looked so gorgeous sleeping with her curls cascading the pillow.

Logan went to the small wooden table at the corner of the room and pulled out the hotel stationary and wrote Rory a short note. He hoped she wouldn't feel bad once she read it. He then went up to Rory pulled a lock of hair from her forehead. He gave her a light kiss and said, "I'll be seeing you later, sleeping beauty."

At 4:00 am Rory woke up feeling slightly disoriented and surprised to be dressed in a full length gown. She then remembered the last thing she did before going to bed and gasped. Her perfect date with Logan! Oh god! What if she missed her date and Logan was spending all that time waiting for her thinking she didn't care? She glanced at the clock radio right next to her bed and saw it was 4:00 am. How could she be so stupid? She got up to sneak upstairs to Logan's suite to explain herself when she saw a folded note on top of her desk labeled Ace.

She quickly went to her desk and read the note.

Dear Sleeping Beauty,

I am sorry that you were a victim to jet lag. I am definitely not angry or resentful that you fell asleep, it was not in your control. We will have our date tomorrow and you should rest up because Emily says we're going on three museum tours in the morning.

Anyway, the best part about jet lag is you can wake up feeling ready to do anything and to give your full attention to people you call. Especially, someone who is fully up and is completely ready to take your call and the phone happens to be right next to where you found the note.

Rory chuckled as she noticed the location of her hotel phone.

I believe you just put number 564 and the person will be more than happy to take your call. Sleep well Ace.

Yours Truly,

Logan

Rory smiled as she picked the phone and typed the number.

"Good morning Ace" Logan greeted her with a smile evident in his voice.

"How did you know it was me?" Rory asked with a wide grin on her face.

"Who else would be calling me at 4 am our time?" He asked and Rory blushed a little. "How was your sleep?"

Rory let out a long groan. "Well, it was fine except now I have the energy to attend ten parties and I hate that I totally missed our date" Rory rambled on and again glanced at Logan's note. She frowned. "Plus, what is this that we have three museum tours tomorrow?"

"Yep" Logan confirmed. "Emily arranged three tours starting from 6 am. But that doesn't mean we cannot still have fun…" Logan said, his voice full of innuendo.

Rory was confused for a moment and then got what Logan was trying to say. "Are you saying you want a code word to use to go make out during a certain time during the tour?"

"Why not? It's not like we'll do it all the time, just maybe 4 or 5 times so we need to figure out something believable for Emily to tell."

"I suppose that is a good idea. Although, usually my code word used to be I have to go study, but I have nothing to study here." Rory started to laugh.

"Who would you use a code word for?" Logan asked in a partly joking, yet partly serious tone. He knew she wasn't stuck in an attic before she met him but he still wasn't comfortable with the fact that she dated two losers before him.

"Uh... it's not important" Rory said awkwardly. She was not one of those girls who would talk about her ex-boyfriends in front of her current one. "How about taking pictures? I can tell my grandmother I want to take a moment to take some better pictures of certain paintings and I need you to help me."

Logan smiled at the idea. "Well, then I look forward to taking pictures with you tomorrow."

Rory and Logan continue to talk for the rest of the hour. She was thankful that the jet lag kept her fully conscious at that hour so she was able to talk to Logan.

Around three hours later Rory, Logan, and Emily were taking a very long tour of the Musee D'Orsay. Rory loved the museum and she always was fascinated to see the paintings which she had seen in her text books her entire life, but there were three things that were really annoying her. The first thing was that it was still too early in the morning for her liking, second of all, the tour guide was dry and monotonous, and third, she longed to just make out with her boyfriend. Rory kept taking pictures of each painting, one, because she would have done so anyway and two, to keep the story believable.

Logan kept shooting her impatient looks but the tour guide would never stop to answer any questions and Rory found it very rude to interrupt someone. Finally, in front of Monet's "Luncheon on the Grass" the tour guide said. "Does anyone have any questions?"

Rory eagerly raised her hand and the tour guide immediately called on her. "I did not take a good picture of Van Gogh's "Starry Night over the Rhone Arles" and it's one of my favorite paintings. May I please go and take a better one?" She asked with a sweet smile and gave both her grandmother and the tour guide her puppy dog eyes.

"Well, I suppose so; do you want us all to go back to that painting?" Emily asked.

"That won't be necessary" Rory said, her voice still syrupy. "I just need Logan to hold the phone, so I can also take a picture of me in front of the painting. Logan, you don't mind coming, do you?"

"Of course not, anything to help out a fellow Van Gogh lover" Logan replied in a joking manner.

After Emily gave them permission to quickly take the picture and told them where the tour would probably be when they got back, Rory and Logan quickly walked hand in hand to the Van Gogh painting almost bumping other museum tourists on their way.

Rory and Logan immediately giggled when they reached the painting. After Rory and Logan both calmed down, Rory spoke: "I think will need to take a picture just in case she asks."

Logan pushed a strand of her hair behind her ear and then slowly grazed her cheek. "You really are good at alibis."

"Well when you're best friends with Lane, who needed an alibi even to go to the library the skill tends to pick up." She moved closer to Logan and he did as well. Closing the gap between them they kissed enjoying the limited time they had.

Many hours and kisses later the happy couple was sitting on lounge chairs in one of the most famous bars in Paris called Café A. It was not the elegant restaurant Logan wanted to go to the evening before but he found the place to be more Rory suited after their taxi tour on the different sites of Paris. The location was a beautiful stone white building with an outdoor bar that had a beautiful garden. The huge space was decorated with works by young Parisian artists, in a series of exhibitions that's refreshed every so often over the course of the summer

"So as far as first official dates go I'd give it a ten" Rory smiled as she held Logan's hand.

"I am hoping it's 10 out of 10" Logan softly squeezed her hand, leaning in for a quick yet gently kiss.

"Oh, it definitely is, Logan. I was actually here last year but my mom complained that the service was to slow because we kept waiting and waiting for someone to come to our table" Rory explained and couldn't help but smile at the memory. "I'm surprised you got someone here within the first five minutes seeing how the place is packed." Rory said as she glanced at the tables.

Logan smiled. "Well, there might have been some intrinsic motivations."

"Let me guess" Rory rolled her eyes, but smiled. "A few shiny Euros?"

"Yep, I know money can't buy happiness, but it surely can give one a great evening." Logan stated just in case Rory would give him a lecture on not using too much money.

"Hey, I never hated money, Logan" Rory said in a conciliatory tone. "To be honest I do not even think my mom hates it. She does have a penchant for expensive shoes. It's just the way people act with it sometimes that drives me crazy."

"Am I one of those people?" Logan asked quietly, though he never broke eye contact with her.

"I did think that for a brief moment when we first met, and I'm sorry about that" she admitted, and then decided to return the question at him. "How about you tell me what did you think about me when Maria was bashing me that evening?" She tended to wonder about what Logan thought, but could never get around to ask him.

"Maria?" Logan asked confused.

"The girl you brought to Kyle's party. Are you that forgetful?" Rory laughed.

"I remember her, just not her name" Logan said slowly and carefully eyed her reaction to that statement. "Trust me, I dated so many girls like her that sometimes their names get to be jumbled." He took a breath and looked at Rory, who just watched him expectantly. "Look, to be honest, I was kind of annoyed and didn't want to hear anything more about you. Don't take it personally, but I kind of was not interested in anything she was saying. I hope you do not take offense."

"I don't" Rory assured him. "I didn't think too highly of you when we first met and lucky for you, I don't believe every couple has love at first sight. However, I am not proud of the way I handled myself with Jess that night." She was quiet for a moment before daring to ask the next question. "Did you think I was weak when we first met?" It was a thought that tended to bother her at times.

Logan pondered for a moment. "I did think you were a bit docile at first, but I felt bad for you. No one deserves to be treated like that and I wanted to tell you that it wasn't your fault. Of course I got distracted by the fight and then your backbone."

Rory got quiet for a second. "Logan, that is so sweet." She smiled at him. "I'm sorry I gave you a hard time. I realize you weren't spying; I was just so frustrated that night that I was looking to take out on someone and you were there" Rory sincerely said as she brushed a lock of hair from his forehead.

Logan pulled her closer. "Hey, that backbone was what made me attracted to you; I was used to being sought after and it was refreshing to see someone having an opposite reaction. You were the first and only girl to ever put me in my place, and I love that you continue to do that."

"Then I'll keep doing it" she smiled and then kissed him and Logan gladly reciprocated both happy to be in this moment.

Around 11'o clock that evening Rory and Logan stood in front of the door to Rory's room. "It's really a shame we didn't have time to do what I said we'd do on the plane" Rory said with innuendo. Tours, eating, and sightseeing really did take up a lot of their time.

"It's okay" Logan slightly ruffled her hair. "We got plenty of time and I had a great day with you."

"I did too, Logan." Rory smiled back, and she realized that the next level would happen at its own time and there was no need for rushing it.

"Here's to taking more pictures."

"Here's to taking more pictures." Rory replied. After one more passionate kiss, Logan watched Rory enter her room and then walked away to his own.