Chapter 2

They settled on the patio talking about Yale, he would be starting his sophomore year while she would be a freshman. It was general chit chat; they talked about school about their friends and family. Both felt the conversation was forced but neither knew how to make it easier, to make it the way it used to be.

During one of their lolls in conversation Lorelai came out to say hello and even she could sense the tension.

"Hello Logan, how are you? How are your parents?"

"I'm good, the parents are good. Actually you'll see them tonight. Emily invited us for dinner."

"Isn't that great…Rory isn't that great?"

"Yeah great, I haven't seen Mitchum or Shira in years."

"Rory, you may want to head in and get ready. You know how Adolph is about promptness."

"I should get going also. I really don't care for another lecture from my dad. So I'll see you in a few hours."

"Yeah, see you then."

As soon as he was out of earshot she slumped in her chair. "Mom that was the most awkward time I have ever spent with him. We had nothing to say to each other."

"Oh, honey. It will get easier, did you really expect to fall into your old ways."

"You know I didn't want things the way they used to be."

"Maybe he needs some time to get over the shock of how you look because you are a knock-out."

"Mom, stop."

"What you know you are, if you weren't you wouldn't have every young hottie on the beach at your beck and call."

"But I'm still me."

"Give him a chance to figure that out."

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Dinner that evening was just as awkward for Rory and Logan as was the afternoon and unfortunately they ended up being the main topic of conversation. After Shira gushed how beautiful Rory ended up; all that was heard was how wonderful it was that Rory and Logan were friends, both going to Yale, both from good families. Rory thought Shira was going to propose to her any second.

Dinner finally ended and as everyone got up to move the party outside for drinks Rory asked to be excused to go for a walk and just as she was about to go Emily suggested Logan join her for "safety reason of course."

They walked silently down the steps to the beach, she reached down to take her heals off and bury her feet into the sand.

"Oh, this feels good."

He looked at her face and noticed the smile on her lips, this was the first real smile since she jumped into his arms earlier in the day. He then bent down and took off his shoes "You're right this does feel good…Would you like to go for that walk now?"

"Yeah."

The began to move and to avoid any more silence Rory began " You know they're probable planning our wedding right now."

He chuckled "Yeah, they were kind of obvious about how great it is that we are both at Yale and both from good families."

"And don't forget we're friends."

"Are we?"

"Are we what, friends?"

"Yeah, I mean I haven't seen or heard from you in years."

"Well I've been busy."

"Too busy even for a friend?"

"Come on, we only saw each other in the summer for a couple of weeks and after that last summer I started high school and things changed."

"I can see that."

"What do you mean by that?"

"You changed Rory."

"I couldn't stay a little sister forever." She froze the second those words came out.

"What did you say?"

"Nothing" she whispered.

The silence was back and soon they both noticed they were close to the alcove, it was at that moment that Rory wanted to turn around

"Let's go back, it's getting late, I'm sure everyone will be worried."

"They'll be fine, in fact I'm sure my mom and your grandmother will be thrilled if we stayed out…Do you realized where we are?"

"Yes, and I want to go back."

"Why, this is our place. Remember all the time we would sit there and talk?"

"Our place? Really?"

"Of course, it was our place."

"Really because I remember thinking it was "our" place but then finding out for you it was a place to take your dates."

"What are you talking about?"

She was yelling now but didn't care she wanted all of it out there "I saw you Logan, you and some girl. You took her to what I thought was "our" place to have some fun."

"Is that what this is all about, you saw me with girl? I hate to break it to you but it was no big deal, it's not like we were together."

"You think I didn't know that? I thought we were friends Logan but apparently I was a little sister that followed you around like a dog. A dog, I know I wasn't the hottest girl on the beach but a dog!!!"

"I never said that."

"You're right, I was a puppy dog." She was looking out over the ocean "You hurt me Logan." She whispered. Her voice got cold "But maybe I should thank you, because if it wasn't for your declaration I wouldn't be who I am today…I've haven't had any guy since confuse me with dog."

He stood there shocked as he watched her run away. He wanted to run after her but he knew that wouldn't solve this problem. He sank down against the rock thinking about that day. He remembered bringing some random girl to the alcove to get her away from her friends; he remembered that Rory was away she was supposed to be back the following day. He remembered going to the Gilmore house the next day only to be told that Rory came back the day before and had to leave for some kind of orientation. He got some action with some random girl but lost his friend.

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