Since Rory and Logan had started dating, Rory could not remember a time when she had felt so elated. Every time she looked at Logan she felt a smile immediately appear on her face. She had never felt so giddy around any guy before, but Logan had this power over her which could make her so happy. She had never had a boyfriend that she could talk to and shoot popular cultural references to at a rapid pace. Unlike her last two boyfriends where she talked mostly about books, movies, and music; with Logan she could engage and debate within other topics as well; such as politics, economics, and other current events.

She never had a boyfriend that she did a variety of activities with either, with Dean it was often movies, town functions, and occasional dinners. With Jess their dates were often making out in front of a couch at Luke's or at the CS with an occasional movie or some music playing in the background. With Logan they would watch movies and go to dinners and definitely kiss lot; but they would do so much more than that. Logan had taken her to see a Yale play (even though he had slept through half the play), he had still been so thoughtful and taken her to something she had liked. And yesterday he had taken her to the art gallery; she smiled as she remembered how her grandfather had taken her grandmother to that exhibit. She had been there before but there was something special about going there with Logan. Unlike her mother he wasn't desperate to get away from there, he had given her insightful comments on the paintings and sculptures and he had made jokes. People had needed to come up shush them through all their talking and laughing. Logan could make any location that she was in be amusing.

She also liked going with Logan, Colin, Finn, Rosemary, Juliet and Stephanie to the pub Rich man's shoe. This surprised Rory because she had never been a girl who liked to go to bars, but being with Logan and company she found she was enjoying herself, and learned that drinking in small amounts was a good way to relieve stress and didn't hurt anyone. She had never been with someone who had such interesting friends either. Despite Logan's past reputation, she had never felt that she could trust a boyfriend so much.

Now, they had slept in the same bed for a week. They weren't having sex, and they didn't even plan on sharing the bed, they had mostly fallen asleep after a night of talking and heavily caressing each other. They normally woke up with their arms intertwined or Logan's arm wrapped protectively around her shoulder. It was hard for Rory to leave Logan's warmth in the morning, especially during Tuesdays and Thursdays when she had an early class.

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Logan was afraid that commitment would be hard, and somehow he would miss his past habits. However, what happened had been exactly the opposite; he had thought of no other girl. Whenever he was not with her; when she was in class, work, or at dinner he had a pang in his stomach. He did not know why he felt this way, he was such an independent guy before Rory, and now was constantly agitated. Even in moments when he was laughing at something, Finn had said he was still counting the moments for when he would see Rory again. Even going to the theatre had been fun, despite all the boredom, seeing Rory smile at the end of it made in him so happy inside. Rory always amazed Logan, every moment that he had been with her. Like him, she was far from perfect but she had unique characteristics that separated her from other girls. She was intelligent, but unlike other smart girls he had glimpsed through his high school and college years, she had a taste for fun. She did not think that watching TV was garbage or harmful to society, in fact she enjoyed watching, commenting on, and mocking programs. She also loved to grill him on his poor music taste and to introduce him to her superior choices in music. He loved debating with her on music and various other topics. He had never known before that bantering could be a type of foreplay. He loved that Rory viewed everyone she met in the same light. She had never given him any special treatment because he was a Huntzburger, nor was she a reverse snob who would call him an elitist just because of his money. She treated him like he was an ordinary human being, just like she treated her friends and coworkers who weren't from the Hartford Elite. He figured it was her being exposed to two worlds her entire life that made her become such an accepting and non- judgmental person.

He kept finding new ways to be with her, he would pick her up from Friday night dinner and from Stanford. One hand would be holding hers and the other would be on the steering wheel. It was almost impossible to be with her for a minute and not be touching her.

Right now they were both standing out in front of Christopher's door to babysit Gigi.

"Ace, are you sure your Dad will be cool having me around? You're sure there's no gun laying around?"

"No, out of all my family my Dad is pretty much the least scariest. Just as long as we're not found in any compromising positions."

"Don't worry Ace, I'm always a gentleman."

"Really, cause what happened in the car earlier is pretty contradictory to that statement."

"Hey, that was just as much you as it was me."

"I wasn't complaining Logan." Rory smiled remembering their steamy make out session in the Porsche.

"Want to go back and give it another go?" Logan asked suggestively.

"Maybe some other time Logan, right now we need to be a good influence to the two year old."

"Okay," Logan said nervously; he had never met a father of a girl he dated, and he had heard horror stories through his friends about meeting a girlfriend's father, even though Rory had convinced him that it Luke, her mother's boyfriend, who was really the scary one. Logan let out a few deep breaths as Rory knocked on the door to Christopher's apartment.

Chris had opened the door and he and Rory politely embraced, "Hey Kiddo, how was your week?"

Rory smiled, "Stressful but wonderful at the same time." She made a glance towards Logan and he glanced back at her as well and smiled. She gestured towards him and said, "Dad this is my boyfriend Logan Huntzburger."

They shook hands, "So you're the famous Logan that Rory mentioned last week."

Logan was glad that Christopher was being polite like Richard, and didn't have the look that he wanted to marry them off the way Emily had.

"Rory talks about you often as well."

"I hope good things?" Christopher asked worriedly, he knew that he had been absent for a lot of the important things in Rory's life.

"Pretty much, although there was an important story about how you crushed your new Porsche."

"Logan I only told you that story so you wouldn't do anything crazy the first time I got in your Porsche."

"Ace I'm always a safe driver, I just ignore the speed limit laws sometimes so I can get to you faster." Logan gave her a small peck on the lips after saying that.

'So Logan, what model Porsche do you have?" Logan and Christopher shifted through topics from cars, T.V's and then traded stories about all the elite boarding schools they had been kicked out of. Logan found Chris to be a cool Dad who he had a lot of things in common with, but he hoped he would not make some of the mistakes Christopher had made, like not being able to be with the girl he loved. This was why he did not want to let go of Rory, but also why was he now starting to think he was in love with her, even though they had just started going out. He knew he had strong feelings for Rory, but he never before thought he could be falling for her and this scared him to death.

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"Well I guess I have competition," Rory said gesturing to the little girl in Logan's arms who had now fallen asleep during Cinderella.

"Hey I can't help it that she finds me charming, and if she is anything like you she will grow up to be a heartbreaker." Logan joked. Rory was very touched at how great Logan had been with Gigi even though he did not have much experience with toddlers.

"I am hardly a heartbreaker," Rory said as she patted his shoulder loving the way Logan was looking at her.

"That's another amazing thing about you Rory Gilmore, you don't realize your amazing effect on people." He pulled her closer and Rory sighed in content. Rory couldn't help thinking about how the three of them huddled together. It made her think how cute Logan would look in the future with a child of their own. Rory had to stop thinking about this she was sounding just like her grandmother, and she had never thought about a long future with any of her boyfriends in the past before.

"Ace, are you okay?" Logan asked in concern of the pale look that had suddenly appeared on her face.

"I am fine, just tired." No need to freak out the poor boy by telling him that she was thinking about them having a future together, Logan would probably run for the hills.

"Ace you were right about your Dad, he is cool."

"I told you so," Rory said as she kissed him deeply. Every time she kissed him, Logan eagerly responded and then he started to kiss her cheek, her eyes, and her nose. Rory started to feel a sensation of happiness, kissing Logan never got tiring it always felt like it was the first time all over again. After they finally pulled away Rory said, "I mean he is not perfect, and I really wish he had been around more when I was a child."

"I know the feeling, Ace," He said thinking about his own father. He gently stroked her hair.

"But he loves me, and he tries to make up for his mistakes by being there for Gigi and he has been trying hard with me to have a better relationship than before."

"Plus he made sure you didn't trip at your debutante ball," Logan said teasingly.

"Oh, I will never forgive Grandma for showing you those pictures."

"Hey, you looked prettier than Cinderella in that white tulle dress," he said gesturing to Cinderella on the TV screen.

"Logan, are you comparing me to a Disney cartoon character?" Rory asked in mock harshness.

"I am not comparing you to a Disney cartoon character; I was just saying you are more beautiful th than a classic fairy tale princess."

"Well I suppose that's better Logan." Rory smiled.

"What about me, do I look like a fairy tale prince?" he asked as he lightly kissed her forehead.

"Well, you do look a little like the beast in Beauty and the Beast."

"What?"

Rory laughed. "I meant after he was a beast, he was pretty hot prince and it is my favorite Disney movie."

"Why?" Logan asked curiously.

"Most people would believe that I like Mulan with the whole strong woman without a man thing; but there is something special about the Beast growing to love and caring about someone else. Plus Belle is not as passive as some people might think she is. She doesn't marry Gaston and loves the Beast before he becomes a prince."

"Not to mention she reads a lot?" Logan commented teasingly.

"Logan you really are a beast!'" Rory said playfully slapping him.

"Hey you'll wake up Gigi," he said gesturing to the girl at the other end of the couch, peacefully sleeping.

You do have a point." They both turned silently watching the end of the movie as sleep overtook them.

When Chris came home around ten thirty his heart had melted at the sight of Rory, Logan, and Gigi on the couch sleeping, it seemed as though they had created their own little family.

Lorelai Gilmore could not believe that she had once again spent almost two weeks without having any contact with her daughter. She had only briefly talked during two Friday night dinners but it was really hard. Especially moments such as when she told Emily that she and Logan were going out. When Emily told Rory that she had told her Logan would want to commit, it really hurt Lorelai to know that her daughter had confided in Emily before her. Not to mention when Logan had picked up Rory from her parents house, they both had kissed so sweetly not caring who would see them. Lorelai had never seen her daughter kiss someone so intensely, nor seem so happy before. It really hurt Lorelai that she had trouble finding it within herself to really support Rory and Logan.

Lorelai needed to talk to someone about this. Luke would probably want to beat up Logan, and Sookie would either be supportive or flatly tell her she was acting out of line. Lorelai needed to talk to someone who wouldn't lecture her or be her cheerleader; but also understand where she was coming from. Lorelai knew that person who had been with her through various childhood stages, and who talking to had been easy as breathing. Therefore, she picked up the phone and called the phone number which she knew by heart. When the person picked up she said, "Chris?"

"Lor, you want to talk to Rory? She's asleep but I can wake her."

"No I wanted to talk to you, but Rory is there?" Lorelai asked surprised.

"Yeah, she and Logan came to babysit and the three of them fell asleep on the couch, it was darn cute."

God, was Logan everywhere? Lorelai tried to suppress the anger. "Chris we need to talk about Logan."

"Oh god, I know that tone, do we hate him? Cause he seemed like a pretty cool guy, he also likes flat screen T.V's and like me has an impressive boarding school record. But if he is bad news I will hunt him down, which wouldn't be that hard at the moment."

"That's the thing Chris, I would love to tell you that he is, and for you to go all cave man on him. However, the thing is Logan is not a bad guy, but a part of me doesn't want to accept Rory and Logan."

"Lor I am getting a little confused, it's not you to want to hate someone out of spite."

"Chris it's not spite, Logan is from the world we tried to escape when we were teenagers. Now I know Rory did not hate that world since she was sixteen, and I have come to accept that she will be a part of that world when connected to my parents. But I never thought she would date a guy from that world. Now she will be spending most of her time with Logan and his rich buddies going to fancy parties and having no use for me."

"So this is your fear of losing Rory to the Hartford elite?"

"Yes." She was glad that Chris understood where she was coming from.

"Lor I hate to be the bad guy, but that's not true. I know I haven't been around much, but I know that Rory has always been able to balance Hartford and Stars Hollow beautifully. In her phone conversation she would describe a day with you with joy, the same way she would describe a reading afternoon with Richard. She views both worlds equally she wasn't forced to be a part of the Hartford society the way we were Lor, so she found good in it."

"I guess I never looked at it that way. I'll just have to try and accept Logan or Rory will consider me a hypocrite. I mean hating Jess was so easy, he made it his duty to make everyone around him miserable, and he treated my daughter so horribly. I don't know if she told you about that."

"Bits and pieces, I really want a picture of him cause I'm going to disconnect his head from his body."

Lorelai laughed, "The superman side of you never gets old. So where do I go from here?"

"Well, I suggest you accept Logan with no BS reasons. Try getting to know him outside of Hartford. Have lunch with him at the Inn or Luke's."

"I guess lunch at the Inn with him and Rory sounds fair. Chris do you want to come too, I kind of need someone so I don't step over the line."

"Sure, how about this Saturday, I am taking Gigi to see her grandparents. I will gladly have your back."

Lorelai smiled, feeling the sense of nostalgia she often had when talking to Chris, "Chris, thanks."

"Anytime Lor."

This chapter is a bit of a filler but I just want to create some happiness after all the angst from before. I want to thank my Beta Kaytie for all her hard work on this chapter.