Logan had come home that night doubly exhausted and discouraged. Rory knew that as much as he didn't want to let his former friends get to him, they had. She hated them for it.

As she got ready for school the next day she almost hoped that she would run into them, to tell them exactly what she thought of them.

Rory looked in the mirror and smiled. Even at almost two months pregnant she didn't really show at all, which was good because aside from Logan and her mom she hadn't told anybody about it yet.

Her mom had taken the news surprisingly well, considering the circumstances. She felt better knowing that Rory was so happy about it.

When Rory got to Yale she did in fact run into a group of people that used to be Logan's friends. They used to be her friends too. They still wanted to be her friend, and all of the boys who had admired her before now considered her fair game because Logan was poor.

"Rory, so glad to see you, love." Said Finn, coming up and standing next to her.

Rory grimaced to herself. She hated them for talking to Logan like they had.

"Hi." she said, pushing past them.

"Rory, don't be so cruel!" one of the boys called.

"Whats wrong with you guys? Logan was your friend!" she said turning around, too angry not to confront them.

"Rory we think it's great that Logan has found such meaningful employment." said Colin.

"Really, we are very happy for him." said Robert. "We were just complimenting him on the outfit. Very spiffy."

"Oh really." said Rory, sarcastically. "You shouldn't have treated him like that." she scolded them.

"He's a servant, isn't he?" Colin asked, surprised. "How am I supposed to treat him. He was there to serve, I was there at the party to be served. Therefore it makes perfect sense when I ask to be served by the person who is there to serve me."

"This is some big joke to you, like you think its funny." Rory spat out. "Well think about this, Logan is doing something with his life now, he can be anything he wants now, and anybody. Your greatest ambition is to do as little as possible. You will always be little boys, spiteful pampered lazy boys. Look at Mitchum Huntzberger! He reacted like a child when he found out that things didn't go exactly his way. Well thats what you have to look forward to. And Logan had the courage to do his job in spite of you and everything you could say to him, and thats why he will always be better than you. Come see me in 10 years and tell me if you are happy. If all your money has made you fulfilled. If you like your job, if you find someone who wants to be with you for you, if you ever have a meaningful relationship. And also look out for who you become friends with, because if you are ever down on your luck, don't count on the people around you to ever be there for you or help you out."

Before the group could say anything else Rory walked off.

Rory went to class and sat down, trying to calm herself down. She couldn't believe the way she had just gone off on the group but was glad she had done it. And all of it was true, too. Their lives were pathetic. To them there was nothing more than drinking and partying and sleeping around. Real substance meant nothing to them.

She couldn't believe that she had ever been like them, or enjoyed spending time with them. Logan was different, not because of what had happened to his family but because he had more depth as a person. It just took the situation to bring it out in him.

She finally put these thoughts out of her mind so she could focus on her classes.

Back at the apartment that night she was sitting next to Logan on the couch. They were watching a movie but hadn't been paying much attention to it. Rory broke the kiss and said quietly "Logan what do you want? Have you thought about it at all. I mean you could do anything, so what do you want?"

"I want to be your mom." he responded promptly.

Rory laughed. "Well that would be a little weird."

"No I mean seeing her and Luke in your town gave me a new perspective on success. They both took something they loved and worked towards it and now they run their own lives. They aren't that rich but they are comfortable. They don't have anyone telling them where they have to be every day and how they have to act. They dictate their own lives and live on their own terms. Thats what I want."

"What about working at a newspaper? You are a great writer." Rory suggested.

"I could give a damn about newspapers. Thats not what I ever wanted, its what Mitchum wanted for me. Thats your dream Ace, you go for it."

"I just want you to find where you belong." Rory said softly, giving him a quick kiss.

"I will. I mean I guess it wasn't great timing, and I do miss the money but I don't miss having my entire future planned out for me and decided pretty much before I was even born. I didn't like having to try to live up to exactly what they wanted of me and do everything on their timetable. I'm sure if you look at Mitchum's daily planner from years ago it will have exactly what day I was planned to be toilet trained, when I was supposed to learn to ride a bike, when my first tooth was going to fall out."

Rory laughed. "It can't have been that bad."

"Oh it was. There was an endless litany of things that I failed to live up to. So I don't regret not having that pressure."

"Do you miss your friends?" Rory asked. She wondered if she should tell Logan about her talk with them.

He thought for a minute. "No. They never cared about me and I never cared about them. We were all the same, thats all." These didn't ring quite true though. Rory could tell that despite his words Logan did miss their companionship.

"I'm glad. They are jerks. I can't believe they would just ditch you like that."

"They didn't right away. I mean they helped me at first. I think it was fun for them but that wore off. And by the time I saw them again things had changed so much that they couldn't even relate to me anymore."

"Yeah.. I can't believe you are taking everything so well." Rory said thoughtfully.

"Like getting in a fist fight with my father?" Logan said, smirking.

"Well that wasn't a stunning example, but you wouldn't believe how much you have changed."

Logan, to avoid the direction the conversation was taking wrapped his arms around Rory and pressed his lips to hers.