AN: Thanks for all the great reviews again guys! This is the date and little humor here and there, i hope you enjoy it. Theres a very very subtle hint about possible future drama, if you even realize it I'll be surprised haha.
It was the night of Rory and Logan's date as well as the weekend of the Fall Festival of Stars Hollow. The group had eagerly accepted Rory and Tristan's invitation to the annual event and was sleeping over the whole weekend, this time at Tristan's house.
The girls had snuck away to Lorelai and Rory's house to prepare Rory for the date, leaving Logan with the rest of the guys to do what men do when they're alone, which even they couldn't answer.
"I'm so nervous!" Rory exclaimed as the girls were putting their final touches on Rory's appearance.
"About what child, he's already your boyfriend!" Lorelai quipped.
"I'm just nervous in general. We have a lot of things to talk about and we've never really had long one-on-one conversations, I don't want to say something stupid."
"Don't worry about it Rory, it's not like if you say something stupid he'll dump you, besides you look to hot for anyone to dump," said Louise reassuring Rory.
Rory just returned that comment with a smile and looked at herself. After an hour of practically begging Logan to tell them where he was taking her, the girls had figured out the appropriate type of attire for the date. Rory didn't have much say in what she was wearing, just a simple yes or no on if she liked the outfit, and if no was the answer they ran back into her vast assortment of clothes to pick something new. Eventually, they had found the perfect outfit and she had to admit she did look good.
Next door, the guys sat in Tristan's room throwing around a mini-basketball and talking to Logan about his expectations for the date.
"Don't expect to get laid," Tristan said in warning tone, "she's not that kind of girl."
"I know!" Logan said getting annoyed, it was after all Tristan's 5th time saying that.
"You're really lucky my dad and Rory's dad are away on business, or else you'd be getting a speech instead of the 11 little words I'm saying," Tristan said being protective. Logan just rolled his eyes.
"If you screw this one up, I'll be forced to kick your ass mate," said Finn.
"And I'll be forced to help him," Colin said from next to him throwing the ball to Logan.
"Wow you guys are great friends, kicking your best friend since diaper's ass for a girl you've only known for 2 weeks," Logan deadpanned.
"Sorry mate, if you grew boobs, a nice ass, and a face like Rory's then I'm on your side all the way," Finn started but was quickly cut off by Tristan and Logan. "How do you know she has a nice ass!" they both yelled defensively.
Finn looked like a deer caught in headlights and turned to Colin for help, who only laughed at his face. "Err you see mate I was on the steps and then Rory was walking up and she fell up, and you know a guy can't help but peek when a beautiful sight is right in front of him," Finn said rambling. He immediately saw a look of amusement on Tristan's face and didn't understand why, but then saw his gaze was on Logan. He looked over to his best friend who was looking at him with the deathliest glare he had ever seen.
"Um, it was an accident?" Finn said trying to change his story.
"Better," Logan said before throwing the mini basketball at Finn's groin. Finn doubled over with a squeak causing the guys the laugh and Logan to smirk. Nice aim Huntz.
"Oy mate all I did was look at your girls ass no need to attack my little soldiers so I can't have mini-Finn's!" Finn yelled still clutching his crotch. The guys just laughed even more before Stephanie appeared before them.
"Do I want to know what Finn's holding his penis?" Steph asked.
"No," Colin answered her.
"Alright, anyways. I'm here to get Lo—Oh crap wait I have a script," Stephanie said pulling out a pink piece of paper and reading it once over as the guys looked at her with confusion. After a minute of mumbling to herself trying to memorize, she spoke again with a confident, clear, serious voice.
"The presence of the ones Logan Huntzburger, Tristan Dugrey, Finnegan Rothschild, and Colin McRae is requested by the beautiful, elegant, intelligent, kind, beloved Lorelai Leigh Gilmore-Hayden the 2nd and best friend Elizabeth Marie Packard-Dugrey. The reason for this request is so Lorelai Leigh may present her daughter better known as Rory to the one Logan as well as her other boy toys. Now please kindly follow me, your gorgeous friend to the Hayden residence!"
The guys were looking at her incredulous that she had just memorized that, and also at the fact that Lorelai had actually made a script, but quickly followed her to the next door house.
When they reached the door, Stephanie knocked a tune and the door promptly opened to reveal a very snooty looking Lorelai and Elizabeth. Both had feathered boas and sequenced dresses on as well as tiaras. Lorelai addressed Stephanie, who was trying very hard not to laugh, "Lady Vanderbilt, why do you knock at the door of we royalties?"
"I brought the boys toys requested for thy inspections," Stephanie said, her voice cracking a little from the laughter she was keeping at bay.
"Very well," Elizabeth spoke, "Enter boy toys." The boys all walked into the foyer, confused but also humored. When they walked in, they found Louise and Madeline sitting at a table dressed in regular clothes but with very condescending expressions on.
"Lady Grant, Lady Lynn, you know your duties," said Lorelai to the two. The two nodded and turned to face the boys. "Logan Huntzburger step up!" Louise barked with her best serious tone. Logan stepped up cautiously to the table and gave a smile to Louise and Madeline, which they did not return. Instead, the two girls held out a Cosmo and a Starbucks Mail order catalog put on top of each other and looked up at Logan.
"Put your right hand on the holy bible proclaimed by Elizabeth and Lorelai," Madeline said trying to sound as serious as everyone else but still having a hint of her easy-go-lucky attitude present.
Behind Logan, the guys were snickering at what was going on, but Logan took it seriously as he placed his hand on the magazines with no questions asked.
"Now, do you Logan Huntzburger solemnly pledge to be a good boy friend that will not hurt Rory in any way shape or form to the best of your abilities?" asked Louise. Logan nodded.
"Do you also pledge not to push Rory to do something she doesn't want and protect her from any approaching dangers in example jealous ex-boy friends, aggressive ex- conquests, and naked slash horny Finns?" Finn yelled "I object!" while Logan and the other guys laughed before he nodded once more.
"Do you promise to trust, and when the time comes, love Rory Hayden with all that you are and put up with her excessive reading and coffee addiction, also helping to fund her when needed?" When the word love was brought up Logan tensed a bit but knew that love was something that couldn't be avoided, and something he didn't want to avoid this time. "I do," he stated with confidence that made everyone crack a smile, knowing he had it bad.
"Very well then Logan, and I hope you know that if you violate any of these terms we have the right to send you to the guillotine!" Lorelai said getting back into character, "I now present to you all the gorgeous, Lorelai Leigh Gilmore-Hayden." She raised when saying Rory's name, as if calling her down and motioned to the top of the steps where everyone's eyes went.
When Logan saw Rory his mouth dropped, she was gorgeous as usual. She wore black leather knee high boots that made her legs look longer than they anready were. Her legs were exposed up to mid-thigh when the bottom of her black tiered mini skirt reached that matched with her red halter top. Her hair was curled at the ends and she wore long black chadelier earring. From behind him, Logan could hear a low whistle coming from Finn.
Rory came out of her room yelling in an annoyed voice, "Mom why did you make me stay in my room that whole time and why are you using my full name in that tone," looking down at her watch as she bounded down the steps. When she looked up her eyes went wide, there was her maternal figures looking like they were playing dress up and her boyfriend with his hands placed on a stack of magazines while looking at her with his mouth open. Her face immediately turned bright red.
"Mom do not tell me you pulled the whole Royal Court on him just like you did with Tristan, Matt and Austin!" Rory said looking at her mom with anger and embarrassment evident.
"That's Queen to you young lady!" said Elizabeth replied to Rory with the Dugrey smirk on. The girls in the room were trying very hard at the moment to contain their anger, but once Lorelai started the rest of them followed and the guys mimicked. They were so busy laughing that they didn't realize Rory practically running to Logan, taking his hand, and running out of the house.
Once the door was closed behind them, Rory let out a sigh and turned to Logan. She took in his rugged handsomeness, with his simple white button down shirt and black slacks and his regular perfectly tousled blond locks. He's so hott... Logan too was looking at Rory up and down, enjoying the closeness they had at the moment.
Rory was the first one to snap out of her daze and speak, "I'm really sorry about my mom, she's just… my mom."
Logan laughed, "Don't worry about it Rory, it's nicer than having your dad show me his gun collection," he replied taking her hand and leading her to his Viper.
"Do I even want to know?" Rory said with a smile.
"No," Logan replied mirroring the smile and opening the door for her like any real gentleman on a date would. As Logan made his way across the front of the car Rory had one thing running through her mind, "This date is going to be interesting."
The car ride to the date spot was comfortable for both parties. The two both exchanged stories of their past and their families, and Logan relished the look in Rory's eyes every time she would talk about the town's annual events and her mother's crazy theories on snow and exercise. The two were quickly learning more and more about each other but nothing that was putting their relationship at risk. Before they knew it, they had arrived to a classy yet quaint Italian restaurant. Logan helped Rory out of the car, immediately interlacing his fingers with hers and leading her inside.
The interior of the restaurant had an intimate feel to it, the two approached the young hostess that started to eye Logan up and down. "I can't go anywhere with a girl wanting to maul you," Rory whispered to Logan who just gave her a sheepish smile. "Who wouldn't want this?" Logan said with his cocky smirk causing Rory to roll her eyes.
"Hi welcome to Verdicchio's. Do you have a reservation?" The hostess asked when the two reached her. She was still shamelessly checking our Logan and giving him a sexy smile, while Rory was prepared to give her a nice punch in the face.
"Yes 2 for Hunztburger," Logan said releasing his hand from Rory's, causing Rory to look up at him with anger, which was quickly replaced with a beam when his arm made it's way around her shoulders. He gave Rory a wink and turned to see the unsubtle frown and glare of the hostess, "Right this way," she said curtly.
The two followed her to a booth for two in the corner of the restaurant. The hostess gave them a forced smile and said, "Your waiter will be right with you," before walking away in a huff.
"Nice going Logan, now she's going to have the waiter spit in our food!" Rory scolded.
"Aw come on Rory, she was eating me with her eyes. Besides, you don't want her thinking she has a chance with me do you?" he asked with a smirk.
Rory just sighed. "Fine, it was nice of your to do that. But I swear if my food even tastes out of the ordinary I will not be a happy Hayden." Logan chuckled at his girlfriend's address before looking at his menu to choose what he wanted.
Two appetizers and one entrée later, Logan was stuffed as he watched Rory with wide eyes. She had managed to eat the appetizers, free bread and salad, and her entrée and was now finishing off his leftovers. She had cleaned his plate and looked up with him with a satisfied grin, "This place is amazing."
"I'm glad you liked it Rory," Logan said sincerely looking into her eyes being illuminated by the candle light.
"This constitutes as a good first date spot."
"Really? I wouldn't know, I don't really have a large archive of dates to compare this one two, but it was a great none the less," Logan replied with a grin, but was immediately concerned when Rory's matching grin transformed to a frown. "What's wrong?"
"Logan, why me?" Rory asked starting to let her insecurities leak.
"What do you mean why you?"
"Your life at Chilton was set, you could have any girl you want who would do anything you wanted them to do, but yet you chose me. Right now, I'm not seeing why."
Logan looked pensive for a moment. He couldn't believe she thought so little of herself. She was different than all the other idiots and whores of Chilton, she was real and he liked that about her. No, he loved that about her. He didn't care how long he would have to go without sex; he didn't need it as long as he had her… Although it might be nice, ah focus. "Rory, you are the girl that I wanted and that's why I chose you. You're different, you're special. You saw through my money, my name, my reputation and you reached out to the real me, which people don't care about or bother to learn about."
As he said those words, Rory felt her heart melt and she grabbed his hand and kissed it. She looked into his eyes and saw sincerity, and knew that he wasn't just saying a line to one of his many. However, she still had that unsettling question in her gut, the one she had discussed with Tristan. She didn't know how to phrase it, but she knew she had to ask or else it would bother her, and she knew that wasn't part of having an open honest relationship.
"Ok Rory I can see in your eyes there's something more, so spit it out," Logan said willing to answer any concern she had with his certainty.
"Well, I just don't want to go too far to fast, in terms of our physical relationship," Rory replied, trying to avoid using the word sex.
Logan knew this was coming, and he was alright with it. There was already a lot of sexual tension between the two, but he wasn't going to push things on Rory when she wasn't ready yet. "I agree Rory, we'll know when the time is but until then I won't be forcing you to do anything." With his answer came Rory's relief. His reputation had worried Rory from the start, but his words were trusted more than the school's word of mouth.
"You're the best," she said giving him a kiss across the table. He smiled and returned it, "You too."
"So tell me more about Tristan, Matt, and Austin. What kind of pranks did you guys play? Or better yet what embarrassing things did you make them do for you?" He said with a devilish grin, he wanted something to hold against his new best friend.
"Well ok, for most of my life I grew up with the three of them as my friends. The very first time I got my… uh special visitor..." Rory said this uncomfortably but was cut off by Logan.
"Rory you could say period I grew up with Stephanie and I have my older sister Honor that I mentioned to you before, I'm fine with it."
"Alright," Rory said smiling, "Anyways it was after school in 7th grade and they were all at my house, and I came out of the bathroom crying because I thought I was dying, and the guys even went on google and looked up "bleeding private parts"," At this point Logan thought that this was enough black mail but Rory continued.
"So they were looking, and I called my mom who was shopping, and she told me what was going on with me. She explained to me what I needed to buy but wouldn't get home later because she was shopping in New Jersey. Anyways, I was too embarrassed to leave the house so I sent the guys who were too scared to disobey what I told them to do, so they of course went. Well all three of them are only children, and they didn't know what to get even though I did my best to describe to them what. They come back about 20 minutes later with 5 bags all filled with feminine products. I asked them what they were thinking and Tristan said he wasn't sure how much I needed or which kind to get so he just bought one of every brand," Rory said finishing and smiling at Logan's smirk.
"I can hold that against him forever!" Logan said with an almost menacing laugh. Rory giggled and the rest of the couple's time was spent exchanging embarrassing stories about their friends and family. The two were so caught in conversation they failed to notice that the restaurant was closing, until the bitter hostess came and informed them, practically throwing the check at them.
As Logan looked at the check, he noticed Rory going into her purse and fishing out her wallet. "Rory, don't even think about trying to pay for dinner," he said seriously.
"Logan come on," Rory whined.
"I won't hear of it," he said as he placed his black credit card into the holder. He loved knowing that Rory used him for his money like his other one nighters. Rory just sighed in defeat, it was a battle she wouldn't win. With a final glare from the hostess, the two left their perfect date, preparing to be asked a million questions.
By the time the two had arrived back to Tristan's house, their six friends were eager to hear their stories. "So love, after seeing my mate's poor dating school have you decided to leave him and come to me?" asked Finn with a wink at Rory. Logan gave Finn a glare before taking a seat next to Rory and putting his arm around her waist, pulling her closer to him. Finn's only response was a disgusted look and reaching for a beer in Tristan's mini fridge.
"How was it Rory? We want details!" Madeline exclaimed as the two other girls nodded their heads in agreements.
"Well we went to Verdicchio's where I was a given a death look from the hostess because of my gorgeous boyfriend, and then me and Logan talked some, ate some, share some embarrassing stories, and now we're here!" Rory explained, at the mention of embarrassing stories the group received a collective look of curiosity.
"Did you say embarrassing stories?" asked Tristan looking a little nervous.
"Yes she did," Logan said with a devilish grin.
"About yourselves or your friends?" asked Tristan with a tremble in his voice. After being friends with Rory, he had done his fair share of embarrassing things.
"Friends," Rory said with a smirk that could battle Logan's.
"I don't like that look love has on her face, Logan's being a bad influence on our little angel," said Finn to Stephanie.
"So Logan, care to share the embarrassing stories that Tristan seems to be so concerned about?" Stephanie asked with curiosity. Tristan quickly changed the subject, "Shouldn't you two change, you're still in date clothes!"
Rory looked at Tristan with her smirk but felt pity, "Alright. Sorry guys maybe later," she said as she got up to go to Tristan's closet. "Trissy do you still have the Victoria Secret things here?" she yelled from inside.
Tristan noticeably blushed while the group laughed and pointed, "Mate first she called you Trissy then she asked if you still have stuff from the girly underwear place!" Finn cackled. Tristan glared at them but answered Rory, "No Pinky, Matt took your Victoria Secret stuff to Europe with him to have something to remember you by," Tristan said with a smug smile. Logan visibly paled along with Finn.
"You mean some guys in Europe are walking around with my girl friend's underwear?" Tristan just laughed and nodded while Finn mumbled something along the lines of, "Lucky bastards."
Rory came out of Tristan's closet dressed in pink care bear shorts and a matching tank top. "Tristan what are you doing with clothes like that in you closet?" asked a giggling Stephanie.
"She stays here a lot so I have a lot of her clothes," Tristan reasoned, trying not to look embarrassed that he has a vast assortment of girl clothes.
Rory spoke up, "Did you say Austin and Matt took my underwear!"
"Yep," Tristan answered with a smile.
"How could they, those were my new blue lace thong and bra sets!" said Rory angrily taking out her phone. Logan and Finn both perked up at her description but Logan quickly punched Finn. "What?" asked Finn dazed.
"Stop picturing my girlfriend in those things!" Logan yelled at Finn who just smiled. "Can't stop the imagination mate," he answered only causing Logan to smack his head. The two were about to get into a big brawl before a male voice came booming through Rory's phone.
"Who the hell are you and what the hell do you want at 5 a.m.!" yelled the voice.
The speaker sounded familiar to the six who didn't know who it was. "Where have I heard that voice before?" Colin asked the group but was only hushed by the whole. He had indeed heard that voice before.
"AUSTIN I WANT MY UNDERWEAR!" screamed Rory, at the mention of Austin, Logan once again paled but reminded himself that it was himself that Rory liked, not anyone else.
"Rory? What the hell?" the voice asked confused, in the background another familiar voice spoke with a teasing tone, "Austin? Did you say Rory? Are you having one of those wet dreams again man, because that's disgusting!"
The group laughed out loud at this and Rory blushed while Austin yelled back at the voice, "Shut up Matt, Rory's on the phone yelling about her panties!"
"Rory baby!" yelled Matt, "What panties are you talking about the pink ones we took or the white ones?"
Everyone stared at wide eyed at Rory while Tristan laughed, he knew all along that they took at least 5 sets of her underwear, it took her longer than he thought it would to figure out. Rory glared at Tristan and mouthed, "You're dead," before addressing the two on the phone.
"Neither you dick heads! I'm looking for my blue ones, I waited three weeks to get those. They're the special ordered ones with my name embroidered on them and I haven't gotten to wear them yet!" Rory yelled annoyed and angry.
"Sorry babe, guess you'll have to wait until we get back before you can wear them for your new boy toy Logan!" laughed Matt over the phone. This comment caused the group to smirk and Rory to blush.
"I hate you," Rory said with vengeance in her voice.
"Love you too!" the two voices said in unison before hanging up laughing.
Rory looked at Tristan but addressed the group as a whole, "Guys did I ever tell you about the first time I got my period?"
Tristan jumped up and screamed don't, but it was too late. There was no stopping this girl when she was on a mission.
AN: Hope you liked it , review! Next chapter will just be some humor, not the festival yet.