AN: Hi ok sorry this was delayed even though you all gave me sufficient amount of reviews. Hectic hectic week! Here's your chapter anyways

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Three days. It had been three days since our favorite couple's breakup. Although it was hell for both of them, it didn't matter because they refused to let it show through any of their façades they had decided to put on.

The two stayed true to their words and were civil to each other. Logan had taken the first step in that when he called Rory and told her, almost tauntingly, that he was fine with staying her friend as long as she felt the same for him. Rory had of course complied, albeit half heartedly, and when she tried bringing up what the whole mess was about he made up some lame excuse to get off the phone.

The next few days at school, Rory walked in to find Logan with his an arm around a blonde waiting with the group for Rory and Tristan's arrival. Rory felt like turning back and crying right there and then but pushed herself to be stronger than that. An explainable anger took over her when he saw Logan whisper something in her ear causing her to giggle, but her body showed no signs of rage except for the tight clenching of her fist leaving raw nail marks in her palm. The rest of the day, Logan could be seen with another girl each class and some pressed against his locker giggling between classes. Rory was slowly but surely being worn away, but refused to let her self to be vengeful and get back at him, it was she who broke up with him after all.

The rest of the group thought what Logan was doing was pretty low though and did not accept his 'flavors' very openly, in fact they just acted if the girl wasn't there. The group was constantly trying to help Rory steer clear of Logan and his flavor when they were having their public displays of feigned affection even though Rory didn't ask for any help.

Tristan knew that Rory was wearing away, and that she hated seeing Logan with several girls in one day, but Rory avoided any true confrontation of talking about it. She threw herself into her school work, declining any invitations the group as a whole, including Logan, would extend to her saying she had things to do.

Even at Rory's proclaimed tradition of saying goodbye in the courtyard, where Logan would finally be missing a girl from his arm, Rory gave him an almost non existed peck on the cheek, which was really just her placing her cheek on his and walking away before the tears Tristan was aware of fell from her eyes. He and Stephanie became the most constant support systems for her, especially since his and Rory's parents seem to have been so busy helping two new families move into Stars Hollow. Of course, the two were too caught up to even wonder who these two 'new' families were.

Finn, Colin, Louise, and Madeline were right up there with Tristan and Steph helping Rory out, but they also had to keep an eye out on Logan making sure that girls never actually went home with him, knowing how much he would regret that. The group lived in silent protection of the King and Queen of Chilton, not daring to split up and take sides, no matter how much Logan's bitter ways made them want to slap sense into him.

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Today, three days of clenched fists and blonde bimbos with names of cars and girls with rhyming names: Mindy, Cindy, Lindy, Rory was spiritless. Someone had to come and save her from her desolateness. She had once tried contacting Austin and Matt, but for some reason their line was disconnected which confused Rory and Tristan. As she looked at her reflection, she decided that if Logan could go and move on, she could try also, except not be as flaunting as Logan was about it.

She went as far as applying makeup for the first time since the break up and curling her hair. It was a surprisingly nice day out for a January winter day. Only a nippy wind blew in the bright and shining day, so Rory only put on a navy Hollister zip up sweatshirt over her uniform. Slipping her shoes on and grabbing her bags, she strode down the steps to find Tristan waiting faithfully at the bottom of the steps for her.

"You look nice Pinky," he said with a smile.

"Decided to look good for our day in hell, always good to make friends," she said sarcastically. Tristan grabbed her hand. "Are you holding up ok?" he asked sincerely, cutting right through her sardonic act.

"For now," she replied as honestly leading the way out of the door, not knowing the surprise that was waiting for her in Chilton.

"Those two have been so oblivious lately," Chris said with a small smile when she heard the door shut.

"Because of the whole breakup," Liz answered.

"What break up?" Eric asked.

"The one between Logan and Rory," Lorelai replied sadly.

"What did he do? I knew it! He's like me I knew he would do this!" Chris exclaimed.

"Down boy, she broke up with him… over college issues, oh and the fact that she kissed Tristan," Lorelai said nonchalant.

Eric spit out his orange juice. "She cheated on him!"

"Shhh," Liz said. "It was a mistake but it screwed things up. But hey at least she can use the surprise to make him jealous, I heard that he's gone back to his pick of flavors."

Lorelai nodded somberly. "Jealousy and revenge, she's growing up so fast!"

Logan and his latest brunette… no wait blonde. He scrunched up his face and looked side ways. Huh, black hair, that's a new one. Logan and his latest raven haired flavor were standing with the group as usual, waiting for Rory and Tristan's arrival. This was his way of letting go, showing her that he could move on… even though he was truly holding on and living off of the looks of jealousy he could occasionally see, the only sign that she still cared about him.

He knew he was being immature with the reverting to his old ways, but he just wanted her to come back to him and tell him she had made a mistake, and this was the only way he could think of getting what he wanted. However, his attempts were currently fruitless.

The girl he had his arm wrapped around coughed a little high pitched girly cough pulling him out of his thoughts. "You ok … baby?" he asked totally blanking out on her name.

"Good cause I'm with you," she replied lamely peering up at him with her clumped up mascara eyelashes. Logan threw her back his usual oh so charming smirk, although inside he was scoffing, something his friends were not able to contain.

"What's your name again?" Louise asked snottily.

"Sue Ellen," she replied.

"How… quaint," Colin replied pompously. The girl giggled, "Thank you!"

Logan had to keep himself from rolling his eyes and instead glared at Colin, although it wasn't very meaningful.

"Where in the hell are love and mate?" Finn asked. Just as he did, a silver BMW X5 SAV pulled up blasting the song 'Bedroom Talk' by Starting Line and parking in the spot Tristan and Rory had parked in their first day in school, immediately gaining the same attention that Rory and Tristan had.

"Who's this now?" Logan asked annoyed. As if this year didn't have enough new people.

"Two more hotties!" Madeline exclaimed seeing the two guys step out of the car. Both of them were very well built and clad in the familiar Chilton uniform. The driver and the taller of the two was a brunette with a buzz cut, well chiseled features, and piercing green eyes. He was extremely muscular and had an air of innocent confidence that surrounded him. The passenger of the car, a shorter guy with longer dirty blonde hair, stepped out a little less built that the taller but still having the same confidence factor. They slipped off their sunglasses and that was when Finn, Colin, and Logan recognized them letting out a gasp with the girls following.

"Isn't that?" Stephanie started.

"Hayes and Cunningham," Logan said. Before he uttered the two's surnames, they seemed to be scanning the staring crowds looking for someone, but once they heard themselves being called out their heads shot to the group. After a second of confusion, the two smirked and sauntered towards them.

Once they reached the group the taller spoke, "Well, well, well if it isn't Huntzberger, McRae, and Rothschild."

"Hayes," he replied with distaste. "Cunningham," he added with a nod to the shorter one receiving a smirk in return.

"Vander-," Madeline started but Stephanie covered her mouth. "Still not a game hun," she said making Madeline look sad.

"What are you doing here?" Logan asked bitterly.

"Can't tell by the uniform Huntzburger? We go here now," the shorter one said smirking. Hayes and Cunningham, as Logan and the group knew them, were two guys who entered Zugerberg the same year as them. Instead of succumbing to their clique and joining in with them to reign as delinquents, which was expected because of their powerful last names, the two refused and stuck together, saying that they had people waiting for their return as a reward for good behavior Senior Year.

The two immediately became a rival for Logan and his sidekicks simply because of their refusal. While the girls stayed out of it and were amicable with everyone in the school, Logan was offended and always saw them as a threat. Colin and Finn didn't feel as strongly about it as Logan did, but they still stood steadfast by their friend's dislike for the two.

They knew each other only by last names, never giving away their first names as if by some unwritten law that rival cliques couldn't do that.

But don't worry, they'd be finding out each other's first names very soon.

Girls had already started winking and eyeing the two guys, but the two just ignored them, sifting through the faces of the courtyard trying to find who they were here to surprise.

"Looking for someone?" Louise asked with an eye brow perked up. The two just shrugged as a limousine pulled up.

"Whose is that?" Hayes asked. Logan suddenly felt threatened. "None of your business," spat Logan causing the group to look at him curiously.

"One of your particular… favorites?" Cunningham asked eyeing the girl he had his arm around, who was oblivious to the world.

"Don't," Colin warned. Hayes lifted an eyebrow but before he could shoot back a comment Finn spoke looking behind them. "Love looks dazzling today," he said smiling. Cunningham and Hayes turned to look at who Rothschild was talking to causing the two figures to stop dead in their tracks. The two of them got big smiles on their face.

"What's wrong with them?" Stephanie asked.

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"Ok, I'm losing it," Rory mumbled.

"If you are you're taking me down with you," Tristan replied wiping his eyes and disbelief at the two mystery figures they had seen standing with their friends when they stepped out of the limo. The two figures waved with big smiles snapping both of them out of their daze.

"No fucking way!" Rory yelled dropping her bags and running over to the two, gaining the attention of everyone around and the skeptical looks of the group.

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"Did we miss something mates?" Finn asked scratching his head once Rory yelled. The group shushed him as a whole and Logan looked on jealous and confused as she started sprinting towards the group.

As soon as she reached them she jumped onto Hayes and wrapped her legs around his waist as his arms steadied her around her waist. Logan clenched his jaw, biting his tongue to keep from saying anything. Stephanie shot everyone a questioning look but was not responding because all of them were just as confused, especially when Tristan came jogging after engulfing 'Cunningham' in a giant but manly hug.

"Miss me that much hun?" asked Hayes as Rory pulled away with a big smile and tears of joy streaming down her face. "You have no idea!" she replied giggling and giving him several firm pecks on the lips, all the while giddy.

Logan almost gagged as the other still watched on with amusement at the interaction. Not being able to contain herself Louise blurted out the question everyone was thinking. "Rory how do you know Hayes?"

Rory stopped with her kissing and Hayes spun around with Rory still clinging onto him. "Me and Rory go way back, don't we?" he asked smirking.

"I'll ignore that possible innuendo," she directed at him with a playful glare.

"And I know him because he's one of my best friends. Everyone, this is Austin and Matt, Austin, Matt this is everyone," she said. Jaws hit the floor, eyes fell out of their sockets, grips on girls were tightened so much that the girl began to cough her high pitched cough. "Logan babe you're hurting me," Sue Ellen gasped.

Logan picked up his jaw and let her go all together, causing her to pout and walk away.

"Logan huh so you're-," Matt Cunningham started but was cut off.

"Yes, that's Logan the friend of me and Rory," Tristan cut in giving him a 'later' look. Matt raised an eyebrow but nodded anyways.

"We have to get the office though, so we'll meet up with you guys later," Austin said as Rory slid off of him and back onto her feet before sliding an arm around his waist again. "We'll show you the way," Rory said happy for the first time in three days.

"Don't worry we won't be pulling any pranks without you Pinky," Matt leered. Rory laughed. "I know but we have some catching up on to do! See you later guys!" she said with a smile back at the group before jumping onto Matt's back as he gave her a piggyback ride while she pointed in the direction to go followed by Austin and Tristan who talked reminiscently.

"Small world eh?" Finn asked still mesmerized by the turn of events.

"Too small," muttered Logan bitterly.

"Don't be like that Logan," Louise scolded, "You sound jealous."

"I'm not," he immediately spat back.

"Well whether you are or you aren't we're going to have to be social with them because they're obviously close with Tristan and Rory," Stephanie advised.

"Well yeah she slept with all three of them," Logan replied angrily. Finn groaned. "Mate can we not go back to that again? And she only slept with Austin and Tristan, not the Matt fellow."

"Two out of three," he mumbled as they made their way to the locker.

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"Alright what the hell are you two doing here!" Rory exclaimed as they made their way from the principal's office to the hallway Matt and Austin had been assigned to, which was consequently the same one as Rory and Tristan's.

"Good behavior means we get to graduate with our best friends," Austin replied with a casual arm thrown around Rory. Rory smiled a genuine smile. "I'm glad you two are here, when I need you the most," Rory said.

"What happened with that Ludwig kid? I thought he was your boyfriend?" Matt asked from her other side. Rory frowned. "It's Logan and we broke up," she answered.

"Why? Do we need to kick some rich kid ass?" Austin asked tightening his grip around Rory.

"Why don't we talk about it later tonight, and we can also talk about how you two got here without us knowing," Tristan suggested. The two nodded as Rory leaned more against Austin and slid an arm around his waist while they entered their hallway.

"So this is the Jane Eyre corridor, home to the richest and elitist of them all," Rory dictated dryly spotting Logan making out with yet another girl against his locker.

"We can get him back if you want to," Austin suggested following her gaze. Rory shook her head. "I don't want to, I broke up with him," she said just as the girl let out a moan.

Matt, Tristan and Austin looked at her again. "Maybe a little," she said with a small smirk. "Gym class though, it'll be more fun that way," she added just as they approached the group who had on disgusted faces.

"Hello darlings!" Rory chirped wrapping both arms around Aiden's waist.

"Hello doll, mate, fellows," Finn answered with a big grin. From his side vision, he saw Logan pull away from the girl and join the group, obviously with ulterior reasons.

"How do you do it Hayden?" Louise asked with a smirk.

"Do what?" Rory asked as Austin playfully tickled her sides making her giggle.

"Snag every good looking male on the face of the planet!" she answered shaking her head.

"I don't see any," Rory joked looking around.

Austin, Tristan, and Matt all put on pouts. "Pinky that hurts!" Tristan exclaimed.

Rory detached herself from Austin and went over to Tristan to give him a big hug and a kiss on the cheek, "You know I love you Trissy!" she exclaimed causing Logan to scowl.

"Love, love it hurt me too!" Finn exclaimed jumping up and down in eagerness. Unfortunately for him, the bell rang signaling the beginning of homeroom.

"Saved by the bell," joked Colin as the group entered their shared homeroom laughing, except for Logan who was cursing the two new arrivals under his breath. The sudden change in attitude from Rory unnerved him. How could she just move on like… like he did? Crap he muttered under his breath. He was being so hypocritical! He ran a hand through his hair as he took his usual seat across from Tristan in homeroom glaring at Matt and Austin, but mainly Austin, who stood at the front of the room waiting for the teacher.

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No matter how much Logan attempted to distract himself with other girls, he couldn't fight the jealousy he would feel every time he saw Rory interacting with Austin, Matt, or Tristan. At this point, his flirting with other girls was so forced while Roy got along with her friends so naturally and with greatest ease. Now, at Psychology, he sat behind her glaring into her hair for making him feel this way.

He was so intent on glaring, he failed to notice when she turned around to discuss the previous night's homework with him, considering that it was only them two together from the group in that class. He was still glaring menacingly at what was no Logan the back of her head.

"Are you alright Logan?" she asked confused on his expression. He immediately jumped and cleared his throat. "Oh yeah sorry… so what are we doing?" he asked.

"Going over last night's homework," she stated.

The two were used to talking to each other through gritted teeth now, they had this class for all 3 days that they had been broken up and although the first day had been the hardest, after that they just pushed aside vulnerabilities for the sake of their elective.

"Which was?" he asked flipping through his note book.

"Uh… human response to heartbreak," she mumbled only now realizing how awkward their discussion would be.

"Oh," Logan said remembering and finding the page. "So how do we go along doing this?"

Rory let out a faint chuckle. "You weren't paying attention were you?" Logan shrugged his response to many things lately; it was either indifference or angry words and he chose indifference.

"He wants up to compare our personal response and debate if that is the best way to respond to heartbreak, why we do it, and similarities that our responses have," Rory replied looking down at her notebook regretfully. She had made her personal response very well, personal.

"Alright, you want to start?" Logan asked also regretting his actual effort that he put into this homework assignment, reason being it was easy to relate to.

"Uh under my personal I wrote that I have a wallowing session, you know sappy love movies with pig out food, just crying everything out," Rory said.

"Well mine was drinking, scotch and lots of it," Logan replied. Rory frowned. "That's dangerous."

Logan shrugged again. "What can I say? I like living life on the edge. I'm Ready for…" he trailed off mentally cursing himself for almost saying that.

When he almost said their phrase, Rory found herself looking at his neck for any sign of a chain. They used to wear their gifts so proudly, but now Rory hid her chain deep under her layers of clothing, with her ring strung onto it for safety. As Rory inspected Logan's neck, she noticed the faint gleam as he moved and knew that he too did the same thing.

"Right, ok," Rory quickly said covering up her neck inspection. "So the similarities are that our responses both involve to consumption of something comforting, you with the scotch, and me with the junk food which are both dangerous to your health when taken in excess."

Logan nodded. "Except your response seems to be you actually acknowledge your heartbreak and almost bombard yourself with things that will make you feel it where as I'm just trying to forget it," he added looking her intently in eye for the first time in a while.

"Yes well I do it because running from your feelings is stupid. It's better to take something by the horns and deal with it than to push it aside and hope it goes away," Rory replied.

"Do you really feel that way?" Logan asked. "I really do," Rory answered firmly.

"Well I feel that sometimes running away from how you feel is the only way to protect yourself," Logan said.

"You're not really protecting yourself by running away; you're only delaying your true feelings."

Logan nodded in understanding. "So which way do you think is the right way to deal with heartbreak, the wallowing which is facing your emotions head on or the drinking which is running away from the emotions?" Rory asked not realizing that she had totally went against her reasons for breaking with Logan, but Logan did realize.

"I think you've already proved that you think running is the best way to go, don't you think Rory?" he asked just as the bell rung leaving Rory stunned. Did I really run away?

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Logan got out of that classroom as fast as he could, not daring to look back to see her expression. He wasn't the only one being a hypocrite. Rory just went on about how she liked facing her emotions head on, but how could she have run away from the person she loved if she liked taking emotions head on? Not unless she didn't love him anymore, then that would be a different story. God, he hoped she still loved him as much as he still loved her.

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The rest of the day, Logan's words wouldn't leave Rory's mind. She replayed it over and over again trying to figure out if he was right about her, if she had run away only to delay her true feelings. She needs some alone time to think about it, but wasn't granted it.

As she approached the lunch table, she saw most of the group was already there minus Austin, Matt, and Tristan. Logan had once again a girl perched on his lap, just like he had for the past few days. Rory sighed and strode over, taking a seat next to Finn with a small smile.

"Ello' love how was your day so far?" he asked giving her a friendly peck on the cheek.

"Fine," she answered shortly, briefly looking up at Logan who quickly turned away to pay attention to his lap buddy.

"Where are your gorgeous friends?" Louise asked with a small smile. If there was one thing she was good it, it was making guys jealous and Louise fully intended to make Logan as jealous as much as he was making Rory. Sure enough, Logan threw a sideways glare at her that she just brushed off.

"Yes and why didn't you tell us Austin was so amazingly gorgeous?" Stephanie asked with a similar knowing smile.

"Steph!" Colin scolded.

"What?" she asked innocently pecking him on the cheek.

"I think that Matt is pretty hot too," Madeline added.

"I still think Tristan is the hottest," Finn said causing the group the chuckle.

"Ugh why did I have to walk up at that moment?" said Tristan as he came up to the table with a lunch tray and Matt and Austin behind him causing the group to laugh even more but Logan just to pay more attention to his accessory of the hour.

Tristan took a seat in normal chair leaving Matt and Austin standing. Logan smirked and decided to be an ass about it. "Looks like there's no more spots," he snickered.

Austin looked around at the table and got an idea. "I see some," he said placing his lunch tray on the table and pulling Rory up from her seat. He then took a seat and pulled Rory onto his lap. Matt smirked at Logan and went over to Louise and did the same thing, much to her delight.

Logan looked ready to push the blonde out of his lap and strangle Austin but bit his tongue. Tristan, along with the rest of the table were smiling inwardly at his reaction.

"See Huntzberger, there was no need to be concerned about the seating arrangements," Matt said with a smirk from under Louise.

"So mates, how was Zugerberg after we left?" Finn asked. Realization dawned on Rory just now, out in the courtyard the group gave some inkling that they knew Austin and Matt but she didn't have time to question it.

"You went to school together?" she asked. The group nodded. "So were you all friends?" she asked. Austin scoffed from behind her while sticking a French fry in his mouth.

"Not exactly," he answered looking pointedly at Logan.

"Why not?" Tristan asked. Austin and Matt shrugged and looked to Finn or Colin to answer. "They didn't like that we were pulling pranks and screwing thing up, they wanted to stay out of that," Colin replied.

"Why?" Rory asked.

"So we could come home to you," Matt said with a smile. The girls 'aww'ed' and Logan scoffed noticeably while watching Austin feed Rory a French fry setting his face into a glare.

Tristan smirked but set the information aside for another time. "Does this mean you guys hate each other?"

"No, we never really had to chance to get to know them," Colin admitted, "It was just kind of a whole rivalry thing you know?"

Rory and Tristan nodded. "Well now you guys are going to get to know each other now right?" Rory asked hopefully.

Austin shrugged. "If they're willing," he said. Rory looked over at the group with her signature puppy dog pout and big glistening eyes causing Finn to groan and Colin to avert his eyes.

"Yes master," Finn said defeated with Colin agreeing. Rory smiled and then turned to the last of the guys that were opposing her two best friends. "Logan?" she asked not bothering to make a face and just asking him emotionless.

"I guess," he replied placing his hand down on the girl's leg that was draped on top of him. Rory glanced down and then looked him back in the eyes before nodding, trying to resist pulling out the blonde's extensions. "Ok," she mumbled.

An awkward silence settled at the table until Stephanie decided to chime in. "So Austin, Matt where are you guys staying?" she asked.

"We moved back into our houses in Stars Hollow," Matt answered wrapping his arms around Louise's waist, who looked very pleased.

"Looks like the three musketeers are back together," Tristan said with a smirk. Rory groaned. "Stephanie could I please stay with you from now on?" she asked jokingly.

"Hey we aren't that bad!" Austin defended feigning hurt.

"Yeah, the only reason we got in trouble was because of you and your demands," Matt replied.

"I had no demands!" Rory exclaimed.

"Yeah right that's why we broke into Doose's at 3 a.m. just to get you a pint of Chunky Monkey Ice Cream because you had a sudden 'craving' for it as you say," Tristan said shaking his head. The group laughed out loud but Logan just couldn't take anymore.

He was tired of hearing all these stories and seeing Rory laugh with her best friends and not be upset like he was. He just wanted more than ever to rub in her face that she had lost him, no matter how shit headed that response may be.

Under the laughter though, Rory was still broken. She only saw Matt and Austin's presence as a distraction from the pain that she had made herself endure for the past few days and the pain that was still standing strong in her heart. She tried to tell herself that everyone was done in the best interest of the both of them, but as much as she did, Logan's words along with her own spoken words in psychology class told her otherwise. But her reasoning made sense… right?

All she was really trying to do is stop them from hurting each other at a later point and dragging on the relationship… yet here she was hurting as much as ever. She frowned, drowning out the story Matt was telling and looked up at Logan. He briefly locked eyes with her, exposing his hurt right back at her before breaking the gaze and whispering something in his flavor's ear. She giggled and the two got up from the table wrapped up in each other.

Broken this fragile thing now
And I can't, I can't pick up the pieces
And I've thrown my words all around
But I can't, I can't give you a reason

I feel so broken up
And I give up
I just want to tell you so you know

Here I go, scream my lungs out and try to get to you
You are my only one
I let go, but there's just no one that gets me like you do
You were my only, my only one

And the tears came rushing back… she still loved him.

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