4. A drunk and an angel

It was already Friday and the week had flown by quickly for Rory. She was trying to come up with a plan to win Logan back. It needed to be something really spectacular if she wanted to succeed. She had abandoned every single idea so far. She remembered what Logan had done to win her back couple years ago: coffee cart, fancy fruit, going to her mother… He had gone all out.

Tonight Rory was going to Lisa's place. Lisa had agreed to help her with the plan and tonight they were going to brainstorm ideas. Rory thought that maybe being close to Logan (or at least his house) would help her to create a master plan.

Right now she was hurrying home from work to change and she was in a desperate need of a cup of coffee. She cursed that she had once again lost the track of time while working. She had promised to be at Lisa's at six o'clock and it was already over five.

She almost ran down the street and straight into a small café. She was only almost running because she was a Gilmore girl after all.

She ordered a cup of coffee and after receiving her cup she quickly paid for it and started her way home again almost running.

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Logan came to work early on Friday. He had a lot of work to do before weekend and he wanted all that done because he wanted to have a free weekend. It was something that happened only rarely. Five days in a week were not enough to get all done. The company he worked for was doing well but it was new in business so it needed to stabilize its position.

Logan was surprised when he realised that he had done everything he needed to do and clock was only 5 pm. He decided to take a little walk around the centre of the city before heading back to his house. He needed fresh air after spending almost ten hours in the office.

Rory had been on his mind a lot lately. He tried to forget about her but couldn't. It was frustrating to constantly think about something that was out of his reach.

He was walking down a street looking everything that was around him. Suddenly a girl who hurried out of a café called his attention. The girl looked like Rory. But she couldn't be her. Rory was probably in the other side of the country. The girl was out of his sight before he got a good look of her.

"I'm going crazy" Logan thought silently.

All he wanted was to forget her. Even if it was just for a little while. He saw a bar nearby and decided to drown the memory of her.

He walked in and ordered a scotch. One didn't help so he ordered another one.

The night went on and he kept drinking to forget the love of his life.

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Rory and Lisa were sitting in Lisa's living room. The get-Logan-back plan was progressing quite nicely.

Lisa had asked Rory what were the most memorable things that Rory and Logan had done together. Rory told her about their trip to London, Valentine's weekend in Martha's Vineyard and the Life and Death brigade event where they jumped together.

Suddenly Rory had gotten an idea. Their journey together had started with the jump. That was when they both had realised that they had feeling for each other. You jump, I jump Jack.

She needed to create the jump all over again. It would symbolize a fresh start and also how serious she was. She surfed in the internet and found a place where they could do the jump. There was this company which offered many kinds of new experiences for people. One of the experiences happened to be a lot like the jump in LDB event.

The bigger problem was how to get Logan to the right place at the right time.

"You could write him a letter asking him to come." Lisa suggested.

"That way he could easily not come. It has to be something that definitely will get him there." Rory said.

"Is there anyone who could bring him there?" Lisa asked.

"If we were in Connecticut that would be possible but not in here. I don't know anyone who knows him and lives here." Rory answered.

Their conversation was interrupted by noise coming from the front door.

"Who could that be? My husband shouldn't be home until tomorrow." Lisa wondered.

"It could be a burglar." Rory said. "Let's go look together."

They silently walked to the front door. Rory was one step ahead and looked through the peephole. To her surprise she saw a very drunk but familiar blond trying to open the door with a key.

"It's Logan. He seems like he's drunk. I can take care of this." Rory told Lisa and opened the door before thinking the whole thing through. She was too worried about Logan to think.

"Logan, are you okay?" She asked him when she got the door open.

He hadn't even realised that the door in front of him had opened until he heard a voice. He lifted his eyes from his keys to look the speaker. And for the second time of the day he saw a girl who looked a lot like Rory.

"You look like a girl I use to know. But you can't be her. She doesn't want to be here. She didn't love me enough." Logan sounded really drunk. "She thinks that being married to me means that her life is over. So she said no to me. She wanted to have every door open instead of being locked in a closet."

Rory didn't know what to say. She wanted to tell that she was sorry and that she loved him a lot. That she still loved him. But she knew that Logan wasn't in the right condition to have that conversation right now.

"Let me help you home." Rory said and started leading Logan to his own house.

"You're an angel. That's what you are. A beautiful angel. She was also beautiful. But I wasn't enough for her. I tried so hard but she wanted someone better." Logan kept babbling and Rory had hard time keeping her mouth shut.

She took the keys from Logan and opened the front door.

"Will you come tuck me into bed and stroke my hair like she use to when I was sick?" Logan asked when they got in.

"Sure". Rory answered and help him to climb the stairs to second floor. She saw a door open in the end of the hall and guessed that it would be Logan's bedroom. She led Logan there and saw that she had guessed right.

She took off Logan's shoes. Logan started undressing himself but wasn't able to do that in his drunken state.

"Help me angel" He asked.

Rory hesitated a little but decided to do what he asked her to do. First she helped him to take off his tie and dress shirt. She thought about leaving the wife-beater on but Logan had different thoughts. He managed to get it half way off but not any further. Rory hadn't any other choice but to help him. A lot of memories came back to her when she saw the familiar scars in his chest. They were from the injuries he got in Costa Rica and she knew every single one of them by heart.

She help Logan take off his trousers and socks. When he was only wearing boxers, she helped him onto his bed.

She tucked him like he asked her to do.

"Goodnight angel." Logan said before shutting his eyes.

"Goodnight Logan" Rory whispered.

She sad on the edge of his bed and stroke his hair until she was sure he was asleep.

AN: And so they have met. But what happens next morning? You just have to wait and see. In the meantime you can tell me what you think about this story so far…