8. A Stormy night

It was already Saturday and Rory hadn't heard anything from Logan. She knew Logan needed time and a few days wasn't a lot of time but the same times she was impatient. She wanted so badly to hear Logan say that he would give her a second chance. She tried to repair herself to a rejection too but even the thought of Logan telling her it was over for good was unbearable.

It didn't help at all that the weather was awful. It was really windy and weather forecast said that there was going to be a thunder storm in the evening. Rory hated thunder. When she had been little, she had always hidden on her bed under pile of blankets when the thunder came. Now she didn't hide anymore but it didn't mean she liked the thunder. She remembered many stormy nights that she had spent with Logan. She had snuggled as close to him as she possibly could and that made her feel safe. Logan had some kind of magic ability to make her feel safe no matter what.

She couldn't help but think that maybe she would never get to snuggle close to him. Maybe she had lost him for good.

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Logan's Saturday had been spent in the office for two reasons. One: he had work to do and two: he didn't want to be at his house. After his meeting with Rory, he had started imagine how Rory would look in his house. One evening when he had been sitting in his backyard, he had imagined Rory there sitting with him and two kids playing around.

He left the office at 7 pm and decided to drive around the city for a while before heading home.

Even if he imagined them living happily ever after, he wasn't sure that could be the reality. He had talked to Colin again but he couldn't tell him what to do. He had said that it was all up to whether or not Logan was able to forgive Rory. If he couldn't, they wouldn't have future together. Logan had thought that a lot. He knew that Rory had been able to forgive him when he had broken up with her through his sister, when he had slept with those girls while they were broken up and when he had acted like a jerk after his business failure. She had given him the second, the third and the fourth chance. Rory was only asking him to give her a second chance. She deserved that after being so understanding with him so many times.

He also knew that he shouldn't have acted way he did when he proposed. He knew Rory and she wasn't a person who liked big chances with little time to prepare or decide. She needed time to make pro/con-lists and do some research. He had asked her to move across the country and to marry him at the same time with only one day to think about it all. Rory had panicked and run away because that what Rory Gilmore does when she feels overwhelmed.

Without even realising where he was heading, he had ended up near Rory's apartment. He remembered her address by heart. Actually he had read Rory's letter so many times that he could remember every word in it. He stopped the car in front of the Rory's apartment building but didn't get out of the car.

He wanted to give her another chance but the thing preventing him was the scare of them not making it. Then he remembered Rory's words: I was afraid that it wouldn't work and we would start hating each other. Now I know it was a stupid reason because how can you succeed if you don't even try.

He was doing the exact same stupid thing right now. He was letting his fear of them not making it prevent them from trying. The truth was that if they didn't try they would both be unhappy which wasn't any better than trying and failing. But if they tried they had a chance to be happy.

Logan was brought back to reality from his deep thoughts by thunder.

"Rory must be scared right now. She always hated the thunder." Logan thought and looked up to Rory's apartment building. Without thinking further he stepped out of the car and went inside of the building in front of him. He took the elevator to fifth floor and looked for Rory's door.

He rang the doorbell and waited for Rory to open the door.

Rory was trying to make herself forget the thunder by reading a book when she heard the doorbell ringing. She wondered who that could be. She opened the door and saw Logan standing there. He had his hands in his pant pockets and he was looking as good as always.

"I thought you might want some company while it's thunder outside." He said.

Rory smiled and gestured him to come in. "You're right. I could use some company. Come in."

They walked to the living room and sat on the couch. They were sitting in the different ends of the couch and neither knew what to do or say. A peal of thunder was heard from outside and Rory uncontrollably winced. Logan saw it, opened his arms and said: "Come here".

Rory was happy to obey. She snuggled close to him and hid her face to the crook of his neck. Logan inhaled the smell of her hair. It was the familiar scent that was a mix of vanilla and flowers.

They sat like that for many minutes before Logan started talking: "I want us to try again. I do have my fears of us not making it but if I walk away without even trying to make this work, I would do the same mistake you did last spring. I need time to start trusting you fully again so you have understand that things won't go back where they were right away. I can't pretend that last six months didn't happen."

"I give you all the time you need and do what ever you want me to do. Thank you, thank you, thank you!" Rory said and hugged Logan tighter. She couldn't prevent the happy tears from falling down her cheeks.

Logan looked at her and wiped away the tears with his thump. "Hey, no more crying." He said with a smile. Rory laughed and her eyes sparkled the way they use to.

"I love you, Logan. Always and forever. I don't expect you to say it back, but I want you to know that I do."

"I love you too, Ace. I wouldn't be here if I didn't."

They smiled for each other with smiles that almost reached to their ears. Logan leaned down to capture her lips in a sweet kiss. After the kiss ended they settled down lying on the couch. Rory was half way on the top of Logan. Her ear was on his chest so that she could hear his heartbeat. They lay there silently, both enjoying the moment. It was a comfortable silence. They knew they still had a lot of things to talk about but right now those things didn't matter. All that was important right now was to lie there together. It didn't take long for Rory to fall asleep while listening the familiar sound of Logan's heart. Not long after Rory, Logan fell asleep too holding her in his arms.

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Rory woke up next morning and smiled when she remembered where she was: in Logan's arms. She snuggled even closer to him and felt him stir.

"Morning" She said.

"Good morning, Ace" Logan answered and opened his eyes to look the beautiful girl lying on his chest.

"Coffee." He heard her mumble and laughed.

"Your addiction hasn't chanced I see." He said. "I can make you coffee but that means you have to let me go."

"You don't have to do that. I can make coffee for us." Rory said quickly because she felt like he shouldn't be serving her after all that has happened.

"Hey. Listen to me, Rory." Logan said and lifted Rory's chin so that she was looking at him. "I don't want you to feel like you're walking on egg shells around me. We have both made mistakes and we have forgiven each other. I want you to be yourself. Okay?"

"Okay. That I can do." She said with a smile. They shared a kiss which turned into a full make-out session.

"I go and make the coffee now. Would you like some pancakes too?" Logan said when they stopped kissing.

"Chocolate-chip pancakes?" Rory asked sounding like a child.

Logan laughed at her excitement. "Sure."

Logan stood up and made his way to kitchen. Rory heard him opening the closets trying to find the ingredients. She couldn't stop smiling. Her Logan was here making her breakfast. Life couldn't get any better than it was now.

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"Here you go." Logan said and put a plate full of pancakes and a cup of coffee in front of Rory. "I put extra large amount of chocolate chips in them. Just the way you like it."

"Thank you." Rory said and gave Logan a kiss before digging into her food. "Yummy."

"Glad to see that you haven't lost your appetite." Logan said smiling.

"Never. My mom would probably disown me for that." Rory joked.

Logan laughed but then got serious: "I have to ask you one thing."

"Feel free to ask anything."

"Were you gonna contact me before we accidentally met?"

"I had thought about it since I came here. But first I didn't know where to find you. When I found out where you lived I started to formulate a plan of how to show you what I feel. Actually the night we met I was visiting your neighbour, who happens to be my friend, to create the master plan to get you back. But then we met and the plan didn't work anymore." Rory explained.

"So what did this master plan include?"

"I would have recreated the jump from LDB event. It would have symbolized a new beginning. I found this company which offers many kinds of new experiences for people. One of the experiences happens to be a lot like the jump in LDB event. The only problem in my plan was to how to get you there to jump with me." She said and looked at Logan who had a mischievous smile on his face. "What?"

"Let's do it"

"What?"

"Let's do the jump."

"Are you serious?"

"Yeah. I haven't done something wild for a while and I need some adventure in my life. I'm sure that it wouldn't do anything bad for you either. And like you said it would symbolize a new beginning for us." Logan told her.

Rory was quiet for a while before saying: "You jump, I jump, Jack."

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The same afternoon they arrived to the jumping place. There was a big scaffold which looked a lot like the one in LDB event. They checked in to a staff member. They were given all kind of safety devices and instructions what to do to be safe.

"If you follow all these instructions, this is perfectly safe." The staff member told them.

"Have you tested it with potatoes?" Logan asked jokingly but the staff member only looked at him confused.

Finally they climbed up. Rory was as nervous as she was last time but she wanted to do this for Logan.

Logan saw that Rory was worried when they stood on the scaffold ready to jump. He kissed her and whispered to her ear: "It's gonna be fine. I won't let anything happen to you."

Rory looked him in the eyes and nodded.

They stepped to the edge and jumped hand-in-hand. Rush of adrenalin went through their bodies and when they landed they both started to laugh.

"Twice in a lifetime experience." Rory said.

"Only if you want it to be." Logan told her and pulled her to a passionate kiss.

AN: And so they lived happily ever after… Just kidding. I'm not done with the story. I love writing them together so I'm going to keep going even though they are back together now. So did you like it?