"I love you, everything will be okay I promise." Logan smiled as he held Rory's hands outside of her house.
"I love you too; I just didn't expect so much attention." Rory sighed.
"Sweetheart, I promise, it will be ok." Logan attempted to reassure his fiancé. The airport had been a zoo when they got home, and no one, not even their parents had expected so much. As soon as they had walked into the main part of the airport they were bombarded with photographers and magazine people.
"So, I'll see you tomorrow." Rory smiled weakly, she had become so used to having Logan everyday that parting seemed more painful that it actually should have.
"Yes Sunshine, don't worry and I'll call you tonight, I promise; I love you, and I will miss you, don't worry." Logan said as he held her close.
"Ok, I'll miss you, love you."
"I will miss you too, and of course I love you too." Logan said as he leaned in and kissed Rory.
Rory went straight up to her room as soon as Logan left; she was determined to avoid her parents for as long as she possibly could. Bored, Rory decided that she should check her email since tomorrow wouldn't provide much time to check it. About a dozen were from different magazines asking for interviews and quotes, the others were from Paris, Madeleine, Louise, and some other semi-close friends inquiring about what they had read in the paper. She sighed as she deleted the majority of them and decided to respond to the other ones later. As she got up from the computer Rory heard a knock at the door as a cherry voice filtered through the door.
"Rory, babe, it's me, let me in we need to talk."
"There is nothing I want to talk to you about." Rory snapped at her mom as she opened the door ajar.
"Well then there is something you need to hear then. Rory, I don't want to have to play the mom card here, but I will if I have too."
"Fine," Rory said brutally as she opened the door enough to allow her mother to squeeze in, "but I'm not listening for anymore than ten minutes so talk fast."
"Alright young lady, I know you're pissed but I'm your mother so watch that tone. I know you're mad at me, but there is nothing I could have done then, nothing your dad could have done then and there isn't much of anything we can do now accept love you and be here for you. I normally wouldn't tell you to be mad at your loved ones but they're the ones who set it up. I love you sweetie, and I know you're made, but I do want the best for you, and I know that this may seem really shitty right now, and it is, but Logan will take care of you, he cares about you so much." Lorelei sighed as she finished the mini-lecture she had practiced a few times over.
"Mom, alright, I love you alright; that doesn't in any way mean I'm happy with you, the grandparents, or the Huntzburgers. Right now though, frankly I'm too hurt right now to talk to any of you, just give me time okay? Also, just so you know I'm going out with the boys tomorrow and stay somewhere tomorrow night, alright?"
"No it is certainly not alright."
"No, you obviously think I'm mature enough to be engaged, so you better learn to trust me cause I have a fiancé right now who I will be spending time with and who I will spend the night places with so get used to it."
"I am not having the discussion with you right now. I love you Rory, and I truly do care about you, but I'll give you your space till you're ready to talk." Lorelei said as she sighed and walked out.
Rory woke up to the sound of her cell phone ringing the net morning. "What the fuck." She grumbled into the receiver.
"Good morning sweetie." Logan's voice came through.
"Hey handsome," Rory smiled to herself, "why the early phone call."
"Early, babe it's after noon. Why don't you look at your balcony?"
"Oh my God!" Rory exclaimed as she hung up the phone and ran to open the windows for Logan.
"I miss you." Logan whispered as he hugged Rory.
"I missed you too, come in."
"Sorry I woke you up."
"No problem, lay with me though for awhile so I can wake up."
"A good make out session is always something good to wake you up." Logan smirked.
"Oh really?" Rory smiled as Logan pulled her close to him on the bed.
"Oh I swear to it." Logan said as he pulled her close to him and kissed her.
"Well," Rory smiled as she caught her breath, "that was certainly a good make out session if you ask me."
"I defiantly concur," Logan agreed as he held Rory in his arms, "as much as I don't want this moment to end, you better get ready Colin and Finn will be here soon."
"I thought they weren't coming till four-ish?"
"Nope we decided to move the time up so we could get to New York in time for happy hour."
"Alright, let me just showed and pack and over night bag." Rory smiled as she walked into the bathroom."
"WOW!" Logan gasped as Rory walked back into the room wearing a short black tube dress, her newest acquisition from the Versace winter collection. "You look absolutely amazing."
"Babe, it's an overnight bag, not a back packing through Europe bag." Logan laughed as Rory finally finished zipping her bag.
"Oh hush," Rory smirked as she kissed him, "you love me even though I pack too much."
"You're right, come on though they're meeting us in your back drive in a few seconds here." Logan said as he took her hand.
"Ah, the newly engaged couple." Finn joked as the couple walked toward the car.
"Finn!" Rory exclaimed as she ran and hugged Finn.
"Hello there Love." Finn beamed as he picked her up, "You got yourself a good one here mate, better keep and eye on her or I'll snatch her out from under you."
"I don't think Logan had anything to worry about Bro." Rory smiled. "Colin!" Rory shouted as she ran toward him and greeted him in the same way she had greeted Finn.
"Everyone ready to go?" Colin asked as he opened the back door or the limo.
"I believe we are." Logan replied as he placed his had on the small or Rory's back as she entered the limo.
"So where are we going boys?" Rory questioned after the four of them had settled in.
"Well, we though a nice dinner at Tavern on the Greens, after we pre-game it at Bar 89 on Mercer till about 7-ish. Sound good to everyone?"
"Wait, the bar was just featured in Vogue, how the hell are we going to get in?" Rory questioned as Logan took her hand in his.
"Oh love, you always worry your pretty head. If you must know though, my brother is friends with the owner so he called him yesterday and told him to expect us, we won't be having any troubles for the entire night."
"Oh mate," Colin sighed as the four of them walked out of the last bar around midnight, "I forgot that she can be a lightweight sometimes. She ate today didn't she?"
"I think dinner was all she had." Logan answered as he practically carried Rory out of the car.
"Don't worry, she'll be fine you two, lets just get her back to Finn's" Colin said reassuringly as they filed into the waiting limo.
"Logan?" Rory murmured after they were all situated themselves. "Logan I'm sorry." She finished as she put her head in his lap.
"Oh baby, don't worry about it, it happens to the best of us." Logan smiled as he wrapped his arms around Rory.
The ride home was quiet, by the time they had exited the city all four of the teenagers had either fell asleep, or in Rory's case passed out.
"Logan can we talk?" Rory asked as they lay in one of Finn's many guest rooms.
"Sh, go to bed sweetie you need your sleep right now."
"No I want to talk about it now."
"Hun, you're drunk, there's nothing that needs talking about that much."
"Logan, please."
"Alright, alright, what's on your mind?"
"You can't freak out on me, I mean, the only reason I'm asking because I feel secure enough right now to ask you."
"Okay beautiful, I won't freak out."
"Kids are okay with you right?"
"Huh," Logan started as he suddenly woke up, "kids?"
"Yes kids, do you want kids?"
"Of course I do sweetie, but we're talking like in the future not now right."
"Well duh, I just wanted to make sure it was good with you, because I defiantly want kids." Rory sighed.
"That's good sweetheart, you'll be a wonderful mother. Now can I ask you something?"
"Yes."
"When do you want to get married?"
"Maybe in the summer, after we graduate, is that okay with you?"
"That's perfect, I don't want a crazy long engagement, I want to be with you as soon as I can. Now do me a favor sweetheart?"
"And what would that be Logan?"
"Go to bed, we have a huge day ahead of us tomorrow."
"Alright, just hold me though."
"I will, don't worry, I won't let go either." Logan said as he wrapped his arms around her. "I love you."
"I love you too."
Both fell asleep with the same lingering though in the back of their minds: they're first day back at Chilton was going to be hell.
Hey guys, keep those reviews coming, I'm really looking for 200 before I do the next chapter, anyone got any comments or requests for their first day back at Chilton? Love ya