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7. What Happens In Vegas, Stays In Vegas
Steph had told Rory that they would leave the hotel at two in the afternoon and Rory hadn't left her room all morning. She hadn't want to risk running into Finn at breakfast or anywhere else. So she had stayed in her room, called room service for breakfast and mainly watched reruns on TV. At 1:45 she prepared herself to face Finn, but just as she wanted to go down to the lobby she heard a knock on the door.
Praying that it wouldn't be Finn she opened the door and sighed relieved as she looked into Stephanie's smiling face.
"Hey girlie! You ready to go?" she asked in a cheery voice.
"Yeah, I just wanted to go down as you knocked. What's up?" Rory gave back, still feeling happy to have found a new friend. That way this whole trip wasn't just a disaster but also had it's good sides.
"I thought I should give you these." Steph replied and handed Rory two Aspirin.
"You're a lifesaver, Steph! Thank you." Rory still didn't feel very good. The combination of haunting thoughts about the previous night and her hangover had resulted in a pretty bad headache.
"Well, I know how you feel right now as I have had a terrible hangover more than once before, so I thought I do what I can for you to make it better. And I wanted to come here anyways to give you this." Steph answered and gave a small plastic bag from the hotel gift shop to Rory.
"What's that? A bag to put over my head if I'm too ashamed to go out?" Rory asked, which caused Steph to laugh.
"No, it's not. I mean, you can do that if you want, but I think what I got for you is much better. Come on, look inside."
Rory opened the bag and pulled out a simple black t-shirt that had the words "What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas" printed on the front. When she read this she couldn't help but laugh and frown at the same time.
"You know, we do these little Vegas trips once in a while and on one of them I got incredibly drunk and did some really embarrassing things. Unfortunately I remembered everything the next morning and I was so embarrassed that I swore never to leave that hotel room again. So Colin, Finn, and Logan bought such a t-shirt for me to show me that there was no need to be embarrassed because, as it says, what happens in Vegas always stays in Vegas. Up until now each one of the guys has got one of these, too, and last night you've qualified yourself to get one." Steph explained
Rory looked at her new friend. "So I'm kind of a member of the club right now?"
"Yeah, you could put it like this. You know, they told me back then not to worry because the things I did would stay in Vegas, and that's what I tell you now. You don't have to worry that anyone is going to tell Logan, this story is never going to leave the borders of Las Vegas. Neither me nor Colin are going to talk about this after we've left and I'm pretty sure Finn won't do either. So don't worry, okay? What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas!"
Rory smiled and hugged the blonde girl. "Thank you Steph, you're the best." she mumbled and put the shirt over her head. "The guys and you are pretty good friends, right?" Rory asked. She knew that Colin and Finn were Logan's best friends but it sounded like Steph was a part of the group as well.
"Well, we've known each other since fifth grade and we all grew up in the world of Hartford Society. So we met on boring parties quite often, went to some schools together and during all that time we became good friends. It's not like we spent all of our free time together all those years but we were always there for each other when life sucked, because of our parents, society or whatever. They are really great guys. You can be happy that you've got a boyfriend like Logan, he's great." Steph told her.
"Yeah, I know." Rory mumbled. Suddenly she felt even worse because of the previous night. The had been friends for half a lifetime and what she had done could destroy everything.
Steph realized that Rory thought about the incident once again. "Rory, what I've told you is true. It's going to be okay, you don't have to worry."
Rory nodded and held back her tears. "I just don't think I could bear to be responsible for the end of such a good friendship."
Steph hugged her once again. "That is not going to happen!" she assured her. "Now come on, let's go. It's almost two and I don't wanna be late."
The two girls went down to the lobby and as soon as they arrived there Finn wanted to go to Rory. But a pointed glare from Colin stopped him and he stayed away from her the whole ride to the airport and also during the flight. It wasn't easy for him but there was one thing he kept telling himself. Just one single word that made him able to deal with his feelings and the fact that he would have to ignore them: Friendship!
When Rory was back at her apartment that evening she decided not to go back to Stars Hollow that day but to wait until the next morning. She didn't want to deal with her mother's questions already, also because she still didn't know if she should tell her about the incident or not.
Shortly after she had arrived her cell phone rang. She looked at the display and saw that it was Logan who called her. She breathed deep once before she answered the call. "Hey Logan!"
"Hey, Ace! Great to hear your voice. I tried to call you several times yesterday but you never answered and when I called your house your mom told me you were at a party with Finn."
"Yeah, I was. It was a LDB party. Actually, it was more like a short trip. We were in Vegas." Rory explained to her boyfriend, secretly hoping that he wouldn't her in her voice how guilty she felt.
"You went to Vegas with the LDB? Oh, I would have loved to be there. But it's great you don't just stay at home. So tell me, did you have fun with Finn and all the others? I want to hear everything about it." Logan asked excitedly.
Oh yeah, I did have fun with Finn! But you probably don't want to hear about that. Rory answered on her mind, but of course she didn't say that out loud. "Yeah, I had quite a good time, I guess. Steph and I got friends, she's really nice." she told him instead.
"I'm glad to hear that, Ace. Steph's really cool. And if you two are friends I certainly don't have to worry about you sitting at home all the time." Logan was really happy about that. Steph was one of the few girls he had been friends with for a long time and he really liked her.
"Yeah, she's cool. Oh, and she told me about that whole 'what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas'-t-shirt stuff."
"She did?" Logan asked in disbelief, but then things added up on his mind and suddenly made sense. "Oh, now I understand why you said that you guess you had a good time. You got drunk, Ace? And now you don't remember what you did?" he asked and couldn't hide the amusement in his voice.
"Well, I kind of really liked the Tequila yesterday." Rory admitted.
"Wow, now I'm really sorry that I wasn't there. I would have loved to see you drunk. Did Steph tell you what you did or do you still have no idea?" Normally he wouldn't have liked the fact that his Ace had gotten drunk but he knew that Steph, Colin and Finn would have never let her done anything really stupid. Eventually he had no idea that Steph and Colin had been busy with their own stuff and that Finn had been the one who had taken care of drunken Rory in a rather unusual way.
Rory hesitated. What should she tell him right now. "Yeah, Steph told me." she answered hesitantly.
Logan could hear that she didn't feel very comfortable with talking about her getting drunk. "Don't worry, Ace, I'm not going to ask you what you did. After all it is as Steph said 'what happens in Vegas stays in Vegas'. That's why you don't know about all that stuff, we never talk about it outside the city. I hope Steph got you a t-shirt so that you are an official member of the club?"
"Yes, she did." Rory answered. Why did he make it so easy for her. She felt even worse now than she had before.
"Good. So I guess by now you've realized why they invented this slogan."
"Because people do stupid things in Vegas and don't want them to mess up their normal lives at home?" Rory made a wild guess. At least that one worked for her.
"That, too. But no, that's not what I meant. That slogan was invented because most of the people don't remember what they did in Vegas and that's why the things that happen there stay there." Logan replied with a laugh.
Rory forced herself to laugh, too.
"Hey, Ace, I'm sorry, I gotta go. My dad wanted to talk to me today and he's waiting for me. But I'm going to call you tomorrow, okay?"
"I'm looking forward to it. Don't let your dad get to you, okay?" Rory told him. She didn't want him to have trouble with his dad, of course because she loved him but also because she would feel even worse with the knowledge that she had cheated on him while he had a hard time in London.
"I won't. And don't be embarrassed because you drank too much, that's part of college life as well!" he told her as he could tell from her voice that she was embarrassed. "I miss you so much, Ace. Love you!" he added in a soft voice.
"I love you, too, Logan. Come back as soon as you can." Rory answered.
"I will, Ace, I will." Logan whispered before shutting off his phone.
Rory stared at the wall for quite some time. She felt horrible. Logan was being such a great boyfriend, he called her each day and there was no doubt that he would catch the next plane to Connecticut if Rory needed him. And what did she do? She had cheated on him with one of his best friends.
You're a bitch! She told herself before she went to bed, almost hoping that Logan would get himself some British blonde and cheat on her as well, because that was what she deserved in her own eyes.
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