On Saturday morning at ten Logan and Rory found themselves, along with Luke, Lorelai, April, Sookie, Jackson, Jess and TJ, eating brunch at the Gilmore Manor. Emily had arranged this little soirée in order to get the entire wedding party together for one final fitting one week before the wedding. Emily's animated attempts to get conversation flowing were continually falling flat as no one gathered around the table had been thrilled to get up and drive into Hartford at such an early hour on a Saturday. Even Richard, who typically played along to placate his wife was unusually somber.
"Those of you who are done eating," Emily announced, "Can feel free to go change into your wedding attire so that Holly and I can make the final inspection. Just find the garment bag in the front hall with your name on it and I can direct you to a room to change in."
Everyone rose from the table, practically in unison. It was obvious that everyone just wanted to get this over with so they could get on with the weekend plans. Logan and Rory quickly found their garment bags and were halfway up the staircase when Emily barked "Where do you two think you're going?"
"I thought we could change in my room, Grandma," Rory explained.
"Together?" Emily asked, sounding appalled over the thought but added, "I suppose that will work."
Under her breath Rory snidely commented, "God forbid my own husband should see me in my underwear."
Logan snickered but said, "Someone's in a good mood today."
"I'm tired," Rory moaned, "And it's Saturday and I forgot how much their coffee sucks."
"We'll stop and get you a decent cup of coffee as soon as we leave," Logan promised, "Let's just get this over with."
The couple entered Rory's room in the house, cringing at the offensively tacky décor. Rory slipped of her shoes and climbed onto the large bed, sighing as she snuggled into its soft comforter.
"What are you doing?" Logan asked. "The sooner we get this over with the sooner we can leave."
"I'm taking a nap," Rory informed him, grabbing one of the pillows and positioning it beneath her head.
"Oh no you don't," Logan said as he clamored onto the bed with her and began trying to forcibly remove her clothing.
He'd managed to remove her socks, sweater, camisole and jeans before she stopped giggling and struggling. She lay very still upon the bed as he stared at her beautifully flushed, glowing skin and her sexily mussed hair. Ever so gently he lowered his lips to hers and at that very moment the door swung open and Emily entered the room not even noticing her half-naked Granddaughter until Holly gasped behind her.
Holly quickly exited the room but Emily, stunned, remained. A moment later when she'd found her voice again she practically yelled at them. "What is going on in here?"
At a loss for words Rory just gaped at her Grandmother until Logan said, "I was helping her."
"Helping her what?" Emily screeched, "Defile that bedspread?"
"Haven't you ever heard of knocking?" Rory finally asked, hotly.
"You two were the first ones to come upstairs to change; I just assumed you'd be ready," Emily roared.
"Why don't you give us a minute and we'll finish up," Logan suggested.
"No, I have a better idea," Emily seethed, "Logan; you can go across the hall and change in the guest room with Jess. Rory, you stay here and I'll send your mother in to join you."
Rory looked at Logan apologetically, but he was angrily avoiding her gaze. Her Grandmother sniffed indignantly before closing the door behind her. Embarrassed Rory set to work changing into the special bra she needed to wear under her dress.
When Logan entered the guest room Jess was shaking with laughter. "Man that was priceless."
"You wouldn't be finding it so funny if you were in my shoes," Logan commented as he set to work changing into his tux.
"Probably not," Jess managed between hoots of laughter, "But it is funny to see the old bird get her feathers ruffled every once in a while."
Logan grinned remembering Emily's shocked expression and agreed, "Yeah, she can be a little uptight."
"That's an understatement," Jess laughed.
"Why are you still laughing," Logan asked.
"It just keeps getting funnier," Jess explained.
"How is that?" Logan asked with interest.
"Sweet, innocent Rory getting caught by her Grandma in a compromising position," Jess laughed, "She's just grown up a lot."
With an almost dangerous glint in his eye Logan said, "Oh she's not so innocent anymore."
Jess finally stopped laughing, "What were the two of you doing in there anyway?"
"Wouldn't you like to know," Logan challenged.
Before Jess had a change to answer Emily knocked briskly on the door and said, "Less chatting, more changing."
Back across the hall Lorelai entered the room where Rory was changing and did her best to suppress the laughter that was threatening to overwhelm her. With a giggle she asked, "Do I even want to know?"
"Grandma made it sound like we were having sex up here," Rory complained, "We were kissing; that's it."
"Fully clothed?" Lorelai asked, already fairly certain of the answer she would receive.
"Okay, so I was in my bra and panties, but he was fully dressed," Rory explained.
"Thank you," Lorelai said.
"For what?" Rory asked in confusion.
"Showing my mother that I'm not the only one who doesn't have any self-control," Lorelai replied.
"I do to have self control," Rory fumed, "It was Logan who initiated the kissing."
"Ladies, more changing, less chattering," Emily's sharp voice floated through the door.
Lorelai and Rory shot glances at one another before continuing their work.
A short time later, Emily had gathered everyone, except Lorelai, in the downstairs sitting room for their fitting. As the bride Lorelai had to remain upstairs alone so that Luke wouldn't see her in her dress before the big day; after all, that was considered to be bad luck. Holly was doing the fitting to Lorelai's dress while Emily had everyone else standing in a line while she scrutinized how everyone looked as an ensemble.
"Rory," Emily barked, "Please come stand next to Sookie so I can see if your hems are even."
When she'd deduced that the hems had about an eighth of an inch difference between them she moved onto comparing the tuxes Logan and Jess were wearing for their ushering duties. A half an hour later when Lorelai, dressed in her regular clothes again, bounded down the stairs Emily had made every single comparison humanly possible to make. Holly entered the sitting room a few minutes later and Emily began pointing out the different anomalies she had detected.
Since they had both arrived downstairs Logan and Rory had not spoken. Rory assumed that he was upset with her over what had transpired upstairs because he seemed to be avoiding making eye contact with her as well. While Emily was busy pointing out to Holly how Luke's tux differed too much from Jackson and TJ's tuxes, Rory moved over to where Logan stood near the fireplace.
"I'm sorry," Rory whispered as quietly as she could manage.
"What?" Logan whispered back, "What do you need to be sorry about?"
"I got you in trouble with my Grandmother," Rory reminded him.
"Yes, but I'm the one who started it," Logan said, "I'm not mad at you."
"Why won't you even look at me then?" Rory whispered frantically.
"As you explained it yesterday, you got my motor running but I'm not yet satisfied and your dress is not helping me maintain my control," Logan explained.
"Oh," Rory said with an understanding smirk, "I forgot how sexy these dresses were until I saw them again."
"Every guy at the wedding is going to be drooling over you," Logan complained.
"Just keep in mind that you'll be the only guy there who'll have the honor of taking this dress off of me when it is all over," Rory whispered seductively.
Logan groaned quietly before pulling her closer and pressing a kiss to her forehead. A moment later the couple jumped apart when Emily hollered, "Rory, Logan, can't the two of you keep your hands off each other for five minutes?"
Each blushed deeply as the rest of the wedding party snickered around them.
An hour later, Emily was finally satisfied and sent everyone back upstairs to change into their regular clothes. When they had all been dismissed once and for all they made a great show of saying good-bye to one another for Emily's benefit before climbing into their cars and caravanning back to Stars Hollow for the bachelor and bachelorette parties that were going to take place later that evening.
As everyone walked toward their vehicles Jess asked under his breath, "Why are we all pretending that we're not seeing each other later?"
"Just keep moving," Rory hissed, "I'll explain it all later."
Jess smiled and nodded as he climbed into his ancient beater of a car. Once Logan and Rory were inside the Escalade Logan asked, "Yeah, why the charade?"
"My Grandmother would love to lecture all of us about how barbaric bachelor and bachelorette parties are, but she is too polite to bring it up without proper cause. Therefore, we are taking every possible precaution to ensure that she doesn't find out that they are tonight." Rory explained.
"I see," Logan replied. As they pulled out of the driveway he said, "How about that cup of coffee now?"
"I can wait until we get to Luke's," Rory decided.
"No," Logan said, "I insist."
"But…" Rory began. Seeing the lust glowing in his eyes she understood that he intended to finish what they'd started right now. She watched him as he searched for somewhere that sold coffee so that later that could be their cover. Spotting a gas station Logan abruptly pulled off the road. Quickly Logan dashed into the store to buy a Styrofoam cup of coffee for further evidence of their cover. Rory quickly drank the hot coffee as they continued to sit in the parking lot waiting to make sure that no stragglers in the caravan would catch them. When they finally got back on the road Logan turned back in the direction they had just come from before turning off on a tiny dirt road barely wide enough for the Escalade.
"Where are we going?" Rory asked excitedly.
"Somewhere private," Logan said.
"Have you taken girls there before?" Rory asked.
"Does it matter?" Logan asked.
"No, because I know that you are mine now," Rory replied, "Just curious though. Some of the tricks from your ladies man days come in very handy."
When Logan felt that they were far enough down the dirt road not to be seen from the main road they'd turned off of he parked and turned off the Escalade.
"Where does this road go exactly?" Rory asked.
"It goes down for about two more miles before running into a main road like the one back there we pulled off of. Finn and I discovered this road when we were about 17 and trying to outrun the cops. I've never seen anyone else on this road," Logan explained.
"Why is it here if there appears to be no purpose for it?" Rory asked.
"I checked into that and it seems that decades ago it used to be a legitimate shortcut between the two main roads, but over time it just got too overgrown and rarely used to keep it up," Logan said, "Do you trust me?"
"Yes," Rory whispered as he captured her lips with his own. Before they got too far they relocated to the backseat where she sat straddling him. Their lips and tongues remained connected as he pushed her wool coat from her body. As it fell to the floor her hands moved to the buttons on her sweater. One by one she opened them until she let the sweater fall to the floor as well. Logan's hands slid under the smooth, cool satin of the powder blue camisole she wore beneath her sweater. She had not bothered to put her regular bra back on after the fitting and she quivered with need as his hands inched closer to her naked breasts. Once that contact was achieved there was no turning back. The excitement and voyeuristic aspect of their actions spurred them on. The chance that someone could possibly see them and what they were doing was a surprising turn on for Rory. They were a flurry of activity in working to remove the minimal amount of clothing necessary in the cramped back seat all while maintaining a fairly constant lip-lock. Once both were naked from the waist down, Logan helped Rory lay down on her back across the chilly leather seat.
Goose bumps spread across her pale skin and with a grin Logan said, "Let me help warm you up."
Twenty minutes later the couple was redressed and carefully backing down the narrow dirt road back to the main road. Logan smirked as he watched Rory rummage through her purse for a comb. She was flushed and hadn't quit grinning yet.
"You are never going to fool people if you keep smiling like that," Logan scolded.
Rory laughed and said, "I'm sorry, I can't help it. I've never done something like that before and I kind of enjoyed it."
"You've never done something like what before?" Logan asked.
"Had sex in a car," Rory giggled.
"I bet there are a lot of places you've never had sex before," Logan teased suggestively.
"That's for sure," Rory replied, "What's next?"
"I'm not sure we are going to be doing any more experiments like what we did today," Logan said.
"Why not?" Rory pouted, "Afraid you'll corrupt me?"
"Exactly," Logan agreed, "I like your innocence. That and if we got caught it would be a lot more damaging as adults than if we'd done it as teenagers."
"What is the craziest spot you've ever had sex?" Rory asked.
"Are you sure you want to hear about this?" Logan asked.
"I'll tell you if you tell me," Rory challenged.
"Okay, but I warned you," Logan said, "My junior year at boarding school I was in a drama class. We were practicing a play in the auditorium for our final project. I was the male lead and I kind of had a thing going with the female lead. One day after the scene with our big kiss she and I went off stage right and seriously started making out. Well, one thing led to another and before you know it we are doing it against the wall, behind the curtain while the rest of the drama class was waiting for us to come out on our next cue. Crazy thing is; we didn't even get caught."
Rory thought for a moment before saying, "Mine was probably just now with you, but if you want I can tell you what it was before today."
"Was it with Dean?" Logan asked.
"It was," Rory confirmed.
"Maybe I don't want to know then, it makes it too real and too easy to imagine since I know him," Logan said.
"Fair enough," Rory said.
When the pair arrived at Lorelai's house they found a note taped to the front door directing them to meet up with everyone at Luke's Diner. Glad to have arrived without an audience to quiz them about their absence they brought their bags into Rory's old room and cleaned themselves up before heading off to meet everyone. They left the Escalade parked in the front yard and walked toward Luke's.
When the bells over Luke's door chimed signaling their arrival Lorelai rushed to meet them at the door and asked, "What happened to you two? The rest of us have been here for a half an hour and that was after we wait at the house for twenty minutes for you to appear."
Rory opened her mouth to speak but Logan quickly cut her off remembering her inability to lie effectively, "Rory wanted some decent coffee so we stopped at a gas station. While we were there some guy pointed out that one of our rear wheels was going flat. He helped me add some air to it but suggested I have someone look at it since it could have a nail in it or something."
Luke, who had appeared from behind the counter said, "I could probably take a look at that for you."
Feeling as if his bluff had been called Logan stammered to continue, "Well, I asked the guy at the cash register if he knew of somewhere near by that I could get it looked at and he actually came out to look at it himself."
"Was there a nail?" Luke asked, "It could be a screw you know. I had a screw in a tire once and it was pretty hard to detect."
"Well, maybe I'll have to go somewhere else and see if they can detect a screw because the gas station guy couldn't find anything but he sure looked for a long time," Logan said with a shrug.
"I bet Gypsy could check it out for you," Luke offered; do you want me to give her a call?" Luke started toward the kitchen and Logan followed, no doubt trying to call him off.
Lorelai looked at the slight blush creeping up her daughter's neck and knew for certain that there had been no flat tire. Stepping close enough so that Rory would be the only person who heard her Lorelai said, "You two are as bad as my mother claims you are."
Knowing that she couldn't hide the truth from her Mother, Rory simply smiled at her and shrugged. In turn Lorelai followed Luke and Logan into the kitchen and called, "Luke, Logan can contact someone later, let's just relax and eat lunch for now." Luke gave in and went to help Caesar with the lunch orders.
As Logan turned to walk out of the kitchen Lorelai blocked his path and quietly whispered, "I'm onto you, lover boy." When she'd enjoyed her fill of his embarrassment she moved aside and let him return to his wife.
"How does your Mom always know?" Logan whispered to Rory.
"It's her gift," Rory replied.
Late that night Logan found himself at a bowling alley for Luke's bachelor party. Across town Rory was at her Mom's bachelorette party at a bar that specialized in a combination of karaoke and male strippers. As she listened to Babette and Miss Patty belting out a drunken version of 'It's Raining Men,' Rory wished she'd pushed harder for a mani-pedi-cocktail party or a game night or a movie night. Anything would have been better than this. Beside her Lane was happily scanning the karaoke title book for a song the two of them could perform together, just glad to have a girl's night out free from motherhood. When Babette and Miss Patty had stumbled off stage Sookie and Lorelai took their place. While not as drunk as the pervious duo they performed a tipsy, silly version of a Bananarama song. After much thought Lane decided that they would perform 'I Got You Babe." Not one for singing, in public or otherwise, Rory downed the shot that had been sitting in front of her since they'd arrived, before they took the stage. When they had all arrived nearly two hours ago and put their names on the list to sing the bar had only been about half full. Now looking out at the sea of faces Rory felt like she might faint. She squeezed her eyes shut until she heard Lane sing the opening lines, opening them quickly she scanned the teleprompter as not to miss her cue. As long as she focused on the screen and the words and didn't notice all the people watching her she would be fine. By the end of the song she was having a blast and didn't want to the song to end. When she returned to the table she and Lane celebrated by ordering strawberry margaritas.
"Logan, you're up," Jess called with a cocky grin on his face.
Everyone was having a phenomenal time laughing at Logan's less than stellar bowling skills. He kept trying to explain to them that in his family they golfed and played racquet ball. He could count the number of times he'd been bowling on one hand. But it didn't matter to them. The more beers they drank the more funny it seemed to get. When the third game finally ended T.J. rounded everyone up to head to the adjoining bar. He claimed they were just going to have some buffalo wings and drink some more beer but Logan had heard him telling Jess earlier that he'd hired a stripper. Logan had found strippers exciting and exotic in his younger days; but now as a married man they had lost their appeal. He knew it wasn't technically cheating but somehow it still felt that way. He was trying to invent a plausible excuse to leave when his cell phone rang. Lorelai's name flashed on the caller id.
"Hello?" Logan answered loudly.
"Logan, this is Lorelai," she slurred slightly, "Do you think you could come take Rory home?"
"Is she okay?" Logan asked, concerned.
"She's fine," Lorelai reassured him, "She's just had a little bit too much to drink."
"I'll be there in ten minutes. Can you meet me outside with her?" Logan asked.
"Sure," Lorelai replied.
Logan hurried to the Escalade glad to have an excuse to leave the party he was at but worried about his wife. When he arrived Lorelai and Sookie were supporting Rory between them. He jumped out of the vehicle and easily lifted Rory into his arms before asking, "How much did she have?"
"I know for sure she had a shot of tequila and one strawberry margarita. After that I'm not sure," Lorelai explained.
"Thanks Lorelai, can you open the back door?" Logan asked as he carried Rory toward the SUV.
She had nearly appeared to be sleeping or passed out until he shifted her weight to lift her into the back seat. Her eyes fluttered open and she exclaimed loudly, "Logan, my husband, you're here. What are you doing here?"
"Rory, I'm taking you home, you had too much to drink." Logan explained.
Rory looked up at him before giggling and saying, "God, you're cute; kiss me."
Lorelai, Sookie and Logan all snickered as he declined and buckled the middle seat belt around her waist so she could lie down on the back seat. Rory feigned sleep as they traveled back to her Mother's house. When they arrived Rory sat up and unbuckled her seat belt as Logan rounded the SUV to get her out. When he opened her door he looked surprised to see her slide across the seat toward the door and try to climb out on her own.
"Rory, please let me help you," Logan said.
"Logan, I'm not drunk," Rory revealed as she lowered herself to the ground.
"What?" Logan asked, clearly confused.
"It was all an act to get me out of there," Rory confessed, "The karaoke wasn't so bad. Lane and I sang 'I Got You Babe,' but I just had to get out of there before the male strippers. I think I just would have felt like I was cheating on you in a way."
Without explanation Logan pulled her into his arms and kissed her.
"What was that for?" Rory asked.
"For feeling the same way I did and getting me out of that party before the stripper showed up," Logan said.
"Who hired the stripper?" Rory asked.
"T.J., who else," Logan replied.
"So you weren't at all interested in watching a stripper?" Rory asked.
"I don't know," Logan admitted, "Part of me probably still would have enjoyed it but there was a much larger part of me that was feeling like it would be cheating and I don't ever want to cheat on you."
Rory kissed him gently and said, "I appreciate that. By the way, I might know of a strip act that you can enjoy without feeling like you're cheating."
"Really?" Logan responded with a grin.
"It can be our next experiment," Rory practically purred, "I'm going to go into my room to change, give me about ten minutes."
"You can't just strip out of what you're currently wearing?" Logan asked.
"Well, you've already seen me take off these clothes once today," Rory reminded him.
Back in her room Rory searched through all the old clothes hanging in her closet until she found what she was looking for. Tossing it onto the bed she rummaged in her overnight bag until she found one of the matching bra and panty sets she had packed.
Several minutes later when Rory invited him back into the room Logan was surprised and excited to see that she had donned her old Chilton school uniform. With as much dread as she now talked about the old uniforms he was surprised that she'd ever willingly wear it again. However, for this particular use it was especially perfect as she clearly filled the uniform out better than she probably used to. The plaid skirt rode several inches above her knees exposing a tantalizing expanse of thigh and the blouse looked slightly strained in the bust area.
Rory settled Logan at the end of the twin bed in her room and locked the door securely behind her. Suddenly self conscious and somewhat at a loss as to what to do next, Rory stood frozen at the foot of the bed.
"What's the matter?" Logan whispered hoarsely.
With her face flushed Rory admitted, "Suddenly I'm embarrassed."
Logan stood and pulled her into his arms and whispered, "You don't have to do this."
"I know, but I want to," Rory insisted, "You know I would only ever do this for you."
"I know," Logan replied huskily as his hands rubbed over her exposed thighs.
"Don't get ahead of yourself, Mister," Rory scolded, removing his hands from her thighs, "Let me go grab a few things that might help."
Logan had to suppress a chuckle as Rory pulled a thick bathrobe on over her uniform before unlocking the door and leaving the bedroom. When she returned a few minutes later she plugged a small radio into an outlet and tuned in a jazzy sounding station. She also pulled a book of matches from one of the bathrobe's pockets and lit half dozen votive candles in glass holders spacing them around the room. Switching off the over head light she relaxed slightly in the candlelight.
Still noticeably unnerved Logan decided to bolster her courage. Grasping her hand he pulled her toward the bed and whispered into her ear, "Ace, you've already got me hot as hell. No matter how silly you feel right now; I guarantee that whatever you do it will only fuel the fire. But if you've changed your mind I'm ready for your right now."
Rory stepped back from him, dropping his hand and moving slightly to her own beat. For a little while she just swayed and moved to the music, at times squeezing her eyes shut and pretending that she was all alone. Wisely Logan remained quiet and just enjoyed. Once she seemed to have reached a comfort level she focused her gaze on Logan and slowly began to loosen her tie and undo the buttons on her blouse. When all the buttons were undone Rory dramatically opened the shirt wide flashing her magenta push-up bra. Removing the shirt completely she cast it to the floor and moved onto her skirt and leisurely unzipped and unbuttoned the side closure. Rolling her hips dramatically the skirt slowly began to creep southward until it had fallen gracefully down around her bare feet. At this moment Logan stood and pulled her toward him with the tie that still remained around her neck. He crushed his lips to hers as his hands moved to the buttons on his own impeding clothing.
"You are by far the hottest school girl I've ever seen," was all Logan managed to say before she pushed him onto her bed.
Author's Note: This chapter was long in coming and feels somewhat like a filler chapter to me. I hope it is still worthwhile. I know I have promised this before…but I'm going to work harder to get chapters out more frequently. I got a new job…maybe that will help. Please rate and review and let me know if you have suggestions. I love working reader suggestions into my stories. This chapter is a little sexy…I'm not sure why except maybe it is a hint as to my mood lately. Enjoy!