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AN: It's been a while, I know. I just haven't really felt the writing bug. Hope ya'll like this next chapter.
AN2: This is how I see the time line for this story. They met in Europe at the very beginning of June. Their wedding in Paris was the beginning of the second week of August, the 9th, which I believe was on a Monday back in 2004. They started school on September 7th, like I said this is for my story, I don't know if Yale actually started on that date back in 2004. Rory's birthday, I think, is supposed to be October 8th or something like that, so for this chapter it puts us right around the 1st of October. That's the time line as to how I want things to be for my story.
Chapter 11
The days after the LDB event, flew by and it was now a week before Rory's birthday. Logan, Colin, and Finn were on their way to New York for the day to find Rory a birthday present.
"So, Logan, mate, you never did tell me the whole story behind you and Reporter Girl." Finn asked Logan.
"Ahh...yes, explain that blatant display you both shared at the end of the jump." Colin piped up from the back of the SUV.
Logan turned and gave a confused look at Colin, "You don't already know about me and Rory?" he asked.
"No, should I." Colin asked, feeling left out.
"Finn," Logan sighed, "Didn't you tell people as soon as you found out?"
"No, mate, I didn't think you wanted me too." Finn told Logan.
"Ugh...fine. Okay, I will tell you the story then, since, Colin you don't know it anything and Finn, you only know some of it." Logan said with a sigh.
"Out with it then, Logan." Colin said impatiently from the back seat.
"Chill out Colin, I'm getting there," Logan said as he rolled his eyes, "Rory and I met in Italy at the beginning of the summer, we hit it off. I wanted to know more about her, so I asked her if I could follow her to her next stop, she said yes and that's when I started following her around Europe. We talked a lot, about anything and everything, she told me about her life and the things that caused her to run to Europe in the first place, which I am not going to tell either of you," Logan said, effectively putting a stop to whatever was going to come out of Colin and Finn's mouths, "I told her about why I was in Europe. We got to know each other without the pressure of our last names. I think getting to know Rory as Rory and her getting to know me as me, instead of having our last names to influence us, caused us to fall head over heels for each other faster. The last stop was Paris, we were walking around and just enjoying being with each other, when I told her that I loved her. She told me that she loved me and well here we are." Logan finished, not looking at his passengers.
"Wow." Both Colin and Finn said.
"Oh and the kiss at the end of the jump," Logan said, "I thought Finn had already told people that I was exclusively dating one person, so I wanted to show them that Finn wasn't just being drunk and staying shit. Therefore, I figured the kiss would put the icing on the cake, so to speak."
"Why do you want to be with just one person though? Is she that good in bed?" Colin asked, totally perplexed at what Logan just told them.
Finn, seeing that Logan was about to blow, decided to deflect Colin, "Colin, mate, shut the hell up. You have no right to ask something like that."
"Why not? We always talk about our conquests." Colin stated with a huff.
"Rory is not a fucking conquest, Colin," Logan growled out, barely containing his anger, "And for your information, I didn't even sleep with her until the day I told her that I loved her. She wasn't just another girl, and you better get used to her because she is not going anywhere. And I swear to God, if you say anything like that about her again, I will fucking kill you."
"Well, congrats, mate. I, for one, am happy for you." Finn said.
"Thanks Finn." Logan replied.
"I still don't understand why you would want to get up your playboy reputation for just one girl after a few short months." Colin said from the back seat, still not understanding Logan.
"This is why I didn't want to tell you from the beginning. I knew that you wouldn't understand it and I didn't want to hear it from my best friends," Logan said a little miffed, "You know, I would have actually understood this coming from Finn, but not you Colin. I always thought you were the more level headed one and would understand that I was unhappy with the way my life was going," Logan said, looking at Colin through the rearview mirror, "I was unhappy, living my life the way I was. Moving from one girl to the next, drinking myself into oblivion every night, not having a care in the world about anything. I knew I needed to change things. That was one of the reason's why I wanted to do the yacht thing, but I just continued on doing the same things I had always done. After the yacht sunk, I knew I needed to get away, on my own, for a while and that's why I ended up in Europe. After I met Rory, things just seemed to fall in place and it was almost like, she was what was missing in my life. Plus getting to know her without the last name factor, helped a lot. I fell in love with the person she is, not the last name that she has." Logan finished with a shake of his head.
"How do you know that she is not using you for your last name?" Colin asked, still not getting it.
"Trust me when I say this, Colin, she is not a gold-digger," Logan said with a sigh, disappointed with his friend, "She is not like that, she doesn't need my connections to make it in the world. There was more that I was going to tell you, but since you are being a bastard, I am not going to tell you right now." Logan said, glaring at Colin.
"Why not?" Colin asked.
"Because, I seriously don't want to hear your crap anymore. You will find out soon enough, but I am not going to tell you now." Logan told him.
"Mate, just shut up. Be happy for Logan. You know he would be happy for you, if you were in his shoes." Finn said, turning towards Colin.
"Fine." Colin huffed and sat back in the seat.
"From what I have noticed, it seems that you found your match with reporter girl." Finn said to Logan.
"You have no idea. She is amazing. She is funny, smart, witty, she can keep me on my toes. We can talk about anything and everything. Our conversations are never boring. Plus, it doesn't hurt that she is drop dead gorgeous." Logan said with a smirk.
"Okay, mates, now that the heavy stuff is out of the way," Finn glanced at Colin, "For now anyway. Mind telling us what this trip is for." Finn asked, looking towards Logan.
"Rory's birthday is next week and I need to get her something." Logan said, just as they hit New York.
"Yea," Finn exclaimed, "Can we get her something too?" He asked Logan.
"Sure, if you want, but nothing too much. She won't like you spending money on her. She already hates that I do it." Logan said with a chuckle.
"Where are you going to look?" Colin asked, speaking up for the first time, since Logan laid into him.
"Well, I thought about Tiffany's and Cartier, but I'm not really sure about getting her jewelry." Logan said as he made his way to 5th Avenue.
"Why not? All girls love jewelry." Colin stated.
"Not Rory, she is different." Logan said with a sigh as he parked the SUV.
They all get out and walk into Tiffany's, as soon as they walk into the doors, a saleswoman, with blonde hair, big breasts, and wearing too much make-up walks up to them, "Hi, my name is Amber, is there anything that I can help you with?" she asked seductively.
Logan rolled his eyes, "Well, Amber, I am here to buy a birthday present for my wife." Logan realized his mistake as soon as the word wife left his mouth. He slowly turned to see that Colin had knocked a display over and Finn was on the ground from where he fainted. He didn't mean to say that, it was just that he didn't like what Amber has insinuated and wanted to put a stop to her advances before they got any worse.
"Colin..." Logan said hesitantly.
Colin stood there with his jaw on the floor, "Uh...um..."
Logan sighed and walked over to Finn, who was starting to wake up, "Mate, tell me I did not hear you say you had a wife."
"Look, why don't we go somewhere and I will explain everything," Logan said. He turned back to Amber, "I will pay for any damages." He said to her.
Thirty minutes later, the guys had found a bar just a couple blocks from Tiffany's, "Logan, please, please, tell me I did not hear you say what I think I heard you say."
"I can't do that, Colin." Logan said as he took a drink of his scotch and pulled his ring out from under his sweater.
"Oh, bloody hell." Finn said as he signaled for another round.
"Explain to us, how in the hell you are married." Colin said.
"Well, I asked, she said yes and we got married." Logan replied smartly.
"Ha, bloody, ha." Finn said, downing his drink.
Logan finished his scotch, "That last stop in Paris, we stopped in front of this old chapel, we were standing there just looking at it, when I blurted out 'Marry Me', she had her reservations, that's when I told her that I loved her, and she finally agreed, said she loved me too, and we got married."
Logan ordered another round for Colin and Finn, as they let what he said soak in, "Wow, that's just...wow." Colin said.
"Is this the other thing you were going to tell us, earlier?" Finn asked, when he was finally able to speak again.
"Yeah," Logan said with a smile, "But after the shit Colin said about me just dating one girl, I didn't want to hear what he had to say about me being married." Logan finished as he ran his hand through his hair and ordered another round.
"Logan, I'm sorry, I said those things, but I just don't understand why you want to be tied to one person, let alone one person for the rest of your life." Colin sulked.
"You know what, I'm not going to sit through this again. I'm going to take a walk and cool off, call me when your ready to go." Logan said as he got up from the table.
"Wait up, mate. I will go with you. I don't want to be around crabby Colin either," Finn said as he paid their bar tab and glared at Colin, "Colin, I'm only going to say this once, you need to think long and hard about how much your friendship with Logan means to you. He won't put up with your shit much longer. Be happy for him. I have seen them together and it may be weird, but this is the first time I have ever seen Logan this blissfully happy. Get used to it, because she isn't going anywhere. Call when you are ready to leave." Finn turned and left Colin to his thoughts. Logan was waiting for him on the sidewalk just outside the bar.
"Thanks Finn. Your support means a lot to me and I know it will mean a lot to Ace as well." Logan said as they started walking down the sidewalk.
"No problem, mate. This is the happiest I have seen you, and I want you to stay this happy." Finn said with a huge grin.
Logan smiled at Finn, "Thanks, man. I am happy. I never thought, and I know this will sound cheesy, that I was missing anything in my life, until she came along. She made me see that not everything can be bought with money or the weight of my last name. She helped me see the more simpler pleasures in life. She is from society, but never had to use her last name for anything, her mom ran away with Ace when she was a year old and moved to a small town about half an hour away from Hartford."
"Ahhh...so she is the scandal." Finn said, finally figuring out just who she was.
"Yeah, but I have to say her childhood, is everything that I wished for and probably a lot of our friends wished for. She grew up in a home with love and a mom who was there for her." Logan told Finn.
"I'm happy for you, mate. Now let me see your ring." Finn said with a laugh.
Logan laughed at him and took his necklace off and handed it to Finn, "It's nothing extravagant or anything."
"What does, 'Coffee and Scotch', mean?" Finn asked, handing the ring and necklace back to Logan.
"Oh," Logan said with a chuckle, "That was our own little way to say 'I love you' when people were around."
"But, why 'Coffee and Scotch'?" Finn asked, scratching the back of his head.
"Well, Scotch is my preferred choice of drink and Ace is a coffee addict, and I mean addict, you should see how much coffee she puts away," Logan explained to Finn with a smile, "So we came up with 'Coffee and Scotch' as a way to blend our two favorite drinks and it just shows us, who we are and that we love each other."
Before Finn could say anything about that explanation, his phone rang, "'Ello."
"Finn, it's me." Colin said hesitantly.
"Yeah, mate, what's up?" Finn asked as him and Logan came to a stop.
"I'm ready to head back to New Haven. Steph just called about a party and asked if we wanted to go." Colin told him.
"Okay, let me tell Logan. We will meet you back at the truck." Finn said and hung up the phone.
"I take it Colin is ready to leave." Logan said with a sigh as they turned around and headed back to the truck."
"Yeah, he said something about Steph calling him and telling him about a party and wanted to know if we wanted to go." Finn replied, telling Logan what Colin had said.
"Sure, that sounds fine. Ace is at her grandparents tonight for Friday night dinner, but I will call her once we get on the road and ask if she wants to meet up with us." Logan said as they got closer to the truck.
"Awesome, I want to see Reporter Girl again. I want to get to know her." Finn said happily.
Logan laughed at Finn's antics as they saw Colin waiting by the truck. Logan ignored Colin and got in the driver's seat. Logan pulled out onto the road and started towards New Haven, "Oh, don't let anyone know that we are married just yet. We are going to come out with it, but we want people to get used to just us being together first." Logan told Colin and Finn.
"Sure, mate, we will help however we can. Right, Colin?" Finn asked and looked pointedly at Colin.
"Yeah, man, we will help you and Reporter Girl out." Colin grumbled in the back seat.
They were halfway back to Yale, when Logan's phone rang. He got a big smile on his face we he saw who it was, "Hey Ace, shouldn't you be at your grandparents?" He was happy to hear from her, but also confused.
"Hey, they canceled for tonight, something about some benefit or something, I don't know, I wasn't really paying attention after my grandma said that tonight was canceled." Logan could hear the smile in Rory's voice.
"That's good. So, your free tonight?" Logan asked.
"Yeah, I am. Oh, before I forget, we have brunch on Sunday with my dad and the Haydens, not exactly sure where, just yet, probably at the club, but my dad said he would call tomorrow and let me know." Rory told him.
"Ok, that sounds fine. We are on our way back, Steph called and said there was a party tonight, do you want to go?" Logan asked her, hoping that she would agree to go to the party with him.
"Yeah, sure that sounds like fun." Rory responded.
"Ok, we should be there in about an hour and a half. Will that give you enough time to get ready?" Logan asked, knowing that she would probably take that entire time to get ready.
"Yeah, that should be enough time. I miss you and I love you. I will see you when you get here." Rory told him, knowing that she would have to start getting ready as soon as she hung up the phone.
"See you soon, Ace, Coffee and Scotch." Logan told her with a smile and hung up the phone.
Colin was watching Logan the entire time he was on the phone. He noticed that Logan had a genuine smile on his face, one that not many people had ever seen before. He also noticed the love that was pouring out of Logan's eyes as he talked to Rory on the phone. He finally understood what Finn had said about Logan being blissfully happy for the first time in his life. He knew that he was going to change his attitude about Logan being a one woman man. He didn't want their friendship to fall apart because he couldn't understand where Logan was coming from, "Hey, Logan."
Logan braced himself, "Yeah, Colin."
"I just wanted to say that I'm sorry for what I said earlier." Colin said sincerely.
"Thanks, just know that if you say anything like that again, it will not be taken lightly." Logan said, locking eyes with him in the rearview mirror.
"I know, and I won't say anything like that again. I can see that your happy and I am happy that you found someone who makes you this happy." Colin said to him.
"Thanks, Colin. I appreciate it." Logan said. They all sat in silence as they made their way back to Yale.
AN3: I had originally planned for this chapter to include the brunch, but changed my mind. The brunch will be the next chapter as well as Rory's birthday. Sorry it took so long to update. I hope to update the next chapter by the end of the week. Read and Review.
