Ok, this is my longest chapter yet, and it's kinda a filler, but I think it's pretty good

The Face You Wear is Just a Mask

Rory was lying on her bed, studying as usual, but she just couldn't concentrate. Tristan's return had been a heavy blow. Everything she had forced herself to forget was coming back to haunt her. She shook her head, trying to force all thoughts of Rachel, and, though she didn't want to admit it, Logan, from her mind.

"You keep doing that, you'll give yourself a headache," A voice said from the door, as she shook her head again, "Do you have Tourette's or something?"

Rory looked up to see a smirking Logan leaning against the door frame, "No, I do not have Tourette's

. Do you have ADD? Cause maybe you missed the please knock sign" Rory smiled back at him

"No I saw it, I just chose to ignore it," He walked over and sat down on the edge of her bed

"You know, defying simple orders such as that will get you nowhere in life" Rory put her books down on the floor

"That's the point, my father already is pulling me along behind him, so I might as well try to slow down. Going nowhere would be prefect for me" He lay back against her pillows, as if he was relaxing in his fantasy

"Well go go nowhere somewhere else where I'm not studying" Rory commanded

"You study to much" Logan said simply, not moving

"Well some people need to in order to get through school. You should try it sometime, it would work wonders in class, so would this thing called 'actually going', teachers love that" Rory said sarcastically

"Let's go somewhere" Logan said, sitting up abruptly

"Where?"

"Anywhere. Let's grab Steph, Colin, Finn, and just fly off. Where do you want to go? Canada? Alaska? California? Texas? Vegas? Hollywood? New York?"

"Well, I don't know, they all sound pretty great" Rory was speechless, traveling across the country was certainly not in her weekend plans

"Oh" Logan snapped his fingers, "The LDB"

"The Life and Death Brigade? I've been to a few events. What about them?"

"I'm a member,"

"When did this happen? You're not allowed to join until you're in college, and even then it's almost impossible. Besides, you've been away for five years"

"Well you didn't think I spent every waking moment with you, did you? I had some moments by myself that were put to good use. I'm a blood member anyways, by father was in it, my grandfather, etc. There's an event this weekend. We have to go, it will be so fun"

"Go where?"

"Well, that part must be kept a surprise, regulation. You haven't been officially inaugurated yet"

"How would you know if I had or not?" Rory crossed her arms

"I'm not only a blood member, but I am also a founding fathers descendant. I get to know these things" Logan said smugly

"Fine, where are we going?"

"I can't tell you Ace" Logan laughed, "You'll just have to come with us and find out"

"Us?"

"Well you must know, if you've been to an event, that Colin, Steph, and Finn, are all founding father descendants. We're the head honchos is you will. They helped plan the event"

"You don't say, " Rory looked thoughtful, "Stephanie helped plan?"

"We knew she wouldn't keep a secret from you, so no, she didn't help on this one" Logan smiled, "I can't believe I forgot to tell you until now. Oh well, plane leaves tonight. Start packing"

"Tonight! How much time do I have?" Rory jumped off her bed and grabbed the suitcase from underneath it

"Let's see, it's almost five now, and the plane leaves at seven. We're on a private jet, courtesy of Finn, so the trip should take two hours, so I'm estimating arriving around nine, so we may start the festivities by eleven" Logan rattled off times

Rory just stared at him, "I didn't know you ever listened in math class"

"See, you don't know everything. I can be a mysterious man, Ace" Logan walked over to where she stood by her dresser

"Ok, packing, any requirements?"

"We will probably stay there tonight, Friday night, Saturday night, and then home Sunday morning"

"So..." Rory prodded

"Three days, plus tonight, so like two teeshirts, two shorts shorts, one pair of pants pants, maybe a long sleeve shirt. A bathing suit, though you probably won't use it. And something to wear for each night"

"Right, three days, plus tonight. We're talking five teeshirts, four long sleeve shirts, six pairs of shorts, five pairs of jeans, three bathing suites, four pairs of pajamas. Got it" Rory began to open drawers, in search of clothes

"I forgot you're a girl," Logan rolled his eyes, "You also need a formal, for later, but I got that taken care of"

"Still have an eye for sizes? You know, that's not always flattering to a girl you know" Rory said

Logan laughed, before reaching into the drawer next to him, "You never know where this may come in handy, might want to bring it, Ace" he drew out some very lacy, and very kinky looking, lingerie

"I permanently forbid you from going through my drawers" Rory snatched the lingerie from his hand, and stuffed it back into another drawer

"Why do you have that anyways?" Logan asked casually, as Rory continued stuffing more items into her bag

"What do you mean?" Rory didn't look at him

"I've been around long enough to know that a girl does not own the kind of accessory, unless there is someone to show it off to" Logan said, matter-of-factly

Rory scoffed, "You mean, you've slept around long enough"

"I'm hurt Ace. But seriously, who was the lucky fellow that was bought for?" Logan reached over and took out the garment again

"None of your business" Rory grinned, snatching it back

"You're going to have to tell me one of these days Ace, I don't like being kept in the dark" He smiled at her

"Neither do I. You and I are going to sit on the plan and have a good, long talk. I want to know how you've been. I would talk now, but two hours is not nearly enough time to get ready. Now get out, I am not letting you in here when I'm packing my underwear. Out!" She pushed him out the door

"Fine Ace, no need to be pushy, but one of these days..." He joked

RLRLRLRL

"Rory! Please tell me he told you!" Stephanie shrieked as Rory stepped out of Logan's limo at the private airstrip

"Who told me what?" Rory asked, dragging one of her bags over

"Did he tell you? Cause I asked him, but he said he couldn't tell me, and he said he didn't tell you, but I was sure that he would have told you. I begged him to tell me, but he refused, and I couldn't get a hold of him to tell me, and he said that he wouldn't have anyways, so I'm hoping he told you, cause I would like to know!" Stephanie babbled

"Sorry, he didn't tell me" Rory said, sadly

"How the bloody hell did they understand each other?" Finn wondered out loud

"It was actually quite simple. 'He' refers to Logan or me. Steph said that she was angry that I didn't tell her where we were going, but she couldn't reach Logan to ask him, and I told her that he wouldn't have told her anyways. She wanted to know if Logan had told Rory where we are going" Colin said simply

"And how the bloody hell did you figure that out?" Finn looked at him in disbelief

"I took a beginners course in Female Psychology, back in my first year of college" Colin shrugged

"I should look into that, Rosemary doesn't make any sense half the time she's talking to me" Finn said thoughtfully

"That's because most of the time you are stone drunk, not because she's a girl" Colin pointed out

"True," Finn admitted. "Logan, mate, how art thou?" Finn said, greeting Logan as he lugged four more suitcases to the plane

"Fine, until you started speaking Old English" Logan smiled

"Sorry mate, I'm just excited, and I haven't got any alcohol. This event is going to be one to remember" Finn said loudly, as the three entered the plane

"And we want to know where this event is going to be" Stephanie said, as the boys walked in. She, Rory, and Rosemary, all stood in the cabin, arms crossed, tapping their feet

"Sorry loves, no can do. No amount of alcohol or sex will bring the answer from me. It was all in the contract, and I cannot break that." Finn said, hand raised like an oath taking boyscout

"Are you sure Finny?" Rosemary asked sweetly, motioning for the others to follow her example

"Colin baby, you wouldn't want to upset little old me, now, would you?" Stephanie wrapped her arms around Colin's neck, following Rose's lead

Rory rolled her eyes, but followed, "Logie, it's not nice to make a girl wait, especially a Gilmore girl. Patience is not our strong point. But I'm sure, if you just tell me where we're going, you will be sufficiently rewarded" She gave him her best Bambi eyes

"You're cute, but not that cute" Logan smirked, walking past her

"I'm insulted!" Rory exclaimed, with mock surprise

"To bad babe, we're sworn to secrecy" Logan immediately cursed himself for letting 'babe' slip. This was not the time for his feelings to be changing. Rory and him were on a good solid footing. No matter how he was beginning to feel, he couldn't risk their friendship. Besides, he didn't actually have feelings for her, right?

"Common girls, let's go, I don't like this company" Rosemary said, sticking her nose in the air, and marching off with Stephanie and Rory, to the row of couches at the other end of the plane.

RLRLRLRL

"Have fun at you're pouting party?" Logan joked as Rory came to sit next to him, an hour and a bit later

"Who said anything about pouting? We had a lovely time without male companionship" Rory said, but she smiled

"So, to what to I owe this visit?" Logan asked, putting his laptop away and turning to face her

"We said that we were going to have a good talk on the plane ride, remember?" Rory told him

"Right. Let's go somewhere more private" Logan got up, and, taking her hand, led her to a door at the back of the plane. The door opened, to show a rather large room, with a dresser, personal bathroom, arm chair, and a very large, plush looking, bed.

"An airplane with a bedroom, impressive" Rory said, admiring the color scheme of reds and browns

"This is one of three" Logan told her, sinking into the thick comforter

"Wow" She breathed, sitting next to him

"Yeah" He said, trying to save them from silence

"So..." She said, awkwardly

"So..." He repeated

"So, let's start at the beginning" She suggested

"Ok, I'll start" He offered. Logan took a deep breath before beginning, "Ok, so I went to Switzerland"

"No, really?" Rory laughed

"Let me finish" Logan smiled, "I went and started school there. It was as if a part of me was missing, without Finn, Colin, Steph, Rose, and you of course. I did go out a lot, many parties, and quite a number of girls, I'll admit"

"I don't know how you and the guys don't have a million diseases" Rory commented

"Good genes. Anyways, after a while, I realized that it just wasn't fun anymore stopped going out, and I didn't really make any acquaintances that I could label as 'friends'. Since nothing seemed to give me pleasure anymore, I devoted all my time to studying, and classes. My dad was planning on my staying in Switzerland, but when he saw how dedicated I'd become, he agreed that I could come back when my five year sentience to hell was done. So I finished, and came back. That's about it" He said, simply

"Ok..." Rory adjusted herself, "My turn"

"Now to make one thing clear, before you start, you had better tell Big Brother Logan, who that lingerie was meant for. Continue" He smirked

"After you left, it was different, but not to much. I mean, I had lost my best friend, and it wasn't like our relationship would have been easy to maintain overseas, with your father taking away your phones. Anyways, so, I grew closer to our little group, but there was always a place for you. Though no one said it, we all knew that we couldn't really admit the fact that you were gone" Rory took a breath

"Wow, I feel loved, please go one" Logan was trying to make her feel comfortable
"So, senior year, they did the awards, and you and I got voted best couple, did you know that?" Rory looked at him

"No, I didn't. That's sort of random" Logan lay back onto the bed, and felt Rory lay back next to him

"Yeah, we did. But everyone, well in our group, knew that people just saw us hanging out together all the time, and assumed things. Anyways, so I had all these on off flings. Two guys only, Dean, who you've met, and Jess. Jess was my bad boy, every girl has got to have one at one point or another. The truth was, he was actually really smart. I think that the tough guy was just a mask. I have never heard anyone recite poetry the way he did" Rory rambled

"Rory, focus" Logan interrupted

"Sorry. So, Jess got up and left for California, didn't even say a word. He went to find his dad, but he didn't even bother to call until a few months later. He broke my heart, and then the Dean saga started up again. I don't want to go into detail"

"You don't have to if you don't want to"

"Thanks. Then came our first year of college. By this point you had been gone for about three years, so I had lost all contact with you"

"Our?" Logan asked

"Rachel's and mine" Rory said quietly

"Oh" Logan cursed himself silently

"Rachel and I had both dreamed of Harvard, but apparently, Yale needed legacies. Grandma and Grandpa roped us into going here. It was fine, we had fun, but then, one night we had to much fun"

Rory was silent for a moment. "What happened?" Logan asked after a time

"Party. The usual thing. Loud music, lots of people, lots of alcohol" Rory breathed

"Take your time" Logan breathed, encouraging her

"Jess, my boyfriend at the time, he was there, and he invited Colin, Finn, Steph, Rose, and a few others, to go with me and him for coffee, and then to create a sub-party. The party we were at wasn't so hot, so we all agreed. I went to find Rachel, she was with her friends, Tristan, Summer, and some others from other schools. We had come together, so I told her I was leaving, and asked her if she wanted to come with us. She said no, that she was having fun, that she and Tristan had a chance of hooking up later, that she would get a ride from someone else. I was annoyed that she was thinking of getting back with Tristan after the way he broke her heart, so I just left. That's the last time I saw her, well, not in a coma. Few hours later, the hospital calls. Shes in pretty bad shape, but the guy she was in the car with got off without a scratch. We never found out who he was. Rachel... Rachel... she never woke up" Rory choked, sitting up

"Rory..." Logan sat up and put his arm around her. He held her close and rocked her back and forth

"I'm fine. I was sad for too long, I realized that she's gone, and isn't coming back, but at least she isn't still in a coma or in pain or anything" Rory babbled as she began to sob. Rory hadn't truly cried in a while, longer than she could remember. It felt good

"It's ok to cry Rory, you need to more than everyone. It's not safe to keep all that pain inside" Logan soothed, quietly into her ear. She could feel his breath on her cheek. "But I'm back now, and I'll never leave again, I promise," he breathed, "I promise"

hoped you liked it, it was a long one, sry that it was kinda a filler