Disclaimer: I Do Not Own Gilmore Girls, if I did then Rory would have ended up with Logan.
A Hayden In raining
Thank You For Calling, Please Hold
Rory POV
Blinking in the sunlight she wanted to go back to sleep but couldn't because she knew she had things to do. She swung her legs over the bed and dragged herself off the comfortable mattress. Making her way to the bathroom she pushed the door and walked into the shower throwing her clothes off along the way.
As the water poured down her tired body she wondered about the reprucution's of her lies. The last time one of her friends found out about who she was the aftermath had hurt almost everyone she loved. Teddy the most. Shaking the depressive thoughts out of her head she thought of things that would cheer her up, but couldn't get the look of a heart broken Teddy out of her mind. It had hurt so much to have been the cause of his inner turmoil, but it had helped that he didn't blame her in the slightest. Although it did not do much to ease the guilt. And only one constant thought ran through her head, If she were to ever meet Sarah Conacher again, she would be sorry she ever heard the name Rory Gilmore.
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Logan POV
Walking through the Branford Dorm casually looking for Rory, to see if she was back yet. Hoping to "casually" run into her. He had just wanted to make sure she had gotten home okay. His train of thought was interrupted by Amanda Fallon, who was currently walking his was with a blond girl. He quickly ducked behind and open door which luckily was an empty classroom. He closed the door but still heard the voices.
"I heard that you and Logan hooked up last night"
"Why do you care?"
"I was next in line Amanda, you know the rules, you can't skip in line!"
Logan figured this was the line that Stephanie would not shut up about.
"Don't worry Sandra, nothing happened, I mean it was so weird, one minute he's all over me, and then he's not in the mood! I mean Logan Huntzberger? He's ALWAYS in the mood!"
"Yeah well, After what I have planned there won't be a line"
"Not if I get to it first Sandra"
"You can't cut in line Amanda!"
"You snooze you lose Sandra darling"
Then without word both girls went storming off, and Logan was sure he was going to stay away from them both. And just how many people were in this "line" Making a mental note he told himself that he would find out more about this line the next time he saw Stephanie. Glancing at his watch he realized that he only had 10 minutes until his next class started. Clutching his books he walked to the near by class, he figured he would just run into Rory later that day.
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Rory
"I'm here for a guy named Theo"
"Bail is $500"
Grabbing her wallet from her purse and taking out the money, she slid it through the box in the window, the officer then picked up the phone and told her to take a seat. Three minutes later Teddy was walking though the door. She stood up as he walked towards her.
"Hey"
"Hey"
"You hungry?"
"Yeah, where?"
"You pick"
"I'm kind of in the mood for Italian"
"Italian it is"
It was a short conversation, but they both knew that they wouldn't talk until they were away from prying eyes.
Getting into her car, she automatically changed the station. She normally would listen to an alternative rock station, but today she decided she would be happy, or at least try to be, so she put on a station that was notorious for playing happy songs that eluded a bubble-gum pop feeling.
Within the first song Teddy had gotten tired of the teenage pop singer that was singing about her ex boyfriend and how he would regret ever sleeping with her best friend and leaving her because said best friend was pregnant, and Teddy, wanting to break the silence that radiated through the car said
"Since when did songs have plot lines? I mean seriously, what happened to the good old days where songs only had one message instead of trying to put 3 sins into one song?"
"It had three sins?"
"Do not covet your neighbor, Premarital sex and wrath"
"Teddy, one of those is a sin, one of them is a commandment and one is severely frowned upon, but yeah you have a point, look through my Cd Case and find something less sinful, let try only one sin shall we?"
The teasing in her voice was enough to ease the awkwardness of the conversation to come. It was a pretty see through attempt on her part, but with Teddy, Rory saw no need to veil her intentions
Flipping through the CD case he finally stopped on a "The Academy Is..." CD, placing it in her stereo and flipping through the songs he didn't like he finally landed on a favorite. With "Slow Down" blasting through the speakers Whatever tension that was left in the car was dissolved with the music.
After having been in the car for a good half hour they had arrived at a cozy little Italian restaurant that they had been to before and had enjoyed a lot, so they had decided to go back.
They had been seated quickly and given their menu's and after 5 minutes had decided to order.
When a tall, thin, sort of gawky boy with the name tag labeled 'Andrew' had come and introduced himself as the waiter, they had both had their orders ready. Teddy ordered first
"I'll have the home style lasagna with a side of garlic bread and for an appetizer I'll have a garden salad with the house dressing, and just a Coke"
Writing it down, Andrew turned to Rory expectedly and asked quickly
"And for the lady?"
"I'll have the garlic bread sticks as an appetizer, and then the Fetuchinni Chicken Alfredo and a virgin strawberry daiquiri"
As Andrew rushed off past the tables and other guests, which was not many seeing as this was a fairly unknown restaurant, Rory and Theo began a meaningless conversation, waiting until they knew they would not be interrupted. When Andrew came by with their drinks and appetizers they both knew what was coming. Theo wanting to get this over with began
"It's not your fault, you are not responsible for what happened last night"
"Teddy, if I hadn't introduced you to that poor excuse of a girl then none of this would have happened"
"She ran in the same circles we did Rory, she would have found her way into our lives one way or another"
"But you wouldn't have given her a chance so easily if it weren't for my meddling"
"Ok Rory, we have had this conversation a dozen times, this is not your fault, and it doesn't help anybody when you blame yourself. You didn't know what she was like, and there was no way you could have because you can't read minds. Now how about we put last night behind us and forget that it ever happened"
"What did happen?"
"I got into a fight with dad"
"Oh no, already somethings gone wrong, let me guess the usual lecture?"
"yeah, but this time it was also about how he thinks I should take a few more classes and graduate a year earlier, anyways, after I went to that bar across the street from that ice cream store we used to go to and began to get completely hammered. And there was a girl there and she looked like her and was wearing a hat like the one you gave her, and then I just lost it. I started to yell at her and tell her how horrible she was."
Just then Andrew came bounding by with their plates he took away the empty appetizer plates and placed down the entrees, then just as quickly as he had come he left.
"umm, yeah I actually already asked the officer for her name to apologize. I just haven't had the time to"
Noting how uncomfortable Theo was with the situation Rory quickly sprang into the comforter role
"Here give me her name, I'll take care of it"
"Are you sure? Because its my fault, I should be the one to fix it"
"It's totally cool, the bar is close to school so she probably goes to Yale, its seriously no problem, what's her name?"
Pulling out a post-it from his pocket he handed it to her. In a messy writing the name Maggie Slothan stood out in blue ink
"I'll talk to her when I get back to school"
"Thanks Rory"
"Hey, what are best friends for"
Eating their meals they engage into a round of playful banter and debate, when they had finished they ordered desert. Brownies with a scoop of vanilla for Rory and a slice of strawberry's & cream cake for Theo. Once they finished their deserts and paid the bill Rory began to drive to school only after dropping Theo off at his childhood home. Looking at the Post-it she had pulled out of her purse she stuck it on the steering wheel with the left over weak adhesive on the back. She pulled out her cellphone and began to dial the Yale directory, once done pressing in the numbers and hitting the green phone button she heard an automated voice
"Hello, Thank you for calling Yale, If you would like to be directed to the Dean's office press one, if you would like to speak to a receptionist press two, if you would like to speak to a faculty member please press three, or if you would like to speak to the Housing receptionist please press four-"
Rory pressed four as she was stepping out of her car on her way to her dorm.
Please hold a receptionist will be with you in a moment
a full 5 minutes passed and Rory had already gotten to her dorm, she walked into her room and shrugged off her jacketand put it on a nearby chair, this time a human voice came onto the line
"Hello, Thank you for holding. My name is Shelly, how may I help you?"
"Hello, My name is Rory Gilmore and I'm looking for the address of a Maggie Slothan, she dropped one of her books and I was hoping to return it"
"Well, if you were to stop it off at the office I will be sure to pass it along-
Rory needed to have this conversation with Maggie face to face
"Oh no, ummm I need to get my book from her she seemed to have taken one of my text books. And I think she may have accidentally grabbed my day planner by accident"
"I'm sorry can you repeat your name please?"
"Rory Gilmore, but I'm registered as Lorelai Leigh Gilmore"
"Ah yes, Ms. Gilmore the girl you are looking for Ms. Slothan is housed in the Thomas housing area. First floor number 15"
Grabbing a pen off her desk she jotted it down onto the post-it
"Thank you"
"Your welcome Ms. Gilmore, best of luck on your upcoming mid-terms"
With the click Rory knew the receptionist had hung up. Grabbing her purse again she headed towards the door she only then recalled she had a class in 30 minutes. Going back and grabbing her books she quickly jogged to her next class. Maggie would have to wait until class was done.
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WITH LOGAN
The class had been boring and repetitive. The professor had been spewing the same thing for weeks. Logan didn't' know why he even went to that class anymore.
Logan wasn't paying attention to where he was going and when he looked up from last months notes he saw Sarah, the girl Amanda had been speaking to before. Ducking his head and ducking into a coffee line he waited until she passed and once she had he was at the front of the line. Not really in the mood for coffee he ordered a cup of green tea and began to put away his books as the barrista made the drink. He made his way to his dorm with his drink when he something came smashing into him with great force making him spill his tea all over said force. Picking himself off the ground apologizing quickly and repetitively he looked up to see Rory Gilmore wiping off tea from her jacket. She had yet to look up.
"Not it was my fault I shouldn't run around corners. I'm sorry-"
Finally looking up she saw that Logan was staring at her drenched shirt, she had left her jacket unzipped in her hast to make it back to her dorm and now she was tea all over her new shirt.
"How about I make it up to you over coffee?"
"I ugh- cant right now I have to go back to my dorm and find someone, and now I also have to change. But ugh-rain check, ok"
Not waiting for an answer she began speed walking in the direction of her dorm. Logan wasn't even sure why he had offered her coffee. His mouth had acted before his brain had. Shaking his head he continued on to his dorm room. It's not like he even wanted coffee. But he had literally run into her like he was hoping for, he knew she was back at Yale and safe.
It took him a full five minutes after he had arrived at his dorm to realize that he hadn't asked any of the questions he had wanted to. Why was she hiding half of who she was? Why didn't she tell him? Why hadn't he ever met her?
Logging onto his computer he signed onto hotmail. Seeing that almost no one worth talking to was online he just went over to his book case grabbed the latest book he had gotten, flopped down on his bed, turned on his ipod and began reading. He would not let Rory Gilmore get under his skin. He never let any girl get under his skin. Why should she be any different?
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With Rory
After having speed walked the rest of the way back to her dorm, she had quickly changed and grabbed the post-it containing Maggie Slothan's address. She grabbed a new jacket and began towards Thomas housing. Once she had reached Maggie's dorm she knocked, Once, Twice, And when no one responded she knocked a third time. Finally a girl slightly shorter then she had come face to face with her. She had Blond hair and fierce green eyes. With a deep breath Rory said
"Hi, I'm Rory Gilmore. I was wondering if maybe I could talk to you"
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Hey everyone, sorry it took me so long to update, but im visiting family soon and dont worry ill have plenty of time to write more while im there. I know there was nothing really funny about this chapter. And i hope you'll enjoy where im going with the Maggie plot Have a great summer and please bare with me for a little longer