Chapter 8: And He Said, Let There Be Pancakes
Rory got out of her car, still smiling to herself about what she had left at her home in Stars Hollow. She was unbelievably happy for both her mother and Luke but she couldn't deny how bittersweet it all was. On the one hand, her mom would be happy again as she had reclaimed love. On the other, Rory herself was still hanging on to the hope that Logan would define their relationship.
She walked to her dorm and unlocked the door. Paris was already asleep in her room. Rory, attempting to be quiet as not to wake her, opened the door to her room and turned the light on. She tossed her keys on the dresser and took her coat off.
"Hey Ace." came Logan's familiar voice from Rory's bed. She jumped, as he rubbed his eyes and sat up.
"Tell me you weren't asleep in my bed waiting for me, Logan." she said with a smile.
"Of course not. Your bed is just so much comfier than mine is." he joked.
"How long have you been here?" Rory asked, as she sat on the bed next to him.
"That depends. What time is it?"
She glanced at her watch. "About 3:15, Saturday morning."
"Oh. Okay. Well, then I've been here about three and a half hours. Where'd you go?" he replied sleepily.
"I had to help my mom with some things. Then Luke showed up and I'm thinking that I really, really didn't want to be around when the walls started pounding and various other events that would've caused me to tell some future therapist that my mother mentally molested me as a child."
"Right. It's very possible that I'm not quite awake enough to process that right now. Rain-check?" Logan said.
"No, it's alright. It's probably best that you don't hear it." she said, smiling. Logan gave her a cockeyed look as he tilted his head the same way a dog would.
"Don't worry Logan, you really, really don't want to know."
"I'm going to trust you on that one. But for now, it's definitely bed time."
"You go to sleep. I'm going to go take a shower before I head to bed. I'll see you in the morning?" she inquired.
"Or you know, I could just stay here and I could stay awake until you get out of the shower…or I could just join you in the shower."
"Dirty. Go to sleep. You can stay here, I'll be back in just a few minutes."
"Tease." he said as he laid back down and closed his eyes.
Rory stepped out of the shower and walked into her room wrapped in merely a towel. She headed for her dresser and pulled out a blue, plaid pair of pajama pants along with a white tank top.
"Nice, Ace. Have anything in the lacy lingerie department?"
"Hey, you're supposed to be asleep. And no. But if you're a good boy, maybe you'll get something pretty for your birthday."
"Ooo promise, Mommy?" Logan said.
Rory looked at him in silence.
"Okay, Mommy line, a little too far, yes?" Logan said, in a defeated tone.
"Uh yeah. 'Cause ick."
"Alright, I'm going to sleep now. In the morning, we'll have pancakes okay?"
"That's the best plan." Rory said as she changed into her pajamas and slipped into bed alongside him, watching him fall asleep.
"Hey Logan?"
"Mm?" he mumbled.
"Goodnight."
"Mmmhmm." he said as he put one arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him and fell asleep. She lay there for a while, breathing him in and thinking about what they actually were to each other.
This can't just be a casual thing. He was here, in my bed, waiting for me for over three hours. It obviously wasn't for sex, he could have just left and found any random girl he wanted. Maybe this is something more to him, I know it is to me. Stop it Rory, you think too much. Behold, the thing that thinks a lot. Attack of the killer brain! Wow, I'm tired. Sleepy time."
She fell asleep with her head tucked into his shoulder, slowly breathing his scent in and basking in the fact that she didn't have to wake up for classes, and had an entire day to just lay there in his arms. But when they did wake up, she needed to talk to him. She wanted to know what was going on and what she was to him. She wanted something meaningful. She had said different, but she'd never been the casual type of girl and she didn't want to be now. But she didn't want to waste her time. Even if it did mean ending things with Logan.