A/N: sorry for the long wait, hope you can forgive me and enjoy this chapter.

Just like the old man in
That book by Nabakov

The aftermath after surviving a disaster is always the worst part, it's waking and realizing that you survived but everything has changed, your life will never be the same again. That's how Logan felt when he awoke on his sofa with Rory's body snuggling on top of him. He wished they could stay like this enjoying the afterglow, without having to reenter the living world a world with the repercussions.

Fuck. Jealousy had done a great job of fucking with his mind he had forgotten that this was exactly what he should not be doing. He should not be cuddling with Rory Hayden-Gilmore; he should not have her spending the night on his couch, not after his confrontation with Callaghan.

"Are you having a stroke?" The quiet rasp of her voice brought him back to the reality that was a naked Rory on top of him.

"Probably." She giggled and began to slide her hands up his chest.

"Maybe I can kiss it better." She was so inviting, with her wild hair, pouting lips and his marks covering her skin from last nights… occurrence. He wished she could just say yes and take her into her arms and have a very good morning, he wished they weren't in this school. But they were and he was a teacher and she was a student and it was finally time that they face reality. Even if he would have to do it kicking and screaming along the way.

"Rory we need to talk." His serious tone made her sit up and scoot down the couch allowing him to sit up.

"What now, Logan." She was used to this, to having him be a great one moment and repenting their actions the next. Swiftly she grabbed his discarded button up shirt and put it on, while he fussed with putting on his boxers. Yes, this was a serious discussion that needed to involve some kind of clothing.

"Callaghan knows." It was simple.

"Knows…" She had just woke up so it took her a second but she quickly caught on. "Oh." She didn't start to panic she just shrugged. "How?"

"I'm not sure, I'm pretty sure that he has no proof but I guess he noticed how we acted around each other. He did say that I had to stop or he would report me to the headmaster."

"Logan, is that it?" She rolled her eyes he was so dramatic sometimes.

"What do you mean is that it? Don't you see Rory if he reports me do you know what they'll do to us, to me, I'll be portrayed as a modern day Humbert Humbert." Rory just got up and began looking for her skirt.

"Logan, I am hardly a Dolores Haze, unless this is a body of a twelve year old." She replied as she twirled.

"You know what I mean." He sighed clearly frustrated at her lack of care, Rory sighed as well and finally sat by him and made him look straight into her eyes.

"Think about it Logan, really think about it, forget all those threats by Callaghan and the headmaster, who are we? You're Logan Huntzberger, your father owns most of the newspapers in the country, the important ones at least, and you think he'll print anything about this? Of course not. I'm Lorelai Leigh Hayden-Gilmore, do you honestly believe my parents, and my grandparents will allow any of this to spread? Do you think our names will even be tarnished by this? Because they won't, I'm a legal adult they have no story, they have no proof, they have no rules for this. Perhaps we'll be whispered about, but those who whisper come from families who revere ours, this will become one of those secrets that are whispered throughout Chilton halls while people call it a simple myth." The panic from Logan's eyes left and Rory let a breath of relief leave her body, she knew he would come to his senses soon.

"Besides unless you plan to marry my mom while keeping a diary about your obsession with me, you're no Humbert and I'm no Lolita." She added with a smirk and kiss to his lips.

"Well you did try to seduce me… so you kind of are." He said with a smirk she rolled her eyes and pulled him in for a kiss glad that his sheer moment of panic was over.

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Rory had finally looked decent enough to leave the apartment, glad that she was able to talk Logan through his panic attack. As she began her walk in the brisk air, she tried to figure everything out in her head.

It was true as much as people hated to believe it, money was power and together Logan's and her family was extremely powerful. The school wouldn't do much except give Logan a slap on the hand but the thought that it would spread out into polite society was laughable. As long as they didn't become obscene with their relationship there was no real harm, it was just another indiscretion that would be swept underneath a twenty five thousand dollar a year tuition. It was the way of their world.

Now all she had to worry about Jess and keeping him in the dark, he couldn't do much harm but he could bring validity to any rumors that would escape the schools walls and she didn't want this to turn into an ugly mess. She refused to let this become something that would be gossiped about once she returned to society.

A/N: I did try to get this out by Tuesday but I had plan on the story going to a different place but with the last chapter I had ended up needing to add some stuff, and what originally was going to happen here has been pushed to happen in like two chapters. So tell me what you think, hate it? Don't worry I kinda do to. Quick question I had very little reviews last time and really I'm just happy to get one but it made me worry that people just didn't like that chapter and if you didn't I would really like to know, because I want make my readers as happy as I can so if you hate it tell me and tell me why and then I can avoid doing it in the future.