CHAPTER 2

"Morning Ace" Logan said seductively into her ear. "Time to give your fiancée a kiss"

Rory bolted up in bed, wide awake. Logan managed to avoid having their heads connect painfully. He swore and fell back into the bed.

"Jesus, good thing you don't wake up like that every morning" He joked, laughing a little.

Rory didn't join in.

"I need to have a shower" she said abruptly. She popped out of the bed and practically ran to the bathroom, slamming the door behind her.

Logan frowned. What's up with her, he thought as he went to the bathroom door and knocked softly.

"You okay in there?" he asked.

There was a muffled shriek and a quick 'fine' from the other side of the door and then silence. Logan sighed and lay back down on the bed. Whatever it is, there was nothing he could do until she came out. He planned to wait.

God I hope he leaves! Rory thought to herself.

She was standing naked in the middle of the bathroom biting her nails. God she wanted to call her mom. Lorelai would know how to talk someone out of an engagement. Rory paused in her thinking. Do I even want out?

Yes, yes, yes. Why was she even going over that? It was the smell! Logan's scent was all over her and it made it hard for her to think. His amazing sexy smell. It reminded her abo… NO!

Rory turned the shower on and got in quickly. The faster she washes off his smell, the sooner she returns to sanity.

The memory of what happened last night flashed into her head. She had admitted to being his. That wasn't too bad considering that she did love him. And he had told her he loved her too. That was a plus.

But did he mean it? That was the problem. It was a little to coincidental that as soon as him mom likes her he's all into marriage. Is this just him giving in to them?

She didn't want to think so. Not after his confession last night. She had never thought of Logan as being scared. But then again…he did look scared that time when she had tried to break things off with him. She had thought that the fear was because he thought she was trying to give him an ultimatum. But it could have been him afraid of losing her.

Rory sighed and rinsed soap off her shoulders. She put some shampoo into her hair and started scrubbing. The more sane the better.

Rory had been in the bathroom for about half an hour before Logan started worrying.

Rory tended to blow things up in her mind if he left her alone for to long. She would see things that weren't there and freak out. What if that was happening now?

When he had first talked about marriage she had panicked. He had to resort to tricks to get her to give in. He knew that she got all gooey after making love. And then he had assumed that it was all taken care of when he woke her. It was probably the fiancée thing that had gotten to her. Guilt started popping its ugly head into Logan's consciousness but he squashed it.

She loved him and he loved her. So there was no problem with them getting married. The added bonus was that it would get his family off his back for a while. If he did this for his mom then she would get his dad to…

Wait, was he doing this for his mom? The thought made his stomach turn. He didn't want to rush into anything. If you rush something important it usually goes wrong. That was one thing he had learned from his father; That and how to be an ass. It was time to stop following the latter.

Maybe he should tell Rory that they should have a long engagement. As long as she wants.

Logan smiled up at the ceiling. That would get the panic out of her eyes.

When Rory finished showering she toweled off and listened at the door. When she couldn't hear anything she figured that Logan had left. She sighed in relief.

Even though she hadn't talked to her mom in a while, she still wanted to call her now. Wrapping the towel around her body she opened the door and went onto the bedroom.

It was empty.

Rory felt a mixture of relief and disappointment that Logan had left without saying goodbye. Especially after last night.

"I hope you didn't use all the hot water" Logan said from the doorway.

Rory, startled, whirled quickly to see him in boxers with coffee in his hand. God he is beautiful, she thought to herself.

Logan smiled as she stared at him. He walked up to her and kissed her lightly on the mouth. He handed her the coffee and moved into the bathroom without talking. He didn't close the door behind himself.

"What are you doing?" she asked in a strangled voice as he bent to take his boxers off.

"Taking a shower" he said casually as he stood, in all his naked glory. His member twitched as she stared and she looked away quickly, a blush staining her cheeks.

Rory hurried to close the door to give him privacy. She could hear his laughter through the door.

Shaking her head at his lack of modesty, she took a sip of her coffee. It was really good. Another plus. Having a man who knew his coffee was something that she and her mother would agree on.

"Mom" she cried out softly, remembering her earlier wish to call.

She put down her mug long enough to slip into a robe and went into the kitchen. She picked up the phone there and dialed in the familiar digits.

The phone rang twice before it was answered.

"Yeah?" Luke's voice grumbled over the line. Rory's eyes clenched shut at the wrongness of catching Luke in her mom's bed at 7:24 in the morning. She didn't want to know the reason for the usually early riser Luke, to be only getting up then.

"Luke. It's Rory" She could hear Luke sit up and cough. She smiled, realizing that he was more embarrassed then she was. "Can you wake my mom up for me?"

"Uh…sure" he said gruffly. Rory heard Lorelai's grumbles as Luke woke her.

"This better be life and death Danes" she muttered darkly, as she put the phone next to her ear. Rory couldn't help but smile. "What?" Lorelai barked into the phone.

"Mom?" Rory said, her voice breaking with emotion. It had been too long since she had heard her mother in the mornings.

"Rory?" Lorelai said, now wide awake. "What's wrong?" she continued, worry evident in her voice. Rory knew better than to wake her mother this early.

"Nothing really" Rory answered. "I just missed you"

"Oh Hon, it's too early to make your mother cry" Lorelai sniffled into the phone.

"Is Luke embarrassed about getting caught" Rory asked, sniffling back her own tears. Lorelai laughed out loud.

"He's as red as a tomato" she chortled, tears streaming down her face.

"I'm gonna come over tonight, okay?" Rory asked.

"I would like that Rory" Her mother answered with a smile. "We can watch a few movies. Luke's no fun"

Luke gave Lorelai an offended look before turning back over in bed, ignoring her. Lorelai grinned evilly as she thought of all the fun she would have getting him out of his snit. She loved when he got all worked up.

Just then Logan walked out of the bathroom. He was buttoning up his jeans, but had left his shirt hanging open. He smiled at Rory until he noticed her tears. Walking over to her quickly he knelt in front of her.

"What's the matter Ace?" he asked with concern.

"Is that Logan?" Lorelai asked from her end of the phone. Rory blushed.

"Yes mom" she answered. Logan smiled in relief. It was happy tears.

"Let me guess. He isn't as red as a tomato" Lorelai said sardonically.

"No, he isn't" Rory answered with a chuckle. The smile faded slowly as Logan remained kneeling in front of her. She wanted to talk to her mom about him, but not while he was there. "Logan?" she began, putting her hand over the mouthpiece of the phone. "Can you give me a minute?" she asked.

Logan frowned. She couldn't talk in front of him? But he still got up and walked back into the bedroom, closing the door behind himself. He sat on the bed and took his time putting his socks and shoes on.

If she wants her privacy then I'll give it to her. The last thing I need is for her to think that I'm smothering her. He sighed deeply. She had told him that she loved him, so what was the problem? She should be happy that he asked her to marry him.

Logan shook his head with confusion as he looked at the door and thought of Rory. Women! I'll never understand them.

While Logan was in the bedroom Rory had been whispering to her mother.

"Mom?" she started when Logan closed the door.

"Yes?" Lorelai whispered back, getting into the spirit. Luke looked at her again but she held a finger up to her lips before he could talk. "Shhh. We're whispering" she told him in a conspiring tone.

"Why are we whispering?" Luke asked in a normal voice.

"Shhh" Lorelai said, giving him a small whack on his arm. "I don't know" she answered him. "Why are we whispering?" she asked into the phone.

Rory couldn't help but laugh out loud. "We're not" she answered normally. She could here Lorelai repeating the words to Luke and smiled. "I'll be by the house at around four, okay?" she continued.

"Sure honey" Lorelai said quietly.

Rory hung up the phone and felt better then she had for weeks. Her mother would understand. She had been in the same kind of thing with Max Medina.

Rory froze at that thought. If she was comparing what was happening now with what happened with Max, then maybe she already had her answer. She considered getting up and telling Logan no.

She couldn't move. She loved him. What if she lost him and changed her mind later. This wasn't a decision that you rushed into. Even if Logan seemed to think that it was.