Chapter Thirteen

Disclaimer: I only wish that I could own a show as amazing as Gilmore Girls, then I could do whatever I wanted with Matt Czuchry… God I love him…

AN: I'm sorry that this chapter has taken so long… I have a serious case of writer's block… I know what I want to say but putting it into words is proving to be much harder…

"Ground Rules?" Rory repeated

"Yes, ground rules." Logan repeated

"We need ground rules now?"

"Yes."

"Why?"

"Because I don't want to go through this again."

"Go through what again Logan?" Rory asked genuinely confused

"Days like this one. Your parents want to kill me. My friends were stalking you half the day. Even our date was interrupted. Nothing is going right today. Nothing is working out the way I planned for it to. We were going to have a nice romantic date, even if Gigi was there. I mean sure, Colin and Finn stalking you was kind of funny…"

"You're right it was kind of funny, and to be honest it didn't really bother me that much." Rory interrupted

"But your momAND your dad Ace, they both attacked me. For something that never even happened might I add. We haven't even slept together yet Ace and I'm already getting bitched at about it."

Rory's expression turned from the slight confusion she was wearing to disgust. "So that's what this is about! Us not having slept together yet? God Logan! I mean I knew that we would eventually but is that all I am to you? Just another girl you want to screw!" Rory said. She was practically screaming at him now, "Is that all I am Logan!"

"God no Ace, it's not even close to all you are." Logan said his voice pleading with her to believe him. "Look at me Ace."

"No."

"Rory."

He called me Rory, Rory thought to herself.

"Please look at me Rory."

"Maybe you should go Logan." Rory said barely above a whisper and turning to walk out of the room.

"Come on Rory, you don't mean that. You don't want me to leave. Please just look at me Rory." Logan said begging her to turn around.

Tears were beginning to pool in Rory's eyes. She stopped walking out the room but she refused to turn around. She would be damned before she would let him see her cry. She thought she was more than that to him. She knew that he couldn't do commitment but she at least thought that he actually liked her. That he was looking for more than sex. "Maybe every one is right Logan. Maybe this isn't going to work. Maybe we should end this now before someone gets hurt." Rory murmured. She had meant for the words to come out strong, forceful, and confident. She wasn't expecting her voice to be shaky and the words to come out barely even audible. Then therealization that she didn't mean them came out of nowhere. She was already hurting. The tears that had been threatening to spill finally made good on their threats and fell onto her cheeks.

"Rory you don't mean that either. I refuse to let this end like this. Come on just look at me." Logan said urging her to turn around. His eyes were burning and it wasn't until he reached up to rub them did he notice that he had tears in his eyes. What in the hell is going on? I am Logan Huntzberger. I am not supposed to be crying over some girl that I'm not even serious about. He snapped himself back out of his own thoughts when he heard her sniffle. She's crying! "Rory?"

"Logan, no."

"Ace, turn around and look at me!" he said. When he finally realized that she was not going to turn around he walked over to her and stood in front of her face. The second he saw her face he instantly regretted the move. His heart dropped to him stomach. Her eyes were puffy and there were tears streaming down her cheeks. And he was the one that had done that to her. He hated himself. The need to comfort her arose instantly. He reached up and held her face in his hands using his thumbs to wipe the tears off of her cheeks. "Don't cry. Please don't cry." He begged her. He knew that as long as he continued to look straight into her eyes that she could see the tears in his eyes. He immediately dropped eye contact with her when the thought of her seeing him cry scared him beyond belief. He regretted it instantly when he caught her face falling in his peripheral vision. His eyes snapped back up to meet hers instantly. "Rory, please don't cry."

"Logan, let me go." Rory said although she was making no attempt to move out of his grasp.

"Rory, look at me. You are SO much more than sex to me. You know that. Just because I can't be in a committed exclusive relationship with you doesn't mean that I don't care about you. My interest in you was never about sex…" Logan said looking straight into her face holding eye contact the entire time, while constantly wiping tears off of her delicate face and not letting her go for a second.

"Logan what are you trying to say to me?"

"I'm trying to tell you that I like you. You mean something to me Rory. This is not about sex. I keep telling people that and no one believes me. And I know that I've earned that reputation. I know I'm a playboy. I know that ninety-eight percent of my "relationships" are based purely on sex, and I know that you know that too." Logan said a bit forcefully and letting go of Rory's face. Logan paused for what seemed like an eternity to Rory but then reached out and grabbed her hand. He led her to the foot of the bed and sat her down, then walked over and pulled the chair from the desk. He sat it down across from the foot of the bed and sat down in it, taking her hands in his once again. His face softened and he smiled at her. "But it's not like that with you, and I know that I've already told you this but you're special. And you're beautiful and you're interesting. Everything with you is different and special and new. So why can't you believe that I'm not after you purely for sex! Why?"

"I don't know Logan. I mean what if…"

"What if what Ace?" he interrupted, "What if this doesn't work? What if one of us gets hurt? If we don't even try this how will we ever know. What if it does work? What if we don't get hurt? What if we both end up happy?"

"You make it sound like we're trying to have a real relationship Logan. We're not. We're trying to make a casual relationship work."

"I know what we're doing Rory. But it doesn't change that fact that we both want this. I want to date you Lorelai Gilmore, I may not be able to commit to you but I do want to date you Rory. I want to hold you in my arms and kiss you goodnight after I drop you off. I just need to know what you want." He had known from the beginning that she couldn't handle this kind of relationship, but he had wanted to be with her so badly he was willing to overlook that fact. Maybe that was my first mistake,believing her when she said that she could be in a casual relationship, he thought to himself.

Rory was silent for a while. Logan watched as her tears slowed down and then completely stopped. Her sad face turned back to the happy face she had before he mentioned setting some ground rules. What did she want from Logan? She knew that she wanted to date him. She knew he couldn't do the commitment thing. He told her as much at the vow renewal. She agreed to this no-strings attached relationship partly because she was a little curious but mainly because she knew that it was the most she was going to get from him. Can I do this? She thought to herself. Can I pretend like I don't want more? Can I pretend like I don't need more? And if I can't can I go through the days and the nights without seeing his face or holding his hand, kissing his lips. Can I handle being without him?I really don't think thatI can.She took his hands in hers and looked up at him. "I want to date you Logan Huntzberger. I want you to hold me in your arms, and kiss me goodnight when you drop me off too." Rory said smiling at him purposely mimiking his wants. And so much more she thought to herself.

Logan smiled at this. He still didn't think that she could do this no-strings thing but he'd been proven wrong before, mostly by her. "What are you saying Ace?"

"I'm saying, how about we set up some ground rules." Rory said smiling like crazy. The blue in her eyes sparkling as if ten minutes ago there were no tears falling from them at all.

Logan grinned at her before leaning forwards and kissing Rory soft on the lips. Mistake number two: forgetting not to look at Rory's eyes when she's smiling, cause those eyes and that smile are my undoing and most like are going to be the death of me.

AN: Ok, so I know a lot of you were hoping for the ground rules in this chapter, but like I said I have writer's block, plus I had this in my head and it seemed like it would fit here perfectly. I promise ground rules in chapter fourteen. Read and Review please!