Disclaimer: I still do not own Logan, Rory, Colin, Finn, Lorelai, Luke, Stephanie, Paris, Doyle, or any other character from the masterful minds that created Gilmore Girls. Although I wouldn't mind owning Logan, Finn or Colin… what can I just can't get enough of those three…
AN: I also just want to say that I was not even close to happy with my last chapter and as my writer's block is still working overtime I'm having a hard time with this chapter as well… So I'm sorry if it's not nearly as good as any of the previous chapters… if you hate it let me know and I'll try to rewrite it.
Five minutes later Logan and Rory were still sitting in the same exact spot, Logan in the chair and Rory on the edge of her bed. Rory's eyes had turned back to their normal coloring and you could barely tell that just five minutes ago she was crying and Logan's cocky smirk was back. Neither of them had said a word after Rory agreed to set ground rules mainly because no one knew what to say. Logan was the first one to move. He got out of the chair and started walking around the room. He walked over to the bookshelf and started thumbing through the titles. Then he started riffling through her CD collection. He pulled out a Bangles CD and laughed. The laugh echoed through the extremely quiet room causing Rory to look up. Logan held out the CD so she'd know what he was talking about and then asked "It's Lorelai's right?"
Rory looked up and just nodded then looked back down at her feet. Logan put the CD back and pulled out a Dashboard Confessionals CD and put it in her CD player. Soon the slow soft sounds of "So Impossible" were reverberating off the dorm room's walls. Logan walked back over to Rory and held out his hand. She took it instantly and Logan pulled them both up to the top of Rory's bed. He sat down and pulled her close to him. They sat there for a while not saying a word just holding each other. Logan running his fingers through her hair and Rory rubbing slow and soft circles on his other hand. After what seemed like hours but ultimately was only about fifteen minutes Logan reached over to the night stand next to Rory's bed and picked the phone up. She looked at him curiously and then her look of curiosity changed to complete confusion when he took it off the hook and left it like that. Then he reached over Rory and picked up his cell phone and cut it off. He pulled away from Rory but just enough so that he was still holding her and struggled for a moment then finally found his voice. "Rule number one, when we're alone together, we're alone together. House phones off the hook, cell phones off." He then reached out and took Rory's phone out of her hand and cut it off. Sensing Rory was about to complain he added, "unless there is some kind of reason to believe that there will be an emergency."
"And how would you know if there was going to be an emergency Logan? What if my mom needs me or Finn gets arrested or…"
"If Finn gets arrested then he can call Colin and if Colin is with him then they both can sit in jail for the night or call Stephanie, as for your mom… I'm not sure yet, but I'll figure it out. Maybe we'll get you a pager or something that only she has the number to."
"Logan…"
"Rory communication with other people got us in a lot of trouble today." Logan said reminding her of the disastrous day they had both had
"I know, but this just seems pretty drastic." Rory said thinking extremely drastic for a no-strings relationship
"Fine then it'll just be temporary, until we can find a better solution."
"Ok fine, no phones. What's rule number two?"
"Ok, we agreed that we could see other people right?"
"Right…" Rory said unsure of where this was headed
"Rule number two, under no circumstances can you date Colin or Finn. Anyone else you met at the Life and Death Brigade thing are fair game but not Colin and definitely not Finn."
"Since when do you get to dictate who I can and can not date Huntzberger." Rory said a little peeved
Logan looked at her like she was insane. "Rory those two are my family, if you were to date one of them it would be like you were seeing me and my brother. Would you want me to date someone who was like a sister to you?"
"If you want to date Paris that's your death wish, and you really aren't Lane's type." Rory said rather matter-of-factly.
"Rory… no Colin and definitely no Finn."
"What if I tried to tell you not to date the cute blonde that works at the movie theater or the sexy redhead in one of your classes?"
"If you could come up with a logical reason as to why you wouldn't want me seeing the cute blonde or the sexy redhead then I wouldn't date them."
Rory looked like she wanted to argue more but even she had to admit that dating either Colin or Finn wouldn't be fair to Logan. He was right the three of them were like brothers and it would just be wrong. "Fine no Colin, no Finn. Do I get to make up a rule yet?"
"Sure, you name it."
"I try to spend at least two weekends a month in Stars Hollow. You have to spend at least one of them with me in Stars Hollow."
"Why?"
"Because it bothers me that my mom doesn't like you, I want to change that."
"Rory I don't know if…"
"Logan this is non negotiable and temporary. My mother's opinion is extremely important to me. I've never dated anyone that my mother hated and I refuse to start now. And really it's just one Saturday and one Sunday a month until I can convince my mother that you aren't some evil guy looking to corrupt her only daughter. And if you suck up enough and buy her mountains of coffee you'll probably only have to come to Stars Hollow once." Rory interrupted
"Why only Saturday and Sunday? Why not Friday?"
"Unless you want to have dinner with my grandparents one weekend a month you don't want to spend Friday nights with me."
"I could swing by afterwards." Logan said pulling Rory closer to him
Rory put her hand out on Logan's chest and sighed. "Does that mean you agree to my rule?"
Logan sighed. He really didn't want to spend a weekend in Stars Hollow considering everyone there would probably hate him, and he knew that Luke already did. But he could see that it was really important to her and he hadn't been able to tell this girl no yet. "Yes."
"Great!"
"Why wouldn't I jump at the chance to sleep in your childhood bed with you for a weekend." Logan said winking at Rory
"Who said you got to sleep with me? You can sleep on the sofa." Rory said with a smile on her face
Logan couldn't tell if she was joking or not but decided it was fight for later day. He smiled at Rory and said "Anything else you'd like to add Ace?"
"I'm not sure I figured that we could add to the list of rules later. You got anything else at this exact moment in time?"
"Um let's see…" Logan said pausing for a moment, "We already decided the last time we had a talk similar to this one that we could see each other for all kinds of different things, group things or alone things; I've outlawed Colin and Finn and telephones; and you've got me trapped in Stars Hollow for a weekend a month. So… Ground Rule Number Four: we don't lie to each other. I don't want to hide things from you Rory and I don't want you to feel that you have to hide them from me either. If you have another date or I have another date and one of us asks then we should be straight with each other."
"What if I don't want to know that you have another date Logan? What if I like hiding from your groupies?" Rory said jokingly but she was aware that she was entirely serious and something in the way he looked at her told her that Logan knew she was serious too.
"Then you won't ask."
"Rule number five: this arrangement can be called off or altered at any time."
"I don't like to think about this arrangement being called off Ace." Logan said with a sad smile on his face
The sad smile on Logan's face didn't go unnoticed by Rory. "Neither do I. But that doesn't mean that things can't go wrong here."
"I know. But I'd rather focus on what can go right here instead." Logan said suggestively. He pulled Rory to him and this time she didn't place her hand on his chest to stop him, but fully embraced Logan. His head dipped down and before Rory could agree with him his lips were crushed upon hers.
Kissing Logan was like nothing that Rory had ever experienced. She hadn't kissed that many people in her life, but not a single one of them had been able to kiss like this. Dean was so soft and gentle, everything a first boyfriend/love should be. Jess was completely different. His kisses had held passion but they were never like this. And she had only kissed Tristin the one time and where as his kiss had been so much better than Dean's it still was no contest compared to Logan. Logan was clearly a pro, obviously from all the practice he's had but when Logan kissed her it was as if there were no one else in the world. As if all there was were her and Logan. Rory was grateful that he had his arms around her because had her not she would have melted into a puddle right before his very eyes. His kisses always made her knees go weak.
Kissing Rory was a completely different experience from anything that he had ever experienced. He had kissed a lot of girls being the playboy he was, but none of them were like Rory. Then again he couldn't remember the last time that he had kissed a girl he liked as much as he liked Rory. He slid his tongue across her bottom lip begging for access; she complied and parted her lips. They stayed like that for a few minutes just sitting on her bed kissing, until their lungs started burning begging for just a sliver of oxygen. He pulled back from her and looked into her eyes. There was so much emotion in her blue eyes and he instantly berated himself for looking into them. He always had the hardest time pulling his eyes away from hers and she clearly had the same problem, because she was staring into his as well. I wonder what she's thinking right now? he thought to himself and then decided he would ask her. "What are you thinking Rory?" he asked his voice coming out breathless
Rory sat there trying to regain her composure and find her voice again. Logan had a habit of kissing her until she couldn't think straight. Even she knew she couldn't tell him what she was really thinking so she struggled to come up with something that didn't have the words I, love or you in it and finally came up with something. "I was thinking that you still owe me half a date Mr. Huntzberger." She said smiling
"You are right Ms. Gilmore I do owe you a date. What do you say we get to it now?" he said pulling Rory up off the bed with him. His hands shot out involuntarily and smoothed her hair. When he noticed he was doing it, he pulled back instantly and reached for her hand. "Let's get out of here darlin'."
Rory smiled at his involuntary actions and straightened her clothes before turning around to look at him fully. His hand grabbed at her causing her smile to widen. "Yes, let's get out here."
"What do you want to do first Ace?"
"Get coffee."
"Oh course Ace, Let's go get you some coffee." Logan said pulling her closer to him. He released her hand and put his arm around her waist and pulled her as close to him as possible. He dipped his head and put a quick chaste kiss on the top of Rory's head. "Let's feed that addiction of yours."
AN: Ok so ends another chapter… I'm aware that this chapter wasn't nearly as explosive as it should have been or as I wanted it and I fully blame it on my evil evil writer's block… but needless to say, read it review it and if it's hated let me know and I'll try to fix it…thanx…