Chapter Thirty Two
Rory awoke to arguing. She stood up and walked over to Logan's door. She was going top open it but she heard Logan's voice and Colin's voice. She decided that whatever they were arguing about was probably none of her business so she went back to sleep.
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"I know he was our friend Colin. I'm not disputing that." Logan yelled agitated
"No maybe not, but you just expect me to do the same thing Finn did and trade in my loyalty to Robert for loyalty to Rory." Colin said
"Loyalty for Robert? Let me ask you a question. How many times has Robert hit on Stephanie, and I don't mean those pathetic attempts to piss you off that he does in front of you intentionally, I mean how many times has he really hit on her?" Logan asked beginning to pace
"More than I can count."
"How many times have I?"
"Never Logan, you've never hit on Stephanie."
"How many times has Robert bailed you out of jail?"
"Never."
"How many times have I?"
"A lot."
"And Rory?"
"At least twice."
"What has Robert done for you in the last couple of years to earn your loyalty?"
Colin sighed. "Absolutely nothing. Why don't you just say what you want to say Logan and get it over with."
"I'm not about to ask you to choose between me and Robert. That's not right and it's not fair. I just want you to think about who it is who has always been there when you needed them. And I want you to think about Rory and how scared she must have been last night. And then I want you to think back and remember how scared you were last night when neither one of us knew where to even look for her. I know you were scared Colin. I could see it all over your face. The second I handed the phone to Finn and said Rory was crying her eyes out you were beyond concerned."
"I know that I was terrified for Rory last night. I'm not saying what Robert did was right Logan! I don't agree with a single thing that Robert did last night except finally break down and tell Finn where he could find Rory."
"I never said you did!" Logan yelled
"You know what, this is accomplishing nothing. Us sitting here screaming at each other is getting neither one of us anywhere." Colin snapped
"You're right. It's not." Logan said running his hands through his hair
"I have a class." Colin said walking out the door
Logan turned around and walked back into his room where Rory was sleeping peacefully in his bed. He stripped down to his boxers and crawled into bed next to her. She shifted in her sleep enough so that she was curled up into Logan. He smiled as she laid her head across his chest and as he felt her breathing relax and her fall back into a deep sleep he closed his eyes and let himself fall asleep right along with her. His last coherent thought had been, My god, I love this woman.
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Hours later Rory awoke again. She remembered Logan crawling into bed with her and smiled. She rolled over hoping to feel Logan but all she felt was a piece of paper. She picked it up and looked at it.
Ace:
I went to go get us some food and you some more coffee, there's already some making in the kitchen. I won't be gone long I promise. I love you. –Logan
Rory smiled and got out of bed. She walked into the kitchen and began to pour herself a cup of coffee when there was a knock on the door. She walked over to the door and opened it. "What are you doing here?"
"I need to talk to you." Robert said
"No, you need to go away." Rory told him trying to shut the door but Robert held up his hand to stop it from closing
"Not until you talk to me Rory."
"I have nothing to say to you Robert. Now I suggest you scamper off because Logan will be back any minute now." Rory said slamming the door in his face
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"I wonder if anyone has ever been kicked out of the Life and Death Brigade?" Finn asked Logan
"I don't know. Is that even possible?" Logan said trying to remember if he had ever heard of anyone getting kicked out
"I don't know. I don't even know who in the LDB we'd ask. Maybe Seth?"
"I would think that it would be frowned upon because they could walk away and tell someone everything. Why? You wanna have Robert thrown out of the LDB?"
"I just think it will difficult to initiate Rory, which is something that I really think we should do soon, with Robert still in there. He'd prove to be a conflict of interest wouldn't he?" Finn asked
"Maybe so, but Rory is a legacy, he's not. The Gilmore's were one of the founding members." Logan reminded Finn and then added, "I don't know I'll ask my grandfather if anyone has ever been kicked out."
"You know if Colin finds out that we were discussing this he'll have a bloody cow." Finn said sighing
Logan groaned. "Yeah I know. Do you think we're being unreasonable?"
"No, I don't. I don't care what Colin says. He didn't see the Rory Gilmore I picked up from New York last night. That is a Rory I never want to see again. She was so broken. And it's not just Robert. As much as I love you, if you ever make her that Rory I'll kick your ass."
"Believe me Finn I have no intention of ever hurting her like that."
"Speaking of Rory where is our little brunette reporter?"
"She borrowed Frank. She needed to go back to Stars Hollow to get her car. I offered to go with her but she said she wanted some alone time with Lorelai."
Finn started laughing. "Already has Frank wrapped around her pretty little finger."
"Finn she's had Frank wrapped around her finger since the minute he met her."
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After insane amounts of hugging, three movies and more junk food than even they had ever consumed before Rory finally agreed to talk about what happened the night before with Lorelai. She told her the whole story about how Robert took her to this fantastic clearing that she now knows is in New York and then abandoned her. After she was finished she told Lorelai how Logan had come over last night and told her that he loved her.
"Hmm." Lorelai said
"Hmm? What hmm?"
"No it's nothing. I just guess it's a good thing you got what you wanted after everything the boy put you through."
"Well Robert's a jerk…"
"Not Robert. I'm talking about Logan. Although I will agree that Robert is a jerk."
"What do you mean after everything Logan put me through?"
"It's just… well…"
"Well what?" Rory asked anger pouring through her voice
"It's just that this is all kind of his fault." Lorelai said quickly
Rory stood up fast. "No it's not."
"Well sweetie he kind of pushed you into dating Robert…"
"No he didn't. He never wanted me dating Robert. He was set against it from day one."
"And then he blew you off for a week."
"Again not something that forces me to date a jack ass."
"I'm just saying hun that in some twisted way this is fault."
"It was not his fault. I can't believe you are trying to make Robert abandoning me in a clearing in New York Logan's fault."
"Ror."
"No." Rory said gathering her stuff
"What are you doing sweets stop."
"I'm leaving I refuse to sit here and listen to you bad mouth him. He has done nothing but stand up for me. He has pounded into Robert's face more than once for me. He's fighting with Colin because of me." Rory said digging through her purse for her keys, "Where in the hell are my car keys?" she screamed walking into the kitchen.
"Ror. Please stop. Look don't go I'm sorry. It's not Logan's fault. It's all Robert's…"
Rory smiled when she found her keys on top of the counter next to the coffee pot. "Whatever Mom, I'm going back to Yale." Rory said slamming the front door on her way out.
AN: Sorry it's so short like I said my writer's block is taking over on this story… However my other Rogan story is taking off beautifully, if you haven't read it you should… read and review people…