Chapter 3

Something New

Rory flipped threw a magazine, sitting on Steph and Rose's couch critiquing Rose's multiple outfit possibilities every time she entered the living room. While Rose took the shower in their apartment, Steph gave a half-assed rambling excuse that showering over at the boy's place would cut the time in half. For the last hour and a half she and Colin had been held up in the shower.

"What do you think?" Rose asked holding up two more outfits. "To slutty, to…Barbara Walters on The View" Rose glanced at the outfit then nodded and returned back into her room. Rory glanced back to her magazine and flipped to a page with a giant, moist, triple chocolate cake right in the center.

"Food…" She whined and hung her head slightly. "Hungry?" Logan's voice came from behind her. She jumped and smacked the magazine to her chest. She turned and glared at him. "Are you always this sneaky?" She asked.

He narrowed his eyes as if he was hurt, "I resent that, I'm not sneaky, I'm…mysterious…the ladies love it." He said matter of fact. She laughed making him pout even more.

"I'm sorry;" She began then turned her head to peer into Rose's room as she yelled angrily, "I get snippy when I'm being starved to death!"

"Hey I'm not the one making everyone wait so I can have my own little feast in the shower!" She called from her room.

"Ohh geez…" Rory whined and looked back down into her magazine while Logan laughed and leaned against the back of the couch. He glanced over his shoulder to see her turn the page really quickly after coming to another Betty Crocker add.

"Life's tough, some of us get to dream of chocolate moose and some of us get to have chocolate moose with sex" He muttered. "And which one are you?" Rory uttered not looking up from the magazine.

"Well I was both, but now we have no dirty sex mattress." He teased. "Shame." She deadpanned and flipped the page only to come across yet another baked good. She leaned her head back and whined loudly.

Logan glanced to the corner of his eyes and watched her have her tiny fit. "I swear if I could bake I'd be eating all of this stuff at once." She whimpered tossing the magazine to the coffee table.

"You don't know how to cook?" He asked blinking blankly down at her. She opened her eye and glanced at him. "Naw, My mother doesn't even know what an apron is, and we stored our shoes in the oven when we weren't using it to make the only thing we knew how; tatter tots." She explained. He laughed.

"How do you know how to cook? Didn't you have like maids cook for you all the time?" She asked. He turned to look down at her.

"Hey, Just because I grew up with money doesn't mean I don't know how to live on my own. I even do my own laundry!" He said proudly.

"Oh, I'm so sorry I doubted you." She mumbled seriously and rolled her eyes playfully. He watched her as she slumped from her upright position to lie down on the couch, the back of her hand falling to her forehead in a dramatic gesture of her wasting away.

He smirked, she was so beautiful, with her porcelain skin, her obvious yet understated curves, and her crystal blue eyes. He would put good money on her being able to control his every action with one look from those eyes. Before he thought about what he was doing he heard the words leave his mouth, "I'll teach you to cook"

"You will?" She asked hopefully looking up at him. He looked straight ahead and repeated, "I will?" In question. His eyes widened as she replied, "Alright! I should really learn to make better dishes than instant potatoes and Mac and Cheese shouldn't I" She laughed. He chuckled and nodded nervously. What did he just do? He put them in the same room alone for hours…what was he thinking?

"Okay I've decided on the black skirt and pink button down fitted oxford" Rose smiled as she walked out of the room in the outfit. "Sounds perfect, a great outfit for breakfast and shopping, now go get Steph!" Rory said excitedly.

"I'm not going to get her, she's busy at the moment and there's no way in hell I'm knowingly throwing myself in the same room with them!" Rose squeaked.

Rory groaned and once again fell back against the couch. "I think I'm shedding pounds just laying here! My stomach is about to eat threw me I'm so hungry!" She whined. "Have a snack," Rose suggested. "I would but you have nothing in the carbonates that can be just eaten, you have to make everything and the only thing in the fridge is a can of whip crème." She muttered.

Logan narrowed his eyes as his mind flashed back to the railing. "Don't eat that…" He muttered. She glanced up at him and at the look on his face she immediately understood. "Aw man!" She whined in disgust and turned to lie on her side on the couch.

"That's it I can't take it anymore!" She grumbled and stood up, stumbling over to the door. "Where are you going?" Rose asked. "I am going to pull lord and lady hateful off of each other" she grumbled then turned back to them and added slowly, "…hopefully without actually having to see or touch them…"

Logan nodded and looked down at the floor. "Good luck" Rose muttered. "God speed." Logan added and she gave a grunt before crossing the hall.

"Think she'll be traumatized?" Rose asked. "Oh yeah." Logan chuckled. Rose stared at him. "So you're teaching her how to cook?" She asked in a sweet innocent voice, a voice where he would have no possible idea of the fact she was actually prying into his affairs.

He turned his head to look at her and raised an eyebrow. "Apparently I am" He muttered. She smiled at him and held her hands to her chest trying to hold in her excitement and advice. He shook his head. "Not a word" He declared. She pouted and at his glare she caved. "Fine..." She whined. "Thank you" He laughed and looked back down to the floor. Rose bit her bottom lip and continued to stare at him.

"Wear that brown sweater and baggy jeans…" She added rapidly. "Rose!" He grumbled and laughed at her as she held up her hands in a peace offering.

"What are you doing now young lady?" Finn asked as he walked threw the door. "Just giving fashion advice." She answered sweetly. "Unwanted fashion advice" Logan clarified. "For Logan's date with Rory" Rose once again added in rapid succession. Logan snapped his head back to glare at her. "Man!" He half yelled. "Sorry!" Rose bit her lip and smiled.

"Logan has a date with Rory?" Finn processed, obviously confused. "It's not a date I'm teaching her how to cook." Logan sighed. "Wear something brown." Finn responded. Rose smiled and nodded at Finn. "The sweater…" She piped happily. "I'm never telling you people anything ever again." Logan grumbled.

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Rory glanced around the empty apartment. It was quiet in the bathroom, so the good news was at least they were out of the shower. She knocked on the farthest door to the left. No response. She moved to the door in the middle and motioned to knock only to hear a laugh from the door to the right.

"Steph!" Rory called as the door swung open and steph came stumbling out with Colin not far behind her. "Oh, Rory. What are you doing here?" She asked with a laugh. Rory looked them up and down, they were dressed, but Steph's hair was still damp, and there was a large hickie under her jaw.

"Just came to get you guys, your ready right?" She asked. "Of course, we were waiting on you…" Steph began as she grabbed her purse. Rory growled. "On us hu?" She grumbled as she narrowed her eyes in mock glare at Colin who only shrugged and smiled cockily.

"Hurry up Rory!" Steph called from the hallway. Taking in a deep breath, she walked out of the apartment and joined the group in the hall.

"Ready to go?" Steph asked happily. Rory walked up behind Steph and shook her head as rose opened her mouth to bring the large bite mark to Steph's attention.

"Something wrong Rose?" Steph asked oblivious to Rory's gestures behind her back. Rose glanced over the girl's shoulder then shook her head. "Nope nothing, let's get going," She said. "Great, Let's walk then come back and get the car." She suggested. Rory smiled and nodded. "Good idea." She said while urging her to begin walking down the stairs.

She motioned for them to go one by one before Rose stopped by her side. "You don't think we should at least hint to her?" She asked with a slight laugh. "And have to wait another ten minutes for her to cover it then lecture Colin for putting it there in the first place, I don't think so." She grumbled.

"You're ruthless Gilmore" Logan teased. "Hey, you get between a Gilmore and her food" She grumbled and smiled as they shook their heads and followed her down the steps.

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They walked to the Chinese place just down the street, Colin and Steph in each other's arms in front, followed by Rose and Finn then Logan and Rory.

"Were they always like this?" Rory laughed at the two couples before them. Logan sighed, "Yeah, so if you're afraid of public affection you might just have to get over it," He teased. She smiled, "It's fine with me, I just figured that you'd be all alone if you went anywhere with these guys." She explained.

Logan looked straightforward once again and smiled, "Yeah, but I usually have a date myself." He replied. Rory blinked blankly then shook her head. "Oh, of course." She muttered and glanced down at the ground. Logan raised a questioning eyebrow, but as he moved to say something he was interrupted, "We're here!" Steph yelled happily.

Rory looked up and smiled at Steph who opened the door for them. "Rory you're going to love this place! It's help us out in many cases, like when Colin is being boring and refusing to cook for me because he was studying." She said in a pouty voice.

"Some of us actually study for our exams" Colin grumbled as they quickly turned and walked to a booth by the window. The restaurant was quaint like they had described, with five tables in the center of the room and booths all around the walls. Not many people were in today, only one older couple, so they seemed to have it all to themselves.

Rory watched as a Chinese man walked to their table already holding a tray of drinks. "New girl." He said after setting all the drinks down in front of the group. Rory glanced down as he pushed a tall glass filled with clear liquid in front of her.

"What's this?" She asked looking up at Finn and Rose across from her. She leaned over it, and then gasped at the strong sent of alcohol.

"Oh sorry," Logan said and picked up the drink, he gave it back to the waiter and said slowly, "She would like to choose her own drink…"

"Not..floozie…notch in..bed post?" The man asked in broken English, narrowing his eyes in confusion. "Excuse me!" Rory gasped.

"No, definitely not floozy or notch in bedpost." Logan said strongly and looked directly into Akira's eyes. "I don't understand." He muttered. While Rory sat there in confusion, Colin, Steph, Rose, and Finn were immensely enjoying the situation.

"What do you want to drink?" Logan asked turning to Rory. "Umm, coke will be fine" she muttered. "Coke for the lady." He said looking back at the waiter. "Not floozy…" Akira repeated in question. Logan shook his head, "No, this is Rory, Rory this is Akira, Akira this is Rory." he introduced.

Rory blinked and slightly smiled as he looked to her. "Pleased to meet you Roni." He said with a slight bow. She let out a small laugh and replied, "Oh the pleasure is all mine, and it's Rory."

"Roni want's coke?" He asked her. She let out a sigh deciding to give up for now and nodded. "Please" She watched as he turned and headed back to the kitchen.

"What was that about?" She asked as the group broke into laughter once again. Logan sighed and muttered, "I told you how I usually bring dates here when we come as a group." He began only to be interrupted.

"We've always joked about them being so called 'floozies' and just notches in his bedpost, that's where he got those expressions. He's been working here for a year and he still hasn't really gotten down English. Usually he's okay but it becomes extremely obvious with the whole Rory Roni thing," Colin laughed.

"So when you bring dates here you try to get them drunk?" She asked looking pointedly at Logan. "Wherever would you get that?" He asked. "From the intoxicating smell of the drink he put in front of me when he mistaked me for one of your floozies." She grumbled.

Logan laughed nervously and scratched the back of her head. "I..well..umm…" He stuttered. Finn laughed, "In efforts to save Logan, I think a change of subject is in order" He said as he sipped his drink. Logan smiled appreciatively and nodded.

"So where are you girls going after this?" Colin asked. "Well, we have to go get Rory a new mattress of course, then we're getting linens, and of course we have to go to Victoria's secret for the big trip." Rose checked off her list on her fingers.

"Big trip?" Rory asked. "Oh yeah, we forgot to tell you!" Steph squeaked happily and sat up in her chair. "Tell me what?" Rory laughed nervously. "The L&D are going on a trip to Thailand in a week, well at least a few of us are. Since it's the summer it's a bit harder to get everyone at a good time, so we just planned this one for ourselves and anyone who can come is coming isn't that fun!" Steph dished out rapidly.

"Thailand, wow…how are we getting there exactly?" Rory asked. "By plane, Finn has two jets were taking." Rose informed. "Oh of course." She muttered. "You don't look excited…" Steph pouted and leaned across the table. "What's the matter?" She asked. "I'm excited, I'm just not sure I have the money right now for a big trip" Rory smiled nervously. "Oh honey don't worry about that! It's a Life and Death Brigade event, remember how I told you about the secret society we're in…" She asked and smiled as Rory nodded. "Well if you want you'll be joining. Everyone will consider you a member after this trip." Rose finished. "Me a member...I haven't even started to go to Yale!" Rory muttered.

"That's alright, you've got all of our votes, and if we vote for you to be a member than the others girls will vote for you as well, and if the boys get one look at your perfect ass you'll be in like that!" Steph said emphasizing her point with a quick snap of her fingers. Logan laughed as Rory shot a glare at Steph and gently blushed.

"You, Rose, and I are rooming together so you don't have to worry about paying for a hotel room. The boys are getting their own rooms and they are also treating us to a fabulous dinner so you also wont have to worry about meals…" Steph laughed.

"Whoa, wait we're treating you to dinner every night?" Colin asked. "For the lingerie I plan on buying at Victoria's secret today, yeah you are treating us to dinner." She shot.

"Fair enough" Colin muttered as he turned back to his drink. "Which shopping plaza are you going to?" Finn asked sharply. The girls glanced at each other then sighed when he set his drink down and glared at them.

"Why do you always do this?" Rose whined. "We don't want you to get mugged that's why!" Colin grumbled. Rory narrowed her eyes finding herself confused once again.

"There's this adorable little shopping plaza that Steph and I have been dieing to take you to, but one day it was on the news that a woman was mugged and her car was taken. Ever since they've demanded they go along with us and we've had to drag their complaining asses to every store." Steph explained.

"I'm sure we'll be okay guys." Rory said with a smile. "Nope, no way no how Love" Finn muttered. "Why can't we go alone! I can't believe you don't trust us!" Steph tried slouching in her seat and pouting. "Steph, sweetie, I trust you girls, who we don't trust is all the conniving men out there!" Colin explained.

"Exactly and that's why Logan's going with you." Finn interrupted. "I'm sorry who's going with them?" Logan asked suddenly thrown into the conversation. "Man, we'd go but we're busy the rest of the day." Colin justified. "Besides you'd get to go to Victoria secret with them. Maybe get a preview of Love's perfect ass" Finn teased. Rory blushed and kicked him underneath the table. "Stop guys!" She whined.

Logan smiled, "Fine I'll go, I'm actually very good at picking out lingerie and I'd be happy to help pick out your mattress as well" He teased and raised his eyebrows comically at her. She blushed and crossed her arms under her chest. He quickly turned, looking anywhere but at her breasts as her arms pushed them upwards.

"Good then, it's settled." Colin smiled. "Nothing's settled!" Steph grumbled. "Oh look food." Colin interrupted loudly as Akira came back with not only Rory's drink but their dishes as well.

"We didn't order!" Rory gapped. She was so hungry she felt like she could eat the table at any moment and now she would have to wait even longer!

"Yeah, we told you we come here a lot." Rose laughed. "You want me to have him send it back?" Logan asked. "No, I'll just eat whatever you order for your date, please tell me it's not some kind of aphrodisiac!" She grumbled.

While Colin and Finn laughed Logan faked hurt. "I think it's good and so far, not one of my dates has disliked it thank you very much." He defended. "Fine. I'd eat just about anything right now anyway" She grumbled and pulled out her fork as Akira set the plate in front of her. "Enjoy," He said then glanced to Rory. "Hot plate Roni" He said before bowing once again. Rory sighed glanced up at him and smiled trying to hide her irritation, "Thank you"

"Is there something on my face? That old woman keeps staring at me with this disgusted look!" Steph asked quietly. The group glanced up waiting for Rory's reply. They watched her look up, her eyes meeting Steph's then capturing everyone's in one sweep before she answered,

"Nope, nothing's on your face"

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Colin groaned as he slumped over the railing. "Who's idea was it to take the stairs?" He asked. "We just ate enough to feed starving families around the world, we need to work it off or I'm going to gain weight." Steph grumbled. "God forbid," He gasped mockingly. "Shut up" She grumbled.

"Clever retort" He chuckled.

"Im to stuffed to fight" She grumbled.

"So what's the prognosis Roni?" Logan asked as he came up behind her on the stairs. She turned and looked down at him. "What are you talking about?" She asked. "With my date dish, you seemed to like it" He smiled confidently.

"Well don't be to cocky. Remember, my mom was never a cook but the few times she tried we've eaten a couple of crazy concoctions that ended us up on the bathroom floor all night." She laughed. "Well did the dish resemble any of your mother's crazy concoctions or am I in the clear?" He asked.

She smiled down at him, then playfully rolled her eyes, "Your in the clear, it was pretty good I must say" She reluctantly agreed. He smiled even wider, "You would have liked the drink to." He added. "Good bye Logan!" She laughed and moved to open the door of their apartment. He stopped at his door.

"I will see you soon." He replied with a large smile. She rolled her eyes and closed the door, leaving him standing with that large grin alone in the hall.

Rory entered the apartment and gently shook her head. The girls were right. He was an over confident playboy. She set her hand on her stomach and sighed, while the meal had been extremely good, it also left an unsettling feeling in her stomach.

"You okay Rory?" Steph asked. "I'm fine, just need some water." She smiled as she walked to the fridge. "I'm going to have Logan drive us there. Unfortunately this is one of those times the boys get over protective." She muttered. "That's okay, as long as he wont get bored hanging out with us." She smiled and sipped her water bottle.

"Oh he definitely wont. He would if it was just us, but now that he has you to play with he'll be extremely entertained." Steph grumbled. "What do you mean 'play with'?" Rory asked nervously as she sat down at the tiny round table that was their kitchen table.

"You know what I mean, he's been flirting with you all day." Steph laughed. "He has?" She asked blankly. Steph rolled her eyes. "He's been much more subtle than he usually acts, but that's probably just because the guys told him not to mess with you. But him teasing you, calling you Roni jokingly and bringing up the fact that the two of you would be in a lingerie store together was not just having a nice conversation at lunch." She giggled.

"Well as I hear it he does that with every girl he sees, what makes you think he actually wants to get with me? Besides he told Akira that I wasn't a floozy or a notch in his bed post!" She said waving her hair threw the air.

"Yes, he knows you're different. We told him you weren't one of his usual bimbo's and he just laughed it off; that is until he met you. Now you guys are actually clicking. You're both smart, well read, stubborn, and can hold up an argument all day." She began and Rory interrupted. "Well two can play his game, if he teases me why don't I just tease him right back. Why should I let him think I'm just going to give into him like all the others? He can joke and tease me all he wants." She said in a final that's-that tone.

"You really want to get into that mess with him? If he sees you as a challenge he might just decide to take the game up a notch." She warned. "I think it'll be good for him to finally have a challenge. Don't you?" She asked with a smirk. Steph watched her friends smiling face. She seemed set on her decision to do this.

"It would be good for him to get a kick in the pants…" She muttered and bit her bottom lip. "I'm not going to say anything more about it then." She added. "Please, like you could keep your opinions to yourself…" Rory laughed. Steph shrugged. "I'll do my best."

"Good, now come on; we're going to have to leave quickly or the stores will close before we hit em all!" Steph said excitedly. "Okay, Okay" Rory laughed and stood up, grabbling her water bottle quickly as Steph pushed her out the door.

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Steph and Rose immediately found the mattress company in the array of shops and were already testing different beds out while being hit on by the sales men before Logan even caught up with them and entered the store.

He appeared by Rory's side, he smiled down at her but frowned as he saw her as her eyebrows furrow at the price on the tag. "Rory check this one out!" Steph called. She turned and smiled as she saw her friend sitting on the edge of a red mattress. "Coming," she called and nodded for him to follow. He smiled politely and followed her to the girls.

"This one's bouncy" Rose said like a five year old as she sat on the edge and bounced up and down. "Well I wont be jumping on it so lets look for something not quite so trampoline-y" She smiled. "You never know" Logan teased and grabbed her hand. She squeaked as he pulled her to another bed near by.

"This is the one I have," He began then bent down to whisper, "Good for any position." His voice dripping with innuendo. "Oh geez" She grumbled and pulled her hand from his shaking her head unbelievingly. He chuckled, "Ahh come on, try it out" He pouted and walked to the side of the bed. She blinked as she watched him lay down and set his hands underneath his head,

"Aren't you going to at least feel it?" He asked slightly lifting his head to look at her. She blushed and walked to the other side, pressing her fingers into the soft cushion top.

"It's nice" She muttered. He laughed and grabbed her wrist gently tugging on it. "What's the matter Rory?" He laughed and turned to his side resting his head against his free hand.

"Scared of being in bed with me?" He asked with a grin. She glanced up at him and stared. He was once again laughing at her. Deciding to be bold, she raised an eyebrow at his challenge and kicked off her shoes before climbing onto the bed. He watched her as she laid down next to him staring up at the ceiling.

"Well?" He asked with a smile. "It's nice" She said blandly. "Nice?" He echoed with a raised eyebrow. "Not once has a woman left my bed and given me 'it's nice' " He muttered looking down at her. She turned on her side to face him. Raising an eyebrow she muttered, "Well you are on my side," matter of factly.

"Ohh, well I can fix that." He smirked. She turned her head to question just how he planned to fix it, but before she could get out one word out his arms were tightly around her waist. He had pulled her over him, moving antagonizing slow when she was on top of him with her forehead pressed against his, their noses touching and lips centimeters apart, not to mention her thighs between his legs, then gently placing her on the other side.

She took a deep breath and after a second of collecting herself she muttered, "Well that's slightly better"

"But still just fine?" He pouted. "Hey, there's a first time for everything" She muttered keeping her eyes locked on the ceiling above them.

He smirked. "At last your getting bolder with me. Shy Rory is very cute don't get me wrong, but bold Rory is something I'm apparently slowly binging out of you, I like it, especially when we're in bed like this." He said huskily. He could feel her blush as he looked her up and down. She truly was getting even more beautiful to him. With her hourglass figure against the mattress and the image of her in his bed, in the privacy of his room was almost to intoxicating to take.

"You know what I like?" She asked seductively, leaning closer to him. He swallowed hard as his eyes met her crystal blue ones yet again. "What do you like?" He asked. She smirked and leaned in even closer. His eyes fell to her lips as she gently wet them with the tip of her tongue. Her eyes bore into his as he looked back up. She was merely inches from his face, her warm breath on his neck made him want to close the gap between them and take her right here on the sample mattress. His mouth feel open as she bit her bottom lip seductively. He swore he could feel his pulse quicken, he wasn't even sure if he's still be able to hear her reply his heart was pumping so loudly in his chest,

"Rory! Come mer, these are on sale!" Rose called from the other corner of the room. Logan cringed at the loss as she pulled backwards, and like nothing had been going on at all, stood up and bounced over to Steph and Rose. He lay still on the bed, his gaze now fixed on the empty space on the mattress she had just seconds ago been occupying.

He let out a breath and chuckled as he sat up and swung his legs over the edge. He took his time in analyzing the Freaky Friday moment they just had. Wasn't he the one who always left a girl flustered? The quick charm and award winning smirk were his moves…is this how women felt when he left them? His chest was heavy and his mind was fuzzy.

He couldn't help but wonder if Rory new the power she could hold over a man. With those baby blues and intoxicating gestures, she could make him melt in her hands…this was something new.

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Im sorry I haven't updated in awhile but my apple was having some troubles. I took it to Apple and they replaced my battery (sigh once again). We've been there so many times we're about on a first name basis with the Genius people. But anyway if you don't like this chapter its okay, cus I kept rewriting it and rewriting it but it still sounded wrong to me. Im in some sort of funk and it's killing me. Let me know but don't be to mean people After rewriting it five times this is about as good as this chapter was gonna get. 5,066 words though…that's something…