Chapter 5

Jump Her

Colin pressed one last kiss to Steph's lips before stepping outside of her bedroom door. He had been planning to go back to his room for an hour, but each time he got out of bed she would either pout, whine, or call him back in a deep husky voice.

He glanced around the room for any bystandered, and then when deciding the coast was clear, he stepped further into the apartment and into the kitchen. He opened the door to the fridge; closing the pink satin robe Steph had given him to wear as a burst of cold air hit him. Cursing lightly he realized they were out of food, and after last night they definitely needed some fuel for the up coming morning romp that was sure to come.

His eyes darted from left to right and he made a quick decision to go across the hall. After all, he had just restocked their fridgerator, and it was merely nine in the morning, there was no way Logan or Finn would be awake this early.

He poked his head from the doorway and quickly jumped over to his room when he saw no one. He reached for the key above the doorframe and quickly turned it in the lock so he could evacuate the hallway as soon as possible.

He tossed the key onto the granite countertop and whistled to himself as he walked into the kitchen, and bent down to raid his own refridge. Just as he reached for the carton of milk, something hit him. Someone was on the couch.

He stood up, his head turning to see two figures sitting on the couch in front of him. "Aww Logan! I told you not to have sex on our couch! Keep it in the bedroom will you!" He whined then when no response came, he slowly crept up to the couple.

As he rounded the couch, his eyes widened with realization. There on their couch sat Logan, with his arm around none other than Rory Gilmore. The most puzzling thing was not that they were both fast asleep next to each other on the couch, nor that he was embracing her in a strong assertive manner, but that his hands weren't groping her.

Even in his sleep Logan had been known to have wondering hands. The few times he had actually fallen asleep after bedding a girl, Finn had been oblivious enough to walk right in and see him gripping at the girls ass like a stress ball. And of course he had heard about it from Finn, who immediately came out, yelling about going blind.

But no, his hold on the girl wasn't harsh or demanding, it was comforting, almost soothing. He was lying down on the inside of the couch, while Rory took the outside, her body forming perfectly to his. His arm was wrapped over her waist, and his fingers drew tiny circles in her lower stomach where his hand rested. Never had he seen Logan look so serene, so peaceful.

"What The Hell Are You Doing!"

He snapped in a harsh whisper. Logan's eyes flew open and he flinched momentarily until his gaze fell on the girl pressed up against him. He instantly calmed then looked up, blinking rapidly in confusion and shock at the familiar form above him. But not from his friend waking him up in such a crude manner, but from the obnoxiously bright pink satin robe he wore.

"What are you doing?" He echoed laughing slightly at the sight of his friend in his boxers and girlfriend's robe.

Colin glared down at him and closed the robe before haughtily tying it off. "Stand up!" He demanded. Logan sighed and sat up, glancing down as Rory moaned at the lack of warmth. He slipped his hand underneath her bangs and narrowed his eyes. She was still warm.

He stood and walked into the kitchen, turning on the water in the sink and grabbing a cloth from the counter. Colin immediately followed him and waved a hand out over to the couch as if to ask once again 'what the hell was he doing'.

"As you know she got sick last night. You and Steph were gone to dinner when I went into your apartment and found her on the bathroom floor. I got her up and let her sleep in my bed. ALONE before you accuse me of sleeping with her." He explained.

"You did sleep with her!" Colin half yelled. "I slept next to her. She woke up in the middle of the night and we watched a movie and ate some pancakes before I guess we both fell asleep on the couch." He finished.

"But nothing happened?" He asked accusingly. "No, why would you ask that? I just took care of her she was sick!" He declared and tested the water before wetting the cloth in his hands. Colin watched on, thinking 'well this for an example.' Before muttering, "Took care of her as in Joseph Mortimer Granville took care of or just took care of?" He asked with narrowed eyes.

Logan scoffed at him. "I do something nice and I get compared to a doctor who gave women orgasms as a cure for hysteria!" He groaned.

"Im sorry but you two looked pretty cozy, you were rubbing her stomach for gods sakes Logan," He muttered.

"What are you talking about?" Logan asked. "Usually when you're with a girl you grope her in your sleep. With Rory you were smiling and rubbing her stomach innocently!" Colin said with great dismay.

"Will you people make up your mind, one second it's don't touch her! Then it's wear brown on your date and how dare you not grope her in her sleep like you do with all the others!" Logan growled.

"Im not saying you not groping her was a bad thing…wait a second…wear brown on your what?" He asked.

Logan froze. "Oh…that wasn't you…was it…" He muttered then rubbed the back of his head, laughing nervously. Colin's eyes narrowed. "No. It wasn't me, but we'll come back to that for sure!" he grumbled then sighed and continued in a softer yet just as harsh voice, "I just don't think the guys are going to like it when they find out about your little sleepover here." He threatened.

Logan squeezed out the cloth and without missing a beat replied, "Maybe, but Im sure the guys at the L&D are going to LOVE the one about Colin being locked out of his own apartment in a hot pink satin robe."

Logan smiled in a smug victory as Colin glared at him.

"That's dirty," he grumbled. "Lets just all forget this happened okay" He sighed before turning around and walking back to the couch, setting the wet cloth on her eyes. She jolted at the cool feeling and turned to lie on her back and called out, "Logan?"

"Shh, go back to bed" he laughed as she sprawled out on the couch. "What's the time?" She asked. "It's only eight, go back to bed." He lied. "Naw, it can't be, I need to get up take a shower, change." She muttered, sitting up weakly and letting the cold cloth fall into her lap.

"You need to make sure your better. It's not going to help you to force yourself to get up and go on with your day unless you truly are better," he said.

"Im better honest." She said with a slightly cough. His eyes narrowed. "Do you remember what I said last night about being stubborn?" He sighed jokingly.

"Yes, I believe it was 'wow isn't that such a cute quark?'" She replied hoping for him to drop the subject there. He sighed and stared into her droopy eyes for a minute or two. "Tell you what, if you stay in bed for another hour Ill teach you to cook tonight, AND take you on a tour of Yale" He reasoned.

He watched as her relatively gloomy face turned up with excitement. "Can we go to the library?" She asked happily. "In sixty minutes we can" he chuckled at her enthusiasm. Steph and Rose had mentioned that Rory loved school, but he always thought they were exsadurating when they told him story's of her being valedictorian, studying non-stop and doing all of her homework on Friday and Saturday so she could do extra credit stuff on Sunday. Truth was, Rory needed no embellishments.

Colin stood in the kitchen watching his friends interact. Logan smiled down at Rory, who beamed like a four year old who was just promised a trip to the zoo.

Logan flipped off the TV and walked over to the kitchen, "Im going to get a shower and make some breakfast while Rory gets some more sleep, when she wakes up we're going out for awhile to tour around the campus, should I leave the door unlocked?" he asked.

"Yeah, Steph's waiting for me to bring back something quick to eat and I haven't seen Finn or Rose emerge from their own room yet." He replied.

"Well breakfast will be done in a half hour if you two can wait that long, have some coffee though, it awakens sexual motivation apparently."

"Been catching up on your reading?" He asked quizzically. "Yeah, Aprils Cosmo." He smirked. Colin rolled his eyes.

000

Logan laughed to himself as he flipped the bacon in the pan. He had to wash most of the pans before he could begin since Rory had tried to cook pancakes on about everything she could reach until he pointed out the right pan. Apparently, her mother was never one for cooking, or backing, or any other domestic task. He was shocked to find he knew more about making dishes than she did. While he could make lobster, lamb, a variety of gourmet pastas and so on, she could cook anything that came out of a tube, and Mac n cheese with individual cheese slices.

He ended up making the batter for the pancakes then having to clean up the spilled chips after Rory accidentally tripped and dumped half the bag of Hershey's chocolate chips in the batter.

"Smells good." Rory muttered from the couch. "Your supposed to be sleeping" He retorted as he tended to the food in front of him.

"How can I sleep with the wonderful aroma of breakfast flooding the living room?" She asked sitting up and letting the cloth slide from her forehead.

"Your kitchen never even smelled like food?" He questioned. "Only when sookie was over…. other than that It just smelled like Pop Tarts and coffee" She muttered.

"Sookie?" He echoed. "My mom's best friend. She's a cook and co-owner of my moms inn." She explained with a smile. "She lives in this 'Stars Hollow' to?" He asked as he looked up from the pan.

"Yeah, have you ever been there?" She asked as she stood up and walked to the other side of the counter. She pulled out a bar stool and sat down, leaning on her elbows as she placed her chin in her palm.

"Nope, small town?" He asked. "Very small, but not short of any small town charm. As Luke, the man who supplies my mother and I with coffee every morning, noon and night, likes to say, the towns one giant out patient metal hospital." She laughed gently.

"Sounds like it's full of characters," He muttered. "And then some" She added then smiled as she stood and walked around and into the kitchen area, stopping beside Logan as she reached in front of him, her body turning to face his as she grabbed a mug. His gaze fell to her chest as she stretched across him, and when he caught himself, he immediately looked up before shutting his eyes tightly.

"You okay?" She asked innocently. "Yeah, fine." He grumbled before looking back down to see her shrug and fill the mug.

"Don't think I forgot about that tour you promised me" She smiled after taking a long sip. He let out a jokingly dreadful sigh, and then smiled as he said, "I was hoping you slept the thought off"

"Are you kidding, if anything I dreamed I was surrounded by Kafka and Pushkin!" She smiled happily. He chuckled. "You really do love school don't you?" He asked. She blushed and looked away. "Is that a bad thing?" She asked with a tinge of a defensive tone. He smiled down at her, "Nat at all Ace" He smirked.

"Ace?" She asked.

"Well you are an ace reporter aren't you?" He asked. "I guess I am" She muttered then smiled. "Are you still hungry?"

"Not really, the chocolate chip pancakes really filled me up" She smiled and rubbed her tummy with content making him laugh even more.

"Good then get yourself ready and as soon as I dish these out on four plates we can go"

"Do you usually make breakfast for everyone?" She asked. "No, practically never…but you've gotten me inspired."

"With my wanting chocolate chip pancakes?" She asked.

"Last night was pretty fun Ace. Save you getting really really sick from my dinner, that is…" He muttered the end.

"Yeah, but I ended up somewhere safe. You really took care of me which you didn't have to do, and we got to watch Willy Wanka, just wait till the girls hear I took your Willy Wanka virginity" She smirked.

"They'll be at a loss for words with the combination of Logan and virginity in the same sentence, but once they get over the dull shock of the news im sure they'll find it quite amusing" He smirked.

"….all in all I think it worked out for the better" She smiled.

They stared at each other for what was really a second but felt like an hour before he nodded his head in the direction of the door. "You better go change, I'm almost done," He said. She nodded and turned, walking slowly to the door.

Logan silently cursed himself. He should have kept the conversation going…who knows what it might have lead to. He felt this pull to her, and when she leaned over the counter and reached across him for the coffee mug it had been like all the air was sucked out of him and he couldn't breathe. While he knew getting some time alone while she was getting ready would be good for him, the downside was when she was gone, he'd just be thinking of the water running down her hips as she showered.

Shaking his head to make those forbidden thoughts disappear to the back of his mind, he turned as he heard her voice call to him from the door way.

She was leaning up against the doorframe when he turned, smiling at him thankfully. "I just wanted to thank you. You didn't have to take such good care of me, you didn't have to take care of me at all even and you still did" She trailed off and he smiled as he added, "Well im persistent Ace. I don't mind it, really. I had fun." He smiled. Their eyes locked once more before she smiled gratefully, gave a soft nod and turned to walk out the door.

He let out an exaughsted sigh then let his head fall backwards against his shoulders, as she called back, "I can't wait to tour Yale!"

Something inside him told him that he was going to regret that promise.

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"Yales roots can be traced all the way back to the 1640's, where colonial clergymen led an effort to establish a college in New Haven to preserve the tradition of European liberal education in the New World. The vision was fulfilled in 1701, when the charter was granted for a school "wherein Youth may be instructed in the Arts and Sciences and through the blessing of Almighty God may be fitted for Public employment both in Church and Civil State." Did you know that in 1718 the school was renamed "Yale College" in gratitude to the Welsh merchant Elihu Yale, who had donated the proceeds from the sale of nine bales of goods together with 417 books and a portrait of King George I? I mean it's absolutely incredible, Yale even survived the American Revolutionary War 1776 threw 1781 fully intact and at the end of it's first hundred years, grew rapidly. The nineteenth and twentieth centuries brought the establishment of the graduate and professional schools that made Yale a true university! The Yale School of Medicine was chartered in 1810, the Divinity School in 1822, the Law School in 1824, and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences in 1847; which, in 1861, awarded the first Ph.D. in the United States, followed by the schools of Art in 1869, Music in 1894, Forestry & Environmental Studies in 1900, Nursing in 1923, Drama in 1955, Architecture in 1972, and Management in 1974. And Students have come from all over the world, however only began admitting women students at the graduate level in 1869 and undergraduates in the 1970's…."

"Logan are you listening to me?" Rory demanded as she stopped, glanced back and caught the yawning blond boy lagging behind her.

"What? No…" he muttered then stepped back as she gapped at him. "No?" She gasped. "I mean yeah, Im listening ace." He promised.

She narrowed her eyes and set her hands on her hips. Normally being yelled at by a girl would annoy him, but her adorable features and tapping foot in agitation was something he could get used to.

He smiled, only to find that made it worse. "Logan! This is your school! Don't you think you should show some interest in it's history, the stepping stones it took to become what infamous an university it is today?" She asked in mock horror as she slammed the newspaper he had bought against his arm.

He laughed and rubbed his arm in fake hurt. "Ace, I promised I'd take you on the tour didn't I?" He asked with a slight laugh. "Yeah you did, and you haven't said anything since we started!" She growled. "Not true, when we started I told you about the statue at the front, then we stepped inside the campus and you went absolutely crazy!" He began and laughed at her expression.

"And then when you kept on rambling about the history of the library's I added my own little 'hmm's, 'ahh's' and nods." He defended.

She sighed and crossed her arms below her chest as she stared into his warm eyes. "Then at lunch I bought a paper and when I said something you didn't agree with you took the sections I wasn't reading, rolled it up and smacked me with it!" He added.

"You suggested we go see a pub! Logan I thought we were going to tour the school! I'll be going here in a couple weeks! I don't have time to spend touring pubs when I could be touring the school!" She whined,

"You don't need a tour of the school Rory. You've seem to got a lot more under your belt that even you realize…" "...about the school I mean…" he quickly added as his eyes darted to the side. She cocked her head to the side wondering what he meant. "You'll do fine, trust me. You need this week to relax and unwind. Like a fabulous trip to Thailand for instance…" He smiled.

"Aren't we leaving soon?" She asked. "Day after tomorrow, you ready?" He asked. "I left most of my stuff in my suit cases so I wouldn't have to pack them all over again." She smiled.

"Did you take out all of your sweaters?" He asked. "No why?" She asked innocently. He smiled, "Because your going to Thailand, a place where it's warm, you'll be spending all of your days laying on the beach in a bikini, drinking, finally going to a proper college party…" he began only for her to interrupt. "Bikini?" she asked dumbly.

"You do have a bikini don't you?" He asked. "I really didn't think I'd be swimming a lot during my first year of college." She muttered.

"Oh my god. Rory the trips right around the corner, literally! Steph's got to take you to get a bathing suite!"

"You really think im going to take Steph with me? I'd end up purchasing a piece of string I wouldn't even wear anyway!" She demanded. He laughed and nodded, "Okay your probably right, besides we don't want any L&D boys hitting on you all day long…why don't you and I go shopping?" He suggested.

"You really think im taking you with me? I'd end up purchasing a piece of string I wouldn't even wear anyway!" She echoed with laughter in her eyes. He gave her a look only to get a 'who-do-you-think-your-kidding- look right back at him.

He sighed. "Fine. But you promise me you'll get a bikini?" He asked. "I promise you I'll get a proper suite," She corrected. "Acccee" He whined only for her to laugh and move away from him, skipping on down the halls of large ivy covered walls. "Come on Logan, can't keep up?" She challenged. He sighed and followed her down the hall. As he exited the enclosed hall, he glanced around. She was gone.

"Ace?" He called then looked from right to left. "Ace where are you!" He half yelled. When no response came he narrowed his eyes, "Rory! Rory where'd you go?" He raised his voice to the point where people had stopped to stare at him.

He spun around as he heard "Thanks!" in her tiny squeal, he knew that sound. It was the happy, content sound of her accepting coffee. His gaze fell to a near by Kiosk and he watched as she bounced in his direction holding two cups of to-go coffee.

She smiled innocently as she held one cup out to him.

"Here you go!" She smiled. "Can you not scare me like that! You've been doing that a lot lately!" He growled. Her features fell and her hand slowly dropped to her side with the cups still in hand. "Sorry. I figured id buy coffee since you agreed to do this for me, then paid for lunch…" She muttered. "Thank you, but if you had waited a few seconds instead of springing for the kiosk on sight…" He began then sighed when she interrupted with, "That's just a natural physical reaction, nothing I can really do about it." She muttered then smiled

"But look, the guy behind the Kiosk gave me his number. He said he'd love to show me the back of the library! Wasn't that sweet of him!" She said happily then looked back up to see Logan glaring at the man behind the kiosk.

"Logan, what's the matter?" She asked. "Don't call him." He demanded. Her eyes narrowed. "Logan what is wrong with you? I can call anyone I want!" She snapped suddenly finding herself getting defensive.

"He wants to get in your pants" Logan half yelled. "What are you talking about? He offered to show me the library after I told him it was my favorite part of our tour!" She grumbled. "Think about it Rory! He said he wants to show you the 'back' of the library. He wants you!" He declared.

Rory stepped back and shook her head. "What would he expect me to do in a library?" She asked. He smiled at her nativity and stepped forward, closer to her once again.

"Im sorry I didn't mean to yell at you. Look, he's not a good guy. I know him okay. Can you just keep away from him please?" He asked. "Umm sure…but I still don't understand…people really do that?" She asked. Logan contemplated telling her what the man really wanted from her at the library. On some level he knew she understood, and yet on the outside her innocent behavior made him even more jealous. The thought of Rory being corrupted by a jerk like that… he wanted to throttle the arrogant horny college boy.

"In front of the books?" She added her eyes wide with dismay. Okay, that made her ten times cuter. "Come on Ace, let's get going," he suggested his arm wrapping protectively around her shoulders. She took one last glance to the man behind the kiosk before allowing Logan to pull her in the other direction. He threw the guy a look of his own then turned back to Rory with a charming smiling.

"So you're sure I can't help you pick out a bikini?"

000

Steph sat in the kitchen flipping threw a magazine when the door opened to reveal a smiling Rory.

"Hey, so how was the tour?" She asked. "Great. Though something tells me Logan didn't enjoy it as much as I did," She laughed.

"Did he tell you about the school?" Rose asked as she strode into the room. "Some, before I jumped in and corrected him…twice…then he just let me keep going..." She muttered. The girls laughed. "Did he take you to any of our spots?" Rose asked.

"He offered to take me to the pub. I smacked him," She laughed. "Logan should have known what he was getting into, he did after all promise to take you on a tour" Rose laughed gently.

"He wasn't too beat down. He suggested we meet later and he teach me to cook" She smiled. "Well, well, well." Steph smiled setting down her magazine. "Don't look at me like that, we're just cooking, besides when we sat down for lunch some girl called him twice to confirm their date tomorrow." She replied.

"Ohh…" Steph mumbled in disappointment. Rory rolled her eyes and walked to the fridge. "Any idea what your making tonight?" Rose asked. "Why? You don't want to have to order a pizza?" Rory asked.

"I just thought you might want someone to taste the food, really enjoy your new found skill" Rose covered.

"Right, well I have no idea what we're making." She replied.

"Are you ready for Thailand?" Steph asked "We can go shopping tomorrow, that way we don't have to think about him going out with that tramp" Steph suggested with a smile.

"Steph! Im sure she's not a tramp" Rory gasped. "You'd be surprised at some of the girls who throw themselves at Logan!" Rose scoffed. "Anyway! It's not like I need to go shopping to get my mind off of Logan going out on a date…we're not dating remember?" She asked.

Steph pouted staring at her friend for a second then smiled, "Fine, but lets still go shopping. You know, for last minute stuff!" She suggested. "Im good with that!" Rose piped from the couch. "Fine, I do need a swim suite…" Rory muttered. "Ohh! I saw this bikini at sacks!" Steph squeaked only to be interrupted with a sharp. "NO!"

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Finn turned his head as the door opened and Logan walked threw with a smile on his face. "How was the tour?" Colin asked as he continued to watch the basketball game.

"It was horrible, I took her to Yale and as soon as we got threw the doors she went on and on about the structure, the history, the stepping stones that built it to what it is today!" he rambled. "I said two things about the school and she just stood there smiling until I asked her what was the matter and she immediately corrected me on the facts. I spent my entire morning walking around a school that's nothing other than just another college I'll probably get kicked out of one of these days, listening to her drone on and on about the founder, who donated the money to pay for the new marble floors, which famous person in history blew their nose in the garden, and the library ohh the library. We must have spent an hour alone looking threw shelf and shelf of Pushkin, I half expected her to pick up a book and sniff it, make out with it! I've never been on an outing so boring before," He continued.

"So basically you're in love with her?" Finn asked.

"You'd love for me to fall for that wouldn't you?" Logan sighed. "I'd really love it if you two wouldn't dance around the fact that there's tension between you" He replied turning to look back at the TV as the announcer yelled as another basket was made.

Colin jumped up, almost knocking over the coffee table before turning himself, "I agree man. You're both flirting with each other. Rory's a girlfriend girl, and you're definitely not a girl friend kind of guy. So it's simple." He sighed.

Logan grabbed a beer from the fridge and walked to the love seat, sitting down and opening it before looking back to his friends.

"What's simple?" He asked finally. Colin looked down at him then sighed, "Either you have to stop flirting with her and purposely teasing her, or you have to admit that you want to jump her"

"Well if you put it that way…" He grumbled sarcastically. "When are you teaching her to cook?" Finn asked. Logan swallowed. "Tonight"

"Aww. You're dates tonight that's so sweet, you can jump her there" Finn suggested. "I almost wish you guys would go back to the day you were threatening me not to 'jump' her." He sighed then stood up and walked into his room shutting the door behind him.

"Fifty bucks says he wears brown tonight"

STOPDROPNROLL

Im so sorry!! We went over seas for spring break and I hadn't even started the new chapter. Please forgive me!!!