Chapter 6

Food for Thought

Rory held a large grin on her face as she stood in front of the boy's apartment. In one hand she held a bag from the movie rentals, and in the other; a bag with a present for Logan. She had spent half and hour running from place to place to pick up the movies, then with a very inspiring call from her mother, came the last minute 'thank you' shopping.

She glanced up as the door finally opened to reveal Logan, smiling down at her with that famous smirk of his. "Sorry Ace, I was in my room didn't hear you knock" He explained and stepped to the side, holding out his arm willing her to come inside. "That's okay" She replied and stepped into the apartment.

"Im scared to find out what's in the bags," He muttered as he closed and locked the door. "Im scared to know what I'll be burning" She smirked. He chuckled, "You won't be burning anything Ace, we're making Chili"

"Does it come in a tube?" She asked dreadfully. "No it certainly does not" He replied, She glanced above her to the ceiling dreadfully then met his eyes once again, "Is that fire alarm up to date?" She murmured. He laughed, "Come on, no stalling. Now what's in the bags?" He asked.

Her features went from a nervous pensive look to a mischievous smirk in .2 seconds flat. He shifted nervously as she turned her back to him ad set the bags on the counter top.

"Well, I figured since we were already cooking, we could make it a dinner and a movie situation. So after talking to my mom I picked up, Restaurant, Super Size Me, Waitress, Eat Drink Man Woman, the Joy Luck Club, and My Best Friends Wedding"

"My Best Friends Wedding?" He asked. Rory gave him a dumb look and replied, "She's a food critic" like it was the most obvious thing in the world.

"Oh of course" He rolled his eyes at his own foolishness in a sarcastic tone then chuckled, "So if those are our food related movies what's in the other bag?" He asked. She smiled evilly, staring at him as she set down the movies and picked up the other bag. "That's not a good look" He muttered then eyed the bag suspiciously.

"It's just to say thank you, I was hoping you'd wear it" She smiled. "Wear it?" He echoed raising an eyebrow. "Just open it!" She laughed. He sighed and took the bag from her, pulling out a white chef's hat.

"Ahh, perfect. I should have guessed," He muttered. She smiled and took it from him, shaking it to puff out at the top before she placed it on top of his head, then pulled it down over his eyes to make sure it was on securely.

"Looks good" She smiled. He pulled it back up and replied, "Oh Im sure…" He deadpanned then smiled, "Thank you Ace. In fact I something for you as well," He smirked. "For me?" She asked in question as he walked around her and to his bedroom. She waited until he came back out, unfolding a square of cloth. He looked up at her with that devilish grin that was just on her own face as he casually mocked, "I was hoping you'd wear it"

She raised an eyebrow as he joined her in the kitchen again, and spun her so her back was to him. She waited in anticipation, wondering what he was doing as he reached his arms around her. Her breathing became shallow as she felt his warm breath on her neck. He whipped open the material and then slid the strap over her head. She blinked as he pulled back from her and tied the string in the back so it fit her tightly.

"An apron?" She asked and turned to face him, she couldn't help noticing how his attention was on the apron itself instead of looking at her face. Her eyebrows furrowed together, and she followed his gaze down to the picture on the front of a shapely tanned girl, wearing nothing but a black lace bra, and matching panties attached with garters to the sheer black stockings on her shapely legs.

Logan laughed as a blush painted her cheeks and she let out a shocked squeak. "I can't wear this!" She gasped and looked down at herself once again. He chuckled, "Of course you can, you wouldn't want to stain those clothes you have on now would you Ace?" He smirked. She grimaced and then looked up at him with a growl.

With one last laugh he walked to the burners and turned them on, "Well what about you then?" She asked with her hands on her hips. He turned and smiled, "Don't worry I have one to" He replied then opened the drawer, pulling out his own white apron. She watched as he put it on and tied it behind his back. "Kiss The Cook?" She read aloud then glared up at him. He laughed. 'You get 'Kiss the Cook' and I get some half naked woman!" She whined causing him to laugh harder.

"Well it wouldn't make sense if I wore that one now would it? Come on Ace." He smirked as he motioned for her to join him. She sighed, blowing her bangs from her eyes before settling at his side. "What can I do?" She asked tiredly. It usually wasn't like her to give in…

"You can chop the peppers," He suggested handing her a knife and the cutting board. "I can chop." She said happily and grabbed a yellow pepper from the bowl. While Rory chopped, Logan continued adding ingredients to the Chili suddenly very aware of the silence that had fallen between them.

"I like that sweater, browns a good color on you." She said out of nowhere. Logan glanced to the side and hid his smile. "That seems to be the consensus." He grumbled. "Hu?"

"Nothing. Come mer, do you think you can handle stirring?" He asked. She skipped over to him, stopping in front of the burners. "I don't know chopping is going pretty well but I shouldn't push my luck" She joked. "I think you can handle it Ace; I have faith in you" He smiled. "Fine, but if I get carpel tunnel…" She warned giving him a grave look. He chuckled and promised, "Ill pick up the medical bill," She smiled and took the spoon from his hands.

"Like this?" She asked glancing over her shoulder to him as she quickly stirred. "Slower. Be gentle," He muttered into her ear as he moved behind her, taking her wrist in his hand. She took in a deep breath as he leaned over her shoulder, slowly rotating her hand. She shifted her weight, her bottom brushing against his hip. When he shuttered himself, she felt a rush of confidence grow from deep inside her. The pit of her stomach was clenching with anxiety. "How about this?" She repeated. He smiled "Exactly like that" He encouraged.

"Dirty"

Rory stiffened and dropped the wooden spoon into the pot before quickly spinning around. Logan sighed and turned, he himself visibly less shocked about their friend's check-in.

"Speaking of Dirty, nice aprons" Steph laughed. Rory looked down at herself and once again a blush painted her cheeks. "Can we help you Steph?" Logan asked.

"Wouldn't want to interrupt" She smirked looking them up and down. "Then what are you doing here?" Logan shot between clenched teeth. Steph glanced up to him, staring into his eyes with a challenging look. Logan finally broke the gaze when Rory piped up and happily replied, "You're not interrupting anything; come look at the peppers I chopped! I think I have a chance against the iron chef."

Smiling, Steph walked over to Rory and stood by the cutting board. "Yeah you're doing great isn't she Logan?" She smirked and turned to lean back against the counter. He gave her a glare then smiled at Rory. "You are doing great, but one thing to remember is to always keep an eye on the pots on the burners" He instructed. "Eye Eye Capitan" Rory smiled and hopped over to the other side of the kitchen leaving her friends to talk.

"So how's the date going?" Steph asked quietly. Logan leaned against the counter next to her. "It's not a date and it's going fine. Her attention span is a little short for cooking but something tells me she won't be making all the meals around here." He chuckled.

"The apron thing…your idea Im guessing" She smirked. "Well if I'm going to spend my evening with a girl im not allowed to touch then I have to make it at least a little fun don't I" He muttered turning his head to look down at her. She sighed and met his gaze. "Just make sure you don't have too much fun"

"Whatever do you mean?" He asked innocently. She rolled her eyes and pushed herself up from the counter. "Be gentlemen for your date" She reminded. "It's not a…" He growled only for her to sharply turn and look him up and down. "Then why did you change into the sweater?" She asked. He opened his mouth to retort but nothing seemed to come out. She raised her eyebrows and cocked her head to the side, taking it as a sign she was right.

"Be good" She muttered in a singsong voice and turned to walk to Rory's side. Rory turned and smiled to the blonde, pure joy on her face as they talked. Logan sighed and mirrored Rory's face. She looked beautiful, happy, and content. He quickly redirected his glance to the floor as Steph grabbed her purse.

"Colin and I are going out tonight, we won't be back till late and we're staying over at our place. Enjoy the rest of your movie night" She smiled. He looked up and smiled giving her one last nothings-going-to-happen look. She rolled her eyes and opened the door. Just as the door began to shut, her hand popped between the door and its frame. She stuck her head back threw the crack calling, "Oh and Rory, there's an extra key on the doorframe if you wanna go back to your room okay? We finally got it made like we promised"

"Great, thanks steph, enjoy your night!" She called. "Yeah, enjoy your night" Logan echoed. Steph glanced to him and bit her bottom lip before muttering, "Okay, night" and shutting the door firmly behind her.

Sighing, she walked to the elevator to find Colin waiting for her there. "What took you so long babe?" He asked sitting up from the waiting room like chair. "Just looking for my purse," She answered quietly. He sighed and stood up, walking over to her and wrapping his arm around her waist.

"They'll be fine. Logan insists it's not a date and Rory's to smart to let Logan take advantage of her. She's already been warned more than enough times." He soothed as he pressed the down arrow.

Steph sighed and leaned up against him, "I know. The worst part is I can't decide weather Im for it or against it. She could get so hurt, but she could also do a world of good for Logan. And if she's really going to be part of the Life and Death Brigade then he could do a universe of good for her. She's not the type to jump off of skyscrapers Colin." She rambled.

He chuckled and nodded his head gently rubbing her back to calm her down. "I get that, but we have to let her make her own decisions, that means weather she wants to be part of the L&D, and weather she's crazy enough to be with Logan. It's her choice" He explained and led her to the elevator that opened its doors.

He pressed 'Lobby' and then allowed his hand travel down her side to her hip. "I just want to be there, to help her." She pouted and moved her head to the crook of his neck. "I know honey, she'll come to you, you and Rose, and you'll have a girl's night. You'll eat a ton of ice cream and watch movies all night along," He began in a soothing voice then continued, "Mean while Finn and I will be threatening to castrate Logan If he hurts her then slump back down on the couch and watch Die Hard." in a grumble. She giggled and leaned up to kiss him. "Promise?" she whimpered. "I promise" he smiled and leaned down for a warm kiss as the elevator doors closed.

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"So how are you doing over there Ace?" Logan asked from the pot over the stove. "Pretty good, I've moved on from the peppers to the potatoes and I think im gonna get em done in world record time" She rambled turning to look at him as she continued to chop.

"Finally something I can send into the Genius books, my freshmen year Colin, Finn, and I desperately tried to come up with something to get our names in." He smiled. "Oh yeah, what did you try to accomplish?" She asked.

He chuckled and answered, "We drove in for messiest apartment, but as you can imagine the girls weren't very into it." Rory gave a nod of agreement and chuckled as he continued, "We had to pay a maid to come in a bomb the place" He added and smiled, "then it was most beer drunk in twenty four hours without passing out. I had to get my stomach pumped for the first time along with Finn." He turned to watch her expression and nearly burst out laughing at the shocked look on her face. She had spun completely around and dropped the knife to the wooden cutting board.

"You and Finn had to get your stomach pumped for the first time?!" She echoed in pure shock. "No, I had to get my stomach pumped for the first time, Finn just had to get his stomach pumped." He corrected. He laughed at her, completely amazed her jaw could drop even lower than it had at first.

"Logan!" She grumbled in a disapproving voice. "After that it was largest bon fire in the tri-state area, which spread into the woods we were next to, and landed us in jail for the night for starting a forest fire." He recalled. "Cus who would stop after having to have your stomach pumped?" She added in a sarcastic voice as she picked the knife back up. She shook her head disapprovingly and quickly began to dice the red peppers.

He smirked and added, "The best part was a local college guy happened to have planted his entire weed not fifteen feet away from the bon fire. We were high for about two days" He laughed.

Rory rolled her eyes and glanced back at him, "Boy, Im really going to have to change if im going to fit in with you three" She muttered. He stopped and smiled at her, "Naw, you stay just the way you are Ace. I wouldn't want you to have to go threw getting your stomach pumped you're to fragile for an experience like that." He chuckled. She stared at him and rolled her eyes only to yelp a second later and drop the knife, falling to her knees on the floor.

"Ace? Rory what happened" He asked as he rushed to her, getting on his knees to see her holding her hand to her chest and wincing. "I cut myself!" She gasped. His eyes widened and he stood, grabbing a washcloth. "Let me see" he muttered. She held her hand tighter to her. "No, It hurts" she whined. "Rory, Let me see it" He repeated firmly and held out his hand. She reluctantly held out her hand allowing him to see the bleeding finger. He tisked and wrapped the cloth around her finger, lightly applying pressure. She squeaked and ripped her hand back forcing him to let go of her and drop the cloth.

"That hurt you…" She growled. A smile tugged at his lips, "Yes?" he asked looking down at her laughingly. "Butt Faced Miscreant" She finished. He cocked his head to the side and stared down at her. "Cant say I've ever heard that one before" He laughed and stood up walking to the bathroom.

Rory glared at his retreating figure and glanced down at her hand now covered with blood. Shivering at the sight, she leaned back and held it close to her body. She closed her eyes, about to give into the overwhelming feeling of fainting, when two strong arms lifted her from the ground.

"Whoa! Logan! Put me down right now!" She demanded kicking her legs. Ignoring her, he walked to the kitchen table and sat down in one of the chairs, setting her in his lap. When the shock of being lifted from the ground and set in his lap left her, she blushed and quickly moved to stand. "Logan, thank you for trying to help but im not a child." She muttered and scrambled to get up only to be pulled back down by his hands on her hips.

"Stop squirming" He instructed and set his hand on her thigh. She gulped and stopped and watched as he opened the first aid kit. "Where'd you…" She began blinking blankly at it. "We like to be prepared" He answered keeping his attention on what he was doing until he felt Rory's disbelieving eyes on him. He shrugged and pulled out a band-aid. "We stole it from the girls" He finally replied.

She nodded somehow able to believe that easier than the famous 'Three Musketeers' wanting to be prepared for a cut. Her attention went back to her hand as Logan weaved his finger threw hers and then raised her hand to his mouth. She shot up, her eyes popping out of her head as she gasped, "What are you…" but before she could finish he slid her finger into his mouth, effectively stopping her vocal chords and hitching her breathing.

She took in a sharp breath and shifted back in shock. He gently sucked on her finger, closing his eyes as he wrapped his tongue around her slim digit. He could hear her gasp as his tongue ran over her nail, traced up and down, and ran his teeth over her knuckle.

He had to stifle the groan in his throat when she suddenly shifted back further onto his lap. The innocent movement made his blood boil. Here he was trying to playfully get a rise from her, but it was having the opposite affect. "Lo..Logan" She breathed huskily. He shivered as her hand fell to his thigh. She leaned back and took a heavy breath. He slowly drew her finger out of his mouth then when she let out a small whine he smirked and drew it back in.

He glanced down watching her chest rise and fall with each breath she took. "Lo…" As she struggled to get out his name, he met her eyes and slowly pulled her finger from his mouth.

"Yeah Ace?" He asked cheekily. A cool breath left her lips as she struggled to catch her breath. She continued to stare into his eyes watching him as he unwrapped the band-aid.

He wrapped the band-aid around her finger, then gripped her hand, pressing a kiss to the bandage. "All better" He muttered looking over her knuckles and into her eyes. She let out a shaky breath and stared directly into his warm brown irises.

'Do something…move…say something…anything. Come on Rory you're not like the other girls, you aren't some pathetic, dumb struck bimbo! You were taught by the best, growing up with Lorelai as your mother always proved to be a good learning experience. Say something to leave him in a complete daze like she taught you to!' As much as she willed her mind to speak, to knock him off guard for once instead of the other way around which he was clearly enjoying, she was coming up with a complete blank. Over the sound of her heavy breathing, she could faintly hear the bubbling of the dish on the burner. That was it! That was her ticket.

"You know what I learned today?" She asked huskily. "That Logan Huntzberger is not only a devilishly handsome, killer newspaper reporter, but also an emergency medic?" He asked. She winced on the inside, why was it he was so calm and collected? It made her so mad that he could just do that to her and pass it off like it was nothing.

She rolled her eyes gently and cleared her throat. "No, I learned…" She began and smiled playfully as she leaned in close to his face. With their mouths inches apart, he parted his lips slightly and wet them with his tongue. 'God she looks so tasty' the idea of what those full, juicy, quick witted lips tasted like made it even harder for him to pull away. His hands slid so one was settled on her knee while his other arm was wrapped loosely around her waist.

"Wha'd you learn ace?" He asked suavely. A small smile played at the corners of her mouth as she muttered against his lips, "To always watch the pots that are on the burners"

Logan let her words slowly sink into him. Had she known what she was doing? Maybe she was trying to get a rise out of him just to tease him, but did she know just how affective her teasing was? In that warm, sexy voice, if she had really been out to tease him for sex, he would have given into her like that. But to act the way she was, especially after what he did to her, and then to finish off with a dry comment about their dinner… she was just begging for him to break down and plead for more. He wasn't going to let her win.

"Seriously Logan I think the chili is getting over cooked up there." She grumbled from her position on top of him. The change of tone in her voice quickly pulled him out of his thoughts. "What? Oh yeah…Oh Shit!" He growled and quickly stood, letting Rory slide from his lap before he could rush into the kitchen.

He immediately turned down the burner and stirred the Chili. "Oh yeah, this is a goner." He muttered. She pouted, and glanced down at the floor before looking back up at him, suddenly with a new look of confidence plastered on her face.

"I knew I was going to burn it. I said it as soon as I walked in." She muttered as she sauntered over to the bar. She sat down on the other side on a bar stool and rested her chin in her palms. He glanced up from the charcoal that used to be their chili and caught the look of sadness on her face.

He set the spoon down and tilted his head to the side. She pouted then sat up and rubbed her stomach. He laughed and walked over to the fridge. "No worries Ace. That's why they invented the back up plan" He smirked as he opened the fridge door.

"What are you doing?" She asked and stretched her back to try and get a glimpse of what he was up to. He finally stood straight up and turned around, holding a box of minute made lasagna in his hands. He closed the door with his foot and smiled up at her.

"It doesn't come in a tube but the concepts basically the same." He muttered. She perked up and smiled happily at him. "Can we call for Chinese to?" She asked giddily. Logan's eyebrows rose but he only laughed. "Your appetite never ceases to amaze me."

"Lemon Chicken please!" She called happily grinning from ear to ear. "You seriously want Chinese after you spent practically all night sick from it?" He asked disbelievingly.

"Hey you always got to get back on that horse Huntzberger." She said confidently and picked up a slice of potato that was sitting on the cutting board. "Don't forget the egg rolls" she added. Shaking his head, he picked up the phone from its hook and chuckled. "You are truly unique Ace" He muttered.

"Naw, it's just none of the girls you spend your days with eat real food. Tell me how many order salads when you take them to dinner?" She asked. "Mostly all of them." He replied. "I haven't eaten a salad alone for dinner since I was twelve and had the flu and couldn't keep anything down." She declared.

"Wow, you're mother must be concerned with your health." He laughed. "Not at all. When we get together we'll haven movie nights and just fill the coffee table with every sugared candy and food we can find. We order a large pizza with everything on it and eat everything down to the last pink bunny shaped marsh mellow we've had in the back of the pantry since last Easter." She stated proudly.

"Wow…I don't know what to say" He stuttered. "Yeah, my mom and I are pretty much the same when it comes down to eating habits, coffee drinking, and rambling. We usually don't eat fruit either. My mom said the only time she had a craving for an apple was when she was pregnant."

"So these movie nights…they started with your mom?" He asked.

"Oh yeah, she and I would do this all the time. It's natural for me now. I've seen every classic movie there is. The last movie night we did together was before I left. We watched Casablanca while wearing really old style dresses she bought and talking like they did back then for the rest of the night. I miss her so much already."

"Must be nice being close to your parents"

"Oh, well it's really just my mom. My dad lived in California when I was growing up, but he recently moved to Boston, he and my mom never married."

"Wait a second, is your father Christopher Hayden?" He asked immediately stopping in his tracks. Rory glanced up. "Yeah, how'd you know?" She wondered. "You were the great Gilmore-Hayden scandal? Oh my god. Your mother must be very young, no wonder you guys get along so well." He muttered amazed.

"Well yeah, I was lucky. My mom ran away from her family to raise me away from society. She let me make my own decisions my entire life, she never forced me to do anything and she supported me always. She taught me everything I know about really surviving in this world." She smiled.

"Except cooking your own meals" He reminded with a teasing smirk. She rolled her eyes slowly and allowed a smirk to grace her lips. She twisted in her bar stool and stood up. Lacing her fingers behind her back, she slowly sauntered over to him.

"Maybe, but I can order a mean banquet of take out" She smirked. He leaned down so his face was inches from hers and gave her a challenging look. "Oh yeah?" He asked. She nodded and he flicked his wrist out to her. "Well then ill let you handle the order then." He suggested. She happily accepted the phone. "I'd be happy to." She smiled and quickly dialed. "You know the number by heart?" He laughed. "Steph gave the number to me; I have it plugged into my phone. Back home, I have the number for Al's Pancake World on my speed dial." She smirked. He gave her a questioning look and echoed, "Al's Pancake World?"

She smiled, "Moroccan night is the best." She groaned heavenly. Logan stared and opened his mouth, wondering how Moroccan food tasted at a pancake house, but when he motioned to ask she suddenly snapped to attention when the man behind the phone answered with a heavy accent. "Hello," she began and smiled happily.

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"What was that?" Rory asks quietly. "What?" He questioned looking over at her, his face filled with laughter.

"Hmm, death by mini-bar. How glamorous." Came from the TV in front of them.

His eyes widened when her hand shot out and covered his mouth effectively shutting him up.

The sound of faint giggling came from the hallway. She glanced over to him and smiled playfully. "Sounds like they had fun on their date" She muttered. "Want to go spy?" He asked. "No…that would be wrong..." She grumbled shaking her head with a serious look on her face.

"Yeah I guess" He uttered and stuffed some popcorn into his mouth. She laughed and pushed herself up from the floor. "I can't believe you fell for that, first one there gets the peep hole." She called.

Logan smirked and grasped her ankle as she began running forcing her to fall backwards and onto the soft bed they had made of blankets and pillows.

"Woops, better watch your step there Ace." He chided and set the popcorn bowl down beside him and jumped up. She pushed herself up to a sitting position and glared at him. Her hair was pushed in every different direction, some strands sticking up while her bangs clung to her forehead.

She pushed herself to her feet and lunged for him, wrapping her arms around his neck and forcing him to bend slightly backwards at her dead weight. He laughed and reached around his back, seizing her thighs and forcing her legs around his waist. He carried her threw the living room and kitchen on his back and laughed when she stiffened in realization and her hand slammed down on the side of his shoulder when his hands 'accidentally' gripped her bottom. When he got to the door, he leaned back and set her down on the floor. She jabbed her elbow into his ribs angrily and he gasped clutching his side in pain.

"Okay, okay, im sorry" He apologized. She narrowed her eyes at him before pressing herself to the door and looking threw the tiny glass hole.

"Wow, im guessing it went really well" She laughed. "They're practically mounting each other in the hall?" He asked as he bent downward and pressed his ear to the metal door.

"It's like a bad porn video out there, groaning and groping." She mumbled. He laughed, "Just wait until they share a wall with you. Not only do they come in slamming doors and turning lights on at four in the morning, but they make sure you can't sleep the rest of the night from the thumping of the headboard against your wall and her groaning." He grumbled.

"You should be used to it. I mean you couldn't have been alone either" She mumbled then instantly regretted her words. He stayed silent, almost as if her bringing up his 'a different girl every day' rule made him feel bad.

Finally he spoke. "Colin always seems to do it on nights where I am alone, especially if I have to wake up early for some meeting my father demands I fly in for." He grumbled his voice back to its normal self.

"I see" She muttered then stepped away from the peephole. "You can look if you want; I've had enough of watching him grope her." She mumbled. He stood up straight and turned to smile at her. She narrowed her eyes glaring back at him.

'That's not a good sign. What is he thinking?' she wondered then watched as he slowly stepped closer to her. "You know, we could have some fun of our own." He suggested.

"Didn't steph make you promise to behave?" She questioned raising an eyebrow at him. He tilted his head. "You heard our conversation?" He asked.

"No, she told me before I even got here that she would make sure you acted gentlemanly…well that face isn't very gentlemanly." She stated.

He smirked, "What face? This is just how my face looks." He declared as if he had no idea what she was talking about. "Somehow I'm not surprised." She grumbled. He gapped a look of fake hurt spreading across his features.

"Come on; let's finish our dinner and the movie. No use standing around by the doorway," She redirected and walked back over to the couch. Was it just him, or had she added a not so subtle sway of her hips?

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Rory woke up with a smile the next morning. She had spent most of the night over at Logan's, joking around, getting to know him better, and laughing at all of his memories of him and the guys getting into trouble in high school and the previous colleges they had already been kicked out of.

She poured herself a cup of coffee and sauntered over to the kitchen table. She sat down in one of the chairs and pulled her knees up to her chest. She leaned her head downward into the coffee mug and took a long whiff of the strong brew. She had never smelt something so perfect in her entire life.

At the sound of another door opening, she quickly took a large gulp. She knew the girls would grill her about the details, and she would need all the caffeine she could get to keep up with their rapid-fire questions.

"Morning." Rose yawned as she stumbled into the kitchen. "Are you alright?" Rory asked as she lifted her head from the source of the sweet aroma in the room.

"Why?" She asked looking herself over. "You're walking really funny." She muttered. "Oh, Finn stayed over last night. In fact he's still sleeping. The poor guy is worn out from last night." She laughed.

"Worn out hu?" She raised an eyebrow. A loud groan snatched Rory's attention as their blonde friend left her bedroom. "What's with all the noise out here?" She asked groggily.

"Rose wore Finn out last night." Rory answered. "Finn? Our insatiable Finn was worn out?" She asked in disbelief. "Dinner, two glasses of vodka, and five orgasms later he was completely out." Rose smirked smugly. "Oh my god!" Steph gasped and let out a girlish giggle before she went straight for the pot of coffee.

"I know I know, but he doesn't have a class so he can sleep in all he wants. Last night was definitely not the time for any sleep." She smirked.

"Oh my god, is he still alive in there at least?" Rory joked. "Truth be told Im not sure." Rory's jaw dropped as Rose casually walked over to the coffee pot and poured herself a mug.

"Last night; after I climaxed for the fifth time he yelled something out about dying and the French foreign legion and then was knocked out like a light." She added. Rory gasped. "Did you say fifth time?" She whispered as if someone would hear her.

Rose smiled, "That's what happens when you play rough Ror. When you find what works for you it's exciting and it's new. Well for me its not new, Finn spent his entire life since he unhooked a girl's bra trying to find a red head that fit the stereotype, and now he has. Hopefully he can keep up. You've got to be carefully what you wish for you know." She smirked against her coffee cup. Rory blushed. "Yeah I guess. I've never tried anything like that" She laughed gently.

"You should it's exhilarating to allow yourself to be naughty," Rose smirked. "I don't know about Rory though. You're such a good girl, But you have this amazing ability to stun guys when you talk to them, it makes them want to jump you right then and there to be challenged by such wit, especially coming from a hot piece of ass like you" She smiled.

"Thanks…I guess." She laughed. "Oh it's true." Rory jumped as Logan's voice came from the doorway of the apartment. She turned and stared at him wide eyed. 'How long had he been there?' she thought and placed her hand on her cheek as she felt the heat rise to her face.

"She certainly put it crudely, but it's true. You're quite the looker ace, and your wit makes it fun to talk to you. Unlike so many of the bleach blondes who try and hang off our arms because we're rich and we'll buy them things, and you definitely aren't that type of girl." He finished and stepped back into the hallway.

She turned back to face forward in the chair and leaned down to sip her coffee. She wished she could disappear.

"Oh, and I agree with Rose." He added as he popped his head back inside the doorway. She took a large gulp of her coffee. "You should let yourself be bad once and awhile Ace." With a smug smirk, he reached out and grasped the door handle. Rory immediately choked on her coffee. She leaned forward and ran her tongue over her bottom lip to get the drops threatening to run down her chin. Over the pounding in her head of her own embarrassment and Rose's snickering, she could hear Logan laughing in the hallway before he shut the door behind him. She glanced up to see the girls smiling from ear to ear at her.

"Logan 1, Rory 0" Steph mumbled.

"Shut up"

000

"Okay, So; sunscreen"

"Check"

"Vodka, Rum, Absinthe"

"Check"

"Can't that stuff kill you?" Rory asked.

"Keep on going," Steph sing-songed. Rory narrowed her eyes then turned back to the folded piece of paper in her hands. She gasped as her eyes fell to the next item.

"Did you scratch out my Kafka and replace it with…lingerie?" She asked in absolute horror.

The two hung over each other trying to support one another as they laughed hysterically, obviously thinking it was funny. "I can't believe you" Rory grumbled and tried to rub out the ink scratches.

"Oh come on Rory!" Steph whined.

"This is still summer! You shouldn't be reading Kafka you should be living it up, drinking the Absinthe," Rory glared at her but she only laughed and continued, "and having amazing sex with a gorgeous twenty two year old Thialander."

"Thialander? Seriously?" Rory echoed with a raised eyebrow.

"Whatever! Rory I'm scared your going to get there and shut yourself in, this is the time to get to meet everyone in the L&D! Do you really want to spend it reading?" She asked.

"I let you know when we get there and I meet some of these boys. I went to the super market to get milk and an obviously drunk guy came up to me and informed me of his penis size." She grumbled and moved to refold her list. The girls laughed harder. "Welcome to college." Steph smirked.

"Well if it isn't our girls" Colin called from the library. Finn's head shot up in excitement and he slapped Logan's shoulder effectively getting the blond's attention and skipped over to meet Colin's steps.

"Rose" He said and immediately wrapped his arms around her waist, swinging her around in a circle. Colin pressed a kiss to Steph's lips and gently growled as she bit down on his bottom lip.

Rory glanced to the side and raised her eyebrows. "You get used to it" Came Logan's laughing voice. She turned back to see he was standing in front of her. Her eyes traced over his body. He looked amazing as always with baggy dark jeans and an olive green sweater over a white t-shirt.

"What you girls up to?" He asked. "Last minute stuff." She answered vaguely. "Hum." She couldn't help but shift under his gaze. His eyes narrowed as he followed her own shifting eyes, a small smile tugging at his lips.

"What?" She snapped. He leaned back and chuckled. "Testy today aren't we" He muttered. "Only when I'm being looked at like prey" She shot. "Hey I'm just making light conversation while our friends eat each other's face, if you have something else in mind you'd like me to do I'd be happy to accommodate." He said his cocky smirk back on his face.

She tilted her head and shot a glare at him. "Okay then, what do you have here?" He asked and snatched the list from her fingers.

"Hey" She grumbled and moved to take it back. He laughed as he lifted his hands above her head and unfolded the piece of paper. Deciding not to go after it and give him the clumsy scene he was hoping for, she stepped back and let him read the list.

"This list is a mile long how can you really need this much stuff?" he questioned as his eyes flit over the page.

"One of my bags flew from the car around Amish country." She answered in a mumble. "I'm sure they'll be excited to finally have lingerie" He smirked. "Who says…" She began only to have him point to a number on the list.

"Something here's been scratched out and replaced with Lingerie"

"That was the girl's idea of a joke. They said I shouldn't spend summer reading Kafka." She grumbled and crossed her arms beneath her chest. He tried not to notice how it lifted her breasts slightly.

He watched her pout then smiled down at her. "You really are a good girl, aren't you Ace?" She straightened and turned her head to stare at him with an emotionless expression.

"Okay" Steph's voice broke threw the silence. Rory turned her head to look at Steph, now completely ignoring him.

Logan bit his cheek. 'Shit, that was stupid. Now she's withdrawn from me' he inwardly kicked himself. He turned and faced the group with a heavy exhale.

"Logan!" She half yelled and waved her arms in front of him. "Where'd you go buddy?" She asked tilting her head to the side. He shook his head and cleared his throat. "What? I'm sorry"

"You're driving the hummer okay?" She repeated. "Oh yeah sure" He nodded. "Okay good which means we can drink all we want before we get on the plane. Rory, Rose, and I are going to do our last minute shopping and should be home in time for you to take us to some fabulous restaurant." She hinted. Colin and Finn sighed but agreed. "Good, then we'll see you boys at seven." She smiled.

"Logan!"

Logan raised his eyebrows at the high pitched yell from across the courtyard. Just as he turned, a young blonde girl slammed into his chest, her arms wrapped tightly around his neck and her lips pressed hard into his.

Rory took in a sharp breath and stared at the two. His hands fell to her hips as she kissed him. Who was this girl? Was she one of the girls he had spoken of this morning? He didn't seem to be to upset she had jumped him. His eyes opened wide and he gently set her down on the ground.

"Kitty…" He muttered threw his teeth. She refused to unlock her arms from his neck, forcing him to bend downward toward her.

Colin and Finn shrunk backwards. They had seen this girl once or twice. She was slightly wrapped up in the one night she and Logan spent together after he had had several shots of vodka. Don't get him wrong, she was the usual blonde beauty he would go for. She was a rich daddy's girl who, like all the others, had just waited her turn to hang from his arm at a society party his father was forcing him to attend. When ever she saw him she would take her chance to jump him, no matter what he was doing and while they quickly got annoyed with it and expressed their feelings to Logan, he never really minded a beauty ready and willing to give herself to him. That is until now.

They watched as he awkwardly set her down and tried to get out of her grasp. He never looked so uncomfortable, like he was worried another one of his conquests would see…wait…

Colin quickly turned his head to see Rory stubbornly looking off to the side. Her eyes were glassed over and her lips pressed together in annoyance. 'Oh god'

Finn turned when Colin brought the back of his hand on his shoulder. He glanced from his shoulder to Colin, following his gaze to Rory who was shifting and looking down at the cobble stones.

He tilted his head solemnly and removed his arm from Rose's waist. He walked over to her and slipped his arm around her waist. "Come on Love. Being the coffee aficionado of the group I would only come to you to get a good cup of coffee around here." He said in a chipper tone. She smiled up at him sadly and nodded. "Sure, there's a kiosk right around here with a man who knows all about the library" She said loudly. Logan instantly turned after hearing this. She was really going to go talk to that jerk again just because a girl came up to him? He leaned his head back to watch her leave with a sway.

"Rory come on!" He called but she only leaned more into Finns embrace. The girl whined and set her hand on his chest. "Pay attention to me, forget her Logan." She pouted.

He rolled his eyes and forcibly removed her arm from his neck. "What was that kitty?" He asked. "What do you mean? I want to make sure you haven't forgotten about tonight" She smiled seductively.

"Tonight?" He echoed. "Yeah, we have dinner plans remember" She said suavely and ran her hand down his chest and in between them. He jumped and reached down, removing her hand from him.

"Sorry, I already have dinner plans with my friends." He said and nodded to Steph and Rose beside him. "No he doesn't" Steph interrupted. His head shot back to stare at her in shock.

"He's all yours Kitty." Rose smiled bitterly. He gapped at them. "What are you talking about?" He asked. 'They know I don't want to date this girl again! I have absolutely no interest!' he thought.

"YAY!" She squeaked and once again threw her arms around his neck. Logan gasped as she knocked the wind from him then squeezed her arms around his neck. "Colin?" He pleaded.

His friend looked up at him and gave a shrug

"You two kids have fun." he muttered. "That's cold" He grumbled. "We told you not to do this to her. Don't joke around with rory if you can't stop this shit from happening." Colin shot.

He threw his head back and sighed. "You know I don't want to..." He began but Steph interrupted, "Save it. I'm going to find Rory and Finn" She grumbled. They turned and walked in the direction she and Finn had taken off in.

"Guys! Wait!" He yelled. "Forget them; let's go straight to my place." She whispered into his ear. He sighed and glanced down at her.

"I'm gonna need a drink."

000

"I think the light blue looks best, it brings out your eyes" Steph declared as she held up different bikinis to Rory's body.

"Oh no! That's all wrong!" Rose said in a disgusted voice as she held up a tie-dye one piece. Rory chuckled. "I appreciate it but you guys don't have to try and cheer me up. It really doesn't matter." She laughed nervously.

"Of course it matters, here you are being all beautiful, going out on a limb, and doing your sexy bantering and he can't even control other bimbos from latching their claws into him! It's despicable. We've already uninvited him to dinner" Rose declared as she held up a black one piece with a circle cut out from the left side to show most of her stomach.

"That's funky you should try it on" She mumbled.

Rory gapped. "What? You can't uninvited him to dinner! He's your friend and it wasn't his fault she did that!" Rory gasped.

"That's your problem Sweetie your to nice! Get mad! Get revenge!" Rose growled jokingly. Rory sighed and shook her head. "Finn told me about her" She muttered as she fingered threw the rack of bathing suits.

"About who?" Steph asked half zoning out of the conversation as she eyed the boy at the cash register.

Rory glared at her and smacked her shoulder, bringing her clean out of her trance. She gave her a disapproving look then went on, "About Miss. Kitty" She joked.

"Oh?" Rose asked. "Yeah, he wasn't sure if he should say anything so he came up about it a little awkwardly. He said Logan didn't like her. Just dated her once and she got emotionally attached. He said she still tries to jump him whenever she can because he's not particularly with one girl at the moment." She stopped at a brown bathing suit and looked it over for a second. Steph hung over the size two rack and gave her big doe eyes.

"Then of course made a remark about how I was winning him over, just trying to make me feel better of course." She added quickly.

"You are." Rose replied. "What?" She asked rolling her eyes at her friend. They grabbed their suits and headed off to the fitting rooms.

"He's still being jumped by other girls, that's not exactly winning him over." She sighed.

"Trust me Rory, your winning him over quicker than you think. Before he thought Kitty was annoying but he didn't push her off of him like he did today. He knew you were watching and he didn't want to hurt you." Steph explained. "This one's too tight, it'll fit you perfectly Rory" She added as she slipped the suit off and tossed it over the wall to the fitting room beside her. Rory laughed as the bottom of the suit landed on her head. "Thanks." She muttered.

"But he still did, and that's why we sent him to dinner with the little tart." Rose added as if she were one of the conniving members of her grandmothers DAR meetings.

"You didn't!" Rory gasped and turned to stare at the wall of the fitting room Rose was in. "Yup, he looked at us as if we were sentencing him to a week alone with his father" Steph laughed.

"Poor Logan." Rory pouted. "Heads up Steph" Rose called as she flung a maroon two piece straight over Rory's stall and into Steph's.

"What did I tell you about being nice? I swear you need to be more bitchy and cynical!" Steph let out a scoff. "Something to work on." Rory chuckled. "If you're going to fight to have Logan all to yourself then you're going to have to learn to fight like a girl. That means backstabbing, rumor starting, Mean Girls type fighting." Steph explained as she looked herself over in the mirror.

"Let's remind ourselves I'm not trying to have Logan all to myself. At the beginning of this whole thing I meant to take the smug bastard down a notch. It's all, just joking around you know." She recalled and opened the door.

Rose and Steph opened their doors and stepped out. Rose walked over to the mirror and looked herself over from head to toe.

"At the beginning, sure… but what about now?" Steph asked with a raised eyebrow. Rory opened her mouth to reply but quickly closed it. Her eyebrows fell in confusion as her head turned to the side. Had their playing around with each other become something serious? When did it go from a game to something real?' she thought. She stood in place lost in deep thought as Steph smirked and slowly joined Rose at the mirror to leave her friend to that thought.

"Is this suit too slutty?" Rose asked as she turned her head to look at herself from behind. "Hmm…I'm not sure." Steph muttered and tapped her chin in thought. "Excuse me? Sir," She called lifting her arm in the air and snapping her fingers to get the college boys attention. He glanced up from his magazine and smiled seductively.

"My friend and I are in need of a…male's opinion."

StopDropNRoll

I'm sorry it took so long, once again my internet decided to shut down on me. But now I've got it fixed and hopefully it won't happen again or the apple people and I are going to have a heart to heart. Here are 8,727 words, 17 pages to make it up to you.

stranger12 – thank you for telling me. I'm not up to date with all the origins of names and everything. I should have really looked it up before I put it in the story. I hope no one's offended!!

sedlakova – I'm so sorry I traumatized you! Lol. One of my friends recently ruined my childhood by telling me a story about what one of the workers did at one of the pizza places we used to eat at all the time. So I know how you feel. haha

friendly advice- Your right, I can't believe that the spell check wouldn't pick up on that. Hopefully it hasn't happened twice.

AlwaysHoldingOn – The brown reference was from when Rose suggested he wear brown on his date (AKA cooking lesson) with Rory. He insisted it wasn't a date but decided to change into the sweater anyway.

Thanks to all who reviewed!!! I hope to continue to hear from you!! - - StopDropNRoll