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Chapter 6

Rory and Lorelai had arrived at the Gilmore Mansion for their weekly dinner, Rory a little apprehensive. Emily opened the door. "Hello, hello!" She beamed at them.

"Um...hi Grandma." Rory said.

"Hi mom." Lorelai said.

"Come in, come in!" She said. She then led them into the dining room where they saw a blonde haired boy talking to Richard. "Rory, Lorelai, this is Logan Huntzberger. Logan, this is our daughter Lorelai and our granddaughter Rory." She smiled.

Logan gave them a cheeky smile and said hello to them. "It's nice to meet you." He said.

"Yeh you too.." Rory said.

"Logan is a close family friend. We are close friends with his parents. He comes from a very respectable family. I just know you two will get along well." Emily explained.

Lorelai knew what was going on though. "Um mom..." She said.

"Let's leave them to it, shall we?" Emily said, ignoring Lorelai.

"Um Grandma..." Rory said, annoyed at her obvious dig at Jess.

"You'll just love Logan. You two should have a lot in common." Emily said.

"I need the bathroom. I'll be back in a minute." Rory said rushing off.

Lorelai was annoyed at her mom for obviously setting Rory up and embarrassing her. She looked at Logan who did look a bit embarrassed himself.

Rory rushed to the bathroom and got out her phone and rang a familiar number.

"Hello?" Jess answered.

"Help!" Rory said.

Jess chuckled. "What's happened?"

"My grandma's set me up! She said it would be amazing if I could be friends with this Logan guy. Apparently he comes from a respectable family!" She ranted.

"Ah..." Jess said, slightly irritated at Emily's attempt to give Rory new friends.

"Please come!" She begged.

"What?" Jess said surprised.

"Please! I need my best friend! Please Jess!" Rory begged.

Jess smiled at the best friend bit. "I'll be right there." He sighed.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" She said and hung up.

She took a deep breath and went back to the living room. Only Logan was there. "Oh. Hi." She said awkardly.

"Hey." He smiled.

"Where is everyone?" Rory asked.

"Well Richard's gone to his study to make some calls and I think your mom has gone to shout at Emily." He said giving her a cheeky grin.

Rory couldn't help but warm to him. "This is so awkward..." She admitted.

"Just a bit!" Logan smirked. "Don't worry, I'm in the same position as you." He said.

"Same position?" Rory asked confused but also relieved that he felt as weird about this as she did.

"I've had this best friend for years now. Her name's Sarah. However, my family don't exactly approve of her so they've obviously talked to your grandparents to try and set us up." He said.

"Wow..." Rory said.

"Who's your friend then?"

"Jess. I've known him since I was 10." Rory said. "He should be here soon actually. I called him and practically begged him to come."

Logan laughed. "Well I look forward to meeting him."

"So you and Sarah? Are you going out?" Rory asked.

"No. We're just really good friends. How about you and Jess?" He asked.

"Same." Rory smiled.

The doorbell than rang. "Wow he made good time!" Rory said.

The maid answered the door and let Jess in. Since Emily and Lorelai were in the poolhouse, Jess went in and saw Rory in the living room.

"Jess!" Rory smiled.

"Hey!" He said. "Where is everyone?" He asked looking round.

"Trying to give me and Logan some alone time, except for my mom who is probably shouting at my grandma!" Rory smirked.

"That sounds like your mom." Jess chuckled. He then looked at Logan. "Hey, I'm Jess."

"So I've heard. It's good to meet you." Logan smiled. "Me and Rory have just been discussing the similarities in our situation."

"Yeh, apparently both of our families don't approve of our choice in friends." Rory said. "Well just grandma in my case!" She said.

Jess just smirked. He liked the look of Logan. "So who's your friend then?"

"Sarah. She's great. We met when we were kids and have remained friends ever since. She loves books and reading. She would have laughed at this situation!" Logan chuckled. "You two should meet her. She'd like you."

"That sounds good." Rory smiled, glad that her grandma's plans on sabotaging her friendship with Jess had backfired. She also was glad that Jess and Logan were getting along as she found herself liking him more and more.

They were interrupted just then by Emily and Lorelai coming back in, both looking angry. Lorelai did smirk when she saw Jess there though. "Hey Jess! Fancy seeing you here?"

Jess smirked. "Well I just thought to myself that I just couldn't miss dinner at the Gilmores because it was so much fun last time." He said sarcastically.

Emily narrowed her eyes. "What are you doing here?"

"Rory called me." He said.

"You weren't invited."

"I know." Jess said. "But Rory called and she sounded quite desperate so..."

"But this was for Logan to meet Rory. They can't get to know each other with you here." She said stiffly.

"It's no bother Emily. From what I've heard, Rory and Jess sort of come as a package deal so it's only right I meet him too." Logan intervened. "We've had so much fun getting to know each other. I just think me, Sarah, Rory and Jess will get along fine. I should thank you really." He said with a cheeky smirk.

Rory stifled a laugh, Jess smirked and even Lorelai looked amused.

"Anyway, I better get going. I told Sarah I'd meet her at 8." Logan said getting up.

"Sarah?" Emily said.

"Yeh my best friend of 10 years. Surely my parents mentioned her to you?" Logan smirked. He turned to Rory and Jess. "It was nice meeting both of you. We should have that drink sometime." He said, going to leave. Before he left, Logan turned round and winked at Rory who blushed.

Emily was fuming. How could Logan like this hoodlum? And who was this Sarah? This had all gone wrong! She was so sure Rory would forget all about Jess after meeting Logan.

Rory broke the silence. "Well as fun as this has been, I think we should go." She said.

"Rory, we have a contract!" Emily said.

"Yeh and I agreed to the contract because I thought it'd be nice to get to know you better but I can see exactly what mom sees now." Rory said.

"Rory!" Emily said shocked. "Who will pay for Chilton? Your mother obviously can't afford it."

"I'm sure I could find the money." Rory said. "Maybe I will get a job in the diner..." She said. She then took Jess' arm and left.

Emily turned on Lorelai. "You! You turned her against me! You hate me that much!"

"Mom, I think you did that yourself. Do you really think Rory would just desert Jess for a guy she barely knows? If you knew Rory, you would know that would never happen!" Lorelai said. "Bye mom."

She then went out and drove Rory and Jess home.

"I'm so sorry hon." Lorelai said to Rory. "What she said was wrong."

"It's ok. Logan was actually alright." Rory said.

"Really?"

"Yeh he was just as embarrassed. We've agreed to meet for a drink with him and his friend." Rory said.

"Wow...I never thought you'd actually like people like him..." Lorelai mused.

"He was cool." Jess admitted. "I thought he'd be a jerk but he wasn't."

"Ha, well I guess her plan backfired then." Lorelai laughed.

"It did. Her face when she saw Jess and Logan conversing..." Rory smirked.

"That was pretty funny." Jess smirked.

They kept driving home chatting about the evening. Rory looked down at her phone and smiled at Logan's number.

So what did you think? Thought I'd bring Logan in a bit earlier! Let me know your thoughts! Love reading your reviews! :)