12. The Next Day

Late in the afternoon the following day, Logan was listening to Rory's voicemail greeting. He couldn't believe how stupid he was the night before. How could he have allowed himself to kiss Rory? True, Rory was the one who kissed him first but he should have known better to pull away. After all, he had promised the girl that he wouldn't be attracted to her, yet somehow he had. Still, he should have thought with his head instead of his 21-year-old manly hormones. God, but why did she have to cry - the sight of her tears really burned in his brain. He had never made a girl cry; even the few who were really intent on being Mrs. Huntzberger would simply just walk away in a huff or slap him after Logan had ended any relationships with them. God, he knew it wasn't because of his kissing abilities, but that she probably was confused. Still, it was quite a blow to his ego that she would just walk away crying, and he hated himself for possibly causing her so much pain.

He didn't know what to say to her, though. Should he tell her it meant nothing to him? But, then that would be lying and he hated lying. After all, lying was what caused her to be so upset with Jess a few weeks ago. He so didn't want to be that guy. However, he couldn't give her a relationship - he was not that type of guy, especially when he wasn't going to be there next year.

He suddenly heard knocking at the door; he really hoped it was Rory. He hated the way his heart would pound. Why did the girl have to cause him to react in ways he never did before? He was surprised and had a slight feeling of disappointment when he saw Honor instead of Rory.

"Hey, what are you doing here?" Logan asked as they both hugged.

"Well, Josh and I had been dating for about six months now and Mom wanted to meet Josh…"

"How did it go?" Even though Josh came from a well-to-do family, the Huntzbergers, especially his mother had a tendency to be very picky.

"Ah! It could have gone better if Mom had not spent half the time smoking, Grandpa muttered something about how I should be with someone more suitable, blah blah... Dad was okay though…"

"Well, good for him, but I'm sorry to hear about Mom and Grandpa, Honor. I mean, Josh seemed fine in terms of his family background."

"Huntzbergers want more than fine. And Josh is considered from New Money. His dad made a lot of money in the dot com boom and not from the family business that had been passed on from generation to generation, not like us Huntzbergers, McCraes, Vanderbilts, Morgans, and Gilmores…." Honor rambled on.

Logan's face fell when he heard the last name Gilmore. God, he kept wondering how he was going to fix the situation with Rory. Should he call her again? Should he go over to her house? Should he just give her time? He had never exactly been in a disagreement with anyone in his life; with the exception of his father but he never had to deal with the aftermath of those fights.

"Logan, are you alright? You seem like miles away?" Honor asked in concern, interrupting his thoughts.

"I'm fine; I just have some things on my mind." Logan replied as he sat down on the sofa.

"What kind of things? You've always been able to talk to me in the past. You can tell me now, I promise not to judge." Honor said sympathetically.

"It's actually about a girl, believe it or not…"

"You've never had problems with girls in the past. Is one of them pregnant or something?" Honor asked curiously.

"Nope, Honor, it's not that. I'm still very careful in that department. I'm careful in a lot of aspects, yet I couldn't control myself last night when this girl kissed me…"

"Okay, Logan, I fail to see the problem here… you've been kissing girls ever since you were twelve I think…"

"Eleven, but that's not the point! I've always controlled myself to not feel anything other than pleasure. However, when this girl who is supposed to be my friend kisses me, and I have feelings I'm not suppose to have. Not to mention she walks away crying after she kisses me. It's just so damn complicated…."

"Logan, it doesn't seem complicated at all… you like her, and she probably likes you but she freaked out."

"But, I can't like her, and I can't be in a relationship with her…" Logan sighed.

"Logan, I hate to tell you this but liking someone is not something you can always control; however, if you're not ready for a relationship then you need to talk to her and maybe it will help you guys feel better." Honor reasoned.

"But, she won't return any of my phone calls. I don't know how to reach her."

"Then, she probably wants some space. Just wait for her to come to you? I'm sure, right now, she is just as confused as you are…"

"Why do you know all of these? Did you take psychology or something?"

"No, it's just female intuition. She'll come around."

"I hope so," Logan said sadly.

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In the meantime, Rory as usual was trying to keep herself busy with school and graduation preparation but she just couldn't concentrate, especially every time her phone would ring. She had so far 20 missed calls from Logan and about four messages in her voicemail. By the messages he left, he was wondering how she was doing and that he wanted to talk to her. She would smile at the sound of his voice, yet felt ashamed that this simple detail caused her to swoon. There was no denying that she really liked and was connected to Logan, and it was different from any crush she had before. She knew before she kissed him the night before, but she couldn't act on it. It wasn't just Logan's track record, it was also the fact that she didn't feel ready to be in another relationship again. She lost so much of herself when she was with Jess in the last months that she needed time to figure out what she wanted. She knew that she need to tell Logan all of this and she owed him an apology for kissing him and bailing out, but right now she just wasn't ready to say it was all a mistake.

Suddenly her door opened, "Rory, Logan is on the phone…" Lorelai called out.

Rory was surprised at how persistent he was being, but then again, she knew that he liked to deal with conflicts head on. However, Rory was still not ready to talk to him. "Tell him I'm busy, Mom…"

"Why? Did you guys have a fight? I mean you didn't really talk much about what happened last night, what did he do?" Lorelai asked, concerned.

"Nothing, Mom, somehow I was stupid to kiss him and I'm not ready to deal with the consequences…"

"Oh! Honey, how did he react? Did he kiss you back?"

"Yeah, he did, but nothing can come out of this 'cause there's like one hundred cons on why we can't we be together. Still, I can't face telling him it's a mistake when a part of me doesn't feel it wasn't…." Rory started to cry.

"Look, Rory, I don't know what to tell you, but he's probably just as confused as you are, which is why he keeps calling you. I've heard your cell phone ringing all the time. Well, I hope the calls were from him and that they are not from your anonymous caller who doesn't say anything."

"No, Mom, I put a stop to those mysterious calls last night. I just don't know what to say to Logan… I mean, I was such an idiot to kiss him. Everything was going so well last night, and then at the very end I just had this urge to simple kiss him. And I did. I think I need to get my head examined because I seem to kiss people at the wrong time…" Rory said, exasperated.

"I don't think there's anything wrong with you liking him."

"I know and I don't know what to say to him!"

"Just tell him how you feel, maybe you should go see him and maybe the half hour drive will do you some good. I know it helps me whenever I go see my parents…"

"Yeah, you're right..."

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Logan and Honor were watching a movie in the common room of his dorm suite when suddenly he heard a knock on his door. "I'm going to go get that…"

He walked straight towards the door. He was surprised to see Rory, although the expression on her face really scared him. "Hi." He said cautiously.

"Hey, I came because… well, we deserve to talk but I can see you're busy." Rory said somewhat angrily.

Logan could tell by the way Rory looked at Honor that she thought she was one of his girls. "Rory, no, she's my sister,…" wanting to put a stop to her thinking less of him.

"… she's your sister." Rory replied in relief. She also couldn't believe that she had allowed herself to feel so much anger and jealousy at the possibility of Logan being with someone else.

"Did you think I would hook up with someone while trying to get a hold of you all day?"

"No, it doesn't matter… you're free to do what you want, it's what I came to tell you." After all, she was going to tell Logan to forget about what happened last night.

"Hey, why don't we go to my room, and we can talk about this in detail, okay?"

"Okay." Rory tentatively followed Logan into the living room, Logan stopped in front of Honor. He felt that it was only proper to introduce Rory to Honor. And, it would give them a distraction from their inevitable conversation. "Rory, this is my sister Honor. Honor, this is my friend Rory Gilmore…"

"Hi! So, you're the famous Rory. I've heard so much about you…" Honor said enthusiastically.

Rory felt partially relieved to have a distraction, "Hi! I've heard so much good things about you, too."

"I'm glad, after all, I've helped my brother through a lot of crazy situations."

"I'm not surprised. How long are you here for?"

"Not for long... I went home to introduce my boyfriend to my family and thought that I would stop by…"

"How did it go?"

"Crazy…"

"I'm sorry to hear that".

"Anyway, do you want to stay and watch The Princess Bride with me…"

"I love to but Logan and I have something really important to talk about…" A part of her really wanted to sit down and watch the movie with Honor with the hope to momentarily forget her problems and besides, Honor seemed to be a fun person to talk to.

"Oh! Right, go ahead and talk with Logan. I'll just watch here."

"See you later…" Logan retorted back to Honor as he and Rory walked into his room. He hoped that their conversation would end whatever weirdness was between them.

Authors Note: I was really glad that I got a lot of reviews in the last chapter; I really hope you guys keep it up because you give me inspiration and ideas.