A/N: Ok guys, I finally have a chance to write a proper note. I just want to apologize about not updating. I know that are annoying and frustrating, and believe me I really hate doing it. But, like I said, I had every intention of updating quickly. As for the gap between chapter 2 and chapter 3, this is a result of having no inspiration and a complete overload of school work. I really do apologize for it. Believe me, my best friends gave me hell for it and finally forced me to sit down and write something. I never intended to go so long without an update. Thanks to the 51 who put me on alerts, and the 26 who put this as a favorite, it means a lot to me.

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livs1230: the songs that I used in Chapter 2 were;

I Knew I Loved You, by Savage Garden

I'll Be, by Edwin McCain

Wonderwall, by Oasis

Truly, Madly, Deeply, by Savage Garden

What Makes You Different, by Backstreet Boys

Never Had A Dream Come True, by S Club 7

100 Years, Five for Fighting

Time of Your Life, Greenday

Ok and now without further ado (by the way, it will not take me as long to update next time), oh someone asked if this was at Chilton or Yale, its at Chilton:

Until she felt his hand running up her left arm and became aware of a new feeling on her middle finger. Rory looked down and sitting on her was the most beautiful ring she'd ever seen. It had three stones, two diamonds on either side of a peridot, her birthstone. He watched her reaction and then watched her sit there in awe for a few minutes, just staring at her ring. Logan was so lost in her that he hardly heard her whispering, "Logan it's beautiful, I love it."

"That ring's beauty," he said softly into her ear, sending shivers down her spine, "is nothing compared to the beauty of the one wearing it."

Rory smiled at Logan, kissed him, but didn't say anything else; she knew her actions said more than her would could. She leaned back into him and enjoyed the feeling of having his arms around her.

The gentle drumming of the rain against the windows lulled her to sleep. Logan felt her relax, heard her breathing even out, and knew that she had finally fallen asleep.

The next morning, Logan was jarred awake by the shrill of the phone. He tried to move but felt a weight on top of him; he opened his eyes and saw Rory lying there, still fast asleep. Logan gently moved her to the side and covered her with the blanket again.

After he answered the phone and heard the voice on the other end, he instantly wished he had ignored the call.

"Hello?"

"Logan, its jack."

"What do you want?"

"I haven't been able to get hold of Rory; I'm really starting to get worried about her. Did you take her home yesterday?"

Logan wanted to strangle him, how can he possibly be worried about her, it took him 12 hours to call me, and he's the damn reason she's upset! "Rory's fine Jack, don't worry about her, she's here with me."

"Can I talk to her?"

"No."

"Why the hell not, she's my girlfriend, its important!"

"I don't care if it's important or not, even if I wanted to let you talk to her, I couldn't. She's still asleep. But don't want you to talk to her."

"Again, why the hell not!"

"Because I have strong suspicion that you're the reason I found her crying her eyes out in an abandoned classroom yesterday!"

Logan hung up before Jack could respond. He knew it was only a matter of time before Jack made his way over to Logan's house; Jack would be let right in, he'd been on the "approved" list for years.

Logan called down to security to fix that issue. "Hey Carter its Logan. Look, I need you to do me a favor and put Jack on the "do not admit" list. I don't want him near this house anymore; I'm officially revoking his standing admittance pass."

"Logan you sure you want to do that? Jack's one of you're best friends."

"Yes I'm sure. He's not my best friend anymore; I don't want to be friends with a guy who hurt the most important person in my life."

"What the hell did he do to Rory!"

Logan chuckled; Carter loved Rory like a little sister and would do anything for her. "Down Carter. I don't know yet, but it can't have been good. I found her crying after school yesterday."

"Jackass…Consider it done Logan. He won't be let in anymore. Give Rory a hug for me, ok?"

"Thanks Carter, I will."

After he hung up, Logan went back over to Rory. Her eyes were open, she'd heard his conversation. He climbed back onto the window seat and took her in his arms. Rory nuzzled her face into his neck.

"Morning Ace. Sleep well?"

She moved her face slightly away from his neck, "mmmhmm. I slept very well."

Rory looked straight into his eyes, "Logan, why did you tell Carter not to let Jack in?"

He sighed, at least she didn't hear me talk to Jack. "Because, I know he's the reason you were upset last night and I don't want him anywhere near you."

"He called didn't he?"

"Yeah he did. He called last night too when you were in the shower, but I turned the phone off."

"thank you, I didn't want to talk to him." She paused and her eyes filled with panic. "Oh my god! I never called my mother, she must be worried sick!"

Rory bolted up to go get her cell phone. Logan grabbed her around the waist and pulled her down on top of him. "Ace, don't worry. I called Aunt Lorelai last night and told her you'd be here. She knows where you are, she's not worried about you."

He felt her relax into his arms, he loved holding her like this.

"Thank you Logan," she leaned up and softly kissed him on the lips. "I don't know what I'd do with out you."

Logan kissed her forehead as she closed her eyes, "me either Ace, me either…"

They both drifted back to sleep.

When Logan woke up a few hours later, he noticed that Rory wasn't next to him. He quickly scanned the room and found her on the couch with her cell phone. She was checking her voice and text messages.

He walked over to her and sat down. "What are you doing?"

"Checking messages. There's about twenty voice messages and a million text messages from Jack."

Logan saw her tense up when she thought about him. He hoped that she'd tell him what happened soon; he hated seeing her like this. Whatever Jack had done, it had to have been pretty bad for her to be so upset.

Rory looked over at Logan who was deep in thought. She knew that he was wondering what happened and that she had to tell him. I just want to deal with Jack too.

"Hey Logan?"

"Yeah Ace?"

"Can you drive me to school? I need to pick up something I left there yesterday and I don't want to go alone."

Rory knew that Jack had practice on Saturday and that they would run into him. She wanted to kill two birds with one stone.

"Sure Ace, why don't you go take a shower and get ready and then we'll go."

Logan parked the car next to the school and got out to open Rory's door. He automatically put his hand around her waist, protecting her. Rory leaned into him, grateful that he was with her.

They made their way through the halls to Rory's locker. When they passed through the intersection where Rory had found Jack the day before, she tensed up and moved closer to Logan, he tightened his grip, but said nothing to her.

He wanted to make sure that Rory felt safe, so he never broke contact with her. Even when they were at her locker, he kept his hand on her hip, rubbing small circles on her skin to comfort her.

Rory closed her locker and let out a sigh of relief. They had yet to run into Jack and she was somewhat thankful. While she walked with Logan, she put her head on his shoulder. He kissed her temple, reassuring her that everything was ok.

As the doors to the parking lot drew closer and the lot itself became visible, Logan felt her clench up in fear. His eyes quickly searched for the source, it became instantly apparent what the problem was. He was leaning against their car.

Logan turned her and took her into his arms. "Don't worry about him, I'm here with you, I wont let anything happen."

She whispered weakly, "I know."

"Ready?"

"Yeah, let's go."

He put his arm around her waist again, pulling her close, she leaned against him again. They walked through the doors and out to the car.

Jack's head snapped up when he heard the doors to the school open. He got up and went over to Rory. He saw Logan's arm around her and gave him a look full of contempt.

"Rory, I need to talk to you. Alone."

Rory looked up at him, her eyes were full of hate. "Jack, anything you have to say to me, you can say in front of Logan. I'm not going anywhere with you."

"This is none of his business. I want to speak to you alone."

San was getting angry, "I'm not going with you. You think this is none of his business?"

Jack let out an exasperated sigh, "duh!"

Logan pulled her closer to him, Rory smiled at him.

"I think Logan would find the conversation very interesting. I think he'd find the explanation of your saying that I didn't matter to you and how you've been cheating on me with Louise very interesting."

When Logan heard this he lost it, he let go of Rory and moved her behind him. "YOU WHAT! YOU CHEATED ON HER!"

He didn't hesitate before punched Jack's face. He heard the bone crack, but he didn't care. Jack deserved whatever he got.

Jack stumbled but didn't try to fight back. He knew that Logan was a better fighter than he was; he'd fought on Logan's side enough times to know that he didn't stand a chance, especially when it came to Rory. "What the hell Logan!"

"You deserve worse than that. I hope I broke your nose."

Logan turned away in disgust, held out his hand to Rory, and said, "come on let's go home. He's not worth it."

Rory took Logan's hand and began to walk away. Jack was angry at the whole situation and before he knew what he was doing, he said, "sure run to Logan, you always were his little toy. I wouldn't be surprised if you already gave it up to him."