AN: Here is the second one shot. Per Blairbear014's request here is Waking Up in Vegas.

I bumped the rating up to T for a few minor swears and adult content.

I don't own the show or the song!


Why are these lights so bright? Did we get hitched last night? – Katy Perry

Rory woke up and it felt like there were elephants practicing ballet in her head. She gingerly opened her eyes, finding the lashes stuck together from her failure to remove her makeup the night before. She stretched and hit something solid on the other side of the bed.

"Ugh," the mass groaned.

"Sorry babe," she said.

"Where are we?" he asked.

"Uh, Vegas I think."

"Please tell me we didn't get married!" Logan exclaimed.

She smiled to herself, and then decides to tell the truth since her headache wouldn't allow her to hear more yelling. "Don't worry babe, it wasn't us." She looked down at the sparkling engagement ring on her fourth finger. "Ours is still coming."

"But someone did get married?" he asked.

"Yeah, Colin and Steph, don't you remember? It was your idea."

"It was my idea?"

"Yep. You really don't remember?" she asked him. He shook his head no. "What's the last thing you remember?"

"Uhm, we were at the Life and Death Brigade Reunion at Rich Man's Shoe," he said sheepishly.

"Logan! That was two days ago!" Rory exclaimed.

"So why don't you fill me in on the details?" he asked with a smile. "Quietly."


Two days earlier

Rory and Logan entered Rich Man's Shoe to find the place packed with people who were active members of the Life and Death Brigade five years earlier. The LDB had several types of reunions, whole club reunions for all past and present members, alumni reunions for the alums, and the smaller year based reunions, only people who were active members in the designated year were invited. This was a year-based reunion from Logan's last year of college.

"Huntz!" They heard a drunken voice scream from the corner. Rory looked toward the sound to find Finn, Colin, Rosemary, Juliet, Stephanie, Robert and Seth occupying a large table in the corner. She grabbed Logan's hand and pulled him towards their friends.

"Hey guys," she said shyly from beside him. She and Logan had been back together for a while, they were even engaged, but she hadn't seen any of his friends except Colin, Finn and Stephanie since before she turned down his first proposal four years earlier. They all looked at her curiously.

"Reporter Girl!" Colin said drunkenly.

"Hey Rory," Steph said with a smile.

"Love!" Finn called jumping up to spin her around.

"Hey Finn. You wanna put me down?" she asked with a giggle. By the time Finn finally put her down, Logan was already in conversation with the rest of the table, so Rory settled in next to Stephanie.

"How are the wedding plans going?" Steph asked.

"Between my grandmother and Logan's mother, I think all I have to do is show up," Rory told her.

"Better than planning it yourself."

"Not really. I have absolutely no say in any of it, except who's a member of my wedding party. Seriously, if I had it to do over, I'd just elope," she explained. "So how are you? How are things going with Colin?"

"I'm doing well. Work is keeping me busy."
"And Colin?" Rory reminded her.

Stephanie leaned in to answer Rory, but was interrupted by Finn's triumphant return to the table with an entire tray full of shots.

"Huntz! You got here late, you and Reporter Girl need to catch up!" he exclaimed as he set the tray down on the table.

"Ace?" Logan asked tentatively, "you up for the challenge?"

"Absolutely… not!"

"How bout just one extra for Finny?" Finn pleaded.

"Fine!" she agreed. So they lined up the shots, one for everyone at the table, two for Rory and three for Logan, so he could catch up.

"Lick the salt… drink the drink… suck the lime, got it?" Finn instructed as though none of them had ever done a tequila shot before.

"We're not total amateurs," Robert shot back at him.

"Glasses up everyone," Finn continued completely ignoring Robert. Once everyone had their glasses up he held his up a little further. "Cheers!"

"Cheers!" everyone chorused, then they all downed their shots. Rory and Logan went on to quickly have a round two, and Logan again for a round three.

"Are you happy Finn?" Rory asked while Logan finished his final shot.

"Yes Love," Finn told her.

"Good." Rory then turned her attention back to Stephanie and the conversation they'd been interrupted from. "So things with Colin?" she said again feeling a little warm and fuzzy from the tequila.

Stephanie sighed, "I'm beginning to wonder if he's ever going to propose."

"You've only been dating two years!" Rory said trying to help her find perspective.

"You and Logan are engaged, and you've been back together only a little more than a year," Stephanie shot back at her.

"It took Logan more than two years to propose the first time," Rory said trying to bolster her argument.

"I guess," Steph said glumly.

"Hey Colin," Rory called out to him. The tequila was affecting her more quickly than it used to.

"Yeah?" Colin called back in his drunken state.

"Don't you want to marry Steph?"

"Of course I do!" he slurred. Stephanie's face lit up with a smile.

"Then why the heck haven't you asked her?"

"What if she says no?" he said, suddenly recoiling in horror at the thought of rejection.

"If you don't ask you'll never know man," Logan chimed in.

"A single 'No' broke your heart and left you miserable for well over a year," Colin told him. "Are you telling me it was worth it?"

"That is all in the past," Logan told him, snaking his arm around Rory. "And if you must know, totally worth it."

Rory was shocked to hear that Logan found her initial denial now worth it. If she could go back and change one thing, it would probably be saying yes to him the first time, but then again, they both grew up a lot in their two years apart.

"So ask her then," Rory told Colin as Stephanie blushed deep red beside her.

"Stephanie Vanderbilt, will you marry me?" Colin asked drunkenly.

"Yes!" she squealed loudly.

"We should go to Vegas right now!" Logan said, with Finn nodding in agreement next to him. "Get these two married right away!"

"Okay!" Colin said. "Steph?"

"I'm in. Rory will you be my maid of honor?" she asked.

"Uh, sure!" Rory told her as she looked at Rosemary and Juliet hoping they weren't too upset.

"Rose, Jule, I want you two to be bridesmaids too!" Stephanie exclaimed.

"Of course!" they answered simultaneously.

"I'll call and get one of the Huntzberger planes ready immediately," Logan said. He'd had just as much to drink as the others, but seemed to be the most sober of the bunch. "How many of us are going?"

"You, me, Reporter Girl, Colin, Steph," Finn listed off, then looked at the rest of the table, "Any of the rest of you lot going?"

"Juliet and I are coming!" Rosemary added excitedly.

"I'm going," Seth added.

"I'm not. I have to work in the morning," Robert grumbled. Rory was slightly thankful for this, after Finn's Tarantino themed birthday bash, she always felt slightly awkward around Robert.


"So, an hour later we were all on one of the private Huntzberger jets headed off to Las Vegas," Rory told Logan.

"But that was still more than 24 hours ago. What happened after we got on the plane?" Logan asked.

"Well, you know Finn…"


Later in the night, two days earlier

"One for you, and one for you, and one for you," Finn continued as he passed around bottles of liquor to everyone on the plane.

"But Finn, I don't like vodka," Logan moaned. Finn snatched the bottle of scotch from Rory's hands and switched it with the bottle of vodka in Logan's.

"All better!" Finn said.

Rory opened her bottle of vodka and took a small sip. There was no way she was going to drink the whole bottle, mixers or not. She made herself a vodka tonic, then when the plane hit cruising altitude she made her way to the ladies room with her bottle, 'accidentally' dumping it down the sink, and sneakily refilling the bottle with water.


"You sneak!" Logan exclaimed. "Why didn't you do the same for me?"

"Scotch isn't clear babe," she told him with a smile. "Now do you want me to get on with the story?"

Logan nodded, then paused. "Can we order room service first? I could kill for some coffee!"

"Sure, but only coffee, we're meeting the others for brunch at 11:30."

He looked down at his watch and noticed it was already 10:30, "okay." He reached over to grab the phone and dial room service.

"You know, a couple of muffins wouldn't completely ruin brunch," Rory told him with a smile.

"That's my Ace," he smiled back, then placed the order. "Ten minutes… now where were we?"


Yesterday morning

"Viva Las Vegas, people!" Finn bellowed.

"Get your asses off my plane!" Logan added drunkenly.

The eight mostly drunken members of the Life and Death Brigade stumbled off the plane and into a waiting stretch limo.

"Where to?" the driver asked.

"Finn where are we staying?" Rory asked, being the only relatively sober person there.

"The Bellagio, love," Finn informed her as though she should have known better.

"Uhm, the Bellagio," she told the driver.

The drive was fairly uneventful until Stephanie realized that the limo had a sunroof, which she promptly opened and stood up through, and yelled "I'm getting married today!!!"

"I know you are sweetie," Rory said patiently as she pulled Steph back into the car. "But the rest of the world doesn't care, especially not at 4 o'clock in the morning.

Stephanie pouted on the remainder of the ride to the hotel, which luckily wasn't that far.

Some time between the airport and the hotel Rory realized that Finn wasn't nearly as drunk as he pretended to be. So when they got out of the car at the hotel she sidled up next to him. "So, Finny, what's the plan?"

He tried momentarily to feign innocence, but gave up. "You herd the girls through the spa and help Steph pick out a dress. I'll order tuxes for the guys and pretty much make sure they have a good time gambling. Lets meet at the chapel in the hotel at 6:30. I'll call ahead and book it."

"Okay," she told him, completely shocked that he had a plan.

"And love?" he started. She looked up at him. "Shhhh." He put his fingers to his mouth, then stumbled off in the direction of the guys. "Mates!!! Where's the black jack table!?"

Rory stopped at the counter and enquired about spa services. Apparently the spa didn't open until 7:00, so they had a few hours to kill. She checked everyone into suites with Logan's Black Card, and then turned to face her friends.

"So, girls! The spa doesn't open for another few hours. Do you want to gamble? Or take a nap?" she asked chipperly.

"Gamble!" Rosemary called. Man this girl was perfect for Finn.

"Nap!" Steph said tiredly. Her buzz finally wearing down.

"Bride wins!" Rory exclaimed, "nap it is!"

The four women stepped into the elevator and Rory punched the button for the 25th floor.


"You got a nap!" Logan said loudly. "Why I didn't I get a nap?"

"I don't think you wanted one… you were pretty happy to go off gambling with Finn."


Three hours later a call from the front desk woke them to remind them of the spa appointments, and soon, all of them were sitting in plush robes waiting for various treatments. "Rory Gilmore?" a voice called.

"Yes?" she said as she looked up.

"Right this way for your massage."

Rory followed the woman into a small room, and waited for her to leave so she could strip off her robe and climb onto the table. She took this one moment of privacy to text Finn. You might want to sober Colin up a little, he'd hate to not remember his own wedding.

She slid her phone back into her robe pocket hoping Finn would get the message and climbed on the table for the massage.

After the wonderful 90 minute massage, Rory checked her phone to find a response from Finn. Good call Love! What about your Mate?

She was surprised that Finn was actually thinking about that. She really never gave him enough credit. Let him be however he wants. Thanks though.

She smiled and dropped the phone back into her pocket, and headed for her next appointment.

Several hours later all four of the women had been buffed and polished, and were happily sipping champagne in the sauna.

"I need a dress!" Stephanie exclaimed, suddenly remembering her wedding.

Luckily for them, with a Black Card (or eight in this case) there's virtually nothing that can't be accomplished.

At 4:00 sharp, everyone had a dress that fit perfectly, including the bride, and they were all seated in a row to get their hair and make up done, drinking more champagne.


"What did I do all day?" Logan asked.

"I'm not really sure babe, you'll have to ask Finn and Colin," she told him.

"You don't know at all?" he asked.

"If you'd just wait I'll tell you what I know," she said with a devilish grin.


Last night

"It's 6:15," one of the stylists told them.

"We have to go, we have to be at the chapel at 6:30!" Rory said.

"I'm getting married," Stephanie sang.

"Yah you are!" Rosemary and Juliet cheered her on.

Rory paid the salon bill, and ushered the others towards the chapel. Standing outside was Finn in his perfect black tuxedo.

"Hello ladies!" he called in a wolfish manner.

"Hi Finny!" Rosemary said with a giggle.

"Ace!" Logan called as he came out of the chapel. "Where have you been? You look beautiful!"

"You look pretty good yourself there. You need me to tie your tie?" she asked.

"Sure," he told her, even though he could probably tie a bowtie in his sleep.

"So how was your day?" she asked as she stood in front of him. He did look incredible in his black tuxedo, his hair artfully mussed, smelling of scotch and aftershave.

"I won ten grand playing poker!" he told her with a grin.

"Congratulations!" she told him with a smile.

"I'm paying for the wedding dinner to celebrate," he added. She loved that he was so generous.

"I'm glad."

"I missed you," he slurred slightly. He wrapped his arms around her and kissed her on the head. "Don't go away for that long again."

Before she could respond, Finn spoke up. "Okay people, it's time." Rory noticed that everyone was outside except Colin, who she assumed was standing at the alter. "Seth and Juliet go first, then me and Rosemary, then Logan and Reporter Girl, and Steph you follow Rory okay?" he directed.

"Got it!" they all chorused from around him.


"So did I buy everyone dinner?" Logan asked.

"Yep. And lots and lots of drinks. Hence the reason you don't remember anything."

"How was the wedding?" he asked curiously.

"I'll let Colin tell you about that," she said with a smile.

"What happened after the wedding?"

"We ate, and drank, and I don't remember any more," she told him. "I had a lot to drink last night too you know." She took another sip of the coffee that room service had delivered. "Now we should probably hit the shower, they're expecting us shortly."

"Okay," he said as he finished his last swallow of coffee. "You're going to join me aren't you?" He gave her a seductive wink as he headed towards the bathroom.

"Wild horses couldn't stop me," she told him as she got out of bed and followed him to the bathroom.


AN: so there you have it, or part of it. Rory and Logan in Vegas for Colin's wedding.

What do you want to hear next? Pick the song and I'll tell you the story. Colin's side of this story? Logan asking Shira for the Huntzberger heirloom ring? Mitchum as a softie? You tell me.

For those of you that got here from Blood Is Thicker Than Water – I'm sorry to say that one really is done this time, but if you want to hear more about Rory and Logan – pick the next song in your review!

Thank you for reading! - S