Okay so I tried to make the paragraph shorter (aside from the last paragraph), so let me know if this formatting is better. Also I'm sorry it's kind of short and took a while to write!
The next morning, Rory wakes up to texts from her mom, Lane, Paris and Logan. After quickly responding to Lane, sending a meticulously thought out text to Paris, and quick a synopsis of her date with Logan and the promise of a phone call to her mom, she sighs and opens Logan's text. Rory wasn't really sure what she was expecting Logan to say, probably just an explanation as to why they couldn't date again, but his text very simply read, 'I had a great time last night. Coffee tomorrow?' and Rory smiled. The gala had been on a Thursday night, so it was Saturday morning and Rory had gotten the chance to sleep in a little after having stayed out late two nights in a row. She typed out 'coffee sounds great if you're still up for it', begins to start getting ready for the day.
A few minutes later, her phone buzzes with a new text from Logan, 'coffee it is. I'll be at your apartment in half an hour?' and Rory responds and finishes getting ready. Punctual as usual, Logan arrives thirty minutes later sporting a grey sweater. "Logan! Where is your suit? I thought your father taught you better!" Rory exclaims, pretending to do a double take when she opens to the door. "Ha-ha. Nice to see you too." Logan says, mimicking Rory, but then leaning over to kiss her on the cheek. "Good morning, Ace." He says, smiling at her, and looking at her like she hung the moon herself. "Good morning, Logan." Rory replies, smiling back. "Ready to go?" Logan asks, and Rory grabs her purse and nods definitively.
After Rory locks the door to her apartment, and they begin to walk down the hall towards the elevator. "So no Holly this morning?" Logan asks, pressing the down button on the elevator. "No. She is spending the weekend at her boyfriend's apartment." Rory replies. "Have you met said boyfriend?" Logan asks, as they step into the elevator. "Yeah he's nice. He's not my editor, or even an editor at all, he does not know Krav Maga, and he isn't in love with me, so I approve." "All good qualities I look for in a roommate's boyfriend." "mhmm me too" Rory says, laughing a little, causing Logan to laugh too. "Good lord Doyle was weird." Logan says, laughing harder, and Rory nods, laughing harder along with him. "I lived with him twice! Twice!" Rory exclaims, and they step out of the elevator. "I lived with him too!" Logan exclaims back, and Rory shakes her head.
"There's a coffee shop down the street from here, if you want to go there." Rory says, once they've stepped outside and gotten over their laughter. "That sounds good." Logan replies, and grabs Rory's hand, causing Rory to smile widely without Logan noticing. "So how are you this morning? I never asked, we got straight to talking about Doyle, which to be honest, is not my ideal type of morning." Logan asks, after walking for about a minute in silence. "I am in need of coffee, but other than that I'm great." Rory says, smiling up at Logan. "Well, we are about to change that." Logan says, opening the door to the coffee shop for Rory. "How are you this morning?" Rory asks back, once they're in the door. "I'm fantastic." Logan says, smiling at Rory and walking to the line.
Once they've ordered their coffees, they sit down at a table towards the back of the not-too-crowded coffee shop. "So any big plans for today?" Rory asks after sitting down. "Lots and lots of unpacking. Some of my boxes from London finally came, so that is today's project." Logan says, grabbing Rory's hands from across the table. "You know, I am great at unpacking." "Oh really? That's why I brought all your boxes up to your room when you moved in with Paris the second time, right?" Logan says, tilting his head at Rory. "Hey! You just carried the boxes upstairs and I did the rest of the work myself! Plus, you're a manly man so you're supposed to do things like carry boxes." Rory exclaimed, throwing her hands up, causing Logan to laugh. "Hey! Don't laugh or I won't come over and you will be stuck to unpack everything all by yourself, mister." She said, now pointing at him. "I don't think you've ever called me, or anyone for that matter, a manly man." Logan says, laughing again. "But, I would love your help, thank you." "you're welcome" Rory replied, still in an angry tone, with her arms across her chest.
A minute later their coffee is brought to their table and Rory sits back up from her slouched back position. "So are you writing anything exciting at the moment? I read the stuff that you've written for Condé Nast and it's all amazing." Logan says, watching Rory sip her coffee. "Always so flattering. But, I'm finishing up a piece on how China is becoming a bigger superpower, but other than that, December has been pretty dull as far as world events." Rory says, and Logan nods. "Do you know when you have to go back to London?" Rory asks, wondering how long her now-boyfriend would be in town. "I'm not sure, probably not until the new year, but maybe even later." Logan says, and Rory looks down and smiles. "What about you? Any travelling planned?" "Aside from Stars Hollow for Christmas, not really. There has been conversation about a trip to D.C. in early January to hear the U.S. Constitution be read, which I would love to cover, but that's not definite yet." "That sounds great, Rory."
"Hey. Would you want to come to Stars Hollow for the winter carnival and the snowman competition and Christmas?" Rory asks, regretting it once she asked. They had promised to go slow and this was definitely not slow. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked. We decided slow and me inviting you-" "I would love to. Mitchum is setting off to who knows where for Christmas, Honor is spending it with Josh and his family, and my mom is checked into a spa in Arizona until January." Logan says, grinning at Rory. "It's only two weeks away though and the whole thing is like a week and a half thing." Rory says, feeling bad for asking, even though Logan had agreed. "Ace. I want to go. It sounds great, plus I've never been to the Stars Hollow Winter Carnival." Logan says, grabbing Rory's hands and kissing them. "This is true. It is an event you can't miss." Rory says, finally smiling back at Logan.
"Were you going to spend Christmas alone?" Rory asks, a few minutes later, once she had finished off her coffee. "What?" "When you were talking, you said Mitchum was going somewhere, your mom was at some spa, and Honor was with Josh's family. What were you going to do for Christmas?" Rory asked, concerned about Logan's previous holiday plans. "Oh, I was going to spend it with Honor and Josh, but to be honest, I've been looking for ways to get out of that for weeks now." "Well, now you are going to get to experience the Gilmore Christmas." Rory said, grinning. "Oh my god. I have to tell my mom." She said, realizing, that in her synopsis of the date she had failed to mention that her and Logan were back together. "I don't know how highly your mom thinks of me now." Logan says, now also worried for Lorelai's reaction. "Yeah, not very highly." Rory said, panicking a little. Her mom had said she was happy he made her happy, but she wasn't sure how Lorelai would feel about her dating Logan again. "Okay. We're going to go back to my apartment and talk about what to say to your mom, then you can panic for 3, maybe 5 minutes, then you have to call her." Logan says, seeing the panicked look on Rory's face, and Rory nodded.
After they leave the coffee shop, Logan grabs Rory's hand and they walk away from Rory's apartment. "How do you get home from my place, by the way?" Rory asks, furrowing her eyebrows. "You're not going to believe me." "What?" "I take the train." "The train?! Logan Huntzberger, you take public transportation?! Does Mitchum know?!" Rory exclaims, mostly sarcastically, causing Logan to laugh. "Shut up Gilmore and think about what you're going to tell you mom." Logan says, still laughing.
"Okay I am going to tell her that we talked about what happened at my graduation party and my graduation." "But we didn't." "Yes but she doesn't need to know that, at least not right now. Except for the fact that she will know, because Lorelai knows everything." Rory says, biting the fingernails of the hand Logan wasn't holding. "So we'll have a real, grown-up discussion about it. Next." Logan says, grabbing Rory's other hand and putting it by her side. "I need to tell her that I'm really glad I'm back with you and that we are taking it really slowly and that I'll be careful and that even though you broke my heart, you won't do it again. And I need to tell her that I love you and that I know you love me back and that this is what I want." Rory says, seeming to forget her company, and Logan begins to feel very sad for the effect he had on Rory. "Rory I'm so, so sorry." Logan starts. "It's okay. I kind of forgot you were there." Rory says, looking down. "It's okay. Rory, listen. I am so sorry. Everyday since your graduation I have missed you, and I deeply, deeply regretting putting you in that position. I understand why you didn't say yes. You couldn't. It would have destroyed you, and I understand that now." Logan says, stopping their walking. "I was completely heartbroken over you, but now that I have you again, don't even think for a minute I'm letting you go. I can't do it again." Rory says, unable to look Logan in the eyes. "I promise not to ask you to marry me until I know we're both ready, and I promise not to do anything stupid, and I promise to never leave you ever again." Logan says, and Rory looks up again, and kisses him on the lips for the first time in two years.