"I have left over pizza in the fridge or we can order or go out if you want." Logan says, unwrapping his arms around Rory. "Pizza sounds good." "Okay do you want to pre-heat the oven?" Logan says, moving some of the boxes from out of the kitchen. "Pre-heat? Oven?" Rory says, acting confused. "Oh you kid." Logan replies, laughing while Rory goes to do her given task. "So how do you have furniture in here already? You barely have anything unpacked, yet you have a couch, coffee table, and kitchen table with chairs and I've only seen two of the rooms." Rory asks, sitting down at one of the chairs at said kitchen table. "I had the furniture delivered while I was still in London and it was here the day after I got here." "Convenient." "I thought so."
"By the way, I don't want you to think you having a box of my stuff is weird. I understand completely. I had a box for Dean when we broke up and even one for Jess. And I didn't even date them for as long as we dated. I guess what I'm just trying to say is that I understand the box. I respect the box. I'm not mad at you for having a box with stuff that reminds me of you in it. Honestly the only reason I don't have a box for you was because I was packing up my dorm and I didn't know we were breaking up until… you know, the next day, I guess." Rory rambles, as Logan sits down next to her and grabs her hands. "It's okay, Ace." Logan replies, reassuring Rory that he wasn't mad or upset in the slightest.
"Should we unpack while we wait for the pizza to be done?" Rory asks, changing the subject to something lighter. "Well if you want to eat on a plate, probably." "Plates are for losers, but also having an unpacked apartment would be nice for you." Rory says, causing Logan to laugh and kiss her hands. "Well then, if you insist on unpacking, then we shall." Logan says, standing up and walking over to grab the box labeled dishes. "Hey you found the box!" "That I did. It was underneath the clothes box." "Practical location." "Clearly I could have organized the boxes better." "I don't know. I think kitchen closets are going to be the next trend." Rory says smiling at Logan and beginning to grab plates out of the cardboard box.
After a few minutes of putting away dishes, the oven beeps, announcing that their pizza was ready. "Oh yay I'm starving." Rory says, grabbing plates out of the pile of newly opened dishes and setting the pizza on them. "Glad I could be of service." "That's actually the only reason I kept you around. For the food." "I should've known." Logan replies, grinning at Rory. "I'm so glad you're here." He says, giving his usual loving look that he reserved for Rory. "There's no place I'd rather be." Rory responds, and Logan notices the return of her 'harlequin romance face' as Paris so lovingly named it.
"Thanks for lunch." "Of course." Logan responds, picking up the dirty dishes and putting them in the sink. "Are the dishes all unpacked?" "For the most part. I put almost all of them in the cabinets and I can finish doing that and you can start unpacking something else?" Rory asks, beginning to put more dishes away. "Sounds good. Thanks for your help, Ace." Logan says, going over and kissing her on the cheek. "Anytime."
After an hour, the apartment looked noticeably more full of Logan's belongings, and the stacks of boxes were beginning to shrink. "Hey this is good progress." Logan says, walking over to Rory, who was putting books on shelves. "Yeah. It's really starting to come together." "We make a good team." Logan says, wrapping his arms around Rory, who sets her book down to do the same. "Hey Ace." "Yeah?" "I thought you said you were almost done unpacking the books." "I did and I am. Why?" "Well there's a very large stack of books that is not on the bookshelf, and I don't want to ruin your system or anything, but are those the books you still have to put away?" Logan says, taking his gaze from the books back to Rory. "Oh. Those were the books I was going to ask to borrow." "I should've know." Logan replies, shaking his head, but smiling at Rory. "I really should not have trusted you to put away the books." Logan says, laughing. "Probably not."
"We should get back to unpacking." Rory says, arms still wrapped around Logan. "We should, but unpacking is boring." "Oh god forbid Logan Huntzberger is bored!" Rory exclaims. "Finally, someone who understands!" Logan exclaims back, grabbing her hand and pulling her to the couch. "So your solution to boredom is to sit on the couch." Rory says, tilting her head and giving a 'really?' look at her boyfriend. "For now." Logan replies, putting his hand on Rory's thigh. "Why don't you call Colin and Finn? From past experience, they're great at moving and unpacking things, plus they'll make things a lot more interesting." Rory suggests. "That's true, but honestly, I'd rather spend the day with you." Inside, Rory is elated. She couldn't remember a time where Logan had turned down spending time with his friends to spend time with just her. "Well, then we have to do the rest of it ourselves. C'mon, Huntzberger." Rory says, starting to stand up, but is pulled back down by Logan grabbing her arm.
"Logan." Rory says, drawing out the n. "Ace." Logan replies, drawing out her name like she had with his. "Unpacking is boring and tiring. Just sit here with me for a minute." Logan says, putting his arm around Rory. "Okay fine. Jeez, you really did miss me, Huntzberger." "Shut up." Logan mumbles, pulling Rory closer to him and kissing her head.
"So what are our plans for our trip to good 'ol Stars Hollow?" "Well, I am glad you asked. I was planning on leaving after work on the 18th, but there was some debate between me and myself over whether to leave on the 19th." "Sounds like a thrilling debate." "Oh it was. It got ugly." "But I know I'm not technically an employee at Condé Nast, but I like to follow their work schedule, so that's why I was planning to leave on the 18th or 19th. It takes about two hours, so we wouldn't be getting in that late on the 18th, but it would be later." "Why don't we leave work early on Friday?" "What?" "My possible replacement will be there all day Friday to get a feel for what I do, and I can tell Mitchum that you have a thing. Do your grandparents still do dinner on Friday nights?" "Yeah. I try to go as much as possible, but I haven't been out there in a while." Rory says, feeling bad about not seeing her grandparents. "Well let's eat dinner with them!" "You're awfully excited about eating dinner with Emily and Richard. I didn't know you had such an affinity for eating with them!" "Well it's always a blast. Plus, you could invite your mom and Luke and it could be a whole event." "We don't have to do this. We'll see them at Christmas." "Don't you want to see your grandparents?" "Yes. I mean dinner with them sounds great, but I don't want to have to drag you to dinner." Rory explains. "I want to go. It's all part of the Gilmore experience, right? An uncomfortable dinner at your grandparents and then back to Stars Hollow's quirky event of the weekend?" "I guess so." Rory says, laughing. "Then let's do it."
"I have to call my mom. And my grandma." "Call them!" "Why are you so excited about this?" Rory asks, laughing. "I don't know. Can't I be excited about seeing your family and I guess living like your family for a couple weeks?" Logan asks, laughing along with Rory. "I guess so, but you've never been this excited about having a fancy dinner before." Rory says, still confused about Logan's antics. "I don't know if my mom is going to say yes to going to dinner. I mean she still hates going over there for dinner, and-" "Just call her. If she doesn't want to go, we can go alone or we don't have to go at all." Logan reassures. "Okay. I'll call her."
"Wow, two calls in one day. I feel very special." "Hey mom." "Hey kid. What's up?" "Logan was wondering if you wanted to go to dinner at grandma and grandpas on the 18th. He said we could leave work early and meet you and possibly Luke in Hartford." "Logan wants to have dinner with grandma and grandpa?" Lorelai asks, suspicious of Logan's actions. "Yeah, he asked if we could do it. I didn't even do anything." Rory explains, growing more curious of Logan's reasoning. "Did he say why he wanted to have a fancy dinner with them?" "He says that he really wanted to do Gilmore Christmas and that included having an uncomfortable dinner and then going to a quirky Stars Hollow event." Rory says, nudging Logan from her place in his arms. "Well, I guess he's right. To get the full Gilmore experience, he must suffer through dinner, and then go to the carnival afterwards." "I guess so. So, you're in?" "I'll ask Luke and get back to you. Don't go crazy and call grandma yet or anything, but I'm in." "Okay. Bye mom, love you." "Love you too, hon. See you soon."
"So?" "She said that she was in and she would ask Luke. But she was also curios as to why you want to do this, as am I." "I told you! It's all part of the Gilmore lifestyle." "Have you talked to Emily? Did she set you up to do this?" "No! Can't I want to have dinner with your family?" Logan asks, trying to defend himself. "I mean I guess so, but it's still kind of weird. I mean Emily and Richard aren't really ones for casual dining and every time we go there, someone gets attacked and leaves unhappy." "Look. I feel like now that I'm your boyfriend again, I feel like I have to prove myself again." "Logan that's ridiculous." "I just want to show your family that I love you and that being with me is a good thing." "That's insane. My mom is fine with us being together and my grandparents are probably going to be thrilled. All my grandma talked about when we were together was how cute our babies would be…" "Okay we'll talk about your grandmother fantasizing about our children later, but I don't want your mom to be just fine with us together. I want her to know that you made the right call, and I want to show her that you mean the world to me, and you do, Rory. I want to show her that I will never, ever, try to hurt you again because you mean too much to me." Logan says, and Rory knows he's telling the truth. "Okay." She responds, simply, leaning up to kiss him.