Rory had felt a lot better after her heart-to-heart with Logan at the bar, as awkward as it had been, she'd needed to have the conversation. Her uneasy feeling had gone away after that they'd been a bit more honest which other. Now that they'd been in the house for a couple of weeks they had settled into an easy routine of living alongside each other.
Despite her initial reservations Rory did have to admit to herself that everything was going incredibly well. It was just so comfortable and easy, and it's was also a lot of fun. Spending time as a family with Lily was something that Rory couldn't put a price tag on and it made her heart swell to see Logan and Lily together.
She was enjoying dating Logan but they'd still not restarted a physical relationship and after the one night she had slept with him in his bed, they'd not done it again, each going back to their own rooms and sleeping alone. Logan was being so very patient with her and she was grateful for this.
Now that they had finally settled into the house and got things organized in the way that they wanted, they decided to have a few of their friends around for a small house-warming get-together. Over the course of the day they'd had visits from most of their family and now moving into the late evening they found themselves sitting around with the old crowd from Yale. Lorelai had whisked Lily back to Stars Hollow for the night, desperate for some time with her grandaughter. Luckily Steph was still in town and Colin flew back in for the weekend from California. Finn, Rosemary, Robert and Juliet had all managed to make it along too. It was a long time since they'd all been in the same room and they were having a great evening, laughing and joking about some of the things they had got up to in the past.
"Anyone want another drink?" Logan asked as he picked up the bottle of scotch that the boys were enthusiastically making their way through and the expensive champagne the girls had opted for. "Ah damn," he said looking into the bucket "we're out of ice".
"I'll get it," Rory said as she stood up and picked the ice bucket up.
"Are you sure?" Logan said. "I don't mind going…"
"Yeah, it's fine I want to go call mom to check on Lily anyhow. I'll be back in a few minutes," she said as walked into the kitchen.
Logan watched her appreciatively as she walked out of the room. She'd dressed up for the occasion, excited to be hosting friends, and was wearing a red silk dress, that gently skimmed her curves. She'd kicked off her shoes and released her hair from the clip that had been holding it in place. She looked relaxed and happy and he hadn't been able to take his eyes off her for most of the day, something that didn't go unnoticed by his friends.
Finn nudged him in the side "Put your tongue away mate"
"What?!" Logan said as he turned around to look at him.
"Come on Logan. You're practically undressing the poor girl with your eyes" Rosemary laughed.
"I am not!" he said defensively.
"Ah what's the matter, still not getting any Huntz?" Colin said knocking back the rest of his scotch.
"That's none of your business" Logan snapped.
"We'll take that as a no then" Colin smirked as Steph playfully hit him.
"What's really going on with you guys?" Juliet asked, "You're not together but you act just like an old married couple."
"And therein explains their lack of sex" Finn joked.
"You know exactly what's going on…" Logan started to say before Steph interrupted.
She rolled her eyes. "They're just 'dating'" she said using air-quotes to get her message across. "Despite the fact that he's madly in love with her and she's madly in love with him but neither of them has the kahunas to admit it to each other so they're just going to carry on in denial wasting all this time when they could be having more fun tearing the clothes off each other." She said as she downed the rest of her champagne emptying her glass. "Oops" she hiccupped "Warning sign".
Logan shook his head. "You guys are a nightmare…now ssh" he said as he heard Rory hang up the phone in the kitchen.
Rory walked back into the room with the ice bucket. She could tell that she had stopped a conversation and knew that they were probably talking about her from the way they looked at her.
"Did I interrupt something?" she joked trying to defuse the slightly awkward atmosphere she said as she put the ice down on the table.
"Of course not" Logan winked as she sat next to him and he handed her a glass of champagne. "How is Lily?"
"She's fine" Rory nodded as she took a sip of her champagne. "Oh! I almost forget to tell you" she exclaimed "Lily finally managed to call Luke 'Pops', he's thrilled. I'm so happy because it means so much to him and she's been trying to say it for ages." she smiled happily at Logan.
"Wow, our clever daughter will be banging down the door of MIT before we know it." He joked. He slipped his arm around her shoulder. "That's really great Ace."
"I know, right," she said turning to him as she subconsciously placed her hand on his thigh. Logan moved his free hand to rest on top of hers. They were too busy wrapped up in their own little world to notice the knowing looks and eyebrow-raising that was going on amongst their friends who were witnessing the exchange in front of them.
The doorbell rang and Finn jumped up. "I hate to disrupt this little thing you've got going on here but I do believe that is the food".
"Oh yes," Rory pulled her hand away from Logan quickly suddenly very self-conscious. She'd barely realised that they were touching, it felt so normal to her. "I'll go get some plates, Logan can you go deal with the food?" she said as she hurried out of the room.
"Oh my God Logan" Juliet laughed "You two are just the sweetest"
"Mate," Finn said as he put his hand on Logan's shoulder "You need to deal with that, I don't know what you are messing about at"
One of the biggest advantages Rory had found to them living to together was that having Logan around was making it much easier to study, leaving her more time to spend in the relative peace and quiet of the library.
Rory entered the apartment and dropped her bags onto the floor. She'd had a really long day in the library at Yale, it hadn't been her most productive day and she was glad to be home.
The house was in darkness which she found a bit odd, seeing as it was only 9 pm. She got herself a drink of water and then went looking for Logan but stopped off at Lily's room on the way. She looked in at her daughter and smiled when she could see her peacefully sleeping, cuddled up to the pink rabbit toy that Logan had bought her. Rory was a little bit sad that she had missed bedtime but happy that Lily had Logan to read her umpteen stories before bed. That little girl had her daddy wrapped around her finger!
Rory crossed the landing to Logan's room and tapped lightly before opening the door to find him lying on his bed watching a movie. Logan looked up with a smile.
"Hey, Ace, how did studying go? Did you get much done?"
"Yeah, I got quite a lot done this evening, thanks for taking care of Lily," she said hovering by the door.
"You know you don't have to thank me for looking after our daughter," Logan said.
Rory smiled. "What are you watching?" she said as she looked over at the TV.
"The Godfather. You want to come watch?" Logan asked, patting the bed.
"Sure," Rory said as she walked over and joined him.
"So how did studying really go?" Logan could tell that Rory was a bit weary.
"Not as well as it could, nothing seemed to stick today. I'm so tired" she yawned.
"Tomorrow's another day," Logan said as he pulled Rory down so she could snuggle into him. She gently rested her head on his chest while he absentmindedly played with hair. She loved this feeling and she reached over to his other hand and intertwined her fingers with his while they watched the remainder of the film.
When the film finished Rory sat up. "I had better go get some sleep, I've got another long day tomorrow".
"Stay here," Logan said keeping hold of her hand.
"What?!" she said as she turned around to look at him.
"Stay here" he pleaded.
"Logan..." Rory hesitated.
"Give me one good reason why you can't stay?"
Rory bit down on her lip. There were a million reasons why she shouldn't stay swimming around her head but at that very moment, she could think of at least a million more reasons of why she wanted to.
Sensing that she could be very easily convinced at that moment, Logan gently pulled her down and kissed her, slowly sliding his hand down her body and under her t-shirt. Rory gasped at his touch.
"Logan are you sure about this…I mean the last time we did this you kind of ran out and you left me feeling…"
Logan interrupted Rory "That's not going to happen" he uttered as he rained kisses down on her. "Plus where would I go, we live together now remember."
"That's true" Rory smiled as Logan kissed her neck before he stopped and looked up at her.
"But Rory, if we do this, there's no going back, we have to move forward."
Rory didn't answer him. She simply took his face in her hands and pulled him into a deep passionate kiss. They didn't need any more words.
Logan's hands tangled in Rory's hair, gently pulling her body closer to his. She pulled herself away from him and quickly removed her t-shirt and jeans. As she lay in front of him in just her black lacy bra and boy shorts, Logan looked at her with passion-filled eyes. All he could think about in that moment was just how beautiful she was. He revelled in the fact that this perfect, amazing woman who could possibly have any man of her choosing, wanted him.
Rory pulled Logan down towards her and her hands reached out to find the waistband of the sweat pants he had been wearing in bed before pushing them down roughly. Logan reached around to unfasten her bra and ducked down to kiss gently in between her breasts before he softly took one of her nipples in his mouth making Rory gasp. He moved further down her body and removed her boy shorts in one swift move before slowly sliding his hand between her legs to test her readiness. Rory let out a moan at this contact and they both knew that neither of them could wait any longer.
Logan reached over to his bedside cabinet to retrieve a condom before quickly rolling it into place. When their bodies finally came together, Rory looked up at him with her sparkling blue eyes and smiled, almost shyly. Logan returned the smile and without breaking eye contact he began to move in and out painstakingly slowly. Rory closed her eyes as she focused on the pleasurable sensation, before opening them again to look at Logan. Every movement, every yearning was reflected between them.
"God Rory, I have missed this so much, missed your hands on my body…missed being deep inside you" he whispered.
Rory slid her hands down his back, smoothing over his ass and feeling his slow thrusting beneath her touch. She looked at him as they moved together and she could see so much emotion in his eyes – he looked at her if she was the only woman on earth and she loved it. She wanted more of this, she wanted more of them.
Knowing that he was getting close, Logan pulled out of Rory and she groaned at the loss of contact. He slid his hand back between her legs and slowly stroked and teased her. It was almost as much as she could take and sensing from her breathing that she was nearly as close as he was, he pushed back inside her, this time thrusting faster until they both crashed over the precipice.
In the aftermath, they lay, wrapped in each other's arms as they slowly floated back to reality.
"Rory, I love you," Logan murmured softly, brushing his lips against hers. "I've always loved you.
Rory's breath hitched at hearing him say the words but she knew that she felt exactly the same.
"I love you too Logan."