"All I have ever wanted is for someone to fight for me, think that I am worth saving even when I don't see it in myself"
Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls. I only use the names and certain aspects of the show to fit in with the story.
Listening to: Daylight by Maroon 5, Whistle by Flo Rida and I knew you were Trouble by Taylor Swift (wanted to post the songs because a mixture of them inspired this chapter)
(Rory, Logan, and even Finn at different intervals spent the rest of the afternoon/ early evening pack Rory's thing and helping her unpack at Steve's place. After finishing a well cooked meal, Steve gently leaned over and kissed her after a few moments of passionate kissing they separate from one another. They stay up for about another half an hour forty five minutes just talking, fixing things for the next day meaning outfits, lunches etc. After a while of just sitting on the couch Rory notices Steve nodding off )
"Steve, why don't you head to bed. You have an early morning ahead of you, first at the gym then the spa as well as a photo shoot with Logan in the afternoon."-Rory
(heads to the bedroom to start getting ready for bed) "Are you going to join me at some point or are you going to organize the rest of the apartment as much as you possibly can before getting some sleep?"-Steve
(smirks) "I'm going to clean it will help calm my nerves a bit but I will join in your bed as soon as possible I promise you that."-Rory
"You do know that the meeting with him will be fine right? You are going to get the rest of your stuff sort through any paper work about the businesses than head back to the apartment. The event will go rather smoothly."-Steve
(sighs deeply) "I sure do hope so. Now go get some sleep, I will be shortly."-Rory
"Sounds good to me. Love you."-Steve
(they both stop and look at each other) "I'm sorry"-Steve
(just walks away, but he sort of goes after her feeling bad for letting those words slip so quickly and easily off of his lips) "Rory, I really am sorry. I don't expect you to say it back, I guess you just being here, cleaning, doing your coping mechanisms in my apartment is something that I am so used to that it came out before I could stop it."-Steve
"I know that, I do just please give me some time to say it back in my own way when I mean it alright."-Rory
"Fair enough point there. Night."-Steve
"Good night."-Rory
(he slowly walks back to his/their room hoping that it won't be too awkward in the morning, while she picks up the phone and gives Logan a call)
"Hey, Rory is everything going well for you? You don't normally call at this late of an hour unless something is wrong."-Logan
"Finn and I broke up, Steve and I are going to attempt being a couple, he just said that he loves me, and I can't help but wonder if I am doing the right thing here."-Rory
"Is that your long rambled way of asking me to meet you at the park near his place so we can talk really talk this out?"-Logan
(sighs in relief that he had gotten the urgency in her voice) "Yes, how soon can you come over? And will your girlfriend mind?"-Rory
"Roxanne and I have also broken up, so she doesn't have an opinion on who I spend my free time with anymore and I will be over in about fifteen. Am I also safe in assuming that you will already be a the park and that is where I should meet you?"-Logan
"I am sorry about your break up we shall talk about that when you get here. And yes I am actually heading there in about five minutes. See you soon and thank you so much I appreciate this more than you can comprehend."-Rory
"Anytime, it is what true friends are for in life. Bye for now, Rory."-Logan
"Bye, Logan."-Rory
(she quickly changed into a pair of her favorite semi loose fitting jeans, tunic style tank tops, and a simple pair of ballerina flats, after writing a brief note to her "room mate" she headed out the door. The weather was actually the perfect setting for the walk that would hopefully help her sort out some of her feelings. After finally making it to the fountains, sitting in silence for a few minutes Logan showed up and sat down next to her)
"He finally fought for you didn't he?"-Logan
(looks at him with a mixture of shock, disbelief, happiness, as well as dread in her eyes) "Yes, but."-Rory
"But, you are questioning if you did the right thing simply because the problems that existed when you and Steve were in a relationship the first time around are still very much there. He is still the same guy that has a wife that passed away, has been working at his career between massage therapy as well as photography for the past decade, there is still a significant age difference, and not to mention that he also has a son. So you are questioning that yes even though finally someone has fought for you, put your happiness above their own for a change, someone who truly wants to be with you and deserves your love, how to get over the very same issues that broke up the two of you so many years ago? Am I right?"-Logan
(laughs) "Every bit of it was dead on."-Rory
"The question is rather simple, depending on the answer of course."-Logan
"Okay go for it."-Rory
"Do you love him?"-Logan
(without missing a beat) "Of course I do but."-Rory
"So, think of it this way."-Logan
"Logan, please."-Rory
"Just humor me for a second alright?"-Logan
"Fine. Go ahead."-Rory
"Take out him having a wife that passed away, take out the fact that he has a son, take away the age difference would you still be with him? Would you still be questioning this as much as you are at this very moment in time?"-Logan
(stops, truly stops and thinks about it the way that Logan had put it for the first time in a long time perhaps ever, then shakes her head making a final decision) "No I wouldn't be questioning. And you know what, since I do love him, a part of me never stopped trusting him with every ounce of who I am, and he is a person that is worthy of who I am, I think no I am positive that I am going to truly attempt at making this relationship work. However, I am still going to go slow that way he and I aren't rushing into anything that we could potentially regret or resent later on down the road."-Rory
"There is one more thing that I would like to ask you though."-Logan
"What is that?"-Rory
"Did you ever stop loving him while you were with Finn, or did he have a part of your heart even then?"-Logan
"I think I stopped being in love with Steve about two months after Mike and I started dating. I had come to terms with the fact that he and I would never get back together and at the time Finn seemed like a good enough person to invest my time as well as my heart into."-Rory
"When did you realize that your feelings had come back?"-Logan
"What is with the twenty questions? The kind that you are asking don't even sound like thoughts that would occur in your mind, so are you asking for your own curiosity or are you asking on behalf of Steve?"-Rory
"Both to be honest."-Logan
"After he and I slept together, which has been eight months ago now."-Rory
"Do you think it was having sex in general that had you realize it or do you think that you really do care about him?"-Logan
"This is last question I am answering that is along the lines of this personal because I want to find out how you are holding up since your breakup. I care about him, Logan. It may have only supposed to have been a one night stand, but I can not deny any longer how deep my feelings for him really do go."-Rory
(smiles because he knew without a shadow of doubt that Rory had finally not only realized how much she cares, but also how deeply as well as how far she was willing to go to keep Steve in her lift and her in his. After she answered his line of questions the two stayed up for about another two hours updating one another on other events in their lives since break ups. The photo studio had about four weddings coming up along with about half a dozen couple sessions then would be taking about a two week break in the middle of May to relax. She finally went to join Steve at around one in the morning.)
*It is now around 3:30 A.M and she had awoken with a start to hear the shower running. She slowly got out of bed and walked into the bathroom. Quietly she walks into the shower and wraps her arms around Steve's waist who jumps about a foot in the air but laughs after he calms down)
"Surprise, baby!"-Rory
(turns around in her arms) "Well good morning to you as well my dear! You sure that you are ready to take that step?"-Steve
"We aren't going to have sex silly. I just want to take a shower with you! Is that alright?"-Rory
(smirks at her) "Anytime, you desire that my love you are welcome to."-Steve
(the two share a semi long shower together enjoying gently touches, sweet kisses, and loving terms of endearment before they got out of the shower to get prepared for their day)