The First Date
Rory's POV
After school I take the girls shopping to find the perfect first date outfit. We go through store after store until I find the perfect dress I pay and then we head home. I find mom in the lounge reading a magazine.
"Hey mom" I say
"Yeah kiddo" she replies
"I won't be home for dinner on Wednesday night" I say
"Going to one of the girls" she asks
"No I have a date" I say
"Who with spill" mom says
And I tell her all about it and everything that happened.
"Wow I wonder why the change of heart?" Mom says
"I don't know I just know it feels right" I say
"When are you going to tell Dad?" She asks me.
"Is he home or out of town this week?" I ask
"He is home" she replies
"Well I guess tonight over dinner" I say
I get up take my bags up and start to do work on the rest of my article I finish it just as mom calls me out for dinner.
I make my way to the table and sit down as the maid brings out dinner.
"So Dad I already told mom I won't be home for dinner on Wednesday night" I tell him and start to eat my roast beef.
"Staying at one of the girls?" He asks
"No I have a date" I reply and look down and continue eating.
"Who is the boy?" He asks
"It's Logan" i say quietly
"No way not kissing boy" he starts
"Dad I'm not your little girl I'm 16 I'm a sophomore in 2 and a half years I will be going off to college, let me grow up" I say and I get up from the table and head to my room.
I call Steph straight away she answers quickly.
"What's going on?" She asks
"Dad is crazy" I say
"He found out about the date" she says
"He wasn't worried about the date it was about who it's with was when he flipped I walked out of dinner" I tell her
"You walked out of the dining room?" She asks in disbelief
"Yeah not before I told him I'm not his little girl anymore and I'm going to be at college in 2 and a half years and told him to let me grow up" I tell her as she just gasps across the phone.
"No way you didn't did you?" She responds
"Yeah I did" I say
"Well he just has to get used to you dating" she says
"Thanks for letting me vent Steph" I say and hang up and I get onto my algebra homework.
I go to bed early as I'm just tired and mental exhausted.
The next two days go so slowly I get home on Wednesday afternoon and head straight to my room as I have 2 and a half hours left before Logan arrives to pick me up so I head into the shower and wash, shave and exfoliate before I get out. I then blow dry and straighten my hair and do my make up I then put on my new dress it's is deep blue skin tight dress that hugs what curves I have and brings out the blue in my eyes.
I put on my blue wedges and grab my matching fendi bag to go with it. By 7 I am heading down stairs and the bell goes the maid answers and Logan comes inside and looks towards my direction and sees me enter.
Logan's POV
The maid lets me in and as I turn to my right I see her finish coming down the stairs. She takes my breath away.
"Mom, Dad I'm going now" she yells out as she tries to get us out before they join us.
"Logan" I hear coming from her dad
"Evening Mr Hayden, Mrs Gilmore-Hayden" I address them.
"Curfew is 10 pm" Chris say while her mom mouths 11 at us.
"I will have her home within curfew sir we both have school tomorrow" I say and I lead Rory outside.
"By the way you look amazing" I tell her as I give her a kiss before I open her door for her.
The sparks are there and it's scaring me how powerful they are. Once she is seated I head around to my door and get in I start the car and drive towards the restaurant. "So what's the plans for tonight Logan" she asks
"It's a surprise" I tell her grinning
10 minutes later we arrive a Salute a funky little Italian place that knowing Rory's appetite she will love.
"Ohh the girls and I love it here" she says as I pull up next to the valet. Good to know she likes it.
We walk in and the maitre'd greets us I advise we have a reservation under Huntzberger and she leads us away to a a quite and ambient booth towards the back. We both slide in and make ourselves comfortable next to each other while we look at the menu.
"Do you mind if we get a few thing and split them?" She asks
"Of course that's fine there are quite a few good items on the menu" I respond to her
"Ok then how about we get the spicy tuna tempura Maki, jumbo lump crab cake, chicken alla bella pasta, fettuccine and clams and some steak fries" she says
I look down at it on the menu and it all looks good "sounds great, what would you like to drink?" I ask
"Just a club soda, school night and all" she says like she has to explain it.
The waiter comes over and takes our order I decide not to drink tonight and just get a coke and I order all the food that Rory mentioned. The waiter looks at us but takes the order and puts it through to the kitchen.
"So Rory how come we have never met until Christmas if your grandparents and my parents are such good friends?" I ask her
"Quickest answer my mom" she replies
"How do you mean?" I ask back
"Well she wanted to raise me in but also out of society, so I only go to the parties I have to and we stay the minimum required time"
"Tell me about the relationship you have with your mom I'm fascinated because you don't normally see it in our circle" I say
"Well as you would know by now my mom fell pregnant with me at 16 so she was still very young while her and Dad raised me. Dad took on the protective role while mom became my best friend and confidant and as I grew up and added the girls to my life she became theirs too. You know all too well in our circle parents are not normally as cool as my mom" she tells me and I start to understand more about this beautiful girl.
"Tell me something about yourself?" She asks me
"Like what?" I ask back having no idea what to tell her
"Where do you want to go to college? What are you going to do when you graduate?" She throws at me.
"Well as long as I can keep my grades up it's Yale for me and then onto the family business" I tell her
"Yale and the family business?" She says
"Alma mater like you and I'm the heir to the Huntzberger fortune so I have to go into HPG" I say like I have no choice which is the truth I don't have a choice.
"What do you dream to do if that was not you path?" She asks me while she grabs a roll and starts to eat it. I think about it for a while "To be honest I have no idea this has always been laid out for me, I do love writing I have always been good at it" I tell her being totally forthcoming with her that surprises even myself.
"Onto a lighter topic tell me about your favourite music, movies and tv shows?" I ask her and she starts to tell me about all the music she loves and I find out she is a major movie and tv buff.
While we are getting to know each other our food comes and we dig in and the conversation slows down.
After we finish I pay for our meal and lead her outside to my car. We get in and I take us to our next destination. I park the car and we walk around to the entrance of a bar.
"Logan I don't know" she hesitates
"Come on Rory there is an awesome band playing here tonight they sound like the clash meets the ramones meets the foo fighters" I tell her and she gets excited.
"Ok then lets go" she says with a giant smile on her face.
We head inside and grab a drink this time I get a scotch being this close and not being able to do anything is tormenting me. Once we have our drinks we make our way to a table and sit down.
"What time does the band start?"She ask me
"About 20 minutes" I reply
"So tell me about how you and the boys are all friends I'm fascinated" she asks me
"Well Colin and I have been friends since kinder his family and mine are close. Well Finn, how did we meet Finn again oh that's right skiing in Switzerland when we were 10, he was just as crazy then as now if you can believe that?" I say and she laughs such a sweet and beautiful sound. "And Seth and Robert joined when we all landed at Andover together in 7th grade" I tell her "so what about your group of gal pals huh, what's the story there?" I ask
"Well Steph and I first met at one of my grandparents parties when we were like 5 and were instant friends and Paris, Louise and Madeline have know each other since birth joined our group when we became friends in elementary school. Ever since we have been pretty inseparable" she tells me
As we sit there I look around and see the boys all there at a back booth and think damn it I wanted to enjoy Rory alone but I ignore that there here hoping that the will leave us alone.
The band comes on and starts to play "do you want to dance?" I ask her and she nods and we head up to the dance floor and enjoy the music.
For the next 45 minutes we enjoy the close proximity of each other the band takes a break and I decide I need some water. We head over to the bar only to see Finn standing there trying to get the attention of the bar staff.
"Did you know he would be here?" She asks me
"No, but remember they are my friends and we have similar tastes in music so it doesn't surprise me they are here" I tell her as we walk towards him.
"Well fancy seeing you here" she pipes up as we reach the bar trying to be like Finn the other night I smile at her.
"Oh love you look amazing, how's the date going by the way, you looked like you were having fun out there" he asks.
"It's going well the band is awesome and Logan's alright too I guess" she says with a cheeky smirk. Oh she is good I smile and Finn just starts laughing.
"You sure know how to pick em mate" he says as he grabs his tray of drinks "see you both at school tomorrow" he adds as he walks back to the boys and we grab some water.
"So I'm alright am I?" I ask her in a joking tone.
"Yeah you are" she says taking everything in she then looks down at her watch.
"Um can we head off soon I don't want to be pushing curfew too much Dad can get really antsy even though mum said later" she ask me and I say that's fine let's go.
I get her back home at 1030 I open her door and lead her to the house.
"So is there a chance for a second date like Friday night?" I ask her hoping there is.
"You might be in luck" she responds as she stands there playing with her keys looking straight at me.
I lean in and start a gentle kiss that she then returns to me with feeling she lets my tongue in her mouth and our tongues dance around each other till the front door opens and I pull away ready to run.
"Oh I thought I heard something" her mom says "I will let you guys finish bye Logan" she says and close the door.
"Where were we?" I ask and she approaches me with one soft kiss and says "see you at school" as she opens the door and heads inside.
I get back in the car and head home. I go straight to my room and send her a text.
*hope you had a good night, I know i did ;)*
Rory's POV
I walk inside after the date "what time do you call this young lady" dad says as I walk towards the stairs.
"Mom said 11 and its 1040 so I'm still home in time" I say as I make my way to my room.
I go straight to my closet and change into my pj's and message the girls to organise the conference call. Just after I send it I get a message too.
*hope you had a good night, I know I did ;)*
I smile and respond
*i had fun, thanks for a good night*
I get the texts from the girls and i patch it through.
"How was it? What did you do? How was the kiss?" I hear coming from all directions.
"Ok rewind and freeze one at a time. It was a really nice date, he took me to dinner at Salute then to a bar where this really cool band was playing then brought me home within curfew. As for the kiss it was much better than the first but still interrupted this time by mom" I tell them.
"Are you going to see him again?" Steph asks me
"He asked to go our Friday and I said I would let him know" I say
"Playing hard to get Gilmore I like it" Louise says.
"Anyways girls it's after 11 and I'm tired from dancing at the bar so I will see you in the morning" I say and hang up I check my cell once more before I sleep.
*night Rory, sleep well*
*night logan*
I go to bed and sleep dreaming of our date that has been and of the possibilities of future dates and I know I will say yes to Friday night.
The first big date. Now I know it sounds like Logan but doesn't also but we will get to the drama don't worry. Hope you all enjoy it like I'm enjoying writing it.