Chapter 5

Logan POV

When we get to the restaurant, Collin, Finn and Rosemary are waiting for us. I see Collin staring. I turn around to see what he is staring at. Its Steph. Rory and I sit down. I place my hand on Rory's knee and she turns and smiles at me. We order champagne.

"So, Rory joining us permanently?" Finn asks.

"That's what they tell me." Rory says taking a drink of her champagne.

My phone starts buzzing. It's my dad. "I'll be back." I tell Rory. I get up and walk outside to answer it. "Hi Dad."

"Logan! Your mother has heard from Francine Hayden that you are dating her granddaughter." Dad says.

"Yes." What is he getting at?

"Bring her to dinner."

"No."

"What do you mean no?"

"Exactly what I said. Dad you saw how Mom reacted about cotillion. I'm not gonna subject her to that. I have to go." I say and hang up. I go back in to the table. Rosemary and Steph are arguing. I look at Rory. "What happened?"

Rory leans over to whisper. "Rosemary let it slip that her and Collin hooked up once. Steph is pissed."

"You need to learn to keep your legs closed" Steph says.

"Maybe you should open yours a little more." Rosemary says.

"I'm leaving." Steph says getting up from the table and leaving.

I look at Collin. Rory looks at me and then Collin. "Go after her." Rory says to Collin. Collin gets up and runs after Steph.

I take a sip of my drink. Dinner was a little awkward after that. After dinner, and a few drinks Rory and I decide to walk back to her apartment since it's not far.

"Thanks for dinner." She says.

"Sorry about Rosemary. Sometimes she just doesn't know when to shut up." I say.

"Must be a family trait."

When we get to her building we stop. I had planned to just drop her off and see her tomorrow after what happened at dinner figuring that Steph would need her. But instead she grabs my hand and we walk inside and catch the elevator.

RORY POV

Once we are in the elevator, I knew that I needed a plan. I wanted him to stay with me, but I wasn't sure if he wanted to. When we stepped off the elevator, I looked in my purse for my keys. I pulled them out and unlocked the door.

"So..." He said

"So..." He leaned down and kissed me. "Are you staying or going?" I said. He kissed me again.

"Staying." I grabbed his hand and we walked into the apartment. He closed the door behind him. We both turned and saw Steph sitting on the couch with a pint of ice cream. "Oh no." I turned to Logan. "Coffee?"

"Yeah." He walks into the kitchen and I walk into the living room and sit on the couch next to Steph. "Hey." I say, sitting my keys and purse on the coffee table.

"Hey." Steph says. "I'm sorry if I ruined dinner." I grab the ice cream and sit it on the coffee table.

"You didn't ruin anything. Rosemary should have kept her mouth shut."

"Yeah, I talked to Collin. He said that he didn't mean for it to happen. He blamed it on the alcohol."

Logan hands me and Steph a cup of coffee. I look up at him. "Thanks." I say.

Steph realizes that Logan is standing there. "Collin's an idiot." Logan says, we both look at him. "I've known him my entire life, but when it comes to you he's an idiot." Me and Steph look at each other confused.

"What are you talking about?" We both ask him.

"Collin's been in love with Steph since Kindergarten." Logan says.

Steph stands up. "Seriously?" Logan nods. "I have to talk to him." Steph bolts towards the front door.

"Umm Steph..." She turns and looks at me. I point at her pjs.

"Right." She runs to her room to change and then is running out the front door.

Logan sits on the couch next to me. "So… where were we?" He asked.

I grabbed his tie and pulled him closer kissing him. When we pull apart, I smile and said, "I was about to ask you of you wanted to stay with me tonight?"

"I'd love to." He said.

The next morning, I woke up to a loud knocking at my front door. I rolled over to see Logan still sleeping. I got up to go answer it closing my bedroom door behind me. I open the door. "I was asleep...which means that I haven't had coffee yet..." I said before realizing who was standing in my doorway. "What are you doing here?" It was Rosemary.

She hands me a cup of coffee. "I came to apologize to you and Stephanie. I have coffee for her too." She said. I open the door to let her in.

"I don't think she's here." I said. We sit in the living room.

"Finn told me that I was a real bitch last night. I didn't mean to cause problems." She said.

"I get it, I do. You gotta understand though... Colin, Stephanie, Logan and I ... have known each other since diapers. Our parents are friends. Colin and Stephanie...it's been building for a long time. Just like me and Logan." She smiles a little. "I'll tell her you came by. Next time call first."

"Sure thing." She says as I walk her out. I shut the door and make my way back to the bedroom. Fortunately, Logan is still asleep. I lay back down, and it doesn't take me long to fall back asleep. When I wake back up its to the sound of my phone ringing. I reach over picking it up, opening it and putting it to my ear. "Whoever this is it better be good." I say.

"Morning sweets." It was Mom. Logan turns over and grunts. "What was that?"

"A grizzly bear." I say getting up and walking to the kitchen to make coffee.

"Is Logan asleep in your bed?"

"Yes." I say starting the coffee pot.

"Did you-"

"Mom! No!"

"Okay okay. So, Grandma Francine wants you and Logan to come to dinner."

"No."

"Rory."

"No Mom. Logan and I both know how this works. We go to dinner and the next thing you know China patterns are being picked out. No."

"Fine." I pour myself a cup of coffee. "So how was dinner?" Mom asks. I tell her about Rosemary, Steph and Collin. "Wow some dinner."

"Yeah." Logan walks out of the bedroom. "Gotta go Mom. See you tomorrow" I hang up. "Morning." I say.

"Morning." He says. I kiss him and fix him a cup of coffee. "Did you call me a grizzly bear?"

"Yes, I did." I say as we sit on the couch.

"Uh huh. And that was your Mom on the phone?" I nod. "Uh huh. Okay. I'm just gonna go pick out my headstone now?"

I grab his arm. "Its fine."

"Really?"

"Yeah." He smiles at me. "I gotta go home, shower and change clothes but I'll be back later."

"Okay."

Logan leaves and a little while later Steph shows up. She tells me about her conversation with Collin and that they are going to try dating. I told her that it was bound to happen once they admitted their feelings for one another. I tell her about Rosemary coming by and my phone call with my Mom. I decide to take a shower and get dressed. I'm standing in front of my closet and I grab a pair of jeans and a long sleeve shirt. Something casual. I looked in the bottom of my closet for shoes and I grab a pair of tennis shoes when my door opens. I look up to see Logan. "Hey."

"Hey." He says. He was wearing a pair of blue jeans and a white T-shirt. I finish putting my shoes on. "Lunch?"

"Yeah. What ya got in mind?"

"Thought we'd go to the pub. They have really good burgers."

"Sounds good."

LOGAN POV

When Rory and I got done with lunch at the pub, we headed to my apartment to look at the paper and see if anything was going on. We were surprised to see my dad.

"Dad." I said.

"Logan. Miss Hayden it's been a while." Dad said.

"Please call me Rory."

"What are you doing here?" I asked him.

"Well your ignoring our request for dinner and I hear through the grapevine that Rory is too." My dad says.

"I'm just gonna go. I'll see you later." She said and left.

"Dad, we're not ignoring dinner. We both come from society families. If we come to dinner, then the next thing you know everyone is gonna be planning a wedding and we just started dating." I tell him.

"Fine. But you know at some point its gonna happen."

"But not now."

RORY POV

When I left Logan's, I went around the corner to the coffee cart. After I get my coffee, I decide to call Mom.

"Hello?" Mom answered.

"Logan's dad just saw us together." I say.

"What are you talking about?"

"Apparently, they are trying to get us to come to dinner."

"And Logan didn't tell you about it?"

"No but I didn't tell him about you calling about dinner either." I round the corner near my apartment. "And I know that he feels the same way I do about it."

"Well then hun what are you worried about? I mean you know that he loves you and you love him. So, what if the dinner attempts are a way to get the two of you married sooner rather than later."

"I guess you have a point." I stop in front of my apartment. Logan is standing there. "Gotta go." I hang up. "Hi."

"Hi." Logan said. "You seemed upset when you left so I thought I would come wait for you. You must have taken the long way."

"I did. I needed to clear my head." I say unlocking my door. Logan follows me in shutting the door behind him. "I was thinking about what your Dad said, and then after talking to my Mom it made me think...what if they are trying to get us to get married? I mean I'm not trying to rush anything but...would it really change how you feel about me?"

Logan makes his way closer to me. He puts his hands on my shoulders. "No, it would not change the way that I feel about you. I love you. I just don't want our families to mess with our heads." He said.

"So, we go to dinner. Any chance we can convince them to do a joint dinner?"

"I'll call my Dad." Logan walks out to the balcony to call his Dad. I start a pot of coffee. As soon as I get it started, Steph and Collin walk in. "Hey guys."

"Hey what's going on?" Steph asked.

"Oh, you know family dinner." I said.

"With each other? Together?"

I nod. "Yep."

"Oh no."

"Oh yeah."

"Did I miss something?" Collin asked.

"My grandparents and Logan's parents want us to have dinner with them." I said.

"China patterns?" Collin asked.

"Probably." Logan walks back in. "How did that go?"

"Well we're supposed to be at my parents' house at 6:30." Logan said.

"Tonight?" I ask, and he nods. "Great." I say walking towards my bedroom. He grabs my hand.

"I'll be back. Be ready." I nod. Logan and Collin leave. Steph follows me to my bedroom.

Steph sits on my bed as I begin looking through my clothes. In the back of my closet, I find a black and white strapless dress like the one that I had worn the night before. I put the dress on and Steph helps me with my hair, I do my make-up. As we are finishing up my phone rings.

"Hey mom kind of busy." I say.

"What dress do you have on?" Mom asked.

"The black and white strapless."

"Okay. Wear the white stilettos."

"Already done. Mom, I'll see you there." I say and hang up. "Did you hear the panic in her voice?"

"Yeah." Steph says. There's a knock at my front door I grab my phone and head towards the door and open it.

"Wow." Logan says.

"Good wow?" I say.

"Definitely. You ready to go." I nod.