Glitter Years

To Live and Let Diorama

Rory and Anna decided to meet in the middle of their states in New York. It was a two-hour drive for both of them. They were walking around Brookfield Place. "I don't get him," Rory complained about Logan. "He got so jealous when he saw me with Robert at Finn's party, that he ditched his date to be with me. Now, he hasn't called me."

"Have you tried calling him?" She looks through the sale rack.

"Yeah, I get his voicemail every time." She sighs.

"That shitty of him. Even though you guys are only casual, he could have the decency to let you know he doesn't want to see you anymore." She huffed as she put down the shirt. "I can't afford Gucci even on clearance." She walks out of the store with Rory on her tail. She was ranting while looking around. "Window shopping sounds like a good idea but it gets depressing when you can't afford what you want."

"Do you think he owes me that?" Rory ran alongside her sister.

"Owes you what?" She tilts her head.

"An explanation!" She yelled.

"I don't know the rules to a casual relationship, but I would say so, you weren't just sleeping together. You went on dates." She thought they were dating, just not exclusively, so a conversation was warranted.

"And we were friends first." Rory points out. Anna let out a hum at that. "What?"

"Jess explained to me once that he never thought of us as being friends. For him, I went from the girl he was trying to date to his girlfriend. Maybe it was the same with Logan." She explains the male mind.

"So what? I was the girl he wanted to sleep with and now I'm the girl he slept with. Oh my god, I'm another notch on his belt. I feel gross." She grimaced.

"Why do you have to be a notch on his belt, why can't he be the notch on yours?" She didn't like Rory giving him the power.

"Because I'm not sleeping around." She huffs.

"Look Rory, you're supposed to be casual dating so why aren't you?" She wonders.

"What do you mean, that's what I'm doing with Logan." She was confused by the question.

"No, he's casual dating, you are exclusively dating him." She corrected her.

"I went on a date with Robert." She shook her head.

"You went to a party with Robert. You didn't even spend an hour with him before making out with Logan in the corner." She took a deep breath before biting the bullet of telling her the harsh truth. "Maybe, you're expecting too much from him. In the term of casualness does he have to call you every week or have to let you know what he's doing?"

Rory stood there for a minute thinking about what Logan's duties to her were, she hated that she couldn't think of any. "Mom's right, I can't date casually. I don't have it in me to let it just be sex. I like commitment." She sat down on a bench to give her feet some rest. Anna sat beside her. "I hate this. I'm that dumb girl who thought the biggest player on campus was going to change for her. The dumbest part is I didn't realize I was her until this past few weeks."

"You're not stupid. You thought you could do something and you can't." She didn't see the harm in trying.

"I think I always knew. That's why I got mad when Mom was questioning me about it. I was desperate to be with Logan. When I am with him it is exciting and thrilling. He makes me feel like the only girl in the world. I can't believe I got swept up in all of it. I bet he takes every girl into the cafeteria after hours." She leaned her head back.

"We don't know that." She pats her back. "Maybe the moments between you two were different from the others."

"Maybe." She pouts.