Come Back...Be Here (Gilmore Girls Post-AYITL)

Chapter 30

Before heading back into the party, Rory went to the bathroom to check her appearance and sort out her make-up. Feeling extremely grateful for waterproof mascara, she reapplied her lipstick before giving herself a bit of a pep talk. C'mon Rory, get a grip of yourself she thought to herself, it's just Logan. Rory fixed on a smile and re-entered the room, looking far more confident than she was feeling. She truly wished she could take back what she said.

As Logan made small talk with his guests, he watched Rory come back into the room. There was something about the way she walked in that made you notice her. He searched for any signs of upset and he felt relieved that she seemed to be fine, smiling even. He was just about to go and talk to her when he saw her being swept away by Finn and taken off to the dancefloor. He smiled as he saw Rory trying to resist his friend but he was having none of it. Finn and Rory had developed a really close relationship while Logan had been in London and he always seemed to know how to put her at ease.

Logan could see that Rory looked a bit uncertain at first, dancing not really being one of her strong points but she relaxed into it and before long Finn was carefully spinning her around the floor in time to the music and whispering in her ear. Rory was laughing wildly – Logan had no doubt that Finn was making some sort of rude suggestion and he couldn't help but notice that all eyes in the room were on them.

Rory had felt more than a little uncomfortable walking back into the room but had decided to style it out and at least fake being confident. She felt anything but confident inside - she was nervous about approaching Logan and so while dancing wasn't really her favourite pastime she was almost relieved when Finn grabbed hold of her and created a diversion. Nobody could help but enjoy themselves dancing with Finn and as he made all manner of suggestive comments to her, she couldn't help but throw her head back in laughter.

"What's going on with you and Huntz then Rory?" Finn asked.

"What do you mean?" Rory shot back "Nothing is going on?"

"Really?" Finn raised an eyebrow.

Rory rolled her eyes, there was no point trying to play cute with Finn, he always caught her out. "You're like a super-sleuth Finn, nothing gets past you"

"Indeed, so spill. I want to know why you made a sharp exit for the door and Logan made a sharp exit towards the bar" he laughed.

Rory looked over towards the bar where Logan was chatting animatedly to one of his colleagues.

"I just said something stupid and...well, now I wish I hadn't!"

Finn looked at Rory, he could tell that she wanted to change the subject. He was so pleased that two of his best friends had managed to work things out so that they could finally be together yet here they were, still not saying the things that really mattered to them or being completely honest with each other. Some days he thought he could quite gladly bang their heads together.

He suddenly noticed that quite a few people were watching them on the dance floor, and it was no wonder Finn thought, Rory was the most beautiful woman in the room – alongside his Rosemary of course. "C'mon love, we've got a bit of an audience" he whispered in her ear "Let's show them our best moves," he said as he twirled her around.

If it hadn't been his best friend that Rory was dancing with, Logan knew he would have been insanely jealous, and in fact, after a little longer watching the pair of them, he couldn't take any more of seeing her dance so closely with another man.

"Mind if I cut in?" Logan asked Finn

"Sure," Finn said stepping back and bowing to Rory like a true gentleman.