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It was the night before Rory's graduation from Yale and she sat anxiously in her apartment waiting for him. 'Be ready by 6:30,' he said, 'don't be late,' he said, and yet here it was 6:43 and HE was no where to be found. It had been his idea to celebrate with her on graduation eve because, as he explained, he knew she would want to spend tomorrow with her family. She loved him for that, knowing her graduation was almost as important and exciting for her family, as it was for her, but yet he was no where to be found, and she was becoming annoyed. She had been truly looking forward to celebrating this with him, he saw what she went through to get here: long nights studying, screaming at her computer when it crashed, random urges to kill the YDN staff, threatening the line in her way of getting coffee...

'Where is he?...Ahhhhh...he has until 6:50, and then I'm back in my pajamas on the couch watching Out Cold, wait, no, bad choice, you know it will only remind you of him in college: silly pranks, crazy beer induced adventures...dammit better make it Empire Records, yeah that will work…' she rambled to herself.

Just as she was mentally debating the benefits of moose tracks versus rocky road for the movie, there was a knock at the door… 'FINALLY!'…She quickly composed herself and walked over to open the door. When she did, she was surprised to see Finn and Colin standing there silently holding nothing but a blind fold.

"NO!" she quickly exclaimed, "I am not, repeat AM NOT, putting that on! First he's late, well you're late, but you are here in lieu of him so he gets the blame. Second, if he thinks I would put that on for a night that is suppose to be celebrating MY graduation I'm calling the men in the white coats, and they can go with you and take Logan away to the fun place with the soft walls. Every time I put one of those on I end up in some situation that he knows damn well I don't want to be in and then talks me into doing whatever crazy thing you all have planned anyways. Tonight, for once, I was hoping that he would plan an evening I would enjoy, but no, he sends you assuming I will let you whisk me away into the night."

Finn and Colin exchanged glances. Just as she looked like she was getting a second wind, Finn jumped in, "Love, is now the a good time or a bad time to inform you that our dear friend, aka your boyfriend, was worried you may resist and told us to use any means we deem necessary to get you to the location?" Rory gave no response, but shot him a glare.

"And, may I ask that you not tell Logan about our being late, he threatened to get Steph to withhold sex from me for a month and to pay off Finn's favorite bar so they refuse to serve him," added Colin.

"I won't tell Logan, but my silence comes at its own price. Fine, I'll put the blindfold on in the car, lets go…" she said, still annoyed, but inwardly laughing at the threats Logan gave his friends.

Finn, Colin, and Rory got into the SUV where she, after much whining, put on the blindfold before they began the drive.

The car was silent so Rory started talking, "So Colin, how exactly does Logan think he has the power to control your sex life?"

"I'm not entirely sure. All I know is when he made the threat I laughed at him saying he doesn't have that much power. He then leaned forward whispered something into Steph's ear to which she gasped and looked at me and asked how important our intimacy is in our relationship."

"Huh…" she replied, and they fell into silence as they drove until the car finally stopped.

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Finn opened the door, helped Rory out, and then gave her some instructions, "Now, my dear sweet reporter girl, I know you like to snoop around the unknown, but pretty please with a cherry on top remain where you are and do not take off your blindfold," he chided in a voice thick with false sweetness, before turning to Colin and asking, "What am I forgetting?"

"Uhhhh...oh yeah Logan wanted us to remind you that patience is a virtue."

"What if I have no, nor want, any virtue?"

"I think it's time to leave, have fun love!" Finn exclaimed avoiding the question and hopping back into the car with Colin before speeding off.

As Logan looked on, he wondered how long he should leave her standing there.

Rory was left to her thoughts, 'Where am I? He cannot seriously think this is how I want to spend my evening. And Logan, where is he? What if something happens while I'm waiting for him to show up…No, this is Logan, he's always protective of you. So how can he be sure I'm safe now that tweedle dee and tweedle dum left…because you idiot, you have a blindfold on, he's watching you…'

"Logan, I swear you better come and lead me to where ever it is we are going!" 'No response,' she thought, 'maybe I need to try a different angle.'

"Loooooooooooooooogan, please come protect me from the scary monsters," she tried in a teasing childish voice…silence.

"Okay seriously Logan, are you there because I'm really starting to get creeped out. I mean Finn and Colin were all cryptic and unusually quiet on the ride here. And what is with the blindfold? Normally when you make me wear this thing someone waits until you show up…" her voice becoming more unsure as her nerves show through.

Logan decided to speak up, "Now Ace, would I let something happen to you?" He waited for a response, but she gave none. He realized that she was starting to get into her stubborn mood, something he blamed on her being a Lorelai, so he tried to goad her. "What happened to following the advice I gave you? Patience is a virtue?"

That worked, she had to respond, "But nothing said that being patient, which you are well aware is not a strong point of mine, should be applied to waiting for you while blindfolded. It could be for any point in the evening, you should be less ambiguous with your instructions. The more descriptive they are, the more closely they will be followed."

"I'll remember that for work in the future." He walked up to her and placed his hand on her hips before leaning in to give her a brief kiss, "You look beautiful"

She sighed, "I knew you wouldn't let anything happen to me."

He gave a short laugh. "Let's continue with our evening," and began guiding her in front of him as he walked her to their destination. He reached the stairs and picked her up to carry her up the three steps before placing her back down and leading her inside. He walked her over to a chair and had her sit on it before he removed the blindfold. In front of her appeared to be gourmet meal. She raised a questioning eyebrow.

"I wanted to take you out to a nice dinner, but I always feel like people are listening to you talk so I decided why not bring the dinner to us in a quiet and secluded spot."

At this comment, Rory finally looked around and took in her surroundings. She was in a small, but nice, dining room. She looked out the window and all she could see were densely packed trees set a short distance from the house. Then she noticed the walls, they were all made of wood, including the floor and ceiling. "Logan where are we?"

At first, it looked like he may not answer, but he didn't want her to start getting frustrated with him so he answered honestly, "We are on one of Colin's family properties in a cabin they have. You've been here before, well not exactly here, the other end of the property is where we held the first LDB event you attended."

"So the owner of the property did know you were there?"

He smiled at her, "Of course"

"It's beautiful, I love it."

"I thought you would."

They began their meal in a comfortable silence and exchanged some brief conversation while they ate before walking into the living room where there was a fire going. Logan lay on the couch and pulled Rory down with him. She lay with her head on his chest, and as he stroked her hair, they both seemed lost in their thoughts gazing into the fire.

Logan was the one to break the silence, "There was a reason I wanted to be able to talk to you without being over heard."

"Intrigue."

"I want to talk about us, about the status of our relationship."

At those words, Logan could feel Rory's entire body tense up before she jumped off of him and stared straight into his eyes, on the verge of tears with disbelief. Logan was confused, thought to himself, 'Why is she about to cry?' so he slowly stood up. As he did, he came to a realization, 'You are an idiot Huntzburger, those are the words you never wanted to hear her say,' so he placed his arms around her, held her close, and kissed her forehead. He slowly sat her back down on the couch before sitting on the coffee table across from her, all the while holding her hands. 'Breath Logan…remember to breath,' he reminded himself which was difficult for him until he looked into her eyes. He gave a small smile and took a deep breath before speaking.

"Ace, please don't cry," he said, and then lifted her hand to place a kiss on her palm. At this, she seemed to calm a bit, and her body relaxed, but the tears were still about to fall, so he continued.

"I wasn't sure how to do this, I've never done this before you know. But that's why were so good together, we both get each other to do things we never thought possible. You never thought you would take big risks, do things without a full pro con list, but look at the LDB. You jumped that first time, and you've done other stunts since. And look at me, I never thought I would be a boyfriend, let alone be any good at it, but I did it. Now, I'm about to do something else I never would have thought. I just…"

He was cut off by Rory, "Logan you're rambling. Clearly, a sign I've had more than one effect on you." She gave him a strained smile, but it was enough that a wave of calm passed over him.

"I love you Ace, more than you will ever know." He moved down onto the floor in front of her and noticed that while the tears still seemed to be there, her face now held a look of confusion. Looking directly at her he pushed on, "Rory, I want nothing more than for you to become my wife, so I ask you: Lorelai Leigh Gilmore will you marry me?"

At these words, he drew a ring box out from his pocket and opened it. Inside was a large, but not gaudy, round diamond set on a ribbon shaped diamond-encrusted platinum band that Logan had chosen. When he saw it, he knew it was the one, 'beautiful and elegant, just like my Ace.' He bought it that day and had it engraved to say: My Ace Always and Forever. I Love You, Logan.

Rory looked down at the ring, and her brain started a mental freak out, 'Oh my god! I can't believe I was nervous; this is the best moment of my life. Oh my god! Look at that ring.' She realized she was staring and looked back at Logan, remembering she had yet to respond, so she nodded her head and tried to say yes, but no words came out. He placed the ring on her finger and leaned up to catch her lips in a simple, yet passionate, kiss. That was when the tears finally spilled. She held onto him tightly and whispered, "I love you too." They remained in each others arms equally excited about what just happened and what was to come.

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A/N: This story will more be focusing on how they deal with the real world (jobs, etc.), but I wanted them to be engaged when it all started and just couldn't leave that part out. The next chapter will be more telling as to where the story is going, so please stay tuned!

Also this is my first fic and I would love any feedback.