A Second Chance

Chapter 6

Logan was standing in Rory's living room. He didn't know if he should leave or stay. Not knowing what to do, he called Paris. He hadn't seen Paris since 2007, and he didn't even know if she knew that he was seeing Rory, but he knew that they were still friends so he called her. 

Logan was pacing around the living room when a very angry Paris walked into the house. "What the hell did you do?" She asked angrily and before Logan could respond, she asked another question. "Where is she?"

"She went upstairs" Logan told her.

Paris went upstairs and softly knocked on Rory's closed bedroom door. "Rory?"

"Go away, Paris" Rory said. It was obvious that she'd been crying.

"I'm not going anywhere" Paris said. "Open the door"

Rory didn't say anything, so Paris slowly opened the door and walked into the room to find Rory sitting on her bed, fidgeting with her necklace.

"I said go away" Rory said quietly

"What did he do?" Paris asked

"He didn't do anything" Rory said

"Then what happened?"

"I don't know" Rory sighed. "We were kissing, and things started to get...heated, and I just panicked. The last person I was with in that way was Matt. I haven't been with anyone since he died"

"But you can" Paris said. "You know that right?"

"I know, I just...I don't know"

"Do you want to call your therapist?"

"No" Rory said

"Rory..."

"I'm fine" Rory said. "Really. I just got freaked out and overreacted"

"You're sure you're ok?" Paris asked

"I'm sure" Rory said. She was a little embarrassed about leaving Logan in the living room like she did, but she was fine.

"Ok. Good" Paris said. "So...Huntzberger? Really?"

"You are not allowed to judge me for this"

"No judgment here" Paris said. She thought that Rory could do better, but she was glad that Rory was finally moving on. "I mean, you could do a lot worse than Logan Huntzberger"

Rory chuckled softly. "I mean I probably just ruined whatever we had going on, but it was nice while it lasted"

"He's downstairs" Paris told her

"What?"

"Who do you think called me?" Paris asked. "He's all worried that he did something to upset you"

"He's still here?"

"Do you want me to tell him to come up here?"

"Yeah, we should probably talk, right?"

"Yeah" Paris said. She went downstairs and a few minutes later there was a soft knock on Rory's bedroom door. "Rory?"

"Come in" Rory said. The door opened and Logan appeared.

"Are you ok?" Logan asked

Rory nodded. "I'm really sorry about before"

"Don't be" Logan said.

"It's just that the last person I was with was Matt and I think I just got a little freaked out about the idea of being with someone else"

Logan took a step forward and took Rory's hands in his. "Rory, I get it, and I get that you need to take things slowly"