Echolls Residence - Tuesday Evening - NFB

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Logan lounged on the couch watching a rerun of "The Amazing Adventures of Bitterwoman".

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Rory let herself in, and quietly shrugged out of her coat and hung it up.

She walked out into the living room, and spotted him on the couch. "Hey."

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Logan didn't sit up. "Still pissed at me?" he asked.

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"No, not exactly," Rory returned softly, not moving from where she stood. "I'm sorry for not hearing you out."

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Logan swung his feet down and sat up. "You don't trust me," he said.

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Rory bit her lip. "I don't know."

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Logan rested his arm on the side of the couch and stared at his fingernails. "What would make you think that I'd mess around on you?"

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Rory shook her head. "I don't think that anymore. It's just - you have to understand how it looked."

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"No, I get how it looked," Logan said with a bitter smile. "What I don't get is why you assumed it had been an ongoing affair."

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Rory looked down and crossed her arms around her midsection. "I had heard things," she said softly. "About you and Veronica. And I know I shouldn't have jumped to that conclusion but...." She shrugged.

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"But what?" Logan asked, a little too sharply.

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"But it was logical," Rory replied, looking back up. "And I'm sorry for it."

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"I'm sorry, too," Logan said, softening. "I should've done something sooner - I shouldn't've let it get to that point."

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Rory went to sit beside him on the couch. She stared down at her hands. "Why did you immediately assume something had happened with me and Anakin, though?"

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"Uh, 'cause you were in his bed," Logan said, raising his eyebrows at her.

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Rory winced. "Fair point." She met his eyes. "Nothing did happen. I was upset and we ended up passing out." The corner of her mouth twitched. "You were right about the spacewhiskey being strong."

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Logan gave her a half-grin. "Yeah, I should've trusted you and Anakin rather than the radio."

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Rory nodded slowly. "Um. Always a good choice. And I should've trusted you, rather than the radio." She looked back down at her hands. "I wish you'd tell me things, though," she said, her voice cracking a little.

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Logan frowned. "Like what?"

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"Like things that could get you killed. Like threatening demons," Rory said bitterly.

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Logan looked at her for a moment. "Talked to Veronica?" he asked finally.

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"Yup. I was curious about why she had been pulling you into the girls' bathroom." Rory looked up, her mouth set in a thin line. "Why didn't you tell me?"

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"About the bathroom? Figured you'd get the wrong idea," Logan smiled.

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"It's not funny, Logan," Rory snapped. "Why didn't you tell me you had threatened him? He's dangerous and you know that."

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"I didn't tell you because he's dangerous," Logan said. "I didn't want you to worry."

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Rory gave a humorless laugh. "Oh, well, good job on that." She shook her head and rubbed her hand across her forehead. "What else? Have you been chatting with Darla? Maybe gone for a stroll with Drusilla?"

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"Not yet," he said tiredly.

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"Are you trying to get yourself killed?" Rory asked, raising her voice in spite of herself.

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"No, I'm not!" he said, slapping his hand down on the arm of the couch. "I'm trying to keep the people I care about safe!" He gave her a raw, exhausted look. "I can't lose anyone again."

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Rory swallowed. "Then do me the same courtesy, and don't put yourself in danger," she said, her voice shaking.

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"Okay," he said. "No more threatening demons." He gave her a smile.

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"Or vampires. Or people bigger than you. Or people with guns. Anyone who can hurt you," Rory replied relentlessly

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Logan gave her an exasperated look. "I'll be more careful," he said.

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Rory reached over and gently took one of his hands. "I - The whole Angelus thing was terrifying enough," she muttered. "I don't want sequels."

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Logan shivered. Probably just from the cold air. Even though he had the heat on higher than really necessary. "Me either," he whispered, squeezing her hand lightly.

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"Will you do me a favor?" Rory asked, biting her lip. She didn't wait for a response. "Tell me stuff like that? I don't care if you don't want to make me worry. Don't think about that. I'd just rather hear from you than someone else."

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Logan considered this for a moment, then nodded.

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Rory nodded slowly. She seemed to weigh a decision heavily for a moment, and then sighed. "I just don't want to have this fight again." She smiled ruefully. "We keep coming back to the same issue."

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"I know," Logan said, looking down at where their hands were linked.

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"I don't want to be with someone who doesn't trust me," Rory whispered, not trusting her voice enough to go any louder.

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Logan nodded. "Me either."

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Rory blinked several times, and swallowed hard. "I don't know what to do. Or say."

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Logan didn't look her in the face. "I suppose you could give me my key back," he said. "Uh, you can keep the keyring, though."

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Rory nodded, and pulled her keys from her pocket. She carefully extracted her hand from Logan's, and undid the key from the ring. She handed it to him, blinking rapidly to keep the inevitable tears from falling.

"I'll get the rest of your stuff to you tomorrow," she said, trying to keep her voice steady. "I mean, um, anything of yours I have. I'll have to look."

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Logan nodded. "Yeah, same here. Do you, uh, need a ride back or anything?"

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Rory shook her head. "I'll be okay." She rubbed a thumb under either eye, and offered him a quick smile. "I guess I'll go, then." She didn't move, though.

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Logan didn't smile back. He just nodded at her.

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Rory nodded as well, and finally, wordlessly got up and walked out of the house.

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Logan stared at the television and reached for his flask.