A/N: This is my first GG story, well, first I've gotten the nerve to put out there. Love the whole Brigade thing so thought I'd expand on the members and play around with them. Finn is just too cute to leave as a sidekick and thought Colin needed a reason to dislike Marty so much. Hopefully it doesn't seem too out there.

Disclaimer: Not mine! If it was I'd have a lot more money. I don't. So I don't own anything except those with unfamiliar names. They're mine. :D

"Ah, another lovely year at good old Yale. Anyone miss it?" Catherine Barr-Taylor asked her cousin, his two sidekicks, and her best friend, spinning in a circle as they walked up High St. They'd been wandering around for a couple hours while waiting for the movers to unload their belongings.

"Yeah right," Asia Munroe snorted, flicking a lock of pink hair over her shoulder.

"It's not that bad. Look at it this way, two whole years of co-eds to make friends with," Logan smirked, Asia and Catherine both slapping him on the back of the head.

"You are such a man-whore Huntz. You know one of these days you're going to end up with a disease," Catherine warned him sagely.

"I'm careful!" Logan pouted, Catherine rolling her eyes.

"Whatever you say darling. Well, we're off to get settled in, see if Nic's flight made it in okay," Catherine said, reaching for the sleeping 10-month old girl that Finn Sullivan was holding against his chest, her cheek on his shoulder, fist in her mouth.

"Here you go M, back to Mommy. We still on for later Kitten?" Finn asked, giving Catherine a quick kiss on the cheek as she shifted Morgan to a comfortable position.

"Naturally. I made sure to make the movie case a priority with the movers. Do you think you can manage the snacks?" Catherine raised her eyebrows, partly serious, knowing Finn's tendency to forget.

"I'll remind him. Anything you definitely don't want?" Colin Fitzgerald asked, breaking his gaze away from Asia who'd just noticed his stare and was shifting uncomfortably.

"Lamb, vegemite and Foster's?" Catherine teased, Colin and Finn both rolling their eyes at her long-standing and very vocal disgust for the Australian staples, which had proved embarrassing on a few occasions when visiting Finn's homeland.

"Spinach and Corona it is then. Let's go, I want to check in with Seth about how things are going for the camping trip next month. I heard a rumor that Robert might be helping him and that worries me," Colin shivered, the others looking uncertain at that revelation.

"Tell me that's just a joke. Robert anywhere near the jump structure? Good luck with that disaster," Asia sighed with a shake of her head.

"Go find Merlin, fix it," Catherine dismissed them with a wave and headed off, Asia trailing behind her.

"How's that going for you Colin?" Logan asked immediately after the girls were out of earshot.

"How's what going?" Colin played dumb, not wanting to talk about it.

"You and Mushu, what did you think he meant?" Finn rolled his eyes. "Have you made a move yet?"

"Why do you think I'd make a move?"

"Because, moron, you're in love with the pink-haired cutie. Have been for over two years now. Did you think that we wouldn't notice? We're only your best friends in the whole world Duke. We are however getting bored with watching you fight and stare so if you'd please do something we'd appreciate it," Finn said with a long-suffering stare.

"Oh, well, if you're uncomfortable," Colin glared.

"Rachel!" Logan cried, spotting the female Brigadier on the other side of High, heading into the Branford – Saybrook courtyard. She turned and smiled, waiting for them to cross the street and join her.

"Hi boys, what's up? Where are Cat and Asia hiding?" she hugged each of them in turn before Logan draped his arm across her shoulders familiarly, her arm naturally looping around his waist.

"Getting settled and seeing if Hen's landed yet. How's the ball-and-chain? Is he hiding around here someplace?" Logan asked, looking around for his cousin eagerly.

"Sorry to disappoint you Huntz but Flik had to go back to base. Do you think you can manage to survive without my fiancé?" Rachel teased.

"Only by your lovely presence at my side," Logan sighed dramatically.

"It's him!" Colin snarled suddenly, startling them all.

"It's who?" Rachel looked around, lost. Colin just glowered and pointed up ahead of them to the guy standing at the coffee kiosk, a petite brunette beside him.

"Uh oh," Finn winced, recognizing him as the bartender Asia had flirted with at the New Year's party two years ago.

"Let's go say hi," Colin sneered with clenched teeth.

"No, let's just walk past and ignore him," Rachel asked, wanting to avoid a scene and not sure what 'saying hi' would involve. She watched Finn stroll ahead with a sinking feeling in her stomach as Logan propelled her along, Colin dropping behind them.

"Oh sorry," the guy jumped when Colin walked right into him.

"No, seriously, you couldn't see me there?" Colin looked right through him.

"Not everyone's staring at you Colin," Finn wrapped his arm around Colin's shoulder, giving him moral support for his 'confrontation' with the bartender.

"Hey, I know you! No, wait - wait, don't tell me. I'm seeing a uniform of some sort," Logan barely suppressed the snicker.

"A Maytag repairman," Finn deadpanned, glad to join in the pot shots, just hoping that it wouldn't get back to Asia, she could be scary when she got angry.

"I've bartended for you – for your parties," Marty stuttered, clearly uncomfortable. Rachel eyed him, resisting the urge to roll her eyes at his lack of a spine, though she did feel bad for the girl getting caught in the middle of the pissing contest.

"That's right, you have. You're a talented man. He makes a kick-ass margarita," Logan winked at Rory, surprised when she just stared blank-faced at him. Usually that wink got at least a shy smile.

"Thanks," Marty shifted, forcing a fake laugh.

"It's good to see you again. What's your name?"

"Marty. Uh, this is Rory," Marty pointed and Rory weakly lifted a hand in greeting, Colin turning to look her over critically.

"Hi," Logan barely looked at her, turning back to further annoy Marty. "So, assuming your services are still for hire this year? Your financial situation hasn't changed at all?" Logan inwardly snorted at that possibility, the guy had been desperate two years ago when he first hired him.

"Nope," Marty shook his head.

"Good. Okay, I'll give you a call. Where are you living now?"

"Branford."

"Oh, excellent – Branford. All right. Good running into you," Logan smirked, turning to go, his arm landing on Rachel's shoulders again.

"Excellent shirt, really. I can see what you see in him," Colin told Rory, sarcasm dripping from every word.

"Don't be an ass Colin," Logan called over his shoulder, feeling Rachel pinch his side and glare at him.

"Me? Never. I'm a friend to all people, large, and very, very small," Colin stared venomously at Marty one last time before turning to keep pace with the others.

"That was mean! What did he do to you?" Rachel smacked Logan on the chest and frowned heavily at Finn and Colin.

"Asia flirted with him," Finn answered succinctly, Rachel grimacing and eyeing Colin sympathetically in understanding.

"Forget I said anything. Though this year might end up being fun. You do know who the girl is, right?" Rachel asked with a smile.

"Cute?" Logan smirked, jumping out of the way of Rachel's elbow.

"No, should we?" Finn asked, looking back over his shoulder to catch a glimpse of the brunette.

"Rory is Lorelai Gilmore the third," Rachel paused, waiting for that to sink in.

"Richard and Emily's granddaughter? The infamous Lorelai and Christopher's love child? Wow," Logan whistled.

"Why do I not recognize her?" Finn asked.

"Because you have a memory like a sieve?" Colin suggested, Finn rolling his eyes.

"And you've never met her. She didn't grow up in Hartford, so you wouldn't have run into her at stuff. Lorelai rejected her upbringing not long after Rory was born, ran away to do her own thing, how can you not know this? Cat was the one who told me the whole story not long after Morgy came along," Rachel frowned.

"Okay, so how come you recognize her?"

"She went to Chilton," Rachel explained.

"Ah, is she Mary?" Logan asked, understanding dawning.

"The one and only," Rachel nodded.

"I don't get it, I thought her name was Rory or Lorelai," Finn looked lost.

"Tristan's first love, the shy bookish girl that rejected him for a bagboy? Please, you must remember the stories," Logan looked disgusted.

"Wait, I thought she was determined to go to Harvard," Colin asked, remembering something Tristan had told them.

"Guess that changed. Unless I'm totally out of it and we're in Boston," Finn blinked, looking around frantically. "Phew! Scared myself for a second," he gasped, wiping a hand over his face.

"You are such a drama queen Finn. And this is my stop, have to buy a couple books still," Rachel announced, stopping.

"I'd help you carry them but being seen with books, can't ruin my carefully constructed reputation as a slacker," Logan shuddered dramatically.

"Can't have that," Rachel shook her head. "Later boys, and tell Blondie bear that I love him and will call him tonight."

"Blondie bear? Oh this is going to be fun," Finn snickered, picturing Tristan's face when he got called that in front of his army buddies at the next possible opportunity.

"He got jealous when he caught me drooling over Spike," Rachel smiled by way of explanation.

"And now he shall be humiliated, and often," Colin promised, knowing what the wide smirks on Finn and Logan's faces meant.

"Try to control them a bit, please," Rachel requested laughingly as they separated, the guys eager to get back to the Brigade fraternity/sorority house to call and annoy Tristan.