It had been five years since the three stooges had graduated from Yale and been forced to follow their "destiny" set in stone by the generations before them. Colin was now working as a lawyer in the McCrae law firm, Finn was working for his family in the hospitality industry and Logan was back working for his father in London.

They managed to meet up and get the group together for an impromptu LDB gathering but those had become more and more scarce as the years progressed. The gatherings had also become less reckless and more of a get together in which they would talk about their lives and catch up with one another. One constant topic of conversation that was forbidden was the blue eyed beauty that had managed to capture all of their hearts but in different ways. Rory Gilmore. She had come into their lives and exited just as quickly.

Each of the boys held certain adoration for her. Colin had enjoyed their conversations and had been attracted to her from the beginning but he had gone about it the wrong way. He had acted like a jerk and figured that she would look beyond that simply because he had money but he had been wrong because Rory was unlike any of the ladies that they had surrounded themselves with.

Finn had adored Rory but more in a friendship/sibling manner. They would chat about his women problems and her Logan problems but they had never held romantic feelings for each other. Rory's exit from his life had been difficult that after a year he had managed to track her down and they had rekindled their friendship however with the topics connecting to Yale not included. They did not speak often but whenever he was in town they would meet for dinner.

Then there was Logan. Rory had been an unexpected but important person in his life and continued to be even now. She was his first love; he would classify her as still his first and only love. Logan had stupidly given her an ultimatum, which backfired on him. He had moved to California but had quickly gotten homesick. When his father had reached out to him, he used that as the opportunity to negotiate a return to HPG on his terms. He worked primarily out of London with frequent trips to the states.

Colin was walking back to the office after lunch lost in his thoughts of the monotony his life had become when he bumped into someone. Before he could catch himself, he saw the coffee the person was holding had spilled all over. As he looked to see the owner of the coffee, he was shocked.

"Reporter girl?!" Colin smirked

"Colin! I don't know why you are smirking, you just spilled my coffee which is the most important thing in my life." Rory smirked as well.

Rory had missed the three stooges and had regretted losing contact with them but it had been hard for her after the whole Logan debacle and as time passed, it seemed odd to reach out. Finn had found her but even their friendship had changed from the Yale days. She had eventually settled into a newspaper in New York after the Obama campaign and had made some good friends that took her mind off the ones she missed.

"I sincerely apologize. I remember how important coffee is to you. Let me buy you another one." Colin said sincerely.

" Oh, I wish I could but I have to get back to the office and will have to settle for some break room coffee." She pouted.

"I really am sorry but it's really good to see you. We've all missed you." Colin leaned forward and hugged her.

Rory was slightly caught off guard but immediately wrapped her arms around him. Colin had never been very affectionate but she had missed him.

As they pulled away Rory spoke, "It's really good to see you too. Are you living here now?"

"Yeah, I am working at the family law firm and our headquarters are here in the city."

Before she could respond, her phone rang. "Shoot, I really have to get going. It was good seeing you Colin."

Before she could get too far Colin called out. "Hey Rory, you want to grab dinner sometime? Catch up on the last five years."

"Sure, sounds good. Do you still have my number?"

After Colin nodded, Rory responded, "Give me a call. The numbers still the same. See you later."

With that Rory turned to return to the sea of people and Colin couldn't help but feel happy about his encounter with her.