Sorry for the lack of updates. My daughter started the flu Sunday, then my SO and I got it Monday so it's Thursday and we're all finally better.
I know this is really short but I haven't been inspired lately. I think it's a case of writers block. I think of this story constantly but I can't think of a good story line. I have a few worked out but nothing solid at the moment.
Okay this is continuing the same night.
INR: Thanksgiving is coming soon! AKA A Year In The Life!
R&R
I own nothing besides the story line and kids
Everyone decided to go to the Huntzberger Manor for the night. Rory paid the rest of the staff and left Stacy and Glenda in charge of clean up. She would go back the next day to make sure it was done right but wanted to spend the night with their friends.
Rory checked in with her mom and she said the kids were all asleep in the entertainment room after they watched the first three Harry Potter movies. Paris couldn't join them at dinner but ended up showing up at the casino night.
"Tonight was a success." Logan said with a bottle of champagne in his hands. "I propose a toast. To Rory!"
Everyone held up their glasses and said "To Rory!"
The manor held all of their friends and their dates. Logan, Rory, Steph, Andrew, Colin, Cindy, Finn, Maureen, G, Garrett, Jamie, and Paris all celebrated the successful event.
"So Colin, do you think Rory and Logan would mind if we stole a bedroom." Cindy said seductively to Colin. Steph and Rory were standing ten feet from them. Rory had to grab Steph's arm so she would go and hurt her.
"Hey Cindy, why don't we walk this way?" Rory said and pulled Maureen with her. They walked out the the patio leaving Steph, Colin, Finn, and Logan inside to talk. "We're going to spell this out nicely to you. Well maybe not too nice but easy to understand. Colin, how do I put this nicely? Colin..."
"Wants Steph?" Maureen suggested.
"Yeah that's basically it." Rory giggled. "He wants Steph and not you."
"Why would he bring me?" Cindy asked pissy. "He threw her out like yesterdays paper. He wants the newest model and that's me."
"Well because you might make her jealous. Even though I don't see that happening in last years coach." Rory said snottily. She knew that professional decorum was out the window once she insulted her best friend.
"What's this about yesterday's news?" Paris came up and asked. She heard the whole conversation but decided to see what Cindy's reaction would be.
"These two seem to think Colin would rather have her than me."
"Well first off, before you start throwing insults around I would check to see who is on your side. Steph was one of my bridesmaids and one of my best friends. Secondly, he married her. He hasn't stopped thinking about her in the fifteen years they've been together. They might be stupid and walk away but at the end of the day it's her name he's thinking of." Paris said putting Cindy in her place.
"What about Andrew?" Cindy asked the group.
"He was a placeholder. You didn't notice he left about 10 minutes ago?"
Cindy looked around and noticed she was the lone wolf. Everyone else was on the side of 'Steph and Colin'. She knew she was losing a battle but she wasn't going to go down without a fight. She also thought the princess inside wouldn't fight. Cindy turned around, went inside and placed a big kiss on Colin's lips. Colin stepped back and looked at her.
"I thought they would have explained it to you." Colin said holding Cindy back. "I'm done playing around. I messed up when I left Stephanie. Just an FYI even if Steph and I didn't get back together, she's always number one in my life followed closely by the three women outside. Their opinion rules all. If they don't like you, which none of them do, you wouldn't have lasted. Please leave before one of the four...wait five I just saw G... five women inside here escort you out."
Cindy looked around and realized that she lost. "You may have won for now but just wait."
"What you think you'd last. Even if Colin had an annurasium and took you back for a night, you wouldn't last with us. You were with us for 20 minutes outside of society and left. How long do you think you'd last?"
Cindy walked out and everyone resumed conversation.
Logan turned to Rory. "Geez. If this is you exhausted after weeks of planning. I know I'd hate to get on your bad sides after your fully rested."
"I know. If she just bowed out after we told her that Steph and Colin were getting back together, it'd be different. How could she not see it?"
"She was blinded. How could Tristan and Dean not see that we were happy? Hell Dean still tries every time. I remember he once told me that you had an affair with him. He didn't know that I knew about you two in the past but he still thought it would be enough for me to leave you. Love blinds people."
"You think she loves him?"
"I think she loves his bank account and some people think that's love."
"Well I'm glad our love is different."
"If it wasn't, Steph would have treated you like her."
"True. I wonder how the kids are."
"They're with your mom and their best friends. I'm sure they're perfect."
The rest of the night was spent partying until around 2 when it was just Colin, Steph, Logan, and Rory left. Finn and Maureen went back to his parents house around 12 because they had breakfast to attend. G and Garrett went back to their apartment in Hartford so they could sleep in and Paris and Jamie left around 10 so they could leave Hartford by 9.
Logan went outside and started the fire. They didn't have to leave for New York until Sunday so they decided to make the most out of their night together.
"When's the last time you all stayed up all night?" Steph asked the group.
"Minus when someone at home is sick or work?" Rory asked. "Probably a the night before we moved back to the east coast. Logan and I stayed up all night talking about all the memories in the old house."
"That house did hold a lot of important events."
"I know. The twins and LJ went home there. Hell LJ was almost born there, damn tropical storm."
"Wow that seems like it was so far away but in reality it wasn't. I remember that night clear as day."
"I know. If we had waited another 10 minutes he would have been born either in the back of the escalade or in the house."
"I remember Eli falling down the stairs and getting bruised everywhere. We had a visit from the CPS that next day because the daycare thought we beat him."
"Isn't that when Rory decided to stay at home full-time and freelance?" Colin asked.
"It was that and a mixture of events. Did you guys sell your house in San Fran or do you keep it as a winter place?"
"We kept it. We stay there when we visit."
"Ok heavier topic." Logan started. "What's going on with you guys? I'm out of the loop. I just know that a pissed off Cindy looked like she was going to come back with a gun and shoot us all."
"Well we're not sure. Logan, you've been my best friend for more than 20 years. You know that Steph is my endgame. Steph knows that I'm her endgame. I guess we needed to be stupid for a while. I don't know."
"Steph. What's your take?" Rory asked her best friend. They knew that it was a hard topic but they wouldn't really approach it if it wasn't for their best friends. "I know we haven't been best friends for over twenty years but we've been best friends for over a decade. You know the way I take my coffee and I know what stores you shop in and in what order. We know each other better than our husbands or whatever do."
"Ro, Loug. I love you both. If it were anyone else asking these questions, and I mean anyone else, I would walk away. I love Colin. Colin, there isn't anyone else I see myself with when we're eighty surrounded by our great-grandchildren. I guess you had to see what else was out there but I knew what I wanted. I'm just scared. I'm scared that I'll let you back in, we'll get married again and five years later we'll be in the same position. I can't open myself up that way again."
"Steph." Colin started. "It tore me up when I realized what I did. I can't believe that I hurt you like that. I never wanted to. When I proposed to you on my graduation I knew that you were all I needed. I just wasn't thinking."
"You can say that again." Steph said scoffing. "I felt like I wasn't important. Like you didn't care about me. I know that I'm great but I felt like I was nothing when I found out."
"Steph, you're too good for me. I think we should talk more later. How about we take the rest of the time in Hartford with our families separately and think and we'll have a date in New York."
"That sounds good. I'm exhausted. Are you taking the kids to see your mom?"
"Yeah, Ro do you have coffee ready?"
"It can be in five minutes." Rory replied getting up to make coffee for everyone.
