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"Finn! Colin!"
"Logan!" They screamed in unison over the loud music.
"It's good to see you, mate!"
"It's good to see you too!"
"How's the west coast? You are as white as a sheet!" Colin said.
"What? That's the best indoor light tan you can get!"
They made their way over to the bar. Logan looked around at some weird looking people. "Finn, how many people do you know?"
"Well, I invited ten people." The room hold definitely more than ten people!
Finn's eyes swept the room. "Looking for anyone in particular?"
"Mh? Me?" He chuckled nervously. "No! No! Why should I be?"
Logan raised his eyebrows at his friends. Colin shrugged.
They got themselves some drinks and started to exchange news about work and politics.
But after a while Logan asked: "Finn seriously what's up? It's like you're awaiting an alien invading the place at any second."
The man swallowed. "Well, maybe I should tell you something…"
Logan looked from Finn to Colin. Colin put up his hands in defence: "I had nothing to do with it!"
"Thanks for your support, mate!" Colin just drank from his beer.
"Well, I am all ears."
"A few days ago…I met Rory." Logan turned pale and his muscles stiffened. "And I invited her." Finn finished.
A chill ran through his body by the imagination of standing in front of her.
"She looked miserable, you were miserable, I just thought…"
Logan took a swig of beer. He couldn't help himself but looked around the room.
"Logan? Are you okay?" Colin asked.
"Yeah, sure why shouldn't I?"
"I told you it was a bad idea!" Colin scolded. Finn pursed his lips. "Imagine he would have brought a date!"
"Logan is not dating! Are you dating again?"
"I, er…
Colin didn't let Logan answer Finn's question. "Or if Rory would have brought her new boyfriend!"
"New boyfriend?" Logan and Finn cried simultaneously.
Colin looked at them shocked: "Hypothetically of course…"
None of them said a word. Logan opened his mouth to say something but shut it again.
Only to open it again a few seconds later. "Does…do you…Does she…have a new boyfriend?"
"No!" Finn shook his head.
"Did she tell you?" Colin asked.
"Well, not exactly, but she asked if it really was okay if she was coming tonight…"
Colin groaned. "That could mean anything!"
Logan drained the rest of his beer.
During the next hours people rushed in and out. A lot of commotion was going on and the music was too loud.
Later that night as most of the people headed home.
The three men found themselves again on Finn's balcony.
Logan straddled a chair, looking really tiered and just finished. He had met a lot of people he hadn't seen in ages, just not the one he was both eager and scared to meet.
"What a party! Reminds me of college!" Finn said.
"Those were good years!" Colin agreed.
Logan sighed. "She didn't come."
"Sorry mate."
He drained another glass of vodka.
"I've always liked her." Colin said out of nowhere.
Finn nodded. "Me too! She wasn't as dumb as the others."
"Nah, she's a smart ass." Colin said. "She's one of them who'll have a great career and a nice family."
"Three kids and a respected husband, surely, but her career is not going well."
Colin frowned. "What do you mean?"
"I think she has trouble with her job."
"She? Trouble? I just can't put those words together in a sentence."
"That's what she said."
Colin couldn't believe Finn and looked at Logan who was still. "Logan you should know such a thing, shouldn't you?"
"MH? What?" He hadn't heard a word of his friends.
"If Rory…"
"I still love her." Logan blurted out.
Finn rolled his eyes. "We know that, but how's the Obama campaign going?"
Logan laughed humourlessly. Well, I didn't! "The Campaign is good, isn't it?"
"Because Rory has some troubles."
"Has she?"
Colin groaned. "What do you think we were talking about all the time!?"