Over the next couple of weeks Rory and Logan became comfortable with each other again. It was like the last year hadn't happened. The couple was back to being completely in love with each other. Originally, they had wanted to start over completely and try to rebuild what was ruined. But after their talk in the coffee shop they spent the rest of the day wondering Hartford. It was, they decided, their second first date. That day was the first time in over a year where both Logan and Rory felt perfectly happy to just be with one another. It was one of those days where they did absolutely nothing but it meant everything. By the end of the day the couple was exhausted. It was emotionally draining for both of them to talk about their problems and on top of that Rory hadn't slept since she got on the plane from London. Without thinking Logan led her back to his apartment where they both fell into a deep sleep. During their day they had decided that Rory should get her own place because you couldn't start a relationship over again by skipping some steps. And then there was the fact that Logan needed his space to stop being angry at Rory for leaving. That is what Rory thought anyway. So when she woke up the next morning in the room she use to share with him, Rory expected Logan to remind her that she needed to find a place. But he didn't bring it up, instead he made her breakfast and most importantly coffee. That had been two weeks ago.
The first couple of days it had just been the two of them. They went to movies, museums, some of Rory's favorite bookstores, and their favorite restaurants. They went to see Finn everyday and Katie and Rory got to know each other a little better. Besides going to the hospital the two of them lived in their own little bubble and they loved it. After three days inside their 'bubble', as Rory liked to call it, things changed. It was after lunch and they were on their way to see Finn. They met up with Colin and Steph outside the hospital and made their way up to Finn's room. When passing the waiting room Rory was a little surprised to see her boyfriend and two friends yelling at Rosemary. When Rory knew Rosemary at Yale she was always friendly to her. She even told Rory how lucky she was to have tamed Logan and promised to try and keep the other girls 'in line' away from her. When she witnessed the fight between the red-head and her friends the reporter in her wanted to ask what they had against each other. But she had a feeling it had something to do with Katie and Finn and Logan would never tell her unless he knew it was alright with his friends. And if it did have something to do with the other couple it made sense why Finn hit on every red-head at Yale but Rosemary. After the confrontation the four of them were surprised and happy to see that Finn was awake. That night Rory and Logan ordered Chinese food and picked out some of their favorite movies to watch. That night Rory told him how she felt during her last months in the apartment. After their discussion Logan told her that he needed to go back to work the next day. He had been away a little too long and if he took anymore days off then he could expect a call from Mitchum. And despite how well they had been getting along the last couple years, Logan didn't want to hear a lecture about his responsibilities. So Logan went back to work. At first Rory missed him like crazy but then she discovered that text messages and spontaneous lunch dates made up for that. Rory quickly became one of Anna's favorite people to see in the Huntzberger offices and always let her interrupt Logan. Once again the couple found a new balance in their new relationship.
One night while attempting to make Logan dinner, Rory realized that she hadn't spoken to her mother since before she left London.
"Hey Ace is something burning?" Logan asked as he walked into the apartment. The brunette seemed to remember something and raced into the kitchen without responding to her boyfriend.
"Damnit! I don't know what I did wrong. I followed the directions exactly. It shouldn't be burnt it should be delicious." Logan smiled at her attempt to be domestic.
"Ace its sweet that you wanted to make me dinner but when are you going to learn that you and Lorelei just aren't meant to cook. The fates know this which is why they gave you men who do know how to cook." Rory started to pout at Logan's teasing.
"Crap Logan. I haven't talked to my mother in forever! She is going to be upset that I have been in town this long and not gone to see her or at least called her."
"Rory your mother will understand. In fact why don't we surprise her and go to Luke's for dinner." Rory wasn't sure if suddenly showing up in Stars Hollow with Logan was a good way to tell her mother they were back together. But then again Lorelei never really told her when she and Luke got back together. Plus she really wanted a burger.
"Alright lets go." The drive to Stars Hollow only took twenty minutes and in that short amount of time Rory came up with a plan on how to tell her mother about Logan. When they got to Luke's Logan would wait in the car while Rory talked to her mother. She would signal him when he could come in. Logan thought her plan was crazy. He told her that when they drove up in his car people would know it was them because as far as he knew he was the only society guy Rory had ever brought home. But Rory insisted. When they pulled up to the diner Rory spotted her mother at the counter talking to Luke, Which is where she had hoped to find her mother. Luke saw her first and Rory motioned to him that she wanted to surprise Lorelei. She managed to walk in a come to stand right behind her mother without Lorelei noticing.
"You know I could really use a good cup of coffee, the stuff they had in London wasn't very good. Crazy tea drinkers!" Lorelei turned around at the sound of her daughter's voice.
"Mini Me! Your here. When did you get hear? Why are you here? Why didn't you tell Mommy you were coming? Sit down and tell me everything. Luke get her coffee." The older Gilmore Girl said this all in one breath while hugging her daughter.
"Before I sit down I need to tell you something."
"What? You met Prince William and fell in love and now you want my permission to get married?" Luke rolled his eyes at his wife's ridiculous assumptions.
"No mom I did not meet Prince William. I got back about a week ago."
"What and you are just now coming to see me!"
"I didn't do it on purpose mom there was a lot going on and I didn't get a chance to call you."
"I can forgive you on one condition."
"What is it?"
"The only way I will let you not calling me slide is if your forgetfulness has anything to do with that cute blond about to be attacked by Ms. Patty." Lorelei nodded her head in the direction of where Logan was leaning against his car. Rory turned around and saw what her mom was talking about. Logan sitting on the hood of his car messing with his cell phone unaware that Ms. Patty was coming up behind him.
"You better go save your man Hun." Rory agreed with her mother and the two of them made their way out of the diner towards Logan.
"Are you mad?" The younger Gilmore asked.
"That you came back without telling me and went to make up with Logan before coming to see me? No."
"Why did you say make up with Logan like you knew that we would make up?"
"Rory I know you a little better then you know yourself sometimes and you are a lot like me." the pair of them stopped halfway to their destination and Rory asked her mom to explain.
"Towards the end of some relationships you get a feeling that its over before you or the other person ends it. At the end of my marriage to Christopher I knew it before it was officially over. I also knew that after it was over Luke and I would get back together at some point. I don't know how I knew that but I did and I was right. I think it has to do with the way things ended. When you love someone as much as I love Luke or you love Logan and something happens to make them end no matter how either person feels for the other you tend to find your way back to each other. It what true love is Rory. That is what I believe I have with Luke. And when I saw that the two of you looked at each other the way Luke and I do I knew that he was it for you. I know that when he proposed it freaked you out and neither one of you knew how to deal with it. When you told me you were moving to London I knew it wouldn't be forever because no matter how hard you tried you would never be able to get over him. I knew that when you realized that you would be back and that kid, who at one point was not cool in my book, would be a part of our family." Again Rory gave her mother a look asking how she knew that.
"I knew that because he fits in both your worlds' kiddo. He is from society so fitting in with the grandparents and those friends is no problem. But the real test was how he would fit in here. He does fit in here better then you expected. The town sees the two of you together and thinks you are perfect together. More perfect than you and Dean ever were. He can keep up with us and he stopped questioning our insanity years ago. I love him now because he makes you happy and he is a decent guy. Now let's go save my future son-in-law." Rory gave her mother a hug and thanked her for accepting Logan. After their little mother daughter moment the pair continued towards Logan. They got to Logan before Patty and Babette, who meet up with Patty during their mother-daughter moment, could reach them.
"So Limo Boy what are you going to do to make it up to me that you kept my daughter away for a whole week?" Logan looked up when Lorelei spoke and grinned at her.
"Give you more coffee than a normal human could possible consume and a sexy exotic man to play with." The two women laughed at the blonde's answer.
"Good answer! Rory Mommy has deemed him worthy of you."
"I'm glad you like him. Now can we go eat I'm starving?" Logan jumped off the hood of the car put his phone away and wrapped his arm around his girlfriend's waist.
"Of course Ace. I'm starving too." As the three of them made their way back to Luke's Patty and Babette caught up with them.
"Hi Lorelei, Rory it's nice to see you. Did you enjoy London?" Patty asked them.
"Hi Ms. Patty. Yes I loved London but there were three things I loved more so I had to come back."
"What do you love more than London sugar?" Rory smiled at Babette.
"Luke's coffee, Mom, and Logan." The two older women smiled at her answer and said hello to Logan. When they got to the diner Patty and Babette said their goodbyes and continued on their way.
"Luke! Rory and Logan need coffee and food." Lorelei announced upon entering the diner. Luke rolled his eyes at his wife and smiled at the sight of Rory.
"Hey Rory I'm glad your back. Logan it's nice to see you again. Sit at an empty table and I'll bring you coffee." Rory smiled and gave her step-father a hug before taking Logan by the hand to sit down. As the three of them ate Rory told her mother about London and how she ended up back in Hartford with Logan.
"So let me get this straight. Your boss, who just happens to be his cousin, comes back into work after being away for a week in Hartford trying to fix the heart you broke and tells you that if you don't come back to Hartford with her you will never get over Logan. What makes you so convinced that you would of never gotten over him? I mean I'm glad she got you to come home and all but how did she do it?"
"She told me that I reminded her of herself when she came to London. By that she meant heartbroken. She told me of how she moved there to try and get over her ex and five years later she was still trying. I think that before she went to Hartford she had herself convinced that she was over him. She has great friends and a good job but when she saw him again things just came flooding back. She didn't tell me what happened with her ex but as she was talking to me I decided that I didn't want to still be trying to convince myself five years down the road that I am happy. When I knew that I would have been much happier if I had fixed things with Logan. So I came to fix things with Logan."
"So she said don't make my mistakes and that convinced you?"
"Partly it did and the other part was that I wanted to fix things. I missed him mom and when Katie told me that she would help me I didn't want to say no."
"I get it kid. To be honest I'm glad she did that because I was so tired of hearing how miserable you were. I was so close to calling Logan to tell him where you were."
"I would have been pissed at you."
"I know but you would have gotten over it because you two would have fixed things."
"True." After dinner and catching up with her mother Rory and Logan had to start heading home.
"Why can't you stay?! I haven't gotten enough Rory time!"
"I'm sorry Mom but Logan has to work tomorrow and I have to figure out when I can get to London to get my stuff and transfer back. Then tomorrow night we are hanging out with our friends. I promise as soon as things get a little more settled I will come spend an entire weekend with you."
"Really?"
"Yes really."
"Alright then drive safe and call me." Rory gave her mother one last hug goodbye and then drove off with Logan.
Katie was on the phone when someone knocked on the office door. She quickly wrapped up her call and said come in. The familiar older woman that opened the door was about five-six with chocolate brown hair that had a hint of grey in it that wasn't there the last time Katie saw her. Katie smiled at her companion who closed the door and came to stand in front of the desk she was sitting at.
"You know I heard a rumor that someone had taken over for Finn the last couple of weeks and that she was good at getting things done but I had no idea that this super woman was you Katherine McCrea." The woman said to her with a smile that reached all the way up to her emerald green eyes.
"Hi Ms. Morgan how are you?" Katie returned the smile.
"Is that all you have to say to me young lady? Get over here and give me a hug." Katie happily did as she was asked.
"You look as beautiful as ever and happy too. A little tired maybe but happy, which is a wonderful change from the last time I saw you. I hope that your presence here means that I will find an ecstatically happy and sober Finn when I go see him?"
"Thank you Ms. Morgan and you are look gorgeous just like always. I am happy and as for Finn he better be doing something other than playing video games when I go up there or else I'm gonna take them away. He is supposed to be cleaning." Finn's mother laughed at the younger woman's answer.
"I hope your answer means the two of you are back together? And why is he supposed to be cleaning?"
"Yes we are and he has been telling me for three days that he is one hundred percent better and that he can do everything he use to do. I didn't believe him so I asked him to prove it by cleaning the apartment. When I checked on him earlier he was playing video games and I told him that if the apartment wasn't cleaned by him then he was wrong about being all better."
"In other words he was trying to convince you that he was well enough to have sex and you are using that to your advantage by trying to get him to do some chores. I like it. I missed you. You are one of the three women that Finn will actually listen too. Actually make that the only one he will listen too. He stopped listening to Mia and I years ago. Now how about coming with me to see him?"
"You know me too well. I was actually about to head up there. He has a doctor's appointment in an hour."
"Actually I know my son. He is just like his father sometimes. Can I come with you?"
"Sure if you want to." After locking up the Finn's office the two women made their way up to the penthouse. When they stepped off the elevator Katie called out to Finn.
"This apartment better be clean Finn or no matter what the doctor says it's not happening."
"I put all my toys away mommy so tonight I get to play." The Australian playfully called out to his girlfriend from the bedroom. Katie and Jennifer locked eyes and silently decided to freak Finn out.
"I'm glad you were able to clean up after yourself son. Now if you can behave for the rest of the day then maybe you will get what you want."
"Katie love what did you just say cause I could of swore you sounded just like my…" Finn was walking towards the living room where the two women were as he spoke. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw his mother.
"Sounded like who babe?" Katie asked as Finn grinned and went to hug his mom.
"Mom I'm so glad your back! I guess it would be stupid to ask if you know my big news. You obviously do or else you wouldn't have teamed up with her to play that mean trick on me."
"Yes I know that my hope for grandchildren is not as dead as I once thought it was. And you both are going to tell me all about it when we have lunch after your appointment."
"Yes ma'am. Does the lady of the house approve of the cleaning job?" Finn asked as Katie was wondering the apartment inspecting it's cleanliness.
"The lady approves Mr. Morgan. However the lady does not approve of getting no kiss from the man she loves."
"Well we will just have to fix that now won't we?" Finn stated as he pulled her to him. She grinned up at him while wrapping her arms around his neck just before he took her lips with his own. The couple both got lost in the kiss they were sharing and wanted nothing more than to spend the rest of the day in each other's arms. But at the same time they were also aware of Jennifer being in the room and the fact that they had somewhere to be. So reluctantly the broke apart and left for Finn's appointment. At the hospital, while waiting for the doctor they ran into Margret.
"Well isn't this a wonderful sight. The two of you holding hands and looking more in love than ever. You hold on to him young lady because I don't ever want to see you as sad as you were when we met. Understand?" The young couple smiled at the older woman and promised her that they weren't ever leaving each other again.
"Finn who is your friend?"
"Oh I'm sorry Mom this is Margret she was one of my nurses when I was here. Margret this is my mother Jennifer Morgan." The two women smiled at each other.
"It is nice to meet you Margret and I very much appreciate you taking care of Finn. I apologize if he was a handful."
"Oh no need to apologize Jennifer, Katie told me that being a crazy Australian is not something Finn can help it a disease with no cure. She has looked for one before." The women all laughed.
"Love I cannot believe you would tell somebody that. I'm hurt. Being Australian is not a disease it is one of the most awesome things in the world. Now being Australian and living in America makes me a wanted man. Women love men who are exotic. You are very lucky to have me you know."
"Yes babe I know I'm lucky and I didn't say being Australian was a disease I said being crazy was."
"Yes I will admit I am crazy."
"Wow I never thought I would see the day when Finn Morgan admitted he was crazy. Did you hear that Ace? Finn is crazy." The group turned around to see Logan, Rory, and another woman, who looked like an older version of Rory, standing there.
"Logan mate if you had let me finish I was going to say crazy in love with Katie. Unfortunately it doesn't sound as romantic as it would have if I wasn't interrupted."
"It's alright babe you can save it for another time."
"Oh alright. Now what are you guys doing here?"
"Paris is having a baby and insisted for her sanity that I be here. So I figured if I have to deal with her when she is in labor then Logan should have to suffer too. My mother thought that seeing Paris torture Doyle would be amusing so she decided to tag along." Rory answered.
"Hi I'm Lorelei and I'm guessing that you are the exotic one cause you have an accent so this must be the London boss. I have no idea who the other two are though. Rory any ideas?"
"Why yes I am the exotic one. Finn Morgan at your service my lady." After saying this Finn bowed down and kissed the back of Lorelei's hand.
"Hey buster I am the only lady you should be servicing. It's nice to meet you Lorelei I'm Katie McCrea." The two Gilmore girls exchanged glances before responding at the same time.
"Dirty!" The group laughed.
"Lorelei this is Finn's mom Jennifer Morgan and one of the nurses who took care of Finn while he was here Margret. Ms. Morgan, Margret this is Lorelei Gilmore and my girlfriend Rory." Logan introduced the rest of the group to his two companions.
"It's nice to meet you Rory, Lorelei. Finn I think the doctor is ready for us now. I assume that I will be seeing more of Rory and Lorelei in the future?"
"Rory probably mom I'm not sure about Lorelei though."
"Well any friends of Finn's is always welcome in my home. And if you should ever want or need a hotel room you will always be welcome at The Morgan, free every once and a while of course."
"That is very nice of you Ms. Morgan and I am happy to extend the same invitation should you ever want to visit The Dragonfly."
"You own The Dragonfly? I love that inn it is one of my favorites. I have only been able to have dinner there a few times but one of these days I have every intention of staying there. I have always wanted to own an inn but my ex-husband was in with the hotels and had we stayed together I might have gotten my inn but we didn't so I got hotels instead. I would love to sit and talk with you about how you run your inn. Can we exchange numbers?" Lorelei looked shocked at Jennifer's response but liked her and agreed to sit down and talk with her. A few minutes later the group parted ways. The doctor checked Finn out and told him that he was fine and didn't need to see him again. On the way to the car Jennifer asked the kids where they wanted to eat.
"Let's go to Arch's I haven't been there in forever." Finn suggested.
"We always go there. It's always noisy and I can barely hear myself think let alone talk. It's a good place to go for a night out with our friends but babe it is not the place to go if we want to sit and have a nice meal with your mother. Let's go to Vito's instead."
"But I hate Italian and I can't get a Fosters at Vito's. I haven't had a Fosters in forever and that is what I really want right now."
"How about this. If you come to Vito's I buy you enough Fosters for a month later alright?"
"Make it two months and you have yourself a deal love." Katie rolled her eyes but agreed with her boyfriend. Once they got seated and ordered their drinks Jennifer asked them how they got back together.
"As happy as I am to see my son happy again how did this happen? When I left for Australia Katie was still in London and Finn you were still one of the most miserable people on the planet."
"I know mom but you were gone a while. I thought you couldn't be on the island for long periods of time with dad. Are you two getting along better?"
"We are not talking about your father and I Finnegan. Besides I wasn't on the island the whole time. I took care of my business that I needed to with your father and then I had something's to attend to in Darwin. Now answer my questions please." Finn's eyes widened in shock and he almost spit out his drink when he heard her say that she was spending time in Darwin.
"Darwin mom you hate The Territory. What on earth could you possibly have to do in Darwin that took you three weeks?"
"None of your business Finn and I won't say another word about it. Now how did you and Katie get back together?" When Finn heard the tone of his mother's voice he knew that he should drop the subject. So he did for the moment. He would bring it up again later. Honestly did she expect him to drop the subject when he knew how much she detested The Territory? So he humored her and told her how Rory and Logan's problems ended up bringing Katie back to him.
"So now that all is forgiven does this mean I'm going to get a daughter in law soon?" Now it was Katie's turn to choke on her drink.
"Um Ms. Morgan we just got back together and while I love Finn and would love to marry him someday, I don't think it is going to be anytime soon."
"Yeah mom don't get ahead of us and start planning the rest of our lives before we have been back together a month."
"Alright you two I have to go. I'll talk to you later." The two of them hugged her goodbye.
"So do we have time to play before you go?"
"No Finn we don't. I still have to get something's together, call the Hartford office and make sure that the paperwork for Rory's transfer and Matt's promotion is in order. Stuff like that babe. I wish we had the time though. How about this when I get back we go somewhere just the two of us for a week or so to get reacquainted?"
"Just the two of us? You promise?"
"I promise as long as you pick somewhere nice to go." Finn assured her that he would. For the next few hours Katie packed and made the phone calls she needed to. By the time she pulled up to Logan's apartment four hours later to pick up Rory she was exhausted.
"Hey Katie she's almost ready. She's just saying goodbye to Henry and Mike." Logan greeted his cousin.
"Henry and Mike? Who are they?" she asked confused.
"The suit of armor and the coffee maker." He said as if was the most obvious thing in the world. And when you are dating a Gilmore girl it usually was.
"Of course." Katie laughed. Rory came out a few minutes later.
"Now Logan I know this is hard for you but while I'm gone could you please refrain from feeding Mike decaf? You know how much he hates it. Also can you put back the movies the way that they are suppose to be by genre not alphabetically? I would really appreciate it. Now remember that I love you and will be back in a few days, a week at the most." With that the young reporter gave her boyfriend a hug and a kiss. Logan rolled his eyes at Rory's requests.
"I promise Ace to make Colin bring his own decaf coffee and to get Finn and/or Lorelei to help me put the movies back where they belong. I love you too. Now hurry up and leave so you can come back already."
"Hey Huntzberger will you make sure Finn doesn't do anything to Finnlike while I am gone? I don't need to worry about him getting into trouble why I'm gone." Logan assured his cousin that she needn't worry about Finn, kissed Rory one last time and then the two women were on their way. The ride to Bradley International was quite. The pair of women seemed content with thinking about their trip and what it meant. For Rory all it meant was moving back home after a break in her relationship with Logan. She had only been gone for seven months. For Katie though it meant much more. Katie had more of a life in London then Rory did. She had lived there for five years. She had friends and a job she loved. Well she had that in Hartford too but she left those friends and that job years ago. As they drove to the airport Rory was curious to know if it was going to be hard for Katie to leave all that behind. She wanted to ask her new friend about it but wasn't sure if she could. Finally after they were seated on the plane the reporter in her got the better of her and she asked.
"Is it going to be hard for you to leave?" the red-head looked up at the sound of Rory's voice.
"Leave what?"
"London. I mean after all you have more of a life there then I did. This isn't going to be hard for me because I was only there a few months. I mean sure I made some friends and the apartment I was renting was ok. But you, you have a really awesome apartment that you own and you seem as close with the Michaels twins as you are with Colin and everybody. So is it going to be hard for you to leave?" Katie smiled at her new friend and reached up to wrap her hand around her necklace.
"Yes and no. I mean I love London I do and Matt and Mark are like family to me. But Connecticut has something that London doesn't. Finn. And yes I know how stupid it sounds to move across an ocean for some guy but Finn is not just some guy. He is in a sense family. Ever since he moved here when he was six Logan, Colin, and him have been inseparable. They are more like brothers then friends and being Colin's twin automatically makes Finn one of my best friends as well. After the break up there was a part of me that wished more than anything that Finn and I could have seen each other as brother and sister. But we didn't or couldn't and breaking up in a way broke up the little family the five of us had created. Because with the way our parents were we had to make our own family and we did that with each other. I hated making them pick sides and I tried my best not to make them. And they never really did pick sides. Stephanie listened to what I had to say and told me what she thought I needed to hear. Never once did she diss Finn in the process. Colin, well I kind of refused to talk to him about it so that left him free to be Finn's shoulder. Being twins though makes us able to sense things about one another without speaking about it. Colin can read me pretty well so all he really had to do was look at me to know how it was affecting me. Steph filled in the blanks for him. When they were with me they were my friends and did their best not to talk about Finn. I assume they did the same when they were with Finn. It was just too hard being in the same city as him. Hanging out with the three of them without Finn. We still had fun but it was like something was missing and I was never fully into whatever it was we were doing. I was miserable and I felt like I was making them miserable too. They tried their best to help me get over it but there was only so much they could do. After two years of everybody trying to move on and failing horribly I decided to take matters into my own hands. I don't know why I picked London. My mom wished I would have moved back to Ireland but it reminded me of Finn so I didn't. But in some way I guess I wanted to be closer to her and the Chronicle needed a new editor so that is where I ended up. Mitchum told me that he didn't want me working there forever. He needed me in Hartford. He just wanted one of the current employees trained to run it and then have me come back. He said that one of the Michaels brothers would be best for the job. I had every intention of training Matt and Mark to take over for me someday because they did deserve to run the paper. But I also loved what London offered me, a hiding place. So I stayed on. Mitchum has been begging me for three years to come back to Hartford. Telling me that it is way past time for Matt to take over for me. I kept putting him off. When I started at the Chronicle both brothers knew that I was there to train one of them to run the paper. But after getting to know me and learning about why I really came to London, they weren't in any hurry to take my job. They knew that when I was ready, if I was ever ready, I would go back to the states. They were there for me when I wouldn't let Colin, Logan, or Steph be there for me. So leaving them will be hard yes but they won't let me lose contact. I think they both knew that I would be leaving someday. That I would be going back to Finn. They understand that is where I belong." When Katie finished speaking Rory knew a little bit more about her and understood why this would be the hardest yet most easiest thing she ever did.
"What about you Rory? Why did you pick London of all places?"
"I don't know actually. I guess because it was a place I had never been to with Logan. My mom and I came here on a backpacking trip after I graduated from Chilton and I loved it. Plus my great-grandmother spent a lot of time here after her husband died and always said great things about it. Apparently before moving to America the Gilmores lived in England for generations. I also figured that if he was going to look for me the first place Logan would start would be the Huntzberger papers in the states. And besides Canada and a select few other countries England is the one country I figured I wouldn't have to worry about a language barrier. I guess there was also a part of me that wanted to see where Logan worked while he was in London for a year." As Katie was listening to Rory's story she was reminded of something that in all the craziness of the last few weeks she had forgotten about.
"You went to Chilton?" Rory thought that out of all she just told Katie it was weird for her to be asking about Chilton.
"Yeah I did for three years. Why?"
"I just remembered that I have heard of you before." Katie said almost laughing.
"How?"
"I have been hearing about you since I was sixteen or seventeen." The coffee-addict looked at her confused. 'How had she been hearing about me since we were teenagers?' Seeing the confused look on Rory's face Katie decided to explain.
"Well not by name anyway. Do you remember that picture you were looking at in my apartment? The one of my cousin and his daughter?" Rory nodded.
"Yeah I remember it was the one of Tristan. Why"
"Well as I told you before he is my cousin. Logan's too. Tristan's mom is Elias and Elizabeth Huntzberger's youngest daughter. My mom and Mitchum's baby sister. Anyway he use to hang out with us too. There weren't really any kids in T.J.'s neighborhood so his nanny always brought him over to play with the five of us. Well I wasn't always in town but you get the idea. If Colin and I hadn't convinced out parents to send us to boarding school Colin most likely would have gone to Chilton. Tristan's parents were the only ones that thought boarding school was a bad idea. Actually I think Amanda didn't want her baby boy half way around the world from her. On breaks and school holidays we all managed to meet up somewhere though. Usually we came home for Christmas because we were required, as family members, to attend the Huntzberger Christmas Ball. It was Tristan's sophomore year at Chilton and he was telling us about this new girl at school. The stories were very amusing sometimes because they involved this girl messing with Paris without meaning to mess with Paris. And then sometimes he would just get lost in his own world talking about something that this girl would do that he found so amazing. He had never talked about one of his girls like that before. It was always, I made out with this girl today. Or I stopped making out with this girl. Stuff like that. And we always knew their names. He always told us. But for some reason he wouldn't tell us the new girl's name. He just called her Mary." Katie paused for a moment in her story.
"Steph and I tried to help him. Tried to tell him what he should do to get this girls attention but he was stubborn and refused to listen to us. When we met back up again over the summer Tristan was different. He was angry for some reason and never wanted to do anything but drink and party. This wasn't like him at all, I mean he drank and partied all the time but this time it was different. This time it was self destructive. Unfortunately we noticed his behavior but didn't realize how bad it actually was. I was too wrapped up with Finn and Colin and Stephanie were too busy fighting with one another. Logan said something about it once but we decided to wait it out see if it got better. It didn't of course and we never mentioned it again. When school started up again we stayed in contact with Tristan like always. He never said anything about his suspensions to anyone but Logan, who never mentioned it to us. Looking back on it now the reason I think he confided in Logan is because the two of them are the most alike. They could be twins and if you compared them side by side the only difference you will notice is when each of them got their act together. When we went home for Christmas that year Tristan wasn't there. We learned from Logan that Jacob had sent him to military school in North Carolina. That is when Logan told us what had been going on with T.J. in school. Despite what Logan told us I still didn't understand what happened. So the first chance I got I went to see him to get the real story." The entire time Katie had been speaking Rory just sat there with a shocked look on her face. She had no idea that Tristan really liked her. She had just thought it was a game to him. Something to do for fun.
"The person that met me in North Carolina was not the guy I remembered. His hair was buzzed of, he had a tan, and more muscles. He also had a smile on his face. Something I hadn't seen in a while. When I asked him to tell what really happened he said he would as long as I didn't tell the others. Never once mentioning the name of the girl he told me how despite his best efforts he had fallen for his 'Mary' hard. But she didn't even like him a little. This he knew because at the end of the year she had shouted that she hated him in front of most of Chilton. That was when his heart broke for the first time in his life. He said that his depression and behavior that followed was him trying to make himself believe that it didn't matter. That she didn't matter. It wasn't until his father had sent him to military school that he realized what he had done. The mess he had made of his life. He told me that was what he was going to fix and North Carolina was the perfect place to do it. And he did. He graduated with honors and got into three of the top schools in the country: Columbia, Princeton, and Harvard. His father had wanted to pull some strings and get him into Yale but Tristan wouldn't let him. After all the DuGrey alma mater was Princeton. He knew that his mother would prefer to have him close to home again and that his father would be thrilled if he went to Princeton. But for some reason he insisted on Harvard. I think on some level he was hoping to run into Mary so he could thank her and apologize. Harvard is where he met Rebecca. They were so good for each other and he loved her more than anything. He proposed to her right before they graduated. They were planning on having a summer wedding but Elizabeth ruined that plan. After she was born they started planning the wedding again. But two months after Elizabeth was born Rebecca died in a car accident. He hasn't been with anyone since. It's just him and that baby girl. I asked him once if he could go back a change anything would he and he said no. He told me that if Mary had never unknowingly broken his heart then he wouldn't have Elizabeth. And he wouldn't trade her for the world." When Katie was done Rory just sat there for a few minutes taking it all in. she never realized the impact she had on Tristan DuGrey and now she felt like she owed him an apology.
"I never knew that. I always kind of wondered what happened to him though. And when I first met Logan he reminded me of Tristan a lot. That's why I kind of hated him at first. You know if it hadn't been for Dean Tristan might have worn me down eventually. Does he still live in Hartford or is he in Boston?"
"He works for an architecture firm in Hartford; actually I think he is a partner now. Elizabeth and him live in an apartment not too far from his office."
"You know Katie it seems like Tristan and Logan really are a lot alike." Rory said laughing.
"Why do you say that and what's funny?"
"Well you said that the only difference between them was when they grew up and got their act together. And that's true because if I broke Tristan's heart like you said then they have both had their hearts broken by the same girl. Not that is a good thing." Katie realized this and started laughing too. Logan and Tristan always argued that they were as different as night and day. Now Katie had proof that they weren't that different.
After their conversation about Tristan the two women spent the rest of the flight sleeping. When they woke up it was to the sound of being welcomed to Heathrow International Airport. They got their stuff and a cab then headed to Katie's apartment. The two of them fell asleep that night and didn't wake up again until the next afternoon. Getting freshened up the girls decided to take care of their apartments and go into the Chronicle the next day. Rory's landlord had managed to find someone who wanted to rent her apartment and told her not to worry about the lease. Rory packed up the small amount of her stuff that she brought from Hartford with her. Since Lorelei never sent the rest of her things it didn't take her very long. Katie had called ahead to her broker to have him start looking for someone to rent her Chelsea apartment. When she got home there was a message on her machine saying that he found a gentleman who wanted to rent it out as a surprise for his girlfriend. Before she got the chance to start packing up her things her broker stopped by so she could sign the rental agreement. Katie smiled to herself as she read and signed them. After he left she got to work. For the rest of the afternoon and into the night Katie packed up all of her belongings. She would take some back to Hartford with her on the plane the others were going to be shipped. The next morning before going into the Chronicle Katie called some movers to move the furniture she wasn't taking with her to a storage place. She knew that by the time she got back from the office her apartment would mostly be empty except for her bed and some food.
On her way into the Chronicle she stopped by Rory's apartment and picked her up.
"How did it go with packing your stuff?" Katie asked her friend as she got in the car.
"Great. My mom never sent me the rest of my stuff so there wasn't much to pack. Now all I have to do is get the stuff from the office and I'm good to go. What about you?"
"Yeah me to. The movers are coming while we are at work, my broker will let them in, and they are just going to leave my bed so I can sleep in it tonight if I have too. They will come back for it after we are gone." After getting off the elevators in the Chronicle building the two parted ways once again.
"I'm just going to go clean my desk out. I'll see you at the meeting in a few minutes." Rory told Katie. Katie headed to her office for what she knew would be the last time.
"Hey Lily! How have you been?" Katie greeted her assistant. The woman looked up from what she was doing in shock not expecting to see her boss in such a good mood.
"I'm good. How was the trip?"
"It was great actually. Would you be so kind as to ask the Michaels brothers to come see me please?"
"Sure." Katie went into her office and started to organize the paperwork on her desk. She figured if she was going to give Matt all the work she hadn't finished it might as well be somewhat organized.
"Hey Matt who is this stranger in Katie's office?"
"I don't know Mark. I mean it looks like Katie but the Katie that I know has never had a smile on her face as big as that."
"I know what you mean Matt. This person is way too happy just coming off of a trip to see her family to be our Katie." Katie rolled her eyes at the brothers.
"Would you two shut up and come give me a hug."
"Now that is our Katie!" The twins exclaimed at the same time before sandwiching her between them. After their little reunion Katie got down to the reason she asked to see them.
"Lily would you come in here please?" After her assistant joined them she asked that they all have a seat.
"The reason I asked to see the three of you is because I have some news that directly affects you three. As you are aware when I came here five years ago it was my job to train one of the employees to run the paper. Mitchum basically told me it had to be one of the two of you." She said pointing to the twins.
"As the two of you know I had no intention of leaving this paper for awhile. No matter what the big boss said. But recently something's in my life have changed and these changes make me incredibly happy. But in order for me to keep these things from changing back is to leave this paper." She paused to watch their reactions. Lily looked surprised but Matt and Mark were grinning like idiots. Acting like they knew this was coming all along and who knows maybe they did.
"So what that means is I've decided to promote one of you. There are some conditions to this though. The biggest one is that Lily keeps her job. She is great at what she does and I think that she will do fine working for you." Katie purposely did say which brother it was that was getting the promotion. The young woman watched her employees process this information for a minute. Not surprisingly Matt and Mark didn't seem surprised that she was back here about to promote one of them. Lily however looked worried. Katie had never seen her this way before. She was acting like she was about to get caught doing something wrong.
"Lily is there something wrong? You look worried about something."The brothers looked at the woman that was sitting next to them and saw that Katie was right.
"No I'm fine Katie I promise. Who is getting the promotion?" Katie smiled at her.
"Matt is." As Lily heard those words she breathed a sigh of relief.
"No don't get me wrong I love both of you the same. But I do know that you Mark would rather not be in charge of people and Matt seems to prefer it." The brothers grinned at each other.
"You're right about that Kat. Matt is the responsible one and I like where I am thank you."
"Thanks Katie I won't let you down. Promise."
"I know you won't. See Lily there was nothing to worry about. Even if Mark had gotten the job I still would have made you Matt's assistant." Matt started laughing at this point while Lily and Mark looked at her in confusion.
"What I'm not stupid Mark. I see the way you two look at each other."
"And you don't care?"
"No Lily I don't. You make him happy and that is all that matters. Plus neither one of you ever let it affect your work. Now can you please go send out a mass email letting the staff know that there will be a mandatory meeting in the conference room in an hour?" Lily said she would and left to go do just that. As soon as the door was closed Mark turned to her.
"Ok so how did you really know?"
"Well I had always suspected but I wasn't convinced of it until my broker came by last night with the paperwork for my new renters to sign." That only caused Matt to laugh harder at his brother.
"Oh right. Shut up Matt."
"I can't help it. You two thought you were being so slick but the whole office knew. Now Katie do you want us to help you pack up your office?" she accepted the offer and for the next forty-five minutes the three of them packed up five years worth of stuff. Right before they left to go to the meeting they said their goodbyes.
"You know I'm really going to miss you guys. I don't know what I would have done these last five years without you." Katie told them.
"Just promise you will invite us to the wedding. And we will talk after all if you're going to be in the Hartford office then you are probably who I'm going to talk to when I need to talk to them." Matt told her giving her a hug.
"Yeah and you are going to be my landlord so you can't get rid of us." Mark said hugging her as well.
"Aww you guys! Mark you are right even if I wasn't going to be your landlord I probably couldn't get rid of you. But I don't think I'm going back to work at Huntzberger." The brothers looked at her in shock.
"But what will you do then?"
"Are you pregnant?" they both asked their questions at the same time.
"No I'm not pregnant and while I was in Hartford Finn was in an accident. While he was recuperating I filled in for him at work. And I loved it. His mom loved the way I did things she said that if I wanted to I would have a job. And to be honest I like that work a lot more than I do this stuff so I'm going to take it." They both gave her one last hug before making their way down to the conference room.
When they got to the meeting it seemed like most everybody was already there. There were a few people that Katie knew was missing and she waited about five more minutes before she started the meeting. Once everyone was settled she began.
"Hello everyone. I don't know if any of you have noticed but the last few weeks or so I have not been in the office. Now usually this is none of your business and I certainly wouldn't call a meeting to advertise it. However something's happened while I was gone that affects the entire staff at the Chronicle so you need to be informed. For the last two months I have been in Hartford. My cousin, I'm sure you all know him; Logan was in an accident along with someone else that I care for very much. Don't worry they are both alright and back to driving everyone around them crazy." Everybody laughed at that.
"I stayed in Hartford to take care of Logan and Finn; while I was there I helped Finn out with some of his work and enjoyed it very much. I was offered a job with Finn's company and I have decided to take it. Don't worry they are a hotel company so there is no competition. That means that you guys need somebody to make sure you don't get into too much trouble. Now don't get excited this isn't going to be a month long competition to see who gets the job. Sorry. Many of you are not aware of the fact that the only reason I was allowed to transfer out here five years ago is to train an employee for this very thing. However for reasons you don't need to know about I decided to train the employee but not leave. This employee was suppose to get this promotion five years ago so please don't be mad at them. And know that it does not reflect badly on you. I'm sure your new boss will have plenty of promotions for you in the future. This change is effective immediately. I have already cleared out my office. I loved working with each and every one of you. I will miss this place dearly but I do intend to visit someday. One more thing before I turn you over to your new boss. I would also like to inform you that Rory Gilmore will no longer be working with the Chronicle. I know she was liked by most everybody and will be missed. Now I present to you your new boss, Matthew Michaels." Cheers and clapping broke out all over the room. As Matt got up and started talking to his staff Katie and Rory took this time to slip quietly from the room.
After leaving the Chronicle Katie and Rory realized that they had finished in time to catch the flight to Hartford that night. They went and got their things from their apartments and set off for the airport.
Three Months Later
"Finn stop!" Katie scolded her boyfriend. He ignored her and continued to kiss her neck.
"Babe I'm not telling you again. We don't have time for this and you know it. Any minute now Stephanie is going to call me pissed off because Colin is no help and demand that I come over to help her get ready."
"Love I thought she picked her dress out weeks ago?"
"She did but she was trying it on the other day and claimed that it made her look fat."
"But she's pregnant."
"I know that. And barely showing at four months but she refuses to wear it. So I have to be ready for her phone call. As soon as she calls I'm going to have to be out the door on the phone with Rory so she is ready when I swing by. You are going to have to be ready to take care of Colin because you know Steph is going to kick him out." Finn sighed. He knew she was right. It never failed. This always happened when they use to get ready for these parties. Well not Stephanie insisting she was fat, but her not knowing what to wear and calling Katie to come help. Then kicking Colin out because she wanted him to be surprised at what she was wearing. Not five minutes later Finn heard Katie's phone sing out.
"Hey Steph."
"Katie I can't do this."
"Yes you can. You love Colin and that is what tonight is about."
"You just wait until it's you then you'll see. Your brother is driving me nuts. Can I kill him?"
"No Steph you can't. How about this. You send Colin over here to get ready with Finn and I will call Rory and pick her up on my way to your place. So we can get ready together."
"That would be awesome! Thanks so much. I'll see you in fifteen. Colin get your crap…." As I hung up the phone I saw Finn glaring at me.
"What?"
"You are sending Colin over here? Love how can you do this to me! He is probably in one of his I'm going to be a jackass mood because he hates these parties. Now you are making me deal with him!"
"Chill Babe I'll send Logan too. The two of you can handle my brother. I love you and I will see you there."Katie said grabbing her stuff, giving him a kiss, and dialing Rory's number on the way out the door. Rory and Logan were outside waiting for Katie when she pulled up.
"Hey Katie." Logan greeted as Rory got in the car.
"Hey Logan. Please make sure they get there in one piece. Finn is slightly annoyed at Colin."
"Will do. See you there. I love you Ace." Logan gave Rory a quick kiss goodbye before Katie drove off.
"So what kind of mood is she in?"
"The kind where she wants to kill my brother."
"Oh this should be fun." The two of them laughed. When they pulled up to Stephanie's a few minutes later the blond came rushing out the door.
"Where have you been? We have to leave in thirty minutes and I have no idea what I am going to wear. I look fat in everything! And your brother was no help at all. I mean he is supposed to love me and tell me I look beautiful in everything. But no he can't even do that right!" While Stephanie was ranting she dragged Katie and Rory into her bedroom. Where she proceeded to fling dresses at them asking them which one would make her look the least fat. After a few minutes of this Katie had had enough.
"Stephanie! If you don't calm down I am going to smack you." Stephanie stopped throwing things.
"Now sit your ass down so I can do your hair." Stephanie sat down and Katie started to do her hair.
"Now listen to me. You are not fat you are pregnant. You are not even showing that much yet and you look fantastic. Now please wear the dress you originally picked out. It looks amazing on you and hides barely there baby. Now I know you and Colin wanted to wait to do this but that idiot brother of mine accidently told mom that you were pregnant. And when he does stuff like that you know he can't stop. Which is why you are having your engagement party tonight. At least they are letting you wait till after the baby is born to get married. Now my parents have not been on the same continent since my mom and I moved to Ireland. If you are not calm then there is no way that Colin will be and I have no idea if my parents are going to be on their best behavior. So please try and be cool." While she was talking Katie had finished Stephanie's hair and make-up.
"Ok I promise I'll be cool." Ten minutes later the three of them were on their way to The Prince Hotel. When they arrived Stephanie was still a little worried that she looked fat in her dress. That was until Colin saw her. He had been standing outside waiting for the girls with Logan and Finn. The second he saw her, his mouth dropped open. Stephanie was wearing a long simple black dress with an empire waist and spaghetti straps. Her hair was curled so the ringlets framed her face. She wore very little make-up, just some mascara and clear lip gloss. The only jewelry she wore was a silver necklace that had two big hearts connected with a smaller one inside that Colin had given to her after she told him she was pregnant, and her engagement ring which sparkled against the blackness of her dress. Colin had couldn't remember when she had ever looked as gorgeous as she did right now. He loved the fact that she was wearing only things he got her. That necklace, the ring, and the baby bump, which you couldn't even see. She hadn't been smiling when he first saw her but when she got him staring her face broke out into the most beautiful smile and then she started giggling.
Logan and Finn had been talking about something so it took them a few moments to notice Colin staring.
"Logan mate I think we broke Colin."
"Why do you say that Finn?"
"Because he is staring at something. Colin what are you… Oh My God." That was when Finn followed his friends stare and started staring himself. Instead of staring at Stephanie Finn was staring at the redhead standing next to her. Katie was wearing a dress as long and simple as Stephanie's but instead of it being black Katie's was a deep emerald green. It was strapless and showed off her beautifully white shoulders. Her face had some green eye shadow to match the dress, mascara, clear lip gloss and the most beautiful smile. Her hair was down and had some wave to it but not much just the way Finn liked it. She was wearing a delicate ruby ring on her right ring finger that looked somewhat familiar to Finn. The last thing he noticed her wear was her necklace. It was the one he gave her the first time he told her that he loved her. It was on a gold chain with two pendants on the end. One said I love you, with a ruby red I and u the love was spelled out in diamonds. The second one was a gold hourglass. To them it meant I love you forever. Finn almost groaned when he saw her.
"Finn what are you talking about? Finn?" Logan tried to snap his friend out of his daze. Until he turned towards what they were looking at and saw his own gorgeous girlfriend. Rory was wearing a long simple dress like her friends but in royal blue. It had a scoop neck halter top and she was wearing the sapphire ring and earrings he got her right after they got back together. And the simple light make-up she always wore. Like his two companions Logan had never seen Rory look so beautiful. Why the boys were in their trances the girls had moved from where they had first been spotted to right in front of their men.
"Hey Steph I think you broke my brother." Katie told her friend.
"I think Katie broke Finn." Rory said.
"I think it's safe to say that we look hot but I don't think we broke the guys."
"Why not Steph?" Rory asked.
"Cause I can see Colin working just fine." The blond told her friends.
"Gross Stephanie. Just because I am excited about being Auntie Katie does not mean I want to hear about how it happened." The other two girls laughed at her. Why the girls were laughing their men snapped out of it.
"Kat my love are you trying to kill me with that dress? You know how I feel about green." Finn told his girlfriend.
"Yes babe I am very aware about your feelings with green but this dress matched your eyes so perfectly I couldn't resist." At that point Finn did groan.
"My God Ace you look fantastic. Please tell I am going to be allowed to have fun later?"
"Whatever makes you happy Huntzberger." Colin seemed to be having trouble speaking.
"St-Steph. My God do you have any idea how badly I just want to skip the party and make use of one of the many rooms in this place?" Stephanie smiled at him.
"You are not the only one Mr. McCrea but you had to tell your mom about us and now we have to make an appearance at this party." Colin pouted.
"Come on let's get this over with then." The group laughed at Colin and walked inside. The party was in the main ballroom of the hotel and by the time the six of them had arrived it was well underway. Stephanie and both of Colin's parents were playing host at this little gathering. When Colin and Katie heard this they were surprised. Amy had asked her daughter why she was so surprised. It's not every day your only son gets married. I'm not going to let your father stop me from being a part of this. So it should have come as no surprise to Colin when Amy screamed at the sight of him.
"Mom do you have to be so loud?" Colin asked rolling his eyes.
"Colin Andrew McCrea is that anyway to speak to your mother who you have not seen in at least five years." Amy Huntzberger scolded her son.
"Sorry mom." Colin said giving her a hug and a kiss.
"Now come here Ms. Stephanie and let me see what my son did to you." Stephanie walked over to Amy and let her give her a once over.
"Well you can't tell now can and you look more beautiful than ever. I think it is because you are glowing twice as much as any other woman would be at this time. Could it be because not only you are marrying the man of your dreams but that other thing as well?" Stephanie just nodded, smiled and gave her future mother in law a hug. Amy was the only parent that knew about the baby and the happy couple planned to keep it that way for as long as they could.
"Now where is my other favorite daughter?" Amy asked looking around for Katie, eyes widening in shock when she found her.
"Katherine Nicole Huntzberger-McCrea! Is there something you forgot to tell your mother?" Katie just smiled when she realized that Finn had her wrapped in his arms and she had forgotten to tell her mom that they were back together.
"Um Mom Finn and I are back together."
"I see that young lady and when exactly were you going to tell me? At the wedding or the baby shower?"
"Sorry mom I've just been so busy you know it slipped my mind."
"But she managed to tell me." The group looked up at the new voice. It belonged to none other Andrew McCrea, who was standing there with the Vanderbuilts.
"I did not tell you Dad. Mr. I have diarrhea of the mouth told you."
"Katherine that is not a nice thing to say about your brother. Now we are all here to celebrate Colin and Stephanie so let's not fight. Judy, Bob," Amy said turning to Stephanie's parents.
"How have you been?"
"Just fine thanks. I'm just glad that at long last theses two are finally getting married. I was wondering if that boy of yours was ever going to propose." Colin closed his eyes and counted to ten so he wouldn't lash out at Mr. Vanderbuilt. That guy had always hated him. never thought he was good enough for his little girl and Colin was pretty sure that when he found out his little girl was going to be a mommy he was going to get punched.
"I'm glad he finally did too. Now why don't you, Judy and Andrew tell them we are almost ready to start and I will be along in a minute." As soon as the three of them were gone Amy dropped her society smile.
"I just remembered why I hate this place so much. Now where is that troublemaker nephew of mine?"
"Tristan's not here yet Aunt Amy but I am." Logan said giving his favorite Aunt a hug.
"Yes well I would like to see him as well. Now how much did you have to pay a girl that beautiful to come here with you?" Amy joked with him. Logan smiled at his Aunt and pulled Rory to his side.
"I didn't pay her Aunt Amy. This is my girlfriend Rory, Rory this is my Aunt Amy.
"It's nice to meet you."
"Oh my goodness I think I have finally died and gone to heaven Logan Huntzberger with a girlfriend. I never thought I would live to see the day. You seem like a nice young lady. Obviously too good for this family. We did you pick up this guy?"
"Yale Ms. Huntzberger"
"oh please call me Amy. Yale he has managed to keep you that long. Well good for him, but word of advice Rory don't let this family or these people bully you."
"Aunt Amy Ace can hold her own among these people. She may not have grown up around them but she is one of us."
"Oh really and which blue-blood line do you hail from?"
"The Gilmores ma'am."
"Emily and Richard? I wasn't aware that they had another daughter. I thought they only had one and her name was Lorelei."
"They do only have one I'm their grand-daughter."
"Well then that is a different story. Now we must get this party started." Amy walked away from the group to go take her seat. The three couples followed behind her. Once they were seated Stephanie's parents got up and made a toast to the happy couple. While Amy and Andrew did the same right after and welcomed Stephanie to the family. After dinner was done the band started to play dancing music and everybody got up to dance. When Rory was coming back from the bathroom she ran into somebody and not somebody anybody was going to be happy to see.
"Hi Rory. It's nice to see you again." At the sound of her name being called Rory turned around and didn't like what she saw. Standing there was Rosemary. To a stranger passing by she looked to be a perfectly nice girl dressed for a party. Rory knew that she was not invited and that should this girl decide to go to the party all hell would break loose.
"Rosemary I don't think it's a good idea for you to be here. I have no idea what you did to make them all hate you but I do know that they do hate you. I think if you go in there Katie will most likely want to kick your ass or so I've been told. And I don't think anyone will stop her. Plus I think she can take you. It's just a friendly warning." Rory moved to go back to her friends but Rosemary stopped her.
"Thanks for the warning but I'll take my chances." Rosemary brushed past Rory then and into the ballroom. Rory walked in after her and went back to Logan.
"Hey Ace. What's wrong?" he asked noticing her expression.
"Rosemary is here." She said quietly nodding in her direction. Logan seemed to get very pissed off in a matter of seconds. Rory tried to get him to calm down before somebody saw him but it was too late.
"What's wrong Logan?" Rory sighed. She might as well get it over with.
"Colin, Steph Rosemary's here."
"What! I didn't invite that bitch. Who the hell does she think she is crashing my party?" Stephanie half whispered and half yelled. Before they could say anything more they saw what she was after. Finn and Katie were dancing and Rosemary had just headed in their direction. Katie saw her first and then looked over at Colin and Stephanie, who nodded their heads.
"If you know what is good for you I wouldn't come over here. In fact I would turn around and go out the way you came." Katie spoke with an edge to her voice and loud enough so everybody could hear her. Finn looked at her confused for a second and then turned around.
"Aww Katie don't be like that I was just going to see if Finn wanted to dance." Rosemary replied.
"He does want to dance but not with you. He wants to dance with his girlfriend. And that would be me." Katie pushed Finn behind her at this point.
"As far as I'm concerned if there is no ring on your finger he is far game." Everybody at the party had stopped to watch the confrontation between the two redheads.
"You make a good point but I will have you know I do have a ring on my finger." Katie held up her left hand and flashed the ruby ring that had started the night on her right hand.
"Oh yeah but it's not a diamond so it doesn't count. It's pretty though." Finn was about to say something when somebody else beat him to it.
"Actually young lady in Australia it is custom for a future daughter in law to wear one of her mother in laws rings with a precious stone, like a ruby for example, until the time when the parents of both families think it is time for her to be given the family diamond. I was given that ring by Finn's grandmother first when it was clear that her son was going to propose to me and then she gave to me to keep when I became pregnant with Finn. So I believe that since Finn is very Australian then it does count. When my son is ready he will come ask me for my ring and until then that ruby will stay on her finger. I would appreciate it if you would leave my hotel now. However if you don't want to leave on your own I can always have security help you out. Have a good evening." Rosemary didn't have anything to say anyone after that and walked out of the ballroom with one last glare at everybody. Finn's mother walked over to her son and his friends at that point.
"It's a good thing I thought that ring would go perfect with Katie's dress Finn or else Katie might have had to ruin her beautiful dress. I do suggest that you keep wearing that ring Katie so you can make sure everybody knows that the two of you belong to one another. Have a good evening." After Jennifer walked away the party pretty much ended. Finn, now remembering where he'd seen that ring before, took Katie in his arms and just held her.
"Someday I'm going to replace that with a real engagement ring Love. I promise."
"I know. Can we go home now?" Finn just took her hand and left. Rory, Logan, Colin, and Stephanie followed them out.
Holy Crap is all I have to say. A couple days ago I realized how I hadn't updated this story in almost two months. I'm sorry about that by the way. So I sat down at my computer determined to finish it and I have. This is it guys last chapter. Twenty-nine pages of story. I didn't expect it to be that long but I hope you enjoy it. The things I mention in here about Connecticut, England, and most especially Australia I made up. I tried to use real airports and restaurants and in the case of the land down under cities. I don't want to offend anybody so if you live in Darwin I don't hate it. I have never even been there but one day I intend to go. I was just using that as a plot thing. I also don't own anything you recognize. Katie and the Michaels twins are all mine though. I am thinking about doing a sequel. It really depends on how much love I get for this story. If enough people want one I will do one. It might not be for a while thought because I have some other ideas floating around in my head that I want to try and get down. I hope you enjoyed it I know I enjoyed writing it.
Much Love
Brianna