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He turns around and spots two very familiar ocean blue eyes, "Tristan?"
Luckily for Tristan Finn is already too drunk to remember their encounter the day after Colin's birthday party.
"Hello handsome," Tristan smirks; his left hand slowly meets Finn's waist.
Tristan notices how drunk Finn is. He wonders why he is standing alone at the bar and what or better who caused Finn to be in this condition. After last time he wondered why everything went wrong, and possibly if he had made his first move too fast. Perhaps he scared him as Colin said. Finding another gorgeous gay Society man isn't as easy as Tristan thought at first and he always liked the crazy Australian. Today is probably his chance of getting the perfect man. After all, Finn didn't move his hand away from his waist so far.
Softly caressing the back of Finn, Tristan kindly asks, "Can I order you another drink, gorgeous?"
"Sure, mate," Finn slurs.
Finn knows Tristan isn't Rory and a guy, but it feels nice to have someone give him attention. Plus, he wasn't in the mood to flirt with another woman.
On the other side of the pub, Colin wonders why Finn is taking so long ordering their drinks. He worries that he may have disappeared again. He quickly looks around, and he notices that his cousin has his arm around Finn.
Noticing the confused look on Colin's face, Rory looks in the direction where he is looking. Is that Tristan embracing Finn? She's relieved that Logan doesn't feel her tension. Last time Tristan's visit was embarrassing for Finn. He told Colin, he was gay to hide their relationship. Tristan even crept into Finn's bed. She would love to go over there and tell Tristan that he is flirting with a straight man just to see the look on his face.
While watching Tristan and Finn at the bar, Rory ignores Logan beside her and the stories he is sharing about London. She has heard all these stories before. She continues to focus on Finn and wonders why Finn doesn't shoo Tristan away. It looks like the two men are flirting with each other!
She sees Tristan leaning closer to Finn and whispering in his ear, causing Finn to laugh. Rory's mind whirls with thoughts about the situation; conflicted with unexpected emotions. The feeling of jealousy and anger makes her blue eyes go dark, and her breathing becomes shallow, her hands automatically curl into fists at her side, and she wants to walk over there and claim Finn as her man.
Colin excuses himself and strolls to the men's room with the plan of stopping at the bar later when he realizes that Rory is staring at Tristan and Finn. Fortunately, nobody besides him notices her gaze because everyone else is focused on Logan's stories.
In the meantime, Tristan ordered Finn water instead of more liquor. He knows Finn shouldn't drink more than he already has. Tristan likes Finn, and he wants him to be safe. Finn reminds Tristan of his last boyfriend, and he enjoys his company.
Tristan smiles thinking, "Damn, he's not only funny, intelligent and strikingly handsome, he even smells fantastic too."
He leans in again and whispers in Finn's ear, "Come on, let's go back to my place, I'll make you some coffee, and you can crash there."
Finn nods and trys to stand up from the bar stool and stumbles. Tristan stabilizes him with a tight hold around his waist.
Noticing Finn's failed attempt to stand up from the bar stool, Rory shivers a bit. She worries that he could hurt himself.
Logan notices her shaking and asks softly, "Are you cold, Ace?"
He knows from experience that when she gets tired she's getting cold. Logan tightens his hold on her and offers her his leather jacket lying next to him.
His concern for her makes her feel sad. Logan is such an amazing boyfriend, instead of enjoying his company like their friends, all she wants is to be with his best friend. She tries ignoring all feelings for the Australian and takes Logan's jacket and with a sweet kiss on his lips, she replies, "Thanks, Logan."
Once Finn stands up and can walk without stumbling, Tristan allows himself another sniff of the man in his arms. Sensing the feeling of butterflies in his stomach, he leads Finn out of the pub. What a lucky coincidence for him that the hotel he is staying in this week only had one suite left. He is quite sure that Finn wouldn't be happy finding him in his bed tonight.
A few moments after Tristan left with Finn, Colin walks over to the bar. He cannot find Finn and he is sure that he has disappeared again. Now he won't be able to ask Rosemary to stay over tonight in case he gets a call from him in the middle of the night. However, this is probably better than a fight between his best friends once Logan realizes the feelings Rory has for Finn.
Colin returns to the booth and sits beside his girlfriend.
"Has anybody seen Finn? Did he leave with a redhead?" Logan asks chuckling. He likes that some things will always stay the same as Finn disappearing with a beautiful girl.
Robert replies laughing, "No, he found a beautiful blond gentleman this time."
Once Robert mentioned the blond, Colin looks surprised. Finn recently has been doing a lot of crazy things but leaving with Tristan is not something that Finn normally would do. Tristan still doesn't know Finn isn't gay and Colin tries to avoid thinking about the possibilities what might happen tonight.
Rory sees Colin's reaction to Robert's joke, and her imagination runs wild. Seeing him leave with a redhead would have made her jealous, but knowing he left with Tristan leaves her speechless. Finn never had a serious girlfriend before, but he's not into guys, or is he? She realizes that this thought is crazy, and she knows she has no right to be jealous, but she misses him. Logan is a gentleman and adventurous too, however, nobody makes her laugh as Finn does. She misses everything about Finn.
