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Chapter 8

Rory relaxed immediately as she recognized the scent that filled her nostrils. Almost as soon as she relaxed she tensed back up again. Turning around she smacked Colin across the back of his head.

He snickered.

"That wasn't funny!"

"You should have seen your face," Steph said from behind the laughing Colin. She imitated Rory's frightened expression before she joined Colin in a
fit of laughter.

"Hardy, har, har," Rory said dryly.

"Aw, come on Rory, it was funny," Colin said.

Rory shook her head. "You scared me, Colin, it wasn't funny. I really thought someone was attacking me."

"Ok, I'm sorry. It'll never happen again."

Rory smirked, "it better not."

"Anyway," Stephanie said, draping her arm across Rory's shoulders. "We'll walk you home."

"Why, so Colin can have more opportunities to give me a heart attack?"

Steph didn't laugh neither did Colin. "Not exactly, Ror."

"Is everything okay?" Rory inquired, concern evident in her voice.

Colin and Stephanie exchanged a look.

"What?" demanded Rory. "Tell me!"

"Well," Steph began. She looked to Colin.

"Logan paid a visit to Finn today."

"Is Finn okay?"

"I guess that depends on your definition of okay," Stephanie muttered.

"He is all in one piece if that is what you're asking," Colin supplied.

"What happened then?" Rory asked confused.

"Do you want the good news or the bad news?" Steph asked cautiously.

"The bad."

"Let's start with the good, shall we?" At Rory's concurrence Steph continued, "Logan and Finn made up. They are on the mends."

"Well that is good, I suppose," Rory said. "What is the bad news?"

"They got to talking about yours and Logan's break-up," Colin said slowly. "Before I continue is there anything you want to tell us about that?"

"Like what?"

"I don't know, maybe the fact that you cheated on Logan," Colin replied.

Rory's jaw dropped.

"WHAT?"

-

The door slammed shut as Rory entered the townhouse. She was seeing red. She was shaking from suppressed anger as she strode into her house looking from her roommate. She found him sitting at the kitchen table, a beer in his hand. A frown marred his handsome face.

"Finn," Rory said sweetly. "What is this I hear about me being a lying, cheating whore?"

Finn flinched. In that instant he knew he was wrong to have thought it.

The front door opened and closed signalling Steph and Colin's arrival.

The kitchen was full of tension. Rory was staring expectantly at Finn while Finn was staring determinedly at the tabletop apparently enthralled.

"Well?"

Finn mumbled something incoherent.

"Sorry, didn't catch that."

Finn took a deep breath before starting again. "Logan said he caught you going on a date with a guy who wasn't him."

Rory laughed. "Logan came with me."

"What?"

"On that so called date. Logan came with me when he 'caught' us." At their confused faces Rory expanded. "Jess, my 'date' dropped by completely unexpected to tell me some good news. He had written a book. I was proud of him so we decided to go out to celebrate and catch up. It wasn't a date. It was two old friends getting together."

"So why did Logan say you cheated?" Finn shot back.

"Honestly, I don't know why." Rory said truthfully. " Logan showed up as we were leaving. I invited him to come along with us. He did. He spent the whole night ridiculing him. We got into a huge fight that night. Right there at the pub too. Logan started screaming at me for no reason. I did nothing wrong. A friend of mine wrote a book and we wanted to celebrate. If that makes me a cheater then anytime Logan spent alone with Stephanie or Rosemary or even Juliet would make him a cheater as well if we go by that definition of 'cheater.'"

"Did you two date?"

"What?" Rory asked.

Finn repeated his question.

"In high school for a few month, yes we did date."

"Does Logan know that?"

"Yes, I told him. I never hid the fact that Jess was my ex boyfriend. Operative word here being 'ex.'"

"But-"

"Look, Finn, had Logan not come back, I would have told him that Jess came. I wouldn't have lied. What Jess and I were going to do was not a crime. We were going out for burgers. Not exactly the most romantic setting, is it?"

Finn nodded. "Okay."

-

She stood before a door, a plain wood door of a dorm room. A door she had walked through before countless times.

She was tired. Tired from the restless night she had spent the night before. Tired of fighting with him, just plain tired. If he wanted her out of his life he would have it that way but now more than ever she need to know why. Especially after the confrontation she had had with Finn.

Her hand raised and rapped several times on the door. She waited until it opened. When it did she felt her heart break into even smaller pieces than it already was. Standing before with a blonde wrapped around his neck was Logan.

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Another chapter! Boy, am I proud of myself. How long has it been? A month?

So this chapter is slightly on the short side, I realize but I think I ended it at a good place.

Now, we all know by now that I never revise my work because I am just too lazy so once again I apologize for the terrible grammar I seem to possess.

One last thing yesterday was my last official day of high school. Can you hear the angels singing? The downside is I now have a month of exams to get through. I promise I will try to get more chapters out on all my stories but I have no guarantee that anything will come out until July. Yes I know July is a long time from now but I also have Prom at the end of the month and after Prom I will be spending a weekend with all my friends up north.

During the summer I promise to at least finish one whole story maybe two is I have the time.

Thank you for your patience.

By the way, I really loathe this chapter.