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Chapter 9
It was nearly 6 by the time we got back to the apartment, we both wanted to shower and change before we went, I let Rory go first, I wanted to check the messages on the answering machine and sort through the mail; the mundane things that need to be done.
"Hey Ace, the only message we had was from your Mom, she wants you to call her" I said to her through the shower glass door
"Ok, I will call her when I get out, I am almost done in here, now shooo" she said playfully
"Come on, can't I come in?" I asked sounding like a two year old, as I started to undress.
"Logan, No. We are going to be late" she said staring at me.
"Oh well, they will wait" I said as I walked into the shower taking her into my arms
"Rory, I need you now" was all I said and started to kiss her and picked her up and she instinctively wrapped her legs around my waist, she let out a loud moan as I entered her we made love fast and hard until we climaxed together. She slid her legs down and we just stood there for a moment just holding one another.
"Logan, I love you so much" she said sheepishly
"You have no idea how much I love you, Loralie Leigh" I said as I kissed her gently on the lips and started to shower myself off. She began to laugh.
"What?" I said and joined her in her laugh then added "we still need to get ready right"
"Yes, however I was not done" she said as she slid in front of me to finish rinsing out her hair, then stepped out of the shower and grabbed a fluffy towel to dry off.
I was right behind her, I took a quick shower and hurried to get dressed, throwing on a pair of seven jeans, compliments of my dear fiancé, and a blue v-neck sweater with a white t-shirt underneath I ran back into the bathroom to brush my teeth and fix my hair; when I was done I walked back out to the bedroom and Rory was putting on her shoes, she has a pair of jeans on with a white button down shirt on with a navy blue blazer over it, she looked casual, but hot, the button down shirt was unbuttoned far enough that you could see the sides of her breasts and the blazers was fitted and hugged her curves.
"Earth to Logan" she was talking to me and waving her hands around
"Oh sorry, I was thinking about something" I said trying to recover she obviously caught me starring at her.
"Yeah, well are you ready?" she said sarcastically
"Sure, let's go" I said placing a kiss on her cheek and leading her out the door.
We walked over to the pub hand in hand, not really talking about anything so much has happened in a couple of days, that we really haven't had time to adjust, hopefully tonight with our friends we will be able to relax.
"Here we are" I said as we walked up to the front door, for some reason I was nervous "You ready?"
"Is it strange that I am nervous" she said
"I don't know, because I am nervous too" I said Honestly "I think its just because so much has happened we don't know what to expect."
"Uhm, makes sense" She agreed
"Shall we" I said gesturing toward the door
"We shall" she mimicked
We walked in looked around and found the group sitting towards the back in the corner and they were laughing at something. Colin, Steph, Paris, Doyle and Finn were sitting casually in an oversized booth just awaiting our arrival, Paris over the past year has somewhat melded into our group so other than the typical argument with Finn things would go smoothly, even Doyle has become more tolerable. However that was before the whole 'nuzzling' incident. I just have to look past it, I don't want to cause problem for me with Ace or Paris for that matter.
"Hey Mates, there you are?" Finn yelled as we came into sight "You two are late, what's the matter Huntz having a problem keeping your hands off the lovely reporter girl" he continued wiggling his eyebrows.
"Finn, Please!" Rory said blushing a bit, and laughing
"Yeah Finn, Please" I said doing my own version of his eye brow wiggle along with my smirk
"Hey everyone, how are you tonight? Thanks for coming to meet us for dinner" I said as Rory was talking with Paris and Steph "Ace come here"
"Excuse me girls I'll be right back" she said to the girls
"Huntz, what's going on not that we mind coming to the pub but what's the deal?" Colin said
"Rory and I have some news" I started
"Spit it out mate!" Finn yelled
"We are engaged" Rory said happily
"WHAT" they all said in unison
"Wow, that seems to be everyone's response" Rory said sarcastically
Finn, Colin, Steph and Doyle stood up to offer their congratulations and Best wishes, which we happily accepted. Steph couldn't wait to see the ring; she practically ripped her arm off while grabbing her hand.
"Logan you did a great job, 3 carat Harry Winston Princess Solitaire, beautiful" Stephanie said with excitement in her voice, her obvious love of rare gems apparent.
"Thanks, Steph" we both said "Excuse me" Rory added
"Paris, what's the matter?" she was worried about her friend "I know Logan is not your favorite person, but I do love him"
"I know, it's just, I thought you said he cheated on you" Paris was calling her on it.
"Yes, I did but we talked and in reality we were on a 'break', you know the whole Ross and Rachel thing, but we talked and he promised me that he never cheated when we weren't on a break or broken up. I know it sounds completely lame but we are working on it, so please be happy for us." She said
"Ok, but Hutzberger, if you hurt her one more time I will castrate you" she said seriously then she stood up and hugged both of us.
"Thanks Paris' Rory said as she hugged her friend
"Yeah, Thanks Paris, I guess" I said slightly confused
"Well come on, its time to celebrate Mates, LETS DRINK" Finn yelled and called the waitress over "Hello Lovely lady, giver of life, can you please send us a round of drinks, adding one more scotch and a cosmo and also two bottles of champagne and 7 flutes, Please, and you could always join me if you would like?" Finn said to the waitress making her blush.
We made small talk for a few minutes awaiting the arrival of our drinks and celebratory champagne. Finn was so interested in the wedding details; Rory and Steph were taken aback by his knowledge of weddings. Rory was telling everyone our decision to have the wedding in either Italy or France; however, she didn't tell them that it was going to be in June. We decided to tell my dad and Rory's family first.
"Well here are the drinks" Doyle said
Finn Popped the two bottles of champagne, with such precision there was hardly a pop. (AN: it can be done, it's almost an art) We all cheered as he poured the glasses and we all took one.
"To our dear friends, who love each other more than they love coffee and books; May you live a long happy life together." Finn said shocking everyone sitting there "And may all your ups and downs be between the sheets." He added winking towards us.
We all started to laugh and said "To Rory and Logan" in unison.
We stayed at the pub for a few hours drinking, eating, talking and joking around. Finn was nice enough to do a table dance for us; Thank god for Finn he can always make us forget problems. We never told anyone about Dad's cancer or Rory's new position, we new that our friends wouldn't tell any one about either subject but we just wanted one night to be about us. We'll face everything else tomorrow.
Walking back to our apartment Rory was leaning into me her head against my chest and I had my arm around her. That moment seemed perfect to me, I had my life in my hands, literally. We walked up to the doors of our building and I noticed a limo sitting out front.
"Hey Ace, does that limo look familiar?" but before I could say anything or before she could respond, there she was my mother stepped out of the car.
"Logan, we need to talk?" she said obviously inebriated
"No Mom we don't, we have to go to bed, and we have class in the morning" I said placing my hand on the small of Rory's back and turning to go into the building
"Your father is tricking you" she said icily