A/N: Sorry it's been so long.
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I looked up and saw Logan pass me in the newspaper office but I didn't say anything because Paris walked past looking sick. "You okay?"
"I think I had some bad host at one of the masses yesterday," she grumbled and walked away.
My computer bleeped and a window flashed up.
Hey Ace, I've got a proposition for you.
I looked up and saw Logan looking at me expectantly. Blessings on thee Finn Morgan I thought as I typed. Shoot.
I'll help you with your article. Get you the inside scoop. You just have to agree to a few conditions.
The response read. I stared at it not sure what to say. What conditions.
First condition is you have to agree before you know the conditions.
Now I REALLY don't know what to say.
What do you say Ace? You in or out?
For once in my life, I decided to take a chance. And I knew that Finn will be there if I needed him. I'm in.
I looked up to see Logan's response but he was gone.
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I was a bit stressed after yelling at my dad about seeing my mom so I went back to my dorm in hopes of relaxing.
When I opened my bedroom door, I saw Finn lying on my bed asleep.
"Finn?" I asked poking him.
He didn't even move.
"FINN!" I yelled in his ear.
He sat up quickly and looked around before focusing on me. "Hello love."
"What are you doing here?" I asked staring at him.
"I wanted to tell you that Logan caved and he's bringing you to the event," Finn explained after looking thoughtful for a moment.
"He said something of the sort earlier today. So when is it and what should I bring?" I wanted to know.
"Don't worry about any of that. I'm sure he'll tell you where to meet him. And other than that, I can't tell you much. Except that you're gonna have the time of your life," Finn shook his head.
"Come on, just give me a hint. Over night or anything?" I prodded.
"Don't worry about it, you'll be fine. Just live life by the moment, have fun," Finn insisted.
I sighed but decided to let it go. "You'll be there right?"
"Of course love. So I better be going. I just wanted to tell you that Logan finally agreed to let you come," Finn said getting up to leave.
"You can leave through the front door, Paris isn't here," I told him.
"Thanks but the window is fun," he said grinning.
With that, he left through the window and I just shook my head.
He was a really nice guy but one of the strangest I'd ever met, I liked it.
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"Headache, Doyle?" I asked coming into the newspaper office the next Monday morning.
"Charles Kuralt used to eat aspirin like candy. He ate candy like candy, too, hence the belly like jell-o. That was mean. The man's dead. So, how's the story coming? On that secret society," he wanted to know almost immediately. I was following him behind the row of desks.
"The Life and Death Brigade. Get this. I've got a contact," I dished as he read a memo that someone handed him.
"Inside?" he pressed.
"Deep inside," I nodded. I actually had two, Finn and Logan but Doyle didn't need to know that. I still considered Finn my real inside contact though.
"Who?" Doyle asked.
"Anonymous. Don't ask again," I insisted. Eventually if people kept asking I would blurt out that it was Finn and that would be bad so I was just going to tell everyone to let it go.
"Your call," Doyle said indifferently.
"I'm going to tell this story from the inside," I said excitedly.
"You'll be careful?" Doyle checked.
"Careful enough," I said. I knew that with Finn there I would be safe.
"Well, stay on it," Doyle replied.
"You bet," I said. At this point, there was nothing that he could have done to rip me off of this story. I like the way it was panning out.
"I love this. We just had a very All the President's Men moment," Doyle faced me for the first time since we started talking.
"Very," I agreed.
"Moving around the newsroom like that, felt good," Doyle said sounding excited.
"Let's do it again sometime," I suggested.
"Now?" Doyle wanted to know.
"Might look silly," I pointed out.
"Carry on," Doyle said walking away.
"Right, Chief," I called after him.
Later that evening I was checking my messages and found one from Dean.
I spotted an envelope with my name on it sticking to the window that Finn usually enters through and immediately I tuned out Dean's voice.
I pulled it off the window and pulled out a piece of paper.
Be in your
Vestibule at
Four tomorrow.
Blindfolded
The
LDB
The note read. It wasn't Finn's writing but I had a feeling that he'd been the one to place it there where he knew I'd see it.
I looked in the envelope again and pulled out a piece of black cloth and looked at it curiously.
"It's your blindfold," Finn's voice said behind me.
I turned to look at him. "Why do I need a blindfold?"
"Colin's crazy about confidentiality. You'll be riding in the car with Logan, Colin, Stephanie, and myself so there's no need to be afraid," he explained.
"Who's Stephanie?" I asked.
"The girl with the gorilla mask," he explained.
"Okay…so what should I pack?" I asked again.
"I would suggest bringing an extra pair of underwear but other than that, don't bring anything that you can't disguise in a bag that a reporter could get away with carrying," he said after thinking for a moment.
"Why?" I wanted to know.
"Because, then they'll know that you were talking to someone," he explained.
"Whatever you say," I shrugged.
"Okay, I need to go finish getting ready so I'll see you tomorrow," he said.
I nodded.
"Goodnight Ms. Gilmore," he said kissing me close to my mouth but not quite on my lips.
I let my hand rest on the spot he had kissed as he closed the window behind him.
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A/N: Don't really know what to say. I started writing this a long time again, probably in early January and never finished it. My older brother died and this has sort of been the last thing I've been worried about. But thanks to the person with the penname Me.No.Read. whoever you are, you made me smile and I decided to write again. Thanks guys for being patient.
Ryan's Note- It's good to be back everyone. Thanks and God Bless.
