AN: I knowwwww! I'm sorrryy! I own Nothing.. Notes at the bottom enjoy! Next chapter is the last!
Finn looked at his big non-Aussie but never the less sexy socialite family.
Colin was talking lightheartedly with Stephanie, holding her hand and giving her a kiss on the nose as she would scrunch it up playfully.
Madeline and Louise were looking at their latest Teen Vogue, pointing out which pair of skinny jeans they liked the best and which pair would make their butts look better in comparison to ones that would make their legs look longer.
Austin and Matt, the new members of the group, were arm wrestling for the last onion ring they had bought, unaware that Tristan had already taken it and eaten it himself while telling a cheerleader a tweaked story of his accident.
The last sight however, was what made Finn happier than swimming in an alcohol filled pool. Ok, maybe not as happy but close. There sat Rory and Logan, Rory's face red with anger as she shot daggers at Logan with her eyes. "How could you even say that?" she practically yelled, her arms flailing about to emphasize her point.
Logan just shrugged lazily with his usual grin and Rory harrumphed.
"It wasn't her fault, my ass!" she exclaimed crossing her arms over her chest.
Logan frowned. "Tell me how it's her fault Rory!" he exclaimed back using her real name to make a point.
"She was too cocky, thought she could get anything she wanted without trying!" she shot right back.
Logan's smirk reappeared. "I thought you liked cocky," he said inching his face closer to hers. Rory backed away slightly. "Only in some people," she replied with her nose in the air.
"Oh let's hope I'm on that list then," he said before taking her in for a kiss which she responded to before pushing his away and wiping her mouth with feigned disgust.
"Don't you dare think you can get away with what you said by kissing me Logan Garret Huntzberger!" she spat.
"Oh, she's using the big guns now," Colin said watching the argument with amusement.
"What did Logan say Rory?" Louise asked.
"He!" Rory pointed to Logan, "Said that it was all Ryan Phillipe's fault that he and Resse Witherspoon divorced and said Resse is just an innocent victim!" she exclaimed with rage.
The girls collectively gasped.
"Hey, I heard about that," Matt piped in. "Ryan actually cheated on Resse," he said matter-of-factly.
"Oh this is bad," Stephanie exclaimed.
"Very bad," Louise said.
"Very, very bad," Madeline piped in.
"Horrible!" Rory exclaimed. "Ladies I think we have to reevaluate this whole situation, this isn't a black and white situation like the Jen-Brad-Angelina breakup or the Paris-Paris break up or even the Nick-Jessica breakup!"
"Right," Stephanie said, "This is more like a Channing-Amanda-Jenna kind of situation or dare I say the Chad-Sophia-Kenzie-Paris affair!"
"There will be sides take," Louise said dramatically.
"There will be fights and fan sites," Madeline added.
"There will be bloodshed!" Rory finished pounding her fist on the table.
"Amen sister!" the cheerleader that was talking to Tristan exclaimed causing all of them to break up in a fit of giggles, including the cheerleader.
"I just heard a bunch of names at once, and they didn't make sense at all," Austin said shaking his head.
"Mate don't you get it? This is big!" Finn exclaimed. "I mean think about it, with Reese and Ryan broken up is there any hope for any of us? I mean the Jennifer Aniston break up I saw coming, who could resist Angelina Jolie anyways? As for the Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson breakup? Jessica was doing too well for Nick to be first priority, she was the bread winner! Paris Hilton and her boyfriend Paris, mates you had to have seen that one coming; they have the same name! But Reese Witherspoon and Ryan Phillipe, Chad Michael Murray and Sophia Bush, Channing Tatum and Amanda Bynes vs. Jenna Dewan? Mates this is a toughie!" Finn exclaimed.
"Lost you at 'think about it' man," Tristan said shaking his head.
"Ditto," Logan, Matt, and Colin all replied. The girls sighed and rolled their eyes.
Suddenly, Finn jumped up and onto the table, clutching his rule breaking flask in his hands.
"What are you doing Finn?" Stephanie scolded trying to pull him down by the leg.
"Mates and kittens can I please have your attention!" he exclaimed ignoring Stephanie. The lunchroom fell into silence.
"Today I, Finnegan Rothschild the 3rd ,am pleased. Ask me why!" he yelled.
"Why?" many people asked, complying with the socialite's wishes.
"Why? Well because today is the first school day that our two very own Logan Huntzberger and Lorelai Hayden are once again attached by the hip as it was destined to be!"
Rory's eyes widened and she buried her face in Logan's neck as he wrapped a protective arm around her waist with a smirk. Several people in the cafeteria clapped, awed or laughed at Finn's antics.
"So in honor of the reunion of the golden couple, I invite you all to a party at the Rothschild Residence, bring your own alcohol!" he exclaimed as several people got excited, it wasn't often Finn threw parties.
"Ahoy!" he yelled raising his flask and taking a swig.
"Finn don't you mean Cheers?" Logan asked shaking his head.
"No mate, Cheers is only for congratulations for a special occasion or for goodbyes. Ahoy is less serious!" Finn exclaimed.
"Ahoy!" people echoed raising their drinks as a toast for Rory and Logan.
Rory looked around at the people who raised their glasses in support of her and Logan's relationship and smiled. It was definitely great to be back in his arms.
Night of the Party...
"Enjoying your self best friend?" Tristan asked sliding up next to Rory while taking a sip out of the customary red party cup.
"I'm cold!" Rory whined pulling her arms around her bare torso.
"You should've chosen a warmer bathing suit then, something more appropriate for the tail end of winter?" Tristan suggested coyly.
"Hush you, I assumed that the pool was heated as well as the room containing the pool!" she argued right back shivering cold.
"Here Ace," a voice said from behind her wrapping a towel around her while enveloping her in a hug from behind. Rory turn to come face to face with her hero for the moment.
"Bless you," She said turning so she could pull Logan into the towel with her.
Tristan scrunched up his nose, "That's my queue to leave," he said with a tip of his cup and a feigned gagging noise.
Rory just smiled into Logan's chest. "This is nice you know?"
"Yes, it's very nice," Logan mumbled into her chlorine scented hair. "How did I ever make it all those months without you?"
That stuck a cord in Rory's just newly mending heart. "How are we going to make it all those months without each other when we're off in different colleges?" she whispered, her voice suddenly paranoid.
Logan hushed her with a kiss smack dab on her lips. "We still have six months together, let's not ruin that now by talking about this please," he pleaded.
Rory looked up to meet his eyes. Warm, chocolate brown eyes that she had grown to love so much and warm chocolate brown eyes that were constantly staring back at her, whatever the circumstance. She didn't want to give that up, and hopefully she wouldn't have to.
"Ok," she said. And the two just stood there in each other's arms; relishing the fact that they were in love and things were good, even if it was just for the moment.
So denied so I lied
Are you the now or never kind?
In a day and a day love
I'm going to be gone for good again
Are you willing to be had? Are you cool with just tonight?
"They're it," Stephanie said definitely watching the two have their moment. "They're the next couple… and they'll last. Screw Ryan and Resse, the world needs a Rory and Logan."
"Ugh shut your corny blonde mouth before I puke," Louise said trying to cover up the way the sight made her heart melt.
"Who hid your Prozac?" Colin said defending his girlfriend. Louise glared in response.
"Where's your counterpart?" Stephanie asked with an eyebrow raised; trying to avoid any more bitterness from the fellow blonde.
"Over there with Matt," Louise scoffed. Stephanie and Colin followed her nod to see Matt and Madeline in the deep end of the pool splashing around and laughing.
"Oh so that's what the stick up your ass is labeled," Colin smirked, "There's no need to be jealous Louise I'm sure you can get the other Hayden man slave."
"It's not even that!" Louise suddenly spat. "I don't want to get her attached!"
"Just because you're incapable Louise doesn't mean everyone else is," Stephanie spited with her hands on her hips.
Louise shook her head with a look off disbelief. "I can't believe you can be this naïve! Both of you!"
Colin and Stephanie looked at Louise confused. "Don't you get it?! I don't want her to get attached because in 6 months we'll be down in Florida, and he'll be up in Boston with Rory, Tristan and Austin! Can you two stop viewing everything through rose colored glasses and realize the real situation? Can you two please see that hoping we'll all stay as our big happy family is a childish wish?"
"Louise come on you're over reacting about this," Colin said taking a step towards her to calm her down.
"No she's not," Stephanie said somberly. "She's completely right… once we set foot on those colleges campuses things won't be the same anymore. We'll being in the real world Colin."
Louise just nodded silently.
"We can… try right? We'll try," Stephanie said.
"Ok," Louise replied before bursting into tears with Stephanie closely following. Colin quickly took both girls in his arms, doing his best to try and comfort them even though inside it was all hitting him harder than he let anything hit him. They stood there in each other's arms; relishing their thought to be unbreakable bonds that they had at that moment… even if it was just for the moment.
Here's a toast to all those who hear me all to well.
Here's to the night we felt alive.
Here's to the tears you knew you'd cry.
Here's to goodbye tomorrow's going to come to soon.
"Should we like go over there and help Colin out?" Austin asked with his eyebrow raised in suggestion.
"He's got it mate," Finn assured with a swig of his Grey Goose, straight from the bottle.
"What's that all about anyways?" Tristan questioned.
"Probably about the fact that in 6 months we'll all be separated," Finn replied getting straight to the point.
"So? It's not like we'll stop being friends," Austin said taking a sip of his own drink with a nonchalant attitude as Tristan nodded in agreement.
"Mates," Finn said with throwing an arm around each other the two guys. "Let me tell you the story of my good mate from Spain named Salvatore and his group of chicas and muchachos. They were best of friends, did everything together; then the day came they had to go their separate ways for college and let me tell you… They were just as happy as before!"
"Finn, I'm not exactly catching the point of this story. They turned out fine," Tristan said with a look of confusion.
"My point is mate," Finn said taking another swig of his Grey Goose, bringing Austin's face closer in the process which immediately caused discomfort, "Is that my story is made it! It's not real mate! You know why it's made up? Because there has never been a true story in which the friends stay together, so I had to make one up to raise your spirits!"
Austin and Tristan frowned. "Aren't you supposed to be the upbeat Aussie and Colin the stick in the mud?" Austin asked.
"Lose one friend, Lose all friends, Loose yourself," Finn replied cryptically with his arms still around Austin's and Tristan's shoulders.
"Aristotle?" Tristan asked.
"No mate, Eric Matthews… smart, smart man," Finn replied. The guys just laughed before returning to their serious state. The three stayed the way they were. Finn's brotherly arms around two of his best mates, as they all held on tightly to their security drink. They stood there in each other's presence, relishing their moment of carefree living, even if it was just for the moment.
Put your name on the line
Along with place and time
Want to stay, not to go, I want to ditch the logical.
"So it's settled then, Marissa you'll be going to Yale and Aiden you'll be going to Harvard as per request by your parents," Derek Estare said to his daughter and his temporary boarder.
"I can't wait to tell Logan!" Marissa exclaimed with a clap of her hands.
"Oh, but I'm pretty sure he can," Aiden mumbled running a hand through his dark hair.
"What was that?" Marissa asked quickly, a little too sweetly to have genuine intentions.
"Nothing," Aiden quickly covered, "I have to get going I have somewhere I need to be," he added not wanting Marissa to know he was headed to Finn's party.
"Oooh! Where? I want to come!" she exclaimed jumping up and down so her over done curls bounced up and down on the sides of her overly made up face.
"Uh… a math league meeting, ready to go?" he asked hoping his lie would work to his benefit. To his relief, Marissa's nose scrunched up and she made a scoffing noise.
"No thanks, I actually have to do my nails tonight, completely forgot," she lied easily. Normally, she would be blunt and tell a person that the idea of spending a Friday night doing Math was preposterous in her mind, but not the hunk that she never had. No, in this case, the best thing to get into his pants was to pretend to be legitimately interested, even if in her head she was laughing in ridicule.
"Suit yourself," Aiden said with a shrug throwing on his leather jacket and grabbing his borrowed car keys. "Don't wait up," he said before slamming the door behind him.
He didn't wait for an answer. He just wanted to get out of that house as soon as possible. He felt as if the longer he stayed in that house, the more brain cells he lost listening to Marissa rant on about how her best friend slept with the captain of the football team and how she herself was able to snag half of the lacrosse team. It was ridiculous and he sent a thank you to the shining stars about for having Harvard accept him and pull away from the insolence that was Marissa. How Marissa got into Yale? He didn't know, comprehend, or care.
He sat in his car gripping the steering wheel tightly in his hands, anticipating the fact that soon he would be away from it all. In six months, he wouldn't have to care about Marissa's embarrassing actions and picking up the pieces of her heartless words. He was relishing his moment of independence from any parents, and from any bratty friends of the family, even if it was just for the moment.
Here's a toast to all those who hear me all to well.
Here's to the night we felt alive.
Here's to the tears you knew you'd cry.
Here's to goodbye tomorrow's going to come to soon.
Lorelai opened yet another box and pulled out an antique looking picture frame. No, scratch that; it wasn't antique looking at all, it was just covered with dust and grime. "Nothing like allergens to make things look more sentimental," she said to nobody in particular as she dusted off the filth with a nearby rag, there was no way she would dirty her ACDC shirt to clean off a picture frame.
"What you got there?" Eric Dugrey asked as he placed a 'Most Eccentric' sash in a pile next to the several other knick knacks lying around the Hayden household's attic and storage space.
Lorelai handed the picture frame over to Chris silently, the rest too interested in the photo to notice the silent tears that feel down Lorelai's dust tinted cheeks.
Chris took and looked down, feeling his heart melt at the sight. In the frame was a moment frozen in time in which Tristan and Rory were dressed up for Halloween as pirates. Tristan's 10 year old arm was thrown casually over Rory's arm as he made an angry face with a patch over one eye. Rory stood next to him, her arm around his waist and a big smile on her face. Youth and innocence radiated off of them, making the parents realize how much that glow had gradually dimmed.
"Time passed so quickly," Lorelai hiccupped finally drawing attention to her distress.
"Lore! Don't cry, it's not like they've died or anything!" Liz exclaimed running over to pull her best friend into her arms.
"I don't care! My babies are leaving me!" Lorelai yelled hugging the picture frame as if it were a million dollars, not that she didn't have that much or more in the first place.
Liz blinked twice and looked at Lorelai before bursting into tears herself.
"Not you too Liz!" Chris said in disbelief. One crying woman was enough to begin with, but two? That was way too much for him to handle.
"Our babies are leaving us!" she cried in anger towards Chris for yelling at her in her moment of desperation.
"They're not babies anymore," Eric reminded them with a quirked eyebrow. "They're practically adults, they're going to be leaving and living on their own soon."
This was not the right thing to say to two hysterical women about their babies. The two just cried harder than ever, arms thrown around each other as if Lorelai was Tristan to Liz and Liz was Rory to Lorelai.
Chris gave Eric a point look causing him to sigh before the two men got up to pull their wives into an embrace. The two couples and the four best friends held onto each other and held onto the picture frame, remembering all the good times the 6 of them all had together.
They remembered they're perfect relationship with their kids, their choice to stay away from the society to protect their kids from that hidden claws and fangs that socialites hid under designer clothes and expensive cosmetic surgery. They held onto the good times, even if they were just for the moment.
All my time is froze in motion
Can't I stay an hour or two or more
Don't let me let you go
Here's to the night we felt alive
Here's to the tears you knew you'd cry
Here's to goodbye tomorrow's going to come to soon
Everyone knows the moment never lasts…
AN: Hello all! I know I should totally have rocks thrown at me for my total lack of responsibility when updating this story, but live came as such a whirlwind and weeks turned into months and months into now! I apologize for the crappiness of this chapter, i just wanted you guys to have something before you totally lost hope on me. This chapter may feel like a filler but actually I was setting somethings up for the sequel and also trying to make you see that their time together is coming to a close. Next chapter is the last chapter, I assure you the length will be much better this one and also the content much more well written. I have mid terms next week, so aside from studying I have time to write again and really make this last chapter a good ass last chapter.
Review and thank you for your patience!