Logan and Rory were sitting on her couch enjoying some Chinese takeout and each other's company when Finn burst through the front door of the pool house. He looked wilder than usual. "Logan, mate, we've got a situation."
"Finn, what in the world are you doing here? How did you even know I was here?" The last time Logan had seen Finn, his dear friend was passed out on the couch after a night spent with a feisty redhead named Sheryl.
Finn sat down on one of Rory's plush chairs. He pulled a small silver flask out of his jacket pocket. He took a quick swig before continuing. "Two words Anne Marie."
Logan froze.
Rory gave them both a confused look. "Who's Anne Marie?"
Finn took another swig from his flask before explaining. "Anne Marie is my fiancée."
"You have a fiancée? But you're a notorious womanizer."
Finn smiled. "I prefer to think of myself as an exotic ladies man love."
"Anne Marie is the female version of Finn. Their mothers were good friends back during their supermodel days. They both married rich American businessman. They both raised their kids to be American Australians. They think that Finn and Anne Marie are perfect for one another." Logan explained. Anne Marie and Finn were annoying together. Everything was either passion or a fight. The two of them had a knack for making you think that spousal abuse was about to take place. Logan thought Anne Marie was a nice girl, but she had a tendency to drive Finn crazy mostly because Finn drove her crazy. It was too dramatic for Logan's taste.
Rory wasn't sure what to say. She was shocked. She couldn't believe that Finn had a fiancée. She couldn't believe that someone would agree to marry a guy like Finn. She loved him but he was always either drunk or hitting on girls or both. She had only seen him go to class twice. Both times it was to flirt with a redhead that he had grown fond of. "So she knows that you cheat on her daily."
Finn scoffed. "She cheats on me hourly. We struggle to be around each other."
"Why is she coming to visit you?" Rory thought this seemed to be straight from a soap opera. Two people who didn't do commitment were forced to commit to each other.
Logan licked his lips and then shook his head. "Please don't tell me it's time for her to –"
"Buy a wedding dress and pick a venue. Yeah our mothers have decided since our wedding is to take place in six months we might as well start handling some details." Finn faked a laugh. He couldn't believe this was happening. "Her plane lands tomorrow."
Rory wasn't sure what to say. She had never seen Finn this frazzled before. Normally he seemed to be so drunk that nothing fazed him. The Aussie sitting in her living room was nothing like the Finn she knew and loved. "Have you talked to her yet today?"
Finn sighed and shook his head. "She left a message that said my plane lands at noon see you then."
Logan got up off the couch in search of his car keys. "I think we all need a drink after this revelation."
Lorelai was sitting on her couch reading a magazine and waiting for her nails to dry. Luke was out with April again. The two hardly spent time together between the Inn and Diner. She stopped when she came upon an article about St. Bernard's. It seemed there was going to be a movie made there. Christopher had gone to St. Mark's for a semester before being kicked out for something or other. That had been one of the longest semesters of her life. After Rory was born she joked to Christopher that she would send Headmaster Harrison a thank you card because Rory was conceived soon after Christopher came home. It had taken nearly a year before his parents decided to finally just send him to Chilton along with Lorelai. She picked up her home phone and started to dial his number. Finally she decided that instead she wanted to see him. She grabbed her car keys off of the kitchen counter and made the drive to Hartford.
Christopher was in middle of some paperwork when he heard the knock on the door. He had been surprised that someone was visiting this late. He looked at his watch briefly before opening the door. Part of him had expected to see Rory standing on the other side. He was shocked to see Lorelai standing there with a magazine in one hand and a bottle of tequila in the other. "Lore…"
"I uh read this article about St. Mark's and suddenly felt the need to see you." Lorelai admitted. Standing in front of him she felt a little stupid. She should have been at home waiting for Luke to return from his dinner with April. She shouldn't be here congregating with the man that Luke mistrusted more than anyone else. She held up the bottle of tequila.
"Come on in Lorelai. We'll have a couple of shots of grown up milk and cookies and we'll reminisce." Christopher opened the door wider for her to come in. He had a feeling that this had to do with the fact that she wasn't talking to Rory and things with Luke probably weren't as magical as they could have been. He knew it wasn't his place to pass judgment mostly because he stayed with Sherry when things were terrible.
Lorelai sat down on his couch. She looked like an uncomfortable little girl. "So where's Gigi?"
"Oh she goes to bed at eight. She has school first thing in the morning."
"I can't believe she goes to school." Lorelai remembered the day the little girl was born like it was yesterday. She looked a lot like Rory did when she was a baby.
Christopher smiled and ran a hand through his hair. "You're telling me. So you mentioned an article about St. Mark's."
"Yeah I was flipping through this magazine and I came upon this article about St. Mark's. It looks as though they are making a movie there about friends at boarding school. I think it'll even take place in the eighties."
"St. Mark's was so crazy. I mean it was a haven for overlooked bad behavior. I remember the guy who stayed down the hall would smoke pot everyday. He would sit by his window and toke for like two hours. Nobody ever said anything. Still I remember most is that weekend you drove up to see me. You told your parents you were going skiing with friends but instead you came and visited me. I remember how that night after visiting hours were over I climbed out of my window. Then we spent the night listening to the radio and making out until I had to go back before they did room checks in the morning." Christopher felt himself become sixteen again. The way all of his friends looked when Lorelai entered the room. The way it felt to hold her hand and listen to Jack and Diane.
Lorelai laughed. "I remember you basically fell out of your window and into those bushes and how you sort of limped your way to my car. It was so hard to drive through that back area. It had been so cold that night. You let me wear your sweater even though that left you in that thin white t-shirt."
"I would have given you anything you wanted. I still would." Christopher closed his eyes. He couldn't believe he had said that. He didn't mean to come on strong. It was the truth. It was the way he had always felt. Still Lorelai didn't need to know that.
She wasn't sure what to say. She nodded. She decided to pretend not to hear that last part. She hadn't been this happy in a long time.
Christopher sighed. "I know you're pretending not to hear that last part. Thank you for that. Still Lorelai I have to know why you're here instead of spending the evening with your fiancé. I just I can't pretend that I don't realize that you should be with him right now."
"It's complicated Chris."
Christopher shrugged. "Life is complicated Lore, but that doesn't mean you stop living. You told me you loved him and that you wanted to spend the rest of your life with him. I just I think that he should the shoulder you cry on when things get tough."
"How can you say that when we both know that you want my relationship to stall? How can you be so selfless?"
Christopher and gently wrapped his arm around her shoulder. He could tell she needed a hug. "It's not me being selfless it's me being a decent human being. I love you Lore. I always will but as long as you love him I realize that means things with us can't be. I also know that normally this would be Rory's job and that is exactly what she would tell you."
Lorelai sniffled a little. "How is she?"
"She's great. She's happy. She's madly in love. She's going back to school in January. She misses you. She bought you a present while she was in Monaco. She just wasn't sure how to give it to you."
"She went to Monaco?"
Chris nodded. "Logan gave her the trip to Monaco as a birthday present. They had so much fun. She loved it."
"I'm missing so much." Lorelai whispered.
"You don't have to. You can end this fight with a simple phone call." Christopher pointed out.
Lorelai shook her head. "I can't. I don't know what say or do. I'm not ready to apologize." She got up from the couch. "I better get back to Luke. I'll leave the tequila here just in case. Thank you for this Christopher. I needed to laugh and cry and ask about Rory."
Neither Finn nor Logan were in any shape to greet Anne Marie when she got off the plane. Both of them were dealing with headaches the size of the Soviet Union. Rory didn't know what Anne Marie looked like. She looked back at the two men who were dozing in one of the chairs in the baggage claim area and sighed. She didn't want to be handling this on her own. Still she admitted that they did look pretty cute sitting there looking lifeless. She was startled by the sudden appearance of a beautiful brunette who looked to be Finn's twin. She knew right away that this was Anne Marie. She walked towards the woman who was searching the area most likely for Finn. "Hi I know this may sound crazy but are you Anne Marie?"
Anne Marie looked at the girl and smiled. "You must be Logan's Sheila. Finn has told me all about you. Lemme guess its only noon and Finn's already off his face."
Rory laughed. "He's a bit hung over but nothing too serious. He's waiting for you over here."
Finn stood up the moment he saw Anne Marie. The last time he had seen her had been last summer when he was forced to propose to her. He smiled a little when he saw that she actually wore his ring. He wondered if she took it off when she went out on her little missions to pick up men. "Anne Marie, you old whanker how long have you known about this trip."
"Me a whanker, you're the one who's got on the wobbly boot in the arvo. Anyway you old pissant I found out early yesterday morning. Me mum called and told me I had to be here today. So here I am ready to buy a wedding dress and become someone's cook."
Rory looked at Logan for a translation.
Logan laughed and smiled. He gave her this look that said he didn't know what the hell they were saying and probably didn't want to know.
Finn sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. "I need me some amber fluid and I need it now."
"Oh stop pissing and get off your date and come with me to get my bags." Anne Marie demanded.
Rory watched them walk away for a second. They weren't done arguing yet. Anne Marie kept poking him in the chest as she spoke. "I've no clue what the hell they were saying. Are they always like that?"
Logan laughed. "Yeah unless they're drunk and then they're happy as two clams together. Still all that hatred is just for show. They really love one another. They're like an old couple. You know they fight all the time but it's just their way of talking to one another."
Rory nodded. She wasn't sure what to say. She had never seen a more dysfunctional couple.
"Don't worry we'll never seem that crazy. I promise."
Rory paused for a moment. Logan had never talked about them in that tense. He had never discussed them in the future. Okay well not in the distant of a future. She did the first thing she could think of and she kissed him softly on the lips. "Let's hope not…"
"At least I don't smell like a Technicolor yawn." Anne Marie shot back as they returned.
Finn shook his head. "Let's not have this blue in public please."
As the foursome left the airport Rory couldn't help but whisper to Logan. "Doesn't it weird you out how much alike they are."
"More than you could possibly imagine."
Okay so that was my update. I worked really hard on this. I started writing it so many times. I struggled to figure out where to go. I hope you liked it. I love your reviews. They absolutely make my day. Please share your thoughts.