Part 14: Crouch and Follow
"Please tell me you're kidding!" He begged as she laughed. "Tell me it isn't so!"
"It is," she nodded as she shouldered the bags and waved goodbye to Stephanie and Tristan who were sitting on the couch watching movies.
"You know this is cruel, right?! I can't see you, therefore you're teasing me."
Rory laughed as she pulled the door shut and walked towards the car. "I'm being dead serious."
"I don't believe it," Finn told her over the phone.
Rory shook her head as she dug the keys out of her pocket. "Well, believe it."
"You did not cut your hair!"
Rory laughed as she unlocked Finn's SUV and put her bags in the back seat of the car. She'd meant to take it to his father's house in Hartford, but every time she got in to leave it, she was still able to catch a whiff of her boyfriend's scent that lingered on the interior.
She wasn't quite ready to give it up yet and Ronald had already given her the okay to keep it until she was ready. Surprisingly she hadn't felt the guilt in keeping the car, just happiness that she was able to hold on to one more part of Finn.
She got in starting the car and put him on speaker phone while placing the phone on the holder, so that she could talk to Finn while driving.
"I did," Rory said as she pulled out of the Yale parking lot carefully. While she was grateful to keep a part of Finn, she still didn't want to return it completely totaled. Tristan reminded her everyday that Finn never let anyone drive his cars.
"Damnmit! Of all the things you've decided to change while I'm not there."
"Cutting my hair was on the list to do before coming to Yale," Rory told him. "I was just so rushed to get things for the dorm, then with classes starting that I didn't get the chance to."
"Until I left apparently," he said, a teasing bitterness lacing his voice.
"It had nothing to do with your leaving."
"So now that I'm gone, I have no room in your life."
Rory rolled her eyes at his dramatics. "I never said that, Finn."
Finn was silent as Rory drove down the highway towards her mom's house. He had left two weeks ago and was now on Fiji, with Colin and Logan. Due to her busy schedule and the fact that, when in the middle of the Pacific, he couldn't get cell reception, they hadn't talked in two weeks.
They had only been able to converse through daily e-mails that would span pages. She'd been too busy studying and writing papers to sit down and have a video conversation with him, so she hadn't been able to see him either. This was the first real voice conversation they had had in the two weeks since he'd been gone.
"How short?" He asked breaking the silence.
"Um," Rory touched the tips of her hair that now brushed her shoulders, "I'd rather not tell you."
"Love, how short is it? How much hair did that devil of a hairdresser hack off my girlfriend's head?"
"A few inches."
"INCHES?!"
"It goes to my shoulders."
"But-"
"You'll like it," Rory cut him off.
"And if I don't?"
Rory hesitated before saying. "Well, it'll have grown by the time you see me again."
Finn stayed silent as if contemplating, She heard a sigh. "If you say so."
Rory rolled her eyes. "It's not that much," she said. "Trust me."
"Fine."
"So what have you been up to since... well, yesterday."
"Nothing really, we just got here a few hours ago," Finn told her. "I've only stepped off the yacht once, to get more supplies and when I got back on, Logan had already found girls for the evening."
"Girls as in plural?"
"Yep," Finn said. "Apparently two for each of us."
Rory rolled her eyes, not feeling jealous, just a hint of annoyance. She trusted Finn, and by the sound of his voice he sounded just as annoyed by the action as she was. "Idiot," she muttered.
"He hasn't gotten it in his head that I've committed and Colin is about to."
"About to, huh?"
Finn laughed. "He's been waiting for the right moment. He doesn't feel right asking something like that over the phone or over an e-mail. But then again, with him where he is, and her where she is, there is no other way."
"It's cute," Rory laughed.
"It's amusing is what it is."
"You're awful, Finn!" Rory told him shaking her head as he laughed.
"It's fun to watch him talking to Lane, trying to work up the nerve to ask her, but that girl can talk, and when she starts, she won't stop. Reminds me of someone else I know."
"I don't talk that much!" Rory protested.
"Who said I was talking about you? You call me egotistical, but look at you, thinking that the world revolves around you."
Rory rolled her eyes. "So what happens?"
Finn laughed, "He hangs up, gives this low growl and vows that next time they talk, he will ask her."
"I'll talk to Lane and tell her to shut up long enough for him to talk," Rory told him, taking the exit to Stars Hollow.
"So, enough about me. What about you, love, what are you up to this weekend?"
"Nothing," she said happily.
"What? You have to have something planned."
Rory laughed. "I have no clean clothes... or quarters, so I'm going home for the weekend. I plan on doing laundry and hanging out in town doing nothing. I have no papers to write, no tests to study for, I'm just going to read and hang."
"Tristan and Steph kicked you out of the dorm, didn't they?"
Rory sighed. "That too."
Finn laughed "Well, at least you'll spend time with your mum."
"Yeah, I've missed her," Rory admitted. "But I've missed you more. At least I have the possibility of seeing my mom everyday, you..."
"You're making me feel guilty, love," Finn told her quietly.
Rory shook her head, but remembering that he couldn't see her, voiced her statement. "No, I didn't mean to do that." She parked the car in front of the house and sighed. "I don't want you to feel guilty, because you have nothing to feel guilty about. I miss you, that's no secret, but I'm dealing with it. Got to say though, it's good to hear your voice."
"Good to hear yours too. You going to be online tonight?"
"Probably late. Going to let mom feed me, start a load of laundry, and then get on, why?"
"Thought we could use those cameras tonight."
"You sure Logan won't mind?"
"I couldn't care less. Plus those girls seemed to keep him pretty entertained. Colin and I need to go run a few errands and we're going to wander around. I'm starting to feel restless just staying on the yacht. So I'll be on later."
"Go have fun, Finn. Mom and I will probably have an impromptu movie night. You and Colin go wander around Fiji, we'll talk later."
"Can't wait. Hopefully we'll catch each other."
"I have a feeling we will," Rory laughed. "Now go."
"Going. Have fun, love."
"You too," Rory said before hearing him hang up and hanging up herself. She grabbed the phone from its holder, slid out of the car and put it in her back pocket before closing the door and moving to the back to get her bags of laundry. Hoisting it on onto her shoulder and carrying the other, she closed the back door and walked towards the porch, stopping to look at the house.
With a sigh and a smile she walked the steps to the porch and opened the door. While her ears would usually be assaulted by her mother welcoming her home, this time a piercing alarm filled in for the noise. Dropping the bags she winced and went around the corner in time to see her mother flying down the stairs.
"Oh crap!" She said punching numbers on a small square device that was now located on their wall.
"What's going on?" Rory asked loudly over the alarm. "Is it the smoke detector? Are we on fire?"
"No!" Her mother said just as loudly. "It's not the smoke detector, it's the alarm!"
"What alarm?" Rory asked bewildered.
"Our alarm."
"We don't have an alarm," Rory reminded.
"Well then, we have really angry rats," Lorelai said sarcastically turning towards Rory and frowned. "Did you cut your hair?"
"I just trimmed it," she defended.
"You didn't tell me you were cutting your hair." Lorelei accused.
Rory sighed. Was she really about to have the same conversation? "It was a spur-of-the-moment thing," she said wanting to explain the entire situation of cutting her hair when she wasn't hearing a piercing ringing in her ears.
"A spur-of-the-moment, 'let's not tell my mother I'm pulling a G.I. Jane'?"
Rory frowned and pointed to the ceiling. "Are we seriously going to have this conversation now? During the air-raid?"
"You're right. Come on," Lorelai said putting a hand on Rory's back and leading her across the room.
"What are we doing?" Rory asked as they stood in the corner.
"I figured out that there is a motion detector and if you stand over here, it can't see you and calms down."
"Great, so what now?"
"We wait?" Lorelai shrugged. "So why didn't you tell me you were getting your hair cut?"
"It's just a trim," Rory sighed.
"To the Braille institute, it's just a trim."
"Do you like it?" Rory asked, not sure of it herself now. If her mom didn't like it, what would Finn think of it? He didn't seem too fond of the idea over the phone.
"Will you put it back if I don't?"
"Mom!" Rory said wanting a serious answer.
"Yes, I like it," Lorelai laughed
"Thank you," Rory smiled just as the alarm stopped. "Oh thank god."
"Feels good when it's over, huh?" Lorelai said relaxing.
"This is crazy. When did we get an alarm?"
"Well," Lorelai began, "Apparently, Kirk..."
"Oh no," Rory groaned, knowing that any story that began with Kirk was not good in the least.
"...has recently joined the Stars Hollow Security Company."
"Oh no," Rory said not liking the sound of that.
"And apparently, now that I'm the pretty spinster living all alone, he's concerned for my safety."
"Did he tell you all this?"
"Do you think I labeled myself the pretty spinster?" Lorelai asked in disbelief.
"What did you say?" Rory asked, wanting to redirect the conversation.
"I haven't talked to him face-to-face. I came home to this, and there was a note and his card and his gun."
"Oh jeez!" Rory exclaimed, not sure what idiot would ever give Kirk a gun.
"Yeah, and then when I called the alarm-response center to complain about the alarm, no one answered. I had to leave a message with Meg... she sweeps up." Lorelai said, the frustration lacing her voice.
"I can't even believe there's a security company in Stars Hollow. Nothing ever happens here."
"Oh, that's not true," Lorelai corrected. "Plenty happens here."
"Like what?" Rory asked, not quite believing anything big happened in the town.
"Like, people now break into your houses and install alarm systems!" She said shaking her head.
"I heard about that," Rory muttered with a nod.
"And we have a new mail carrier."
"We do?" Rory asked, wondering what happened to Jimmy, their old, reliable mail carrier.
"Yeah, so now if you wanna get your mail, you just have to go see Miss Patty."
"Why?"
"'Cause that's where he brings it. He brings Babbette's mail to Andrew's, Norma's mail to the deli, and Taylor still hasn't found his mail, which I have to admit is kind of fun," Lorelai said amused, mischief etched all over her face. Rory had no doubt that they were the ones receiving Taylor's mail and her mother was the one withholding it from him.
"I rescind my previous statement. This place is hopping," Rory said dryly, a ghost of a smile playing on her lips.
"So, did you eat yet?" Lorelai asked changing the topic.
"Nope. I thought I'd let you feed me."
"Sure, I can feed you, but I can't know if you're getting your hair cut," she said, pouring on the guilt.
Rory sighed. "I will never do anything again without telling you... happy?"
"I don't know. I finding this whole guilt thing rather satisfying." She watched as Rory shook her head again and started moving away form the corner. "No, NO! Where are you going?" Just as Rory moved away from the safety of the corner, she paused as the alarm started to fill the air again. "AGH! Why did you do that!?"
"I was going to get my laundry!" Rory said closing her eyes, not believing that she'd forgotten.
"You made it mad!" Lorelai accused.
"I didn't mean to!"
"Back in the corner. back in the corner!" Lorelai said, pulling her back in.
"Oh," Rory groaned, covering her ears.
Her mom leaned in and smiled. "No place like home huh?"
"Yeah," Rory groaned, not quite sure why she'd left her dorm. Stephanie and Tristan she could deal with, but this? Well, it was good to be home.
"So did you talk to the Aussie today?" Lorelai asked, picking up the conversation again seeing as they had another five minutes before the alarm went off.
"Yeah," Rory nodded smiling again.
"And did you tell him about the hair?"
Rory sighed. "Yeah."
"And?"
"And I don't think he's too fond of the idea that I got a haircut. But I told him the next time he saw me it would be long again, so I think that placated him. He's on Fiji."
"He loving it?"
"He's been there before," Rory said, thinking about the last e-mail he sent, how he'd been describing the sites he'd seen from the boat… and how he'd wish she'd been there. "But he says it's a completely different experience sailing to Fiji from flying over it. He's definitely in his element."
"You miss him."
"Well, that's obvious," Rory rolled her eyes. "And a bit jealous."
"That he gets to ditch for a year to travel and you're stuck studying?"
"What? No! Not of Finn. Of Steph and Tristan. It's stupid," she muttered.
"No, tell me, why are you jealous of the blondes?"
Rory shrugged. "I don't know. Just…"
Lorelai laughed as she saw a light tint of pink fill Rory's cheeks. "You want to make out."
Rory blushed. "Is that normal?" She laughed and touched her cheeks as they warmed. "I've never…" she shook her head. "Jeez, I can't believe I'm talking to you about this."
The alarm shut off and Lorelai sighed. "Follow me and you're telling me everything." Crouching down low, she walked slowly under the laser, Rory watching her with a raised eyebrow.
"Are you serious?" Rory asked.
"Crouch and follow."
Rory sighed, crouched and followed. God, she loved coming home. Once they made it outdoor without setting off the alarm, Lorelei snapped her fingers.
"Shoot, forgot my wallet."
Rory laughed. "Since when do we pay Luke?"
"True," Lorelai nodded as they started their walk. "So my little girl wants to make out?"
Rory blushed again and sighed. "It's weird, you know. I never felt an overwhelming need to make out with Dean, and with Jess… I don't' know, I guess we just had that down. Finn and me, we hadn't really gotten to that "locked at the lips" stage. When he left, we were barely on the "just need to be touching" stage, you know."
"Some sort of psychical contact, yeah, I know," Lorelai sighed wistfully.
"So every time I open the bedroom door and walk in on Steph and Tristan making out, I feel…"
"Left out?"
Rory scrunched up her nose. "When you say it like that, it sounds like I want to join in a threesome with them."
Lorelai laughed. "You know what I mean." She opened the door letting Rory in first. They sat at an empty table, Rory across from her mother.
"I just really miss him, you know?"
"I hear you guys are planning a Spring Break trip down there."
Rory smiled. "Yeah, we're not telling them though, keeping it a surprise."
"He'll love that."
"I'll love that," Rory laughed as Luke came to their table.
"Hey Rory," Luke smiled. "What's new?"
"She wants to make out," Lorelai said loudly, causing Rory to blush and glare and even Luke to turn a little pink.
"How about I just grab your regulars?"
"That would be good," Rory muttered as he walked away. Once he was out of earshot she turned and glared at Lorelai. "Mom!"
"What can I say, kid, I miss you too."
Rory shook her head. Yeah, it was good to be home.
XxxxxxxxxxxxX
Finn hung up the phone putting it in his pocket and walked out of his room to see Colin doing the same, pocketing his own phone.
"Just called Lane, huh?" Finn smiled as Colin smiled back.
"Yeah, they're having trouble finding a guitarist. They're spending all week auditioning people."
"Still didn't ask her, huh?"
"Her mom was home," Colin sighed. "It wasn't right."
"Of course," Finn nodded, keeping in his laughter. "I was about to go land, grab some food."
"Restless?
Finn nodded. "I need to walk around, leave the yacht and just breathe."
"Sounds good to me," Colin nodded. "Not really in the mood to deal with Logan's orgies right now."
Finn laughed as they climbed the steps. "Never knew Logan was that type of man."
"We're on Fiji, Finn, anything can happen with Logan," Colin told him as they reached the saloon, They saw a few members of the opposite sex talking, while Logan sat on the couch, talking to two blondes, both of which were fighting subtly to get his utmost attention.
"Boys," Logan greeted. Finn and Colin nodded to him. "There are enough girls to go around."
Colin rolled his eyes. "Finn and I are going to go get some food, walk around a bit. We also have some errands to run."
"Errands?" Logan asked with a frown.
"There are a few things we're missing, but weren't important for the trip. We're going to go get them before we forget," Finn explained.
"All right. If you're sure…" Logan trailed off.
"We're sure, mate. We'll be back later," Finn said starting to make his way to the door.
Colin started walking after him, but turned back. "You want us to grab you something to eat? We've been eating boat food for the last two weeks."
"Nah. I've got my breakfast, lunch and dinner right here." Logan grinned eyeing the women on the boat.
Colin sighed. "Right. Later."
"Later," Logan said watching Colin leave. A few of the girls tried to stop him by catching his attention. He would stop momentarily, smile and say something, causing the girls to back off before he left the saloon entirely. Finn though hadn't even looked at any of the girls vying for his attention. He'd simply left. He really wondered how long it would take to get the old Finn back instead of that pod person.
Finn wandered around the streets, feeling Colin jog to his side, and follow him. "Logan's being an ass," Colin stated, causing Finn to scoff.
"That's different from any other day because?"
Colin sighed. "I don't think he'll ever get used to us having girlfriends, Finn. And I don't want what he says to you, or about Rory, to get to you."
Finn couldn't help but smile at his friend. No matter the problem, even it if involved him, Colin always played mediator, wanting to see the best in the situation and for everyone to get along.
Instead of telling Colin not to worry about it, he sighed and shrugged, deciding to voice his opinions. "I don't care what he says about me, Colin. I really couldn't care less, but I don't like it when he brings Rory into the conversation. Rory isn't the reason I'm changing, she isn't the reason I'm not drinking as heavily any more. But she made me think about changing."
"What's the difference?" Colin asked, not sure where he was getting at.
Finn sighed. "She never said, 'Finn, stop drinking' or 'Finn, stop sleeping around', but I saw her, and I just... wanted to change. She knows I drink and doesn't say anything, but there's a look in her eyes that just shows that she worries about me when I do drink heavily. I saw it in her eyes on the Vineyard when she and Steph would nurse us back to health. And I don't like that I make her worry, but she never made me change. I decided it for myself."
"You still drink," Colin pointed out as they stopped in front of a restaurant and getting in line to wait for a table.
"Not in excess like I used to," Finn said. "And I've gone days without drinking, whereas before Rory I always had at least one in me."
"Why the sudden change though? If Rory isn't forcing you, why the drastic 360?"
Finn thought about it for a moment trying to find the words to answer. "It was the thought of Rory going to Yale and telling them that Finn Rothschild was her boyfriend, and then connecting it with the drunk Australian. That thought really bugged me, and I didn't want to prove them right or have her thinking that. I wanted her to tell them all that I'm not the guy everyone thinks I am."
"And you're not," Colin told him. "You never were, Finn."
"Well, you and Rory know that," Finn said as they were seated and handed the menus. "But Logan has still got it stuck in his thick skull that I am that guy, no matter what I do to change."
Colin shrugged. "Just keep proving him wrong, and he'll get it."
Finn glared at his menu. "I don't have shit to prove to Logan, Colin. I'm not sobering up and changing for him. It's for myself and my health. Not Rory, not Logan. Me."
"I get that, Finn," Colin said. "But I know you, Finn, you take everything very personally. Just don't let Logan get to you."
Finn winced. He did have a bit of a temper when it came to people badmouthing his loved ones. Didn't matter what was said about him, he could defend himself, but when it was a loved one, he took it very personally.
He winced again, which he had done after the Logan/Rory confrontation two weeks ago. Time to tell Colin. "I told Logan that if he says anything bad about Rory, I'm leaving."
Colin sighed. "Finn."
"No, he can talk about me and the fact that I've committed all he wants, but he leaves Rory out of it. He mentions one bad thing about Rory and I'm gone. No second thoughts and no regrets."
"How does Rory feel about it?" Colin asked, just as the waiter came to take their orders. They gave the orders and once the waiter walked away, Finn shrugged running a hand through his hair. "She doesn't know, and she won't."
"She won't want you pulling out of this trip because of her, Finn. You know that."
Finn shrugged. "She won't know."
"She'll know and she'll be pissed."
"Can we change the subject now?" Finn pleaded, not wanting to continue the conversation of Rory being pissed at him. So far he hadn't done anything to get on her bad side, and he wanted to keep it that way for a good while.
"How's Rory?"
Finn smiled, always willing to talk about his girlfriend. "She's fine, hanging in Stars Hollow for the weekend, visiting Lorelai."
"How is Lorelai?" Colin smirked, remembering the young mother the time he'd gone to Stars Hollow.
"As far as I know, fine," Finn laughed.
"So what are they doing this weekend?"
Finn shrugged. "Rory plans on having a relaxing Stars Hollow weekend, just reading, probably hang out with Lane. Though with band auditions..."
Colin shrugged. "They'll get together."
Finn nodded. "So what are we doing after this?"
Colin drank from his water glass and thought. "You wanted to set up that P.O. box for you and Rory."
Finn nodded. "Since this will be base, I want to set it up here. That way she can send things if she wants here."
Colin nodded in agreement. Since they needed to stay in current correspondence with parents, and most times would need some type of wire at one point during any of their trips, one of them always made a P.O. Box. They planned on sailing during the day, to the different little towns of Fiji and islands, coming back to Taveuni as their base to check mail and get a room when the crowded space of the boat was getting to them.
"We'll get that taken care of, then I'll send out the address to our parents and friends."
Finn nodded. "Good plan." They both thanked the waiter when their food came and dug in, enjoying the restaurant food rather than canned food that they kept on the yacht.
"We have to get more food too," Finn said. "Now that we know what's perishable and not."
"You know, you'd think that with us on the boat, it wouldn't matter if it were perishable," Colin said.
"The bananas proved us wrong," Finn laughed. About a week in the ocean, they'd overseen the bananas that they kept in the kitchen. Since no one in their group liked them all that much, no one had eaten them. The boat now smelled like rotten bananas since they had been exposed in the sun.
Colin shook his head. "So food shopping too. I, for one, am sick of Campbell's Chicken Noddle soup.
"Mm mm good," Finn laughed, causing Colin to roll his eyes. "We'll get food that wouldn't go bad and stink up the yacht."
"Good deal."
They ate their meal in relative silence, each lost in his own thoughts, before paying and leaving the restaurant. By two, they were at the small grocery shop, picking out food when Finn felt his phone vibrate. Taking it out, he saw that he had on new text. Opening it up, while Colin compared cantaloupes, he read the message.
From: Princess Rory
To: Finn
He smirked. She'd been playing with his phone, changing the names. Well, he'd played with hers too.
Going to watch movies with Mom, should be done by one. I may skip out a movie early to meet you online.
Finn hit reply, pushing the cart behind Colin as they moved down the aisle.
I'll try and get on. We're food shopping and should be done in about an hour or two. Can't wait to see that infamous hair.
He kept the phone in his hand as Colin put in some vegetables in the cart. Luckily, they'd all had the foresight to take cooking lessons in high school and all knew how to cook though they rarely did. Finn did it to help him get out frustration, there was something in cutting a carrot with a razor sharp knife that just helped to soothe him.
His phone vibrated in his hand. Flipping it open he read her response.
Stop exaggerating! It's not that bad!! And don't rush because of me. I plan on staying up late anyway. See you then! g2g, mom is threatening to take my phone away if I keep texting!
Laughing he pocketed the phone, not bothering to bid her goodbye. He'd talk to her in a few hours. After he and Colin finished with the groceries and paid, they walked to the even smaller post office and grabbed an application for a P.O. box, and went back to the yacht.
He noticed that the girls had vacated and Logan was sitting on the couch, watching TV.
"Where are the girls?" Colin asked, sitting on the couch next to him while Finn went to grab a drink from the bar.
Logan shrugged. "Left."
"Did you get any?" Colin asked.
Logan nodded, but continued to stare at the TV. Finn rolled his eyes. "I'll be in my room if you two need me."
Logan looked over at him with a frown. "You're going to your room?"
Finn nodded, knowing he was probably making a mistake if he told Logan, but did it anyway. "Rory and I want to test out the video cameras we got."
"Rory," Logan nodded.
"You got a problem, mate?"
"Finn," Colin warned. "You told Logan what you wanted to say, now you're just baiting him."
"Yeah, listen to Colin," Logan muttered.
Finn shook his head. "Call if you need me." He went downstairs to his room, ignoring Logan's muttering and closed the door. He loaded his laptop and noticing the clock, he saw that it was nearing six. Sighing, he did the quick math in his head, calculating the time difference, coming up that it was nearly two in the morning there.
Taking his chances he logged onto his messenger and sat down at his chair, getting comfortable, surprised to see Rory on. Clicking on her name he started the conversation.
Exoticboy57:Let's see that hair, love.
CoffeeprincessSH: Oh jeez, not this again.
Exoticboy57:Yes this, now let's see it.
CoffeeprincessSH: -sigh- Fine, just letting you know that I don't have my earpiece though. We're going to have to talk this way.
Exoticboy57: That's fine, now let me see your hair!
CoffeeprincessSH: Wait! Jeez.
Laughing he moved the camera over and made sure he was in frame before accepting the invitation to start the video feed. A few seconds later Rory came into focus and he smiled at her image. He hair was a bit shorter, going to just about the tips of her ears.
Exotic boy57: That's a lot of hair missing, love.
CoffeeprincessSH: My mom likes it.
Exotic boy57: Your mom's not your boyfriend.
CoffeeprincessSH: So you don't like it?
Exotic boy57: Never said that.
CoffeeprincessSH:Then you like it?
Exotic boy57:-shrug-
CoffeeprincessSH: Gee, that helps.
Exotic boy57:I like it, just liked your long hair better.
CoffeeprincessSH: I think I look a bit older with short hair.
Exotic boy57: I liked your young look.
CoffeeprincessSH: You just don't like it because you weren't there when I cut it, lol.
Exotic boy57:-sigh- Fine, you got me. It just bugs me that you cut it after I left.
CoffeeprincessSH: Finn, like I told my mom, cutting my hair was something I've wanted to do.
Exotic boy57:Then why do it after I leave?
CoffeeprincessSH: Because I didn't have time when I was starting school. Last week, during our free time, I went shopping with Steph, we stopped by a salon, we got our nails done, and she was going to get a trim when I just… cut my hair.
Exotic boy57: I'm going to kill Steph.
CoffeeprincessSH: You'll like it when you see it up close. Plus it'll grow out!
Exotic boy57:I know… So how was movie night?
CoffeeprincessSH: Good, Mom fell asleep during 'Hardbodies'
Exotic boy57:How could she fall asleep during that!
CoffeeprincessSH:-shrug- Think she was tired. But I finished it, then came and changed and waited for you.
Exotic boy57:You read too, didn't you?
CoffeeprincessSH: A chapter or two… maybe. How was food shopping with Colin?
He watched as she looked over her shoulder quickly, then back at the computer screen. Her movements a bit choppy, thanks to the delay.
Exotic boy57:As good as shopping can be. Dinner was good though. Colin has a feeling that he may ask Lane soon.
CoffeeprincessSH: I'm going to visit Lane tomorrow. I'll remember to remind her to be quiet.
Exotic boy57: Good thinking.
CoffeeprincessSH: And Logan?
Exotic boy57: Why?
CoffeeprincessSH:Just wanted to know how the blonde is.
Exotic boy57:Lol, the blonde is fine, he got laid, so he'll be in a better mood then…
Finn looked over at his door when he heard it open, and saw Logan standing at the entrance.
"Yeah?"
"I'm going to land for a few hours."
"All right."
"Colin has the number where he can reach me."
"Aren't you taking the cell phone?"
Logan shrugged. "Don't quite feel up to carrying it."
"You don't feel like carrying a small device in your pocket, so we can contact you, wow, that's just full of logic."
"Like I said, Colin has the number where he can reach me. I'll be back before we set sail tomorrow."
"Fine, don't see why you came to tell me this."
Logan scoffed. "Forgive me if I thought my best friend wanted to know where I was."
Finn shook his head. "I'll see you tomorrow." He turned back the the computer as he heard Logan close the door behind him.
CoffeeprincessSH: Finn?
Exotic boy57: I'm here, had to talk to Logan.
CoffeeprincessSH: Oh, what'd he want?
Exotic boy57: Let me know he's going on land for the night. BTW I'm setting up a P.O box here.
CoffeeprincessSH: Here? Here where?"
Exotic boy57: Taveuni here in Fiji, it's our base. Every few weeks, we're coming back here when we feel the need to have a nice bed or food other than the food we have on the boat. Just in case you wanted to send something,
CoffeeprincessSH: Cool, what is it?
Exotic boy57: Going to set it up tomorrow so I'll send you the address once I get it.
CoffeeprincessSH: Very cool. Hey I'm going to get going, starting to get sleepy.
Fin noted the time and saw that it was nearing seven his time, meaning it was almost three hers.
Exotic boy57: Go, love, didn't realize it was so late.
He watched her yawn on the screen and smiled.
CoffeeprincessSH: Hmm, okay, I'll talk to you soon.
Exotic boy57: I'll call tomorrow.
CoffeeprincessSH: Sounds good, night.
Exotic boy57: Night love.
CoffeeprincessSH has signed off of 3:01 am.
Signing off himself, he checked his mail quickly before deciding to go back up and see what Colin was up to.
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A.N.:
I know it's shorter than the other chapters, but my friend and I got to talking and she convinced me to cut the chapter I had up…and that way you all get it sooner. So I'm cutting the 'Chicken or Beef' eppy up in maybe three parts. That way I'm not as overwhelmed with trying to get 70 some pages out, and you're not overwhelmed by the dialogue of the transcript.
Hopefully have the next chapter up soon. Going to go see where I can cut it.
Hope you enjoyed some Finn and Rory!
Kassandra