Colin was now worried about his both of his best friends and his sister. He couldn't help it. Ever since his parents got divorced and his mother ran off to Ireland, he had made his friends his family. They were everything to him and he always worried about them. Colin had liked Rory when she and Logan had first started dating. He had hoped that they would work through their issues because she was good for Logan, but they didn't and Colin didn't know how to help his friend through that. This wasn't the first time he didn't know how to help a broken hearted friend. When Tristan had been so hung up on that girl from Chilton he didn't know what to tell him. When Finn and Katie had broken up he really didn't know what to do because he didn't want to have to choose between his best friend and his sister. Now, Katie was the one he was most worried about because for the first time in six years Colin saw how much pain the Finn break up caused her. He remembered when they broke up like it was yesterday.

"I can't believe you did this to me! How could you! I TRUSTED you! When everybody said that you would do this I defended you. I should have listened to them and then maybe this wouldn't have happened." Katie was yelling. They heard her before they saw her. Logan, Stephanie, and him had seen what happened and Katie leave the room with Finn close behind. When they walked in to the room they saw Katie standing in the middle of the room with tears streaming down her face looking heartbroken. Finn was in front of her trying to get her to listen to him.

"Please Katie! Let me explain. It's not what you think." Finn pleaded.

"No! I'm done. I don't care what happened. All I need to know is that it happened. I can't do this anymore Finn. I'm done. It's over." Katie left the room after that still crying. They all watched her go and then watched as Finn fell to his knees in tears. It was the first time any of them had seen him cry. Colin just stood there trying to decide if he should stay with Finn or go after his sister. Steph touched his arm and with one look told him that she would go to Katie. Which meant that Colin should stay with Finn.

That was the day everything in the group changed. Ever since they were six Colin, Katie, Stephanie, Logan, and Finn had been inseparable. After Katie and Finn broke up though Katie transferred to a college in Ireland and Finn became the drunken Australian. At the time when his sister left for Ireland he decided that she would be fine living with their mother. They never talked about it. When Steph came back from talking to Katie after the breakup she didn't tell Colin what was said just that it was bad. 'I should have asked her more.' Colin thought to himself. 'I'll ask Steph when she gets home.' He decided.

When Stephanie got home later she found her boyfriend looking at pictures of them and their friends from happier times. Back before Rory came into the picture and when Katie and Finn were completely in love with each other. She knew that he felt bad for not paying more attention to his sister after she broke up with Finn.

"What's with the pictures babe?" she asked him.

"I wanted to remember when we were all happy. I want to know what happened when you talked to Katie that night Steph." She nodded that she understood. She had been waiting for him to ask about that for six years.

"When I caught up with her she could barely talk. That is how hard she was crying. She didn't want to believe that Finn did what he did. She wanted it to be a dream because she loved him and it hurt so much to have to believe that he could do something that horrible. I told her that she didn't know the whole story and that she needed to talk to Finn. She than told me that it didn't matter what he had to say because she couldn't look at him the same way anymore. It was the same conversation for days Colin. I had never seen her look so broken. About a week after it had happened she decided that she couldn't stay here. So she called your Mom and Dad to see about transferring to that college in Ireland to live with your Mom. Two days later she was gone. She never got over him you know. She tries to convince herself that she has and it is easy to do that when she is half a world away from him. But she still loves him." Stephanie finished her story with a sad look on her face.

"I should have been a better brother to her. I can't believe I wasn't there for her like I should have been." Colin yelled at himself. Stephanie went and put her arms around him.

"You can't beat yourself up about it now. You did your best with the situation considering it was your sister and your best friend." They stayed like that for a few minutes just comforting each other.

"Ok babe here is what we are gonna do. We are going to be there for our friends. There is nothing else we can do for Katie and Finn. They both need to work out their issues with each other. Now Logan is someone we can try to help and that is just what we are going to do. Alright?" Stephanie asked him. Colin nodded his approval.

"Now you are going to buy me dinner".

Across town at a local bar, Finn and Logan were nursing their egos and some alcohol. After leaving work Finn decided that he really needed to have a drink and he thought that Logan might be able to use one too so he went to Huntzberger and dragged him along.

"You know what Finn? Women aren't worth our time. They don't appreciate what we do for them. She was the one that said I love you first ya know? And now she isn't ready to get married. How the hell does that make sense? I'll tell you how it doesn't. I would move heaven and earth for that girl and she can't even say yes to one lousy question. She has to analyze everything. Can't she ever just go with it?" Logan rambled.

"I know what you mean mate. I mean Katie isn't any better. I gave that girl everything and when I needed her to believe in me the most she couldn't. What the hell is that? I would have married her but now I saw to hell with her." Logan held up his glass in agreement and to signal that he wanted another. The bartender walked over to them and gave them each a cup of coffee, after having decided that they had had enough.

"I don't want coffee I want whiskey!" Finn half yelled. The bartender shook his head.

"Sir, you and your friend have had enough. I don't care who you are or if you are walking or driving home you will not be drinking anymore alcohol from this bar tonight."

"Fine than we are leaving lets go Logan." Finn and Logan got up completely wasted and left the bar. The decided to walk because they figured it would be safer.

"Hey Finn how about we make a pact? No more women, especially Rory and Katie." Logan proposed.

"I'll agree to that." After making their pact they stumbled into the street never seeing the car driving straight for them.

At the DuGrey residence Tristan was putting Elizabeth to bed, while Katie was on the phone to her London office.

"Matt I need you to do me a huge favor." Katie greeted when Matthew Michaels answered his phone.

"What do you need Katie?" The British reporter asked.

"I need you to fax me a copy of Rory Gilmore's personnel file and then pick me up at the airport when my plane lands tomorrow at two." When Matt agreed to do both she hung up. Twenty minutes later she was reading up on her newest reporter. The woman was young and bright. Had wonderful instincts and was a damn good reporter. Graduated from Yale. These were all the reasons that she agreed to let Rory transfer to her office. That and the fact that she was losing one of her best reporters to motherhood. The one thing that Katie never looked at was why Rory wanted to work in London of all places. So when she discovered that it was for personal matters that meant only one thing, she was going to have to have a talk with Ms. Gilmore. When her plane landed the next day she found herself telling Matt to take her to the office determined to have that talk.

Again I know its short but those are the kind of chapters I write. I want to thank all of yall who have reviewed this story or put it on Alert. I never dreamed that so many people would like this story but I am so happy that yall do. There have been some questions about Rory and when she will come back into this story. So I am here to say that next chapter we will finally get to see some of her. I only hope that I can write her as well as some of my favorite fanfic authors. One other thing is that I know some of yall are confused as to how Katie is a Huntzberger and a McCrea so I am going to write up a family tree kind of thing so you might be able to understand it a little better. I believe that I will put it in before that first chapter. Also please try to remember that this story is Alternate Universe so some things will be a little different. Apalusa-Light I just want to let you know I haven't decided if I am going to have Mitchum in this story yet or not so whether or not he knows where she is isn't really important. The fact that none of the main characters except for Katie knows. Hope you enjoyed that chapter. Reviews are appreciated but not mandatory!

Brianna