All the way to the airport Stephanie tried to come up with a way to tell Katie about Finn. She had to do it but she really didn't want to. So when she spotted Katie in the crowd heading towards her she took a breath and readied herself to tell her best friend the news. Her thoughts were stopped dead in their tracks however when Stephanie saw who Katie was with. It was still sinking in when Katie and Rory stopped in front of her.
"Hey Steph. We have a lot to do and not much time to do it in so we really need to get going." Katie greeted her best friend. Katie started to walk off in the direction of the parking lot then. When Stephanie didn't follow her she looked back at her and motioned for her to follow them. When the blond still didn't move, the redhead walked over to her friend.
"Stephanie is there a reason we aren't going to the car? Because as much as I like airports we have stuff to do so I don't want to hang around and watch airplanes take off today." Stephanie looked Katie straight in the eyes at that point and almost started to cry at how Katie didn't know about Finn.
"Katie. I can't help you and Rory right now." The blond told her friend. Katie looked at her friend confused as to why she would suddenly change her mind about helping Logan.
"What? Stephanie you have to help us. I have an idea that is going to pull Logan out of the hole he has sunk into. I thought that is what you guys wanted. To help Logan."
"We do want to help him Kate, but right now we can't."
"Why not?"
"Because sweetie Logan and Finn we in an accident." Both Rory and Katie looked at her begging for answers.
"Why didn't you tell me right away Stephanie? What happened are they ok? I need to see him. NOW!" Katie practically yelled at her. She pulled the blond in the direction of the car like her life depended on it. When they got there Katie ordered her to go nowhere but to Finn. Stephanie just drove afraid of what Katie would do if she didn't. On the ride to the hospital she told Katie and Rory what happened. When she mentioned that the men had been drinking Rory started to cry.
"That is my fault. If I hadn't left him he never would have started to drink like that again and they wouldn't have gotten into the accident." The brunette cried.
"It isn't your fault Rory. Its mine. I said something in that meeting that probably got to Finn. Whenever me and him use to fight he always had this strong need for alcohol afterwards." Katie told her new friend.
"It isn't anybody's fault. It was an accident." Steph told them as she pulled into the hospital. As soon as Katie saw her brother she ran up to him.
"Colin how is he and don't sugar coat it." She demanded. Colin looked down at his sister and saw how strong of a front she was putting on. He saw how she was really feeling though. He saw how scared she was and how bad she wanted to cry. She wouldn't though not until she knew.
"He's in a coma. Logan saw the car at the last second and jumped out of the way. He tried to get Finn's attention but there wasn't enough time. The driver saw them at the last second and tried to slow down but he couldn't in time. Finn flew back and hit his head on the curb. When he landed he broke his leg and they think that there must have been something on the ground where he landed because he cut himself on his right side. He doesn't have any life threatening injuries, but they don't know how the hit to the head affected him because he hasn't woken up yet. It is very possible that he could wake up and be fine, but the doctor wants us to be prepared if he wakes up there is something wrong."
"What could be wrong? Didn't they do one of those scan things to make sure his brain is fine?"
"Yeah they did Kate but the doctors think there is a chance he could have amnesia."
"What about Logan?" Rory asked. Colin looked at her as if trying to decide if he should be mad at her or not. Making his decision he answered her.
"He has a few scratches but other than that his fine Rory. He is actually in with Finn now." Katie looked at her brother and told him that she wanted to see Finn. Colin took his sister's hand and led her to his room. Stephanie started to follow them but when she noticed that Rory wasn't moving she stopped.
"Aren't you coming?" The blond asked her companion.
"I don't know if I should Stephanie. I want to see Logan but what if he doesn't want to see me? I broke his heart and I would give more than anything if I could have done things differently six months ago. I want him back and Katie and I had a plan to do that. That plan is useless now, but what am I suppose to say to him?" Stephanie went and gave Rory a hug.
"You tell him that you're sorry. You tell him that you love him and that your glad he is ok. You tell him that you know he is mad at you but for right now you don't want to fight because you want to be there for Finn. But that you will talk later." Stephanie told her. Rory nodded that she could do that and then they went on to see Finn.
Katie was on the verge of tears. She was also scared to death about what happened to Finn. 'He could have died.' She thought. 'Yeah and if he had he would never know how much you still love him.' she told herself. Next to her Colin squeezed her hand. It was if he could read her mind. When she walked into the room she almost burst into sobs. Finn was lying motionless in the hospital bed. To Katie he looked like he was asleep enjoying a wonderful dream. She rolled her eyes. 'Trust Finn to have a grin on his face while in a coma.' Knowing that he wasn't just sleeping and that when he did wake up, if he woke up was what brought the tears to her eyes. Logan looked up when he saw the group enter. As his cousin approached the bed he got up to give her a hug and an update.
"There hasn't been any change in him, but the doctor says that sometimes coma patients can hear you if you talk to them. How are you doing Katie? I'm sorry that this happened I really am. I should have grabbed him and pushed him out of the way. I can only imagine what is going through your mind right now. I'm just sorry I didn't do anything more to stop it." Katie smiled at Logan. Now this was the guy she remembered.
"This isn't your fault. It wasn't anybody's fault. The only thing we can do now is wait for him to wake up. He will wake up. He has too."
"I know I just can't help but feel I could have done something you know? I know how I would feel if it was Rory on that bed. So I can imagine how you must feel." Hearing her name Rory looked up at Logan for the first time in seven months. Not noticing Rory behind Stephanie, Logan moved aside so Katie could sit next to Finn. Sitting in the chair that Logan had just vacated Katie put her hand in Finn's for the first time in seven years.
"Guys can I have some time with him please?" Her friends all nodded that she could.
"Oh and Stephanie could you take care of what I brought with me from London?"
"Of course." Once the blond reassured her friend that she would take care of Logan and Rory, the group left the couple alone. It was when the group was out in the hall that Logan finally noticed Rory. She was just like he remembered, beautiful as ever but a little unsure of herself. She was sitting alone in the waiting room biting her lip as if trying to decide something. Colin and Stephanie noticed where he was looking and had to smile.
"Go talk to her Logan." Colin told his friend. The blond shook his head.
"I have nothing to say to her. She left and took my heart with her. Why should I talk to her?"
"For exactly the reasons you just said. Because when she left she took your heart. Haven't you learned anything from Finn and Katie? They have been in love with each other since they were sixteen and they let one small misunderstanding tear them apart. And we all know that the last seven years have been no picnic because they are both still head over heels for each other. You and Rory are meant to be, just like Finn and Katie. Katie recognized that and that is why she brought her hear. It took her a long time but she finally realized that you can't just get over the love of your life. It was like the second she saw how miserable you were Logan she knew that there was one person and one person only that could fix you. She realized that there was only one person that could fix her. So go talk to her." When Colin finished his little speech Stephanie pushed Logan in Rory's direction. As he walked over to her he tried to calm himself down. He tried to tell himself that she probably had her reasons. Rory didn't do things without having a reason.
"Hey Rory." Logan said as he took a seat next to her. The brunette looked at him as if expecting him to say something else. If she was really honest with herself she was expecting him to be mad at her.
"Hey. How are you?" Logan sighed. This was going to be harder than he thought. Just hearing her voice made him want to pull her into his arms and never let go.
"Honestly? My life sucks at the moment Rory. How about yours?" she winced at the sound of her name. She wanted to him to call her Ace again. He only ever called her Rory when he was mad or serious. 'He is probably both.' She told herself.
"My life sucks too. Wanna know why?" she asked him. He didn't but he did all at the same time.
"Not really but please enlighten me because I doubt that your life could be worse than mine right now."
"Well my life sucks because about a year ago I did something really stupid." He looked at her in surprise. He didn't expect her to say that.
"A year ago I was living with the most wonderful man in the most wonderful city in the world. Then he did something I wasn't expecting. He asked me that life changing question and me being the stupid idiot that I am said no. It all went downhill from there. We started fighting and I didn't know how to make it stop. So I did what the Gilmore Girls are good at, I ran from my problem. Now I really don't know how to fix it. The thing I want most in the world is to be able to say the right words to make you see how much I love you. To make you see how sorry I am for running away. To tell you that I can't live without you and that becoming your wife would be the best thing that ever happened to me. I don't know how to fix this. I want to but I don't know how. You were always the one that was the fixer. I will do anything Logan and I mean anything to prove to you that I am in this for good. You jump, I jump remember?" After finishing her little speech, Rory and Logan just stared at each other for what seemed like hours, but was really only a couple minutes. It was torture waiting to see what Logan was going to say or do, but Rory had said what she needed to. Now all she had to do was wait and hope Logan forgave her. Without breaking eye contact Logan stepped closer to Rory and wrapped her in his arms. This is what he had been missing. Holding Rory in his arms was one of his favorite things in the world to do. After a few minutes of just holding her he stepped back and spoke.
"You wanna go get some coffee?" she just nodded in response and followed him out of the hospital. Rory knew that this was as good sign. Knowing Logan if he had decided to not take her back he wouldn't have even talked to her. But he did and that meant there was hope for them yet.
Meanwhile in Finn's room Katie was trying to find a way to speak to him without crying. She had her face buried in his chest with tears streaming down her face soaking his hospital gown. Finally having got that out of her system she looked up at him.
"You know you are a really hard man to get over. I tried though. I tried really hard. I left everything behind because being around you hurt too much. Nothing worked. I moved half way around the world and I still couldn't stop loving you. I hate that. I always told myself that I would never be one of those women who couldn't put her ex behind her. What am I suppose to do Finn? You always had an answer for everything. It might not have been a sane answer but it was an answer none the less. So I am going to sit here and wait for you to wake up so you can give me an answer. And just so you know, you will wake up Finn Morgan. I am not giving you a choice." So Katie settled herself in for the wait.
Colin and Stephanie watched Katie with satisfied smiles on their faces. Then they looked over at Rory and Logan walking out of the hospital and smiled again.
"Well it looks like things are going back to normal." Colin told his girlfriend.
"I know Finn is still out like a light but Katie will get him to wake up. Logan and Rory will make up and maybe we will even hear wedding bells sometime soon. Now when can we tell them our little secret?"
"Soon Colin. I want the dust to settle a little first." Colin smiled at her and gave her a kiss in agreement.
I hope you guys enjoyed that chapter. So things are moving along with Rory and Logan. I hope that I did them both justice with their interaction. But then again they are allowed to be a little out of character because this is AU. I want to say that there will only be about four more chapters but to be honest I really have no idea. I do know that this is wrapping up. Please let me know how you like it or don't like it. And does anyone wanna take a guess as to what Colin and Stephanie are hiding?
Brianna
