Katie never left Finn's side for the rest of his time in the hospital. The two of them acted like the last seven years never happened and their small group of friends wondered how long that could last. Colin, Stephanie, and Logan did their best to avoid talking about the past so they wouldn't upset the couple. The three of them knew that in order for Finn and Katie to really be themselves again they had to talk about what happened. And once that conversation started neither one of them knew when it would stop. The two of them would scream, fight, laugh, and cry in the course of the conversation and everybody hoped that it would bring them back together. But they knew that it had the power to rip them apart as well. So on Finn's last day in the hospital, everyone but Rory seemed a little unsure about where to go from there. It had been decided that Finn would stay with Katie in his penthouse. As Finn gathered his things he locked eyes with Katie, making a silent agreement to talk as soon as possible. The group was silent until they got outside the hospital.

"Finn your mom called and wants you to call her as soon as you are settled in at home." Colin told his friend.

"Hey guys why don't we go out for some lunch. After all we need to celebrate this." Katie suggested. Her five companions looked at her, all silently wondering what they needed to celebrate.

"Katie what are you talking about?" her twin asked.

"You and Stephanie of course! What else would I be talking about? Unless Logan and Rory have something to share with the group?"

"What about Stephanie and I?" the red-head rolled her eyes at her brother.

"I'm not stupid Colin. Stephanie has been the same size since we were fifteen but only someone that knows her as well as I do would notice a slight change. But I have noticed. So we need to celebrate the fact that I'm going to be an auntie." Stephanie smiled at her friend. Of course Katie would figure it out. The two of them were practically sisters and they always seemed to notice the small changes in each other without realizing it.

"I should have guessed that you would figure it out." The blond told her friend. Colin rolled his eyes at his twin, not quite believing that she figured it out on her own.

"Who told you?"

"Nobody Colin. I have know Steph my whole life. She is the sister that you were suppose to be. We both would notice little changes in each other like that. Her face is slightly fuller and she a little rounder in the stomach." Colin seemed to accept this answer, but Finn felt left out.

"Wait a minute you finally knocked up Stephanie and I'm just finding out about it now? Did they know?" Finn asked pointing at Rory and Logan.

"Yes Finn we knew. Colin accidently let it slip the other day. Now why don't we take this somewhere else preferably towards food?" Logan said. The rest of the group agreed. The drive to the small secluded restaurant took about half an hour. The group talked all the way there.

"Where exactly are we going?" Rory asked from her spot in between Katie and Stephanie.

"Oh that's right you've never been here. It's this small restaurant in a tiny town north of the city. We found it one day when we were just going for a drive. It is our favorite place in the world because the owners never treat us any different like a lot of people do. They see we have money and think that we think we're better than them. But Emma and Jack don't. They are like the sweet grandparents we never got. I haven't been here in years." Katie answered her new friend.

"So it's like your Luke's?" Rory asked her boyfriend.

"Yeah Ace I guess you could say that. I wonder how Emma and Jack are. You know I haven't been here since before Fiji."

"Colin and I stopped by a couple years ago and updated them on all of us." As Stephanie told them about her last visit to Emma and Jacks, Katie absentmindedly started playing with her necklace. Seeing this reminded Rory of a question she had for the young woman.

"Hey Katie I have been meaning to ask you about your necklace. I just love it. Where did you get it." Everything fell silent at Rory's question as everyone waited for what Katie would say. Katie smiled at Rory.

"It was a gift for my sixteenth birthday. It was actually my favorite gift that year. I'm not sure where they bought it from though." Rory was surprised at how relief seemed to flood through all of her companions with Katie's answer. What the reporter didn't notice was the small smile on Finn's face at Katie's words.

"Tiffany's." he spoke so quietly that Rory barely caught his words. She was about to ask him what he said but then she noticed how Finn and Katie's eyes were locked on each other as if they were the only people in the world.

"It's from Tiffany's." This time the Australian's words were heard loud and clear. As Rory watched them she suddenly understood why the other three were so glad to hear them fighting with each other. The way the two of them were looking at one another was the same way Luke and her mom looked at each other. The same way Zach looked at Lane. The way Kirk looked at Lulu. The way she looked at Logan. The two of them loved each other so much that it hurt sometimes. It seemed to Rory that the necklace meant something and was tempted to ask what that was but didn't want to make things awkward.

"It represents the beginning." Katie stated. Finn just nodded his head in agreement with her. The couple would have probably spent more time in their own little world if Colin hadn't announced their arrival at Emma and Jack's. As the group walked into the restaurant they were laughing about old times again. They barely had time to look for a place to sit when they heard Emma.

"Well look what the cat dragged in! It's been to long since you guys have come to see me. Get over here and give me a hug. Jack come look whose here." The five old friends smiled at the older woman and went to greet her. One by one she looked them over as if she was trying to make sure they were real.

"Colin you look like you have been eating well enough. You were always too skinny. That must be Ms. Stephanie's doing. Come here missy and let me look at you." Colin grinned as he hugged Emma.

"Yes ma'am Emma, Stephanie makes me eat all kinds of weird things." Stephanie stuck her tongue out at her boyfriend as she went to hug Emma.

"Now Stephanie you look different too. In a good way of course. You are simply glowing! Are you pregnant young lady? Is that why you two seem so happy."

"Yes Emma I am. Colin and I are thrilled. Although we would have liked to get married first but now all we have to do is wait till the baby is born."

"I am so happy for you! Now where is my other favorite blond? Don't try hiding from me mister I want to know who this girl is that I was told had you wrapped around her finger." Logan laughed at Emma's interest.

"Well Emma I met her at Yale and she does not have me wrapped around her finger. Would you like to meet her?"

"What kind of question is that? Of Course I want to meet her! Is this her?" Emma asked motioning to Rory. Logan said that it was.

"Well come here young lady and give me a hug. I'm Emma." Rory looked a little reluctant at hugging a perfect stranger.

"It's alright Ace. Emma is like a slightly less intrusive Ms. Patty." After hearing this Rory gave the woman a smile and a hug.

"I'm Rory it's nice to meet you."

"No my dear it's nice to meet you. I have been hoping that someone like you would come along for this boy since I met him. Now doesn't he know your name? Why are you calling her Ace?"

"She is a reporter Emma and is not only good with words but she and her mother talk why faster than normal. We think it's because of the coffee."

"I get it now. Well it was nice to meet you dear. Now where is my favorite Australian?" With Emma's question Finn went up and gave her a great big bear hug.

"Hi Finn. How are you my dear?"

"I'm really great Emma."

"That is good to hear. Now about that girl of yours." Katie went over to Emma then.

"What about me Emma?"

"What is this I hear about you two breaking up? That was a stupid thing to do. You wanna know why? Because you belong together. Neither one of you can be happy if you are without the other. I told you that years ago when you first came in here. Now is it safe to assume that you both haven't been here in so long because of what happened?" The couple expected the lecture from Emma. She was the only adult to believe that the two of them would last when they first got together all those years ago. They both confirmed her assumption.

"Can I also guess that since you both seem to be getting along that you are on your way to getting back together?"

"I hope so Emma." Katie told her. Finn smiled.

"Me too." The group spent a good two or three hours catching up with Emma and Jack before heading back into Hartford.

Over the next couple of days Katie helped Finn with just about everything. She even did some things for him at work. Getting into a routine was easy. It was almost like they were never apart. But they both knew what the elephant in the room was and if they didn't talk about it then it would never go away. So on a Thursday night about a week after Finn got out of the hospital Katie made one of Finn's favorite dinners and set things up so they could talk. She got her Finn box back from Stephanie and set it out. It was filled with pictures and mementoes from their entire relationship. When Finn got home and saw what she had done he mentally prepared himself for a long night. They ate in silence. After they cleaned up dinner they went in to the living room. Finn sat down on the Floor and waited for Katie to speak. After pacing for a few minutes she did.

"You know that this isn't easy for me. I can't imagine it is any better for you but we need to do this." She paused.

"I love you. I never stopped. I want to fix this but I have to know that you're in this too?"

"I love you too. I have wanted to fix this since I broke it Katie. Just tell me what we need to do."

"I need for you to know that I trust you and forgave you a long time ago. You should also know that when I saw her kiss you my heart shattered in that moment. It hurt so badly Finn and my heart wanted to run away. To not wait for an explanation but my feet were like lead and I couldn't move. Which allowed me to see you push her away. I never needed to hear you say that it didn't mean anything. I could tell by the look on your face how mad you were at her for what she did. But we had been fighting so much lately and were barely getting to spend time with each other. When I walked away from you that night I needed you to think I was mad at you for the kiss. It made it easier to end things." Finn looked hurt that she seemed to want to end things.

"Why would you need it to be easier to end things? Did you want to end things? The moment I realized you saw it was the moment my heart shattered. When you walked away from me you took my whole world with you. It hurt so bad when you threw your necklace back at me. The pain was a constant. It never went away. That's why I spent the rest of college drunk because it made the pain go away if only for a little while. When I graduated Colin told me that if I was ever going to survive in this world then I had to try dealing with the pain. So I stopped drinking alone. I only drank with other people around because if I was drinking alone then that meant I was using alcohol to numb the pain. I thought I was doing better but when I heard your voice on the other end of the phone I realized how bad I still was. It was even worse when I saw you in my office. You were still gorgeous and I wanted to be able to call you my own. I was so mad at myself for losing you." Katie sat down beside him and cried as he spoke.

"It hurt so bad Finn. We had been fighting so much and it was hard to fight with you because we were so far apart and had so little time together. I had been thinking we should take a step back from our relationship but didn't know how to bring it up. I'm sorry I used what she did as a way out. It was stupid and wrong and I regret doing it. These last few years have been the worst of my life. Talking to you and seeing you was hard on me too." Finn held her as she cried on his chest. He knew she felt bad for doing what she did and he did too.

"Hey baby how about we do this," Katie looked up at him when he started to speak.

"I forgive you and you forgave me right?" Katie nodded.

"So how about we keep being mad at the one person who deserves it. And you come home to me. What do you say?" While Finn was speaking he pulled something out of his pocket. It took Katie a second to realize it was the necklace she threw at him that night. She smiled.

"It sounds good to me. Will you help me put it on?" The couple felt completely at home with one another again as Finn fastened the silver chain around Katie's neck. They spent the rest of the night in each other's arms.

So another chapter done. Katie and Finn are where they need to be and I believe that this story is almost done. I am thinking about one or two more chapters. However there is a possibility that I will do a sequel if ya'll want me too. Katie's necklaces are from Tiffany's which I don't own. The first one is the purple one that was mentioned in the chapter with the birthday flash back I think it was six or seven. Her other necklace is important to and you guys will get a description of that in the next chapter or so I think. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please if you have any ideas on something you think Rory/Logan would do please share. I want to have one more thing involving them but I'm not sure what. Any other ideas are also welcome. Lastly I am currently working on a oneshot with some Katie/Finn mixed in to help get Rory/Logan back together. I am so sorry for not updating sooner. Please review

Brianna