Disclaimer: I do not own Glee, Gilmore Girls, Vogue Magazine or Ben Starkey's song: called 'Sending You My Love'
"Unforgettable That's What You Are"
Chapter Eight
Rachel stared at her two friends. They looked to be in their own little world, chatting away like she had seen them do so many times in the past.
"Who is that?" Rory whispered in her ear so softly, she really wasn't sure if she heard right or not.
"That's Sam Evans" she replied with amusement.
"The girl next to him, she looks very familiar?" she managed to snap out of her silence, and stop holding her breath.
Rachel smiled at her friend, "That's Quinn Fabray. She's an editor for the Vogue magazine. I'm pretty sure you would have seen her at one of those press release parties or rather"
"That's the Quinn who used to tease you in high school and also vied for your high school boyfriend? Oh yes I think I have seen her before.
"Yup, the one and only, but that's all in the past now. We have all long moved on from all that now" she said with a smile. "I was going to introduce you all when the moment called for it" they began to walk towards her friends that she hadn't seen in a while.
"Are they… are they an item?" Rory enquired, still looking at the two people laughing at a secret joke that they only knew.
"Quinn, Sam, thank you for coming tonight.
"We wouldn't miss it for the world, you know that Rach!" the blond haired woman smiled at her.
"How are you tonight?" Sam asked her, while Rachel kissed them both on the cheek and hugged them tight, and she turned to acknowledge her best friend. "And this is my best friend Ro…"
"OMG! Your best friend is Rory Gilmore?" Quinn said with utter excitement to be meeting the very famous New York reporter. "I have read all your work! I am the biggest fan!" she gushed to Rory, and lightly shook her hand. "Sorry for, ah… I… I always wanted to meet you" she said, her face turning a little red with embarrassment.
"I have seen you at press conferences. You have a very good magazine, and I have heard very good things about you" Rory complimented like a true professional would, making contacts where ever she went.
"Enough with the compliments, poor Sam is just standing here like a statue" Rachel said with a laugh, and the two ladies look over at him with a laugh at their rudeness.
"Sorry Sam, I was just so carried away with meeting THE RORY GILMORE… so how has your night been ladies? This is such a great icebreaker party. The Ritz is just such an amazing place, I have booked myself a lovely apartment upstairs for the weekend" Quinn said, as she emptied her champagne flute, and grabbed another one as the waiter was walking past them.
"Yes I have booked a room as well. But I am staying for the week. I thought I might as well stay here, it is very central to everything that I have to do anyway" Sam swirled his champagne around and looked at its contents swirling around and around with amusement, like he would never get tired of seeing such an action.
"What do you do Sam?" Rory said with such curiosity, the reporter in her rose to the surface.
"I am a football scout, searching for the next big thing, and also manage some athletes and make sure they are on the straight and narrow path" he said with such pride in his work.
"Sounds like the best work in the world! You must travel quiet a lot then?" Rory observed.
"Yes I hop from state to state, going for months at a time. But it's good, it keeps me on my toes, and lets me see parts of America that I wouldn't have seen without this job" he said with such pride and happiness, that it reached to his eyes. Rory was losing herself in the man and his lips.
"Rory" she heard a name call her from behind, she turned around slowly and saw the gorgeous brown eyes of her Yale friend.
"Stephanie McCrae! Nice to see you! It's been a while!" she hugged her old friend, and searched the place for her husband.
"Colin is catching up with some old friends. I lost him half way to you" she said with a smile. "Nice party you are having. I see who is who all over this party" she said with an impressed voice.
"Yes between Rachel and me, our friends and acquaintance combined filled the room with more than a hundred people" she said with pride.
"Rachel?" she asked with curiosity.
"Rachel Berry, my neighbour and best friend of four years" she said proudly.
"OMG you know the Rachel Berry?" she asked with such excitement, she would have jumped up and down if she could. "The Broadway star? I saw her perform tonight. I have seen all her productions!"
"Then you will just have to meet her" Rory said with amusement at the reaction she had just been given. They turned their attention back at the three friends.
"Sam Evans, Quinn Fabray, Rachel Berry. This is my very good friend, Stephanie McCrae" she introduced the four of them.
"Stephanie McCrae the designer?" Quinn and Rachel said with glee and excitement of being with the famous fashion designer.
Stephanie looked at them with embarrassment; Rory just looked on in amusement.
"I went to Yale with Stephanie. She actually wanted to meet Broadway star, Rachel Berry" she smiled at everyone.
"And you are the editor of Vogue?" Quinn smiled, shook her hand, and kissed her on the cheek.
"Pleasure to meet you Stephanie" Quinn smiled at the famous designer.
"Sam Evans, my husband and his friends keep a track on who you sign up. I have heard many things spoken about you. Do you know Logan Huntzberger?" Stephanie asked him.
"Yes he is an investor of ours" Sam said with a smile and amusement that everyone seemed to be fans of everyone that he met. He especially had an eye out for the beautiful reporter.
In that moment, Colin walked up to his wife, and took the empty glass and replaced it with a new one, placing the empty glass on a platter that a waited had been holding as he walked by. He pecked her on the cheek and put his free hand around his wives waist.
"Darling" he greeted her and she greeted him back.
"I was just telling Sam Evans that you have heard of him, and he said that Logan is an investor with his company. Small world" she filled her husband in.
"Ah yes" he looked over at Sam, eyeing him closely, a little jealous. "Colin McCrae, nice meeting you" he offered his hand, that Sam politely took. "Logan is around somewhere" he looked around, trying to spot his long-time friend.
"Nice to meet you as well" he eyed the couple, and felt a little uncomfortable and excused himself to get another glass of champagne. Rory had walked off and was talking to a group of people across the room.
"So are you enjoying yourself?" she heard a familiar voice ask her.
"Yes I am thank you. How are you enjoying the party?" she asked him in return, sipping at her drink.
"Too many people so at awe with each other it is amusing. I find myself tossing between the genuineness of the people at this party" she wasn't sure if he was being a snob or really was wondering that exact thing.
"Yes there are many personalities in here, who are known for their talent and through a whole broad range of talent as well" she observed lightly, she wanted to hear his comments.
"It makes me question how many people are here as an icebreaker to be reacquainted with lost friend and make new ones, or if they are purely here to make contacts with equally famous as their selves" he observed
"I think it would be both, hopefully more of the former and less of the latter" she watched as he nodded his head and looked at him through the corners of her eyes.
"Yes I hope so" she was starting to feel slightly awkward now.
"How is everyone's night going?" Noah asked the room. A lot of 'yes I am' and 'it's been a wonderful night' and whistling circulated the room. "Rachel and Rory would like to say a couple of words to you all. Rachel Berry, Rory Gilmore" he called out to the two brunettes, the walked towards the man from opposite sides of the room, both waving to everyone as they past, both being given a microphone each.
"Hello everyone. We hope you are all having a very good time tonight" Rachel said in the microphone.
"We would like to thank you all for coming tonight, and we hope you are having a great icebreaker" Rory said
"Getting reacquainted with old, current and making new friends and contacts" Rachel said.
"Please be merry and if anyone would like to come up and sing or request a song. Please feel free to speak to the band about it" Rory said.
"And to kick off the Karaoke, I will be performing a song by a local talent I heard the other night by Ben Starkey called 'Sending You My Love' please feel free to dance or sing along if you know the words" she smiled at everyone, as she looked over at someone special to her in the room.
It's deep into the night
And the Moon is full
the colours of the day
have been lulled into a pale blue
I'm tossing and turning, yearning for you
I can't help but wonder if
you're going through it too
I close my eyes
so the distance won't seem so far away
My hands are lifted
They're searching for a trace
and my mind is in a state
My heart is out of place
It's left an empty space
Oh I'm so lost without you
these sentimental things aren't helping at all
I know that I, can't be there with you
So I'm sending you my heart
I'm sending you my love
in a song
I'm sending you my love
in a song
Let the wind carry the melody
The rhythm echo across the waves of the sea
The words fall like droplets upon your skin
So my love can tuck you in
We close our eyes
so the distance won't seem so far away
Our hands are lifted
They're searching for a trace
Our minds are in a state
all the stars are in their place
but they're surrounded by empty space
Oh I'm so lost without you
I've been living from this suitcase for too long
I know that I, can't be there with you
So I'm sending you my heart
I'm sending you my love
in a song
I'm sending you my love
in a song