Hey everyone. Sorry for the delay, I swear I meant to update this much sooner, but I've pretty much been buried in homework, snow, exams and boyfriend trouble. Hope you will all forgive me and review anyway. And thanks for the great response to the first oneshot, your lovely words truly make me smile like a silly idiot (in a good way), so pretty please keep it up

Red lacy bra

It had started with a hickey. Colin, being such a nosy git, had noticed almost immediately when Finn had stumbled out into the kitchen, looking even more dishelved than usual. The next clue had been a red lacy bra that had mysteriously turned up between the couch cushions, which neither Logan nor Colin could recognize. Then Finn had started disappearing at nights and even ditching their usual Thursday night pool match at the pub. The last straw came when Finn decided to stay at Yale during a long weekend, instead of going to Las Vegas with the rest of them. Colin and Logan decided to investigate.

When Stephanie and Rory walked into the boys' dormroom one afternoon, Colin and Logan was busy scribling away on a huge blackboard.

Stephanie tilted her head sideways. "What are you doing?"

"Writing" Colin said, adding another column on the blackboard.

"I can see that, thank you. But why?"

"And where did you get the blackboard" Rory added.

"Social studies" Logan replied. He noticed Rory's horrified expression and added: "What? We'll give it back. Eventually."

"Is that…?" Stephanie took a step closer and narrowed her eyes. "Oh my god, you're making a hook-up board!"

"A what?" Rory looked at Stephanie, confusion written all over her face.

"A hook-up board is a way to systemize someone's hook-ups or relationships. Why are you making one on Finn?"

"Finn has a new lady friend" Colin said.

"And he won't tell us who it is."

"Oh booh hooh, losers" Stephanie said, throwing herself on the couch. "Why do you even care? Finn has a new lady friend pretty much every Thursday."

"Because this is different" Logan said and actually looked honestly upset. "He's ditching us to be with Red."

"Red?" Again, Rory just looked confused.

"Yeah, we found a red lacy bra in the between the couch cushions."

"What? Ew!" Stephanie almost shot up from her position on the couch. "Next time a warning would be nice. Why don't you just leave Finn alone? If he is actually seeing someone, there must be a reason why he haven't told you two about it."

"I think he's afraid I might steal her away" Logan said with a sincere face.

"Or maybe she has like a third eye or something" Colin guessed.

"Good one, you should write that one down" Logan encouraged and Colin wrote it down in one of the columns.

"Maybe he's just embarrassed by you two morons" Stephanie asked. "Oooh, you should write that down as well.

"Steph, did you come all this way just to mock us?"

"No Logan, I came because I wanted to talk to you. Finn stood me up yesterday."

"You had plans" Rory asked.

"Yeah, he always let's me use his credit card to buy dirty things I don't want my dad to know about. We were supposed to meet up yesterday, but he didn't show. Made me feel like some cheep prom date!"

Colin and Logan looked at each other. "Add it to the list!" they yelled in unison.

"You guys are weird" Rory noted, as Logan started to write on the board again.

"Finn is a little foolish when it comes to women, it's our duty as his friends to be concerned" Colin explained.

Stephanie sighed. "Fine, I'll bite. What do we know?"

"Well, this special someone likes to wear red lacy underway, give Finn hikeys and is apparently very shy" Logan said. He scrunched his nose. "Which really doesn't give us any real clues to work with."

"Wow, it's like watching Sherlock Holmes in action" Stephanie said in a bored tone. "Have you tried asking him?"

"I still say we go with the third eye theory" Colin interjected.

"That was never a theory" Stephanie argued. "Christ, with shit for brains friends like you two it's no wonder Finn doesn't want to bring Red Lacy Bra around, she might dump him because of his association with you two."

"Fine, if you're so smart, you ask him" Colin snarked, throwing his phone at Stephanie.

"Fine, I will" she snarked back and dialled. "He isn't picking up."

"You're calling from Colin's phone, of course he isn't" Logan laughed.

"Oh because you're Finn's bbf?" Colin looked highly insulted.

"I think it's been proven many times that I'm his best friend."

"You're a waste of trustfund, Huntzberger" Colin muttered and sat down. "What do we do now?"

"How about you let it go" Rory suggested. "I'm sure Finn will tell you when the time is right, if there is something to tell."

"That sounds boring. And like it requires a lot of patience" Colin said.

"Yeah, Colin is so impatient he even came early for his own birth" Stephanie said.

"And he's been early ever since" Logan teased and quickly moved out of Colin's way.

"Steph, I think I'm just gonna head home, I have some things to do" Rory said, as Colin managed to tackle Logan to the ground.

"You sure? I thought we could hang out and watch a movie or something."

"Yeah, but some other time, ok?" Rory gave her a small smile and quietly left the dorm room.

"I don't like this waiting thing" Colin muttered for the fifth time, as he, Logan and Stephanie were making their way to the pub.

"We get it, Colin! Now shut up" Stephanie said.

"But seriously, Finn usually tells us what colour his underwear is. And it's obvious he's seeing someone, so why not just tell us?"

"Has it occurred to any of you two dumbasses that maybe this is actually more than just a hook-up and Finn wants to keep it to himself for the time being? Despite his need to share colour of underwear and other stupid shit, Finn is pretty private. And you two are dicks, I wouldn't even tell you if my sister began dating someone new."

"You don't think we would mock him for it?"

"Relentlessly" Stephanie said. "Now, buy me a pretty drink with an umbrella in it!"

They entered the pub and started to scout for a table, when Logan noticed the missing person in their group sitting at a table in the corner. "I swear, if he's been blowing us off so he could get his drink on, I'm gonna stuff him in a box and mail him to the Betty Ford clinic!"

"Let's find out" Stephanie said, dragging them over to where Finn was seated.

"Hello lover!"

Finn almost fell off his chair, as Stephanie suddenly appeared in front of him. "What the bloody hell are you doing here?"

"I could ask you the same thing."

"Just having a drink" he seemed to notice someone over Stephanie's shoulder. "With a friend…"

"Hey guys" Rory's nervous voice greeted them.

"Hey Ace, what are you doing here?"

"Just… Hanging" she said, but made it sound more like a question than a statement.

"Oh. Cool" Colin said and sat down. "Logan, I want a scotch."

"Then go order one, lard ass" Logan said, sitting down as well.

"Oh this is just great, who's gonna get my drink now" Stephanie complained, also sitting down. "Rory will have the same, I love drunk Rory!"

"It's Monday" Rory pointed out.

"And yet here you are. Now go fetch the drinks" Colin dismissed her.

Finn kicked him under the table. "Get off you fat ass, wanker" he said and handed Colin some money.

Colin rolled his eyes but did as he was ordered.

"Rory have you forced the truth out of Finn yet" Stephanie asked.

Rory started coughing and choking on her drink and turned beet red. "No" she muttered between coughs.

"Hm. Disappointing."

"What are you on about" Finn inquired with a wary expression. Usually Stephanie's scheming meant Finn received a phone call from his father, asking if they needed to "lawyer up".

"Don't play coy with us" Logan said, "we're on to you."

"I have no idea what you're talking about" Finn said.

"It's so obvious you're seeing someone. Colin and me found a bra in the couch the other day!"

"So?"

"So…." Logan stopped, not really sure what he was supposed to say after that.

"So there's been lots of little clues, like you standing me up yesterday! So just spill it, we promise not to make fun of you."

"I'm sorry about yesterday, something came up" Finn muttered, taking a sip of his drink.

"Hold up…. That's not vodka" Logan said, yanking the glass out of Finn's hands. He took a tentative sip. "Oh my god, it's water!"

"So?"

"So I don't think I have ever seen you drink water! You shower in vodka!" Logan looked like someone had hit him over the head with a chair or something like that. "Ok, what's going on? Are you dying?"

Finn rolled his eyes and grabbed his glass. "My god you really are an idiot" he muttered.

Colin joined them with their drinks. "Does she have a third eye, Finn?"

"What?"

"The girl! Because, if she does, then ok…"

Finn blinked a few times, processing what Colin had just said. "Does your brain actually work?"

"I'm just saying, there must be a reason why you're not telling us" Colin argued. "Is she ugly?"

"No of course she's not ugly" Finn said.

"AHA!" They all looked at Stephanie. "So you admit there is someone!"

"Apparently so" Finn said.

"So what's wrong with her since we can't meet her?"

Finn sighed. "Why is this such a big deal?"

"Because you're going out of your way to hide it from us. And you're blowing us off for someone with a third eye!"

"Colin you need to sue the school system! She doesn't have a third eye!"

"Then who is it?"

"It's none of your business! Just for once in my life I would like to keep something to myself. And it would nice if you all could respect that."

Logan, Colin and Stephanie looked at each other for a moment, then burst out laughing.

"Come on, Rory, you must have been able to get something out of him. You're supposed to be a reporter, remember" Stephanie said.

"Oh uhm…. Wow this is just really awkward" Rory said and looked at Finn.

"Wait" Stephanie suddenly yelled and it felt like the whole pub stopped moving. "Is this a date?"

"What, don't be ridiculous" Logan said, looking between Finn and Rory. "That would be… Are you?"

Finn leaned back in his chair. "It was a date, until you three idiots turned up. Now it's an awkward group outing!"

"You're Red Lacy Bra" Colin asked with eyes as huge as saucers.

"Yeah about that; I'd really appreciate it if you didn't call me that again" Rory said, trying desperately not to blush.

"So we pretty much crashed a date, huh?" Stephanie looked thoughtful for a moment. "I can't believe you didn't tell me, Rory!"

"I'm really sorry Steph, it just sort of happened and then… Well, we just didn't want to make a big deal out of it."

"Well it is" Logan yelled and stood up.

"See, this is exactly why we didn't say anything, because Huntz would act like a immature thirteen year old girl with her knickers in a twist. Now sit down and shut up, so we can explain, you twat" Finn commanded. He sighed. "Obviously it wasn't planned, but we just met up one night and well… Things progressed from there."

"I'm really sorry we didn't say anything" Rory added. "We weren't sure how you guys would react and we didn't want it to be weird."

"It's a little late for that" Stephanie muttered.

"Steph, please don't be mad! I'll go to the spa with you and shopping afterwards, anything you want…" Rory looked completely miserable.

Finn sighed. He hated seeing his girlfriend like this, especially since it had initially been his idea not to tell anyone. Now he just felt bad. "Don't be shitheads, now you know and we can all move on!"

Stephanie pouted a little more than seemed to brighten up. "You'll help me find a dress for my cousins wedding? And go with me to the fitting?"

"Anything" Rory said.

Stephanie nodded. "Then I'm okay with it. You have my blessing."

"Well, now that we have the Queen's permission" Finn snarked. "Better love?" He gave Rory a kiss on the cheek.

"We don't get a vote" Logan asked loudly. "I used to sleep with her!"

"Logan you are such an idiot" Stephanie said loudly.

"Speaking of sleeping, I think I've had enough drama for now. Ready to call it a night, love?"

Rory nodded and Finn handed her her jacket. "We'll give you some time to come around, shithead" Finn said to Logan, as he took Rory's hand and led her out of the pub.