*Back at the house*
(Finn and Logan had just gotten back to the house and were setting up the surprise dinner for Rory. It was around 4:30 in the afternoon and she still had not come back home. He was slightly relieved that for once she wasn't perfectly on time, that way he could write down everything he wanted to in a letter. This time, he knew he had one shot to explain his actions, that this time the events that were about to occur were for the betterment of their future together. He just hoped that she would also see it that way.)
"She will."-Logan
(he jumped a little bit, he hadn't heard him come back into the office) "She will what?"-Finn
"She will understand that for once you actually mean what you say. That you wish, and desire to get better. That you will never again put a drink to your body. That you respect her wishes, and wants for the both of you to have a successful relationship. This time when you go, the outcome is something to have hope in."-Logan
"Man, I sure do hope so. I know that I have screwed up in the past, and she has stuck by me through it all. Even when she had every right to leave. That night."-Finn
"Finn, don't go there. It won't do either one of you any amount of good and you know that. It's counterproductive to keep living in the past."-Logan
"I know that but still, I feel like she blames me for part of what occurred."-Finn
"No offense Finn, but she has every right to feel that. So do Steve and I for that matter."-Logan
"What the hell man?"-Finn
(he wasn't really upset with Logan's reaction, he knew he had it coming. In all honesty he was surprised that his friends hadn't unloaded on him at an earlier occasion)
"No, for once you don't get to what the hell man me. You left that girl with no note, no voice mail not even a text. Just some short ass email about how you went to get "help" and would be back soon. Not to worry and that you loved her, and would be home soon. Not only did you not get better, by the time you came home, a whole three months later, not only had you not made any actual improvement, you had a whole new mess to clean up with Rory being assaulted by that asshole she worked with."-Logan
"Logan, I tried to get her to occur a restraining order against him but she wanted to trust her gut instinct."-Finn
"Don't, DON'T you dare blame her for this happening. That guy had been stalking her for weeks, even though she had been offered a police escort that night due to the fact that the guy wasn't working with her that evening she still wanted to be independent, not afraid. She was checking her phone looking for a message from YOU that night that never arrived. The next thing she knew she was being attacked by this man. She tried to fight him off but could only do so much. He eventually got his way with her, and now what we have left is a person who has to pick up the pieces and start over with her own identity, her own faith in people."-Logan
(Finn just sits down on the couch looking defeated)
"I wasn't telling you this to make you feel even worse. I am just being honest with you. It's about time someone was. I know that Rory looks like she is healing, coping with what has happened to her. But the steps in her process aren't nearly as big as you think they are. She still has trouble with her massage sessions. Most of the time she ends up and tears and they have to stop half way through them."-Logan
"She is still affectionate with me sometimes with what seems like ease. So, I made the assumption that she was healing Why haven't either one of you said anything to me about this? "-Finn
"Finn, she is so worried about getting you better, and helping you that she is putting her own recovery on hold. Her job thank the lord isn't being completely and utterly affected by what has happened to her, however, there are days when she will be booked but can only emotionally and physically handle one potentially two clients , sometimes that is pushing her too far. Have you thought about her getting help when you are gone that way when you two meet up again in November you can function and live together as a truly a healthy couple?"-Logan
"Of course I thought about it. I think about it all the time. Hell I've even offered to take her to therapy, the swimming sessions, the massages with Steve, but she says that she can handle it and the alone time will do her some good."-Finn
"You can not offer anymore, for it will do you no good and yield no results. You have to force her to get help, the same way that she did for you."-Logan
"I will think of something and talk to her about it over dinner tonight."-Finn
"I'm going to hold you to this."-Logan
(they smirk then change the topic and finished setting up things for that evening)
*Back at the Smoothie Bar*
"So, have you thought about talking, actually talking about this?"-Steve
"To you, Finn, or Logan?"-Rory
"I was hoping me but since I'm not your significant other I would suggest Finn."-Steve
"So, have you thought about telling me how you really feel or are you just going to keep riding the denial train?"-Rory
(they share a smirk then burst out laughing for a few moments, after taking a few breaths to calm down she realizes that Steve had once again hit a nerve. But now was not the time nor the place to discuss what they had just hinted at)
"Why don't we head back to the house, I have to be back by 6:00 anyway Finn has something up his sleeve. But the three of us could grab something to eat or drink, or watch a movie back at your house when he and I are done with everything. How does that sound?"-Rory
"That sounds like an excellent idea. Let's go."-Steve
(she drives them back to the house, Steve had already been given a head's up about what was about to go down that evening, but he walked her to the door anyway and gently hug her and said good-bye for now. She smiled back at him then walked inside the house, but quickly stopped at what she saw. Sitting on the dining room table looked like stack of paperwork that she knew weren't there before she had left that morning.)
"Finn. Honey what did you do?"-Rory
"Keep walking forward and you will soon find out, baby."-Finn
(she walked a few steps forward to the custom made dining room table and looked at the paperwork on it, looked quickly back up at him with tears in her eyes)
"Are you serious?"-Rory
(he just nods his head because for once he knew that words weren't what she was looking for. When she saw his response she ran into his arms and kissed him with as much love and passion as she could muster. After the need for air became a necessity they slightly parted)
"Finn, this is probably the best thing you could be doing for both of us right now. You know that right?"-Rory
"I do but."-Finn
"This time it will be different, I know where you are, I know that the texts will actually arrive, we will have communication, we will be functioning in a much better environment this time around."-Rory
"Are you sure though? Will me being gone for that length of time be detrimental to your healing process? Please be honest with me this time, Rory."-Finn
(she sighs and sits down on the couch, he joins her and gently takes her hand) "I'm not going to lie and say that it will be easy. I am going to miss you like hell and I will most like have more panic attacks than I already do, however I promise that when the emotions get to much for me to handle on my own I will call Logan or Steve. This has been far from easy, there are moments hours even when just being in the same area as people at work is rather hard to do, but I push through because at the end of the day it only makes me stronger."-Rory
"That is a good way to look at but remember that crying, and showing that you are grieving what you lost does not make you weak."-Finn
"Believe me I know that in more ways than one. So why don't we focus on the good things that will be coming from this. When do you leave?"-Rory
"On October 3rd, but we can talk about the details more in about half an hour. "Why don't you and I get changed into something a bit more fancy and head out for a nice night on the town?"-Finn
"That sounds like a splendid idea my dear."-Rory
(the two of the head upstairs to get changed into something different for the occasion that will soon mark their new beginning together.)