*In the Kitchen it is now 9:45 A.M.*

(Steve had finally made it to the gym around 4:45 took care of his shift and then came back home to change and kill some time since his first client doesn't come for another hour. Rory had just gotten done getting ready for her final meeting with Mike, walked into the kitchen and jumped a few feet when she saw Steve, due to the fact that she hadn't heard him come in)

"Honey, what are you doing here? Is everything okay?"-Rory

"I'm fantastic, I don't have a client coming in until 10:45 so I thought that I would come home for a few minutes. Sorry didn't mean to scare you"-Steve

"Don't worry about it."-Rory

(sees that she looks dressed up) "You heading over to Mike's?"-Steve

"Yes, I told him I would be there around eleven, but I have a few things I need to take care of before I go over there for the final time."-Rory

(walks over to her, and embraces in a comforting hug) "Like I said the other night baby, you will do just fine. Mike is rather understanding about the whole situation which rather surprises me. If you need anything, anything at all just shot me a text or call. I."-Steve

"I appreciate the encouraging words I do, but I beg of you please do not utter that phrase just yet once again. Not today of all days, sweet heart."-Rory

(feeling a bit frustrated but doesn't show that emotion at the moment) "I'm sorry, once again. I'm going to head out though or I will be late for my client. I'll see you when you get home. Bye babe."-Steve

"Bye."-Rory

(the two head out the door, him back to the Spa, her to Mike's place.)

*Inside Mike's House*

"Hello, Rory. How have you been?"-Mike

"I've been alright. How about yourself? Have you slipped off the wagon or are you holding up alright and still going to meetings?"-Rory

"I haven't fallen off yet. There are some days that are easier than others to be honest but I am getting through them the best way I know how."-Mike

"I'm glad to hear that. I'm assuming that you moved the rest of my stuff into the guest room?"-Rory

"Of course. Would you like some help putting it into the car?"-Mike

"Thank you for the offer that would be great."-Rory

(the two head upstairs to the guest room, and she works on packing up the last of her belongings into a few more boxes. While doing that task, Mike finally ask the question that has been on his mind for some time now)

"How are you and Steve doing?"-Mike

(she pauses for a solid thirty seconds before thinking a way to respond) "I'm sorry for how things turned out between you and I, Mike. If I had know that sharing that one evening with him would have led to this."-Rory

"Would you have stayed though? Think of it this way, are you happier being with Steve, someone who in all honesty deserves you than you were before?"-Mike

(whispers) "I don't think that is your right to ask that question anymore."-Rory

"Rory, it is more than my right. We were together for almost five years, you were going to be my wife. Please just answer the question."-Mike

(gets a little angry) "I am more than well aware of how serious our relationship was, but the keyword in that sentence is was. We aren't together anymore so I don't see how you knowing about how happy another man makes me is going to change anything."-Rory

"So, you are happier now than you were with me?"-Mike

(gives in because she knows that this conversation won't end unless she answers the question)

"Yes, Mike I am happier now, because I am finally with a man who loves me, a man who puts my happiness first more times in a week than you ever did for most of our relationship. Is that what you wanted to hear?"-Rory

"At least you are being honest about it which is all I ever wanted from you. I'm sorry for not being what you needed to become a better person. I hope that you and Steve have a wonderful life together. I just want to thank you though for at least putting up with my addiction and helping me get to the final round of treatment that I needed to truly get better."-Mike

"You are welcome. Thanks for helping me get the rest of my stuff to the car though. I appreciate it."-Rory

"Anytime. So, Logan, Steve, you and I are going to keep the photo business together right?"-Mike

"Of course we are. How about the Spa Membership do you want to keep the one that I work at or the one that Steve works at?"-Rory

"I think that for now it would be best for all involved if I found a new gym as well as Spa. If that is alright with you of course?"-Mike

"I more than understand your logic. Alright, well I think that we have everything sorted out to the best of our abilities. So, I'm going to say good-bye. Thank you for everything over the past few years, Mike."-Rory

(they share a quick hug) "Right back at you, Rory."-Mike

*At Steve's Apartment*

(she gets back in her car still with the ability to keep the tears at bay. She wasn't still IN love with Mike but she couldn't help but feel a little bit upset at the closing on that chapter of her life. When she arrived back her new home with Steve she quickly changed into her comfortable clothes, made a cup of vanilla chai tea and sat down on his bed. That was how he found his "new" girlfriend when he finally got home from his shift at Heaven)

"Honey."-Steve (she doesn't respond so he gently walks up to her and wraps Rory in his arms)

"The meeting went that badly?"-Steve

(snaps out of it a little bit and hugs him back rather desperately) "It went fine, without a hitch just like you said it would."-Rory

(helps her get up so they can head to the living room and he can make them both fresh cups of beverages) "Then what is the matter?"-Steve

"He basically asked me if I was happier with you than him."-Rory

(he stopped in the process of getting the tea pot ready and just looks at her) "Excuse me. Why the hell did he ask you that? What did you tell him?"-Steve

"I didn't answer at first. After a while however, I finally gave in and told him that yes I was happier with you than I had been for some time with him. Which is true, I am beyond excited to be with you again, and to have another shot at us being a couple."-Rory

"So am I. But at the same time."-Steve

"There are going to be a few moments of insecurities between both of us dear. We both know that but at the end of the day we at least have to give it our all because, I love you."-Rory

(had just finished making the hot drinks but stopped the moment he heard her utter those words, he briskly walked over and kissed her with as much passion and caring that he could muster)

"You mean that, Rory?"-Steve

"With every part of me, Steve. I love you."-Rory

"I love you as well, more than you could ever know."-Steve