A/N: I'm really sorry, for the lack of updates recently and trust me when I say this isn't my finest work but I felt I needed to get a chapter out. I hope that you can forgive this chapter :)

After a long sleep, I decided that Fabian coming here is a bad idea. My decision over Fabian was made in the heat of the moment, I was angry with Eddie, I was upset and wasn't thinking straight but sleeping on this has done me the world of good. That's why I'm going down stairs to tell my parents that last night was a mistake, an angry drunken mistake. The walk to the kitchen is nauseating, my palms are starting to sweat and my throat is starting to dry. How was I supposed to talk to my parents about this? Maybe they have forgotten? Or maybe they will see sense and think that I only just broke up with Eddie. Yeah they will definitely think that. This was it, the long horrendous walk to the kitchen. It felt like forever but I had made it, with hand carefully placed on the handle I took one last long deep breathe and pushed the door open. I just needed to rip off the band aid. So it was to my surprise when I pushed open the door, that I found Fabian making himself a tea in MY KITCHEN. He was just staring at me, oh how I had missed that. I was staring too, the room was filled with awkward tension but it was Fabian who spoke first.

"Patty, I was wondering when you would stir." I forgot how good my name sounded when Fabian said it. It just rolled off the tongue, like it was tune that was stuck on repeat in my head.

"Well here I am stirring," what the hell was that, I haven't seen this boy, no this man in what like four years and that was the best thing I could say. "Not that I haven't missed you Rutter, but can I ask who invited you?"

He looked at me dumbfounded by my question, then he opened his mouth to softly say, "Your mother called me to say that Piper was getting married and that Alfie and Piper were having their engagement party tomorrow, she told me that they wanted me to come but had no way to contact me."

Of course all this shit with Eddie had completely distracted me, so I forgotten all about Piper engagement party. I am maid-of-bloody-honour and I was supposed to be arranging the whole affair. Shit Piper would kill me if she knew I hadn't made any arrangement. Before Mom and Dad arrived she had said she wanted the party of the century, one that the guests would remember for the rest of time. This was going to be a disaster and Piper was going to kill me. I must have been in deep daydream as Fabian shook my arm to get my attention. "Is everything okay Patricia?"

"Oh erm, well actually no, the thing is I was supposed to arrange Piper's engagement party but there has been a lot going on around here and I completely forgot. She is going to kill me. Its tomorrow and I didn't even book a venue."

"Look Patricia we will sort this out together, like a team. You come up with a theme and I will find a venue. Then we will send out emails to guests coming the details and you'll be in the clear, how does that sound." I couldn't believe it, Fabian was like my knight in shining armour coming to my rescue just when I needed him. Maybe him being here was going to be so bad after all.

The rest of the morning was manic, Fabian sat at the dining room table making call after call to several venues which all booked up months ago. I however was on my laptop at the table brainstorming themes. Then it hit me, why not have the party at Alfie's restaurant, he sure as hell wouldn't be using it and we could make food in the kitchen, it was perfect. Only thing to sort now was a theme.

"What should we do about the theme, Fabs?" I couldn't help but stare at Fabian, how I missed his company he seemed to just light up a room.

"Black and White? Red? How about masquerade?"

"Masquerade, I like it. It feels very Gossip girl." That's such a good idea masquerade, who doesn't love a bit of dressing up. So that was the venue and the theme sorted, just the guest list to perfect. After a lot of deliberation, all the decisions were made: the venue, the guest list and the theme. Maybe just maybe, I would get away with it after all.

It had been a long morning, so Fabian and I decided to head to the pub for a celebratory drink. The walk was good for us, gave us a chance to properly get caught up.

"So Patricia, you never told me about what's going on in your life."

"Well, what do you want to know?"

"How about your job?" The thing is, I'm not embarrassed by my job but it's not really a selling point. I could just keep it a secret it's not like Fabian needs to know.

"Well you know me, free-spirited lawyer always busy with cases from the local nut jobs." Why the hell did I just say that? What was I thinking, I'm not a lawyer and have no knowledge of the law. Shit he's going to see right through it, I'm so totally fucked. As if this walk could get worse, Eddie was sitting at an outside table of the pub, staring into oblivion.

"Patricia, that's amazing, I had no idea we had so much in common." Wait was Fabian talking about, I was so distracted with Eddie that I'd forgotten about lying to Fabs.

It was Eddie who was next to break the silence "Patricia, we need to talk. Yesterday was a mistake, please let me explain."

"Explain what? I don't need this today okay. Just leave me alone." Eddie was the whole reason for Fabian's reappearance I'm not going to let him ruin this. I could see the disappointment in Eddie baby blues but I couldn't deal with this today. So I barged past Eddie and rushed inside, I definitely needed a drink now. Fabian closely followed me behind, doing his best to catch up to me.

"Hey Patricia, what was that? Is everything okay?"

"Well that was just a jealous ex, but it's okay he means nothing to me now."