AN: Hey guys! So sorry I haven't updated in like a month! Just been crazy busy with Christmas & New Years etc. Speaking of which, hope you all had an AMAZING Christmas like i did:D So here is the rest of the night out! Hope you like it!
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Chapter 3 – P...Pa...Paris!
"You do realize you lot are absolutely crazy, right?" Rory asked, paint brush in hand.
"Oh yeah" Finn answered nonchalantly.
"Just checking" She laughed.
"Right guys, how are we going to go about doing this?" Collin asked.
"I say we each take a wall and paint our name really, really big?" Logan suggested, simplifying their project This is going to be a lot of fun he thought to himself.
"Sounds good" Finn agreed.
"I'm doing mine here" Steph decided, standing next to a wall that was probably about 10ft long! Colin stood next to the wall that was adjacent to Steph's with 'Finn opposite. Logan stood next to an enormous, long wall.
"Now you can go next to me" Logan said to Rory, smiling and pointing to the other end of the wall. Rory just gave him a sweet smile before standing at her spot on the wall next to Logan.
"Ok, let's get painting!" Finn exclaimed, dipping his paint brush into the dark, inky paint and raising it to the wall and painting a very big, long, black vertical line that was obviously the first line of the 'F' for 'Finn'. The others did the same and begun to paint their names in huge letters on the brick walls of the Yale corridor.
They made idle chat as they continued to paint, as if they were doing the most normal thing in the world. Passersby gave them weird and incredulous looks but didn't comment. Some of them probably recognized Logan and the others but didn't think anything of it as they were always doing things like this in college.
"I love how no one actually asks us what the hell were doing. They just kind of give us a funny look then carry on" Colin commented, amused by some of the expressions on people's faces.
"I know" Steph agreed with a laugh.
"Ok, I'm done" Logan announced, stepping back and admiring his work. The words LOGAN HUNTZBERGER were painted very large in thick black paint.
LOGAN
HUNTZBERGER
"Me too" Rory said, looking at her own work that looked similar to Logan's. Logan dipped his paintbrush in the paint one more time and Rory wandered what he was doing. He brought the paintbrush to the wall and painted a big heart in between their two names.
"Wow, that couldn't be cheesier" She snorted.
"Fine, you don't like it? I'll paint over it" Logan said, about to paint over it.
"No, don't!" Rory exclaimed, grabbing his arm to stop him from painting over the heart. Logan turned around to face her. "I like it" She told him.
"You do?" He asked.
"I do" She confirmed with a nod. He smiled and then kissed her soundly on the lips. "That doesn't change the fact that you're incredibly cheesy though" Rory said, putting a splodge of paint on his nose.
"You did not just do that!" Logan said, referring to the splodge of paint Rory just put on his nose.
"And what if I did?" She asked, a smile tugging at her lips.
"Then I'd say that it was a very bad move...! He said before painting an even bigger splodge on her face.
"UH!" She exclaimed before making a big black line of paint down the side of his face and running away like a child giggling. He was quick to run after her and grab her around the waste from behind and pick her up and spin her round. She shrieked with laughter, making sure to hold onto her cap for dear life, before he placed her back on the ground. She turned in his arms to face him, giving him a sweet kiss on the lips.
They turned back to the others, remembering their presence. They were shaking their heads while laughing at their two friends who were absolutely perfect for each other.
They all stood back and admired their work. "I think we did a pretty good job" Finn concluded and the others nodded.
"Well it'll certainly make people stop and think about us, that's for sure!" Steph said, chuckling.
The others laughed and nodded their head in agreement, Rory then asked "So what's next for the evening?"
"No idea! This is where we decide to go do whatever the hell we feel like!" Steph answered with a cheeky smile in place.
"Ok, sounds good! Sooo, what the hell do people feel like doing?" she asked, rephrasing Steph's answer into a question.
"How about we go to a club!" Finn exclaimed. "I'm sure there will be a gorgeous redhead waiting to be won over by my charm"
The others rolled their eyes but agreed anyway "Ok, a club it is!" Collin said, leading the way out, onto the courtyard. Logan and Rory walked together hand in hand, a few feet behind the others. It was quite dark outside but the courtyard was lit up by oil laps every so often, giving it a warm, calming glow.
Logan laughed and Rory looked up at him and asked "What?"
Logan slowed down so he could say something to her without the others hearing and Rory got the hint and slowed down as well so they were a good 10ft behind them. "Ok, look at Collin's hand" he said in a hushed voice. Rory looked at his hand and saw that it was hovering in the air behind Steph's back. She looked back up at Logan and gave him a look of confusion indicating that she didn't understand what he was on about. "I can tell he's debating whether to place it on the small of Steph's back or not. I mean, those two have been dancing around each other for years! He likes her but she doesn't like him so things get awkward but when things are finally back to normal, she likes him but he's over her! Then they'll both like each other but neither of them ever says anything so nothing happens, honestly this has been going on for years, and nothing ever changes!" He paused to see if Rory was following, when she nodded he continued. "Anyway, just recently they both seem to be flirting with each other and they've both told me they like one another, because for some reason i always seem to be in the middle when it comes to them. So I think maybe this could be their shot, but Collin isn't convinced Steph likes him so he's hesitant to make any definite move"
"Hence the indecisiveness about putting his hand on her back" Rory said, looking at his hand that kept retracting back to his side then out behind her back again.
"Exactly" He confirmed.
"I think they'd be cute together" Rory mused.
"Yeah" He agreed. "They should just sleep together already! It's been 18 years!"
Rory threw her head back in laughter at his bluntness causing her cap to fall off in the process. "Shit!" She exclaimed, suddenly not finding the situation quite so amusing anymore
Logan reaches down and picks the cap up and places it back on her head. "shhhh" he said with a finger on his lips.
"Logan, we can't-"
"Yes we can, normally I'm someone who can't stand cheating I think it's awful but it's only a bit of fun. And hey, I don't want you professing your love for some other guy!" He said in a serious tone, placing his hand on her elbow.
She just smiled and she kissed him firmly on the lips. He then deepened what was meant to only be a short kiss. They were standing still kissing each other with great passion when they heard Finn call out "Guys, would you mind not sucking each other's face's off for a minute so we can actually walk to the limo?" They laughed and proceeded to walk towards them.
"You're stopping me from meeting a gorgeous woman that just might happen to be the Love of my life!" He wined dramatically before smacking Logan upside the head.
Logan rolled his eyes at his friend "I'm sure you'll get over it" He then stuck his leg out in front of Finn, retaliating to the friendly banter, causing Finn to stumble and almost fall over. In the process his hat came flying off and there was an "Oooooo!" form the others while Logan just laughed.
"Ooh, looks like someone's going to have to declare their love to a random stranger!" Steph said in a sing-song voice. Finn just gave her a death stare.
"Told you it wouldn't be me!" Collin said, cockily.
"So, I believe we said the nearest random stranger." Logan reminded them.
"And I believe that would be the professor that just walked out of that building" Rory said, cocking her head in the direction of a professor walking in their direction.
In between laughs Steph managed to get out "Off you go! This should be fairly entertaining!" Before perching on the top of one of the short wooden posts that roped off the grass area.
"Fine, but you'll pay for this Huntz!" He assured him, pointing his finger threateningly in Logan's direction. He then turned around and saw that the professor was very near them, in ear shot of the others. Bloody perfect! He thought to himself sarcastically.
He strode up towards the old, grey haired professor that was wearing a tweed jacket and holding a brown briefcase, thinking he may as well get this over with. If I'm gunna do this I may as well do a good job of it! And make it a memorable thing! He thought to himself, then laughed as the 80's Wham song 'I'm Your Man' popped into his head. He walked off into the direction of the man with the lyrics 'If your gunna do it, do it right right, do it with me' running through his head.
He stood before the old man who looked incredulously at him, before taking a deep breath he said "There's something I've always wanted to tell you, I've just... never quite had the courage but It's gone on long enough so I just wanted to say..." He dropped to his knees and threw his arms up in the air and looked into the dark inky sky before shouting "I LOVE YOU!"
At this, Steph shrieked with laughter and slid down the post. She was now sitting on the floor in hysterics of laughter. The others were no exception, they were bent over in fits of laughter finding it hard to stay standing as their knees were weak from their uproarious laughter and were slowly joining Steph on the floor.
Finn kept up the act without laughing once and continued his revelation. "You're the only one I've ever loved and the one that I dream about every night!" He proceeded dramatically, with clenched fists of false passion.
The professor began to speak "I-"
But was cut off by Finn who rose to his feet and placed a finger to the man's lips then said "No, please, don't say a word, it'll be too painful to hear you say you don't love me back. Just... Just... leave. If you don't truly love me then leave me here to drown in my sorrows"
The professor looked completely freaked out and had a look of almost fear on his face, he started to speedily walk off in the opposite direction looking back every couple of steps with a look that said 'what the hell is wrong with you!'
Finn strode back over to the group who were now sitting on the floor recovering from their laughing fits. He stood before them and took a bow. "Oh... my god Finn... that was... brilliant!" Rory managed to get out in between laughs.
"And HILAIRIOUS!" Steph exclaimed.
Finn laughed at their reactions "Glad you liked it"
"You know guys, I really can't be bothered to go to a club. Why don't we just hang out here and have a laugh?" Logan suggested.
"Logan Huntzberger, the legendary party animal can't be bothered to go to a club! Gosh, I knew you'd grown up and stuff but WOW!" Steph exclaimed. But then agreed. "But to be perfectly honest, neither can I. I think I'd rather have a good old laugh with just us, what about you guys?" she asked, looking in the direction of Collin Finn and Rory.
"Yeah, to be honest that's more fun anyway" Collin agreed whilst the other two nodded.
"Ok, great!" Finn said, taking a seat on the ground with the others.
"You know what I think we should do?" Rory said.
"What?" Logan asked with a devilish grin.
"Play 'Never Have I Ever' I think it'll be rather interesting" she smirked.
"I love that idea!" Steph agreed.
"Sounds great! But may I just point out one problem" Finn said, the others all looked in his direction expectantly so he continued. "We need drinks, or even better, shots, to play never have I ever"
Trust Finn to be the one to think of that! Rory thought to herself.
"No problem, we can use the bar in the limo. It's only parked over there" He said, pointing in the direction of the limo. "Frank's parents live just round the corner from here, he walked to theirs and said he would stay there untill we needed picking up so he left it here" Logan explained, solving the problem.
"Perfect! Right, well that's where I'm heading! "Finn said as he stood up. "What's everyone drinking?"
"Scotch, neat" Logan and Collin replied in unison.
Finn then looked at the girls, waiting for their order. "Your pink concoction!" Rory answered with a cheeky smile. He nodded, returning her smile, glad that she liked the drink then looked at Steph.
"That blue-ish thing you made me last time!" She said giddily.
"Coming right up!" He said before turning on his heels towards the direction of the limo.
He returned a couple of minutes later, carrying a tray with 5 drinks on it. He distributed the drinks amongst the group of them before taking a seat between Steph and Logan. Logan was sitting next to Rory, who was sitting next to Collin who was sitting next to Steph who was sitting next to Finn.
"Ok, let's get this game going! Who's gunna start?" Rory asked.
"I will" Collin said. "Ok... never have I ever kissed a guy" Obviously both Rory and Steph took a drink but were relatively surprised when Finn did as well.
"And all this time I was thinking you were straight!" Rory laughed.
He rolled his eyes at her "I am! I was very, very, very drunk, way beyond my normal level of inebriation!" The others laughed but didn't take it any further.
"O...k" Steph spoke up, going round in the circle. "Never have I ever kissed a girl" Obviously the guys all took a drink but were astounded when Rory did too.
Logan chocked on his drink "What!"
"And who was questioning whose sexuality?" Finn asked.
She rolled her eyes at Finn then explained. "Ok, It was on spring break, and my I just point out that she kissed me" She said, making sure they clearly understood it.
"Ok, ok, but who was it!" Logan asked, eager to hear the answer to this question.
"Paris" Rory said in a quiet voice, looking down at the ground.
The other four erupted into fits of laughter, she glanced over at Logan to see what he said but he couldn't speak due to hysterics of laughter he was in.
"I'm sorry... P...Pa...Paris!" Steph got out in between laughs before erupting into uproarious laughter once again.
Once they're laughter finally died down Logan said "I don't think we're ever going to let you live that one down, Ace!"
"I figured!" She said with a chuckle.
"Ok, my go!" Finn said before continuing "never have I ever had sex in an elevator" They watched carefully around the group as they saw Steph, Logan and Collin take a drink.
"Ok, Logan, your turn" Steph said.
"O...k, never have I ever had a threesome"
"Really?" Rory asked, looking incredulously at Logan.
"No! Why? Have you?" he asked.
"No! Course not!" She replied adamantly.
"Then why sound so surprised that I haven't either?"
"Because... well... like, your, sorry used to be, the type of person that I would have assumed would have"
"Well your wrong." He said proudly.
"I apologize" She said, holding her hands up in mock surrender. She then looked around to see that the only person who had taken a drink was Steph!
"Steph!" She exclaimed, shocked that she had.
"What? Like most stories of this nature begin, I was drunk, and to be honest wasn't actually sure what the guy meant till I went into his hotel room and saw another woman! And I couldn't just back out then so I went along with it" She shrugged.
"When was this!" Collin asked, intrigued.
"Malia, 04" She replied.
"Aaaah yes, that was one memorable vacation" Logan recalled, thinking back to the wild vacation him and his friends had. "I believe you were touched up by the barman weren't you?" He laughed, looking in Collin's direction.
"What!" Rory asked, she couldn't believe what she was hearing.
"Hey! In my defence he was dressed in very, very good drag!" He defended.
Once the laughter from the others had calmed down Finn spoke up looking in Rory's direction "Right love, I believe it's your turn"
"Ok, I wander if I can get all of you out in one go..." She mused. After a short pause she sat up "Oh my god, I've got it! Never have I ever sank a yacht!"
All four of them took a sip of their drinks."Fair enough, you got us there, but... never have I ever stolen a yacht!" He said looking pointedly in Rory's direction.
She chuckled then looked at Logan remembering that night and laughing once again. "Fair play, fair play. There's nothing I can say to that!" She said before taking a large gulp of her drink, Logan shortly after.
Looking down at his drink and realizing it was empty; Logan held his glass up and said "Finn, mind getting us another round?"
He gulped down the last of his drink before standing up "No problem" Then proceeded to collect everyone's glass and head off in the direction of the limo.
They were all very relaxed; sitting with their legs stretched out in front of them and crossed over, leaning on their hands stretched out behind them. Rory chuckled to herself "What?" Logan asked looking at her with a smile of his own.
"I was just thinking about that night. The night that we stole the yacht"
He then chuckled as well. "Yeah, that was a fun night"
"Until the cops caught us!" She exclaimed.
"True" He agreed. "That did spoil it slightly!"
"I can't believe I did it really. I mean, it's such an un-me thing to do! And I was the one that thought of it and pushed it!"
"Yeah, I have to say Ace, I was pretty surprised." He agreed. "The power of Mitchum Huntzberger, eh?"
"Indeed, god I was so angry! I think that was the first time I actually realized why you hated him" She said sincerely.
He gave her a sad smile. "I was so angry at him when I found out what he did!" He said looking down in his lap. She nodded in agreement and understanding."You should have told me you know." He said, looking up at her.
"I know, I just... didn't want to make things even worse between the two of you."
He nodded. "You'd tell me if he ever did something like that again, right?"
"I would" She confirmed.
"Good" He said before leaning in to kiss her.
They turned their heads realizing they had been ignoring Colin and Steph but realized that they obviously hadn't missed them. They were next to each other, whispering and laughing almost like they were a couple. Suddenly Steph looked up and was met by Collin's dark brown eyes focused on her. They each held their gaze when all of a sudden they both leaned in and kissed each other softly yet meaningfully on the lips. Steph soon pulled back and stood up, placing her fingers over her mouth as if not believing what had just happened. Colin sat their looking up at her, also surprised at the happenings of only a mere few seconds ago. Steph then looked over in Rory and Logan's direction suddenly remembering their presence. Rory and Logan too, sat there still, shocked by the sudden kiss. I guess it was going to happen sometime Logan thought to himself.
"O...k. Were gunna go help Finn with the drinks..." Logan said awkwardly, standing up and swiftly walking off in the direction of the limo closely followed by Rory.
Colin stood up and the couple stood there for what seemed like eternity but was really only about 30 seconds or so. "What... what just happened..." Collin stuttered, finally breaking the unbearable silence.
"We kissed." Steph stated matter of factly.
"Well I know that... but... what does this mean?" Colin asked, hoping Steph knew the answer.
"I don't know..."
"Well does it mean something?"
"Again, I don't know. I can't help but think maybe it does mean something because this has happened so many times and we've always brushed it off as being a onetime thing, or that we were caught up in the moment or that it's never meant anything. But I don't know Colin, does it?" Steph asked. In her heart she did want it to mean something; she always wanted it to mean something. Whether she admitted it to herself or not, she loved Colin and had done so for years, and now with him standing there, his face lit up by the warm glow of the oil lamps, the soft beams of light reflecting of his dark brown eyes she wanted nothing more than to run over to him and kiss him senseless. But she had to resist.
This was Steph he was standing in front of. Stephanie Vanderbilt. The girl he'd loved since the day he'd met her, and also one of his best friends. She was so confident and friendly, he felt they had always had a special vibe between them and at times, knew she felt it too. Was Stephanie Vanderbilt the one for him? He hoped so. As he looked into her eyes as she stood there, her hair bouncing ever so slightly in the light breeze, looking so poised and gorgeous as she always did, he wanted to pick her up and spin her round and kiss her until he could kiss no more. "Then maybe it does mean something" he braved saying.
"Really?" She asked, a smile tugging at her lips.
"Only if you want it to!" Collin added hastily, still unsure if she returned the love that he had for her.
"I do!" She blurted quickly.
"Good" He said. He felt like he was the happiest man ever, he got his girl, the one for him. "So does this mean we're... together?" He asked tentatively, just for confirmation.
"I guess so" she said gleefully.
"Good, because I've been dying to do this" Collin said before swiftly walking up to her and cupping her face with his hands, taking a couple of seconds to stare into her eyes and admire her beauty before crashing his lips down onto hers and kissing her full of force and passion. After the lack of oxygen became a problem they pulled back and looked into each other's eyes, it was as if they didn't want to look away because when they did they would wake up and realize it was just a dream. A minute or so later, Steph finally spoke.
"I'm so happy" She stated simply. Although it was a simple few words, the emotion that clung to each of them made it mean so much more.
"Me too" Colin replied before capturing her lips in another passionate kiss.
"I guess we should go find the others" Steph said.
"Your right, we probably should" He agreed. "Let's go" They walked off in the direction of the limo, hand in hand, with Steph leaning her head on Colin's shoulder. They were happier than ever.
After realizing they still had black paint on their faces, Rory and Logan washed it off then sad around in the limo chatting and laughing away about Finn's declaration of love to the professor. "He looked like he was having a stroke or something!" Logan said before their attention was turned to the opening limo door. In walked Steph and Colin, his arm around her shoulders with huge grins plastered on their faces. No one really knew what to say. They had all been awaiting this day for years and now that it had arrived they were all speechless. Logan and Rory had told Finn about what happened outside so he was fully aware of the situation. Logan was the first to break the silence.
"Well let's crack open the champaign then!" He exclaimed before walking over to the fridge. He opened the door then paused and looked over at them "Wait, this is a crack-open-the-champaign-moment, right?"Just to make sure he hadn't got the wrong idea.
"Yes! Go ahead and open the champaign!" Colin said happily.
"Good!" He said with a smile and proceeded to open the bottle with a bang and pour it into five glasses.
"Well all I have to say is it's about bloody time!" Finn said, rising from his seat and giving Steph a hug and doing the hand-shake-pull-into-man-hug thing with Colin. Logan did the same then Steph went and sat down with Rory while to guys were standing talking.
"I'm so happy for you! You two are so cute together!" Rory exclaimed.
"Thanks, and I know, I can't believe it!" She squealed before launching into a hug that Rory happily returned.
"But, I have to agree with Finn, it is about time!" Rory laughed.
"What do you mean?"
"Everyone can see that you two were perfect for each other and were obviously going to end up together!"
"Was it really that obvious?"
"Oh yeah, from the first time I met you two, I could tell that you were meant to be together and that you liked each other!"
Steph blushed before taking a sip of her champaign, followed by Rory. "To be honest I think it's good that it happened now rather than any sooner." Steph said.
"Why's that?" Rory wondered.
"I don't really know, I just think Colin's grown up a lot more especially in the last year. I don't think he would have been ready a couple of years ago.
"I get what you mean" she nodded.
"And I think seeing how happy Logan is with you, long term, really opened his mind up to commitment more"
It was Rory's turn to blush then, before asking "What about Finn? Do you think he'll ever settle down?"
"I'm not sure. A couple of years ago I think I would have said no, but now... I'm not so sure. Beyond his bachelor exterior I think He's kind of jealous of his friends in a way, I think he does want to settle down eventually. I mean, I love him, but I could never be with him. He's larger than life and a lot to take in; I think he's really got to find the one that's right for him. The one that will love his crazy ways enough to put up with it 24/7, you know?"
"Yeah, I know exactly what you mean. Somehow I think he will find the one for him though" She said. Both girls were looking in the boys direction while talking, then Colin caught their eye.
"What are you girls talking about?" He asked.
"No-thing" Steph replied in a sing-song voice.
"You sure about that?" Colin asked, sauntering over with his hands in his pockets with a devilish grin on his face.
"Not at all" Steph replied, matching his smile before leaning up and kissing him on the lips.
"Anyone else feel like throwing up?" Logan asked in a joking manner while grabbing the bottle and topping up everyone's champaign.
Steph rolled her eyes at him then Colin sat down next to her, lacing his fingers through hers and kissing her on the cheek. Logan then joined them, sinking down into the comfy leather seats at the rounded end of the limo, placing his arm around Rory's shoulders. Rory leaned into him and sighed with contentment. Finn then joined them.
"Okay, well I'd like to say cheers, cheers to Steph and Collin finally getting together" Logan said playfully with a smile on his face as he raised his glass "And cheers to the future!"
"Cheers!" They all exclaimed, leaning forward and clinking their glasses together before taking a sip.
"You know what I love?" Rory asked, settling back into the comfy leather seat.
"What?" Steph asked.
"I love that now we can do anything we want and go wherever, you know? Like that inspirational keep sake you gave me" She said, looking in Logan's direction "that said 'Anything's Possible'. It's true, And like Take That said in their song The Greatest Day 'the future is ours to find' everything's just... wide open, It's so exciting!"
"Cheers to our futures being wide open" Logan said with a bright smile, raising his glass again. The others did the same before taking another sip.
Okay, quick thing, BIG thank you to my amaaaazing beta and friend Julie! she's been so much help! and so has my best friend Vicki (Smithi123) given me lots of ideas for this chapter!
Em xx