A/N: Thank you for the reviews of the last chapter. They are greatly appreciated.
Maggie woke up with an awful headache. She rolled over with a groan and buried her head under the blanket. She heard the shower running and peaked her head from under the blanket and looked at the time. She noticed AJ left her some ibuprofen and water on her bedside table. After taking the medicine, she got out of bed and put on one of AJ's shirts before heading to the kitchen to make some coffee.
Maggie is sipping on her coffee when AJ comes out of the bedroom. "Hey babe. How are you feeling?" he asked as he poured himself a cup of coffee.
"Doing better. Thanks for the ibuprofen." she took a sip of coffee "You're picking up Finn today right?"
"Yeah. He's not getting in until later though. I'm working for a little bit. And tonight we're all going out to eat. You talked to Mark about working earlier today?"
"Yeah. I'm working from noon to 4pm. What time are we going to dinner?"
"6pm. We have a reservation at Texas Roadhouse."
"Ok. After I leave work I'll get ready and meet you guys over there."
"Finn doesn't know about my divorce or about us yet. It will definitely be a surprise that I wanna wait so we both can tell him. But I do have some... bad news."
A feeling of dread filled Maggie "What?"
"Luke has to come too."
Maggie groaned "Dammit, why?"
"It would look weird if he doesn't come too. He's still friends with Finn." AJ said looking at Maggie.
Maggie looked at AJ and noticed a look on his face "You have more bad news?"
"Luke is bringing a date."
"That doesn't sound too bad. At least that hopefully means he'll leave us alone. Do you know who this date is?"
AJ shook his head no "No idea."
Maggie wrapped her arms around AJ and laid her head on his shoulder "It doesn't matter. I love you."
AJ smiled and wrapped his arms around Maggie tightly "I love you too babe." when she looked up at him he gave her a kiss on the lips. "I need to get to work. I'll see you at the restaurant."
"Give me another kiss first, please. And make it a good one."
AJ smiles before taking her face in his hands. He lowered his lips to hers and gave her a slow kiss at first before deepening it. He let his tongue slip in her mouth, caressing her tongue with his. He pulled away and placed another small kiss on her lips. "How was that one?"
All Maggie could do was moan "You better leave before I keep you here and we both miss work."
"I love you. I'll see you at the restaurant." AJ said before grabbing his keys and phone before heading out the door.
Maggie was downstairs in the bar. Business during the day is slower and made the time go by really slow. She was texting with Alexa. They planned on driving over to the restaurant together since Karl and AJ were going to pick up Finn from the airport.
Just as Maggie is leaving, Elias shows up to take over "You'll have to tell me about dinner."
"Oh I'll talk to you about it." Maggie said as Alexa walked in "I'll talk to you later." She said to Elias before walking out of the bar ad upstairs to her apartment to change her clothes.
Meanwhile, Karl and AJ pull up to the airport. They found a parking space and got out of the truck and walked to the baggage claim area.
"He should be here any minute now." Karl said as he looked at his watch.
A few minutes later Finn walks through the gate, a big smile on his face at seeing his friends standing near the baggage belt.
"Nice to finally be back home." Finn said as he hugged Karl and AJ.
"Good to see you, man. Welcome home." Karl said as he patted Finn on the shoulder.
"What's been going on since I have been away?"
"We'll tell you about it at the restaurant. We better get your stuff and get going or we'll be late." AJ told him.
Maggie and Alexa make it to the restaurant before everyone else. They let them know the rest of their group will be there shortly. "I wonder who Luke's date is." Alexa said as they wait on everyone.
"I don't care. As long as AJ gets here first so I don't end up killing Luke."
A few minutes later Alexa happened to look up at the door and her jaw drops open when she sees Luke walk in with someone she wasn't expecting "Oh... My... God."
Maggie looked at Alexa "What?" she looked at the door "Fuck." she muttered before grabbing her phone to text AJ. "I hope he isn't driving when I send him this. He'll end up breaking every traffic law."
"He shouldn't be. They took Karl's truck after AJ dropped his off back at your place. You know how Karl feels about his precious truck."
AJ, Karl and Finn are in Karl's truck heading to the restaurant. They were talking and catching up on a few minor things when AJ's phone dinged with a message from Maggie. "Alexa, Maggie, Luke and Lindsey made it to the restaurant." he said casually even though he was fuming on the inside for not being there with Maggie.
Karl's eyes widened at the mention of Lindsey "Ok. Just let them know we'll be there in a few minutes."
AJ quickly text Maggie back letting her know what Karl said. He breathed a sigh when they finally pulled up to the restaurant. They found a parking space. They got out of the truck and joined everyone in the restaurant.
"Hey guys. Sorry if we're late." Karl said.
"Not at all." Alexa answered.
Maggie got a huge smile on her face that matched Finn's. She missed him so much. He was like a brother to her "Hey Finn." she gave him a big hug. "I missed you."
"I missed you too munchkin."
"Who are you calling munchkin? I'm not that much shorter than you."
Finn laughed before hugging her again and kissing her forehead. Everyone said their hellos before they were seated at their table. They were seated at a round booth. Karl, Alexa, Maggie, AJ and Lindsey were seated comfortably in the booth while Finn and Luke sat in chairs .
"So, what's been happening the 6 months I have been gone?" Finn asked after everyone ordered their drinks.
"Boy, where to start." Luke started before giving a nervous laugh.
"Well, big thing, Daddy passed away not too long ago." Maggie said. She held AJ's hand under the table.
"I'm so sorry to hear that."
"It's still rough. We're getting ready to sell the house. Neither one of us wants to stay in that house." Karl said.
"Maggie and I were together for a while." Luke injected into the conversation.
Finn's eyebrows rose. "I never expected you two to date."
Maggie squeezed AJ's hand "I don't like to be reminded of that. Things ended badly. And Luke is still being extremely immature about things."
"Since we are talking relationships. Lindsey and I are divorced." AJ said before pointing to Luke and Lindsey "They are here together though."
Thankfully at that time their waitress came back with their drinks and took their dinner order. Maggie took a big sip of her wine. Glad they ordered the bottle.
"Anything else happen?" Finn asked hoping to avoid everyone fighting.
AJ and Maggie looked at each other and smiled "We're together now." AJ took his hand out of hers and wrapped his arm around Maggie's shoulders.
Finn got a huge smile on his face "About damn time." he pulled his wallet out of his pocket causing Karl to groan. "And it happened less than 6 months after you got back to town?"
"Yeah?"
Finn pulled something from his wallet and placed it in front of Karl "Pay up."
Maggie and AJ squinted their eyes "Pay up?" he questioned.
"Everyone knew you two were bound to get together. Karl and I made a bet for $500 that it would take less than 6 months for you two to get together." Finn said as he held his hand out to Karl "If it was less than 6 months I won. If it was more than 6 months Karl won."
"Is that why you were all for me and Maggie getting together?" Luke asked Karl.
Karl nodded his head as he pulled the money out of his wallet and gave it to Finn who happily took it. "In all honesty, I wanted AJ with my sister. But Lindsey was there."
Luke looked at Finn "You see why I'm not friends with these assholes anymore?"
"You've been immature about the whole thing." Maggie said as she looked at Luke. "I'm sorry things ended the way they did, but it is what it is. You're the one that won't let it go. I'm happy. I want you to be happy too. If Lindsey makes you happy then so be it."
"AJ made me happy." Lindsey put her hand on AJ's arm.
Maggie looked at Lindsey "I suggest you take your fucking hand off him before I break it off."
AJ pulled his arm away from Lindsey "Maybe it's best if the both of you leave." he said to Luke.
Luke shook his head and stood up. He threw some money on the table "Fuck all of you. Let's go Lindsey. We can get something to eat from somewhere else."
Finn watched everything unfold. He was speechless. Luke changed a lot since he was gone. He was glad Maggie got away from him. He would definitely have to get more information about what happened in the time he was gone. He knew it was probably best the subject of relationships was dropped.
After Luke and Lindsey left, the rest of the evening went well. Things lightened up and everyone went back to being themselves. After dinner, the group went their separate ways deciding to meet up another night for more fun.
A/N 2: A little bit of drama at dinner. Lindsey and Luke together? Do you think they are really together or do you think it was all for show? Please review and let me know what you think of this chapter. And as always, thank you for taking the time to read.