Secret Keeper

Season 3 Episode 6

Disclaimer: I only own Layla all other characters unless otherwise noted belong to someone else.

A/N: This is a rewrite of my fanfiction Secret Keeper from FanFiction.net. It was written 8 years ago and to be honest not really one of my favorites anymore. The further I got away from it and then came back to it the more I started to not like it. But I do know that there are those who do like it (Since it has been copied and posted by another user 3 separate times.) There are times when it seems some storylines are similar to other storylines. This was my first FanFic and I honestly had no idea what I was doing. So please bear with me. Love You all and your support.

A/N: For those that may have read this originally on FanFiction.net. I did tweak this chapter a bit. 

Some say love is a river. Some say love's a silly song. Some say love is all around us. It lifts us up where we belong. Some say love is hearing laughter in the rain. But on the Upper East Side, we all know love is pain.

Layla walked out of Jenny's room which would soon permanently turn into her room with them moving to Lily's.

"Yes Lily loves her Jefferson airplane." Rufus said looking through his albums.

"So, Rufus, how is married life?" Vanessa asked while holding Sophie on her lap.

"Well, at the risk of sounding like a man deeply in love, uh, each day gets better than the one before."

"It must be, if you're packing these "Welcome Back, Kotter" mugs." Dan said as Layla walked into the kitchen.

"They'll look great next to Lily's china." Layla said.

"Yeah, maybe we should hold off on the sweat hogs." Rufus said then went back to his albums.

"In just a few short months, freshman leader Vanessa Abrams has tackled numerous social and environmental issues." Jenny read.

"What is that?" Rufus asked.

"Oh, it's just a wildly flattering cover story on Vanessa in the N.Y.U paper" Layla said.

"It doesn't mean anything..." Vanessa said.

"Except that she's a shoo-in to give the toast at the freshman dinner on parents' weekend." Dan said

"Dan, can I borrow your muscles?" Jenny asked and then they both went into the other room.

"Is that true? - about the toast?" Rufus said.

"Supposedly it's between me and some other girl. I probably won't get it."

"It's not me" Layla laughed.

"Well, speech or no speech, I-I hope you're inviting your parents."

"You're kidding, right? My parents hate that I'm at a private college, "buying" an elitist education. Knowledge shouldn't be for sale." Vanessa replied.

"Sure, Arlo and Gabriela are progressive, but if they knew how much good you were doing at the school, I'm sure they'd come around."

"It would be kind of amazing if they came and, you know, actually approved of something I was doing. But whatever. I haven't been chosen yet, so"

"Well, you will be." Layla said "right Soph?"

Layla picked the little girl out of Vanessa's lap.

"Tomorrow night, Dan and I will be there front and center." Rufus said.

"Oh, um, yeah, you know what? Actually, Olivia just got back from Japan. I was hoping we would hang out tomorrow night." Dan said.

"So bring Olivia...or not, it's your call. -I don't want to force you." Rufus said.