8 years in the life

Chapter 19

Finn just got out of a meeting when he felt his phone vibrating in his pocket. Finally, Robert was calling him back.

"Hi man."

"Sorry I couldn't call you before. It is madness here, I haven't left the office for two days so I had to sleep a bit before anything else. Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, nothing to worry about anymore."

"So, was there a specific reason that you called?" Robert asked.

"Well, have you talked to Rory?"

"Not since the day I left. She's my next call. Why?"

Finn sighed, entered his office and closed the door. This was going to be a tough one. "When I called you that night, I had just hung up the phone with her and she was crying so I was wondering if you knew what was going on."

"Why, why was she crying?" Robert started to feel the guilt invading his brain.

"Come on man, you seriously have no idea?" Finn sighed.

"Well okay, we slept together but...." Robert admitted.

"She was devastated, man!" Finn yelled exasperated.

"She was? Why? I was never my intention to hurt her, but she never said anything, you know. She told me to take the job so I thought she didn't have the same feelings and I was kind of relieved anyway because she's off limits, you know, Huntz..." Robert rambled.

"I know man, but once you left, it seems that she realized that she cared for you more than she would admit." Finn cooled down. He felt bad for his friend who was probably hurting.

"Holly shit."

"Mmm-hmm. There's more."

"More?" Wheels were turning insanely quickly in Robert's head. What could be worse than hurting Rory and having missed that she cared that much for him?

"I don't know how to tell you this..." Finn trailed off.

"Come on, spill it, Finn. I've never known you to beat around the bush. It can't be worse." Robert sighed.

"I slept with her," Finn said barely audible.

"What???? Are you kidding me?"

"I'm sorry man, even I still don't understand how it happened.  One minute she was crying and I was hugging her, then we fell asleep on the couch and the next thing she was touching me, kissing me and I lost control. At that moment, I wasn't aware that you two had slept together." He's going to kill me.

"I know man, it's impossible to resist her," Robert muttered.

"You're not mad at me?" Finn was dumbstruck, without any doubt, Robert was the most forgiving friend ever.

"Of course not, she's not my girl. I know too well that it's absolutely impossible to get close to her without wanting her," Robert whined.

"We have to stop seeing the same girls man, it's getting weird."

"I know. So, what do we do now?"

"You have to talk to her seriously and figure out what you two want to do."

"Okay, you're right, I'm calling her right away. Thanks, Finn."

"For what? Sleeping with her? It was my pleasure man."

Robert laughed. "No, smart ass. For being a friend and not judging me," Robert said, truly grateful.

"I could say the same. Now hang up and call her." Finn shook his head.