Date? Or Dream?

                                    

                                          
Fiona's POV (After the wedding):
"You really thought that we didn't know?" John asks a little skeptically. "We? What do- no. What are you talking about?" I feel a bit at loss. What do I say? They knew? "Of course, we did. And so did Barry and Dan and Phoebe and the rest of us. Winston and Trellemen too. You were hardly subtle, Fiona." Vivian replies, looking at me as if I'm stupid. I just stare at them blankly. I don't really know how to react. How is Vivian supposed to step in? Did Tony know too? Just as I'm about to open my mouth to ask the hundreds of questions that are now rampaging around inside my head, Vivian interrupts me.
"See, I know you have been suffering a lot because you thought that Tony and you cannot happen, but if we'd let Tony ask you out the normal way, you'd refuse and break both of your hearts without even realizing. You're like that sometimes, like a human cactus." he takes a deep breath before continuing. I'm stunned to silence.
"We decided on this plan; we'd get you five dates for the five weddings and all of them, well, four of them were gonna be rubbish and you'd get really annoyed and that would be Tony's cue to step in a woo you. We thought that if the two of you spend some time together, you'd realize that you are in love with him. I knew what you were feeling. I went through it after I'd met John. I just wanted to spare you the angst. We thought right, didn't we? You are in love with him."
Vivian's eyes turn round and anxious when I stay silent. 
"Are you telling me tha-that you were trying to set me up with Tony all this time? That all of the- the..." I put my fingers on my temples, "All this time I've been beating myself up because I fell in love with someone I will never have, and it's all...just... irrelevant? What about Fleur?" I am in shock. What is happening?
"Ah... Fleur, well, um...she doesn't... doesn't really... exist, actually." John's voice is uncertain, like he doesn't know how I'm going to react. "Doesn't exist... " I repeat faintly. Fleur. Doesn't. Exist. Sleeping with Tony didn't cause anyone heartbreak... apart from me. "He had to make her up, had a slip up, didn't he? Almost told you about his feelings." Vivian informs. 
It takes me several minutes to process the whole information. 
"Jake Mumford was intentional." I state impassively. How could they do that to me? "No, no, he wasn't. We just... we knew he was an arrogant prick and he would annoy you. We didn't know he would pull that stunt with you. We won't do that to you, are you crazy?" Vivian says hurriedly. 
"No, I'm not crazy, Viv, I'm mad. Really, fucking mad! That night, I came home after Barry's wedding? I felt like I was some sort of... I thought I'd just ruined a perfectly happy relationship. I cried and cursed myself because I thought I'd let myself break another girl's heart! But wait... You wouldn't understand, would you? You were too busy with your meddling and fun. That girl didn't even exist and I felt like I was dying inside because you people wanted your entertainment. Well, was my performance up to your expectations? Did you guys clap?" I'm seething with anger. Is this some sort of game? Are we high school children? 
At least they look contrite. 
"I'm not a plaything Vivian!" I don't want to cry. God damn it! 
"We didn't realize that it would hurt you so much. We're sorry. We didn't mean to... Fiona, will you tell me what exactly happened that night? I don't think you ought to feel like that if you took just a lift to the club from him." John asks. "You guys know what happened!" I snap. They just look at each other and then back at me, faces still uncertain and anxious. "We slept together. We... We made love."
Both of their eyes widen comically. There is a pregnant pause and then Vivian says, "He slept with my sister when she was intoxicated and then failed to tell me about that particular information when I told him I didn't feel convinced of my sister's description of events." Vivian almost never gets angry, but now I feel like he is. That can't be good.
 "I knew what I was doing, he probably just wanted to talk to me before telling you guys about it." I appease him, because Tony had tried to talk to me about it the next day. I thought he wanted to ask me to forget about it, if only I knew.... 
Vivian looks at me as if checking for signs of a lie. He doesn't find any. 
"Why was George alright then?" I ask. Vivian gives me a small smile. "Barry and Dan are your best friends, and after Mumford they wouldn't find someone nasty. Besides, Tony thought that you should have at least one option...he wanted you to choose him because you loved him, not because you never met someone you could like." John says. 
"So, your actual dates were with Tony. And you can't argue that our plan didn't work, Mumford and your accident weren't part of it." Vivian says after the three of us sit there in silence for about five long minutes. "No, I can't, but that doesn't mean what you did was right... You're already ten minutes late. But, after you guys come back, we're going to talk about the meddling." I say firmly, "I won't ruin your day. Go shag!" I push Vivian out of the room and all the way to the cab. John follows with the luggage. 
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"Be careful. I'm going to miss you two." I tell them when they are seated in the cab. John nods solemnly and Vivian pokes his head out of the window. 
"Oh, and by the way, Tony's in your bedroom. Talk to him and do it calmly. He loves you. Don't go all human cactus on him. See you in week." that being said they are driven off to the airport. 
"What? Where?" I look at the cab getting smaller and smaller till it disappears completely. Tony is in my bedroom? So, we're going to talk about everything now.
Okay... I can do this.
I take a deep breath as I make my way back into the house.
Tony loves me, has loved me all this time just as I've loved him. This is a real date, no ploy, no dream. I have a lot of things to wrap my head around, but right now, I have a date to get to.
All the clarification and rebuking can wait till later.

A/N: Looks like there's gonna be another chapter. I want a really fluffy and nice ending for Fiona and Tony. Anyway, I hope you enjoyed this chapter and the story so far. Let me know your thoughts through the comments and plzzzzzzzzzzzzz vote! It'll cure my depression and give me a lot of joy. He he. 😅😅. Bye!!!!