Finn was enjoying his second cup of coffee as he walked to his first class of the day when he walked into Rory.

"Good morning, kitten!" he greeted her happily. But something was off, she wasn't didn't have her normal cup of coffee in her hand and she didn't greet him with her usual bright smile. Her eyes were a little red and puffy and she was paler than usual. Her cheeks were flushed and she had a distinct smell of… was that vodka? Finn grabbed her by the arms and steadied her. "Slow down, are you okay, love?"

Rory looked surprised to see him. "Oh, hi, Finn." Her voice was shaky. "Have you seen Logan?"

"I have, but you're going to come over here and tell Finn what's wrong before I tell you where he is." He said, leading her to a bench in the shade. He handed her his cup of coffee and rubbed her back. "What happened?"

"What is this?" She asked, looking down at the cup.

"Made just the way you like it, and then I added a splash or two of whiskey." Finn winked at her. "Drink up, you look like you need it."

"Okay." She took a long drink before looking at him. "I haven't heard from him in a week." She started.

"A week?" he frowned. So that was why Logan was with that blonde at the beach house last week. And that brunette. And the other blonde. Maybe the redhead? Finn remembered now Colin asking if Logan had called Rory and he had avoided the question… This explained why he was drunk all week.

"A week! I know we're not… like, together and I have no claim on him, but I feel like… I feel like I deserve at least a text, you know?" she sighed, her eyes filling with tears.

"No, you deserve a call." Finn agreed.

"I just… I don't know what I did." Rory took another drink of the coffee. "Maybe… he doesn't like me anymore. Maybe he's done with me? I thought I could be different, you know? I knew it was too good to be true. I shouldn't have let it get this far." she sobbed quietly. Finn took the coffee from her hands and pulled her into his arms.

"No, no, kitten. Please don't cry." He kissed her forehead. "You didn't do anything and he's not done with you. Logan's a dumbass," he soothed, rubbing her back. "You are different, love. We all know you're different, but he's stubborn as fuck." He pulled her closer to him, trying to calm her down. "But you're right, love, we shouldn't have let it get this far." When Rory pulled away to look at him with wide eyes, Finn shook his head. "No, no, love, you're misunderstanding me. Colin and I, we shouldn't have let it get this far. We shouldn't have let it get this far, we should've told Logan to get his shit together before he hurt you like this." He wiped the tears from her cheeks. "He wants you, Rory, he loves you, he's just too stubborn to admit it. I thought he would've realized it by now. But he's an idiot." He kissed her forehead again. "Where did you go? Because, don't take offence to this, love, but you smell like vodka."

"I went to Stars Hallow." Rory smiled weakly. "Miss Patty makes Founder's Day Punch and it's really strong. Like, really, really, really strong. I had three cups. I was pretty drunk and ended up crying on the bathroom floor all night." She looked at her hands in her lap. Finn's heart broke at the thought of his favorite girl, his Reporter Girl, crying on the bathroom floor all night. And then anger coursed though his veins at the fact that it was his best friend that had done that to her. He had to do something.

"Why don't you finish that coffee and wait for me here?" he said, fighting to keep his voice calm as he stood up.

"No, Finn, what are you going to do?" Rory protested, moving to get up. Finn shook his head.

"No, you stay here, kitten. There's something I have to do. Stay here, I'll come get you when I'm done." He said firmly. Rory stared at him for a minute.

"Okay." She sighed.

"I promise I'll be right back." Finn offered her a small smile that she couldn't return and placed a kiss on her forehead before turning away and walking quickly to Logan's dorm, his anger worsening with each step. As soon as he reached the door, he didn't even bother with knocking, he just threw the door open. Logan jumped up.

"Huntzberger!" Finn yelled.

"Finn?" he put his coffee down and walked around the couch. "You're up—"

"No, you don't get to joke with me. Do you know who I just ran into?" he yelled, moving closer to Logan, who slowly backed away.

"Who?" he asked, his eyes widening.

"Rory." Finn was right up in his face now. "And she looked terrible. While you were drinking and partying and sleeping with I don't know how many girls last week, she was in Stars Hallow."

"She has boyf—"

"She spent the night crying on the bathroom floor because of you, you asshole!" Finn yelled, pushing Logan back. "Because you didn't even think to send her a fucking text!"

"She was the one who wanted to keep it cas—"

"I don't fucking care if it was fucking casual!" Finn's voice was getting louder with each word. "You've been spending every little bit of your free time with her, it hasn't been fucking casual. She's not just a girl you call when you want to fuck and then toss to the side. No, you spend more time at her place than you do at yours. You were fucking jealous of Robert when he took her to my birthday party instead of you because you had to prove to yourself that you weren't. what? Starting to commit to one girl? But I'm so fucking tired of seeing you string this poor girl along, because Rory doesn't deserve this."

"I'm not stringing her al—"

"Don't you fucking dare! You are and you know you are! You're in love with her and you're too fucking scared to admit it." Finn ran his hands through his hair, breathing heavily. "You're too fucking scared and stubborn to commit to her and you're a fucking idiot for not doing it."

"I'm not—"

"I swear to god, Logan." His voice was low and deadly. Logan looked away from Finn. "If you don't do something about Rory, I will."

"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" Logan snapped.

"You have a week." Finn downed to rest of the bottle of scotch on the counter closest to him before walking out of the dorm, slamming the door behind him. He took deep, calming breaths and let the alcohol do its work as he slowly made his way back to Rory. She was still sitting on the bench, drinking the coffee he'd left her. He took one more deep breath before approaching her.

"What'd you do?" She asked. Her eyes were wide as she watched him sit down.

"I told you, kitten, I had to take care of something." Finn replied, smiling easily. Her presence was always calming. "It's taken care of, for now, that's all you need to know." he pointed at the coffee. "How's the coffee?"

Rory narrowed her eyes at him. "I finished it." She said quietly. "You're never going to tell me what you did, are you?"

"Nope." He shook his head. "But let's get you another cup, love."

Rory shook her head. "No, I have something I have to take care of." She looked determined, but her eyes were uncertain and scared. Finn frowned.

"Do you want me to come with you, kitten?" he asked gently. Rory shook her head again.

"No." she said firmly. "I have to do this by myself." She kissed his cheek. "Thank you for the coffee and for letting me cry on you."

"Anytime, love." He smiled, squeezing her hand. "Good luck?"

"Thank you." she tried to return his smile before walking away in the direction of Logan's dorm. Finn smiled. He was going to get what he deserved.

"I heard you yelled at Logan?" Colin said in greeting, taking Rory's spot. Finn turned to face his best friend. He frowned.

"He deserved it." He started. "I ran into Rory this morning and she was a mess."

"What happened?"

"Logan didn't tell her where we were last week."

Colin bit his lip. "That explains a lot." He said finally.

"Yup." Finn sighed. "And our favorite girl spent the week in Stars Hallow. Yesterday she drank something called Founder's Day Punch and got drunk and spent the night crying on the bathroom floor. Because of Logan."

"Are you fucking serious?" Colin's hands curled into fists. "I should go—"

"No, Rory's over there right now. We'll see how that goes before you go running in on him." Finn pushed his friend down.

"You'll right." He sighed. "She'll put him in his place. Did she tell you what she was going to say?"

"No. Just that she had to do it by herself. She looked a little scared, though."

"What'd you tell Logan?" Colin asked curiously.

"I told him about Rory." Finn looked in the direction of Logan's dorm, waiting for Rory to come out. "And that I'm tired of seeing her string her along. I told him that he's in love with her but he's too scared to admit or commit to her, and that she's not one of the girls that he calls up when he wants to fuck and then toss away. She's different and he knows it, he just doesn't want to admit it. I'm sick of it. I told him if he doesn't do something about Rory, I will and I gave him a week to do it."

"Jesus, man." Colin let out a low whistle. "What'd he say?"

"Not much, I didn't leave much room for him to say anything." Finn sighed. "I was too angry. After Rory told me she spent the night on the bathroom floor because of Logan, I went straight over. He tried to tell me he didn't tell her because it was her idea they keep it casual." He rolled his eyes.

"Bullshit." Colin's hands balled into fists again. "He spends all his free time with her. He's the one who made it not casual."

"That's what I said!"

"What do you think Rory's telling him?"

"I dunno, but I hope she's tearing into him." Finn's eyes flickered over in the direction of Logan's dorm again. "He sure as fuck deserves it." His phone dinged.

Everything's okay. I'll call you later to explain. Thank you for this morning.

"Rory texted me." He said, showing his phone to Colin.

"What the hell does that mean?"

"Maybe they… maybe they got their shit sorted and they're not casual anymore?"

"That's a long shot." Colin shook his head. "I can't imagine Logan Huntzburger committing. He's too scared."

Finn shrugged. "If anyone could do get him to do it, it's our Reporter Girl." he smiled. "We can only hope."


Finn was sitting in his dorm later that night, enjoying the company of a redhead he couldn't remember the name of with more scotch in veins than blood when his phone rang. The redhead handed him his phone.

"Who's Reporter Girl?" She asked, an annoyed expression on her face. Finn shot up, pushing the girl off of him and threw the girl her shirt.

"I'm sorry, love, but you need to leave. This is a very important call." He said, sobering up as he rushed her to get ready and leave his dorm.

"Good evening, kitten!" He answered the phone, closing the door behind the girl. Rory laughed on the other end.

"Hi, Finn!" she responded happily. Finn smiled and sank back down into the couch.

"You sound very different than you did from the last time I saw you." he observed. "What happened when you went to see Logan?"

"Well," Rory started and he could hear the smile in her voice. "I walked in, and told him that I couldn't do the whole casual thing anymore and that we should just go back to being friends. I told him, I do boyfriends, not escorts."

Finn laughed. Escorts. "Oh, how'd he take that?"

"Not too well, obviously." Finn could almost hear Rory rolling her eyes. "So he started saying that I was issuing an ultimatum, which I was totally not doing."

"So basically he w as trying make an excuse to start a relationship by putting it on you?"

"Pretty much." Finn could practically hear Rory rolling her eyes.

"What after you issued the so called ultimatum?" Finn pushed on.

"He kept getting upset, taking in circles, saying I was saying he should be my boyfriend, which is not what I was saying. I said we should go back to being friends. But then, then he goes, 'alright fine I'll do it.'"

Finn sat up straighter. "He'll do what?"

"He'll be my boyfriend."

"Oh my god, Rory, that's huge."

"Right?!" she sounded so happy. "I was all, 'no, Logan, you can't be my boyfriend.' Because, obviously, that was part of our agreement in the beginning, you know?"

"Oh, yes, I know."

"And he was like, 'if I say I can do it, I can do it.'" Finn could picture her jumping up and down. "But then the best part was when he asked if I wanted to stop seeing him and I was all no, cos, well, you know, and he was like, I don't wanna stop seeing you, so just accept what I'm saying." She laughed. "Finn this is amazing! I never thought this would happen!"

"It was bound to happen eventually." Finn pointed out.

"I don't know…" she sighed. "But it's happened now, and I'm happy now."

"You sound happy."

"I am!"

"Then I'm happy for you, my love." Finn smiled. His phone started beeping. "Oh, sorry, kitten, I have another call. I'll call you back in a minute."

"Okay!"

He answered his other call. "I now have a girlfriend." Logan's voice said on the other line.

"I know, I heard." Finn replied shortly. "Rory told me."

"Rory told you?" Logan paused.

"Mhm, I was actually on the phone with her when you called."

"So I feel like we should maybe talk about this morning." Logan said quietly. "I'm on my way over now."

"Door's open. But I have to warn you, I'm a little drunk."

"You're always drunk, Finn." Logan pointed out. The door opened and the line went dead. Logan walked around the couch and stood the couch and stood in front of the coffee table, staring at his best friend. "What the fuck was that this morning?" he demanded.

"You hurt my friend." Finn said simply, sitting on the edge of the couch. "A good friend of mine, and I don't care if you're my best mate or not, I stand by what I said to you this morning." He said evenly. "It kicked your ass into gear. You easily could have agreed with her when she came to you this morning and ended everything this morning."

"No." Logan said slowly. "I wouldn't have let her go…"

"Are you sure? Because after the way you acted last week, it doesn't look like you would've said no." Finn sighed, standing up and over to the kitchenette to pour himself another glass of scotch.

"What do you mean the way I acted last week?"

"Look, Logan, I don't want to fight with you again." He sighed, taking a drink. "You know what you did, you know all those girls you fucked and I'm going to leave it at that." He shot him a look. "But that's in the past and you and Rory are finally together, and that's all that matters. I'm really happy for both of you." he was standing in front of Logan now. "But I swear to god, Logan, if you hurt that girl again…"

"Fair enough." He decided not to further the argument and took the glass that Finn offered him.

"Congrats, man. I really am happy for you. And proud of you." he smiled and raised his glass. Their glasses clinked and they both downed the liquid inside. "Now you should go to her." He said, patting him on the back and smiling. "She's really happy. I could practically hear her jumping up and down on the phone when she called me earlier."

"Yeah. Oh! I have to take her to dinner with my parents tomorrow."

"You're feeding her to the wolves so soon?"

"I'd rather not, but we went out to lunch and when we came back, Honor was waiting for me. Josh finally proposed and she wants me there when she tells our parents."

"Wait, Josh finally proposed?" Finn was pleasantly surprised.

"I know right? Anyway, once Honor met Rory and found out she was my girlfriend, she demanded that she come with me to dinner." He sighed. "So… I have to bring her tomorrow night and I'm scared as fuck because I don't know how they're going to react to her."

"She's a Gilmore, I'm sure she'll be okay." Finn reassured him.

"Yeah.. you're right." He smiled at his best friend and began to walk towards the door again. "I'm going to see Rory again."

"Give her my love." Finn smiled before Logan closed the door. Just as he had sat back down, Colin walked in.

"So I just walked past Logan and he's looking rather happy." He said in greeting, jumping over the couch to sit next to Finn. "Know anything about that?"

"Him and Rory finally got their shit together." Finn said casually. Colin's eyes widened.

"Are you fucking kidding me?"

"Nope." Finn smiled. "Rory called me and told me how it all went down."

"And?"

"Basically, she went over, saying that she can't do the whole casual thing anymore because she's a girlfriend girl. And Logan accused her of issuing him an ultimatum, when all Rory said was that she just wanted to do is stay friends and basically it ended in him saying that he wanted to be her boyfriend." Finn laughed. "She was so happy, it was great."

"That's amazing! Why was Logan over here?"

"He wanted to talk about this morning but I wasn't going to fight again." He sighed. "But apparently, he's taking her to meet his parents tomorrow night."

"Again, are you fucking kidding me?" Colin's eyes almost bulged out of his head.

"I wish I was." He said. "They went out to lunch, and when they came back, Honor was waiting for them. Apparently Josh finally proposed and she wants Logan there when she tells mommy and daddy…." He sighed. "But of course, she found out about Rory being Logan's girlfriend and our poor Reporter Girl got roped into a Huntzberger family dinner."

"Ouch."

"I told Logan not to worry. She's a Gilmore, it shouldn't be too bad, right?"

"I guess so…: Colin sighed. "We'll worry about that tomorrow. I just want to celebrate them tonight. Think we can get them over tonight?"

"No, let them spend the night together. We'll get them in a few days."