Hey guys!

Here comes my first story. It starts the morning after partings, everything up to that point happened exactly as on the show. I don't think I have to say more, I don't want to give anything away. I hope you like the story and I would love to get lot's of reviews.

As I'm from Germany, there might be some grammar mistakes, but I hope the language isn't too bad!


1. Lying In An Aussie's Arms

Rory woke up and as she turned around and opened her eyes she got confused. The other side of the bed was empty. She never woke up in an empty bed, at least not in this apartment, at home she certainly did. But not here. Logan never got up earlier than her. In fact, he never got up anytime close to early in the morning. So why wasn't he lying next to her as he usually did? Smiling about a dream he had, leaving her wondering if it was her he saw in his dreams.

Rory rose her head to see if Logan was somewhere around in the apartment and suddenly, everything came back. The second she saw the Union Jack hanging in the window everything from the previous night came back to her. The party, the goodbye, everything, until there was only one single thought left: Logan was gone. She couldn't help but to start crying at this thought. Why did he have to go? Why didn't he just blow off his father and stayed with her? Why couldn't she tell him what he wanted to hear her say, that he shouldn't go? The questions crossed her mind all at once but she knew that it didn't make any sense to think about all this. He was gone and nothing could change this. And thinking about it would only make it worse.

So Rory decided to get up, clean up the apartment and then pack her stuff to go back to Stars Hollow for the summer. She would try to find a job there, spend lots of time with her mother and when the new semester started she would work really hard and the time would go by so fast until Logan was finally with her again. That was her plan. Actually, she knew that it wasn't a real plan and that it wouldn't be that easy to deal with a long distance relationship for a whole year, but it was her way of dealing with the situation in this very moment. Because facing reality would make her break down and she wasn't ready for this, not yet.

After she had taken a shower and dressed in jeans and a white tank top she went into the kitchen and saw that Logan had already made coffee for her. And next to the coffee machine, there was a short note.

I will think about you at every Starbucks I pass while I am in London. I promise. And you can trust me, I will keep this promise, because there won't be one single second in which I do not think about you. Miss you already! I love you, Ace! Logan

Rory read the note several times and had a hard time not to start crying again while she poured herself some coffee, of which she knew that he had brewed it. Life sucked! Why did everything have to be so perfect the moment before everything fell apart? She could deal with this whole thing if her relationship with Logan wouldn't have been so damn perfect in the last few weeks before his departure. Suddenly she got really angry, but a knock on the door stopped her from throwing her coffee mug at the nearest wall.

One moment a picture of Logan coming back, telling her that he just wasn't able to leave her behind flashed up in her mind. But as soon as she opened the door that fantasy was destroyed. There, standing right in front of her, was Finn, Logan's best friend.

"I'm sorry, love!" he said after watching her for a few seconds.

Rory quickly put the thought of Logan coming back aside and tried to look as if it was just a normal morning for her. "Sorry for what, Finn?" she asked as she ushered him in.

"Sorry for being me, I guess. Your face made pretty clear that you were hoping for another visitor. You know, blond hair, famous smirk, even if it is not as famous as mine, I want to add." That was Finn, joking around all the time, unable to say something serious. In fact, he didn't know how to handle this whole situation. He could see that Rory had cried and her disappointment when she saw him standing in the door wasn't even hidden a bit. She missed Logan terribly, Finn could tell this even without all these signs. One look at her eyes was enough. The didn't sparkle anymore. They used to sparkle all the time when Logan was around.

"Ha-ha!" was Rorys only response. "Why are you here, Finn? I never saw you up that early after a party, not to mention that you don't even look a slight bit hung over."

"Well, that's probably because I'm not. It feels a little strange to be up at this ungodly hour on a Sunday, but you know, there is nothing an Australian wouldn't do for his friend."

Rory thought about this for a few seconds until she finally got the meaning of this. "So he asked you to come over tomorrow and look after me? I really appreciate your concern, but it's not necessary. I'm fine!" she answered. In fact, she was quite moved by Finn's concern and also a bit thankful, but she couldn't admit this. Because if there was somebody there who was worried about her she knew she wouldn't be able to fight the tears anymore.

"No he didn't. Well, he did ask Colin and me to look for you from time to time, but he never said anything about this morning. And actually I hadn't planned on showing up here in the morning today." Finn started to explain. "But then I saw your facial expression just in the beginning of the party yesterday. You were smiling at Logan as he told you something, but that smile couldn't reach your eyes. Your eyes were full of the desperate need to have him around and the fear of seeing him go. That very moment I put away my beer and knew that I would have to come here this morning."

Rory had never heard Finn talking so serious about anything. But the thing that amazed her the most wasn't the sincerity of his words but their full meaning. For her, Finn had always been a fun person to be around at parties but she had never thought that he was able to tell a person's feelings just from the look in their eyes.

And now that she knew he didn't come because he wanted to do Logan a favor but only because of real concern for her she couldn't stop the tears from falling down her cheeks. She started crying again and Finn wrapped his arms around her tightly. He caressed her back and whispered in her ear that everything would be okay. She had never been so thankful to hear these words before.

After her tears had stopped she stayed in Finns hug. She didn't exactly know why but it just felt right to have his arms around her.

After a while he whispered to her: "Well, you have to see the positive side of all this. If Logan wasn't on his way to London you might have never felt the sensation of lying in an Aussie's arms!"

Rory couldn't help but start laughing. And that made her look towards the future a bit more optimistic. Even if Logan was gone and she didn't know when they would see each other again, there was Finn, who might be annoying, a bit arrogant and absolutely unable to stop flirting with every single girl around him, but who also seemed to be the only one who could make her laugh even if she felt like crying all the time.