"Where are you and I'm so sorry
I cannot sleep I cannot dream tonight
I need somebody and always
This sick strange darkness
Comes creeping on so haunting every time
And as I stared I counted
Webs from all the spiders
Catching things and eating their insides
Like indecision to call you
and hear your voice of treason
Will you come home and stop this pain tonight
Stop this pain tonight" - I Miss You by Blink 182
It has been 3 years since Rory had rejected Logan's proposal and joined the trail to follow Senator
Obama around the country.
And last year she had enough of crappy motels and crappy coffee. For a while she moved back to
Stars Hollow while she waited to hear back from various papers. She should have known that after 6
months and 50+rejection letters, it wasn't going to happen. Mitchum Huntzberger stayed true to his
word and made sure that no paper would hire Rory Gilmore.
She wanted to get away from Hartford and all the pressure of society, so she got a job as a waitress
in a restaurant in New York and when her grandparents found out the place she wanted to rent,
they got her a nice apartment near bye.
There hasn't been a day where Rory didn't think of her graduation because it was also the day she
lost contact with her friends Collin, Finn and Stephanie. She knew they would side with Logan in the
breakup as they had been friends for longer but that didn't mean that she didn't miss them.
It was Friday night and Rory was getting ready for work with her roommate Megan. Both girls
worked together at the Golden Sea restaurant in Manhatten.
Rory's P.O.V
'Only 8 hours left before I can begin my weekend of relaxing and not having to worry about work'
Rory thought to herself as she was trying find her black Mary-Jane heels, which were under her bed,
that was part of her uniform. The uniform consisted of a black skirt that ended a couple of inches
above the knee, a short sleeved white shirt and a black waist coat.
"MEGAN ARE YOU READY YET?" Rory shouted through the apartment waiting for her roommate to
appear so they could leave for work. "Calm down before you get an aneurism. I just couldn't find my
phone" Megan calmly replied before grabbing her keys and following Rory down the lift to the car.
No one's P.O.V
20 minutes later the girls arrived at work and grabbed their pen's and notebooks and went to their
Respectable area which they served.
A couple of business men arrived at one of her tables and Rory went over to give them the menus.
"Welcome to the Golden Sea. My name is Rory and I will be your waitress for the evening. Here are
the menus and I will be back in a little while to take your orders" Rory smiled at them before her
eyes went wide as she thought one of the men looked really familiar.
Finn's P.O.V
'I can't believe it's her. I can't believe Kitten works here. I have always regretted not staying in touch
with her. She has always been a good friend to us and made sure we didn't do anything stupid
whilst drunk' Finn thought to himself as he stared after Rory.
No one's P.O.V
10 minutes later Rory came back to take everyone's orders and the menus and headed back to the
kitchen. She was about to get a drink behind the bar when Megan dragged her into the back "Can
you please explain to me why you look like you have seen a ghost?" she sat down on a nearby crate
waiting for Rory to tell her what happened.
Rory took a deep breath before looking at her best friend "You remember how I told you about my
last year at Yale and about Logan and his best friends Collin and Finn?" Megan slowly nodded "Well
the guy with the piercing green eyes and the crazy curly hair at my table is Finn. I haven't seen him
since Logan broke up with me". Rory could feel the tears threating to escape "The last time I saw
him was 3 years ago. And to be honest with you, I've missed him so much". She couldn't hold them
in anymore and let the tears fall. It broke Megan's heart to see her best friend like this. She stood
up, hugged her and whispered something in her ear "You should talk to him or at least let him know
that you missed him". She slowly pushed Rory away and looked at her. Rory thought about this and
decided that Megan was right. She would give Finn her new number at the end of the night so he
could decide if he wants to be back in contact with her or not. Rory wiped away her tears and smiled
at Megan. "Let's go out there before we get fired" she laughed loudly.
The rest of the night was pretty quiet. When she didn't have to serve anyone, Rory kept taking a look
at him and when her back was turned to him, she could feel someone's eyes looking at her. As she
turned around, she started into the piercing green eyes of her favourite Australian. Right at this
moment she realised just how much she had missed him.
Soon after she could see that his table was ready to pay, so she walked over to give them the bill
when Finn took it from her hand just holding on for a moment too long which none of his business
clients saw. He handed her the bill back including his black AMEX and waited for her to return. He
didn't take his eyes off her as she left the table. 5 minutes later, Rory walked back to Finn's table and
handed him back his card and a note she quickly wrote before coming back.
Finn could feel a piece of paper underneath his card and just looked up to Rory who just mouthed
"Read it later". She put on her best smile and said her goodbyes to all of the men that sat at the
table.
Finn walked back to his apartment which was nearby without looking at the note that Rory gave him.
As soon as he got home and changed out of his stuffy clothes and into some old Yale sweats and
shirt, he sat down on his bed staring at the small piece of paper he was holding. After internally
debating with himself if he should read it or throw it away, he decided to read it and what he saw
couldn't have shocked him more.
The note read "Hey Finn. I know it has been 3 years since we last saw each other but when I saw you
tonight, I realised just how much I missed you. Here is my number and hopefully you would like to get
back in touch. If not then I totally understand. Love Rory"
He didn't know that she had felt the same way after her break up with Logan but time had passed.
He grinned as he opened his phone and dialled the number of a certain brow haired blue eyed
reporter. To him, she will always be reporter girl, kitten, and love. The girl he secretly fell for all
those years ago.
A/N: I had the start of this story stuck in my head for the past couple of days after reading nearly all PDLD/Rory/Finn stories. And to be honest I think there are not enough of them. So here is part1. Please read and review so i know what i can do to make this story better or even just to know that anyone is actually reading this. - Annika xo