AN: So, this is my second shot at a PDLD (yes, I love Finn, you all know that). My other fic is way too dramatic, it's depressing me, so I decided to write a more lighter one, just for the fun, hehe. This time no triangle, at least not for now... Oh, yes, Logan and Rory: not together, just friends.

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Chapter 1: Good, delicious friends

Rory woke up startled. She sat on the bed quickly when she heard the ringing sound thinking it was her alarm clock going off announcing she was late for class once again. But it wasn't her alarm clock, much less was she late for class. When she looked at the time and saw it was only 4 in the morning and that the ringing sound was her cell phone she groaned. 'I've got to start turning this stupid thing off when I go to bed,' she thought while reaching for her phone.

"What?" she mumbled grumpily.

"And it was around this time 21 years ago, I was lying in this same position..."

Rory didn't let the person finish. "Oh, must you do this every single year!"

"You love hearing this story, I know you do!" he mother said.

"Mom, please, not today, I was up till midnight working on a paper and I need to sleep. Can't you call like, I don't know, when it's already morning and I'm awake!"

But Lorelai didn't hear her daughter's plea and continued with the history of Rory's birth. Rory gave up begging and just lied down again, phone to her ear but her eyes closed, totally ignoring her mother's babbling.

"Happy Birthday, sweetheart," Lorelai said when she was finally done.

"Thank you," Rory said half asleep.

"Have a great day sweetie, I'll see you tonight."

"What's tonight?"

"Your party!"

"Mom, it's Wednesday!"

"So?"

"It's the middle of the week!"

"So?"

"I have class tomorrow morning!"

"So?"

Rory gave up, there was definitely no winning with her mother when it came to her birthday.

"Fine, what time?"

"Eight. Oh, and act surprised!"

"Huh?"

"It's a surprise party!"

"Then why are telling me?"

"I couldn't think of a good excuse for you to come to Stars Hollow on a Wednesday."

"Be honest, you didn't even try."

"Hey!"

Rory laughed at her mother. "Can I go back to sleep now?"

"Sure thing! Enjoy your day, sweets!"

"I will."

Rory woke up four hours later, now sure it was her alarm clock since she turned her phone off before going back to bed. She knew no one would be insane enough to call her in the middle of the night to wish her a happy birthday, that was a Lorelai thing, but she just wanted to make sure she would get her necessary hours of sleep. She was finishing putting on her clothes when she heard a knock on the door. She opened it wondering who would be knocking on her door at 8:30 in the morning, and came to face with a delivery guy holding a large bouquet of white and pale pink roses.

"Ms. Rory Gilmore?" the delivery guy asked.

"That's me," Rory said a little surprised.

The guy handed her the bouquet and left after Rory gave him a tip.

"From who?" Paris asked leaving her bedroom and rubbing her eyes.

"I don't know," Rory said while looking for a card. When she found it she read it out loud:

Happy Birthday! Have a great day!

Love, your friend,

Marty.

"Too sweet," was Paris' comment.

"Paris!"

"I wish he would just come out and say it, 'Rory I'm in love with you, I've been in love with you since the day you found me naked in the hallway'," Paris said trying to talk like a guy.

"Stop it, Paris, Marty's not in love with me."

"Right, you keep believing that."

"Whatever. This was sweet of him though."

"Yeah, really sweet, and no hidden agenda whatsoever."

"You need to go to back to sleep, I'm gonna get some coffee," Rory said while putting her flowers in a vase with water and placing it on the coffee table.

"Rory?" Paris called before shutting her door.

"Hum?"

"Happy Birthday."

Rory smiled. "Thank you, Paris."

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"You shouldn't be drinking that, love," a familiar voice came from behind her while she walked to class.

"It's just coffee, Finn," Rory replied turning to face him.

"My point exactly."

Rory raised her eyebrows.

"It's your twenty-first birthday! Coffee's the last thing you should be drinking today!"

"It's not even 9 am," Rory said disapprovingly.

"Your point being..."

"Maybe it's a bit too early to be drinking alcohol."

"Oh, doll, it's never too early for alcohol," Finn affirmed.

"You convinced her yet?" another voice asked.

Rory turned to see Logan walking towards her, a paper cup in hands.

"She'll give in," Finn assured.

"You're too slow, Finn, allow me," Logan said putting his arms around Rory's shoulders.

"Well, Ace, here it is, your very first legal drink," he said offering her the cup.

"I'm not drinking whatever it is that is in that cup. It's 9 in the morning!"

"Oh, come on Ace! Just a sip! It's our birthday gift for you, you can't turn it down!"

"Why can't you guys be normal friends like Marty and get me flowers as a gift?"

"Marty got you flowers?" Logan asked arching his left eyebrow.

"Yes, why?"

"You owe me a hundred bucks," Finn said addressing Logan.

"What?" Rory asked puzzled while Logan opened his wallet and handed Finn a fifty dollar bill.

"I'll pay the rest later when we get to the dorm."

"I'll hold you to it," Finn said putting the money in his wallet smiling.

"Ok, what?" Rory asked again.

"Finn and I made a bet."

"That I figured. What was the bet?"

"Marty."

"Marty?"

"I said Marty would never make a move on you cause he didn't have the guts, but Finn said he would, that he was just waiting for the right moment."

"Marty's not making a move on me," Rory said a little annoyed. This was the second time she was hearing something like this in less than an hour and it didn't please her. But Logan didn't have time to reply.

"Has she drank it?" a third voice joined them.

"No, she's stalling," Finn said.

"I'm not stalling, I'm just not drinking."

"Did you tell her that this is our gift for her?"

"We've tried that, Colin, the girl's hard."

"Maybe we could get Marty to convince her," Finn teased singing.

"Oh, Finn, you kill me," Rory said faking a laugh.

"She really needs that drink," Colin said mock serious.

"I think so too. You're too nervous this morning, Ace. Lighten up, it's your birthday!" Logan said shaking the drink in front of her.

Rory rolled her eyes, they weren't going to let her get away with it.

"I knew you would be a bad influence on me," she said taking the cup from Logan's hand. The guys cheered her while she smelled the drink. She was about to take her first sip when Logan interrupted her.

"Wait!"

"What?"

"The camera!"

"What camera?" Rory asked confused.

"Stephanie. She's bringing a camera. We need to register this moment in history," Logan joked.

"You've gotta be kidding me," Rory said as she spotted Stephanie walking towards them, a camera in hands.

"Happy birthday!" she greeted cheerfully.

"Now we're ready!" Logan said and allowed Rory to drink. While she took the first sip Stephanie took the picture and the guys watched her carefully, waiting for her reaction.

"What is this?" Rory asked making a face.

"It's the Finn secret special," Finn said proudly.

"What's in it?"

"If I told you it wouldn't be a secret anymore, now would it, love?"

Rory just rolled her eyes at him. "Well, now that you've got your picture and made me drink, giving me my first push into becoming an alcoholic, may I go to class now?" she asked and then turned to Finn, "and please, can I have my coffee back?"

Finn gave her the paper cup he took from her while she handed the drink back to Logan.

"So what are the plans for tonight?" Stephanie asked, always looking for entertainment.

"My mom's throwing a surprise party for me in Stars Hollow. You guys should come."

"A surprise party? How do you know about it if it's a surprise?" Colin asked a little confused.

"My mom's too lazy to keep secrets."

"Oh."

"Are you coming?" Rory asked.

"What time?" Logan asked.

"Eight."

"We'll be there," he assured.

"I'll see you later then," she said and walked away.

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"Thank you for the flowers," Rory said after sitting next to him in class.

"Oh, you got them?" he asked blushing.

"Yes, I loved them, thank you, Marty."

He smiled. "Happy Birthday."

"Thanks. Oh, my mom's having party for me in Stars Hollow tonight. I know it's totally last minute, but would you like to come?"

"Uh, sure, why not?"

"Great." The professor started his lecture so the two friends stopped talking and paid attention. Everyone was taken by surprise when a freshman student came in holding a huge bouquet of sunflowers in his hands.

"Uh, Rory Gilmore?" he asked in a shaky voice reading the name off his hand.

"I'm Rory," she said raising her hand shyly.

"This is for you then," he said walking up to where she was sitting and handing her the bouquet.

"Who asked you to do this?" she asked.

"There's a card," he said and walked out hurriedly.

"May I continue now?" the professor asked displeased with the interruption.

"Sorry," she apologized and searched for the card silently.

"Here," Marty pointed at the card. Rory took the card and opened reading it to herself and then showing it to Marty she smiled.

We can be normal too! Here are your flowers!

Hope you like them! Finn assured us you would! Anyway, have a wonderful day!

We'll see you tonight!

Love from your friends,

Colin, Finn, Logan and Stephanie.

"That's nice," Marty said giving the card back to Rory with a hint of jealousy.

"They're nice," Rory replied smiling.

"Sunflowers. They're very... yellow."

"They're my favorite."

"I didn't know that."

"I didn't tell you?"

"No, but apparently you told," Marty took the card from Rory, "Finn."

"I think we were talking about plants the other day and I think I told him, but I didn't think he was really paying attention."

"Apparently he was," Marty said and turned his attention back to the class while Rory just smiled at her card and her gift. She really was a lucky girl when it came to friends.

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"Well, well, well, you've managed to assemble the very best of male specimens," Ms Patty said to Rory when she came in, "you've got some delicious friends, my dear. How can you stay single?"

"It's hard, but I manage," Rory said joking.

"Will you look at that," Patty said. The two guys had their backs to them, but of course Rory recognized them.

"The dark-haired one's Finn, the blond is Logan."

"Yummy," was Patty's comment.

Rory couldn't contain her laughter.

"Definitely the dark-haired," Patty said licking her lips.

"He's Australian."

"Oh, and there's an accent! Perfect! Have you tried?"

"Tried what?"

"The Australian?"

"Oh, God, no!"

"Why the disgusted face, my dear? Oh, wait, is he gay?"

"No, he's not gay, we're just friends," Rory said giggling.

"Well, good for me, then, less competition." Ms Patty said and walked away to evaluate the other males who were at the party. Rory thought it was better to alert her friends of the danger of having Ms Patty stand too close to them.

"Hey," she said standing between Finn and Logan, Colin was in front of them.

"Nice party. Weird set of people," Colin commented in his usual stuck-up tone.

"I come to warn you."

"Warn us?" Logan asked.

"Ms Patty took a fancy of the two of you, specially you," she said turning to Finn. "I'd advise you guys stand with your backs to the wall at all times, or you might just receive some inappropriate, um, pinching," she continued.

The two guys laughed out loud. "Inappropriate pinching, you say," Finn said.

"Trust me and go stand near a wall before it's too late."

But it was too late for Ms Patty came out of nowhere and unexpectedly pinched Finn's backside making him jump up startled and turn back to see who was responsible for the action and found Ms Patty with a wicked grin on her face. "Like I said, delicious," she said and walked away laughing.

Colin and Logan couldn't hold back the laughter that came as they saw Finn's expression, and now, his hand on where Ms Patty had pinched him he turned to his audience and said in a very dramatic tone, "I've been violated in a very traumatic way."

The other three almost rolled down on the floor they were laughing so hard.

"Sorry to interrupt," Lorelai said when she walked into the living room from the kitchen, "but it's time for the initiation ceremony," she continued with a straight face and walked over to where Rory was standing. Rory noticed the glass Lorelai was holding. The drink was blue and it had an umbrella hanging from it. "I'm proud to say, Rory, my daughter, you're 21. You're now initiating a different chapter in your life, and one filled with alcohol. I'm proud to be the first to give you your very first legal drink. Clap your hands everybody!" she finished her speech handing Rory the drink.

"Sorry, mom, but someone already beat you to it."

Lorelai put her hand over her heart mocking shock. "You mean someone else and not your own mother gave you your first drink? Is this criminal here?" she said looking around the room.

"You're standing right in front of them," Rory said.

"I should have guessed," she said shaking her head disapprovingly.

"Not to worry, Lorelai, we have a treat for you. Steph!" Logan called.

Stephanie came in carrying a very large framed poster of Rory drinking. That was the picture taken early in the morning.

"Oh, my God," she said looking at her shoes.

"Don't worry, love, you're very photogenic," Finn said with his arms around her shoulders.

"Can a person die of embarrassment?" she whispered to him.

"I promise if something should happen, I'll happily perform mouth to mouth on you," he said with a grin and a wink.

Rory elbowed him. She couldn't help but laugh at Finn's remark. Her mother looked at her and her friends with a serious face. "I forgive you, but only because this is a very good picture and she's not drinking from a cup with a cute umbrella hanging from it," she looked at Rory when she said, " what are you waiting for, drink up!"

"But I've had my first legal drink already!"

"Now this is the second. And it's pretty!"

Rory rolled her eyes and took a sip from her drink. It didn't taste so much like alcohol, it was rather sweet, so she took larger sips from it while everybody cheered her.

"That's my girl," Lorelai said proudly, "now on with the party!"

The festivities ended when Finn passed out after his performance of Like a Virgin on Lorelai's coffee table. All the other guests went away and only the six of them remained, Lorelai, Rory, Logan, Stephanie and Colin deciding what to do with the passed out Finn.

"Obviously there's no room in our car for a passed out man," Colin said.

"How did you guys come?" Rory asked him.

"We came sober," he explained. "How can Finn go back to New Haven sitting up?"

"Fine, just put him on the back seat of mine," Rory said shrugging her shoulders, "I'll need help to move him when we get there!"

"We'll be right behind you, Ace."

Colin and Logan put Finn in the back seat of Rory's car and went to their own while Rory said her good bye to her mother.

The short ride back to Yale was uneventful, but when she arrived there she noticed Logan's car was not right behind her as he had promised, or nowhere to be seen.

"Just great! How am I supposed to take Finn to his dorm? He probably doesn't even have his keys with him!" she complained to no one. She opened the back door and looked at Finn. He looked quite comfortable laying there and she considered leaving him there till morning, but that would be too mean. She put one foot inside and found her balance and then she took both his hands and pulled him to a sitting position. She put his right arm around her shoulders and stepped out carefully trying not to bump his head on the roof of the car. Unsuccessfully.

"Bloody hell!" Finn exclaimed when he instantly woke up.

"Oh, my Gosh, I'm so sorry! Does it hurt?" she said, but couldn't help laughing at Finn's childish look as he passed his hand on his head looking for an nonexistent bump.

"You trying to kill me, Gilmore?"

"I really am sorry, I didn't mean to..."

"You're plotting against me. First the sexual abuse, then the singing and now this... what did I do to you?"

"First of all, the singing, totally your own doing, I had nothing to do with it. I even tried to stop you, and I've got witnesses."

Finn just grunted and allowed himself to lean into her side. "I need my bed," he begged.

"Can you walk?"

"If I say I can't, will you carry me?"

"Ha...no"

"Fine... slowly though." He rested his head on Rory's and she put her arm around his waist and took him to his dorm.

"Where are your keys?" she asked him when they got there.

"Mmmm."

She chuckled. "What the hell was that?"

"I don't know," he mumbled.

"You don't know what that was, or you don't know where your keys are."

"Both," he said his head still resting on hers, his eyes closed.

Rory rolled her eyes and tried to open the door, which was obviously closed.

"Look inside your pockets."

"I don't have them," he said after he went through all his pockets.

"You don't have your keys? How can you leave without your keys? That's so irresponsible, Finn!"

"Are you really lecturing me, or is it just my drunken mind playing tricks on me again?"

"I'm not lecturing you, I'm just saying you should try to be more responsible and not think only about drinks and girls all the time."

"You are lecturing me," he said. He put his head up and straightened his body, but didn't remove his arm from around her shoulder. "Should we knock?"

"I don't think Logan's here yet, I didn't see his car."

"I guess I'll wait then. Thanks for the ride, doll," he said while kissing the top of her head. He moved his arm now and leaned against the wall with his eyes closed.

"You're just going to wait out here?"

"Uh-hu."

"I'm gonna call him," Rory said. "Where are you?... why didn't you say anything?... I don't know, call maybe!... Finn doesn't have his keys, Logan!... He's drunk!...I can't take him to my dorm, Paris would flip!... Get your butt here right now!... I don't care if she's hot, just get. Here.

Now," she said an hung up.

"Very bossy," Finn commented.

"He just gets on my nerves sometimes."

"He has that power."

"He won't be long."

"Not after that phone call."

"Ha! You're so funny tonight, Finn!" Rory said sarcastically.

"Thank you for appreciating my sense of humor, love," he said opening his eyes. "Are you just going to stand there?"

"I don't wanna sit."

"You don't have to stay here."

"You're drunk."

"Am I?"

"I don't wanna leave you alone."

"Why? Did you harasser neighbor followed us here?"

Rory smiled. "No, she didn't. I just don't want to leave you here, it's not safe."

"I'm a big boy Rory."

"I know... do you want me to go?"

"No, I just said you don't have to stay if you don't want to."

"If you want to, I'll go."

"Do you want to stay?"

"Do you want me to go?"

"We could do this all night."

"Or till Logan gets here."

Finn chuckled. "Grab a sit," he said motioning for her to sit next to him.

Rory sat next to him and he rested his head on her shoulder. "I'm sleepy," he said.

"Logan'll be here soon."

But Finn didn't reply, he fell asleep on her shoulder. She smiled and rested her head on his and closed her eyes as well. And to think she would have to wake up before nine the next day.

"How sweet!" Logan said as he saw Rory and Finn sleeping on the floor with their heads together, "like two little kids sleeping on my dorm step."

"What took you so long?" Rory said and shook Finn up. He just grunted. "He's yours, take him," Rory said pushing Finn towards Logan.

"Don't I feel special?" Finn mumbled.

"Good night, Finn."

"Mmmm."

"I'll take that as 'good night, Rory'. Night, Logan."

"See ya tomorrow, Ace."

Rory went back to her car and drove to her building. When she opened the door to get out she noticed a shiny thing in the back seat and chuckled.

"I'll give it back to him tomorrow," she said as she grabbed Finn's keys and put them inside her purse.

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AN: Hope y'all liked it! I know not a lot of action so far, but trust me, hehe, things will happen! Please review! Byee!