Author's note: Once again, I do not own Gilmore Girls. I just miss it quite a lot.

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Chapter two… Someone to talk to.

When Finn woke up the next morning, he was somewhat in a Funk. As usual, his parents were missing in action. He was about to leave for a year more or less and they were not even there to say goodbye. He wanted not to care but their indifference to him hurt like hell. Having parents on his back like Logan seemed so much better to him but he would never say so. He was the envy of his friends because of his liberty but to him, it was as if he was not worth it. If it hadn't been for his grandmother; he had no clue where he would be… For sure, he would have consumed more alcohol or drugs… She was the only thing that made him ease up on it lately. After all, reality always bit back when he was sober… But he wanted to make her proud.

When he got up, he went into Johnathan's room to look at the pictures again. His brother looked happy in every one of them. He seemed to be the life of the party with his friends. He looked closely to Lorelei's picture and to the other guy… Christopher she had called him. They were his brother's best friends. She had not changed much… jot gotten older. Her daughter looked a lot like her but seemed sweeter. He saw the pictures, always the three of them, in formal wear, beach clothes at the Vineyard. For the first time though he noticed one of the picture of Lorelei holding him. He smiled.

"Hello Finn, I was hoping you'd wake up early." He jumped a bit turning around to see his grandmother smiling at him.

"Morning Gran. Yeah, I came home at a decent time last night."

"I know, I heard. Who drove you back?"

"Lorelei… Lorelei Gilmore."

"The Gilmore's girl?"

"Yes."

"Isn't she a bit older to go out with college kids?"

"Yes… she did not go out with us. I drove her daughter home, she was sick. So I was left in the middle of nowhere and she offered a lift back."

"I remember her. Isn't it a picture of her you have there?"

"Yes, I never noticed it before. Did you ever meet her?"

"Oh yes. Your brother was in love with the girl. They were always together with the Hayden kid."

"She was nice, very lively. It's a shame her parents put so much pressure on her. Never really giving her air to breath. For a while, the three of them practically lived at my house. That is when you were a baby. She kept taking care of you. She was pregnant; she came here a few times with her daughter. You probably even played a bit with her when you were around 2 years old."

"I did? I have no memory of it."

"Finn, you were two, couldn't remember it. She disappeared not long after though, she ran away. I think she could not take the pressure of society. We all expected her to marry the Hayden boy… Johnathan was so angry at them for running away. I think Lorelei wrote to him but I never knew where she was."

"She's in Stars Hollow now, with her daughter."

"Gran… you never talk much about Johnathan. How was he?"

"He was always getting into trouble, well, the three of them together… a bit like you with Logan and Colin. They were kids, having fun. But they were always respectful to me. They helped me around the house. Johnathan was looking forward to working in the family. When he started College, he found a completely new world. With Lorelei gone, Christopher at Princeton, he had to create a new circle of friends at Yale. He ended up with the wrong crowd."

"What do you mean?"

"You know how he died, don't you?"

"A car accident? Wasn't it?"

"Well, there was an accident but the cause of his death was overdose. It was somewhat covered because a lot of rich kids, prominent families, were involved."

"Why did you never mention it?"

"Because Finn… how do you say to a kid that the brother he has lost had become a drug addict? How do you explain it to a child?"

"But I am not a child anymore."

"To me, you'll always be a child Finn. I raised you."

Finn smiled at her. He somewhat understood she had wanted to protect him. Maybe if he had known, he wouldn't have taken drugs himself… Well, not that much anyway. He would try to slow down, he honestly wanted to for her. For the only person that cared.

"Now, let's get down for breakfast." His grandmother said and they left the room and closed the door.

Later that morning, after showering, Finn thought he would send Lorelei an email. After his grandmother she might be the only ones that would talk about Johnathan. His parents never were around much for it and when they were, they always avoided talking about him.

To: Lorelei

From: Finn

Object: Thank you for the lift

Hello Lorelei,

I wanted to thank you for the lift and the talk yesterday. When I mentioned to my grandmother that I had met you yesterday she mentioned that she remembered you. If I am not mistaken, she liked you very much. Did you know that my brother had a picture of you holding me in his room? I had never seen it. Why didn't you mention that we had met?

We talked about Johnathan with my grandmother and she mentioned that she thinks you had kept in contact with him when you ran away. Is that true? Did you know of his life in College?

I am now at Yale, same College he went to. But I know nothing of his life there. And before, I was in either in Australia or in boarding school. Before College, our lives were completely different. Even our relationship with our parents is completely different. He seemed too closed to them, they were proud. I'm only an annoyance to them, the accident child that has become the heir by accident. I want to know more about him. Any information would help.

I am leaving tomorrow going on a boat trip with my friends. But I will have access to Internet so I would really like to keep in touch.

Thanks again!

Finn Morgan.

Lorelei woke up before Rory the next morning. She prepared enough coffee for both of them and she left to bring hangover food for Rory. She knew her daughter would not be at her best in the morning. When she got back it was still quiet so she looked at her emails. She was expecting some news on Inn front. She was surprised to have an email from Finn. She had expected him not to take her offer to keep in touch.

She smiled at the thought of Johnathan's grandmother remembering her. She remembered quite vividly the woman. She had a thick accent, not like Johnathan. She was a no nonsense woman; very motherly. She was taking care of Finn from his birth, she showed her how to bath a baby, how to change a diaper… she owed the lady a lot for her being able to take care of Rory. Maybe she could drop by later and just thank her for her influence. But it would be weird; it was quite a flashback to her teenage years. She decided to answer him.

From: Lorelei

To: Finn

Object: Re:Thank you for the lift.

Morning Finn,

I am glad you took up my offer to write. I am surprised that you did so quickly though. I remember your grandmother. She was such a loving woman. She would always have something for us to eat when we got back from school. I was thinking of maybe dropping by tomorrow morning. Would you mind? What time are you leaving?

Did you know Rory and I are also leaving tomorrow… we are heading to Europe for the summer. We are going, backpacking through Europe for the summer. We'll be staying in small inns or in Youth Hostelling facilities. I wanted to do that before I got pregnant. It will be different doing it with Rory compared to my original plan with my boyfriend but right now, there is no one I would rather do it with. Where exactly are you going? How many of you are on this yachting trip?

Anyhow, you were asking about your brother. Well, he was the life of the party. Everywhere he was; he was center stage. He did drink and liked doing pranks more than most. At the same time, he always made sure we were ok. He always seemed to know when I had issues at home. He would always find the right words. I often left my house at night and ended in your brother's bedroom for the night. But no, nothing ever happened. We were friends, very close but never more. I know he would have wanted more, but he respected that I wanted it so. He was caring, a lot like your grandmother. He did have a good relationship with your parents, better than mine for sure. But at the same time, he did not always agree with them. He hated that your mom preferred working as a volunteer instead of taking care of you; still he knew that your grandmother was great with you. He loved going to your father's office.

I've got to go, I hear Rory waking up. Let me know if it is ok that I drop by.

Your surrogate Big Sis. (Johnathan used to call me his little sister…)

Lorelei

With that, Lorelei went to see if Rory was fine. She was still sleeping so Lorelei went out to get some hangover food for Rory and Large Coffees. When she came back, Rory was still sleeping. She hoped she would get up soon otherwise one large very good coffee would go to waste. While she was waiting, she thought maybe Finn would like to have someone seeing him off for his trip and why not bringing him a little something for his trip. She surely would have done it for Rory.

The next morning Lorelei got up early and started to run errands to create a gift box for Finn. She thought of putting in there some useful stuff, stuff three 20 years old might not thought would be useful. For sure, they had someone on the yacht cooking so she would not have any real food in there. At 10h30, she was at Finn's door. He had said he would be leaving around 11 as he wanted to spend some time with his grandmother before going. Anyhow, here she was as nervous to ring the bell as when she was going home. Not nervous for the same thing, it was good nervous, still she did not know how she would be received. It did not take long for the door to open.

As an old lady opened the door, it took both of them a minute to recognize each other.

"Miss Lorelei Gilmore!" The older lady said smiling.

"Gran! Can I still call you Gran?" Lorelei asked feeling a bit ill at ease.

"Come in girl… and of course you can. It's been so long. I heard you drove Finn back home yesterday?"

"It's bee sixteen years. And for Finn, it was nothing… he was the great one driving Rory home."

"Yes, I heard. Is Rory with you? I haven't seen even a picture of her since, well, since you disappeared."

"No, she is at home probably packing right now. She does not really know Finn, she surely do not remember him."

"Oh, he did not know her?"

"No, she's a friend of Madeline, from School.

"Oh. Did you want to see Finn?" Gran asked seeing the box beside Lorelei.

"Yes, but I also wanted to see you. I … I want to say I am sorry for your loss. I was at his funeral you know. I couldn't help but feeling responsible."

"Oh, sweets, you had nothing to do with it. I know you kept in touch, and yes, he did miss you and Chris being in his life but you did not make him do the choices he did."

"I know now. Then, I felt terrible. He came and saw Rory and me twice that year. He was so angry at Christopher for bailing on me and her."

The older lady smiled hearing this. She knew he must have had offered to take over for Chris. In a way, she was glad Lorelei had said no. Johnathan and she were quite the same but she wanted out of Society and Johnathan liked the idea of taking over his father's business. It would have been a constant struggle. And he did not love him like this, she knew.

"You know he asked me to marry him. He wanted to take care of Rory and me instead of Christopher. I couldn't let him ruin his life like this. I…" Lorelei did not finish her sentence.

"You did not love the boy Lorelei. You did the right thing."

"Did I?" Lorelei looked into her eyes and saw a reassuring smile.

"Of course you did! Look at yourself now! And please, tell me you have some pictures of the little Rory."

On that they sat in the living room and Lorelei showed Mrs. Johnson the pictures she had on her. After about 15 minutes Finn made his way to the living room with suitcases in hands. He was surprised to see Lorelei sitting there and talking to his Grandmother.

"Heu Mrs. Gilmore?"

"Finn, I told you to call me Lorelei. How are you? Excited for the coming trip?" Lorelei asked

He smiled.

"Yes, Still I hate to leave Gran here alone for the summer. We usually spend most of it together."

"Now boy… we discussed it earlier. I am pretty capable of taking care of myself. I am heading back home on Friday and there, I will go back to my routine until you join me late august."

Finn smiled at her and he sat with the two women. The three of them talked animatedly. For the first time, he was hearing things about his brother. For the first time he understood that Johnathan was more than this perfect son his father always compared him to. It was hard following a ghost. No matter what he was doing, it was always as good as Johnathan when his parents were concerned. His grandmother though, she never compared the two. Now, he saw the mischievous look he was used to when in Australia. His Gran was happy to have someone to talk to about Johnathan and this was brought on by Lorelei.

Around 11h30 he could not stay anymore. Logan and Colin would be waiting for him to leave at noon.

"Well, Ladies, I would love to stay and entertain you some more but I have to call a cab to go to the docks."

"Nonsense, I will drive you!" Lorelei said. "Would you like to come?" She asked Mrs. Morgan.

Finn looked at his Grandmother hoping she would say yes. He would never admit it to his friends but he liked the idea of someone seeing him off.

"I'd love to." The older lady said and they headed toward Lorelei's Jeep.

"Oh, I almost forgot my box." Lorelei said as she saw it beside the door.

She picked it up and looked at Finn.

"That is a little surprise box for you Finn. Open it tonight on the boat." She said smiling mischievously.

Lorelei picked it up since Finn had his hand full already and the three of then headed to the Jeep. They were a bit cramped since Finn had two really large suitcases but they made it. Arriving on the docks, Finn met with Logan and Finn invited his grandmother to visit the yacht. He knew she would feel less worried about his trip knowing where he would be. Lorelei stayed behind as she did not want to intrude on family time.

After more or less 15 minutes, they were back on the docks. Finn hugged his grandmother one last time and kissed her goodbye. He then turned to Lorelei and hugged her too.

"Thank you for dropping by this morning. It is really nice to have someone seeing me off."

"Oh, it was my pleasure… I just thought what I would do if Rory was leaving for a year… I would want to spend every last minute I could with her."

"Well, you should say that to my parents." He said with a harsh tone in his voice.

Lorelei saw the pain in his eyes and it reminded her of how she felt with her own parents… He would learn not to care so much… then again; she still cared so much of what her parents think.

Finn went back on the boat and they were ready to leave. As the boat started to leave the docks, Lorelei and Mrs. Morgan waved him off until they could not make him out. For the first time in his life someone other than his grandmother seemed to care for him and it made him feel hopeful that maybe, just maybe life could be more than partying and the obligation of family. Maybe some people just cared with no reason; maybe he was worth being loved.

On the docks, Lorelei hugged Mrs. Morgan and they went back to the Jeep. They did not talk for a little while and as they were making their way back to the Morgan's house, Lorelei noticed the older lady was crying.

"Are you OK Gran?"

"I will be… I feel like I just sent my baby off to war. Since Johnathan, I am more wary of what can happen with those boys. They can be so reckless."

Lorelei sighed. She knew what she was saying.

"Although I understand you, these are Finn's friends and I think they only want the best for him. Haven't he known them for a while now?"

"Five years. But they can get into so much trouble."

Lorelei thought back to her years and the people around them. Yes, rich kids were reckless and they always got out of trouble. She understood the worries of the woman beside her… she would have the same worries for Rory if she left on her own. But Rory was responsible and did not do reckless things… Finn, well he felt he had nothing to lose… then again, if he took care of Rory, she thought he would be fine. She would make sure of it by keeping in touch no matter what… if something happened to Finn, it would be like she had given up once more on Johnathan.