AN: I'm still trying to get the hang of this so bear with me...thank you Kylie14 for my first review! I'm going to try and update as regularly as possible, it should be easy with school almost done!!

I hated waiting, mom and…dad(?) Wow that's weird, have been down in the kitchen for over an hour now. Don't get me wrong, it's not like I didn't have anything to do its just well, who could concentrate? The sole fact that it was my dad down there (even if it was unofficially announced to me I still knew) was just completely mind blowing. "Talk about an early birthday gift." I whispered to myself.

"Your birthday is soon love?" it was Finn standing in my doorway. I just smiled and nodded, suddenly words did not want to make a sentence for me.

"How old are you turning anyway?" His dad mode had kicked in, you can automatically tell. I remembered when Papa Luke told me the story of Zach freaking out because Lane was about to have the twins, luckily he calmed Zach right before they took Lane to the hospital. As I giggled at the memory Finn gave me a very questioning look.

"I'll be eighteen December 17."

"Wow, I was right then," he smiled, "so we never got you that coffee."

"Nope but I felt that other matters took precedent in that situation." He started laughing; now it was my turn to give him the questioning look.

"You sound just like Rory…I mean your mom." He got that look on his face again, the one where he couldn't believe this was happening.

"Ya she said that I inherited her book smarts and my wit from her but my partying style from my dad…" I trailed off at the last part. I almost forgot that we hadn't figured out this whole mess yet. But when I looked at him when I said dad he got this huge smile on his face, that had to be a good sign right?

"So," he was quick to change the subject, "what were you rambling about earlier about the fight with our mom?" he moved closer into my room and leaned up against my desk.

"Umm..." how was I going to explain this? Ya I yelled at mom for not telling me who you are, I mean almost 18 years of not having a dad I thought it would be a nice change to actually HAVE one. No, I can't say that, that would be a little too sarcastic for my taste. "Nothing really, I guess I was just caffeine deprived." Try as I might but I am not a good lair. Nana says I get Bambi eyes which is her nice way of telling me I look like a deer in the headlights.

"Valencia..." I had to cut him off, no one calls me by my full name except my great-grandparents and mom when she is mad at me.

"Just V, none of this formal of the name" He laughed at the reprimand, its weird I do sound just like mom.

"Ok V. Rory told me why you fought." He didn't seem mad or upset that I would just run away from her like that.

"Am I in trouble? She normally doesn't go for the whole run away thing...it reminds her of Jess I think." I was rambling again, but this time i stopped myself so i was getting better.

"I don't think your in trouble love, but she does want to talk to you." he sounded sincere so I knew it was safe.

"Mmk lets go." I grabbed a hold of his wrist again for the second time today, this time he pulled away though.

"I have been instructed to wait up here and if you two aren't done in a half hour then order Chinese." and he backed away from me while bowing. Now thats the Finn that Uncle Logan always talked about. As I got to the kitchen a cup of coffee was already out for me, mom was drinking hers already.

"So Finn says I'm not in trouble?" I asked timidly, I broke her zone session though, she startled at sudden appearance.

"No, because your Nana would have my head if I grounded you for bringing home THAT Australian." its nice to hear that mom hasn't lost all of her sense of humor.

"And what kind of connections does this Australian have to do with us?" I asked in my best great-gran Emily tone that Nana calls my society voice.

Mom just laughed and said casually, "Well out of all of the millions of people living in NY you just happened to bring home your father."