The next morning Frankie was the first one up as usual. She went straight for the coffee. Although this morning Frankie had a little extra pep her step. She was in such a good mood she thought she would make breakfast.

"Frankie, are you making breakfast?" Rory walked into kitchen, grabbed a cup of coffee.

"Yes"

"Why? It's so early, why are you cooking?"

"Eh, I don't know, just felt in the mood for pancakes. What some, there's bacon too?"

"I would not turn down food." Rory looked at Frankie, she was smiling from ear to ear. "You're awfully chipper there Frankie, what did you do last night?"

"Just had a movie night." Just then Steph walked in.

"What is all this?" Steph asked looking around the kitchen.

"Frankie decided to cook us breakfast. I was just asking her why she was in such a good mood. She says she just had a movie night" Rory sat down on one of the stools at the kitchen counter.

"Hmmm" Steph looked at Frankie. "What?" Frankie asked. "Spill Gilmore" Steph said to Frankie.

"Okay, okay, I did have a movie night. I may have had a visitor stop by, we may have watched the movie together and we may have made out for a little bit." Frankie smiled at she looked at Rory and Steph.

"OMG! You kissed Finn!" Steph yelled clapping her hands excitedly.

"No one said anything about Finn." Frankie corrected Steph.

"Are you really going to sit here and tell me it wasn't Finn?" Steph asked.

Frankie had a big smile on her face. "NO! It was Finn!"

Rory started clapping her hands too. "Our Finn, you made out with our Finn."

"There's only one Finn Rory" Frankie laughed.

"This is true" Rory smiled. "Tell us everything"

All three girls were sitting at the counter when Frankie went on to tell them how Finn stopped by to go out but then she said she was having a movie night, he stayed and then he kissed her.

"He just came over and kissed you? Awww, that's so cute." Rory said.

"It's about time. I'm surprised it took him this long. He must really like you." Steph said grabbing more bacon.

"It's obvious he likes her Steph. He's been crushing on her since they met." Rory laughed.

Frankie just sat there still smiling. "Oh did I mention we made plans for Friday night to go out?"

Meanwhile at the boys apartment. Finn was in an equally good mood as he walked out into the living room.

"We don't have plans for Friday night do we?" He asked Logan.

"Not that I'm aware of. Why you got a hot date or something?" Logan smirked at him.

"As a matter of fact I do" Finn grinned at him.

"Really?" Logan jumped off the couch. "Someone actually agreed to go out with you on a real date, just you and a girl?"

"Someone indeed did my friend."

Just then Colin walked in. "Someone indeed what? What did I miss?"

Logan chimed in "Some girl actually agreed to go out with Finn."

"What? Who would be such a fool" Colin laughed.

"Laugh all you want guys, but this Friday I shall be taking out the beautiful Francesca" Finn said smiling from ear to ear.

"Logan, look our boy here, he's all grown up. We're so proud of you son" Colin walked over and slapped Finn on the back.

Logan got up and looked at Finn. "Finn, I know you've been wanting this but if you hurt her, I'm going to have to hear it from Rory and Steph. You're one of my best friends, I don't want to have to hurt you."

Finn looked at them both. "I like Frankie, I really do. I know, I know, it's only been a few weeks but somethings different with her. She talks to me, like really talks not just about drinking and partying, like actual life events. Then we sat there last night watching a movie and I just held her in my arms and that was great too. Like I felt something without saying anything."

"Woah Finn, that was deep shit coming from you" Colin looked at Finn with a very curious look on his face. "I'm happy for you, we're both happy for you. I hope you and Frankie can make a go of it. I like her, she fits right in with us."

Later that day Frankie was sitting at a café by school. She wanted to go over her plans for the "Winter Ball" as she was now calling it. Emily and Lorelei had been such a big help already. The caterers were set, Sookie St. James was in charge of dessert, and Aunt Emily was sending her a list of people who had to be invited. Invitations should be out next week she thought. First she thought was dinner with her dad and Austin on Thursday, she wanted to run the idea past her dad. She knew deep down he wouldn't say no but sometimes the memories of mom were just too much for him to handle and he closed off. That's why she thought this was such a good idea, she could help others in memory of her mom. Frankie knew her mom didn't want them to wallow in grief, it took all of them months to move on even when they knew the end was coming. Nothing prepares you for it. This was her way of coping, by helping others. She finished up what she had to do and decided to head home.

A few days later Frankie drove up to her childhood home, she smiled. This just wasn't a house, this was home. There were so many great memories in this house she thought. Cameron and Jacqueline Gilmore were the best parents. She would never deny the fact that they had money and had more luxuries than most kids had growing up but her parents never let them forget that you had to work for what you wanted, not everything could be handed to you. Never let anyone look down on you and never look down on someone was what her mom tried to instill in her from a very early age. She got out of the car, walked in the house.

"Anybody home?" Frankie yelled.

"Francesca is that you?" Her dad yelled back.

"You have another daughter coming I should know about it?" Frankie laughed as she ran into the living room. "Dad!" she yelled running to him. He picked her up off the ground giving her the biggest hug.

"I missed you kid!"

"I missed you daddy!"

"Let me look at you" He put Frankie down looked at her. She looked different he thought, she looked happy, he could see it in her eyes, he hadn't seen that for a long time.

"You look good Frankie, really good." Her dad hugged her one more time.

"I feel good dad, living by school has been great, Rory and Steph, I can't say enough. They are the sisters I never thought I wanted." Frankie smiled "Where's Austin?"

"He's in the study, had some work he wanted to finish up. So Emily came to see me at work the other day"

"Oh god" Frankie sighed. Just then Austin walked in. "Hey sis!" Austin walked over to Frankie and picked her up to hug her, spinned her around a few times. "Aren't you looking fabulous as always?" Frankie smiled at him.

"So I was just telling your sister Emily came to see me the other day." Cameron looked at his children. "She didn't tell me what it was about but that I should keep an open mind, care to elaborate?"

Frankie looked at Austin, "I got this one, better to just get it over with." She walked over to her dad, they both sat down "So I was thinking that maybe we could start a charity in mom's name." When her father didn't stop her she kept talking, "I need to do this dad, I've already started getting everything set up. You won't have to do anything but show up and put on that handsome smile of yours."

Cameron took Frankie's hand "Why didn't you come to me first? Have I ever told you no? Would you have done this if I said no?"

Frankie looked straight at her dad "Yes, I would have done this without you. I wouldn't want to but I would have. This is something I need to do, you have to understand that. I've already started, I couldn't wait. We'll be giving money to cancer research but I want to do more. I want to help families who are currently going through what we went through."

"This is a lot to take on." Cameron thought about it for a moment. "But if anyone can do it, you can. I know you can. You get your stubbornness from your mother, it's one of things I loved about her, she never backed down from something she really wanted. I'm just sorry you felt like you couldn't come to me first."

Austin stepped in "We just weren't sure dad, I wasn't even sure at first but I think we should do this. I want to bring something positive to mom's death. This is a start. Mom's death hit us all hard dad, we've come so far but we're still healing. I think this is a step in the right direction."

Cameron stood up and went and got a drink. Austin looked at Frankie, she walked over to him. "I'm taking care of everything. Aunt Emily and Lorelei have been a great help since I talked them last week. Lorelei wasn't at dinner but Rory filled in her in and she was more than happy to help. You just need to bring your handsome self." Frankie hugged her dad "I promise this is going to be great."

Frankie walked into the apartment a few hours later, she went straight to her room. She stayed longer than she thought she would but after dinner, once they all started talking, they couldn't stop. It was just like old times. Before she went to bed her phone went off, she smiled.

Finn-Hope dinner went well

Frankie-It did, better than I thought. I'll tell you all about it tomorrow night.

Finn-We still good for 8?

Frankie-I'll be ready. Just so you know, I'm really excited for tomorrow.

Finn-Me too.