Rory and Finn woke slowly Friday morning having spent the night curled up together in blissful sleep. Finn had taken the day off, since all of the campaign activities were over for the week, and Rory just needed to write her article over the previous night's events by noon.

Finn had just begun to open his eyes when he felt Rory snuggling in closer to him, their bodies pressed together. They hadn't even bothered with clothes before falling asleep last night. He tightened his arms around her and laid there half awake, half asleep, and relishing the feeling of having her next to him. They'd woke up next to each other three days in a row, and he couldn't help but think of how much he was going to miss this when she had to leave the next day.

He was pulled from his thoughts when he felt Rory scoot out of bed and heard her pad toward the bathroom. She emerged a few minutes later wearing only Finn's dress shirt from last night, and he almost lost all self control right then.

"If you're going to run around the room looking like that I'm going to have to drag you back to bed, kitten," he teased.

"Give me five minutes to make coffee and I'll willingly come back to bed with you," she shot back with a wink as she walked toward the kitchen.

Rory returned a few minutes later with two cups of coffee and set them on the nightstand before sliding back in bed with Finn.

"So, last night was…" she began.

"Indeed it was, love," Finn smirked.

"I was thinking, though, perhaps we should see if it's still just as amazing the next morning?" she flirted.

"I thought you'd never ask," Finn said with a sly grin as he unbuttoned his shirt that she was wearing and pulled her on top of him.

They were both breathless and smiling half an hour later, her head laying on his chest and his arms around her tightly.

"I must say, still just as amazing for me this morning," Finn said, his voice still husky.

"Most definitely," Rory replied. "Now, unfortunately I really do need to go work on my article."

"How about we go down to your room and grab all of your stuff to bring up here and I go next door and grab breakfast for us while you work? You've spent every night in my room since Tuesday; I highly doubt you'll spend tonight in your own room. I can have the front desk check you out and we'll save your boss the cost of one night's stay."

"Sure, sounds great," Rory replied, looking around the room for clothes. "Crap. All I have is my dress from last night, and I really don't want to go back downstairs in that."

Finn got up and crossed the room to his suitcase and removed a pair of sweats and a t-shirt.

"Here you go, kitten. You can wear these," he said as he handed them to her.

She slid on the offered sweats and t-shirt and grabbed her room key as Finn threw on jeans and a t-shirt.

"I can't believe I'm leaving the room like this," Rory laughed. "Here, will you put my phone in your pocket? I don't have any pockets for it."

"I happen to think you look quite enticing in my clothes," Finn teased as he put her phone in his pocket and took her hand and they walked back to the elevator.

Fortunately, their timing seemed to be perfect, and they didn't run into anyone on the way into Rory's room. She and Finn packed up her belongings quickly and and slid on her slippers for the trip back up and they arrived back in his suite less than fifteen minutes after they'd left. Finn dropped Rory's bags in the bedroom and came back to the living room to see her already settled in with her laptop and her cup of coffee. He crossed the room to where she was sitting and kissed her softly.

"I'll go check you out and grab breakfast and will be right back, kitten."

"Thank you so much!" she called out, barely looking up from her keyboard as her fingers flew over the keys.

Finn just shook his head and chuckled at her as he walked out of the room. He stopped by the front desk and checked Rory out of her room and made sure that nothing required his attention and then walked to the cafe next door, ordering breakfast. As he stood there he heard an unfamiliar ringtone in his pocket and pulled Rory's phone out to see "Mom" on the caller ID. He looked at it for a minute and decided against answering it, but when she called back twice more in quick succession he became worried that something might be wrong.

"Rory's phone," Finn answered.

"It might be my daughter's phone, but you certainly aren't my daughter," Lorelai teased. "You must be the hot new boyfriend that my daughter's been talking about all week."

"I...uh...well, I am the new boyfriend. I hope I'm the one she's been talking about," Finn chuckled. "I'm Finn. Nice to talk to you, Lorelai."

"Nice to talk to you too, Aussie. Now, why are you answering my daughter's phone?"

"Oh, she asked me to put it in my pocket earlier because she had on pants without pockets and I forgot about it when I walked next door to grab breakfast for the two of us. When you called three times I was afraid that something might be wrong."

"No, nothing's wrong. I just wanted the scoop on last night, but I'm guessing I won't be able to get that out of you, will I?" Lorelai asked with a laugh.

"No, I don't suppose you will. She's working on her article right now, and then I think we're headed Lincoln Park Zoo, but I'll have her call you before we leave if that's okay?"

"That would be perfect. It was great talking with you, Finn."

"It was nice talking with you, too, Lorelai. Hey, if it's not too much to ask, can I give you my cell number? I'd hate for something to happen to Rory and for you to be unable to get in touch with me."

"Wow, ten points for the Aussie. Takes good care of my daughter and cares enough to want to be there should something happen to her. Sure, what's your number?" Lorelai asked. She wrote down the number that Finn gave her and gave him her number as well.

"Well, I'll let you get back to getting breakfast. Try to see if you can come with my dear offspring next time she gets a break and comes home. I'd really like to meet you, Finn. I haven't heard Rory this happy in a long time, and it sounds like you're great for her."

"Wow, thank you, Lorelai. I'll make sure I can come with her next time she's home. Enjoy your day," Finn replied as he hung up the phone and grabbed their breakfast from the counter.

Finn entered the room to find Rory still in the zone and quietly sat a cup of coffee and her breakfast down next to her, making himself comfortable on the couch as well.

"How's it going, kitten?"

"Good, I'm almost done. Just two more minutes," Rory replied, her brow knitted as she focused on her work. She finished a couple of minutes later and put her laptop down.

"Alright, I'm all yours now," she said as she kissed him. "Thank you so much for breakfast!"

"My pleasure, love. Hey, your Mom called while I was out getting breakfast," he said as he handed her cell phone to her. "I wasn't going to answer, but when she called three times in a row I got concerned and answered. Apparently she just wanted to know how last night went," Finn added with a smirk.

"Oh, I'm sure she did," Rory laughed. "I'll call her after we finish breakfast. Was she at least nice to you?"

"She was very nice," Finn answered.

"No, really. How was she?"

"She was nice, love, I promise. In fact, she seems to have a nickname for me already, she asked me to come home with you next time you're there, she said she thinks I'm good for you, and she gave me ten points for caring about you," he said as he smiled at her puzzled look. "Why do you look so surprised?"

"She never likes my boyfriends, and she hated Logan because he's from society. I'm just really surprised that she was nice."

"Well, I'll try to stay on her good side," Finn laughed.

They finished their breakfast and Finn took a quick shower while Rory called her mom back.

"Lorelai's house of ill repute," Lorelai answered the phone.

"Morning, Mom!" Rory replied in a sing-song voice.

"You sound awfully happy this morning, daughter. Would I be correct in guessing that last night went well?"

"You would indeed," Rory giggled.

"And are you going to tell Mommy how it was?" Lorelai asked in mock exasperation.

"Mom! I'm not going into the details of my sex life with you!"

"Ah, I'm so proud. My daughter finally has a sex life again! Come on, just tell Mommy if it was good."

"You're not going to quit asking me, are you?"

"Nope, I'm not," Lorelai answered.

"Then let's just say that I'm extremely happy and satisfied," Rory said with a laugh.

"Sounds like the boyfriend is talented in addition to being hot and exotic," Lorelai teased.

"Mom! Moving on now, okay? Finn should be out of the shower any minute now and we're going to head to the zoo after I get ready. I'll talk to you tomorrow, okay?"

"Geez, abandon your phone call with Mommy to spend time with lover boy. Fine, I see where your allegiance lies! This is the thanks I get for giving birth to you."

"Alright, you're cut off. I love you, Mom. Talk to you later," Rory chuckled as she hung up the phone.

Rory showered while Finn got dressed and then she quickly got ready for their day out. They walked hand-in-hand to the zoo, enjoying the cool September day together. They enjoyed a carefree day together, visiting the animal habitats, riding the carousel and train, and enjoying hotdogs from a street cart vendor. Rory couldn't remember the last day that she felt so free and so incredibly happy. Finn seemed to bring out her light, carefree side; he had her laughing one minute and on fire from his intense kisses and touch the next.

"Finn?" she asked as they collapsed onto the couch in his suite after returning from the zoo and dinner.

"Hmm?"

"Thank you."

"For what, kitten?"

"For this entire week. It's the first time I've felt like my life was normal since sometime before graduation. It's been so amazing spending this week with you," she said as she scooted close to him and laid her head on his chest.

"This week has been amazing for me too, love. I'm going to be sad to see you get on that bus tomorrow."

"I'm going to hate it too, Finn," she said sadly.

"How about I run downstairs and grab us some dessert and coffee while you finish packing what you can get together, and when I come back we'll enjoy dessert and refuse to acknowledge the fact that you're leaving in twelve hours?"

"You do know the way to this girl's heart!" Rory cooed.

"Apparently I do," Finn chuckled. "Hey, while I'm gone, email me your travel schedule for the rest of the campaign, okay?"

Finn disappeared out the door after a quick kiss and Rory opened her laptop to email her schedule to Finn and look through their upcoming stops. Before she knew it, he had returned with two huge slices of chocolate layer cake and a carafe of coffee.

"I come bearing chocolate!" Finn declared as he sat down next to her and handed her a piece of cake. "Is that your schedule, love?"

"Yep, that's it," Rory replied.

"Let's see," he said as he turned the laptop toward him and began eating his cake. "It actually looks like you'll be spending a decent amount of time in the northeast."

"Yep, I will. Maybe I'll be able to manage a few day trips to visit you."

"You let me worry about travel, kitten."

"Finn, really, you've already done so much…" Rory began.

"I'm not asking you, Ror. I have a private jet and hotel rooms anywhere at my disposal. If I can't use my status to come visit my girlfriend while she's making a name for herself then what good is it? I don't work weekends, so I'll come visit you most weekends, and I'd love it if you'd stay with me when you're in New York next month."

"You're really serious?" Rory asked as she turned to look at him.

"I'm really serious," he replied with a wink. "Why do you look so surprised?"

"I don't know. I guess I'm not really used to having a boyfriend who makes me a priority and is willing to rearrange his life for me. I mean, even with Logan, I had to fit into his life instead of the other way around. And we've seriously only been dating a week. I guess I just didn't expect you to be so committed to this and serious about us after only a week," Rory answered.

"Is that a problem?"

"No! Not at all. It's wonderful; I'm just surprised. It's a good surprised, though," she answered quickly.

"In the interest of full disclosure, I wouldn't be this serious about anyone else after only a week, but I've had a thing for you since the day we met you in the hall outside your suite when you were hanging up posters for Professor Fleming's wake," Finn confessed.

"You did? Why didn't you ever say anything, before Logan and I started seeing each other?"

"He'd made his intentions of pursuing you known before I could say anything, and we have a rule about not pursuing the same girls."

"Wow. I had no idea."

"That was kind of the point, kitten," he chuckled.

"Well, I'm certainly glad you were in Chicago this week," Rory said as she turned to crawl into Finn's lap and began kissing him.

"So...am...I...kitten," he replied in between kisses. He picked her up and carried her to the bed where they stayed up half the night making up for the time they were going to miss each other after she left the next morning.