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"Finn give me your hand." Rory instructed.
"What? No. I can't."
"Finn just give it to me." She said firmly.
"But if I'm holding your hand they'll know everything."
"No they won't." she grabbed the hand closest to her and the door swung open.
"Rory, hello. Lovely to see you." Emily said. She then turned to Finn. "Oh, and you must be Flynn."
"Finn Grandma. His name is Finn. And you've met him before. Remember at your party a few weeks ago? He was there."
"Oh, yes of course. Come in both of you." She stepped back to let them in.
"It's good to see you again Mrs. Gilmore, you look very well." Finn said, standing uncomfortably in the foyer.
"Thank you Finn. Rory your mother and Luke aren't here yet. Of course Lorelai must have an audience when she enters." Emily walked in to the living room, where Richard sat reading the paper.
"Richard, Rory and her friend are here."
"Oh, Rory. Excellent." He stood and hugged her, the frowned at the young man beside her. Just then the doorbell rang.
"I'll get that." Emily turned from the group.
"Finn Morgan, Mr Gilmore, pleasure to meet you. " Finn said holding out his hand.
"Yes, yes. Well, what do you do young man?'
"I'm a student at Yale." He replied. Just then Lorelai walked into the room with her mother and Luke. Emily quickly excused herself to check on dinner.
"Hey dad." Her father nodded at her while continuing to scrutinise Finn. "Rory, Finn, having a good time?"
"Hi mom. Yeah we're doing great." Rory replied sarcastically. She had known from personal experience that this couldn't go perfectly. But she'd hoped it would go better than the last two introductory dinners.
"And what is your major" Richard continued his interrogation.
"Alcoholic beverages." Lorelai muttered, Luke tried to cover her mouth. He knew what this felt like.
"Oh, um-"
"Richard, I was thinking we should play golf again soon." Luke interrupted. He had hated playing golf with Lorelai's father, but surely Finn didn't deserve this.
"Excellent idea Luke. Now, about your studies young man."
"Grandpa, I was reading something the other day that I thought you might find interesting."
"Hmm?" he was distracted for a moment and Finn was finally able to sit down with the rest of them.
"Yeah, uh, it was by this Australian author. Um-"
"Oh, has anyone been watching the Australian Biggest Loser competition? It's hilarious." Lorelai laughed. She was the only one.
"Yeah, we have a few big people back home." Finn added quietly. Richard looked at him.
"You're not an American?" Richard asked.
"What. Dad, you couldn't tell from the accent?" Lorelai asked sarcastically.
"No sir. I'm Australian. I was raised there and came here for college. My father had moved out here a few years before me and I stayed with him for my first semester until my friends and I decided to get our own place."
"Well dinner should be ready any minute now." Emily entered the room from the kitchen.
Somehow, Lorelai managed to make the conversation about the inn, and how well everything was going. When the maid entered to announce that dinner was served, Finn breathed a sigh of relief.
'At least everyone will be eating for awhile, so I won't get anymore questions.'
The door closed and Finn almost fell to the ground.
"Oh my God. That was horrible." He said as the four of them walked to their cars.
"It wasn't so bad." Rory replied.
"Your grandfather hates me. It was bad."
"Finn, trust me, it could have been worse." Luke told him.
"Really? How?" he asked. Somehow he didn't think they would have an answer.
"Well at least Dad spoke to you. The first time Dean came over, he mostly just glared. You have an upper hand here – you go to college, Rory's last two boyfriends don't."
"And at least you didn't get stuck with playing golf with Richard." Luke added.
"But you suggested that." Finn replied.
"Only to distract him from you, I've been before and it was really bad."
"On the bright side." Rory spoke up. "We all made it through the dinner without any fighting. And everyone lived." She was happy that Lorelai and Luke were trying to make Finn feel better, reassure him that it wasn't the worst thing that could have happened.
They drove home, and that idea kept a smile on her face as she fell asleep.
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