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Chapitre 14 : First snow
From : Stephanie
To : Logan
Object : We do miss you
Hi Logan,
I know I have refused to talk to you lately. Nonetheless, I miss you. I really wish you'd realize that you what happened was because you couldn't accept that Rory moved on, or that she did with Finn. Honestly, you should see them together, If you did, you would not doubt their relationship. Please learn to accept it and get in touch with them.
We miss you. Honor has been in contact with us so we know what is going on. I also know Colin keeps in contact with you secretly (well not so secretly since I know). Please do not mention it but Rory asked me to try to help things up between you and Finn but I think you should do the first step. You need to make amends, the ball is in your camp. But I don't know if Finn will accept your excuses, worth to try though… you guys need each other.
Try to come for the coming holidays I would like to see you and meet Matthew.
Your Friend,
Stephanie.
From : Logan
To : Stephanie and Colin
Object : Re: We do miss you
Hi Stephanie,
I was really happy to read your email. It means a lot that you contacted me. In the last month or so I did do a lot of thinking and tried numerous times to contact Finn. I am sorry for what I said to Rory. I did not have the right to instill doubts on her relationship with Finn. But, with everything that was going on, I was jealous. I know I screwed up my own relationship with both of them. I am sorry. And I do want to mend things with them. I will send them an email and let them contact me afterwards.
Things are rough in the house but going fine at work. Bobbie is getting better but still has a hard time taking care of Matthew. I do hope she will be getting better soon cause she is missing so much. Matthew changes everyday. He really is the most precious.
I will arrange to be there around Christmas.
Your friend, Logan
From : Logan
To : Finn; Rory
Object : I really am sorry guys
Hello Guys,
I know you don't want to hear from me right now. I am really sorry for putting a doubt into your relationship. It was by accident, but you were right, I still do have trouble accepting that you, Rory, is moving on. I am still not 100% ok with it but I am getting there. I do wish you all the happiness both of you deserve and I hope we can get pass this.
My life currently is quite crazy. I don't know if you've heard about it. I work most of the time, I had to hire a nanny since Bobbie is currently in Postpartum depression. She is getting better but still not enough to be left alone with Matthew. When I am home, I take care of the little guy and it is wonderful.
I will be in the Hartford area for the Holidays with Matthew, not sure if Bobbie will come too I would like to meet with you guys, if you are OK with it. I miss both of you.
Take care and I am sorry, really sorry.
Your friend, Logan
From : Finn
To : Logan
Cc: Rory
Object : Re : I really am sorry guys
Hi mate,
I am glad that you've contacted us Logan. I am getting to a place I can forgive but I need to make sure that you understand that Rory and I are the real deal. We are serious with our relationship and you need to come to terms with it. I will be happy to see you for a beer over the holiday but I can't answer for Rory, she'll answer you herself.
I am sorry your life is a mess right now. I'm sure everything will solve itself in time. Take care of the little huntz.
Your friend, Finn
From : Rory
To : Logan
CC : Finn
Object : Re : I really am sorry guys.
Hi Logan,
I am glad that you have taken the lead on re-establishing contact with us. I do wish that Finn and you will be able to get back to where you were before. Finn is quite different than he was in college. You need to accept the man he has become. You'll see he is a wonderful friend and he just want to be there for you. At this time, I prefer keeping my distance but once I can be reassured that you have accepted my relationship with Finn, I will be glad to be your friend.
I really do wish Bobbie will get better and that you'll both be able to move on which ever way you decide to.
Rory.
From : Finn
To : Rory
Object : I love you!
Hello Love,
I just read the email you sent to Logan, I love you Rory. Thank you for being there for me, you make me want to be the best I can be. Since you came into my life, I just look forward to our future. I do wish we could spend every single moment of my time with you. When you are near me, I feel alive, I see possibilities for me that I had never thought I could before. I am looking forward to a time we will be able to share our lives completely. You fill my dreams no matter if I am asleep or not.
I am looking forward to hold you again in my arms. I already do miss you. I miss kissing you and making love to you. Honestly, no one had ever occupied my dreams like you do. I long caressing you and feeling your presence. I miss how the slightest of your touch ignite me, makes me lose my senses. You have made me discover a depth in love that is worth more than a thousand stars. I will be thinking of you… Until I can hold you again, I will look forward to our phone date… Your sexy voice will have to sustain me until I can fully show you the extend of my love.
I love you,
Yours, Finn.
To : Finn
From : Rory
Object : Re : I love you
Finny!
I received your email while I was in the bus and I blushed. You would have found it funny as Katherine was beside me and she could not help notice it.
I miss you too and regarding what I wrote to Logan, I want to say it again to you. You are a wonderful man. When I am with you, I feel safe, I feel as if nothing bad could happen to me. I also wish we could spend every free moment together. The trail is getting to me and not only because I am far from you most of the time but also because life on the road for long periods is quite harsh on anyone.
I am also longing for your kisses and caresses. Making love to you has awakened me to a side of me I did not know I had. When I am with you I feel like a woman when I usually feel like a little girl. You bring that sexual side of me. I wish I could wake up beside you tomorrow and every day afterwards. I love sleeping in your arms and feeling your presence. Even at distance I feel your love.
I love you
Your Rory.
During the month of December, slowly, Finn and Logan started talking again. Their friendship was not completely up to where it was before but they did talk regularly to the relief of Stephanie and Logan. The gang could be together again. That it, the gang now included Rory and there was the stress of having Finn and Rory with Logan in the same room. The love that was evident when they were together could be a blow to Logan. He was conscious of this and was ready to face it. Logan wanted to show Finn that he was glad that his friend had found happiness and tried to find a way to prove it. With all the contacts he had Bobbie continued doing better with the help of medication and Therapy.
During some of his meeting, he was in contact with some editors from the New York Times and out of nowhere one of them asked if he had really worked with Lorelei Gilmore covering the Obama trail while he was at Yale and working for the University paper. He could not help but put in a good word for Rory and hoped for his two friends that she would get an offer from that paper. He even sent them few articles she had written that he still had copies of.
It was on a Monday morning early December. They day was grey and Rory felt it coming. She had always made fun of her mother's ability to feel snow coming. But, as she found herself alone and deep in her thought, she had a weird feeling like something was about to happen. She looked up the window of the bus she was in and there it was, snow started to fall... Suddenly her cell phone brought her back from her reverie.
"Miss Rory Gilmore?"
"Yes, this is she."
"My name is Gregory Sullivan. I am calling on behalf of the New York Times. We had your resume in our files from when you applied to an internship last spring. We have an opening. It is for a 1 year contract. I was wondering if you were available for an interview, of course that is if you are still interested in working with us."
"Oh, my, Yes! When would you like to meet?" Rory was thinking that no matter what, she needed to do this interview.
"Would you be available on Thursday this week?"
"I will arrange to be there. What time?"
"Is 2 o'clock good for you?"
"It's perfect."
"Miss Gilmore, I just want to say that we have read some pieces you've done for the trail and in your portfolio you had sent us and we are really looking forward to meet with you."
"The pleasure will be mine. Thank you."
"So we will see you on Thursday. Ask for me Gregory Sullivan when you arrive on the 5th floor
"Thank you."
"Thank you Miss Gilmore and have a nice day."
"a nice day to you too."
And Rory hung up. Wow. Snow was magical... she quickly dialed a familiar number on her phone. After two rings:
"Fruits of my loans... do you know what you missed last night?"
"Mom, Mom... I felt it. I felt it, I have the gift."
"What? Where are you, what gift, are you able to see dead people?"
"No not the sixth sense... Snow... I felt the first snow! And you were always right... it is magical."
"Oh... we also had our first snow last night... I brought Luke for our first snow walk but he is no you... you grumbled all the time. I was almost afraid he'd make the first snow stop! I don't want the magic to stop."
"Oh, it has not stopped... guess who called me just before I called you?"
"Euh... Finn?"
"Nope. Too early for Finn."
"Mmm... Barack Obama himself to do a one on one interview?"
"Nope, better..."
"What could be better than this, it would launch your carreer..."
"The New York Times Mom. The New York Times asked me for another interview. They seem really interested."
"Wow, I am so glad... When is it, do you want it... what type of job?"
"I don't know much right now... but it is a contract, 1 year. But I know I can make myself appreciated and they might keep me. But it's in New York, with Finn, and you so close all the time."
"So when is this again?"
"On Thursday, in the afternoon."
"But aren't you around Seattle right now?"
"Yeah. I'll talk to Hugo. He will understand, he knew it was my dream."
"Wasn't Finn supposed to meet with you later this week?"
"Yeah, we're meeting on Saturday morning in Portland Oregon. It seems I have to see this place, Voodoo Donuts."
"Oh, you could surprise him this Thursday, you have the key anyway."
"I guess I could. I gotta go mom, I have to find a plane ticket and call Hugo."
"Let me know how it goes and wear that two piece we bought for the interview... For Finn, well, I would have to say wear nothing."
"Mom!"
"Bye Hun. Love you."
"Love you too."
Rory called his boss and as she had expected he understood. He asked if he could buy the article from Katherine as he liked her style also. Rory said she would asked who he needed to contact for it. She booked an early flight from Seattle to New York and booked a seat on Finn's flight from New York to Portland on Saturday. They might not be sitting together but at least, they would be on the same plane. Finn had mentioned that he was doing a reservation for the week-end in Oregon. Rory had after all just one event over the week end and he was to stay until the next Tuesday.
Everything went as planned. Rory went to her interview and it went well as far as she knew. She should be hearing from them shortly. During the interview, she thought it was weird that they referred to some of her articles she had not remembered sending with her portfolio. They might have done a research. They even had that social piece she had written for Hugo a while back.
She called Daphnee after the interview and they had a quick coffee. Rory was heading towards Finn's loft but she passed by a Lingerie store. Hoping no one she knew saw her, she went in and bought a sexy but classic silk baby doll and then headed toward Finn's. She let herself in and she knew he usually did not arrive home before 6 pm so she had grabbed something to eat on her way and then she headed toward the shower and changed. She tried to call him from her cell phone as she would have done any day wherever she was but could not reach him. She then sat in his living room. She waited for a while. She did not have any news from Finn... at around 9 o'clock, she tried once again his cell phone and still got no answers. She was getting worried and honestly. She was here waiting for him but he was gallivanting somewhere. God she should have called him to let him know. He might be partying out somewhere and she was here, in lingerie she bought just for him waiting. She was now close to angry but mostly hurt. She decided to put on Finn's robe and just lay in bed. Tears falling as she tried to concentrate on her book. Why the hell was she crying? He couldn't know so it is not as if he had chosen to leave her. Why wasn't he calling her on her cell? She did not hear him coming through the door...
Finn went directly to sit in the living room to call Rory... Freaking Cell phone, he had dropped it and it broke earlier during the day and he had been in meetings most of the day before going to his parents for a family dinner as he was not there over the week-end. He dialed Rory's cell phone and jumped when he heard a ring coming from further in his apartment. What? He hung up and went towards the bedrooms. He opened the door and there she was Rory was crouched down looking through her bag for something.
"Love? Am I dreaming or are you really here?"
"Finn..." She said and turned towards him.
"Rory, what's wrong, why are you crying."
"Sorry... It's just, I wanted to surprise you and I was in New York today and came here and you did not come home."
"I'm here now, come here... What are you doing in my robe... not that I don't like it."
"Oh..." Rory answered blushing crimson red.
He hugged her and leant to kiss her.
"I'm sorry I wasn't here earlier. I was at my folks' place for dinner as I won't be there over the week-end. I thought I had told you."
"No, I did not know. But why didn't you answer your cell?"
"Broke that damn thing earlier today. Sorry, I need to go and buy another one. Are you ok now? We're good."
"Of course we're good Finn... you did not know, it was a surprise... I just, I'm just decieved. Today was such a great day."
"Wait! Weren't you supposed to be in Seattle today? Going to Portland tomorrow and we were to meet on Saturday?"
"Well, yes, but, now don't be mad I did not tell you but I wanted it to be a surprise. I had an interview in New York this afternoon."
"You did! Wow, really... where?"
"The New York Times. They called me on Monday and asked me for an interview. So Here I am."
"Wow... The New York Times. That's your dream love isn't it? You would work in New York. That would be perfect. You could move in with me. Love who could I bribe so that you'd get it?"
"Finn, I want to get that job on my own... so no bribery OK."
"Sure you don't need me to meddle anyway, you probably already won them over and they are now just wondering how much to offer you. What's the detail on the job though? Is it interesting?"
"Well, mostly writing for state politics for starter. They love my articles for the trail and they have a 1 year contract for a position."
"And when would you start?"
"I don't exactly know but it would be after the holidays."
"It's like everything is just falling right where it should. I'm sure you're going to get it... Now, did you have something to eat? Want a coffee?"
"Don't you know me by now... always have coffee ready for a Gilmore Girl..."
"Yeah, yeah... come on then..." They head toward the kitchen and Finn makes the coffee for Rory while he just take a bottle of water.
"When are you expected back in the west coast?"
"Well, I booked on the same flight as yours so we head out on Saturday morning and I need to cover the event on Saturday. Then, I just need to write it during the day and submit before midnight as usual. After, I'll be yours until Tuesday morning."
"I booked us a room don't worry..."
They were now seated in the living room and Finn had started the fireplace. They were cuddled and he started kissing her.
"Since you're already in your pj love..." He whispered and started to undo the robe Rory had on and he felt the silk fabric. He stopped to look at Rory. Who just remembered what she was wearing underneath...
"Well.. hmm.. surprise!" She said blushing once again under Finn's lustful eyes. She felt more than naked.
"Oh, love, you look so..." And he just couldn't continue... he kissed Rory with such passion.
The next morning, he called in to say he wouldn't be in the office for the day. He prepared the coffee and went back to bed to join Rory. He looked back at the babydoll on the floor and had a wave of desire going through him as he remembered her in it the night before. She had looked so unbelievably beautiful in it. Rory woke him up from his reverie "Finn, come back to bed baby... it's still early." And he joined her taking her in his arms he whispered "Love, you look absolutely stunning in that nightie yesterday" and they fell back asleep.
A couple of hours later, they were both sitting in at the dining room table having breakfast and talking when Rory's phone rang. She ran to answer it. She took it in the bedroom and after just a couple of minutes she came back running.
"Finn, Finn. I got it! I'm gonna work for the New York Times!"
Hearing this, Finn got up as fast as he could ran to her and picked her up waltzing her in the air and kissing her.
When he put her down again he just asked with a smile of pure joy "So now, when are you moving in?"
"I don't know, I'm going to find out around 1. They are expecting me again to finalize the contract. I can't believe it… I am going to live here in New York. Wait… Did you just ask me to move in with you?"
"Yes love" Finn answered with a smirk at the fact that she had not realized it before.
"Isn't it too fast?" Rory asked cautiously.
"It is fast but, Love, if you took up an apartment, it would cost you more than your salary to live somewhere safe close enough not to spend all your time commuting. And think about it… You'd be here or I'd be at your place most of the nights. So why waste our time and money… I would love for you to move in with me."
"I'd love that too Finn." She leaned in to kiss him again and pulled away. "What time is it?" She said looking into the kitchen to see it was now 11h30… "Oh, god I gotta get ready!"
Finn followed Rory towards the shower.
"Where exactly are you going Mister?" Rory asked turning around.
"Aren't we heading to the shower?" He asked as if it was evident.
"No, no no! Finn, you'll make me late, we can't take a shower together today…"
"Come on Rory, I won't do anything… or well, I can be quick!" He said smirking mischievously. "You're the one that might make us late." He said knowing it will make her blush.
"Argh… come on then." She said with a bright smile herself. "We have to celebrate don't we."
"My girl… but celebrate won't be a quicky love… we'll wait for tonight for proper celebration. Let's go, it seems we are on a time restraint."
Rory was on time for her meeting and it went as this type of meeting could be expected. She signed some document, contracts, etc. She had talked with Hugo on her way and they had agreed for her to continue the trial until December 21st and he would find someone for the remainder of the trail. During the meeting though, Gregory mentioned that they had gotten good references from Logan Huntzberger. That he even sent some of the articles they had loved. Rory was speechless. Gregory saw her discomfort and he added that what brought her resume on the table was the quality of her articles on the trail but that they had just asked Logan since he had worked with her on the Yale daily news. When she met with Finn afterward she was a bit in a daze.
"Love, what's wrong?"
"Hmm nothing… I think Logan has helped me get this job."
"Why, what makes you think that?"
"Mr Sullivan told me he asked him for reference, on me."
"Then, Logan just told the truth… that you Miss Gilmore are a great journalist and that they would be crazy not to hire you."
"But that means he knew this would help me come to New York. To you, don't you think?"
"I don't know… But if so, maybe it's time I talk to him again."
"Finn…"
"Don't worry Love. If he did help, all I want to say to him is Thank you cause now I get to have you all to myself every night."
Both then head back home to get ready. Finn was treating Rory to a night on the town to celebrate her new job, her coming back to the east coast and finally and more important to him, the fact that she was moving in with him in December. The next day, they headed off to Portland where Rory started her last stretch on the trail happy to where she was going to be. Her lifelong dream was so close, only weeks away. And she would get to have it with what could very well be the love of her life.
From : Finn & Rory
To : Undisclosed recipient
Object : New Year's Eve Bash
Hello to all of you,
Rory and I would like to invite you to a New Year's Eve Bash that you will remember. Come and Welcome the New Year with us and our Friends. This will be an evening to remember to all that will come and celebrate on December 31st.
Our Theme : Swing it to the New Year.
Please RSVP via email. Our location will be revealed 1 week prior to the event.
It will be a pleasure for us to see you!
Your friends
Finn Morgan & Rory Gilmore