20 Chapter (Love)
Rory's POV
After Finn left the room, Rory processes all the information. As crazy as it sounded, she knows Finn would marry her immediately if she would let him. She knows that he can be very dramatic, but he would never joke about something as serious as a wedding with her. Rory imagines what her dream wedding would look like, and she's surprised that she couldn't get a clear image of the surrounding, but an image of her dream groom.
She leaves the bed, puts on her clothes and goes to find Finn in his apartment.
Seeing her, Finn softly smiles. "Hello, love, ready to explore Adelaide?"
"Yes, I am. I feel okay," she replies tenderly.
Finn caresses her cheeks and lifts her chin looking into her eyes he asks, "Do you want to share your thoughts?"
She is caught off guard and tries to hide a blush which slowly spreads over her face. His soft caress makes her skin tingle. Why is everything with Finn so different than any other man before?
Finn's POV
Standing in his apartment Finn asks, "Rory?"
He has been waiting for an answer to his questions which she has not yet answered. Looking at her he removes his hand from her cheek.
He wonders what she's thinking about, hopefully about the possibility of marrying him. Who would have thought Finn wished to have a wedding as soon as possible? His parents would be thrilled that he will be a father with the love of his life and they would be also as thrilled if Rory would agree to be his wife. He was honest when he told her that he would continue to propose to her the rest of his life. Logan was stupid to let her go and move to Palo Alto without her. He wouldn't make the same mistake and give her away.
"Oh, sorry, Finn," she says blushing.
"No worries, love. I told you I will wait the rest of my life for you," he smiles softly.
He sees the joy his statement brings on her face. Perhaps she will say yes one day.
"Enough wooing," Rory replies tenderly.
"Are you sure you want me to stop complimenting you. You're the mother of my unborn child and the love of my life. You should get used to it, darling," Finn pulls her in, caressing with one hand her stomach and his other thump caressing her lips.
He leans in, tracing her lips with his. Finn teasingly nibbles on her lower lip a bit. He savors the taste of her and enjoys their closeness.
She invites him in by slowly opening her soft lips.
His tongue darts out to explore her mouth. Their tongues are dancing a new excited choreography.
While kissing he pulls her even closer to him, focusing his attention on her melting into his embrace.
After passionately kissing each other, he pulls her out the door excited to show her his special places in his home town.
"Come on love, Adelaide is a big city and I need to return to work on Monday," Finn shouts agitated.
Finn takes her first to visit one of the churches. She remembers reading during her flight that Adelaide is also called the City of Churches. They became so distracted visiting Adelaide, that they hadn't spoken about the possibility of getting married.
Rory's POV
The two spent the whole weekend at some of Finn's favorite places. They went to the beach, had a picnic in the Adelaide Botanic Garden, and she loved visiting the cute animals in the Cleland Wildlife Park.
During the week Finn went to work while Rory continued with her book. She visited different places in the city and brought her book and would sit and write. Her favorite spot was on a park bench near the River Torrens next to the Adelaide Festival Centre.
In the evenings Finn and Rory spent their time eating in different restaurants or he would bring takeout food to his apartment. They talked a lot and kissed even more.
The following weekend Rory plans to meet Finn at her favorite spot after his morning business meeting.
While waiting for Finn on the park bench, she looks around. What a nice place, she thinks to herself. Children were feeding the black swans in the river and some rainbow lorikeets fly down trying to get some cookies too. A mother tells her children to stop feeding the birds. She tries to explain that it causes the birds to become sick eating human food. The children ignore their mother and continue to feed the birds their cookie crumbs. Rory chuckles as the father walks over to his family and tricks the children away from the animals with a promise of buying them ice-cream. The mother seems a little nervous until the man caresses her waist and tells her she could have a big cup of coffee. Rory thinks about her future with Finn and she could see this situation one day happen with him, too.
Deep in thoughts she doesn't see Finn arrive.
He leans in and kisses her forehead before he sits down next to her, "Hello, love."
"Hi, Finn," she replies. "It's really pretty."
He turns to her, "Sorry, what is pretty."
"The Elder Park Rotunda. It reminds me of the gazebo in Stars Hollow, however like a better version of it," Rory explains dreamily.
"Perhaps because it fits to our blue eyes," Finn whispers in her ear.
She feels his lips against her ear, his hot breath tickling her neck.
At that moment she decided to go with what her heart told her and not her head. She turns and looks at Finn, taking his hand in hers she happily states, "Okay, Finn, let's do this."
Finn's POV
He looks stunned at her. He cannot think of any other meaning to her statement than the obvious one that he wants more than anything in his life before.
"Do what?" he stutters.
"Let's get married," Rory replies lovingly.
He cups her face, and pulls her into him for a long tender kiss.