A/N: Okay so… everyone keeps saying that they want Rory and Finn to get back together so I will say this again…Rory and Finn are end game. From the moment that I started this story I always knew that they would be the pairing for this story. Hope that clears that up. Enjoy!
Song Playlist: Get it right by Glee;
Chapter 20
Finn POV
The rest of breakfast with Rory seemed to go well. She told me how she had been in a constant downward spiral after the miscarriage and that she had mainly tried to stay busy. She told me that our friends kept encouraging her to come and visit me and to tell how hard things had been for her. I told her that things had been hard for me too. I told her that I had ended up in numerous fights with my Dad threatening to quit the company and that I didn't understand why he had sent me to Australia to begin with. I told her about how I had been at both of her graduations but that I'd stayed in the back, knowing that if I had talked to her or hugged her on those days that I wouldn't have been able to go back. I told her how I had checked in with Colin and Logan and that they kept assuring me that she was okay. I told her that if I had known how bad things actually were that I wouldn't have cared about my father and I would have been on the first plane back.
After breakfast and talking for a couple of hours and getting everything out in the open, we both remembered that we had to get to work. When I left her condo, I headed back to New York calling Colin on the way. "Hello." He said when he answered.
"Hey, how's Steph this morning?" I asked him.
"She's okay. Or at least she was until I showed her the video of her parents making out in a corner." He said.
"Ouch." I said.
"Yeah. Anyhow, what are you up to. I figured you'd still be asleep." He said.
I let out a sigh. "I had breakfast with Rory this morning." I said.
"And how did that go? Did you two talk?" He asked.
"We did. We both talked about things that happened in the time that we spent apart and she told me about the pregnancy." I told him.
"What?" He asked confused.
"Come on man. She told me the whole story. About how Steph was with her through everything." I told him.
"Rory was pregnant?" He asked me.
"You didn't know?" I asked confused.
"No. Steph never said anything." He said. Knowing Colin the way that I do as soon as he hung up he would be questioning Steph. "So other than clearing the air and finding out about the pregnancy how was it?"
"It was good. Once we got the hard conversations out of the way, the conversation flowed to lighter subjects." I told him.
"That's good. Maybe things will continue to get better." Colin said.
Later that day I was sitting in my office when I dialed the all too familiar number. "Hayden." She answered.
"Rory." I said softly.
"Finn, hi." She said.
"Have dinner with me." I said.
She was silent for a moment. "When?" She asked.
I wanted to say tonight but I knew that she would need to process everything that had happened today. "Tomorrow?"
"Sure." She said surprising me.
"Okay great. I'll pick you up at 7?" I asked.
"See you then. Bye Finn." She said before she hung up.
Rory POV
When I got home from work I sat on my couch waiting for Steph when my front door opened and Steph walked in with a bottle of wine. "Why did you bring that?" I asked her.
"Because. I think you have earned it after the day that you have had." Steph said.
I looked at her for a minute. "I don't know Steph." I said.
"Ror, it's a wonder that you didn't end up worse than you did. Yes, you had a downward spiral, but anyone that had been through what you had would have done the same. But it's been enough time. Before all that happened you weren't a heavy drinker. Even your therapist said that the drinking was most likely a side effect of the depression." Steph said.
"Your right she did. It's just that things have been great for the last seven or eight months and now Finn is back and we had breakfast together this morning and we're having dinner tomorrow night and I just… I really don't wanna rock the boat. You know?" I told her.
"Way to bury the lead. Did you guys talk?" She asked. I nodded. "Well I guess that explains Colin questioning me about your pregnancy."
She poured herself a glass of wine. "What do you mean?" I asked.
"I never told him." She said.
"Steph! I thought you did. So your telling me that the only ones that knew were you, me and Logan." I said and she nodded.
"Yeah. Finn must have called Colin after you guys talked." She said.
"Well I don't know what to say to that." I said. I got up went to the kitchen and grabbed a bottle of water. When I came back I looked at Steph. "Should we talk about your bachelorette party?" I asked.
"Yes please."
The next day seem to pass pretty quickly. I had spent majority of the day in court and when I got home I quickly changed to get ready for my dinner with Finn. While I was getting ready I thought back to the night before he left for Australia.
***Flashback***
Finn and I had just walked into his apartment. It felt so empty. There were two suitcases sitting in the living room. It suddenly felt real. Finn walked up behind me and wrapped his arms around me. "I don't want you to go." I said softly.
He turned me around so that I was facing him. He let out a sigh. "I don't want to go either." He said.
I suddenly felt a rush of anger hit. I pushed him away and stepped back. "Why are you letting your dad do this?" I asked him. "Why are you leaving me?" I asked as I felt the tears start to fall.
He closed the distance between us and pulled me back into his arms. "Ror, I want nothing more than to stay here with you and spend the rest of my life waking up next to you and going to sleep next to you every night… and I promise you when this time in Australia is done I plan to come home and do exactly that." He said.
I looked up at Finn and kissed him with everything that I had. I loved him more than I have ever loved anyone else. I knew right then that someday I was going to marry Finn Morgan.
***End Flashback***
I was pulled from my thoughts by the doorbell ringing. I walked to the front door and opened it. He looked so good. He was dressed in a navy blue suit but he wasn't wearing a tie. "Hi." I said.
"Hey. You look nice. You ready to go?" He said.
"Just about. Come in." I said letting him in. We walked into the living room. "I just need about five more minutes."
"That's fine." He said and I nodded making my way back to the bedroom.
Finn POV
While Rory was finishing getting ready, I was looking around her living room. There were pictures on the mantle above the fireplace. I walked over and looked them. There were pictures from her graduation, her and Steph, Her with all of our friends. The final picture that I saw was of me and her from the party that she'd thrown me before I'd left for Australia. Even though we'd spent the last few years away from each other, I'd known the entire time that I was gone that she was it for me. There wasn't a day that I'd been gone that I hadn't wished that I had been here with her instead of on the other side of the world. I was pulled from my thoughts by hearing Rory's voice. "Okay, I'm ready now." She said. I turned and gave her a small smile. I had to get her back. I needed her.
"Great let's go." I said.
We headed into Hartford to a little steakhouse that Colin had recommended to me. When we climbed out of the car, I walked around to the other side and put my hand on the small of her back and led us inside. When we were seated at our tabled and had ordered our drinks… I noticed that Rory had this deep in thought look on her face. "Penny for your thoughts?" I asked.
"I was just thinking about how familiar this all is. I saw you looking at my pictures and I thought about how much you've missed over the last couple of years." She said and I could hear the sadness in her voice.
"Are you seeing anyone?" I asked her. I could hear an opening in her voice.
"No." She said looking down at her coffee cup. "Steph tried to get me to have a glass of wine the other night." She said surprising me. She had told me about the alcohol poisoning and that she hadn't had a drink since then. "My therapist thinks that the drinking problem was a side effect of the depression and from the miscarriage." She said slowly looking up at me.
"It's possible." I said.
"Are you?" She asked me and I must have had a confused look on my face. "Seeing anyone?"
I shook my head. "I haven't seen anyone since I left for Australia." I said knowing that the weight of my words would get her attention.
"Finn…" She said softly.
"Ror," I said reaching my hand across the table to grab hers. "You're the only one that I've ever wanted. Your still the only one that I want." I said.
Rory POV
The rest of dinner had been relatively quiet. I didn't know what else to say. When we got back to my condo, Finn had walked me to my door. "Thanks for having dinner with me." He said as I went to unlock my door.
I turned around and looked up at him. "Thanks for asking me." I said. "You want some coffee?" I asked him and he nodded. We walked into the condo and I headed straight for my kitchen to start the coffee. I had just flipped the switch on the coffee maker when I felt Finn's hands on my hips. I slowly turned around and looked up at him. "I missed you." I said softly.
"I missed you too." He said. He reached up and placed his hands on each side of my face before he leaned down and kissed me. I grabbed his wrists and held onto him as I responded to the kiss. It was everything that I had wanted since he'd walked out of the apartment that day. When he pulled back from the kiss, he leaned his forehead against mine. "Do you still want that coffee?" He asked me right as the coffee maker beeped.
I slowly shook my head. "Not so much anymore." I said. He picked me up bridal style and carried me to the bedroom kicking the door closed behind us.
