AN: Oh, this is so sad! Last chapter! Finally! I mean, how much drama can there be in just 20 chapters? Haha, but I'm glad you all stuck around till the end. Before I go on to the thank yous for the reviews I'd like to say a few words to some people. Well, first thank you to everybody who read this and reviewed, giving me encouragement and making me believe I was actually good. I'd like to thank Problem Child and Bookworms for their great, hilarious and sweet reviews, you can never have too many of those, hehe, and Smile1 for her help when I was starting out, giving me tips on how to make it all better. So, yeah, thank you a lot. And of course Tanc Sade, don't really have to justify it, do I? So, yeah, that's it, now for the thank yous:
Honeyluv - yes, indeed! Like the title for this chapter says, all's well that ends well haha. Thank you for reading and reviewing!
Coffee-addicted - well, I'm glad you loved it! Thank you so much for reading! And just so you know in this chapter Paris is on her cruise hehehe
Alicia Jo - you really don't like Logan, eh? I like him on the show, not so much in this story but... I like Finn better. And to answer your question... how about this chapter! ; )
Vivilp182 - poor Heather, a lot of people don't like her... well, I hope you like the ending! Thank you for reading and reviewing!
Jmarit17 - plenty of Finn? I suppose we'll have that now hehe. Hope you like it. Thank you for reading and reviewing!
ReeseAnn - yes, what person doesn't? This chapter is definitely more Finn and Rory, don't worry. Thank you for reading and reviewing all through the story!
Lillie M. Cheagana - thank you for reviewing! I love happy endings hehe
TSOHoneybaby - I never meant for Heather to be endearing hehe... I didn't want everybody to hate her like some people do, but I didn't want her to be a "likeable" character... we all find out why in this chapter1 And will Finn finally get some! Read and find out! haha thanks for reading and reviewing!
Gilmoregirl - And I still haven't seen the finale yet... stupid stupid subtitles! You're gonna cry? So am I, this is sad hehe. Not so much, I already got another story going on... much "lighter" hehe. Anyway, thank you for reviewing!
Christine - Thank you so much, I hope you like the ending!
Cinemagal - thank you very very much! I'm glad you enjoyed everything! Hope you like my ending! Thank you so much for reading and reviewing!
Readergurl87 - hehe thank you so much for reviewing! Hope you like the ending!
Mystripedskirt - your review made me laugh hehe. Steph/Colin? I guess it's a bit late for that... maybe in my other fiction, who knows! Thank you for reading and reviewing!
Bookworms - aw thank you so much! Very emotional review hehe I'm an awesome wiriter? No I'm not, you're just being nice! But thanks anyway! Another chapter? Don't know about that... I'll let you know hehe, don't get your hopes up! You still have my other fiction though! Anyway, hope you like the ending dear!
Problem Child1 - thank you so much! I have not seen the movie you talked about, but I'll be sure to check it out if you say it's good! So you like Heather? I guess you and Bookworms are two of the few hehe. I do hope you like the ending! Thank you for reviewing!
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Chapter 20: All's well that ends well
Rory looked at her calendar, December 31. New Years was one of her favorite holidays, she always had the idea that the new year would bring different things, better things. She was always disappointed when this didn't happen. But this year she actually felt differently about it. She was already starting different, changed. Last year it was a mess with the whole Dean thing and her grandparents separated, but this year she had Finn and she was happy. So happy she didn't think it could be true. Sometimes, when she was just sitting around doing nothing, she would catch herself thinking about him and smiling. She felt as if her life had finally gotten back on track. She was happy, her mom was happy, her grandparents were happy, everything was great, and she was happy that the year would end on such a high note.
She was home alone now, Paris had gone to the cruise with Doyle and his parents and Finn was at Logan's helping him for tonight's Life and Death Brigade New Years Bash. He hadn't moved back in with Logan, he was still with Rory and she didn't mind. Paris had asked her before she left for her trip if Finn would be staying there for good. Rory didn't know, but she wasn't going to kick him out, she liked having him there, going to sleep with him next to her every night was very nice. She thought that if he wanted to move back with Logan he would just do it. She didn't think he was going to stay there for good, she knew he just wasn't ready to go back to his old dorm. To her surprise Paris didn't mind him staying, she said he was neat and always cleaned up after himself and as long as she didn't find his underwear lying around the place, she didn't mind having him there, he was fun to be around. She was thinking about him when the phone rang.
"Hey, kiddo! How are the party arrangements?"
"I'm not participating, Finn's there with Logan though."
"How are things with Finn and Logan by the way?"
"Better, slowly back to normal."
"That's good. How about you and Finn?"
"We're fine, mom. You wanna know about Paris and Doyle? Or Stephanie and Colin?"
"Stephanie and Colin? They're together now?" Lorelai asked exited.
"No, of course not, she's with Jack."
"Then why would you say she was with Colin?"
"I didn't say she was with Colin."
"You said Stephanie and Colin."
"So?"
"Are you making fun of your mother?"
"Possibly."
"Glad you're honest. So what you're wearing?" she asked changing the subject.
"A light blue gown with sparkles, Finn got it for me."
"How sweet... so you guys done it yet?"
"Mom!"
"What? I'm worried about you. This can't be good for your health."
"I guess you can't even see the line now."
"What line?"
"The line you crossed when said that to me, your daughter!"
"So you haven't done it? How's he handling the withdrawal?"
"You didn't just ask me that."
"I did too!"
Rory's cell phone rang on her desk before she could reply to her mother, "hold on, someone's calling me," she said before grabbing her phone, "it's Stephanie," she said when she saw the caller ID.
"I'll hold," Lorelai said.
"Hey, Steph," Rory greeted over the phone.
"Help me! I don't know what to wear!" Stephanie cried on the other end.
"For tonight?"
"Yes! I have two dresses and I don't know which one to wear! Help me, I'm desperate!"
"Sure, I'll be right there," Rory said and turned off her cell phone and put the other phone back to her ear, "I've gotta go, Steph's having an outfit crises."
"Oh, those are bad..."
"Yeah, so, I'll talk to you later."
"Sure, honey, have fun at the party. Get drunk and get laid!"
"Oh, my God! Bye, mom!"
Lorelai laughed, "bye, hon."
"Thank God you're here," Stephanie said pulling Rory inside her dorm, "I don't know what to do!"
Rory smiled, Stephanie really was desperate, "where are the dresses?"
"Here," Stephanie said pointing at the two gowns on the bed. One was a very light shade of silver and the other one was light pink.
"Put them on and I'll tell you which one I like best."
Stephanie put the silver one on first, which was tight around the waist and had some very small black sparkles making different shapes in the front. Rory immediately liked it, Stephanie looked like a princess in it. "It's beautiful... now the pink one."
Stephanie put the pink one on then. It was different than the gray dress, it was simpler with its thin stripes which crossed in the low cut back, but it fit her perfectly. That was the one. "I love this one! I think we have a winner!"
"Really, I don't know about the back though. Don't you think it's too... I don't know, do you think Jack'll like it?" she asked while looking in the mirror.
"He'll love it," Rory said smiling, "so you and Jack are serious?"
"I think so, yeah. I really like him, he's very sweet."
"I'm glad."
"How are you and Finn?"
"We're great, thank you."
"You haven't had sex though."
"What!"
"You haven't had sex. Why?"
"When did my sex life become topic for open discussions? First my mom, now you... thank goodness Paris left before she could say anything."
"I'm just asking. If things are so great, why haven't you slept with him yet?"
"I don't know, I guess the opportunity hasn't presented itself."
"You sleep in the same bed every night."
"That's different, we're sleeping."
"Rory..."
"I don't know, ok?"
"Don't you want to?"
"Of course I want to! Why would I not want to?"
"That's what I'm wondering! I mean, it's Finn we're talking about here. I know he's your guy, but he's hot!"
Rory laughed a little at Steph's remark, "that he is... we've come close actually, but something always interrupts us. Last time it was Paris."
"When was that?"
"A couple weeks ago."
"And you haven't tried again yet? She's been gone for almost a week now!"
"Well, the party's been taking much of his time and he gets home tired and goes straight to bed."
"That so sounded like you guys have been married for years," she said laughing.
"I guess it did, but it's the truth!"
"You need to just get it over with. You've gotta know if you'll have the chemistry, you know," she said winking.
Rory chuckled, "I'm not worried about that. I'm sure we have plenty of chemistry. And I don't want to just get it over with. There should be a whole mood set, it should be nice and not something rushed."
"Aw, that's so cute, but you're right..."
"Thank you. Can we please change the subject, cause this is beginning to make me uncomfortable."
Stephanie laughed at her, "fine... so the pink one then?"
"I like it better."
"The pink one it is," she said with a smile.
It was six thirty when Rory finished her shower. She sat on her bed and got her cell phone to call Finn, who still hadn't returned. She was starting to dial when he walked in.
"Bloody hell," he said in an exasperated sigh and letting his body drop on the bed next to Rory.
"Tired?"
"Very... but we're finally done!"
"I was just about to call you," she said putting the phone back on the nightstand, "why don't you go take a shower, then you can rest for a while before we leave."
Finn agreed to Rory's idea and stood up. 15 minutes later he was back, shirtless, his towel on his shoulder. Rory was still sitting on her bed waiting for her hair to dry so she could curl it. Finn put the towel on the chair next to her desk and laid down on the bed, his head resting on her lap.
"Do you really wanna go to this party?" he asked closing his eyes, "cause I'd be ok if we just stayed in."
"After all the work you put into this party you want to stay here? It'll be fun," she said and started running her fingers through his hair.
He sighed, "oh, this is good," he said smiling. She watched him sleep for a while and then her fingers started tracing his face and stopped on his lips. He opened his eyes when he felt her touch.
"Hi," she said looking him in the eyes.
"Hi," he replied smiling, "come here," he said as he pulled her down and touched her lips with his. Her hair started to get in the way so he decided to sit up and kissed her again. He played with her lower lip before she opened her mouth to let him in. Her hands moved from his hair to his chest while his were on her lower back. When they pulled away they stared into each others eyes for a moment, "hi," he said to her.
"We've covered this, Finn," she said with a smirk and leaned in to kiss him again. She slowly laid him down, their lips never parting, and her hands moving to his side. Finn took off her top and rolled her over so he was on top of her and started kissing her neck and collarbone, while his hands moved up and down her thigh. He let his lips travel through her body till they found the waistband of her sweat pants. He stood up so he could take them off more easily. Rory sat up on the bed and watched as he took his pants off too, "no Bugs Bunny this time?" she asked with a grin.
"Why, does he turn you on?" he asked leaning in again.
"No, you do," she answered and pulled him into a passionate kiss, rolling over so she could be on top. Her sneaky hand found its way into Finn's boxers and she smiled when he let out a soft moan when she touched him. He rolled her over, moving her hand from his boxers and placing it over her head together with the other one. He let his hands explore her body and kissing her, he pulled her panties down. His hands were just as sneaky as hers and Rory couldn't believe the feeling she experienced when his talented fingers touched her. "oh, God, Finn," she moaned and he decided not to let her wait any longer and pulling his boxers down, he reached for his wallet on the nightstand looking for a condom. "where the fuck's the bloody condom?" he said when he couldn't find any. Rory sat up and opened the first drawer on the stand taking out a box of condoms, "will this do?" she asked with a mischievous grin on her face.
"We'll just have to see, won't we?" he said taking one condom out of the box.
"Let me," she said taking the package from his hands and ripping it. He bit his lower lip as he watched Rory slowly put the condom on him. When she was done she sat on his lap, his hands on her hips moving along as her body moved back and forth. He held her tighter and laid her down, kissing her neck. Her hands moved around his back, while he slowly moved his hips and she moaned in pleasure. Finn looked at her, her eyes were closed and she was stressing her lower lip, "Rory," he whispered in her ear. She opened her eyes to meet his intense gaze and licked her lips tempting him to kiss them. Their tongues battled inside their mouths while Rory's hands on Finn's hips didn't let him stop moving. She stopped the kiss suddenly and tilted her head back when she felt her body near release.
"Harder... Finn...," she pleaded and Finn obeyed. Rory gave a loud moan and Finn gasped as they both reached ecstasy He started moving slower and when he stopped they held their position, enjoying the warming, relaxing, and tingling feeling that flowed through their bodies. Finn tried to control his breathing as well as his heartbeat and rested his head on her chest and was glad her heart was racing as fast as his was. When Rory was able to control her movements she started running her fingers through his hair, "so, I guess my mom can stop worrying about my health," she said, her breathing still hard. Fill raised himself just a bit so he could face her, "huh?"
"She said the lack of sex would affect my health," she giggled, "no need to worry about that now. I'm very healthy."
He laughed a little and kissed her chin, "she was worried about you too," she continued, "she wanted to know how you were handling the withdrawal. I guess I don't wanna know."
He chuckled, "well, she most definitely needn't worry anymore. And Rory?"
"Hum?"
He moved closer to her and whispered in her ear, "it was worth the wait."
"It certainly was," she giggled and he started kissing her again. When she moved her head to the side, allowing him more space to explore her neck she saw the time and pushed him away, "shit! A quarter to eight! We're gonna be late!" she said and quickly stood up and they started getting dressed.
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They entered the ballroom at 8:30, Rory gave up the idea of curling her hair, instead she just pulled it into a half ponytail. Finn led Rory in the room, his hands on her lower back, and saw as Logan approached them, "the hosts are supposed to be at the party before the guests arrive, Finn. You're late!"
"Only half an hour, there aren't even that many people here."
"But there are people, meaning you should have been here half an hour ago! What happened?"
"We just got held up... I'm here now, so stop with the whining already!"
Logan rolled his eyes at Finn and looked at Rory, "you look great, Ace."
"Thank you... I didn't have time to do my hair though."
"Goes unnoticed, you look beautiful."
"Ok, that's enough complimenting for one night, don't you think, mate?" Finn said putting his arm around Logan's shoulder, "where are the many guests I have failed to welcome?" he asked taking him away from Rory. Before he left he looked back and winked at her and said "I'll see you in a bit, babe." She just smiled and watched him walk away with Logan. Stephanie didn't let her stare for long since she came, grabbed Rory's arm and took her to a quiet corner where nobody could see them.
"What's the matter with you?" Rory asked when Stephanie let go of her arm, "Jack didn't like the dress?"
"Oh, no, he loved the dress. Really loved it, if you know what I mean," she said grinning.
"Is this conversation gonna get weird, cause I haven't had anything to drink yet."
Stephanie laughed, "I just wanted to ask you, how was it?"
"How was what?" Rory asked confused.
"The sex!"
Rory blushed, 'how the hell does she know?'
"I was right!" Stephanie exclaimed when she saw Rory's cheek change color, "you had sex!"
"Shhh!" Rory said slapping Stephanie's arm, "I don't want everybody to hear!"
"So, how was it?"
"It was good."
"Good?"
"It was nice."
"Good? Nice? What's wrong with you?" Stephanie asked impatient.
"Fine! It was great, it was amazing, it was mind blowing, it was awesome, best sex I've ever had! Happy now?"
"Better than Logan?"
"What?"
"You said it was the best sex you've ever had. Was it better than Logan? Cause Logan's really got a reputation for being, you know, pretty great," she said wiggling her eyebrows at Rory.
"Oh, my God..."
"Come on, tell me, tell me! Is he better than Logan?"
"Why do you wanna know?"
"He's better than Logan. I always thought he'd be better than Logan, but since I never tried neither of them, I couldn't tell. But I don't know, Finn just looks like he's better than Logan."
"Have you been fantasizing about my boyfriend's sexual performance?" Rory asked with her hands on her hips.
"How come you always find a way to not answer people's questions?"
"I don't do that!"
"You do too! You still haven't answered my question!"
"I'm not going to! They're different guys! Things happened at different moments in my life and different feelings were involved."
Stephanie raised her eyebrows at Rory.
Rory gave an exasperated sigh, "I love Finn, and even if the sex hadn't been great, which it was, it was amazing, I still would have enjoyed it because I love him. With Logan, things were a little different. I thought I loved him, but I didn't, so the sex was different."
"I get that, but was it better?"
"Oh, my God, give it up woman!"
"If you don't tell me, I might just be tempted to give it a try," Stepahine said and looked at the ballroom. When she found Finn standing next to Logan talking to some other guy she said, "wouldn't be a sacrifice at all."
"Hey! Stop checking him out! What about Jack?"
"Jack can be part of it too, if he wants..."
"Eww! Oh, God please stop!"
"I'm joking, I'm not into that!" she said laughing but still checking Finn out, "he's got a great ass, doesn't he?"
"It was better, ok? Stop it now," Rory said seriously annoyed at the way her friend was looking at Finn.
Stephanie chuckled, "you know I would never do that, don't you? You know I would never sleep with Finn. Or Logan for that matter, he's not really my type. Finn is, but he's yours and I'm happy with Jack, very happy."
"Glad to hear it... hey, how did you know?"
"What?"
"That I had sex with Finn."
"Well, first you get here late. Finn was supposed to be here at 8 sharp, he knows Logan hates it when people are not punctual, so something kept him from getting here at eight. You show up with your hair in a half ponytail, and though I think that's cute, I know you didn't want to do that, you wanted to curl your hair, so something happened that you didn't have time to do it. Finn's got a smirk on his face that he just can't erase, and only one thing could make him smirk like that. So, add that with my other evidences, voila, sex!"
Rory nodded her head, "I'm impressed."
"I know, I know," she said and took Rory's arm and led her back to the party.
She looked around the ballroom for the first time since she got there. It was a beautiful room in an old house, with a high ceiling and marbled floor. She thought she was in the middle of the set of Gone With The Wind when she saw the staircase, it was exactly like that. When she looked upstairs she saw a chandelier with a rope attaching it to the rail. Finn came up behind her and wrapped his arms around her waist after handing her a glass of champagne.
"What's gonna happen there?" she asked him pointing at the chandelier.
"That's our own Times Square ball."
"You're gonna drop that here? It's glass, it'll break!"
"No, sweetie, we're not going to drop the chandelier itself, Robert's gonna jump with it."
"What? He'll get hurt, it's glass, Finn!"
"Oh, we do it every year, last year it was Colin, this year it's Robert. I'm next year."
"No you're not. I won't let you do something that crazy!"
"And this coming from the girl that jumped 10 stories just to get an article for the newspaper," he replied.
"7 stories, and I didn't do it for the story, I did it for the fun."
"So did Colin, so is Robert, and so will I next year!"
"We are spending New Years with my mom next year."
"No, we're not!"
"Yes, we are!"
"I always spend New Years with the guys!"
"Next year you won't"
"Just so I don't jump?"
"Yeah..."
He smiled and turned her around to face him, "you can jump with me, if you want."
"Oh, really?" she said faking enthusiasm.
"It'll be fun, come on! What, you want me to get Logan so he can convince you to do it. He's pretty good at it."
"Shut up," she said pushing him away but he held on to her side and pulled her closer to him.
"I'm just joking, love. If you don't want me to jump, I won't. But you'll see tonight there's nothing to it."
"Nothing to it? Are you serious? That's a chandelier, Finn! Not supposed to carry people on top of it! Besides..." she was going to continue but Finn interrupted her with a kiss.
"Only way to shut you up," he said when they pulled away.
"Very funny."
"Come on, let's dance," he said and took her to the dance floor.
"Is Logan here alone? I don't see Heather," Rory said as she and Finn danced, her hands locked around his neck and his hands on her lower back.
"They're not together anymore."
"What? Why not?"
"She broke up with him."
"What? I don't believe you! She broke up with him?"
"Yeah, two weeks ago. The guy was devastated. Reminded me of when he broke up with you and regretted it."
"But why?"
"I'm not sure, but I think there's another guy. Harvard. Can you believe it? Dump Logan for a Harvard guy, the enemy!"
"I just can't believe it, she sounded so sincere when she talked about him and her feelings for him."
"Well, I guess her feelings are stronger for the other guy. Either that, or she's in love with his money. His father owns I don't know how many baseball teams."
"I guess Paris was right then. She was just interested in Logan's money and when she found someone richer she dumped him. I feel bad for him though, I kind of told him to give it a shot with her."
"I think he knew what she was about, he just let himself get too involved. I mean, come on, the girl offered him free sex. Not the kind of girl to fall for."
"But is he over her?"
"Yeah, he's better now. He didn't come with a girl because he just didn't want to. A lot of Heathers wanted to be here with him tonight, but I guess he's tired of that. I'm happy for him though, finally found the right way."
"Yeah, good for him..."
"Ok, so with that said, can we please stop talking about your ex-boyfriend for a while, it's really annoying me."
She smiled, "well, what do you want to talk about?"
"Who says I wanna talk," he said and pulled her into a kiss.
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"Come on guys it's almost time!" Logan called everyone's attention. Robert went up the stairs and got on the chandelier, untying the rope, but still holding on the rail. Everybody started counting down and Finn, who was standing behind Rory held her close to him. When everybody yelled "one" Robert let go of the rail. He looked like Tarzan Rory thought, rocking back and forth standing on the chandelier yelling "happy New Year!". She giggled and turned to face Finn, "that was fun to watch."
"Told you there was nothing to it."
"You're still not doing it next year."
"Well, I guess I have the whole year to work on convincing you."
"You'll have to work hard."
"Maybe not, I have pretty good persuasive skills," he said bringing her close to him, his hands sliding down to the side of her hips.
"Oh, really?" she asked.
"Yes, really," he said smirking.
"We'll see about that... I can convince you not to jump too. I'm can be very persuasive as well, you know," she said, her hands on his hips.
"It'll be a good fight," he said grinning.
She smiled at him, "Finn?"
"Yes, babe?"
"Happy New Year."
He smiled and kissed her.
THE END
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AN: Oh, man that was cheesy! But cute! At least I thought so... So, was it good for you? Hahaha, you know what I'm talking about! Lol I'm sorry, just kidding... well, just because there won't be anymore chapters, doesn't mean you don't have to review! Tell me what you thought of the story, the ending, if it was too, I don't know, predictable... well I guess it was, but you can say anything you want. I'll be posting the personal thank yous on my blog. Don't know the address? Check my profile! So, yeah, that's it for me here... oh, I'll miss this... not really... don't forget to review and I'll see you on my other story! Haha, you won't get rid of me that quickly! Anyway, thank you so much for reading! I love you guys! Byee! - Adriana.