A/N: Okay guys…thanks for being patient. This chapter might not be all that great because I have a lot going through my brain now…I might end up like Lorelai. Right well it doesn't matter to any of you so just forget it. Yeah I just need to do something to make me forget who I am so I guess I'll write a bit.

Disclaimer: Not mine.

3 days later

"Rory Finnley," Rory said answering her phone at work as it rang.

"Hello?" she asked when no one said anything.

"Hello?" she repeated starting to get annoyed.

She went to hang up the phone when she heard someone say, "Rory."

"Hello?" she asked yet again.

"It's Jess," his voice said.

"What do you want Jess?" Rory asked sighing.

"I want for you to not hate me," Jess said.

"Jess…I don't hate you but I can't be with you. No offense but I don't want to be with you and you just have to accept that," Rory told him.

"I know. That's not why I called," he informed her.

"Okay well then what do you want? I'm at work and I'm busy," Rory was really embarrassed for assuming he was trying to her back again.

"I just wanted to ask what the deal with your nanny is," Jess admitted.

"Lizzie? She's twenty four and not really your type," Rory rolled her eyes.

"No, the other one…Cara. I went to Finn's party even though I knew I shouldn't and I ended up talking to her and she seemed cool and all that," Jess replied.

"Cara…well she's really nice and she'd be a perfect girlfriend but I don't want you to date her," Rory told him.

"Why the hell not?" Jess was annoyed. Rory didn't control him!

"Because you'll hurt her…and she doesn't deserve that," Rory was exasperated.

"I won't hurt her," Jess insisted.

"But you will. You hurt me and now you're going to hurt her."

"Just because I screwed up our relationship doesn't mean I'll hurt everyone that I ever date," Jess was spitting mad.

"Oh so I just wasn't important to you?"

"I didn't say that and you know damn well that it isn't true!" Jess couldn't believe she was acting this way.

"Listen Jess, do whatever the hell you want…but do it by yourself. I have to get back to work," Rory said and slammed the phone back down.

She took a deep breath and ran a hand over her face to calm down.

Jess was so incredibly clueless! How could he think that Rory would aid him in hurting one of her friends?

"Love…are you all right?" Finn asked popping his head into her office.

Rory glanced at the clock and saw that it was 12:14. When she was working at the office she and Finn always went to lunch together, it must have slipped her mind.

"Yeah…I'm fine, Jess just called me and caught me off guard," Rory shrugged it off.

"What the bloody hell did Jess want?" Finn asked getting angry.

"To ask me about Cara…apparently he came to your party and they met," Rory told him as she grabbed her purse and they headed down the hall.

"That bastard was at my party?" Finn demanded.

"I sent him an invitation to be polite, I didn't think he would actually come," Rory shrugged getting on the elevator.

"He freakin' kissed my wife…that isn't very polite, now is it?" Finn was still steaming.

"Finn…it was a mistake and I took care of it. We've already had our battle so can you please just drop it?" Rory begged slipping her hand into Finn's.

Finn sighed but nodded after a moment.

A few days later

"Rory?" a timid voice asked one night.

Rory turned to see Cara standing in the doorway of her and Finn's room.

"Come on in," Rory said smiling warmly.

"I just wanted to talk to you…I know Jess called you," Cara said sitting down on the couch with Rory.

"Have you talked to him?" Rory asked trying to act like it didn't really matter.

"Yeah…he called me. And I just wanted to tell you that I love Twister, Ryan and everyone else like my own family and you like a sister so if you don't think that I should be with Jess then I won't be," Cara said slowly.

"Cara…I want you to be happy…I want Jess to be happy to. But if you are with him I can help but worry that he's gonna hurt you," Rory sighed.

"I know…and I know that he hurt you many times and that he's done a lot of things to you but I can't help that I like him," Cara admitted looking torn.

"You should go out with him…I mean he's a good guy, really he is. Besides, it's only a date it's not like you're getting married," Rory shrugged.

Cara nodded in agreement.

"Listen…just be careful…okay?" Rory requested.

"I will…don't worry," Cara said smiling gratefully. She knew that Rory didn't really have any control over which men she dated as long as it was when she wasn't in charge of the kids but Cara valued Rory's opinion.

"Hello ladies," Finn said coming into the room.

"Hi," Rory said standing and kissing him quickly on the lips. "You're home early."

"Yeah…I decided I wanted to hang out with the kids tonight," Finn told the two women. "Cara…if you want you and Lizzie can have the night off."

"Thanks!" Cara grinned and left the room.

"What's with you? You're in a good mood," Rory said studying his face while she sat on the bed.

"I know…I don't really know why but I am," Finn shrugged unbuttoning his white dress shirt.

Rory grinned at him. "Are you sure that you want to give Cara and Lizzie the night off?" she asked running her hands across his bare chest.

"Love…as much as I want to be with you I want to be with our progeny as well," Finn said taking her hands in his.

Rory was hurt. It wasn't often that Finn turned her down. In fact, as she thought about it she couldn't think of a time when Finn had ever turned her down.

Finn seemed to sense those feelings as he pulled a T-shirt over his head and slipped into pajama pants. He went over to her and captured her lips with his.

"It's not you…it's me," Finn joked.

Rory sighed but smiled back at him. "I just miss you…I feel like we never get any time to ourselves."

"I'm with you on that one," Finn sighed and pulled her into his arms holding her tight.

"I love you," she whispered.

"I know love…I know," Finn said kissing the top of her head.

"Twist…what do you want for dinner?" Rory asked. They had decided to give Patty the night off as well.

"Pizza!" he yelled.

Finn rolled his eyes. "Like we didn't see that one coming."

Rory grinned and handed the phone to Finn.

The family of six spent the evening like most normal American families would. They ate a noisy dinner together, watched movies, and played games. It was a very rare occasion that no one who wasn't actually family was with them.

"Is Kelsey asleep?" Finn whispered as Twister avidly watched Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

Rory looked down in her arms and nodded. "Is Lori?"

Finn nodded as well.

"Twist…we'll be back in a minute. We're putting the girls to bed," Finn told him.

"They're precious," Rory sighed happily when the girls were in their cribs.

"That they are love," Finn agreed.

"Come on Twist…it's time for bed," Rory said ruffling his hair.

"No!" Twister refused.

"Twister…it's almost nine o'clock!" Finn said to the boy.

"I don't care!" he glowered.

"Alden Garrick," Finn warned.

Twister just looked at him stubbornly.

"Come on Twist…please?" Rory tried.

He shook his head.

Finn grabbed him and tossed him over his shoulder like a bag of potatoes.

Twister screamed delightedly.

Rory rolled her eyes knowing that it would take Twister forever to fall asleep if Finn riled him up.

"Finn," she said quietly.

He noticed her tone and knew what she meant.

"Come on mate…time for bed," Finn said and carried him upstairs.

Finally they got Twister into his bed and settled.

"Tonight was fun," Rory commented as she and Finn lay in bed wrapped together after "being together" (if you catch my drift).

"I couldn't agree more," Finn said contentedly.

"We're lucky you know," Rory commented.

"For what?"

"We have four great kids…and we have each other," Rory smiled.

"Well I don't know how great the kids will be when they're teenagers but we will always have each other," Finn kissed her hair.

"Always," Rory repeated.

A/N: I'm sorry for taking so long. Like I said…I just needed to deal with some crazy stuff in my life. Review please…I need something to lift up my mood instead of being scared at every second of my life. Thanks. Oh and I'm sorry that this was so short.