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Rory was awakened by a loud slam early the next morning.

She opened her eyes and saw a blonde man standing over her looking furious. It took her a moment to realize it was Logan and she was still in the pub sleeping in Finn's arms.

"Finn…I think we're in trouble," Rory whispered.

"It wasn't me…I swear," Finn said only half-awake.

"Finn!" she said poking him cowering away from Logan's glare.

"Bloody hell it's early," Finn growled opening his eyes and squinting in the light.

"Hello mate…I didn't know you were coming to Sydney," Finn said when he spotted Logan.

"Why the hell did you sleep with her? You knew I wanted her for myself! You've really outdone yourself on the asshole scale this time Finn," Logan raved.

"I'm not your property Logan!" Rory exclaimed after his last statement.

"How you could just leave and not tell us! This is low, even for you!" Logan continued, ignoring Rory.

Finn glanced at Rory and saw her annoyed look. He grabbed the sheet around their waists and pulled it so it was over their heads. "Just ignore him, he'll calm down," he advised to Rory and she curled back up into his body.

"ARE YOU LISTENING TO ME?" they both heard Logan yell but neither responded. And soon they heard the door slam again.

"He's such a bloody idiot," Finn chuckled.

"How is that funny? I'm not his girlfriend…or his no strings attached girl for that matter," Rory rolled her eyes.

"That's why it's funny. He seriously thinks you want to be with him but he only thinks that because he wants you. It's like the man can't accept that for once a girl isn't falling over herself to get in bed with him," Finn replied.

"I just want him to understand…" Rory sighed.

"Go back to sleep…we'll deal with it later," he whispered and they both went back to sleep.

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"Rory…get up. We have to get ready to leave," Finn whispered shaking her gently.

She groaned but opened her eyes to see his green ones right above her face looking down at her.

"You want to shower first?" he asked.

"You go…wake me up when you're done," Rory muttered and snuggled back into the covers and pillows.

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"Come on…get up!" Finn's voice stirred into Rory's sleep again. This time there were warm drips of water on her forehead as well.

She opened her eyes again and saw Finn once again hovering over her. His hair was wet and dripping water all over her.

"Your turn," he said and stood up and away from the bed. She watched him turn to his bag on a chair and begin to go through it.

He turned back toward her and her stomach twisted as she realized all he was wearing was a towel wrapped loosely around his waist. "Yes?"

"Uh…do you have shampoo?" she asked covering up for her ogling over him.

"It's already in there," he said and turned back to his bag.

She got up and went into the bathroom closing the door behind her.

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Rory emerged from the bathroom about 20 minutes later wearing the clothes she wore the night before and a towel on her hair.

"Why are you still in here?" she asked spotting Finn lying on the bed with a book in front of him.

"I'm sure Logan is out in the pub or somewhere nearby so I thought I would wait till we had to brave it together," Finn explained.

Rory rolled her eyes. "You're courage is staggering."

"This book is good by the way," Finn said looking back down at the pages.

"I would agree. Did you get it out of my purse?" she asked.

He nodded and grinned slightly. "Sorry."

She shrugged it off. "Should I just wear what I wore on the way here yesterday?"

"If you want…I don't have anymore clean clothes but you're welcome to my dirty ones if you want," Finn grinned.

She rolled her eyes and took her clothes from the previous day with her back into the bathroom.

"Ready to deal with our angry blonde friend?" Finn asked when she came back out of the bathroom.

She shrugged and nodded. Now was as good of a time as any.

He grabbed his bag and went to the door waiting for her to join him before opening it.

Logan was sitting at the table closest to the room but Rory could automatically see he was waiting anxiously for them to come out.

"Good morning mate," Finn said smiling at him as if nothing was wrong.

"Ace, are you okay?" Logan asked ignoring Finn. He came over and hugged Rory tightly.

"Logan…I'm fine. Why wouldn't I be?" she asked pushing him away after a moment.

"Finn, you can't just make someone go somewhere against their will. You're lucky she's not pressing charges," Logan said to Finn, ignoring Rory for the second time that morning. He was talking to Finn as if he was informing him of something new and interesting.

"I don't think she's gonna press charges mate," Finn rolled his eyes.

"We'll see. Come on Ace…let's get back," Logan said wrapping an arm around Rory and beginning to pull her toward the door.

"Logan, stop! Didn't you hear me? I said I was fine and I don't need you're help. He didn't bring me here against my will!" Rory exclaimed. She couldn't believe he was talking as if she would press charges on Finn for taking her to Sydney.

"Don't worry babe, you don't have to stick up for him," Logan said in what he considered a comforting voice.

"Logan!" she yelled as he continued to try and guide her to the door. She knew he was trying to help and he wasn't hurting her or anything but, she didn't need or want his help.

"What?" he asked turning to her as if hearing her for the first time.

"I don't need you to be my knight in shining armor! I agreed to come here with Finn and we've had fun so just go…please," Rory tried to get through.

"You wanted to come?" he asked staring at her.

"Yes."

"But I thought…I thought that you…" he stuttered.

"I'm sorry…" Rory sighed. She knew he thought she liked him but she didn't and it was getting old with him clinging constantly.

"I'm sorry too…I didn't mean to intrude," he said after a moment of silence. He looked at his feet and then up into her eyes. He hesitated then kissed her lightly on the cheek before turning and leaving.

"I know I have no reason to feel bad, but I do," Rory sighed to Finn.

His arms wrapped around her securely and she just enjoyed the feeling of his hug.

"You want to see anything before we get out of here?" he asked.

"I don't really know much about the area," she admitted.

He grinned and pulled her to the car by her hand.

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The two spent the next 3 hours seeing all the cool things there are to see in Sydney.

"That was fun…thanks Finn," Rory smiled. She was glad that he had been in a good mood for a while now.

"It was good to see everything again," Finn smiled somewhat sadly and Rory had the feeling that he was thinking about Braden.

"Should we get going?" she asked wanting to help him just have fun at home and not be overshadowed by his brother's death 6 years earlier.

"Yeah...I'm sure my sisters and brother will be there," Finn nodded after a moment.

"It'll be okay," Rory said hugging his arm to her body and leading him back to the car.

They got in and Finn began to drive.

"So tell me about your sisters and other brother," Rory requested trying to prepare herself for meeting them. She felt even closer to Finn now but she was just as unsure about how he felt about her as she was before.

"Well…Scarlet is twenty-nine…she's married to Alexander Diodorus and has three kids, Alexander, Christian, and Athena. They're six, four, and two," Finn started.

"Athena? You don't hear that one everyday," Rory commented.

"They're Greek…if you couldn't tell by Diodorus. Scarlet met Alexander when we lived in Athens. They live in Canberra now. My other sister, Kimberly is twenty-six. She's married to Andre St. Pierre, he's French, and they have two-year-old twins, Mason and Michele. They all live in Orange. Then there's my youngest brother, Robert. He's a freshman at the University of Melbourne," Finn summed up.

"That's cool…so they all still live in Australia except you?" she asked.

He nodded and she saw his face harden slightly. She had a feeling in the pit of her stomach that his mood had returned so she pulled out her book and began to read not wanting to push it.

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Ryan's Note- Okay, so once again I split this chapter that she had written into two sections. The next one will be posted soon probably but I want to delay it a little because it's the last one written. Lara's doing really well and it coming home the Tuesday after Thanksgiving (they changed her release date again). It'll probably be a few days before she can write but she'll still be home from school so maybe there will be a new chapter soon after that. I'm not sure yet. I just want to thank everyone once again for being so supportive of Lara. Happy Thanksgiving to everyone…thanks and God Bless. -Ryan