A/N: I know, I know, most of you agree with Ryan on how it ended. But come on, have some faith.

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"What the hell happened to you?" Paris asked when she came in and found Rory curled up on the couch with ice cream and other junk food.

"Wallowing," Rory said simply.

"How can you wallow? You didn't have a boyfriend, I on the other hand, am sleeping with the editor," Paris said smugly.

Rory rolled her eyes. Paris had never been good at consoling people.

"So what did Logan do?" Paris asked sitting down at the other end of the couch.

"Logan didn't do anything," Rory sighed.

"I don't get it," Paris said staring at her.

"It wasn't Logan…it was Finn," Rory said and took another huge bite of ice cream.

"I don't get it…you can have any guy you want and now that you finally want one he doesn't want you back and I have a boyfriend? It doesn't add up," Paris stated.

"Don't you have any work or anything to do?" Rory asked wishing that she would just go into her room.

"Nope. My night is free…you want to hang out?" Paris asked getting comfortable on the couch and changing the channel.

"PARIS!" Rory yelled.

"Fine! I'll just go to Doyle's," she said and huffed away.

Rory sighed and ate some more ice cream.

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"Hey, I didn't see you around much this weekend," Logan said as he saw Rory a few days later.

"Yeah…I wasn't out much," she said cryptically.

"Whatever that means. So you want to come over to Steph's tonight? We're having a party," Logan offered.

"I don't know," she shrugged knowing that Finn would probably be there and most likely with some other girl.

"You should come. Please?" Logan asked as they stopped outside her classroom.

Rory was still unsure.

"Okay, last time you weren't sure about something it was Australia and you had a great time. Just give it a chance and you can always leave when you want," Logan pointed out.

"Fine, I'll be there," Rory sighed but smiled at him.

"Good, I'll see you later," he said and gave her a warm hug before heading off down the hall to his own classroom.

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Rory hesitantly checked her appearance one last time and decided that her ensemble would do.

"Paris I'm going to Stephanie's…I'll probably be back soon," she informed her roommate who was watching C-Span avidly.

Paris grunted.

Rory left the room and headed for Steph's. She went right in when she got there and saw the party had already started.

"Hey Ror!" Steph said half drunkenly.

Rory laughed. "Hey Steph."

"The boys are by the keg," she announced and stumbled toward the table with all the other drinks.

Rory chuckled at her and went back toward where the keg would be so that she would at least know someone.

"Hey Rory," Colin greeted her uninterestedly.

"Hi Colin, Logan, Finn," Rory said nodding to each the boys in turn.

"Ah, there she is," Logan muttered. He drained the rest of his drink and walked away.

"I'm not taking another sip of this. I need some scotch," Colin announced and also wandered off.

"I guess that leaves you and me," Finn said smiling at her.

"I guess so," she said. She had only seen him once since they had gotten back and that was just a quick wave across the dining hall.

"You want a beer?" he asked grabbing a red plastic cup from the stack.

She nodded silently and accepted the beer he handed her.

They stood and drank together but neither said very much.

"You want to dance?" he asked her after she was halfway through her second beer.

"I don't really like to dance," Rory shrugged.

"Come on…it'll be fun," Finn insisted and tugged her across the room so they were closer to the music.

Finn spun her around and pulled her back so that her back was pressed against his stomach and chest.

Before long Finn leaned down. "Do you want to get out of here? This is a lame party."

Rory looked around and saw immediately that it wasn't a lame party but she didn't protest and followed him out of the dorm.

"Where are we going?" Rory asked.

"I thought we could watch a movie at my place," he offered.

Rory nodded in agreement and was very aware of the fact that they were holding hands.

The pair settled comfortably on the couch but Rory wasn't sure how close it was appropriate to sit to him.

Finn solved that by pulling her closer so that her head was on his chest and her body between his legs.

"You want a drink?" Finn asked after they started to doze watching St. Elmo's Fire.

Rory nodded but was surprised when he stood up and she was disturbed out of her comfortable position.

"Let's play truth or dare," Finn suggested bringing over some shot glasses and a bottle of tequila.

"Lets not and say we did," Rory shook her head.

"It's the only way you're getting a drink," Finn said holding it out of her reach.

Rory sighed and nodded giving in.

"Truth or dare love?" he asked pouring the shots.

"Remind me of the rules before I pick," Rory requested.

"One shot for a truth and two for a dare."

"Truth."

"That's no fun," Finn protested and Rory rolled her eyes. "Fine…did you have fun in Australia?"

"The most fun I've ever had in my life…when my mom wasn't involved of course," she said and took a shot.

"Of course," Finn said chuckling.

"Truth or dare?" Rory offered.

"Truth."

"That's no fun," Rory repeated grinning giddily. "Have you ever been in love?"

"Yes. Truth or dare?"

"Truth."

"Have you ever been in love?" he asked studying her face.

She sighed and nodded. "Twice."

"Dare," he said not waiting for her to offer the two.

"I dare you to kiss me," she said.

"I can't," Finn shook his head.

"Why the hell not?" Rory asked getting closer to him by the second.

"Because once I kiss you I won't be able to stop," he said quietly.

"Maybe I don't want you to. You don't have to be with me…just for tonight," she said keeping eye contact knowing that she was winning.

Finn kept the eye contact and took his shots quickly. He slowly pulled her toward him and brought his mouth to hers giving her what she had wanted since they got back from Australia.

Before she knew it they were wrapped in his sheets and each other's arms and the mid-afternoon sun was shining in at them from the window.

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A/N: Eh.

Ryan's Note- Eh. It was all right Lara and I have agreed but nothing special. And I would like to point out before anyone gets their hopes up that Rory said only for tonight. So thanks for reading and we hope you all have a great holiday season. We'll probably update in a few days. Thanks and God Bless. -Ryan