AN: Happy New Year everybody! Hope your holidays went great. Mine were fine, if anyone cares. It rainned on New years, like 15 minutes after midnight, right after the fireworks stopped. I wanted to go to Copacabana to watch them, but had no one to go with me. Sad, I know. Anywa, enough with this. I tried to post this sooner, but I only finished writing the chapter yesterday, so yeah. But here it is, chapter 8, hope you enjoy it, I think you will. To those of you wondering, this is a PDLD! Jess is just here to spoil things, like he always does. Can you tell I don't like him? Anyway... To the thank yous!

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Chapter 8: Over the Rainbow

"What are you doing?" Logan asked when he saw Finn laying in his bed with a book in his hands.

"Reading."

"You do realize it's almost 1 in the morning."

"It's a good book," Finn replied not taking his eyes off the page.

"Are you going to bed soon?"

"Are you my mother now?"

"I was just wondering...," he replied nd leaned on the doorframe.

Finn saw that Logan wasn't going to leave, he sighed, closed his book and sat up, "what?"

"Are you going to tell her?" Logan said entering his friend's room.

"Who?"

"Rory. Are you going to tell her you like her?"

Finn gave a small laugh and got up, "where did you get an idea like that, mate?"

"You said you wanted her."

"I said what?"

"You said you wanted her."

"Are you drunk? I never said that!"

"Yes, you did, on Saturday."

"Saturday? Lorelai's engagement party?"

"Yep."

"I was probably drunk."

"That you were, but it doesn't make the statement any less true."

"It makes the statement very much less true. I could have said 'I want you' or 'I want Colin'. Never take into consideration what a drunk says."

"You know you're a different kind of drunk."

"Really? And what kind of drunk am I?"

"You let your feelings out when you're drunk."

"I do not," he answered in a defensive tone.

"You know what? You want to stay in denial, that's your problem, but if I were you, instead of staying home reading some stupid book, I'd go after her. Specially with that other dude now back in her life," Logan finished and left Finn's room.

Finn stared at the door Logan had closed behind him. He was right, as much as Finn tried to deny it, Logan was right. He had been feeling something more than friendship towards Rory for a while now and had been waiting for the right moment to act on it. He was going to do it at her mother's engagement party, and he had almost done it, but Jess showed up. He decided he was going to do something soon before he lost her to the other guy, he just didn't know what. He thought a good walk around campus would do him good, and putting on a jacket he left the apartment in quest of some answers.

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Rory's body shivered with cold and she found out, after opening her eyes, that the reason was the lack of clothes and sheets covering her body. She looked at the guy laying next to her, his arm holding her tight against his skin, but still it couldn't keep her warm. She played the events of the night before inside her head to discover how the hell things had gotten to that point. She carefully moved his arm and sat on the bed. She looked over at her desk and found the reason for that situation: a significant amount of empty beer bottles. She looked down in shame, this was the second time in her life she had done something she was ashamed of. She decided on a walk, fresh air would do her good, and dressing herself she left the apartment leaving a naked Jess sleeping on her bed.

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"Looks like we're both fond of late night walks," Finn said as he approached Rory when he saw her sitting on a bench by herself.

"Finn!" she said startled.

"Didn't mean to scare you, love," he replied sitting down next to her.

"I wasn't expecting to see anyone."

"Well, if you want to, I'll leave you alone," he said starting to rise.

"No, stay," she said pulling him down, "I could use some company."

"What happened?"

"Nothing, I just don't want to be alone now."

"I've known you for more than a year now, I know something's bothering you. What's the matter?"

"I just did something stupid, that's all," she said looking down.

"We all do stupid things, it's human nature," he said with a small laugh, "whatever it is, you can tell me."

"No, I can't."

"Oh, come on, we're friends, aren't we?"

"We are friends, I just can't tell you this," she said, emphasizing the last word.

"I promise I won't judge you, Lord knows I'm never in a position to judge anyone."

"I know that, Finn, but I don't know, this isn't something you go telling around. What will you think! "

There wasn't much light around them. Finn looked into her eyes, her dark pupils almost didn't let him see the blue around them, "trust me, whatever it is that you did can't be that big of a deal. And I promise, I won't think anything of you or your situation. Now, go on, tell your buddy Finn what's troubling you."

Rory thought for a while and looked the other way, "I got drunk..."

"You're embarrassed of that? Do you know who you're talking to?"

"And I slept with Jess," she finished still looking the other way.

Finn was silent, she wanted to look at him, see his reaction to the news, maybe try to understand what was going on inside his head, but she just couldn't. After a minute, that seemed like hours to her, he finally spoke, "so you're back with him?"

"No, I'm not back with Jess!" she said now looking at him.

"But you still love him."

"No, I don't love Jess, I've told you that. I was drunk!"

"You weren't that drunk, or you wouldn't be here right now, you wouldn't even be able to walk, Rory. I've seen you drunk."

"Finn, I don't love Jess."

"Don't lie, Rory."

"I'm not lying!" she said raising her voice, "and this is your fault!"

"You're sleeping with some guy, and somehow that's my fault!"

"Why did you push me towards Jess?"

"I never did that, I just wanted you to talk to him, tell him that it was over. Closure is important."

"But I was fine without it! I wouldn't have spoken to him if you hadn't made such a big deal out of it."

"You were not fine, and you know it. I saw your face when you saw him at the party. You still love him."

"I don't!"

"Oh, come on."

"What is it you want, huh? You want me to say I love him? I do, I love Jess, I never forgot him, I think about him every minute of every day, and I'm really happy that he's back into my life! And because of you! So thank you! Thank you so much for bringing joy back into my life, Finn, really!" she was trying to hold back her tears, "happy now?"

He didn't say anything.

"Thanks for making me feel better, Finn. I have to go," she said and walked away.

Finn sat a while longer thinking about his own stupidity. He suddenly stood up and ran after Rory. "I'm sorry," he said when he reached her.

She dried her tears, looked him in the eyes, said "me too," and kept on walking.

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"You need to go," Rory said after slamming her bedroom door, waking Jess up.

He slowly sat on the bed, rubbing his eyes, a little confused at her attitude.

"It's 3 in the morning," he said to her.

"You need to go," she repeated looking the other way since he didn't bother covering himself.

"What happened? We were sleeping so nice a few minutes ago," he said wrapping a sheet around his waist and sanding up.

"I wasn't in bed a few minutes ago, Jess," she responded looking at him.

"You weren't? Where were you?"

"Out," she simply replied.

"Out? What's the matter, Rory? You weren't acting like this before."

"Look, I can't deal with this now," she said moving her hand back and forth between them, "I can't deal with you now! I just need you to go! We'll talk about it later, ok? Just leave me alone now!"

"Fine, if that's what you want," he said and started gathering his clothes.

Rory sighed, "I'm sorry, it's not your fault, at least not only your fault, I just need to collect my thoughts, figure some things out."

"That's ok," he said trying to sound understanding.

"We can have lunch, and we'll talk, ok?"

"Sure," he said putting on his last piece of clothing.

"Ok, I'll see you later then," she said faking a smile.

"Later," he said nodding his head.

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"So, you will never believe this: my mother made me change my mind about the wedding," Lorelai started as soon as Rory answered her phone.

"Really," she tried to sound interested.

"She pointed out the many inconveniences, these are her words by the way, of having a wedding ceremony in a public place. I would have to invite the whole town, which wouldn't be a really big problem cause I do love our strange neighbors, but she also said that other people could drive by the square, making noise and disturbing the whole thing. Plus, what if it rained? I told her we'd be wet, but what about the hair, I mean, spend a whole day doing your hair only to ruin it with rain? Not cool, right?"

"Right," Rory responded.

"So, how about the Dragonfly? I mean, we could have the ceremony outside, or if it looks like rain we could squeeze everybody in! What do you think?"

"It's good, seems you got it all planned out."

"I got the place, but I still have to think about all the other things, decoration, food, dress... What do you think I let my mother deal with that?"

"It's a good idea."

"I knew you weren't listening!"

"I was! I am!"

"You just said it was a good idea to have my mother handle the decoration, food and dress at my wedding!"

"I did? Well, grandma is very competent in that area, she's always throwing functions and parties, plus she'll be thrilled if you let her be a part of it."

"I do not want my wedding to look like a DAR function. Rory, what wrong?"

"Nothing."

"Come on, I know something's gotta be off when you tell me to have Emily Gilmore plan my wedding."

"It's nothing, mom."

"Tell mommy what's wrong."

"It's just... Finn and I had a fight, that's all," Rory said, choosing to leave out the part concerning Jess.

"Oh? Why?"

"I did some stupid things and we had a small argument."

"What stupid things did you do?"

"Nothing big, mom, don't worry, we'll work it out."

"I'm sure you will. But are you sure you don't want to tell me what happened?"

"I want to work this one out on my own, ok?"

"Ok, your call. But if you need me, you know where to find me! I love you, kid!"

"Love you too, mom."

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"Maybe we could try again, see if it works out this time," was Jess' suggestion.

"It didn't start right, it can't end right," Rory replied.

"Who says it has to end?"

She half smiled, "I don't think so, Jess, what happened was a mistake. We had agreed on being just friends, remember?"

"Is it because of that friend of yours?"

"What friend?"

"The one with the stupid accent. Don't know how you can understand a word he says."

"Finn? His accent isn't difficult to understand. Easier than most Australians, I think."

"Whatever, is this about him?"

She denied, "this is about us, Jess. We hadn't seen each other in a while, and we were both holding on to old grievances. We had agreed that now we'd just spend time together, sort of get to know each other over again. There was nothing concerning sexual encounters." She tried to say this in as light a way as possible.

He considered her point for a minute, "I guess you're right. Let's do that for now. I just need you to know that I'll be working on getting you back, and that I'll do whatever to win you. I love you."

She didn't know what to say in reply, so she just smiled and took a sip of her soda. Her cell phone beeping saved them from the uncomfortable silence. It told her she had one new text message.

Go outside and see the sky

She saw the message had come from Finn's number, but it made no sense. She looked outside the window of the diner she sat with Jess and saw that the rain that had been falling for the past hour had ceased and the sun was already shinning through the remaining clouds.

"I'll be right back," she told Jess and headed to the exit. She looked ahead at the sky and saw nothing but a few light gray clouds. Her phone beeped again.

The other way

She turned around and saw the rainbow. With a smile on her face she started to look for the author of those messages. He had to be around somewhere, else how would he know she was looking the wrong way.

"Beautiful, isn't it?" he said, coming from behind the diner.

"It is," she replied.

"I love rainbows. They give me the idea of hope, you know, of looking beyond. When it rains, everything gets so sad and depressing, people stay home, watching their TVs, eating their junk food." She smiled at this, that was exactly what she liked to do on rainy days. "But I prefer to go outside and wait. Wait for the sun to come out and shine and work its magic," he continued and pointed in the direction of the rainbow, "the only good thing about a storm is the rainbow that comes afterwards." He looked into her eyes next, "the only good thing about a fight is when we make up," he finished and showed her a daisy he kept hidden behind him.

Rory accepted the flower with a smile.

"Sorry I reacted the way I did, I had no right. I was just worried that you might get hurt."

"I know, Finn, and thanks," she said and hugged him. "How did you know I was here? I didn't see your car anywhere," she said when they let go.

"Professional stalker, thank you very much," he said with a bow.

"Very funny," she said slapping his arm.

"So, you in there with him?" he asked trying to hide his jealousy.

"Yeah, settling everything."

"You're getting back together?"

Rory didn't have time to answer for Jess came out looking for her. "There you are. I've asked the check, do you want anything else?" he asked ignoring Finn.

"No, thanks. Here, let me give you some money, we can share the bill," she said looking for money inside her pockets.

"It's on me, don't worry about it."

"Thanks," she said and noticing he hadn't said a word to Finn, "you remember Finn, right?"

"Yeah," he only replied.

"How are you doing, mate?" Finn greeted offering him his hand.

"Fine," Jess said shaking Finn's hand.

"Great," Finn said after a moment of silence when everybody was waiting the same courtesy from Jess, but it never came.

"Do you need a ride back to your dorm, Rory?" Jess asked.

"No, you can go home from here. It's nearer the interstate. I can go back with Finn," she said. "I can go back with you, can't I?" she asked addressing Finn.

"Of course you can, love," he replied smiling.

Rory went to say goodbye to a not so pleased Jess. "When can I see you again?" he asked her.

"I'll probably be in Stars Hollow this weekend."

"I'll see you then," he said and started to leave.

"Lovely to see you, Jess," Finn said in a very ironic tone to which Jess only responded to with a shrug of the shoulders.

AN: ok, so no cliffhanger, thought I'd be nicer this time. And since I was nicer, you could be so too by reviewing this! Thanks!