AN: Brace yourselves fans; y'all will love this chapter! Let me know what you think.

Finn's birthday party was in full swing. The whole LDB was there along with many non-LDB members. Finn's mood had been quite good all night, and only better when he saw Rory had chosen to attend. True she had come as Robert's date, but the bright side was she was not Logan's date. That fact alone had Finn smiling like a lunatic.

Finn was also enjoying the fact that Rory seemed to own a school girl outfit; his imagination could go wild with this new vision of her. He was currently standing at the edge of the room nursing a glass of whiskey while enjoying his view of her.

"Can you believe Robert asked Rory to come with him?" Logan appeared at Finn's side. He wondered if Logan had seen Finn staring at Rory. He glanced at the couple; they looked to be in a deep discussion about something; if he had to guess it was probably a book or an author.

"What do you care mate?" Finn asked trying to sound uninterested.

"He knows I have dibs on Rory," Logan stated possessively. He then turned his back to them.

"Ah, but that is where you are wrong mate." Finn had to make strong efforts to hide his glee at Logan's jealousy. "Since you have openly bragged about your non-commitment relationship with Rory your dibs is now null and void. Any of us can now pursue her if we want."

Finn saw Logan's expression sour, but he didn't say anything. "Why so bummed mate, haven't you already gotten what you wanted?"

Logan leaned towards Finn, "Let's just say I'm a little selfish when it comes to my toys."

It took everything in Finn to not knock Logan out right then and there. How dare he talk about Rory in such a callous manner? "Logan, don't be an asshole, Rory is not an object to be owned. She's a human being."

Logan laughed, "Yeah whatever you say. Anyone can be bought for the right amount of money, and if they can be bought they can be owned. Life is all about money and who has more of it," his tone was smug.

Unfortunately for Logan, Rory overheard what Logan had said about her. She had behind Logan for most of the conversation without either of them noticing.

When Finn finally saw her he felt his jaw drop. Logan must have seen this because he turned to seen what Finn was looking at. It was too late; Rory's hand violently connected with his cheek. Before he even had the chance to properly react she was gone. Finn watched as she made her way through the crowd and out of the building.

Logan rubbed the sop on his cheek where her hand had made contact. After a moment he followed the same path she had taken and soon after Finn followed suit.

"I can't believe you would say such a thing! You're such an asshole Logan," Finn overheard Rory shouting. He was currently being very creepy, standing just around the corner from where Rory and Logan were having a very heated argument.

"Ace, you misunderstood me," Logan tried to defend himself; not very convincingly in Finn's book.

"Misunderstood? There is not much to misunderstand when you say I am your toy. When you say that you are able to buy and own me." Finn had never heard Rory sound this way before. Usually she was softer spoken and conscious of those around her. Now it was as if she didn't care if the whole street heard her.

"Ace you know…"

"Shut up Logan."

"Ace…"

"Go away Logan!"

Logan threw his hands up and turned, angrily storming away. He must have been caught up in his thoughts because he had walked right past Finn and not noticed him at all.

Finn waited a moment before he made his way to where a now tearful Rory was sitting. Without hesitation he sat beside her and she surprised him by leaning over and resting her head on his shoulder. This simple contact caused Finn's stomach to do flips. Oh how he wish he could kiss away her tears and hold her until she smiled again.

Neither of them said anything for a long while. Finn wanted to let her speak first. He knew she might not want to speak at all and that was something he'd just have to deal with.

Just when he thought that that may be the case Rory spoke. "Why do I always attract jerks?" Her voice was horse from all the yelling she had just done.

"Always?" Finn asked softly, "Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration? I mean of course Logan is a jerk, an ass-hat really, but not every bloke that has been attracted to you has been a jerk."

She lifted her head to look at him. "All of my exes are. Look at how Dean broke up with me in front of all of you."

Finn's found he was clenching his fists again. "Don't even get me started on him, luv. He needs to be properly ruffed up for hurting you the way he did. In fact I wouldn't mind taking on that responsibility."

A soft smiled played on her lips, but quickly disappeared. "That almost pales in comparison to how my ex Jess just up and left town without so much as a 'good-bye'."

Finn was finding that his shit list was going longer the more Rory talked. Dean had been on it since the day he witnessed him openly break her heart in front of a bunch of strangers. Now Logan and some bloke named Jess were added to it. She deserved so much better than these assholes.

"Rory, luv, trust me when I say that you do not only attract jerks." His voice was stern and he hoped she got his point. "You can do so much better than Logan Huntzberger. It's not like it's hard to do better than him. Shit, even I am a better man than him."

A soft smile formed on her lips. "So what are you saying, I should be with you?"

Finn felt his heart do a little flutter. That is exactly what he wanted. Before his brain could object he leaned forward and gently pressed his lips to hers.

The kiss only lasted a couple of second before he pulled back. "I couldn't be the worst idea out there."

Rory looked stunned, but not necessarily in a bad way. Her mouth was moving but nothing was coming out. They both were saved the awkwardness of talking about it when Robert found them.

"Rory, Finn, what are you doing out here? You guys are missing out on the awesome catfight that just broke out."

With much effort Finn tore his eyes away from Rory and looked up at Robert. "Who is fighting at such a glorious event?"

"Jules and Rose. "

Finn let out a long sigh and got up from his seat. "Okay let's go separate them." As Robert headed back inside he turned back to Rory, "As much as I hate to, I must leave you, luv. I do hope we can continue this conversation another time." With that he offered her a wink and headed back to the party.