Christmas Time
"Oh shit sorry Reporter Girl I didn't know you would be here" Colin stammered as he took in the sight of his best mates girl in just her underwear. At the same time he rushes out of the room trying to avoid more of a scene.
I get up walk over to the closet and pull out a robe for myself and head out and see Colin.
"Why are you looking for Finn? As far as I knew he was at the office" I say to him
"I checked the office he is not there, I checked all his usual haunts and came up with goose eggs" he says and it gets me thinking where is he? I start to think minor things but then my mind starts making up the worst possible scenarios that he is cheating on me. I go back into the bedroom grab my phone and call him.
"Hello darling, what can I do for you?" He asks me as he answers.
"How about you tell me where you are and don't lie because I know you're not at the office because Colin just arrived and surprised me looking for you. He says he has been to your office and to all your regular haunts and he can't find you. What's going on Finn?" I blurt out realising that my own subconscious is telling me I'm not good enough Finn.
"Whoa kitten calm down baby, I was at the office then we had a business lunch. I'm almost home see you in a few minutes" he says to me and I try to calm down. I walk back out to Colin.
"He will be home soon, he went from the office to a business lunch is what he tells me" I say as I sit down and read today's paper sitting on the coffee table.
"Hey Rory you know he loves you yeah? He would never do anything to ruin that no one is worth more to him than you" he tells me but the seeds of doubt are still sitting there in the back of my mind.
Minutes later Finn walks in " what on earth are you doing her Col?" Finn asks taking in the scene in front of him. His girlfriend sitting on the couch reading the newspaper wearing the silk robe I bought for her to wear here and Colin pacing my lounge. If I didn't know any better I would swear something happened with them.
"I have been looking everywhere for you, we have a problem with the plans for the New Year " he says to me subtly.
"What part?" I ask
"The venue, burnt down last night" he tells me
"Shit where are we going to find another place to hold it in New York on a week and a half notice" I muse
"What type of venue is required?" She asks
"Don't worry about it Ror we will work it out" I say
"I want to help I'm a problem solver" she says and I start to go through all the requirements she then heads to our room to do some research before she comes back to us.
"Hey mate I do need to tell you something" Colin says to me as I look at him I see some pain in his face.
"What's up mate?" I say
"Well I used my key to get in here not thinking about reporter girl and I may have walked in to your bedroom and seen her in only her underwear" he blurts out.
I stand there looking at him dumbfounded. "You saw my girl in her underwear?" I question
"It was by pure accident, once I knew what was going on I walk straight back out. I swear to you I would never do that and I love Steph too damn much to ruin us" he replies and I know it's all good.
"Don't worry Col it's fine mate I understand it was an accident, so what's going to happen if we can't get a venue that can handel our plans?" I ask him
"I don't know we have never needed a back up" he replies
"Go see your lady, I will call when we find another venue and you can facilitate all the details from there as from tomorrow we will be in Stars Hollow till a couple of days after Christmas" I say and he gives me a hug and turns and heads towards the door.
"By the way mate, I thinks she is worried she isn't good enough for you and that you were cheating on her. I'm sorry if that's what came across in my haste to find you" he says with a sad face and leaves the apartment and I make my way to the bedroom.
"Any luck there Kitten?" I ask her as I walk in.
"There is a couple of options" she says to me as she looks over her shoulder and I see a look in her eyes that I have not seen before.
"What's wrong kitten?" I ask her
"I feel so stupid now, you were only at a business lunch and I was thinking the worst and you have given me no reason to think like that. You have been amazing and perfect and I am totally falling in love with you but then my mind runs away from me when Colin can't find you. I feel like you deserve so much better than me and I'm just whatever" she rants at me. As she tells me all this my heart grows with the love I am feeling for her but then it breaks when she starts talking about not being good enough. I move over to the bed and sit down and start rubbing circles gently on her back.
"Kitten I understand why your mind went were if did because of my past and if anyone doesn't deserve the other its me that does not deserve you. Lastly I am in love with you too" I say to her and I wait for her to respond. The response I get is not the one I expected, the next second she jumps up and straddles my lap and starts to kiss me with a passion and strength I haven't felt from her before.
"I am in love with you too Finn" she says and I kiss my way down her neck eliciting moans from my love. I move my hands down to until the robe and as I remove it and see whats underneath my breath hitches, she is wearing the most innocent looking white lace thong and bra I have ever seen on her.
"Oh kitten you look like an angel" I let out with a husky voice.
"Your angel' she says as she undoes my shirt and takes it off me and moves onto removing my pants. I lay back on the bed and let her take control like she needs to. I remove her bra and caress her breasts while she continues to undress me. She starts to go down on me and I lose all control.
"Rory baby if you want more than you need to stop that because I'm going to lose control" I tell her and she comes up and kisses me hard as she slides me into her. Once inside her I take over some of the control and work into her harder. I sit up and kiss my way around her neck and body while being inside her. We spend the next 45 minutes connecting in a way we never had before.
"Oh Kitten that was amazing" I say
"I concur Mr Morgan" she says as she snuggles into my arms. We lay there for what feels like hours but was probably only 15 minutes. Then Rory's phone went off and pulled us out of our daze.
"Rory Gilmore speaking" she says I watch as she nods and answers with some yes's.
"No problem Mr Frost, I will advise you before Christmas of my decision thank you" she says as she hangs up and the only thing that comes to mind is she got the job at the Post.
"Whats the verdict darling?" I ask
"They are offering me the job" she said with a huge smile on her face.
"We get to be close to each other Finn" she adds leaning in to kiss me.
"That's brilliant kitten and Christmas is in 3 days so when are you going to let them know and when will you move into the apartment your grandparents have?" I ask her
"I will call them tomorrow and I'm thinking about starting about the third week of January, and then see if dad has found a place for me to move into as he said he would buy me a loft or apartment or wherever I want to live. Then I want to go somewhere warm and tropical before I start my job like a real holiday" she tells me.
"That sounds great kitten how about I book a holiday from the 6th till the 18th I have some place in mind already" I tell her as I start to plan everything I want to do.
"Sounds great to me Finn, how bout we get dressed then go finish our Christmas shopping then come home and finish packing for Stars Hollow" she says
"Sounds good to me kitten" I respond and we get dressed and head out and spend 3 hours doing our last minute shopping and grab a quick bite to eat at a little bistro. We then get back to the apartment and finish packing our bags for the next 3 days at Lorelai's. We hit the hay about 11pm and don't wake till 10am. We get up and ready quickly and are on the road by 1130am, by 2pm we are reaching the exit off the highway.
"Which way from here kitten?" I ask her and she directs me to the town square and we park and head straight to Luke's and walk in and take a seat at a table we are greeted with cups of coffee before menus are handed to us.
"Rory, Finn" Luke says
"Hey Luke has mom been in recently?" She asks
"Nah she is due very soon though" he says
"Awesome while we wait can I get cheeseburger no salad, with chilli cheese fries on the side, a serve of onion rings and some raspberry pie with whipped cream for dessert and lots of coffee" she says and I just think she is amazing.
"How bout you Finn?" He ask me.
"Turkey melt, onion rings and caramel milkshake please" I say and look back at Rory. I hear the bell go and think it's just another townie when I am soon mistaken by the look on Rory's face and the mouthing of sorry.
"Hey sugar, when did you get home? Who did you bring with you honey?" Babette says in her raspy voice.
"Just got back about 10 minutes and this is my boyfriend Finn we have been together for about a month now it's going great" she says to the lady with a big smile.
"You sure know how to pick them sugar" she says and makes her way to another table.
"I'm so sorry but in the next 10 minutes the whole town will know and it will be a spectacle" she deadpans to me and all I do is chuckle.
Luke drops our food off and we start to eat when the door to the diner opens.
"Loin fruit you started without mommy?" She says
"Hey mom sorry we were hungry and coffee and food waits for no one even you" she says and continues eating her burger.
"I understand hello exotic one" she says
"Hey Lorelai" I say between mouthfuls of my food.
We all finish up and head out of the diner.
"You coming home now mom or do you still have work to do?" She ask
"Still some work to do so why don't you and Finn head home get comfy I should be home by 6 so if any funny business is going on please be done by then mommy doesn't want a repeat of Dean" she says and walks off towards her jeep while we head towards my SUV. Rory directs me back to the crapshack as she calls it and I can see the love that is exuded off the house and I haven't been inside.
"So this is where the Rory Gilmore grew up?" I say with a teasing tone.
"Yes it is now follow me and I will show you to our room" she opens the door and walks straight through the entry way and turns right and I see we are in the kitchen and she opens a door just to the right and I see it.
As I take in the room I can see it has Rory written all over it with the books and the Yale pin board and all the photos she has from the Yale days.
"Mom why is there a queen bed in my room?" She asks through the phone.
"But we can barely move in the room" she responds
"I understand it will be more comfortable for us but" she says and I can tell Lorelai has cut her off.
"Alright I give see you when you get home" she says and let's out a sigh.
"New bed kitten?" I question with a smirk.
"Yeah she wants us to be comfortable and she thought this was a good step" she replies
"Well it is more spacious then a twin" I say
"Yeah I know anyways let's just put our stuff near the closet and relax for a bit" she says as she lays back on her bed. I lay down next to her and wrap my arms around her.
"So what are the plans for our 3 days here before we head back to New York for New Years?" I ask her.
"Well we have to go to Luke's and see Lane and the twins, then there is a proper tour of Stars Hollow and that's just tomorrow. Christmas Day is lunch at the inn Sookie is cooking an amazing lunch. Other then that you will have your inaugural Gilmore girls movie night tonight and because of the time of year it's Christmas themed, Miracle on 34th street, Home Alone, Elf and The grinch." She tells me and I look at her in awe as she had lit up while telling me all of this.
"Do you know how beautiful you are when you talk about all of that?" I say and I lean over and give her a kiss. "As much I would love to do more then that I think you need some more of you nectar of life and I have heard the best is a short walk from here" I say with a smirk as she gets up from the bed and we make our way out and walk back towards Luke's.
We soon arrive at Luke's and take a seat at the counter and Luke places 2 coffee bowls in front of us and fills them up.
"Anything else?" He asks
"Some chilli fries please" she says and he shakes his head and sends the order through to ceaser.
We get lost in small talk while we wait for our food. Soon the door chimes and we hear her.
"Luke I need coffee STAT!" She says and breezes in and sits next to rory.
"Hey mom" she says
"Hey sweets, hello again exotic one" she replies
"Good afternoon Lorelai" I say just as Luke places our food in front of us and grabs another coffee for Lorelai.
"So movie night tonight kiddo?" She asks
"Of course what else after this Finn and I will go get the movies and then stop by doose's for the candy and junk food" she tells her mom as we polish off the last of the fries. I place some money on the counter and we get up and head off to the video store.
"You still have a video store? What about DVD?" I ask incredulously.
"We have them we just prefer video here" she says with a chuckle as we make our way around the store and get the videos. I start to notice that there isn't as much here as should be.
"Where are the rest of the movies they can't all be hired out?" I say
"Oh that, they are found behind the Rory curtain" she says with sarcasm.
"The what?" I ask in shock
"The Rory curtain, blame small town mentality and sensorship. Long story" she says as we check out the movies and head to the market.
We walk in and she hands me a basket as well as one for herself and moves towards the candy aisle. She starts throwing in all manner of sweets from red vines to mallomars to sour patch kids, marshmallows and even peanut butter cups. Then we head to the freezer section and grab ice creams of many flavours, tater tots, mini pizzas other junk. Once both baskets are fully loaded we make our way to the checkout.
Rory's POV
We reach the checkout line and I see who is on and I groan in my head. It has to be Dean, I can't catch a break let's hope it's not awkward. We start loading it all onto the counter and he looks up.
"Hey Rory, let me guess movie night?" He says in a friendly tone.
"Hey Dean, of course it is but it's a special one" I say as he starts ringing it up and bagging it.
"Whys that?" He asks
"It's Finn's first Gilmore movie night plus it's Christmas themed too" I say with excitement.
"Who is Finn?" He asks looking behind her to see him standing there.
"That would be me Finn Morgan, Rory's boyfriend" he says putting his hand out for a shake.
"What happened to the rich blondie?" He asks
"Didn't work out broke up over a year and a half ago now" I say as he finishes ringing everything up.
"$65.42" he says as I go to grab my wallet Finn pulls out his black card.
"Do you take Amex here?" He asks and Dean just nods in shock of the black card. Finn processes the payment and grabs the bags as we head off home.
"I didn't know Dean was still around" Finn said.
"It's been so long now I kind of forget" I say as we walk home.
Once home we start setting up all the candy and put the tater tots and mini pizzas in the oven. We move everything to the lounge and pile it all on the table.
"How on earth are we going to eat all this?" He asks
"Oh that's easy, the question is will you survive the sugar hangover?" I ask with a laugh.
"Sugar hangover?" He questions
"Yeah you are not used to our eating ways you will no doubt fail and end up in a sugar coma and then have the hangover tomorrow" I say as a matter of fact.
"How bout a wager on that seeing as you are so confidant?" He says to me and I turn around with a smirk.
"What kind of wager?" I ask as I kick up one of my eyebrows.
"Well if I win...you move in with me. If you win I will tell you where our vacation is going to be. How does that sound?" He says and I just stare at him in shock.
"You want me to live with you?" I ask as it's the only thing coming to my mind.
"I would love nothing more kitten, then to wake up next to you everyday and fall asleep next to you every night. Since you came back into my life I have been so happy" he says to me.
I stand there thinking about the wager he has put before me and I know I'm right so I have nothing to worry about.
"You got yourself a wager babe" I say as I put my hand out to shake and he grabs it then pulls me in and seals the deal with a kiss.
"Sound great love" he says and I make a pot of coffee.
Soon mom arrives home "loinfruit, mr exotic I'm home" she coos as she walks in.
"Kitchen" I call and she waltzs in.
"So what food do we want to go with all the junk?" She asks
"Chinese and what night is it at Al's" I ask
"Don't go there Al has gone crazy with his menu change not worth it. I say just mass amounts of Chinese and a couple of pizzas" she says
"Sounds great cheese with mushroom and pepperoni please" I say as I walk into my room and pull out some pj's for movie night.
"I'm going to change sweets and I will meet you in the lounge" she says as she heads up stairs. I start to remove my sweater then my top and bra and grab my old Yale sweatshirt to put on.
"How do you always look so stunning kitten?" He asks as he walks into the room to his bag and pulls out some sweats to wear himself.
"I'm not stunning just plain old Rory Gilmore" I say putting the sweatshirt on and then removing my shoes and my pants and pulling on my plaid flannel bottoms. As I finish I look over at Finn and see him remove his shirt showing off his 6 pack.
"And you say I'm stunning, you are downright edible" I say with a wink.
"I may hold you to that later kitten" he says with his trade mark smirk. I walk out and head to the lounge grabbing a Twinkie off the coffee table as I sit down and make myself comfortable with a blanket on my lap. Soon Finn arrives and sits in behind me snuggling me into his arms. Once mom arrives back downstairs she puts in the first movie and we start to enjoy the time together.
We make our way through the movies and the food and candy and I am surprised that Finn can handle this much. I flake out before we reach the last movie.
Finn's POV
I look down after we finish watching elf and see she is fast asleep.
"Hey Lor we are going to call it a night she has piked it I'm going to carry her to bed. We will see you in he morning" I say in a soft voice.
"Night Finn" she says as I stand up gently holding her close to me and take her to our room tuck her in and then snuggle in behind her. I kiss her head then fall asleep myself.
By 10 am I am awake and find the bed next to me empty so I walk into the kitchen to see Lorelai and Rory chatting away over coffee.
"Morning babe" she says to me as she takes another mouthful of coffee.
"Morning kitten, Morning Lor" I say and grab myself a cup of coffee and sit down at the table.
"So I do believe that I don't suffer from a sugar hangover and I didn't end up in a sugar coma so I am concluding that I won the wager my dear" I say with a smirk.
"Not possible, you must not of had enough sugar" she says
"Sweets he ate more sugar than either of us last night. You were the one that was carried to bed" Lorelai tells her.
"I guess we will need moving boxes" I say as I raise my eyebrows.
"Fine I guess we do, so that's some this trip and some when we come back for the wedding?" She says to me.
"Sounds great kitten" I reply
"Ok mommy is out of the loop what's going on did dad find you a place already? Did you get a job? TELL ME!" she rants
"Ok mom, no dad doesn't need to find me a place because I am moving in with Finn because we had a wager that he would get a sugar coma and have a sugar hangover today. I got offered the job at the Post I'm going to accept and ask to start on the 20th of January so Finn can take me somewhere tropical for a holiday after the wedding" she lets out.
"Oh My God my baby girl is leaving the nest" she coos and I laugh.
"Well I'm guessing you are hungry kitten?" I ask
"Starving need sustenance" she dramatises.
"How bout Luke's then we hit Lane's then there is the tour and then we can come home and make those popcorn cranberry chains you have been going on about" I say
She starts jumping around like a crazy person so happy and I smile.
"Ok so shower dressed then Luke's" I say and we grab some clothes from our room and when we come out Lorelai is waiting.
"Ok so I have to get to the inn, I will see you two when I get home later and sweets don't do anything I wouldn't do" she says with a grin a walks out.
"Well mommy said" she says with a grin and drags me to the bathroom to shower. It takes us longer than planned to get to Luke's because of the extra carricular activities we have in the shower.
We make it through the breakfast at Luke's then head towards Lane's.
"So what should I expect from Lane" I ask
"Well she is my best friend bar mom, she and her husband Zach have twin boys I am their godmother. Steve and Kwan are adorable but I haven't seen them in like 6months. I feel like I have been such a bad friend sometimes but work was so busy and never enough time to get back." She tells me as we arrive. She knocks on the door and a guy with glasses answers.
"Hey Brian are Lane and Zach around?" She asks him and now I'm confused who is he.
"Yeah we just finished band practice so they are packing up come on through" he says and we enter the house to find them as we enter what looks like a music room I hear an almighty squeal.
"RORY!" from a little Asian woman.
"Lane I have missed you"she says as they embrace so that's lane.
"Oh Finn come here let me introduce you. Lane this is my boyfriend Finn, finn this is Lane and the blonde with shorter hair is Zach her husband the other blonde is Gil and you meet Brian before they make up one of my favourite bands Hep Alien" she say to me.
"Nice to meet you guys Rory has told me so much about you" I say
"You didn't tell me he was an Aussie" Lane says
"Not the first thing that pops to my head" she says
We all head towards the kitchen and conversations are happening left right and centre. 2 hours later we are walking out and towards the town square.
"Oh I have to call Mr Frost" she says and grabs her phone from her pocket and advises him of her decision which he is happy with her starting date too.
Rory gives me the grand tour around town and introduces me to all the characters in her life.
We arrive back at the crap shack and I fall onto our bed.
"Tired there honey?" She asks me
"Just a bit meeting so many people today I didn't realise how tiring it was" I say to her
"I know but I'm worth it yeah?" She asks me looking at me from her doorway.
"Come here kitten" I say as she moves towards me. "You are worth everything" I say as I kiss her to show her how much. We lose ourselves in the kiss and the next thing we hear is Lorelai.
"Woo Hoo Mommy's home" she says as she opens the front door. We break apart and just lay there with her in my arms.
"In the bedroom mom" Rory yells
"Are you decent?" She asks and I laugh
"Yes Lorelai we are" I say with a chuckle in my voice. She makes her way to the door and peers in "what are we having for dinner tonight kiddo?' she asks Rory.
"How about Thai?' she asks
"Sounds good, you can order, while I clean up after work" she says and makes her way up stairs.
Rory's POV
I get off the bed and get the take out menu and then place an order big enough for the three off us. We spend the rest of the night eating talking and making cranberry and popcorn strings.
Mom all but barges into the room at 7am.
"WAKE UP! ITS CHRISTMAS! PRESENT TIME!" she yells while opening our door.
"MOM! It's too bloody early!" I say and roll over and snuggle back into Finn's arms.
"Your sounding like the aussie now too" mom says with a laugh.
"If you want me up you know what I need" I say as I burrow further into Finn's side.
"Kitten as much as I love this we need to get up and open presents" he says to me and I groan.
"Coffee" is all I say as I slowly unwrap myself from Finn's arms.
"In the pot pour yourself then lounge" she says to us as I grab some sweats to wear. I walk out and grab two mugs and pour a cup for me and Finn. I hand his to him as we meet towards the lounge.
We sit down and we start to unwrap our gifts.
For Luke we bought him an all expenses paid fishing trip. For mom we got her a weekend at the best spa in the country again all expenses paid.
I hand Finn his present "merry Christmas babe" I say as I hand it over. He unwraps it and looks at it quizzically. He opens the brown leather book and as he flips the pages he starts to smile.
"When? How?" He asks me
"I got all the photos and I put it together online. It's hard to buy for someone that can get everything he wants so I thought I would put together a book of us, over the years" I say to him with a huge smile.
"Kitten it's perfect, I love it" he says to me and leans in a kisses me. It was soft and caring and so full of love.
"My turn now this is for you love" he says and hands me a small neatly wrapped present.
I unwrap it and see the Tiffany's box, I smirk "jewellery?" I question he raises his eyebrows.
"I guess you just have to open it" he says to me and I open it to find the most beautiful platinum charm bracelet. I take it out and look at the charms that are already on it. There is a coffee cup, a Y, a stack of books, a typewriter, a koala and a key. I smile but then frown.
"What's the key for?" I ask him
"To my heart" he says softly and I jump into his lap and kiss him again.
"I love it, it's perfect" I say
"I will add to it over our time together with each adventure we go on" he says we finally tidy everything up and head off to the inn for lunch.
The afternoon goes by well lunch is a success and we make our way home stuffed full of food and pass out on our beds.
The next day we head off by 11am after breakfast at Luke's and saying bye to mom for a week till we come back for the wedding.
Finn's POV
We are talking about our plans for the rest of the week and then my phone rings. I look at the caller ID and see Colin's name.
"Hey Col what's up?" I ask
"Hey Finn when are you back I'm having trouble getting things sorted with the new venue" he says to me.
"I will be back in the city and about 2 hours. I will call you when we are back and go into detail. Is it still a costume party though?" I question and Rory looks straight at me with a questioning look.
"Yeah it is why?" He responds
"I have the perfect outfits for me and Rory that's all" I say with a smirk and she shakes her head at me.
"Alright mate I will talk to you when you get back" he says and ends the call.
"What are you up to Mr. Morgan?" She asks me as she grabs my hand and draws circles on my palm.
"You will just have to wait and see Ms Gilmore. Just wait and see" I say as I smirk.
Sorry it has taken me so long writers block can be such a bitch. I hope it was worth the wait . Enjoy I hope it doesn't take me as long to get the next chapter out.