A/N : I'm really sorry if you thought this was a new update. I just needed to fix a few things which weren't right. Thx to Maran-DUH for pointing out my mistakes. Also, I'm almost finished the next chapter, so expect it within the next week or so.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything affiliated with Gilmore Girls
Previously:
"Huntzberger," came the greeting as Logan answered his phone.
"Logan son, great news," answered the voice on the other end of the line.
Logan dropped his pen and leaned back into his chair, heaving a deep sigh. "What is it this time father?" he asked grumpily, annoyed at being interrupted.
"I was able to make lunch reservations at that new Italian place downtown for you and Rory on Tuesday at 1. I'm expecting you to go, have a great time and get her to agree to another date, which I've already made reservations for. Don't screw this up Logan."
The sound of the dial tone met Logan's ear as his father cut the line. He turned off his phone and dropped his head onto his desk, trying to think of some way to get out of the date. Nothing came to mind, so he decided to call in reinforcements.
"Hey it's Logan," he said into the phone after receiving a tired and annoyed 'hello' as a greeting. "I need your help."
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The sound of the bell preceded one Logan Huntzberger's arrival as he pushed through the front door. It was a little after 3 o'clock, and there wasn't many people inside. Logan let his gaze travel over the few customers of the coffee shop, until he found the familiar figure of his friend. Heaving a sigh he slowly made his way over to the table occupied by the raven haired man, before collapsing into the chair across from him, giving the man a tired smile.
"Well don't you just look peachy," came the sarcastic greeting from the man, as he took in Logan's appearance.
Logan let out a small laugh before lifting his eyes up and looking straight at his friend.
"So are you going to tell me what was so important that you needed to talk to me about? I'm kind of busy right now, you know, with planning and everything. Still have five more fantastic dates left that need to perfect." Finn smiled at Logan, before taking a drink of his coffee.
Logan kept his gaze on Finn, studying the emotions that he saw playing about it, before blurting out, "You look happy. I've never seen you all smiley over a girl before."
Finn's smile grew bigger as he replied, "I look happy because I am happy. For the first time in my life I've found a girl who I can see myself getting serious with."
"Seriously?!" Logan asked in disbelief.
Finn smiled at the look of astonishment on his friend's face before replying in a serious tone, "Absolutely." Finn leaned back and took another drink of his coffee, letting Logan wrap his head around the idea of him settling down.
After a few moments of silence, Logan looked up to meet the laughing eyes of his friend. "Well I'm happy that you found someone you can be serious about."
"Thanks mate. Now if all you wanted was to discuss my happiness, I have to get going. I have to call some people about tonight." Finn put his cup back down on the table along with some money and got up.
"Finn wait," Logan called out before he could leave the shop. Finn stopped and turned back to Logan with questioning eyes. Logan gestured to the seat that Finn had just left and waited for Finn to sit back down. "There's something I need to tell you."
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FLASHBACK
A sigh made its way over the phone line, before Logan heard some rustling. "Okay I'm up. Which one are you at this time? Woodbridge? Hartford? New Haven? How much is bail?"
"I'm not in jail!" Logan answered, exasperated by the assumption made.
"You're not in jail? The why the hell are you calling me? What's going on? Are you in the hospital? Did Finn try to fly again? I swear that boy should never be let around alcohol. I mean-"
"STOP! I'm not in jail, I'm not in the hospital, and no, Finn didn't try to fly again. I just need some advice."
"That's why you called? For advice? Geez, couldn't you have waited or called someone else? I was up all night working."
"Honor, come on, it's about Dad." Logan bit his lip, waiting for his sister to reply. When he heard her sigh he knew that she would help him.
"What's the problem? What did you do this time?"
"Of course you would assume that I did something," Logan grumbled under his breath before answering, "He's trying to force me to date this girl."
Logan heard another sigh, this one of irritation, before the clipped voice of his sister floated through the phone. "Just go out with her! God! It's not like he wants you to marry --- wait, does he want you to marry her?"
"Well apparently if we were to marry we'd be the most influential family in high society. The Huntzberger's joining with the Gilmore's and Hayden's would be the coup of the century," Logan replied bitterly.
"Did you say Gilmore's and Hayden's?"
"Yeah. Yesterday at the party I was forced to attend, we met the Gilmore and Hayden heiress, Rory. Turns out we already knew her, but didn't know that she was from society."
"Oh. Well I still don't see the problem with dating her. Just go out with her once and tell dad that things didn't work out between you two."
"I can't do that. Dad's already got two dates planned, and he said that if I didn't date her and eventually marry her, he'd cut me off. But that's not even the big problem."
"What is the big problem?"
"Well…..she's kind of dating Finn."
Honor let out a laugh. "Finn bagged himself the Gilmore/Hayden Heiress? I thought he was against dating people from society?"
"He is, but she wasn't raised in society, and she has plans for her future. She doesn't want to become a trophy wife. She is not the kind of girl that I thought Finn would be attracted to, but he is and he's happy."
"Did you tell dad that Finn was with her?"
"Yes, and he told me that it didn't matter who she was with, only that she had to end up with me. He told me to break them up. I'm so confused Honor. I don't know what to do. I love Finn, he's my brother and I know how much being with Rory makes him happy, but I can't get cut off."
"Empty threats, Logan. That's all that dad's been feeding you. You've been groomed to take over the Huntzberger Empire since you were a baby. There's no one else. Only you. No matter how much dad threatens your money supply, know that he can't cut you off. He needs you."
"So what do you think I should do?" Logan asked after letting what Honor said soak in.
"First thing, tell Finn. He has a right to know. Then tell dad that you won't do it. You won't jeopardize one of your best friend's chance at happiness for social standing."
"Thanks Honor. I fill you in on how everything turns out. But I have to get going now. Talk to you later."
"Bye baby brother."
END FLASHBACK
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The driver's door slammed as Finn jumped out of his car, stomping up to the front entrance of the Huntzberger mansion. Banging on the door forcefully, Finn waited until the maid greeted him.
"I want to see Mitchum," Finn said calmly, though anger was present in his eyes.
"Mr. Huntzberger isn't seeing anyone at the moment. He's busy," replied the maid.
Finn scoffed and pushed past the maid.
"Sir, please, you can't disturb him," the maid called to Finn's departing back.
Stalking up the stairs, Finn made his way to Mitchum's office, pushing through the door without knocking.
"Who the hell do you think you are?!" Finn exclaimed at once upon entering the room. He slammed the door shut and walked up to the desk where Mitchum was sitting.
A look of shock and confusion overcame Mitchum's face upon Finn's entrance. The anger emanated off of Finn in waves as Mitchum made his excuses to the person he was talking to on the phone before hanging up. Finn stood there glaring at him as he did so.
"What is going on Finn?" Mitchum asked as he got up from his chair.
Finn just glared at him in response, before yelling. "Who in hell gave you the right to tell your son to break up MY relationship?! You have no say in what happens between Rory and me. If we want to be together, then we will be together and there is not a fucking thing that you can do about it! It's our lives and no matter how hard you push Logan, he won't stoop to your level. He won't interfere in my and Rory's relationship. You actually thought that threatening his money would get him to betray a friendship of over 5 years?! You don't know your son at all. Social status doesn't control Logan's actions as it does yours. He doesn't care about becoming the most influential family in society; he doesn't care about your stupid empire. Logan will not be your little puppet and I will not let your ruin our friendship or my relationship with Rory. Stay the hell away from me and away from Rory, and if you even try and break us up, I promise, you will regret it. Rory is in this relationship as much as I am, and when she finds out that you were trying to break us up, you'll have not only the anger of a Morgan, but of a Gilmore and a Hayden, to put up with as well."
With one final piercing glare, Finn walked out of the office, leaving a speechless Mitchum behind.
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Rory sat on her couch, waiting for Finn to come and pick her up for their next date. She had been dressed and ready for over an hour now. He was late. Not too late, because she was finished early, but still, he was over a half an hour late. Rory was trying not to get upset. Sometimes things ran late. No one could control it. There was probably a very good reason why Finn wasn't there yet, a very good reason. Yep, a very good, plausible reason. Well that's what Rory kept on repeating to herself to help dissuade the anger growing as each minute passed.
She flipped through the channels quickly, going through the entirety several times without notice, eyes instead focused on the door, rather than the tv, waiting for the distinct knock of Finn. Minutes passed by with no knock. Maybe she had the time wrong. Maybe it was 6, not 5. She shook her head in disagreement. No, it was definitely 5. She remembered because he made that random comment about how much better five-alive orange juice was compared to minute-maid orange juice. Being a Gilmore and all, Rory didn't know which was better, as she never had orange juice. Voicing that to Finn, led him to go into his own little rant about juice, making Rory promise that if she did one day decide to have orange juice, to only have five-alive.
Glancing at her watch one more time, Rory sighed and clicked off the television. Getting up from the couch, Rory made her way to her room, mind set on getting into some comfortable pj's and being consoled about being stood up by Ben & Jerry. He was more than an hour late now, and Rory didn't think he'd be showing up any time soon.
Turning on her bedroom light, Rory walked over to her closet and pulled out a set of pj's. She stripped off her date clothes, and stepped into her them. Slipping on some slippers, Rory made her way back to the common room, and into the bathroom. She took her time washing off the little makeup she applied earlier, and then pulled her hair up into a messy bun. Walking out of the bathroom, Rory went over to the fridge and grabbed some ice cream. Grabbing a spoon as she walked over to the tv, Rory took out a dvd and placed it in the player. Curling up in the sofa with her ice cream and a blanket, Rory watched quietly as the beginning of 'The Notebook' played on the tv.
Fifteen minutes into the movie a knock sounded on the door. Rory let out a groan and instead of getting up just yelled through the door, asking who it was.
"It's me," she got as a reply, immediately recognizing the accented voice.
Rory let out a sigh and then returned, "Go away."
"Rory please let me in. I need to talk to you."
"If you wanted to talk to me then you should have shown up at 5 like you said you would. I was all for talking then, but now I'm just not in the mood. Please leave me alone."
"Please, please let me in Rory. I'm so sorry about being late. Please just let me in so I can explain things."
"I don't want to listen to you explain things. Right now all I want to do is be mad at you. So leave me alone so I can do that in peace."
"I'm not leaving until you let me in, even if I have to sit out here waiting. You have to leave your dorm sometime."
Rory let out an aggravated noise, then slammed her ice cream onto the coffee table, paused the movie and stalked up to the door, whipping it open.
"What?! What could you possibly have to say to me that would make me forgive you? You stood me up! I was waiting for you for over an hour!! Do you know how it feels to get all ready, making sure you look perfect, only to be disappointed when the person you're waiting for doesn't show? It doesn't feel good. I-"
Finn's lips on hers cut off Rory's rant. They pushed against hers, coaxing a reaction. All reasonable thought slipped out of Rory's mind as she felt Finn's tongue tracing her lips. Shivering, Rory let him in, meeting his tongue with her own. Finn wrapped his arms around her and pulled her body to his, holding her tightly, afraid she would regain her senses and push him away. But Rory's mind was numb for the pleasure. She couldn't think of anything but the feelings Finn was evoking in her with his kiss, and slowly she wrapped her arms around his neck and walked back into the room, pulling him with her. Finn kicked the door closed and moved them towards the couch. Lying Rory across it, Finn hovered above her, keeping his weight on his knees and arm, while running on hand up and down her side. The kiss kept going, tongues continued dueling, and Finn's hand gently grazed Rory's body, slipping under her shirt. At the feel of his warm hand on her skin, Rory froze, and instantly everything came back to her. Pushing him off of her, Rory sat up and wiped her lips, putting lots of distance between herself and Finn.
"What the hell was that?" Rory exclaimed, making wide gestures with her hands. "You can't just do something like that! I was mad at you. You can't expect to kiss me and have me forget everything. It doesn't work that way."
Finn sighed and looked down. "I'm sorry, love, I just – I needed one last kiss before you sent me packing."
Rory's head jerked up. "What?! You think I'm done? Because of one little fight?"
Finn looked at Rory with confusion. "I thought that you didn't want to see me anymore. That you wanted me to leave you alone."
"I didn't mean forever Finn. I just meant tonight. After you didn't show up, I got angry and sad, and I just wanted to cool off before we saw each other again. I didn't want to say something that I would regret later." Rory moved over to Finn and grabbed his hand. "I'm still in this, whatever this is. Which by the way is another thing we have to talk about, along with why the hell you were so late."
Finn squeezed Rory's hand and moved closer to her. "Okay well I'll start with the phone call I got this afternoon. It was Logan. He wanted to meet me somewhere to talk about something, so I told him I'd meet him at 3 at the café near his apartment, but I couldn't stay long because I still had some things I needed to set up for tonight. So I went and met him, and we started talking about you and me. He told me that I looked happy. That he had never seen me so smiley over a girl before. We talked a little bit more and then I got up to leave, but he called me back. He then told me about what his father ordered him to do. Apparently and merge between the Huntzberger's, Hayden's and Gilmore's would create the most influential family in society. He told Logan that he had to get with you, that he had a couple of dinner reservations already made for you and Logan to go to. Logan told him that you and I were already dating, but Mitchum told him that if he wanted to keep his inheritance, he would break us up."
Rory's hold on Finn's hand tightened reassuringly. "Why did Logan tell you this?"
"He said that he thought I should know what his dad was trying to do, and that he wouldn't have any part of it. We've been friends for over 5 years and neither of us want to jeopardize our relationship. We never try to intentionally hurt one another, and he knew that if he went along with what his dad wanted, I would be seriously hurt.
"After Logan told me everything, I was seeing red. I was so pissed off that Mitchum thought he could do what he wanted in order to get better social status. I was angry that he tried to use Logan to get what he wanted. And I was angry that he thought he had any place in our relationship. So I drove to Hartford. I drove to Hartford, nursing my anger, until I got to the Huntzberger's. I pushed my way inside and up to Mitchum's office and started yelling at him. I yelled and I yelled, but when I left I was still angry. I was hoping that the drive back would help me get over it, but it didn't, and I didn't want to come here in a bad mood because I didn't want to drive you away, so I walked and walked and walked. By the time I actually looked at my watch it was ten to 6. My anger was then totally gone and replaced with fear. I don't know how to make you understand just how scared I was to come here, scared that you were going to be done with me and everything concerning us. Scared that I had drove you away after trying not to. It made me realize just how much impact you've had in my life in the short time I've known you. I can't go back to the person I was before you. I need you in my life and I hope that it will be as my girlfriend. I know that we really haven't known each other that long, and that if you accept, you'd be my first girlfriend, but I think we could make it work. You're special Rory, and I don't want to let you go."
Finally Finn fell quiet, letting his last words die into silence. He was afraid to look up; afraid to see Rory's reaction. He didn't know if he could handle rejection, and he was afraid that was what he was going to get.
Sitting with his head down, Finn felt Rory's hand slip from his, and he let out a sigh of disappointment. Wiping his hands on his jeans, Finn stood up slowly and said, "Well I guess I'll see you aroun---" The words died on his lips as he felt Rory's arms encircling him. He tore his gaze away from the ground and looked up into Rory's blue eyes.
Rory's grip tightened as she pulled his body against hers. Standing up onto her tippytoes, Rory lightly brushed her lips against Finn's. Moving up, Rory whispered into his ear, "I'd love to be your girlfriend."
A smile broke out onto Finn's lips and he wrapped his arms tightly around Rory's waist, swinging her around, eliciting giggles from her. He placed her back on her feet and dipped his head, catching her lips in a soft, sweet kiss.
Breaking when air became necessary, Finn rested his forehead against Rory's and looked into her eyes.
"I was so scared that you were going to say no, love. You don't know how that would have killed me."
Rory gasped. "A world without Finn?! Such a thing should never exist." She smiled at him and leaned in for another kiss. Unlike the other, this kiss was passion-filled and soon Rory was once again horizontal on the sofa with Finn perched above her. His tongue sought out hers and soon they were fighting for control. Rory soon let Finn take control and sighed as his tongue touched every inch of her mouth, while his lips nibbled against hers. Finn broke away from her mouth and started trailing kisses down her neck, making Rory moan softly. She brought her arms up and wrapped them around his neck and pulled his full weight on top of her. Letting every inch of her body press against his. Finn let out a moan at this movement and started sucking on her neck, blowing softly against her skin, making shivers shoot all throughout her body.
As Finn continued his assault on her neck, Rory ran her hands through his hair, across his shoulders, down his back and cupped his ass, before making her way back up, tangling her fingers in the curls at his neck.
"Finn," she whispered in his ear, only receiving a grunt in response. "Finn," she said again, this time having it end as a moan as he bit down lightly on her skin.
"Yes love?" he asked, bringing his head up from her neck, where signs of his work were starting to make an appearance.
"I think we should stop," she answered softly, her eyes drifting down as a blush made its way over her cheeks.
Finn smiled and then kissed her lightly on the lips, before sitting up and pulling her with him. He wrapped his arm around her shoulder and brought her body up against his, laying a kiss on her forehead.
"So what are we watching?" he asked as he gazed at the television.
"I was watching 'The Notebook', but we can watch something else if you want to," Rory replied as she snuggled closer to Finn's side.
"Actually, I haven't watched that movie in quite awhile. I wouldn't object to seeing it."
Rory smiled and grabbed the remote, bringing the movie back to the start.
As the movie started, Finn leaned down to Rory's ear and whispered, "So we're good, love?"
Rory turned her head and smiled at him. "Perfect."
Finn smiled in return and then brought his attention back to the movie.
After watching in comfortable silence for awhile Finn spoke up. "Oh and love, because we didn't get to do what I planned for tonight, tomorrow you have to spend all day with me, and then at 4 we'll start the fourth night of my week."
"Whatever you say Finn," Rory replied without taking her gaze away from the screen.
Finn smiled happily and kissed the top of her head. Even with the whole Mitchum thing, today had been a good day. He glanced down at Rory curled up beside him and pulled his arm tighter, causing Rory to smile up at him. A very good day indeed.
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Hope you all liked it. Sorry for the wait, but I had writer's block. I really didn't know what to do with the whole Logan thing. But so you know, the issue isn't resolved. Mitchum comes back to stir things up again. I hope you aren't too disappointed with how I handled the Logan/Mitchum thing right now. I know it wasn't really good, but I couldn't really think of anything to do for it. And some of you might think it's a little to early for Finn to be thinking of Rory in the way he does, but it just fit in this chapter, so I put it in.
Thanks for taking the time to read it. And so you know I've been working on another chapter for my other PDLD story 'A Question'. I was going to leave it as a one shot, but I just decided to continue. If you haven't read it yet, please do.
Ashely