Colin: I'm Colin. This is Finn. And you are?
Lorelai: Her mother!
Finn: My God those are good genes.

From Gilmore Girls, if you had doubts

A/N: Still own nothing!!

Chapter 4: Parker Lewis Can't Lose (But I'm Going To Give It My Best Shot)

Sally was surprised to see Rory and her mother Lorelai back so soon. Rory had said they would probably be out all night, but it was only somewhat past ten. Rory looked like she had been crying and Lorelai was talking in a very soft and silent tone, unlike her usual loud and perky one.

Sally had known better than to question this, and had just gone to the guestroom where she usually slept when she was watching Daniel in the evening and night. Rory and Lorelai had gone straight to Rory's bedroom and stayed in there.

The following morning was awkward at best. Rory was still pale and she didn't eat anything. In the end Lorelai had decided that shopping was the way to go and she had asked Sally to stay an extra few hours with Daniel.

Approximately two hours after Rory and Lorelai had left, the doorbell rang. Sally got up and opened the door. Outside stood the guy from the park, looking somewhat tired but still very hot. Sally was intrigued, had he tracked her down? He was definitely older than her, perhaps even ten years, but she didn't care, he was dead sexy. Her high hopes evaporated quickly, however, when he opened his mouth: "Does Rory Gilmore live here?"

"Um yeah, but she's not in right now" Sally said.

"Do you know when she'll be home?"

"Soon I think." Lorelai hadn't really been specific about their schedule, but usually they only shopped for an hour and a half, maybe a little more. They were probably on their way home.

"Can I come in and wait?"

Sally thought it over. She wasn't really sure if she should let him in, he was a complete stranger and Rory only had a few very close friends that came over. She was a very private person. But on the other hand, this guy intrigued her for some reason, even more so because he sort of reminded her of someone.

"Um, yeah sure. I can call her if you want?"

"No, that's fine, I'll just wait" he said and entered the apartment.

"Sally I'm bored" Daniel's voice could be heard from the living room.

"You can wait in the living room with us" Sally said. The man followed her into the living room where Daniel sat in the sofa looking at a book he had gotten from his great-grandparents. He looked up when Sally entered the room, followed by a tall man that Daniel thought he had seen before.

"Danny, this is…" Sally stopped. She had completely forgotten his name.

"Finn" Daniel supplied. He had liked the strange man, even though he talked weird, and had remembered his name from that day they met in the park.

Sally looked at Finn. He was wearing a dark suit, but the tie was loose and his dress shirt hanging loosely over the fancy pants. She also noticed the way he looked at Daniel, a mixture of panic and curiosity in his gorgeous green eyes. Those green eyes… Sally looked back at Daniel and something clicked in her mind: Finn was Daniel's father! He had to be: he had the same black hair, the same green eyes, the same mouth and was olive skinned.

"Can I get you something" she asked a bit nervous.

"No that's fine love, I'll just wait here" he said without taking his eyes of Daniel.

To say Finn was overwhelmed was an understatement. He was completely taken aback. He had tried to drink himself into a stupor, but had only managed to get really sick and throw up. Jane had called him a couple of times, not knowing what was going on. Just the thought of Jane made him feel sick again. How was he going to explain this? He had dodged her calls, not wanting her to listen to his drunken rants. In the end it had been Colin who found him. Finn thought it was nice that Colin had come after him at first, but quickly learned that Colin had known about Daniel for some time and having it confirmed by Rory herself some days ago. He had felt completely betrayed and had taken a swung at Colin.

They had fought a little, but the combination of Finn being too drunk and Colin just being a complete sissy had ended the fight quickly. So they sat down and talked. Well, Colin talked, Finn threw up. And even though he was very drunk, Colin managed to talk him back to reality: Rory was horrible with confrontations, meaning it really shouldn't surprise anyone how she had reacted when she discovered she was pregnant. And some of the things he had said during their fight had been very harsh. And he had left to go back to Australia, not even bothering to call her. And he had been dealing with his father's heart attack and following disease.

There were numerous reasons to why Rory hadn't told Finn that he had a son. Number one reason probably being Finn himself, as Colin so nicely had pointed out. Finn asked Colin what he was supposed to do. He wasn't even sure he liked kids, and now he had one of his own. Colin had advised him to go see Rory, talk to her and meet Daniel.

And then came the big question. What was his son like? Colin had shrugged. "Like any other kid a guess. Small and somewhat annoying." They had laughed a little at this point, but soon got serious again. "He's a good kid, Finn, but he gets in trouble a lot. Guess he takes after you."

Now Finn found himself standing in front of said kid and having absolutely no idea what to do. He decided to play it safe.

"Hey mate, what'cha reading?"

The kid looked at him with his big green eyes that looked a lot like his own. And then he remembered that he had met them in the park the other day. God this was surreal. He couldn't believe he hadn't seen the resemblance before.

"Just a book, but it's really boring" the boy said. Daniel, his name was Daniel, Finn said to himself, mentally slapping himself for referring to him as 'the boy'. "Oh" was all he could think of saying.

"You can look at it with me if you want" Daniel said.

Finn nodded and gingerly sat down. This felt so weird words could not describe it. He looked at the book, but Daniel was right, it was definitely boring.

"Are you really from Australia?"

Finn looked at boy. "Yeah" he said.

"Have you met a shark?"

He chuckled. That was a weird question. "Um, you don't exactly meet sharks, you swim around and if you're really unlucky they attack you."

"You didn't answer my question." Okay, the kid definitely had his mother's personality.

"Yeah I have. I used to surf a lot (at this Daniel said cool and Finn couldn't help but to smile) in Australia and sometimes there would be sharks."

"What kind of sharks?"

"Um, all sorts I suppose. Great white, tiger, bull sharks, those kinds. I'm quite happy to say that they never got close enough for me to say for sure."

Daniel smiled at him. "I like sharks, they're cool."

"Yeah I got that. I'm not exactly a fan. I had a mate that was eaten by a shark."

"What's a mate" Daniel asked.

"It's a friend."

"Cool."

Finn tried to smile. The experience hadn't been that cool, they were thirteen and had been surfing, when suddenly his friend Alex had disappeared under water, only to return seconds later screaming at the top of his lungs while being dragged around by a shark. All that was left of Alex after the attack was his right foot and an arm!

"Do you like sport?"

Finn looked at Daniel. This was a very strange kid. "Yeah, sure" he answered.

"Mom doesn't like sport. Neither does Grandma. I like soccer."

"That's a pretty cool sport. I used to play soccer back home."

They were interrupted by the door opening and someone yelling: "Mom would you stop it, stuffing chocolate down my throat is not going to help!"

Finn immediately got up, feeling tense. He felt the courage to confront Rory leaving his body for each passing second.

"Rory come on. You have to face your demons. And your Aussie. And chocolate will help!"

"Only if I suffocate in it" he heard Rory mutter. "Daniel, where are you?"

"Mom" the boy got up and ran out of the room.

"Hi honey" Rory greeted her son, picking him up and kissing him on the cheek.

"Hi Rory."

Rory turned around and saw Finn leaning against the doorframe. He looked like he had been dragged through the inner circle of hell and back again.

"Finn has a mate that was eaten by a shark. A mate is a friend." Daniel said like it was the coolest thing in the world. Rory shoot Finn an ugly look. Who in their right mind told a four-year-old things like that?

"Daniel why don't you go with Grandma down to the candy shop and max out her credit card? Mommy just need to talk to Finn" Rory said. Daniel nodded eagerly and took Lorelai's hand and almost bounced out of the apartment before even getting dressed. Once they were out of the apartment, Rory turned on Finn. "What do you want?"

A/N: So thanks to all who reviewed, it's really great you guys. Keep em coming, I looooooooooove reviews. Oh, and feel free to tell me if you have ideas or thoughts or something like that for the story. I'm always open for suggestions.
And again, updates might be slow, because of the boyfriend and other crazy stuff happening in my life, so sorry about that. But I promise I'll update as soon as possible