Marshmallows & all Things Soft and Pink

After the pillow fight and having Paris scare the crap out of them, Rory and Finn plunged down on the couch whipping their eyes of laughter tears. Paris had completely given up on them, and left for Doyle's place. Rory was first to control her breath, and sighed loudly.

"Now that's something that works up an appetite."

She seized the nearest takeout box and plunged in. Finn grinned and found what he wanted himself. After having satisfied the worst hunger Finn remembered about the movies.

"So, weren't we going to watch movies?" He asked, putting his empty takeout box on the coffee table.

"Right," she leaped from the couch "I almost forgot."

"So, what did you decide on?" He was really curious, he was of the notion that you could tell a lot about a person by the movies they watched.

"First we get serious so I got "All the Presidents Men". After that we will need something soft and pink, and who's better than Molly Ringwald?" She said that while she held up 16 candles´.

"Certainly don't get much fluffier than that." was his response.

"No but it has a definite mock value, hair reattaching itself, and so on." she grinned as she held up the last movie.

"And last but certainly not least "The Producers", a brilliant Mel Brooks movie." she put the first movie on and dived back on the couch.

He was pretty pleased with the movies, they where all classics. He snuggled up in one end of the couch, and took a new takeout box from the table. She took the other corner and grabbed a burrito from the table. During the first movie they didn't say much, but when it ended and she got up to change it she shot at him.

"You know, I didn't expect you to be able to sit still for this long."

"Well, I did drink pretty much last night, so the safest thing for today is to keep still."

She grinned and started the movie, and this time she sat down a little closer to him. By the time poor Samantha was done with her sex-test, Rory was leaning against Finn with his arm lying on the backrest behind her neck. He felt so comfortable, like he could sit there forever, but he could feel that he had to get her to move. Otherwise he might do something he'd regret, like kissing her and thereby loosing their newfound friendship. He sat up, and moved so he was facing her.

"So is that what you want love?" he shot, trying desperately to make small talk

She looked at the screen with a confused look.

"Do I want to be hit on by a geek, asking me for a pair of my panties, while sitting in a dysfunctional car in a high-school workshop?" she shrugged, "Not really, do you?"

"Funny," he threatened threw a pillow at her, but then remembered Paris "No, I mean like Woodward and, what's his face, that other guy?"

"Bernstein," she said a thought about his question for a moment, "Yeah I guess so; it could be really cool to discover something like Watergate."

"I can just imagine you like that love, hanging around in the newsroom solving crimes."

"And what about you, what's your major?" She sniggered "I can't really imagine you being a business-major, though it might be the most likely considering your heritage."

"I'm the second son, so there's no business for me to take over."

"So, I was right, not business. Then what?" She looked puzzled "Honestly, I can't really picture you in any class at all."

"I go to class," he said a bit defensive "but its history."

He reacted to her dumbfound look by repeating the topic of conversation to her, in the same voice you would have done a four-years-old.

"My major. History."

"I know," she said looking sneaky "I was just trying to picture you wearing a knitted jumper and smoking a pipe." she continued and let out a roaring laugh.

That earned her another pillow in the head, and made Finn tickle her till she begged for mercy. After that they got back to watching the third movie same position as before, except now Finns arm was nestled around her shoulder. Rory had snatched a bag of Mach mallows from the table and was, like she had always done with Dean before, once in while giving him a couple. It was long since she had felt so safe, and it was nice. She almost felt set back to Stars Hollow, before Jess, before her second break-up with Dean and before the mess with her dad. She felt, almost, like she did, that first day her mom invited Dean to movie-night. Except this time the butterflies in her stomach were flustering about even more than back then.

Finn was looking down at the top of her head, not really following the plot of the movie. He was sitting there, in her couch. Her being his best friends, sort of girlfriend, and he didn't feel guilty at all. It just felt right to him, but he couldn't help but wonder if she would agree, even if he kissed her.

"Rory, you know…" He started, having just mastered the courage to tell her how he felt, when he realized she had fallen asleep.

He sad there till the movie was over, and when she didn't wake up, he lifted her up to carry her to her room. She snuggled her head into his shoulder, and barely awake she looked at him saying,

"I like you. You're nice."

She fell asleep again immediately, and he carried her to bed. He left her a note on the bedside table and bend down to kiss her on her forehead.

"Sleep tight Kitten." he said and quietly left her dorm.

And then he went walking around the grounds, till he could no longer feel the warmth from her body, or smell the sent of her hair. He couldn't go back to the room he and Colin shared, feeling like he smelled like her.

The next morning Rory woke up with a disturbed feeling, that she wasn't where she was, when she fell asleep. She looked around and figured out that Finn must have carried her to her bed the night before. She sat up and saw the note Morning Kitten, hope you slept well. 'I didn't have the heart to wake you up, and don't frown at that,' She stopped frowning and read on 'so instead I just carried you to bed. I had the best time yesterday, and hope we can do it again soon, love Finn.' She got up and started getting ready for class, with a sweet smile lingering on her lips.

Finn was walking around in his and Colin's common room, while Colin was sitting on the couch eating cereal and studying him. He was pre-med, and even though Finn was his friend, he couldn't help but wonder how long he would be able to keep up his pace before fainting.

"So you where at Rory's last night," Colin said "and he saw you coming?"

Finn had just told him the whole story, and wasn't about to do it again. He just stopped pacing and gave Colin a death glare.

"I'll take that as a yes." Colin said, while cursing internally that Finn had stopped. Not much science left in that experiment. ´ He thought, and stopped his stopwatch.

"So what do you want me to do?" he asked.

"I don't know, help me?" Finn stared at him, with a desperate look in his eyes.

Colin liked having the upper hand in any conversation, and Finn's frustration just made it all better. He felt like he was stress testing an animal.

"Just don't move in on her too fast, give him time to get used to the thought. And by the way, you don't even know if she's interested."

Finn just looked at him and then he stormed out the door, leaving their dorm. Colin shook his head, and turned his attention back to the CNN news that he'd watched before Finn had demanded his attention. They'd have to sort that out amongst them selves, it wasn't his problem. Stephanie came out his room, her hair was terrible messed up, and she was wearing one of his t-shirts.

"Hope that was Finn leaving, if it wasn't we've been found out." she scratched her head.

"Mmm," he smiled "and we wouldn't want others to want benefits."

He grabbed her hand, and drew her down on the couch. And soon sighing, moaning and other revealing sounds came from the room.

Finn was going to get coffee, he had thought about what Colin said, and had decided to meet her when she was done with class. He was standing in line at the coffee stand wondering what he was going to tell her, and if he was even going to tell her when someone padded him on the back. He turned to see Logan standing behind him.

"You're not just doing this to get back at me, are you?" Logan tried to read Fins face for an answer, but he couldn't.

He knew exactly what Logan was talking about, and remembering it still hurt, but not as much as it had done. In their sophomore year in high school he had fallen in love with a girl named Reese Sorenson, she had been his first ever girlfriend, and also the girl he lost his virginity too. They had been inseparable. Himself, Reese and the two other boys... that would be right till the day that Logan got bored. He had started to flirt with her, and one night she decided to leave Finn for him. Had Logan really been interested in her it wouldn't have been that bad, but instead he just slept with her and then dumped her. Finn hadn't trusted a woman since then, and she was still his only girlfriend ever. He had to think about Logan's question for a minute, was he really interested in Rory? He thought about the way he had felt for all this time, the sting he had felt every time he saw her with Logan.

"No," Finn bought three coffees, he gave Logan one of them and they found a bench and sat down.

"I really like her," Finn said "I did even before you two started dating."

Logan looked at him for a while before he said anything, he didn't like hearing that his friend had liked his girlfriend´ like that, but he knew that wasn't something he could've controlled. And Rory certainly didn't want to be with him anymore.

"I don't even know if she's interested." Finn said looking downhearted.

"Just give her time," Logan smiled at his friends' surprised expression, "I think I owe you after… you know." Logan looked slightly embarrassed.

"And by the way I just want you both to be happy."

Finn smiled and gave his friend a quick hug.

"You're a good friend Logan."

"I try." Logan smiled "Now go give her that coffee before it gets cold."

When Rory left her class Finn was waiting for her outside. He was leaning against the wall with two cups of coffee in his hands.

"Are one of those for me?" Rory asked, and shot him a smile when he gave her the coffee.

"What are you doing Saturday Kitten?" he asked as they started walking towards her dorm.

She was surprised by his bluntness "Err, nothing."

"Wanna go to a party with me?"

He knew he had to get the rest out before he lost his nerve "The LDB are having this party, God knows what were celebrating this time, and I would like you to come."

"What about Logan? Is he still angry?"

She didn't say no, and that surprised him a bit. Just as it did her.

"We've talked, he's fine," Finn smiled, "He just lost it for 24 hours, he's okay now."

"Sure, then I'd love to come," they had reached her dorm now; she smiled at him and opened the door.

"Good, good," He said and nodded "So I'll see you then… I mean we'll see before that, but…"

"See you then." She gave him a hug and closed the door behind her.