Title: Crazy Little Thing Called Love

PDLD

Disclaimer: I OWN NOTHING!

Rating: PG (or "K+" as they're calling it now… I personally like the old rating system better but Times Are A' Changin' I guess…)

A/N:

This is my (belated) Easter present to all of you guys… You have been so great in reviewing every chapter to the point where I now have over 50 reviews for this story (YAY! Seriously… You guys ROCK!) So I've decided to dedicate this chapter to ALL OF YOU!

THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for all your support with this story so far… I know at times I've been the evil author who never updates… but you guys stuck by me… and I am SO grateful…

As you may have noticed… This chapter was posted REALLY REALLY FAST! Lol that is a direct result from your reviews… (lol I was just so psyched about the 50 review thing) … also since this chapter is dedicated to all of YOU, I decided to make it longer than my usual updates… in fact this is the longest chapter to date!

Lol, I honestly don't know how I pulled it off… I mean a faster update with more writing than usual? Lol it defies logic… but all I can attribute it to is the fact that I am having so much fun writing this story… I just love it… and I hope you guys do too…

Okay… enough of my mindless rambling… on with the chapter!

Chapter 8: A Plague of … Paparazzi?

Finn awoke the next morning to the sound of ringing in his ears. His first thought was that it must be from the alcohol… but then he remembered that he hadn't had much to drink last night. As he opened his eyes he did not see the lavish penthouse suite in the plaza at which he was staying… instead he saw that he was sleeping on the couch of Rory Gilmore's apartment with Rory herself curled up next to him…

Suddenly the events of the previous nights came rushing back to him… everything from punching Stan in the face… to Rory telling him in a sleepy voice to "stay", after he was getting up to leave around 2am.

Quietly getting up without disturbing Rory in the process (not an easy feat!) Finn looked at the clock to see that it was 10am… entirely too early to be conscious, especially considering that they had finished watching the movie around 3am last night.

"Hello?" Finn mumbled when he finally located the phone and tip toed into the bathroom so as not to wake the sleeping Gilmore.

"My, Rory, how your voice has gotten deep," Lorelai Gilmore responded in a sarcastic tone. "Well… either that or this is a man answering the phone of my ONE AND ONLY daughter… the fruit of my loins… the apple of my eye… But that can't possibly be right because MY daughter would NEVER have a man answer her phone after staying over after a date… especially a date of which her mother was YET AGAIN not informed of!"

"Shit…" Finn murmured under his breath after hearing Lorelai's little monologue… Yep… definitely should NOT have answered the phone, Finn was thinking to himself as he addressed the elder Gilmore…

"Miss Gilmore…" Finn replied in a voice oozing with fake charm.

"Who you callin' 'miss'," Lorelai answered, not missing a beat (even at the ungodly hour of 10!)

"So sorry, Lorelai… to what do I owe the pleasure of your lovely voice this morning?" Finn answered in his best Smooth-Talk-The-Parents Voice.

"Quit the smooth talk already! Remember, I've already heard of you… everyone has really… your 'Finn Morgan: lady's man, man's man, man about town'."

"And here I was under the impression that was Ewan McGregor… I better go alert the media."

"Ok…" Lorelai replied, slightly miffed that her well thought out movie quip had been matched. "So you get some points for actually having scene 'Down With Love'… but not many… and besides, you have to admit, that title also fits you quite nicely too."

"'Harsh but far I suppose'…" Finn replied. "Or at least that's what I would have said up until recently… is it so hard to believe that maybe… just maybe… I could have changed my playboy ways?"

"Yes." Lorelai replied matter-of-factly.

"I'm sorry… am I to get the impression that you don't like me?" Finn answered in a cautious voice.

"Listen, Casanova, let's just cut to the chase… Rory has dated guys like you before… and by guys I mean your friend Logan… now I backed off their relationship because at the time I believed Rory was an adult and had to make her own decisions… she did, and while she most likely has fond memories of that time, my memories are mostly tied to how upset she was when it ended… now I don't want that again for Rory… she doesn't deserve it… and in answer to your previous question: I don't really know you, so there fore I can't judge whether or not I like you… yet."

"Oookaay… so basically this is the 'Scare-the-Shit-Out-of-the-New-Boyfriend' Speech?"

"Yep… that about sums it up…"

"Well consider me sufficiently scared…"

"I can see we are going to be getting along quite nicely Finn Morgan…"

"But there is one thing you should know, MISS Gilmore, before we end out little repartee…"

"And what is that?" Lorelai replied skeptically.

"I have no intention of hurting your daughter… I, unlike my predecessors, know just how special Rory Gilmore is… and I don't plan on screwing this up any time soon."

"And what exactly is the 'this' you speak of?"

"In all honestly, I'm not quite sure what we are yet…" Finn replied with a small laugh at Lorelai's frankness, "But I'll let you know when I find out…"

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Rory Gilmore awoke to the sound of voices… voices coming from her bathroom? No… no that can't be right, she thought, Sleep deprivation is defiantly not a friend of coherent thought, Rory mused to herself as she tried to snuggle in closer to Finn and go back to sleep…

But when she tried this, she came to find that Finn Morgan had gone MIA… Okaay? Rory thought to herself not completely understanding what was going on. Begrudgingly, Rory dragged herself off the couch and headed towards the voices.

"… She 'was hit by a deer'?" Rory herd Finn say as he broke down in laughter. "Is that even possible?"

"Who are you talking to?" Rory mouthed when Finn finally noticed her standing behind him.

"Your mother," he said as he turned back to his conversation. "So she got hit by a deer… and failed a test in the process…"

"WHAT!" Rory screamed, finally catching on to what exactly was going on. "Give me the phone, Finn…" She said as she tried to grab the phone out of his hand as he attempted to hold her off. "I mean it, Finn… if you value your appendages you will hand over the phone right now!"

"Fine…" Finn he groaned as he finally gave in. "You know, pet, you might want to work on your early morning persona… I think it could use a few tweaks," He mused, lightly tweaking her nose.

"Mom…" Rory replied in an exasperated voice as she walked into her kitchenette. "Why, oh why would you be telling Finn about The Deer Incident?"

"Payback for you not telling me about your date last night…" Lorelai replied matter-of-factly.

"Hey! The punishment sooo does not fit the crime here!" Rory replied as she attempted to juggle the phone AND make coffee at the same time. "The date last night was so last minute I had no time to call you… Finn told me about the premiere mere HOURS before picking me up… and besides he didn't even tell me where we were going…" She replied throwing Finn (who was now sitting on a kitchen stool, eating a bowl of cereal) a playful glare.

"Short notice AND mystery location? We are definitely going to have to whip this boy into shape… I'll make sure to order him a copy of 'Dating A Gilmore Girl for Dummies' next time I'm on Amazon…"

"Well he did buy me a pretty new dress WITH matching accessories; AND, to top it all off, had them delivered to my apartment…" Rory replied, with a swell of pride.

"Ooo, La, La… a new outfit WITH accessories? Maybe this boy isn't as far-gone as I thought."

"But mom…" Rory said in a confused voice, finally connecting something her mother had said before. "If I didn't TELL you about the date, how did you even know about it? Did you finally hire Joe to watch me 24/7?" Rory added with a soft chuckle at her own joke.

"Well, Sweets," Lorelai said with a nervous laugh, "Have you looked at a paper yet this morning?"

"Um, no…" Rory replied as she stopped what she was doing to grab the Post from outside her apartment door. She began to flip through to the gossip page, completely ignoring every word of encouragement Lorelai was trying to give over the phone. "Oh no…" Rory replied with an audible gasp.

For there, on the front page of the gossip section was a HUGE picture of Finn and Rory at the premiere last night, along with a smaller picture next to it showing Finn punching Stan in the face. The headline above read "Leading Man Fights for the Honor of his New Leading Lady".

"How the hell did this get out so fast?" Rory asked her mom, finally realizing she had been speaking this entire time.

"I don't know, Babe. But listen it's going to be ok… I mean people talk… It's going to be exactly like when Babette and Miss Patty get a new piece of juicy gossip… they'll talk about if for a few days, but it will eventually blow over."

"Oh God… all of Stars Hollow must know by now!" Rory said in a quiet voice as she sat down in the nearest chair.

"Okay… yes… you're probably right… but that really wasn't the point of my little pep talk…" Lorelai answered in a kind voice.

"But… Oh My God! Everyone must know… not only in Stars Hollow but… EVERYONE! I mean the Post is like a nationally distributed paper!"

"Whoa! It's in the Post too?" Lorelai asked going off topic.

"O MY GOD! IT'S IN MORE THAN ONE PAPER!" Rory said, seriously starting to freak out at this point.

"Oh, Honey… remember the whole 'it will blow over' speech… remember that calm, 'it's-all-going-to-be-ok' feeling it gave you… or at least was supposed to give you… go with THAT feeling!"

"Listen, Mom, I'll talk to you later ok… I need to go…" Rory said in a very distracted voice.

"Okay… but seriously call me later… and trust me, Hun, this will all blow over…"

"Thanks mom…" Rory replied as she hung up the phone.

"Have you seen this?" Rory said asked holding up the paper to Finn who was looking out the window…

"No… but Rory you should come take a look at this…" He replied not taking his eyes off what was going on outside.

"What is it?" She asked as she made her way over to the window… "Oh… Shit!"

Below the window, there were at least 5 news cameras, from E! News Live, MTV News and other gossip television stations… on top of that there were about 20 paparazzi, just waiting around for Rory or Finn to appear.

"How the hell did this happen? How do they even know where I live?" Rory asked in a shocked voice.

"I don't know…" Finn replied in an equally shocked voice. "Somebody must have tipped them off…"

"But who would have even had the opportunity to do that… I mean this happened last night… I haven't even talked to anyone this morning… well, besides my mom … It had to be someone who was actually at the premiere last night… but none of those people would know where I lived…" Rory trailed off in a confused voice as she tried to work out the puzzle of who could have tipped off the press.

"One person did…" Finn replied as it finally clicked for him. He walked away from the window not even able to look at the crowd anymore.

"But who?" Rory asked again.

"Satan…" Finn said with a grim look on his face.

"Shit!" Rory reiterated under her breath, as she turned to look out her front window again.

"I second that…" Finn replied with dark humor in his voice.

"What the hell are we going to do? I mean, I eventually have to go to work… and we definitely don't have enough coffee in the house to live off of for more than a day or so…"

"Hey…" Finn replied as he pulled Rory away from the window and into an embrace. "We'll get through this… I promise… It will all blow over in a day or so… trust me, I've dealt with the press before… It's going to be fine…"

"That's what my mom said…" Rory replied with a small chuckle as she finally began to clam down a bit.

"Well your mom is a very smart lady… you should definitely listen to her…"

"Yea… speaking of my mother… what exactly did she say to you before I woke up?"

"Oh... 'That your pretty'" Finn replied with a smirk, as he mouth began to slowly creep closer to hers.

"She totally told you to say that didn't she?" Rory replied.

"Yep," he said right before cutting off her next statement with a kiss…

TBC

A/N: Well that was it… I hope you all enjoyed it… there will be more on the way soon… promise… lol just don't get use to this whole "fast-update" thing… haha It will most likely not happen again so I wouldn't want you guys getting your hopes up…

Also PLEASE REVIEW! You saw what it did this time around… I had this chapter up in 4 days! Lol that's like a personal record… Anyway… it proves my point that Reviews do equal Updates so PLEASE… PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE REVIEW! ; )