When the visions around you,
Bring tears to your eyes
And all that surround you,
Are secrets and lies
I'll be your strength,
I'll give you hope,
Keeping your faith when it's gone
The one you should call,
Was standing here all along..

And I will take
You in my arms
And hold you right where you belong
Till the day my life is through
This I promise you -This I Promise You by 'NSYNC

No one's P.O.V

'I can't believe I just did that. Why didn't I flat out tell him that I would really like to date him' Rory started arguing with herself until the buzzing of her cell phone ripped her out of her thoughts. She couldn't help but smile when she saw that it was Finn:

Thank you for a great night Kitten. Couldn't have thought of a better way to end it than with your little action ;)

Rory started writing back with a giant smile plastered on her face when her phone buzzed again

Only joking luv, I know you don't feel about me that way. Hope to see you soon.

She could feel the smile leaving her face and the tears pooling in her eyes. 'How could I have been so stupid as to think that Finn would even feel slightly the same as me'. Rory left the living room and went straight to her bed hiding underneath the covers from the world.

The following week Rory had taken time off work to relax, think about her work situation and visit her mom and her new baby brother Andrew. Yes Lorelai and Luke finally got married 2 years ago and had Andrew 3 months ago.

Monday morning and Rory had already been up since 8am packing her 2 bags and getting everything ready so she could leave for Stars Hollow at around 10. Finn had texted her twice since last night but she still felt sad and stupid for what had happened.

As Rory drove up the driveway of the Crapshack she could see her mum holding Andrew with Luke by her side standing on the porch and as soon as she killed the engine her mum handed Andrew to Luke and started running towards her. "MINI ME!" Lorelai opened her arms and gave Rory a huge hug "How are you darling daughter of mine? Any hot men in your life?" As soon as Rory heard this thoughts of Finn and her kissing him came flooding back as did the pain of the reminder of his text. Lorelai saw this and looked at her carefully "Babe is everything ok?" Rory managed to get out of her mother's arms and compose herself before answering "Yeah everything is good. Now where is that baby brother of mine? I am in need of some hugs" and with that any chance of Lorelai finding out what happened was killed by Rory.

The week went by fast but Rory and her mum had some good talks. It was Thursday night when she told her mum about becoming an English teacher since she had her Journalism degree it was wasting away by working as a waitress. Her mum just smiled at her and said that whatever she decided to do, she would support her all the way.

The next morning they went to Luke's for breakfast before heading to Hartford to buy new dresses for Friday night dinner at her grandparent's house. Lorelai decided on a knee length dark purple halter neck dress with a lace overlay and Rory got a strapless royal blue mid thigh length (it finishes between the knee and her thigh) with a sweetheart neckline. Once they finished shopping it was time to get ready. Luke had decided to stay home with Andrew to keep his sleeping routine the same.

Rory decided to curl her hair and put it into a low side swept ponytail whilst Lorelai decided to put hers into a sophisticate bun. Half an hour later they were on their way to Hartford when they went up her Grandparents driveway just to notice a lot of cars parked along the side. Rory looked over to her mum confused "Are grandma and grandpa having a part and forgot to tell us?"

Lorelai just snorted and laughed "This is my parents we are talking about Babe. They could manage to move you to some unknown place without you realising". They got out of the care and before they had time to press the bell the door opened and Emily Gilmore appeared before them "Lorelai...Rory..How are you both? How is that darling grandson of mine? Oh yeah I forgot to tell you that we are having a small party tonight" and with that she disappeared back inside.

Rory was surprised that she was actually having a good time at her grandmother's party. A couple of cute guys had asked her to dance and she gladly accepted to stop thinking about Finn. She just got to the bar to get another drink when suddenly Amazed by Lonestar came on, no idea how Emily was allowing this to be played without throwing a fit. As she kept drinking and saw couples going on the dance floor to slow dance she felt kind of sad. Some guys had asked her to dance but she politely turned them down. The first verse was her favourite part of the song, Every time our eyes meet This feeling inside me Is almost more than I can take Baby when you touch me I can feel how much you love me And it just blows me away I've never been this close to anyone or anything I can hear your thoughts I can see your dreams.

She could feel someone's eyes on her and when she turned around she saw him across the floor. Finn was here at her grandparent's house. She ignored all the other people around her and just walked towards him like something invisible was pulling her.

As she finally stood in front of him she did what she had wanted to do since she gave him that chaste kiss goodnight at her front door the week before. She put her hands at the back of his neck pulling him down and pressing her lips against him. Finn stood there confused for a moment before realising what was happening and returning the kiss. He swiped his tongue across her bottom lip which she granted and then deepened the kiss.

"Let's get out of here Kitten. Is there someplace we can talk?" he whispered in her ear. Rory just nodded and then took his hand and leading him away from everyone up the stairs up to her old room.

Rory opened the door and started walking sitting on it and pulling her knees up as far as her dress allowed. Finn came and sat next to her and for a while they just sat there in silence. "luv can you tell me what just happened" he turned around and saw her eyes glistening with tears threatening to fall "oh kitten please don't cry. I could never forgive myself if I made you cry". He pulled Rory into a tight hug and heard her mumble something. "Could you please repeat that Kitten? I didn't quite understand it".

Rory wriggled herself out of his arms and looked at her feet when she said "You remember that text you send me last week after dinner?" she looked over and saw him nod "well reading it hurt a lot. Because Finn I like you a lot. I have for a long while now. My feelings got even stronger in the 3 years we didn't see each other and then when I finally saw you again. It felt like my whole world was back. And i feel stupid telling you all of this".

Finn just sat there speechless. He couldn't believe that the girl he had secretly loved since she started going out with Logan had feelings for him.