Ready for Anything?

Chapter 30

Finn's POV

The light streaming through the window woke me the next morning, and I startled for a moment when I felt the weight of someone wrapped around me. I opened my eyes a bit and relaxed when I realized that it was Rory. Her head was on my chest and her arms and legs were tangled with mine, and I realized that I'd never woken up happier than I was in that moment.

I was so heart broken when I woke up the morning after we'd slept together and she was already gone, and a part of me didn't think that I would ever get the chance to wake up next to her. I took a deep breath and relished the feeling of having her in bed with me. I knew that I had things to tend to in the office today, but at the moment nothing was more important than being right here. We'd turned some kind of corner last night, and I didn't want to do anything to risk going back to the way we were before. Perhaps there was hope for something down the road, but I was just going to enjoy the ride.

I was pulled out of my thoughts as I felt Rory begin to stir in her sleep. She looked as beautiful as I'd ever seen her. Without even thinking, I kissed the top of her head.

"Good morning, Love" I whispered huskily.

She stretched and disentangled our legs. "Morning, Finn. I'll be right back" she said before hopping out of bed. I saw her walk through to the bathroom and picked up my phone and sent off a quick text to my secretary letting her know that I would be in late today before Rory got back. She walked back into the room just as I sat my phone down, and I smiled as she laid back down and snuggled into my arms again.

"Sorry about that - apparently bearing children means you have to go to the bathroom a lot more often" she explained sheepishly, and I couldn't help but chuckle.

"Well, seeing as you're bearing my children, there's nothing to apologize for. Are you and our little ones hungry?" I asked her.

"Mmm...yes, but I'm not quite ready to get out of bed yet. Five more minutes?" she asked.

Truth be told, I would have laid there with her as long as she wanted.

"Of course, Kitten. You just tell me when you're ready to get up and we'll get ready for breakfast. Does Luke's sound good this morning?" I asked her.

"Sounds perfect," she answered contentedly.

We laid there in silence for a few minutes, and I couldn't help but wonder what she was thinking. I wasn't daft enough to think that we were together now, but I was still hoping that perhaps her thoughts had changed from what she'd said to her mom the other night after dinner.

She finally sat up and stretched some more before getting out of bed, and I followed her slowly.

"You know, you almost need to start keeping a change of clothes here" she teased. "This is twice in the last couple of weeks that you've unexpectedly spent the night and not had fresh clothes."

"You have a point there. Perhaps I need to start keeping some in my car when I'm visiting just in case you rope me into staying" I joked back.

She shook her head and laughed at me. "I don't recall having to twist your arm to get you to stay" she said pointedly.

I just held up my hands in surrender. "No, I was quite grateful for the invitation. I didn't particularly want to drive back to Boston that late, and the company was fantastic" I replied with a wink.

"Such a charmer - I hope if we have a son he doesn't get that from you" Rory smirked. "Now, I'm going to change clothes. I kept the toothbrush you used the last time you stayed in the drawer in the bathroom if you'd like to freshen up."