Lorelai was pulled from a deep sleep by the sound of her cell phone ringing. She groaned and reached for her phone blindly in the dark. Her husband of eight months was snoring softly next to her. Luke could sleep through anything.
She finally grasped the phone and touched the screen to answer the call before lifting it to her ear.
"Hello?" She answered groggily.
The person on the other line was a nurse from the hospital. She said Rory had been in a car accident a few hours ago and was at the Hospital in Hartford. Rory was in Hartford buying some last minute things for the baby's room and she also had dinner with Christopher who was in town for business. She assumed Rory got home late and was sleeping downstairs.
"Oh my god. How is she? Is the baby alright?" Lorelai exclaimed.
"Your daughter suffered a lot of trauma. I haven't been updated on her condition but I'm sure you'll come as soon as possible and her main physician will see you. We did perform an emergency C-section though and your grandson was born about an hour ago. He's doing well so far... your daughter must have been almost to term."
"She was about thirty six weeks." Lorelai said quietly.
The nurse told her where to go once she arrived at the hospital. Lorelai thanked her and ended the call. She blinked in the darkness, thinking scary thoughts. What if Rory died? And her new grandson? He had to be okay and Rory would be okay too. He couldn't lose his mother after just being born.
Lorelai shook her head and turned her bedside lamp on. She gently shook Luke to wake him. It took almost a minute but he woke, rubbing his face. He slowly turned to face her.
"What time is it?" He murmured.
"Five a.m. hon, the hospital just called my cell phone. Rory's been in a car accident."
"What?" Luke shot up, pulling himself into a sitting position.
"Rory's hurt and they had to deliver the baby via C-section. We have a grandson." She managed a tiny smile.
Luke's brow furrowed. He sprang into action, pushing the covers back. Once he was out of the bed, her gestured for Lorelai to hurry.
They quickly got dressed in random clothes and practically ran out of the house.
Once they were on the highway, Lorelai reached over for Luke's hand. He took one hand off the steering wheel and entwined their fingers. He brought their joined hands to his mouth and kissed hers.
"Everything's gonna be okay." He said gently.
Lorelai nodded but she didn't express her fear. Luke held her hand for another few minutes before putting his hand back on the wheel.
They arrived at the hospital twenty minutes later. Lorelai guided Luke to where the nurse told her to go. She told the man behind the desk who she was and asked about Rory. He said he would have someone track down the doctor as soon as possible.
Luke and Lorelai waited anxiously. Luke asked if Lorelai wanted a coffee. Lorelai shook her head no.
"Come here." Luke whispered as he wrapped an arm around her shoulders.
She curled up to him, resting her head against his chest. He kissed the top of her head and rubbed her back a little. They remained standing as all of the seats in the room were taken.
The doctor finally entered the room about forty minutes later. The man behind the desk pointed out Lorelai and Luke out to her.
"Are you Lorelai Gilmore's parents?" The doctor asked them as she stepped up to Lorelai and Luke.
"Yes and she goes by Rory." Lorelai said quickly.
Luke didn't bother correcting her by saying he was Rory's stepfather. He always saw Rory as sort of his own anyway and the details didn't matter right now.
"All right. Why don't we go in my office and talk in private?"
"I need to know that Rory is okay first." Lorelai said harshly.
"She'll tell us all about Rory in her office, it's better to hear the news in a quiet room, right?" Luke asked the doctor.
She nodded. "Yes. Please follow me, it's right around the corner."
Lorelai sighed but nodded. They followed the doctor, a simple five minute walk.
Once they closed the door behind them and sat down, the doctor, Luke noticed her nametag, Dr. Griffin, cleared her throat.
"I'm afraid Rory has fallen into a coma."
"A coma?" Lorelai sputtered.
Luke placed a hand on her knee.
"She's been moved to the ICU where we can monitor her closely. You can go see her but I thought you might want to meet your grandson first." Dr. Griffin continued.
Lorelai didn't say anything so Luke spoke after clearing his throat. "Is he okay?"
Dr. Griffin nodded. "He's in the NICU and he's being closely monitored but he appears to be healthy." She smiled gently.
"I want to see Rory first." Lorelai said suddenly.
Dr. Griffin nodded and stood up. She headed out the door, walking slowly. Luke and Lorelai followed her silently.
It took about ten minutes to get to the ICU. They stopped outside the door Dr. Griffin told Luke and Lorelai to prepare themselves, warned them about all the medical equipment she would be connected to and the bruises and cuts she had.
Luke put his arm around Lorelai and they walked inside behind the doctor. Lorelai slowly brought her gaze to the occupied bed in the room. She wasn't prepared for what she saw.
It was more than frightening for Lorelai to see her daughter like this. To see Rory so still and hooked up to a few different machines that beeped was scary. Luke's grip on Lorelai tightened and she pressed her face into his chest, needing to look away after only a minute.
Dr. Griffin's pager beeped then. "I'm sorry but I have to leave. Can you make it to the NICU okay?" She said after a minute.
Luke gave her a little nod. She gave him a small sad smile and left.
Lorelai started sobbing, the sound muffled by Luke's chest.
"Hey, hey… shh." Luke whispered, not knowing what to say to try to comfort her. He glanced up at Rory's bed and sucked in a breath. He felt tears threatening to fall from his own eyes.
Lorelai pulled away after a couple minutes. "How could this happen to my baby girl?" She wailed.
"Probably some idiot drunk driver," Luke muttered under his breath. He kept Lorelai in a one-armed embrace.
When Lorelai slowly started to turn towards Rory's bed, Luke tried to pull her back into his chest.
"Luke please. I just want to talk to her for a minute. I don't know if she can hear me but I need to…" She said softly.
Luke pressed his lips together but he let her go. She walked up to the bed and Luke came to stand behind her.
The beeping of the machine distracted Lorelai for a second before she reached down and placed her hand on top of Rory's.
She let out a breath, "Hi sweets…" She made a choking noise.
Luke put a hand on her shoulder and rubbed a little.
"Um I don't know how this happened but I know you can beat this… and you can meet your baby boy. We're going to go meet him ourselves, I'm sure he's beautiful. I just… I can't believe this happened to you. I love you." Lorelai didn't know what else to say. Her mind was scrambled.
After a minute of silence passed, she felt Luke's lips touch her temple.
"Let's go meet our new grandson. There's nothing we can do here." He whispered.
"Okay." Lorelai whispered back.
They looked at Rory one last time before leaving the room, hand in hand.
Fifteen minutes later, they were suited up to go into the sterile environment of the NICU.
The nurse who was inside told them they couldn't hold the baby since he was in the incubator and his temperature wasn't stable. However, they could touch him gently with gloved hands.
"Hi baby boy. I'm your grandma and this is your grandpa. We're so excited to meet you." She grinned. She was amazed that she was looking at her first grandchild. He wasn't even a day old and he was precious. She couldn't remember Rory being this small.
"He's so small." Luke said.
"He'll grow fast… once he's healthy enough to leave the hospital." Lorelai sounded so sure, Luke thought. "We're going to have to take care of him. We're the only family he has besides my mother and Chris." She murmured.
And Logan. Luke thought. He didn't know too much about Rory's situation with Logan so he didn't want to speak out loud. Logan knew he was going to be a Dad but Luke wasn't sure if he planned on being involved in the baby's life or not. Rory didn't like talking about it.
"I mean Rory's his mom but she's…" Lorelai trailed off. She started to cry again.
"We'll take care of him. We can handle it." Luke assured her. He pulled her into his arms and held her as she cried.
Author's note: Thank you for reading. Reviews are always appreciated. This is the first chapter to set everything up. I'll write when I can and post new chapters as often as possible. Logan will be in the next chapter and just so you know, I am a Rogan fan and you won't see much ASP's revival version of Logan lol.