Pupil to Party Queen
Rory Gilmore, a sophmore at Madison Prep Boarding School, was talking to her boyfriend, Jason Konigsberg, a junior, on the phone. Jason had an important meeting with his dad and a college representative, so he got a weekend pass out of school.
"You're coming back Sunday night, right?" she asked, already knowing the answer, just wanting to hear him say it. I was Saturday morning right now.
"Yeah, I'll see you then."
"Okay. And Jason?"
"Yeah?"
"I lov--" She was cut of by an earsplitting screech. "Jason? Jason!? Jason?!?!?" she screamed into the phone. When she didn't hear an answer she hung up and called Onstar.
"Hello, Onstar, what's your emergency?"
"I was talking to my boyfriend on the phone and there was a crash and a screech and I don't know what happened and I think he's hurt because when I called his name he didn't answer and I didn't know what to do."
"Calm down, miss, you did the right thing. Now, do you know where your boyfriend was?"
"He was outside the Rockwell Hotel."
"Which one? That hotel is a chain."
"Um..I don't know..the one near Madison Prep."
"Okay, I know the one you're talking about. And what's your boyfriend's name?"
"Jason. Jason Konigsberg."
"Okay, miss. We'll send someone over. Thank you for calling."
Jason Konigsberg was rushed to Kennedy Hospital, but it was too late. He was pronounced dead on arrival. His last words were, "Tell Rory I love her." He said them in the ambulance on the way to the hospital, right before he blacked out.
Because of those last words, the hospital knew to call Rory when he passed away. She was alone in the dorm room that she shared with her friend Aster when her cell phone rang. "Hello?" she said quickly, hoping it would be Jason.
"Hello, Rory Gilmore?"
"Yes," Rory said.
"This is Mary Carmichael, from Kennedy Hospital."
Rory felt her heart fall, knowing what was coming. She willed herself not to cry.
"Are you still there?"
"Yes," Rory choked out.
"I'm sorry to tell you that Jason Konigsberg died yesterday at 11:28 pm."
Rory started openly sobbing.
"I'm really sorry, Miss Gilmore."
That night, Rory couldn't sleep. She lay awake in her bed sobbing. She didn't realize that she had woken Aster until Aster said something to her.
"Rory?"
"Yeah?"
"Are you okay?"
"Yeah...fine." No one at Madison knew what had happened. Not even the staff. The hospital was going to call them Sunday night, when Jason was supposed to get home.
Rory didn't socialize much. She mostly read. Aster was one of the popular girls, but she was incredibly nice. Sometimes she would even choose to hang out with Rory instead of with her popular friends.
Aster didn't believe her, because she went over to sit next to Rory on her bed.
"Really, Rory. What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Aster could see that she wasn't getting anywhere, because she stopped pushing.
"O-kaaay. So," she said, trying to change the subject. "When's Jason getting back?"
This just caused Rory to cry harder. Aster didn't understand what she had done wrong.
"He's not," Rory finally said.
"Is that what this is about? He decided not to come back to Madison?"
"He didn't exactly decide. It was kind of decided for him."
"You mean his dad isn't letting him?"
Rory shook her head. "He..I...there was an...accident."
"The one outside Rockwell Hotel?"
Rory nodded.
"I heard about that..didn't the guy...oh no! That was Jason?"
Rory nodded again. "But you can't tell anyone," she said. "The hospital is telling the staff on Sunday night. I don't know what they're gonna tell the kids."
"I'm soooo sorry, Rory! Ohmigod! I'm soo sorry. I can't believe I..oh my God! I'm really sorry, Rory."