When the Walls of Heaven Crumbled.



Ch.1

Rory sighed in disappointment. Her grades were slipping.. again. The second time this week she had gotten a C on one of her assignments.

Lorelai looked over from the living room counter. "What's wrong?" she asked.

"My grades are slipping.. I got a C on my English essay." She admitted.

Lorelai laughed. "Oh honey, it's not the end of the world," she said.

She glanced over at Rory again, who looked really flushed.

"Are you feeling okay?" she continued.

"What? Me? Fine.." Rory said, lying. She hated to have her mom worry about her.

Lorelai went over to Rory and put a hand on her forhead. "You missy are going to bed right now.. no if's and's or but's."

"But.."Rory protested.

Lorelai grinned. "You, kid, are going to get better, but you have to go to sleep!"

Rory smiled a little. "Okay, mom. Night." She said.

"Night, honey," Lorelai replied as she began to start some work from the inn.

Rory got undressed and climbed into bed with her stuffed animal. She almost cried out in pain. Her head was pounding and her head felt like it was on fire. Quickly she got out of bed, went to the washroom and opened the medicine cabinet. She swallowed three extra strength tylenols, got some water, and went back into bed, where she setteled down for an umcomfterable sleep.

In the middle of the night, Lorelai went to check on Rory. Feeling her head, Lorelai was worried. It was still extremely hot.She pulled the covers down from Rory's bed. Lorelai stroked Rory's hair, and held her hand as climbed into bed with her. There was no way that she was going to leave Rory alone tonight.

In the morning, Rory was feeling a bit better. Lorelai looked at her until Rory answered, "What, dear mother of mine?"

Serious for once, Lorelai answered, "Ror, I think we should go see a doctor. You haven't been feeling well in so long.."

Stubbornly, Rory shook her head no. "I'll be fine mom, don't worry." But to be honest, she was feeling pretty scared too.

Lorelai stated firmly, "Rory, you are going to go to bed and stay there practically all day."

Rory nodded. She was too tired and sick to argue with her.

Lorelai nodded. "It'll be fun!" she stated cheerfully. "We can snuggle up in bed, gorge ourselves with junk food, and watch movies till our eyes hurt!"

Rory managed a laugh. No matter how sick she was, Lorelai always made her feel better.

Both of them climbed into Rory's bed, and Lorelai picked up the phone.

"Who are you phoning?" Rory asked.

"Sookie," Lorelai mouthed.

"Hey, Sookie. Rory's sick.. would you mind making some soup? We both loove your chicken noodle that you make.."

Lorelai looked at Rory and made a funny face. Rory laughed.

"Thanks, hun. You're the best. See ya soon."

Lorelai looked at Rory triumphantly. "See, we have our own cook!"



True to her word, Sookie arrived at the Gilmore house an hour later with warm soup and fresh bread. Lorelai got up, answered the door, and took the food gleefully. Sookie came in.

"Hey Sookie!" Rory called out from her bedroom.

"Hey honey. Hope you get well soon," Sookie replied from the kitchen.

"Thanks," Rory replied as she reached out, got a book, and started reading.

"Thanks again, Sook," Lorelai replied. "I didn't feel like cooking today."

"You never feel like cooking," Sookie replied, laughing. "Anyway, call me if you need anything else."

Lorelai got a mischevious grin on her face. "I will," she promised.

They hugged and Sookie left.

Lorelai got Rory's soup ready and brought it to her room. Unfortunatly, Rory had fallen asleep. Lorelai smiled lovelingly at Rory as she tucked a strand of hair behind her ear and put the soup in the kitchen. Lorelai began to read a book sitting beside Rory on her bed, but soon sleep got the better of her. She was exausted after taking care of Rory.



Rory woke up later and found her mom sleeping next to her again. She sqeezed Lorelai's hand. "I'm so lucky to have a mom like her," she thought to herself.

The next morning, Rory forced herself to go to school. She and Lorelai had gotten into a small argument that morning. Lorelai was still really worried about her, but Rory argued that she was fine. Reluctantly, Lorelai agreed, mainly because she didn't want to have a huge fight with Rory.

As Rory entered Chilton, a wave of dizziness passed through her. Rory struggled to keep it together, and managed to make it through all of her classes. After school, she noticed some bruises on her arms and legs. Rory was confused. "Where did that from?" she wondered. Rory entered the house. "Hello?" she called out.

"Kitchen," Lorelai called back to her.

Rory pasted on a smile. "Hey mom," she said, kissing her on the cheek.

"What's up babe?" Lorelai asked.

"Mom, can you take me to the.." Rory's mouth closed suddenly. She was about to say the doctors office, but then realised that Lorelai would get more worried then she actually was. "Oh never mind," Rory said. "Well, I'm feeling a lot better,"she admitted, lying tremendously. "Can I go to Lane's?"

"I guess so," Lorelai replied. "Be back by six though, okay?"

"Yup," Rory said. She headed out the door to the diner and walked to Jess's house.

He opened the door. "Rory," he said, surprized to see her.

"Can you come with me to the doctors?" she asked in a small voice. If what she had happened to be bad, she didn't want to expierence it alone. And she didn't want Lorelai to have to expierence it either.



Rory fiddled around nervously in the doctors office. When the doctor called her in, Jess stood up with her, but Rory explained that she wanted to go in alone. This was her buissness, and she didn't want to get anyone involved with it.

"So Rory, what seems to be the problem?" the doctor asked.

"I've just been getting these awful headaches and I've noticed bruises on my arm." She said.

With this, the doctor became grave and asked to see them. Rory showed them, and the doctor took some tests.

"You'll get the results in a week." Rory nodded and left the building.

"Now what was that about?" Jess asked worridly.

"Nothing," Rory admitted cheerfully. She was feeling much happier now. After all, nothing bad could happen to her, right?