"How may I help you?" asked a pretty redhead nurse once the three of them approached the desk.
"I was raped," Lorelai said quietly.
"Okay, if you'll come with me, we'll get you taken care of. If one of you gentlemen could fill out these forms, please." Luke nodded as he reached for the forms.
"What's your name, ma'am?" asked the nurse.
"Lorelai Gilmore," Lorelai answered.
"My name's Elena, if you'll just follow me," she said as she turned and began heading down a long hallway.
"When can we see her?" Luke wanted to know.
"Not until the exam has been done unless she asks for either one of you. May I have your names in case she does?" the nurse requested.
"I'm Luke Danes, and this is Jess Mariano," Luke answered pointing to himself then Jess. The nurse nodded before turning and guiding Lorelai to an exam room.
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"I'm going to call Rory," Luke said, startling Jess.
"Okay, but it might be a good idea to just say that Lorelai's in the hospital and she'll be fine, but don't tell her about the rape. She shouldn't hear that over the phone," Jess pointed out.
"Your right," Luke agreed as he pulled out his cell and dialed Rory's number. He pressed send and waited for the call to connect. This was one phone call he had hoped he would never have to make. Especially to Rory who was like a daughter to him.
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Rory and Lane were listening to music and chatting about Jess. "I think Mom and he are getting along better. I mean a couple of weeks ago they sat down and had a long talk. I think that helped," Rory said.
"That's good, I have to say that out of all your boyfriends Jess is the only one I can truly stand." Just then Rory's cell phone rang, startling her.
"It's probably Mom," Rory said reaching for her phone. She frowned in confusion when she saw the caller I.D.
"Luke? Why are you calling me at 11:30 at night? Is everything okay?" Rory asked worriedly. Lane's eyebrows shot up at the mention of Luke.
"No, I'm afraid it's not okay. Your Mom's in the hospital. She's going to be fine, but I think you should get to Hartford as soon as you can," Luke explained.
"What is she okay? What happened tell me, please."
"I'd rather tell you in person, kiddo."
"Okay, I'll be in Hartford as soon as I can," Rory said as she began to cry.
"Do you think you can get Lane or someone to drive you? I don't think you should be driving right now, sweetie."
"I'll ask Jess," Rory replied.
"That won't work he's with me," Luke answered. Rory was even more puzzled now. Why was Jess with Luke and her Mom?
"Luke tell me what's going on, please?" Rory begged.
"I can't tell you over the phone, trust me Rory."
"Fine, I'll see if Lane can drive me to St. Francis, I'll see you soon," Rory replied slowly.
"Okay, see you soon, Rory, I love you," Luke said without thinking.
"I love you to, Dad. I'll see you soon," Rory said,completely unaware of the feeling of pride that filled Luke when she called him dad.
"Okay see you soon, Kiddo," Luke said as he hung up and turned back to his silent nephew sitting next to him.
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A half an hour later found Luke and Jess still sitting in worried silence. Just then Rory ran into the room with Lane hot on her heels.
"Luke! What happened?" Rory cried as she threw herself at the closest thing she had to a father. Luke caught the sobbing girl and held her tight.
"Rory, your Mom was raped by Christopher," Luke said softly. Rory froze she couldn't believe what Luke was telling her.
"What? No your lying you have to be lying!" Rory cried outraged.
"He's not lying, Ror," Jess said softly. Rory turned her tear-filled eyes to Jess, pleading for him to take his statement back.
"I wish I was, kiddo," Luke whispered. Rory's legs gave out from under her and she fell. Luke went down to the ground and caught her as she fell. He did his best to comfort her. All of a sudden a loud shout was heard from down the hall.
"No, don't touch me, please! Jess I want Jess! He understands no touching," Lorelai cried histerically from the exam room she had been taken to. Everyone's heads shot up at the shout.
"I have to.." Jess said as he stood up.
"It's okay I've got everything under control," Luke assured him.
"I'm sorry she wants me and not you or Rory," Jess said apologetically.
"Jess, it's okay, you found her, so it's natural for her to trust you the most right now," Luke pointed out. Jess just nodded with a sad smile as he headed down the hall to Lorelai's room, ready to do damage control.
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The sceen that met Jess was complete chaos. The doctors and nurses were crowded around Lorelai and she was curled up in a ball shaking. Red hot anger ran through Jess when he caught sight of one nurse holding a needle that probably contained a sedative and a doctor holding restraints.
"Everyone back off," Jess warned. The room went silent at the sound of his voice.
"Jess, tell them about not touching me, please," Lorelai begged.
"Don't worry I will Lorelai," Jess replied.
"Thank you," Lorelai said softly.
"Your welcome, I'm going to place my hand on top of yours is that okay?" Jess asked gently. Lorelai nodded and Jess took that as his cue to slowly cover her hand with his. He continued to tell her what he was going to do until she was finally convinced to uncurl from the ball she had curled into to protect herself.
"Now, here's how this is going to go, the reason she was freaking out was because none of you were warning her before you touched her. None of you asked if where you were going to touch her was okay either," Jess informed them angrily. "If you do that you'll be able to take care of her a lot better."
"Thank you,I guess we should have realized that," said one of the doctors.
"Yes you should have," Jess said with a glare.
"Are you going to be okay now? Do you want me to get Rory for you?" Jess asked.
"Yes please, and Jess?" Lorelai asked barely above a whisper.
"Yeah?" Jess asked.
"Thanks, you're a pretty good kid after all," Lorelai conceded. Jess gave her a small smile with a touch of his trademark smirk before heading back to the waiting room to get Rory. With a bit of time, and support from him, Rory, and Luke Lorelai would eventually be back to her old self again.
TBC?
