"Hey, you're up" Lorelai whispered, her voice was thick probably because of all the crying or maybe because she hadn't slept in a long while; it had been over 24 since Luke had convulsed in the middle of the diner.

Luke just looked at her, his hand searched hers and once he found it he gave it a reassuring squeeze.

"The doctors said to go find them when you were awake so they could take the tube out" Lorelai explained and tried to get up but Luke's grip on her hand tightened considerably. "I'll be right back, Luke, I promise" now it was her who gave his hand a squeeze but he still wouldn't let go. Taking in a shaking breath she did all she could to muster up a smile before leaning down to give him a simple kiss. "If they don't get that tube out, you won't be able to scowl at me for my eating habits" he frowned has she eaten anything since yesterday's breakfast? Wait, we didn't have breakfast yesterday, we got… distracted. Then when was the last time she ate? Figuring he wouldn't get answers to questions he couldn't ask, he let go of her hand. Lorelai smiled, gave him one last peck before going off to find a doctor.

After Lorelai left, Luke just lay there looking up at the ceiling how is this fair? We're finally in a good place and then this happens. I swear to… I swear to any God, if I make it out of this… she will be my wife. Just then the door opened again and only one doctor walked in.

"How are you feeling?"

"Blink once if good" Lorelai teased and Luke rolled his eyes. "That wasn't an option" she gave him a small smile.

"What do you say we take this out?" the doctor pointed to the tube.

.o0 About half an hour later 0o.

"I love you" Luke gruff out, it was the first thing he said. The doctors had told him to wait a little before trying to talk, and he did, and in the little while he thought of what words to say and he couldn't come up with anything better.

"That's such a cliché" was all Lorelai said after the shock of the words, and their meaning wore off. Luke shook his head.

"I love you" he insisted.

"Don't say it because you think you're dying, it doesn't count like that, it's just mocking when you say it like that" Lorelai told him, she was near tears.

"I. Love. You" he said forcefully but quietly because of his incision. Lorelai gave him a small smile.

"I…"

"How are you feeling?" the second doctor walked in this time. Luke didn't answer, instead his eyes just stayed focused on Lorelai.

"He's talking again" Lorelai told the doctor after a little silence. She looked at the doctor but Luke still looked at her.

"That's good, just don't over do it"

"Don't worry, he's a monosyllabic man"

"Good then" the doctor smiled. "Ok, on to business… we are…"

"I'm gonna go get some coffee" Lorelai suddenly announced. She might be avoiding the subject with Luke, or she just didn't want to hear what the MRI had shown… no, she really did want to know what the MRI had shown, she just wouldn't be able to take it if Luke backed out after they gave him and 'all clear' sign.

"Sure, do you know where the cafeteria is?" the doctor asked.

"I'll find it" she smiled. "I'll be back ok" she kissed Luke's forehead.

"Lorelai…" he called but she didn't turn; Luke just sighed and turned his eyes to the doctor.

"Ok, where were we? Oh yeah, we are going to try steroids as an alternate treatment"

"Alternative to radiation?" Luke frowned.

"Uh… yeah" the doctor didn't seem sure of himself.

"Steroids aren't an alternative to…"

"We are treating you for vasculitis" the doctor admitted.

"What's that?" Luke frowned.

"It's the inflammation of blood vessels in the brain"

"W-wait, so… I don't have a brain tumor?" Luke was trying as hard as he could to get things clear.

"Uhh we aren't sure; the tests were a little inconclusive. But we're almost positive it's not a brain tumor"

"Almost positive?" Luke frowned and the doctor nodded with a hopeful face, hopeful as to Luke buying it. "Give me the steroids" Luke gruff out.

"Are you sure?" the doctor thought Luke would want to consult with his wife, after all they weren't 100 percent sure the steroids would even help. "You don't want to talk about it with your wife?"

"Girlfriend" Luke corrected I hope he added, he wasn't sure what Lorelai was thinking after his little confession a few minutes ago.

"Well… then she's a very dedicated girlfriend, she hasn't left your side at all; the EMT guys even said she refused to let you come here alone" Luke smirked, that did sound like Lorelai. "She must really love you a lot"

"Steroids" Luke reminded the doctor.

"Alright" the doctor found it odd how Luke skipped from one thing to the next but just waved it off to him wanting to get better sooner.

.o0 A few hours later 0o.

"You left" Luke stated, the gruffness of his voice was gone; well, the gruffness due to the intubation was gone, the gruffness of him pissed off was still there.

"You look much better, you're sitting up and everything" Lorelai noted ignoring his previous statement or tone.

"You left"

"You'll have a pretty cool scar there" she pointed to his neck "You haven't touched your food" she saw the little plate car pushed away form his bed with all the food untouched. Luke didn't say anything else; he just stared at her pointedly. "You need to eat if you're gonna get better and…" she sighed. "I didn't leave" she said looking down at the floor. "I've been sitting outside your door ever since I walked out… I heard everything the doctor told you, not a brain tumor huh?" she smiled shyly up to him.

"Probably not"

"Good… so, umm… now that you're not dying…" Lorelai cringed at her choice of wording. "Sorry" she added lamely making her way over to his bed and pulling the food cart with her. "Ok so, now that you're better… umm… Luke…" she said on the edge of his bed facing him. "I love you" she told him with a serious voice, and Luke smirked.

"You're right; it means more when you know you're not dying"

"So much more" she nodded.

"I still love you though, that didn't change with the steroids"

"Good" she nodded a little more and pulled the cart closer. "Now you have to eat, and I will feed you because it's adorable and it'll make all the nurses envious of me" Luke chuckled but let her feed him anyways.

.o0 Around midnight 0o.

Lorelai, again, had bugged all the doctors and nurses into letting her stay by Luke's side all night; reluctantly they had agreed. She had promised to keep a close eye on him and report anything out of the ordinary, nothing had happened so far.

"Why are we playing this?" Luke asked annoyed, Rory had brought them in a game of Jenga and they were currently playing it on the empty food cart; Lorelai was sitting cross-legged by Luke's feet.

"Because its fun and it tests you dexterities at the same time" she gave him a playful grin. "Now hurry up that I don't have all night" she teased, Luke smirked and sat up straight to reach for a piece. His hand stopped him air. "Luke, come on, stop plying"

"I can't see"

"What?" Lorelai frowned and finally lifted her gaze from the game to look at Luke. "Stop playing around. It's not funny, Luke"

"I can't see!" again he sounded scared.

You've been LoVeLuKe-ized

If people like it and want to know what happens next then let me know, if people like it then I might just finish the whole thing tonight, if not them I'll pull this story off.