Sorry it took me so long to update again. Recently started a new job as well as moved to a new place. Thanks for anyone who is still with me on this one. And as always reviews are appreciated. I'm not sure about these chapters so input would be great. Thanks again. Oh and I am new at this so let me know if you guys want me to reply to your reviews. Is that what your suppose to do? Cause I would love to chat to you about things but wasn't sure if that's the done thing.

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"Mum?" Luke was disturbed from his revier by the startled sound of Rory's voice.

"Mum." Rory spoke louder this time and raised from her sitting position to learn over her mother.

"Come on mum. Mum." She began to gently stroke her forehead, being careful of the bandages.

"What is it Rory?" Luke asked, concern and hope battling for pole position.

"It's mum." She replied excitedly. "I felt her squeeze my hand. I think she is waking up."

Rory threw Luke a quick smile before returning her attention to her mother.

"Mum, its me. Come on mum. Wake up."

Luke rushed out of the room and all but ran to the nurse's station down the hall.

"I think she's waking up. Lorelai Gilmore. I think she is waking up!" uttered Luke before dashing back to the room. He didn't even look to see if the nurses were following him.

He reached the room and saw the most beautiful thing he had seen in his life. A pair of sapphire blue eyes, cloudy and dazed but shining and open. He let out a short bark of a laugh and quickly blinked away the tears that threatened to fall. He went to the side of the bed and took up her hand.

Something wasn't right. There was something off. She felt numb but not in a good way. She had the feeling that under the numbness was pain but she wasn't sure. She couldn't think straight. She closed her eyes again as all her thoughts flittered away.

"Mum. Come back. Open your eyes again." Lorelai heard the voice but it sounded so far away. It sounded so young. It sounded scared. With a great effort, Lorelai opened her eyes once again and sort out the voice. Her eyes finally locking on a tear filled pair of brilliant blue. Lorelai watched as the tears spilled over and ran down the pale cheeks. She raised her hand to wipe away the tears but stopped, staring in amazement as her hand shook uncontrollably. In her detached state, she tried to laugh as her hand continued to shake but the laugh got caught in her throat. It was then that she realised that there was something in her throat. She couldn't breath. She tried to get her shaky limbs to cooperate but they didn't seem to work properly. Dimly in the background, she could hear that voice again. It still sounded scared. Why wasn't anybody helping her. She couldn't breath.

Luke watched in amazement as Lorelai responded to her daughters voice. Her watched in wonder as they tried to comfort each other, and he watched in horror as he saw the panic build in her eyes. Machines around the bed started beeping and alarms were going off. Luke raced to the door and almost collided with the doctor who was rushing into the room, followed closely by a nurse. The young doctor strode straight to the bedside, carelessly brushing the frightened Rory aside. Luke quickly grabbed the young girls arm and drew her out of the way of the working medical staff. Holding her in his arms towards the back of the room where they both watched helplessly…hopelessly.

"Miss Gilmore, can you hear me?" The doctor queried as he stood over the weakly struggling form on the bed. Although he got no response he continued to talk.

"Miss Gilmore. We are going to remove the tube in your throat. I need you to breath out as I take it out. At the mention of having the tube taken out, Lorelai's struggles slackened.

"Do you understand Miss Gilmore?" He received a small nod.

"Okay then. On the count of three I want you to breathe out as hard as you can. One...two…three." The doctor skillfully removed the tube. As Lorelai was consumed with a fit of coughing, the young doctor quickly put an oxygen mask over her face before turning at last to face Rory and Luke.

"Give her a minute to recover." He smiled reassuringly. The doctor continued to check Lorelai, writing noted on a clipboard when he was done. He turned to Lorelai once more.

"Miss Gilmore. Can you hear me?" Slowly, Lorelai opened her eyes and focused on the doctor.

"Good. I'm just going to take the mask off now ok." The doctor spoke quietly and slowly, as if to a child. Carefully he took the mask from her face. He waited until he saw her eyes focus on his face and smiled gently.

"Miss Gilmore, do you know where you are?" He waited as Lorelai gathered her mixed up thoughts. She tried to speak but the words got stuck in her throat. Without a word, the doctor got some water from the nearby table and carefully placed the straw in Lorelai's mouth. Lorelai closed her eyes as the cool water soothed her tortured throat. When she opened them again she saw that the doctor was still looking expectantly at her. She thought he had just asked her something but she couldn't remember.

"Miss Gilmore? Do you know where you are?" again Lorelai tried to talk and was surprised at the small squeak she emitted. She tried again

"Hospital?" she croaked. The doctor smiled.

"Yes, your in the hospital. Do you remember what happened?" Lorelai tried to remember what had happened but she drew a complete blank. Slowly she began to shake her head. She wasn't sure if she was sorried about the fact that she didn't seem to remember how she had ended up in the hospital. Her mind raced with confussed thoughts. All she was sure about at the moment was that she hurt. It hurt to breath, it hurt to think, it even hurt to blink. Maybe it was a good thing she couldn't remember. With the way she felt, she wasn't sure that she wanted to remember. Lorelai was brought back from her revere but someone saying her name.

"Miss Gilmore…Miss Gilmore? I know its hard to stay awake. You can rest in just a moment." The doctor waited till he got a small nod from his patient.

"miss Gilmore, do you know who this is?" The doctor moved to the side slightly to reveal a very pale and very tired looking yound girl.

"Rory." She whispered as a smile came to her face. That one word was all it took to send Rory over the edge into tears. She was so happy that her mum was finally awake. Now she knew that everything would be alright. Moving closer to her mother, Rory gently leaned down and held hugged her mum.

"Oh mum,"she sobbed. "You had as all so worried." She straightened but still kept her arm on her mother. She casually wiped the shed tears from her pale face. "But your back now and that's all that matters." She smiled down at her mother and was unable to stop more tears from flowing as again she was struck by the reality of just how close she came to loosing her mother.