Thank you for your lovely reviews for my last two chapters! Thought I'd spoil you and add one more! :)

Chapter 10

Lorelai ran in. "What's wrong?"

"His fingers twitched! I think he can hear us!" Rory exclaimed. "Talk to him mom."

Lorelai ran to his other side and took hold of his other hand. "Luke? Luke can you hear me? If you can hear me, squeeze my hand." She said. Her face fell when nothing happened. "Luke please. I love you so much. Please let me know if you can hear us."

Slowly his fingers twitched a bit in his hand. Lorelai gave Rory a tremulous smile. "He can hear us..."

"Why isn't he opening his eyes though?" Rory asked.

"Maybe he can't yet." Lorelai said. "But this is good hon. It shows he's coming to." She saw her daughter's worried and doubtful face. "This is good. It shows he's getting better."

"He has to get better." Rory said quietly, looking back at Luke. "He just has to."

Lorelai sighed and went round to sit next to her. "He will."

"You're being so nice to me but he's here because of me. Your Luke is here because of me." Rory sniffed.

"Rory..."

She shook her head. "No you shouldn't be nice to me! If he doesn't get better, I will never forgive myself! He risked his life for me, mom! Who else would do that?" Rory exclaimed, a fresh lot of tears streaming down her face.

"So many people would.." Lorelai said softly.

Rory shook his head. "Not like Luke. He must have felt his feet slipping but he was so calm with me when I panicked. He didn't shout or tell me to hurry up. He was just so...Luke." She said quietly. "I'll never forgive myself if something happens." She wiped her eyes and ran out of the room.

Lorelai sighed as she watched her distraught daughter leave. She didn't blame Rory for this. It was an accident. She looked back at Luke and thought back to night a couple of days ago and smiled slightly. "Luke, you have to get better. We need to live our lives still. I've got so much I want to say to you and thank you for." She brought her lips down to his hand and kissed it.

The nurse then came in. "I bumped into your daughter and she told me his fingers twitched?"

Lorelai wiped her tears away and composed herself. "Um yeh, when we spoke to him."

"That's a good sign. It shows he's responding to your presence." She smiled kindly. "I know it's a lot of waiting but it's going in the right direction."

Lorelai nodded. "I just want him to wake up." She admitted.

"He will but when he's ready. He has to be ready or it won't be good for him." The nurse said. "Be patient."

Lorelai sighed and looked at Luke's face. "Ok.."

"I'll leave you to it." The nurse said.

The next day, Lorelai and Rory were still sat in Luke's room urging him to wake up. He had had a good night according to the nurse which was a good sign. The door opened slightly and Tristan's head peeked round. "May I come in?"

"Tristan!" Rory said getting up and rushing over to hug him.

"Any change?" He asked.

"He moved his fingers but he hasn't woken up yet." Rory said.

"That's a good sign, isn't it? Moving his fingers?" Tristan questioned.

"Yeh, the nurse said it was. But he's not woken up yet..." She said sadly.

"I have class but I wanted to come and tell you something." Tristan said. "Both of you actually." Lorelai looked up. "I saw Logan and everyone when I got back to the campus. I told him I never wanted to see him again."

"Tristan.." Rory said softly.

"No. You were right about them. They're douchey friends and I don't want anything to do with them after this." He said adamantly. He looked at Lorelai. "I'm sorry it ended up like this." He said sincerely.

Lorelai gave him a small smile. "Thank you."

Tristan nodded.

"I don't blame you Tristan." Lorelai said quietly. "Rory told me how you begged her not to do it."

"I should have tried harder." He said ashamed.

"I was stupid. I wouldn't have listened. This was my fault, not yours." Rory said. "Are you staying for a bit?"

"I have class but I can come back later." He said. "I told Paris what happened so she said she'd collect any work you missed."

"Thanks." Rory gave him a small smile.

"Keep me updated ok?" Tristan said giving her a kiss.

"I will." She said and watched him leave.

Lorelai watched her daughter return to her seat. "I guess you were right. He has changed." Lorelai said.

Rory gave her a small smile. "Yeh..."

Neither of them had noticed Luke's eyes fluttering open. "H..He's n..not h..half b..bad..." He said hoarsely.

Both heads whipped round and saw Luke's eyes open and looking at them.

"Luke!" Rory exclaimed.

Lorelai smiled and gave him a kiss. "We've been worried sick."

"S..s..sorry..." He said.

"No you have nothing to say sorry for." Lorelai gave him a tremulous smile. "We've missed you, haven't we Rory?" She asked looking up.

Rory nodded. "Um..I have to..um I have to go..." She said quietly and fled from the room.

Lorelai watched her leave.

"W..What's wrong?" Luke asked.

Lorelai sighed. "She's been beating herself up. She thinks it's all her fault you're in here. She blames herself."

"N..not her fault.." He said hoarsely. "W..water?"

"Oh yeh!" Lorelai said getting a cup of water and giving him a drink.

"Thanks." Luke said.

"We were so worried we'd lose you." Lorelai said.

"Can't get rid of me that easily.."

"So how are you feeling?" She asked.

"Like a truck's run over me. My head's pounding." He said taking a deep breath.

"Just rest. We'll still be here." She said.

"Ok..." Luke said closing his eyes again.

Rory stood outside Luke's room staring at the door, plucking up courage to go in. She had seen her mom leave to go to the canteen. She took a deep breath and opened the door. She locked eyes with Luke as soon as she entered. She went and sat down next to him. She was quiet for a minute. She looked up at him. "I'm so sorry."

"Don't.." He said.

"No let me say this. I was so stupid. I was trying to prove something to these jerks. I should haven't and you could have died because of it." She said, feeling tears well up in her eyes again. "You are so great to mom and to me. You're always there for us and I repay you by nearly getting you killed." She sniffed. "I'm so sorry. And...thank you..." She said quietly, looking anywhere but his face.

"Rory.." He said softly.

"Yeh?" She said keeping her eyes fixed on the floor.

"Rory, look at me." He said softly.

Rory looked up with tears in her eyes.

"I don't blame you." He said. "I'd much rather I be here instead of you. You need to stop beating yourself off. Everyone makes mistakes, I know I've made plenty. This was an accident, nothing more. I don't blame you."

Rory gave him a tremulous smile. "And that's why you're Luke. I'm so happy you and mom got together."

Luke smiled. "Me too." He held his hand out to her.

Rory took it and he gave it a squeeze. "Thank you." She said quietly.

"Anytime." He smiled.

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