3 Months later…

Dean sat next to the window in Luke's drinking coffee when Lorelai walked inside. Both of them made eye contact and smiled at each other. After giving a quick wave to Luke at the counter she decided to take a seat at Dean's table.

"Hey Dean."

"Hey Lorelai, is everything okay?" He asked a bit confused.

"Yeah, everything's fine, why do you ask?"

"Well you've barely said three words to me this year and now you're sitting at my table."

"Am I not allowed to say hello?" She asked defensively.

"No you are, it's just that you don't…much."

"You're right and you know I should more often. How have things been Dean?"

"Okay, I've been busy with work."

"With Taylor or Tom?"

"Both actually."

"That's good, so you're off today?"

"Yeah, finally."

"I really suck at this small talk…"

"No really you're doing a great job." Dean said laughing. "What is it that you really want to say Lorelai?"

"Have you talked to Rory lately?"

"No, she made it very clear that she wanted nothing more to do with me."

"Dean…"

"There is nothing that I can do, I called her several times for days and she never answered or returned my calls."

"But Dean you should really talk to her, rather or not she thinks so she really needs you right now."

"If that's true then she knows how to find me."

"Dean please just trust me this time, you should go see her."

"Why?"

"Because I know she wants to see you but she is stubborn and she is never going to admit that she was wrong."

"That's because she didn't do anything wrong." Dean stood up and grabbed his coat from the back of his chair. "Lorelai look if she really wants to see me all she has to do is call and I would be there in a second. If you want you can let her know that, but I don't think it's going to do much good. I'll see you later." He said walking towards the door to leave.

"Yeah." Lorelai continued to stare straight ahead out of the window until Luke broke her concentration.

"Hey, here's your coffee." He said sitting it down in front of her. "Did the two of you talk about Rory?"

"Yeah, I'm trying to convince him to go see her but he won't, he is being just as stubborn as she is."

"You will just have to let the two of them work out there own problems."

"I know that Luke but it's not fair to Dean, he doesn't know the whole story."

"Why don't you just tell him the whole story then?"

"You know I can't do that, it has to come from Rory. That's why I'm trying to get him to just show up at her apartment. I think if she sees him face to face that she will tell him everything."

The door to the diner suddenly flew open and Sookie stormed inside in a panic.

"Lorelai I have been looking all over for you. And where is your cell phone?"

"Oh it's in my car charging. Why Sookie, what is it, what's wrong?"

"It's Rory…you haven't seen the news have you?"

"No, what's going on?"

"Is there a TV around we could watch?" Sookie asked turning to Luke.

"Yeah sure upstairs, come on let's go."

Sookie tried to explain as they made their way up the stairs.

"There was a shooting today during the speeches, I know Rory was there. Jackson and I were watching it live today and I saw her. One minute we were talking about how exciting it was to see Rory on television and the next, oh it was terrible. I tried to look for her but everything got chaotic and we didn't even see her at all anymore."

"Oh my god Sookie what if she was shot?"

Sookie shook her head uncertain and Luke quickly turned on the news. All three of them watched in horror as the reporter explained that several people had been shot and taken to the hospital.

"I have to get there." Lorelai said in a panic.

"Lorelai wait, call her cell first, hopefully she is okay." Luke said hoping for the best.

"Sookie can I borrow your phone?"

"Yeah of course." She quickly handed it over to her.

She dialed and waited for an answer but all she got was voicemail. "There's no answer, I have to get there now."

"I'll drive." Luke quickly volunteered.

"I'll call as soon as we know something okay Sookie?"

"Okay."

They were on the road for nearly an hour when Lorelai's cell began to ring startling both of them who were previously riding in silence. She didn't recognize the number but she recognized the area code.

"Hello?"

"Is this Lorelai Gilmore?" A woman asked.

"Yes it is."

"I'm calling from Cabrini Medical Center; your daughter was admitted here today."

"Is she okay?"

"She is in surgery now, we won't know much until afterwards."

"She was shot then?"

"Yes but she was conscious when she arrived here, I think she will be fine but like I said we won't know everything until after the surgery."

"Where was she shot?" Luke looked at Lorelai worried.

"The doctor will explain everything to you when you get here. Are you able to make it here in the next couple of hours?"

"Yes, we are on our way now."

"Hopefully she will be in recovery by the time you arrive. We will see you soon."

"Thank you for calling." Lorelai quickly hung up the phone and turned to Luke to explain. "So she was shot, and she is currently in surgery. That's all she would tell me until we get there." Tears began to feel her eyes. "I don't know what I'll do if something happens to her."

"Lorelai everything is going to be okay. Rory is a very strong person, she will pull through this."

"Yeah but what about the baby?"

A/N: Thanks to all of you reviewing this story, I'm glad to know that you're enjoying it. This will probably be the last update until after Christmas, that is unless I'm overwhelmed with reviews to update sooner. Anyways hope everyone has a wonderful Christmas.