Rory rubbed her eyes as she looked at the side table. She yawned stretching her arms above her head. She pulled her duvet down from her body and stood up to pick her dressing gown up and put it on. She walked into the hallway and picked up the phone seeing a few messages on it.

All of the 6 messages from the past 2 days started playing out into the hall as she stood in front of her wardrobe and decide on what to wear.

"Hey pumpkin just wanted to know when you were going to go wedding dress shopping this week" Lorelai said through the phone.

"Hey Rory I just found this handsome outfit for the twins for the wedding" Lorelai mentioned "call me back as soon as"

"Hey Gilmore its Paris Gellar" voice rang out "guess what I got a promotion" she said gleefully "can't wait to meet the twins, call me back"

"Hey Rory its Marty haven't heard from you in a while hope you can call me back in the midst of your busy schedule"

Lorelai's 3rd message said "Hey Rory pick up the phone, we can't catch each other like when you were in Yale and we just had to leave messages for each other" she breathed "Anyway Paris called me, can you believe it Dave and Paris got knocked up" she paused "maybe we could have that theme for the reception oh crap I forgot why I phoned again love you Hun bye"

Rory came had her clothes ready for the day the next message must have been recorded straight after this one "I remembered Ror Luke and Me wanted to know if you and Jess would come for dinner Saturday" she asked "love you bye"

"Rory you there, please say your there I need you hun, your grandma's in the hospital" Lorelai desperately said "I don't think she'll make it through the night please call back"

Rory stopped tidying up as she listened to the rest of the message, she ran to the phone and the messages stopped playing out. Dialling Lorelai's number she moved on the balls of her feet from where she was standing in the doorway waiting for someone to pick up.

There was no answer "Jess" she called putting the phone down and ran upstairs to the baby's room "Jess we got to go" she said opening the door to the kid's room.

Jess was sitting on the chair in the corner with the baby monitor to his chest sleeping. Decided not to wake him up she grabbed a post it note from the office and stuck a note on his forehead.

As she grabbed the car keys and her mobile she locked up the house behind her. Getting in the car she looked up at the house again and reversed from the driveway.

Rory tried calling the house phone, Lorelai's mobile and her last resort was Luke s mobile she rung twice before she got any answers. "Hey Luke, thank god where's Mom" she asked.

"She's fine we're at Hartford hospital" Luke replied.

"Good, should be there in two hours or so depends on the traffic" Rory said turning round the street she got into the left lane "Luke how is she really?" She asked opening the window.

Luke sighed "don t really know. You know how your mother is she doesn't talk to me when she's upset maybe you can get her to drink or eat something"

Rory indicated right "is she there?" she asked.

"Yeah" Luke said she waited for a few minutes before she heard her Mother's voice on the other end Rory she said.

"Hey mom how is she?" She asked.

Lorelai's breath hitched "she was in a car accident, a massive truck apparently struck the side of the car sending shrapnel into her left lung. They have her on a ventilator to help to breath." she explained hiccupping.

"How are you taking it?" Rory asked.

Lorelai sighed "Rory I'm scared. She had her lungs pierced and she's broken most of her bones in her body as well as bleeding out while she was sitting there waiting for the ambulance" she said "she's got a least 29% chance of surviving"

"Well I've just left Philly I should be there in 2 hours tops. The traffic doesn't look so bad" Rory explained "but Mom you got to eat and drink something please grandma wouldn't want you to starve yourself" she suggested.

They were both silent for a couple more seconds "Is Jess and the twins with you" Lorelai asked.

Rory looked left "No," she said checking her rear-view mirror "He fell asleep in the twin's room after getting them up for their 7 o clock feed. I left a post it note on his forehead and I'll properly call him when I'm near the hospital" she explained "Mom you alright for now because I'm not concentrating very well and I'm driving in traffic"

"Yeah sure babe I'll let you go. A doctor just came out" Lorelai said.

"Mom" she got her before she hung up "Call me if there is any change" she said.

"Yea sure Ror Bye" she hung up the phone, Rory went back to concentrating on the road looking at the clock dashboard it read 8.30am.

-GG-

Rory dialed Jess's number at around 11am to check in, just asking if everything is alright and she'll phone again later for updates. It would have been sooner however but Lorelai phoned her just as she was goanna call Jess.

Rory arrived at the hospital rushing inside as Lorelai mentioned that Grandma got rushed into surgery earlier.

Mother and daughter stopped at each of the hallway staring at each other. Rory ran forward and received a massive hug. They both stood in the middle of the hallway and embraced each other.

-GG-

Lorelai leaned over her knees with her head in her hands.

Rory dug into her leg taking a step back pausing for a second before bolting out the door moving past the many rooms away from Lorelai. She made an immediate right before pushing the outside door to fresh air. Putting her hands on her waist and took a deep breath. She grabbed her phone from her pocket turning it on, wiping the stray tear.

The tears kept spilling over her eyes, the niggling emotion nestled inside, she sniffed wiping the fountain of tears she dialled Jess 's number it kept ringing it went straight to voicemail.

Rory looked back at the hospital and listened to Jess's voice in the message she shut her eyes and clamped them hard.

She turned it off without leaving a message, her phone went off she glanced at the caller id Luke she sniffed before answering the phone "Luke"

"No it's Mom," Lorelai said there was a noise in the background.

"Mom what's wrong?"

Gripping the phone tighter "I think you should come back up" Lorelai said.

Rory sniffed again "ok" she hung up.

Getting herself together Rory put her phone on silent and placed it back in her pocket. She dug into her jacket, pulling out a rumpled tissue and blew into it before placing it back in the sleeve of her coat.

Lorelai stood in the middle of the hallway Luke sat on the bench with his elbows on his knees with his head in his hands, he reached over with his left hand and twined their fingers together, and Lorelai sighed gripping onto them.

"What's taking the doctor so long" Rory murmured.

Lorelai bit her lip, uncrossing her hand still holding onto his fingers she shrugged. Lorelai moved herself between Luke's legs as soon as the doctor came out

Luke reached up with his free hand and wiped away the unshed tears from Lorelai's face he didn't need to say a word to comfort each other Lorelai leaned onto her hand.

"Mom," Rory raised her eyebrows and shook her head in small motions.

Lorelai cried "There's nothing they could have done," she sat on Luke s lap "she bled out on the table and none of us were a match for the transfusion"

Rory leaned on the wall "she's gone" she whispered to herself leaning on the wall she slid down onto the floor to sit down, placing her head in her hands, Rory started to cry.