Summary: A week in the life of the Gilmore Girls.
Rating: PG
Content: A tragedy, friendship and pain.
Pairing: Lorelai, Rory, Paris, Tristin, Emily and Richard
Disclaimer: None of the characters used belong to me, no profit is made from this stories and no infringement is intended.
All feedback can be sent to me at: Dphoenix@videotron.ca, this is my first real attempt at a big story / fanfic!
And What If
By
Andre Tetreault
Foreword
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I hope you enjoy this story, I might not have all the characters personality, exactly right but you will get the idea, and hopefully you will enjoy it as much as I have
enjoyed writing it.
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This story takes place a couple of weeks after the New Year and it is a tragedy.
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I don't own the Gilmore Girls characters Amy Sherman-Palladino, Dorothy Parker Drank Here productions, and the WB do. No copyright infringement intended.
Started on the 12 January 2001
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Chapter 6
Friday Evening
Emily is pacing the floor in front of Richard, as she tries to call Lorelai again, but still she has no answer. Richard puts down his newspaper and looks at his wife pacing,
then says.
"Emily please sit down and calm yourself, you're starting to make me nervous"
"They should be here already, it's 25 minutes past 7:00pm"
"She probably finished late, that's all"
"She should have called, instead of making me worry, That's Lorelai for you, never thinking about other people but herself"
"She does take good care of Rory"
"Yes I can't fault her for that, She did a great job with her, better then I did with Lorelai"
"I don't think we did such a terrible job with her, she did make a mistake, but she took responsibility for it, and it turned out to be the best thing that could of happened
to her"
"I know, but I would of loved to be more a part of her life, she cut us out completely with Rory we missed a lot of time with them both."
"We can still make up for a lot of it still, it's not too late you know."
"But it's hard, we are both of us stubborn, we both don't want to bend.
"One of you will have to bend or maybe you could both compromise"
"Maybe I could sit down and talk to..." startled by the phone; Emily jumps up with a small scream.
"Hello"
"Is this Mrs. Gilmore?"
"Yes this is she, how may I help you" looking bored.
"Yes this officer Lawrence, your daughter was involved in an accident near Hartford. She was taken to Hartford General Hospital" Emily Looks at her husband with
tears in her eyes and says " Ho no!"
Richard takes the phone and starts talking to the officer.
"Yes Hello"
"Yes this officer Lawrence, your daughter was involved in an accident, she was brought to the hospital, she seems to have lost control of her vehicle and gone off the
road and hit a tree"
"How are they, are they still alive at least" scared of the answer.
"Yes they were both alive when they got to the hospital, I don't know there conditions for that you'll have to see the doctor"
"Ok no problem we will be right there, which hospital is it?"
"Hartford General Hospital"
"Thank you Officer Lawrence"
Richard then hangs up, and looks at his wife, with teary eyes a look of distress on her face. They both get up and got dressed to go to the hospital.
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Arriving at the hospital, Emily and Richard entered the main entrance of the hospital and went to the nurse's desk.
"Hello, my daughter and granddaughter were in an accident, where are they" saying impatiently.
"What are their names please?"
"Lorelai Gilmore"
"Is that your daughter or granddaughter's name" asks the nurse with curiosity.
"Both", answers Emily
"One moment please, ok here they are, the girl says her name is Rory" looking at Emily with a question on her face.
"Yes that's her, is she ok?"
"Please sit down, I'll get the doctor", the nurse leaves the desk through the doors of the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) to get the doctor.
Emily and Richard wait patiently for the doctor, hoping everything will be fine. Looking at the door they see a doctor approaching with the nurse pointing at them,
Emily and Richard get up to greet the doctor, and ask about the girls, the doctor indicates an isolated corner where they can sit and talk.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore, my name is Dr. Andrews"
"How are they?" Emily burst out saying.
"Well, the girl Rory has a concussion and a broken arm, all in all she was pretty lucky"
"What about Lorelai?" says Emily with fear in her eyes.
"Your daughter's case is more critical, she has internal injuries. We are presently waiting for the surgeon to arrive to start operating on her, we will do the best that we
can, but the injuries are pretty extensive and there is a chance that she might not make it, I'm sorry" the doctor says with sorrow reflected on his face.
"Ho No!" tears flowing from Emily's eyes, I'll never be able to make amends with her she thought.
"Do you wish to see them, Your granddaughter could leave with you tonight if you wished, but we would rather keep her for observation for a couple of days"
As they enter the room, the first impression that appears, is the sterile room with white painted walls. And then she notices her granddaughter siting on the edge of the
bed, with her head bowed. Emily looks at her, her arm in a cast inside of the sling around her shoulder and neck, her head bandaged and some blood still smeared on
her face, tears come unbidden to her eyes seeing her granddaughter in that condition. Rory then lifts her head and looks in the eyes of her grandmother who is shaking,
and starts to cry for fear that her mother has died, Emily rushes forward and embraces her with love that she could never shows.
"Don't cry Rory, It'll be ok" Hugging her granddaughter.
"What about mom, is she..." afraid to ask the question.
"No Rory she's still alive, but she's critical"
"I want to see her," Rory says with need.
"We were just about to go see her, could you wait here for a couple of minutes for me?"
"Ok, but I want to see her"
"You will honey I promise, ok, I love you Rory" smiling at her to make her feel more at ease.
"Now get in bed, and I'll come and get you ok" Emily says with a small forced smile.
Rory slowly gets in bed and lays her head on the pillow, looking at the door waiting for it to open, so she could see her mom.
They leave the room with the doctor, heading down the corridor once at the last door. They enter another sterile room with white walls and in the middle of the room is
Lorelai laying on a bed with wires going to all type of machine which seems to beep and bleep at intervals. Dr. Steven's is looking over Lorelai's stats to see if he has to
change anything.
"How is she?" Asks Dr. Andrews.
"Still Stable"
"Has she regained conscience yet?"
"She come and goes, every time she regains conscience she asks to see her daughter".
Emily looked at her daughter laying in bed, deathly pale and tears came unbidden to her eyes feeling deathly afraid of loosing her, she has bandages on her head and
face, her left arm and legs were either in a cast or bandaged already. Emily was wishing she could start her life with Lorelai over so she could be a better mother the
way Lorelai is with Rory, she was envious of the relationship her daughter has with her own child. To Emily Lorelai was a perfect mother compared to herself, she was
personally brought up to show no emotion and always to stay proper, god she wishes she could open up more. For a moment she just stands there looking at her
daughter, without moving or breathing her heart is breaking, she wishes she could take her place.
Emily looks around the room and finds a chair in the corner of the room she gets the chair and brings it near the bed and sits in it. While siting there she looks at
Lorelai's hand and notices how fragile she looks laying there in bed she reaches over and lightly takes her daughter's hand in her own and starts to pray for her to be
ok. At that moment Lorelai became aware of someone holding her hand, she forced her eyes open and tries to look near her, her eyes took some time to focus on the
person next to her.
"Rory is that you?" her eyes still blurry
"No honey, it's your mother" tears flowing down her face "How are you feeling?"
"I'm not feeling to good mommy, where is Rory? Is she ok? Do you know how Rory is?" her own tears falling down the side of her face "They won't tell me anything".
"She is ok, I was just with her she was banged up and has a concussion but she will be fine in a couple of days, they will keep her here for a little while for observations
just in case"
Lorelai then relaxes and starts to cry openly saying "Thanks god I though she died and they wouldn't tell me, god I was so scared, in the car I saw her face full of blood
but then I passed out, and woke up here"
"Honey it's ok, right now it's time to take care of Lorelai ok. I'm so glad your ok, god I was so scared that I would loose you" Lorelai then looks at her mother and
sees that she is crying, and for the first time in her life realizes that her mother really cared for her. Emily then says "I have messed up your life so much, and I was afraid
that I would not get the chance to at least fix it. I know that I'm at the center of most of our problems, but we will sit down and start to deal with them ok honey"
"Mom it's not all of your fault either, I had a say in there. And a lot of it is my fault also, if I would of just asked for help instead of running away and leaving and do
everything myself, I might of been better off and Rory would have known her grandparents better" tears still falling from her eyes. Emily then approaches Lorelai and
lightly gives her a hug and whispers in her ear. "I love you Lorelai, more than you could possibly know".
"Mom could I see Rory, please" Lorelai then asks.
"Of course honey I'll get her for you, be right back" she leaves the side of the bed. Opens the door and exits the room, on the other side of the door she puts her back
to the wall and starts to cry, seeing her daughter in such condition.
While Emily gets Rory from her room, Richard nears Lorelai's bed and stares at his daughter and she stares back at him then says "Daddy... I love you, take care of
Rory if anything happens, please".
Richard answers with tears in his eyes "You don't even need to ask that Lorelai she's our granddaughter, You and Rory make us so proud you can't even imagine,
when you decided to accept Emily's condition for Rory's tuition, we couldn't care less about the money we were just glad to part of your family again, we missed you
immensely".
"Thank you Daddy"
"Your welcome honey" he then leaves to help Rory to the room.
Once out of the room he offers his elbow to Emily for support and heads for Rory's room. They continue down the corridor and enters Rory's room, Rory gets up and
looks at her grandparents.
Rory asks "How's mom, is she ok, can I see her" nervous about being here and not in control like at home.
Emily looks at Rory and thinks like mother like daughter. "Yes Rory she is ok for now. But you have to realize that she has a lot of internal injuries, ok we don't know
what is will happen, let's go and see her, don't get freaked by all the medical thing in the room ok, their taking good care of her" feeling faint herself.
Rory gets up from the bed, stand next to bed starts to feel dizzy and falls only to be caught by Richard who is next to Emily. Rory looks at her grandfather and smiles
and thanks him, than starts to cry Richard keeps holding her to him, as if to protect her from everything around them. Emily leaves them for a couple of minutes to give
them privacy. While Richard holds his granddaughter he feels cheated for not having done that to his own daughter when he had the chance. During this time Emily
Re-enters the room with a wheelchair for Rory, In this way she won't fall again. Rory is brought to the chair by her grandfather and deposited in it.
"Thanks you" she says with a smile, tears still falling from her face.
Richard then goes behind Rory and start to push on the wheelchair, as they head for Lorelai's room Rory grabs Emily's hand for fear, Emily puts her other hand on
Rory's shoulder to give her more courage and stability. The door Opens and they enter the room, Rory sees her mother on the bed, and starts to cry seeing in what
condition she is in. Lorelai moves head sideways and sees her daughter in a wheelchair and her tears come without control as she says.
"Oh honey I'm so sorry."
Knowing how her mother thinks and at how she must look in this chair. She approaches her mother and grabs her hand and says "Mom I'm not paralyzed it's because
I hit my head and I'm dizzy and keep falling on the ground" smiling at her mother.
Seeing her daughter smile, makes her feel so good as it always has, just like when she was a baby just a smile and all the bad things would not be important as long as
Rory was here. Lorelai then puts her hand on her daughter's head and smiles at her. Rory then hugs her mother and starts to cry again, her mother tells her that
everything will be ok. That if anything happens to her, her grandmother will take care of her, looking at her own mother for confirmation and seeing it in her eyes, she
smiles at her mother and thanks her with her eyes.
While tears are falling down her face she says "Rory I love you kid, I could never of lasted this long without you, your are will have a great future. Enjoy every moment
that you have ok, and take that trip that we are supposed to take together, I'll be there next to you all the way" feeling faint she falls unconscious again, and her hand
falls next to Rory.
"Mom, mom wake up" trying in vain to wake her.
Emily then grabs hold of Rory and tells her that she fell unconscious that's all.
Rory then cries, while holding herself with her arms, Emily and Richard then hugs the child who is having a very bad day. They bring her back to her own bed and put
her back to bed where she closes her eyes to rest. They bring chairs and both sit in them, Richard looks at Emily and then they both hug and cry.
"Grandma maybe it might be better if you sit down" looking at her grandmother
Then someone was knocking on the door, Emily went to open the door and lo and behold Luke was there with flowers in his hands, seeing Lorelai's mother there
looking at him he says.
"Hello, how are you?" smiling at Emily
"Fine, what are you doing here?" Being herself
"I've just heard about the accident and came rushing over" noticing Rory in bed he sidesteps Emily and approaches Rory "Hey Kiddo how are you doing?" a small tear
coming down is face at seeing Rory bang up this way.
"I'm fine Luke but mom is in pretty bad shape" tears still close to the surface.
Luke sits on the edge of the bed and hugs Rory like if she was is daughter, and in a way she is, he tells her "Don't worry kiddo, your mother is resilient and strong she'll
make it ok".
"I don't know when she talked to me before, I don't think she though that she would make it out of it ok" afraid at what she was thinking.
"She better get better otherwise I'll have to close my dinner, she keeps me alive" looking at Rory.
Rory starts to laugh and smiles at Luke, then asks Luke.
"Do you love her Luke?" watching Luke's eyes.
Looking at Rory he answers "Yes I do" feeling faint himself for saying it.
"Well it's about time you realize it don't you" Rory says.
"Yeah, my timing sucks big time doesn't it." Luke says.
"I knew it, both of you are idiots" Emily replies.
"Luke go tell her before she gets operated on" smiling up at him.
Luke enters the room where Lorelai is, he approaches the bed and looks at her laying there sensing his tears fall down his face, he wipes them off with his sleeves.
Siting in the chair near the bed he reaches over and gently takes Lorelai hand in his, with his other hands he moves the hair that has fallen on her face to the side. She
opens her eyes and looks into his, then smiles.
"Wow I've got a beautiful angel Hovering over me" Lorelai says smiling at Luke. "By the way, what are you doing in a hospital, I know that you hate these places?"
"When one of my best friend is hurt, I don't care that it is in a hospital, you are too important in my life for me not to come and see you." Luke says.
"Thank you Luke, I messed up pretty bad this time, I even got Rory hurt." Tears now flowing from her eyes.
"Hey it's not your fault, it was an accident, and Rory is ok"
"She was in a wheelchair when they came to see me, she said she was dizzy from the concussion"
"Lorelai listen to me" Lorelai look into Luke's eyes "I have to say this now, I want you to fight and survive ok, because I need you, I can't live without you in my life,
Since the first moment I ever saw you I fell in love with you, the rare days that you don't come to my diner are the longest days, when you come in and start assaulting
me with words that would probably kill all sort of animals in the wild kingdom, those are the days that I like the best the verbal sparring that we do keeps me young and
alive it's almost like foreplay and last but not least is that I love you"
"You love me, but why haven't you said so before?" Lorelai asks with curiosity.
"Mostly from fear of being rejected by you, you never seemed interested in me, maybe I was just reading it wrong. But knowing that I almost lost you tonight, I
couldn't take that chance again I have to make sure that you will fight with everything you got"
"I'll do my best Luke" tears streaming out of her eyes.
Luke bends closer, kisses Lorelai gently as she responds back, and forces the kiss with more passion than even Luke though possible from Lorelai. The nurse comes
in and tells Luke that he'll have to leave the room. They have to prepare Lorelai for the operation.
Luke leaves the room heads down the corridor towards Rory's room to join them in there before entering the room he wipes off the rest of the tears on his face, but he
can't take the redness out of his eyes. He then enters the room both lorelai's parents look at him as does Rory, He smiles at them, and tells them that the nurse told him
to leave so they could prepare her for the operation.
The doctor comes in and tells them that the surgeon has arrived and getting ready for the surgery, they a prepping your daughter he says and they should start as soon
as everything is ready. They should wait in the waiting room or here with your granddaughter, the moment there is news I'll come and tell you.
For hours they wait, Rory wakes up a couple of times then falls back to sleep again, Emily is pacing the floor and is nervous.
For a while Rory gets up from the bed and slowly walks around the room, Luke stays near her in case she falls. Emily notices that Luke sees Rory as his own daughter
and that makes her smile knowing that her daughter found good friends for her entourage, maybe Luke is not a bad choice for her daughter.
At this moment the doctor enters the room, and everybody turns to him, to hear what he has to say.
"He looks at the Grandparents and ask he could speak with them outside?"
They tell him that he should tell them all right now since they're all family. The doctor looks at them all and says.
"Your daughter put up a valiant fight, but her body could not take the strain of the operation. She had too many internal injuries to be fixed, she has passed away, I'm
so sorry" the doctor looks at them for a moment then leaves them to mourn their daughter and mother.
Rory feeling the whole weight of the moment come upon her faints right away, Luke being near catches her with care, and deposits her in bed, where her grandmother
puts a blanket over her, they decide to let her sleep it off.
Luke can barely believe it, no more Lorelai, he tries to stop the tears coming from his eyes, but they just seam to flow like a river, he falls to his knees and cries with
regret at taking so long to tell Lorelai that he loves her, and now it's too late. He gets up says his good-byes and leaves the hospital.
END OF PART 6.
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Rating: PG
Content: A tragedy, friendship and pain.
Pairing: Lorelai, Rory, Paris, Tristin, Emily and Richard
Disclaimer: None of the characters used belong to me, no profit is made from this stories and no infringement is intended.
All feedback can be sent to me at: Dphoenix@videotron.ca, this is my first real attempt at a big story / fanfic!
And What If
By
Andre Tetreault
Foreword
========
I hope you enjoy this story, I might not have all the characters personality, exactly right but you will get the idea, and hopefully you will enjoy it as much as I have
enjoyed writing it.
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This story takes place a couple of weeks after the New Year and it is a tragedy.
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I don't own the Gilmore Girls characters Amy Sherman-Palladino, Dorothy Parker Drank Here productions, and the WB do. No copyright infringement intended.
Started on the 12 January 2001
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Chapter 6
Friday Evening
Emily is pacing the floor in front of Richard, as she tries to call Lorelai again, but still she has no answer. Richard puts down his newspaper and looks at his wife pacing,
then says.
"Emily please sit down and calm yourself, you're starting to make me nervous"
"They should be here already, it's 25 minutes past 7:00pm"
"She probably finished late, that's all"
"She should have called, instead of making me worry, That's Lorelai for you, never thinking about other people but herself"
"She does take good care of Rory"
"Yes I can't fault her for that, She did a great job with her, better then I did with Lorelai"
"I don't think we did such a terrible job with her, she did make a mistake, but she took responsibility for it, and it turned out to be the best thing that could of happened
to her"
"I know, but I would of loved to be more a part of her life, she cut us out completely with Rory we missed a lot of time with them both."
"We can still make up for a lot of it still, it's not too late you know."
"But it's hard, we are both of us stubborn, we both don't want to bend.
"One of you will have to bend or maybe you could both compromise"
"Maybe I could sit down and talk to..." startled by the phone; Emily jumps up with a small scream.
"Hello"
"Is this Mrs. Gilmore?"
"Yes this is she, how may I help you" looking bored.
"Yes this officer Lawrence, your daughter was involved in an accident near Hartford. She was taken to Hartford General Hospital" Emily Looks at her husband with
tears in her eyes and says " Ho no!"
Richard takes the phone and starts talking to the officer.
"Yes Hello"
"Yes this officer Lawrence, your daughter was involved in an accident, she was brought to the hospital, she seems to have lost control of her vehicle and gone off the
road and hit a tree"
"How are they, are they still alive at least" scared of the answer.
"Yes they were both alive when they got to the hospital, I don't know there conditions for that you'll have to see the doctor"
"Ok no problem we will be right there, which hospital is it?"
"Hartford General Hospital"
"Thank you Officer Lawrence"
Richard then hangs up, and looks at his wife, with teary eyes a look of distress on her face. They both get up and got dressed to go to the hospital.
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Arriving at the hospital, Emily and Richard entered the main entrance of the hospital and went to the nurse's desk.
"Hello, my daughter and granddaughter were in an accident, where are they" saying impatiently.
"What are their names please?"
"Lorelai Gilmore"
"Is that your daughter or granddaughter's name" asks the nurse with curiosity.
"Both", answers Emily
"One moment please, ok here they are, the girl says her name is Rory" looking at Emily with a question on her face.
"Yes that's her, is she ok?"
"Please sit down, I'll get the doctor", the nurse leaves the desk through the doors of the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) to get the doctor.
Emily and Richard wait patiently for the doctor, hoping everything will be fine. Looking at the door they see a doctor approaching with the nurse pointing at them,
Emily and Richard get up to greet the doctor, and ask about the girls, the doctor indicates an isolated corner where they can sit and talk.
"Hello Mr. and Mrs. Gilmore, my name is Dr. Andrews"
"How are they?" Emily burst out saying.
"Well, the girl Rory has a concussion and a broken arm, all in all she was pretty lucky"
"What about Lorelai?" says Emily with fear in her eyes.
"Your daughter's case is more critical, she has internal injuries. We are presently waiting for the surgeon to arrive to start operating on her, we will do the best that we
can, but the injuries are pretty extensive and there is a chance that she might not make it, I'm sorry" the doctor says with sorrow reflected on his face.
"Ho No!" tears flowing from Emily's eyes, I'll never be able to make amends with her she thought.
"Do you wish to see them, Your granddaughter could leave with you tonight if you wished, but we would rather keep her for observation for a couple of days"
As they enter the room, the first impression that appears, is the sterile room with white painted walls. And then she notices her granddaughter siting on the edge of the
bed, with her head bowed. Emily looks at her, her arm in a cast inside of the sling around her shoulder and neck, her head bandaged and some blood still smeared on
her face, tears come unbidden to her eyes seeing her granddaughter in that condition. Rory then lifts her head and looks in the eyes of her grandmother who is shaking,
and starts to cry for fear that her mother has died, Emily rushes forward and embraces her with love that she could never shows.
"Don't cry Rory, It'll be ok" Hugging her granddaughter.
"What about mom, is she..." afraid to ask the question.
"No Rory she's still alive, but she's critical"
"I want to see her," Rory says with need.
"We were just about to go see her, could you wait here for a couple of minutes for me?"
"Ok, but I want to see her"
"You will honey I promise, ok, I love you Rory" smiling at her to make her feel more at ease.
"Now get in bed, and I'll come and get you ok" Emily says with a small forced smile.
Rory slowly gets in bed and lays her head on the pillow, looking at the door waiting for it to open, so she could see her mom.
They leave the room with the doctor, heading down the corridor once at the last door. They enter another sterile room with white walls and in the middle of the room is
Lorelai laying on a bed with wires going to all type of machine which seems to beep and bleep at intervals. Dr. Steven's is looking over Lorelai's stats to see if he has to
change anything.
"How is she?" Asks Dr. Andrews.
"Still Stable"
"Has she regained conscience yet?"
"She come and goes, every time she regains conscience she asks to see her daughter".
Emily looked at her daughter laying in bed, deathly pale and tears came unbidden to her eyes feeling deathly afraid of loosing her, she has bandages on her head and
face, her left arm and legs were either in a cast or bandaged already. Emily was wishing she could start her life with Lorelai over so she could be a better mother the
way Lorelai is with Rory, she was envious of the relationship her daughter has with her own child. To Emily Lorelai was a perfect mother compared to herself, she was
personally brought up to show no emotion and always to stay proper, god she wishes she could open up more. For a moment she just stands there looking at her
daughter, without moving or breathing her heart is breaking, she wishes she could take her place.
Emily looks around the room and finds a chair in the corner of the room she gets the chair and brings it near the bed and sits in it. While siting there she looks at
Lorelai's hand and notices how fragile she looks laying there in bed she reaches over and lightly takes her daughter's hand in her own and starts to pray for her to be
ok. At that moment Lorelai became aware of someone holding her hand, she forced her eyes open and tries to look near her, her eyes took some time to focus on the
person next to her.
"Rory is that you?" her eyes still blurry
"No honey, it's your mother" tears flowing down her face "How are you feeling?"
"I'm not feeling to good mommy, where is Rory? Is she ok? Do you know how Rory is?" her own tears falling down the side of her face "They won't tell me anything".
"She is ok, I was just with her she was banged up and has a concussion but she will be fine in a couple of days, they will keep her here for a little while for observations
just in case"
Lorelai then relaxes and starts to cry openly saying "Thanks god I though she died and they wouldn't tell me, god I was so scared, in the car I saw her face full of blood
but then I passed out, and woke up here"
"Honey it's ok, right now it's time to take care of Lorelai ok. I'm so glad your ok, god I was so scared that I would loose you" Lorelai then looks at her mother and
sees that she is crying, and for the first time in her life realizes that her mother really cared for her. Emily then says "I have messed up your life so much, and I was afraid
that I would not get the chance to at least fix it. I know that I'm at the center of most of our problems, but we will sit down and start to deal with them ok honey"
"Mom it's not all of your fault either, I had a say in there. And a lot of it is my fault also, if I would of just asked for help instead of running away and leaving and do
everything myself, I might of been better off and Rory would have known her grandparents better" tears still falling from her eyes. Emily then approaches Lorelai and
lightly gives her a hug and whispers in her ear. "I love you Lorelai, more than you could possibly know".
"Mom could I see Rory, please" Lorelai then asks.
"Of course honey I'll get her for you, be right back" she leaves the side of the bed. Opens the door and exits the room, on the other side of the door she puts her back
to the wall and starts to cry, seeing her daughter in such condition.
While Emily gets Rory from her room, Richard nears Lorelai's bed and stares at his daughter and she stares back at him then says "Daddy... I love you, take care of
Rory if anything happens, please".
Richard answers with tears in his eyes "You don't even need to ask that Lorelai she's our granddaughter, You and Rory make us so proud you can't even imagine,
when you decided to accept Emily's condition for Rory's tuition, we couldn't care less about the money we were just glad to part of your family again, we missed you
immensely".
"Thank you Daddy"
"Your welcome honey" he then leaves to help Rory to the room.
Once out of the room he offers his elbow to Emily for support and heads for Rory's room. They continue down the corridor and enters Rory's room, Rory gets up and
looks at her grandparents.
Rory asks "How's mom, is she ok, can I see her" nervous about being here and not in control like at home.
Emily looks at Rory and thinks like mother like daughter. "Yes Rory she is ok for now. But you have to realize that she has a lot of internal injuries, ok we don't know
what is will happen, let's go and see her, don't get freaked by all the medical thing in the room ok, their taking good care of her" feeling faint herself.
Rory gets up from the bed, stand next to bed starts to feel dizzy and falls only to be caught by Richard who is next to Emily. Rory looks at her grandfather and smiles
and thanks him, than starts to cry Richard keeps holding her to him, as if to protect her from everything around them. Emily leaves them for a couple of minutes to give
them privacy. While Richard holds his granddaughter he feels cheated for not having done that to his own daughter when he had the chance. During this time Emily
Re-enters the room with a wheelchair for Rory, In this way she won't fall again. Rory is brought to the chair by her grandfather and deposited in it.
"Thanks you" she says with a smile, tears still falling from her face.
Richard then goes behind Rory and start to push on the wheelchair, as they head for Lorelai's room Rory grabs Emily's hand for fear, Emily puts her other hand on
Rory's shoulder to give her more courage and stability. The door Opens and they enter the room, Rory sees her mother on the bed, and starts to cry seeing in what
condition she is in. Lorelai moves head sideways and sees her daughter in a wheelchair and her tears come without control as she says.
"Oh honey I'm so sorry."
Knowing how her mother thinks and at how she must look in this chair. She approaches her mother and grabs her hand and says "Mom I'm not paralyzed it's because
I hit my head and I'm dizzy and keep falling on the ground" smiling at her mother.
Seeing her daughter smile, makes her feel so good as it always has, just like when she was a baby just a smile and all the bad things would not be important as long as
Rory was here. Lorelai then puts her hand on her daughter's head and smiles at her. Rory then hugs her mother and starts to cry again, her mother tells her that
everything will be ok. That if anything happens to her, her grandmother will take care of her, looking at her own mother for confirmation and seeing it in her eyes, she
smiles at her mother and thanks her with her eyes.
While tears are falling down her face she says "Rory I love you kid, I could never of lasted this long without you, your are will have a great future. Enjoy every moment
that you have ok, and take that trip that we are supposed to take together, I'll be there next to you all the way" feeling faint she falls unconscious again, and her hand
falls next to Rory.
"Mom, mom wake up" trying in vain to wake her.
Emily then grabs hold of Rory and tells her that she fell unconscious that's all.
Rory then cries, while holding herself with her arms, Emily and Richard then hugs the child who is having a very bad day. They bring her back to her own bed and put
her back to bed where she closes her eyes to rest. They bring chairs and both sit in them, Richard looks at Emily and then they both hug and cry.
"Grandma maybe it might be better if you sit down" looking at her grandmother
Then someone was knocking on the door, Emily went to open the door and lo and behold Luke was there with flowers in his hands, seeing Lorelai's mother there
looking at him he says.
"Hello, how are you?" smiling at Emily
"Fine, what are you doing here?" Being herself
"I've just heard about the accident and came rushing over" noticing Rory in bed he sidesteps Emily and approaches Rory "Hey Kiddo how are you doing?" a small tear
coming down is face at seeing Rory bang up this way.
"I'm fine Luke but mom is in pretty bad shape" tears still close to the surface.
Luke sits on the edge of the bed and hugs Rory like if she was is daughter, and in a way she is, he tells her "Don't worry kiddo, your mother is resilient and strong she'll
make it ok".
"I don't know when she talked to me before, I don't think she though that she would make it out of it ok" afraid at what she was thinking.
"She better get better otherwise I'll have to close my dinner, she keeps me alive" looking at Rory.
Rory starts to laugh and smiles at Luke, then asks Luke.
"Do you love her Luke?" watching Luke's eyes.
Looking at Rory he answers "Yes I do" feeling faint himself for saying it.
"Well it's about time you realize it don't you" Rory says.
"Yeah, my timing sucks big time doesn't it." Luke says.
"I knew it, both of you are idiots" Emily replies.
"Luke go tell her before she gets operated on" smiling up at him.
Luke enters the room where Lorelai is, he approaches the bed and looks at her laying there sensing his tears fall down his face, he wipes them off with his sleeves.
Siting in the chair near the bed he reaches over and gently takes Lorelai hand in his, with his other hands he moves the hair that has fallen on her face to the side. She
opens her eyes and looks into his, then smiles.
"Wow I've got a beautiful angel Hovering over me" Lorelai says smiling at Luke. "By the way, what are you doing in a hospital, I know that you hate these places?"
"When one of my best friend is hurt, I don't care that it is in a hospital, you are too important in my life for me not to come and see you." Luke says.
"Thank you Luke, I messed up pretty bad this time, I even got Rory hurt." Tears now flowing from her eyes.
"Hey it's not your fault, it was an accident, and Rory is ok"
"She was in a wheelchair when they came to see me, she said she was dizzy from the concussion"
"Lorelai listen to me" Lorelai look into Luke's eyes "I have to say this now, I want you to fight and survive ok, because I need you, I can't live without you in my life,
Since the first moment I ever saw you I fell in love with you, the rare days that you don't come to my diner are the longest days, when you come in and start assaulting
me with words that would probably kill all sort of animals in the wild kingdom, those are the days that I like the best the verbal sparring that we do keeps me young and
alive it's almost like foreplay and last but not least is that I love you"
"You love me, but why haven't you said so before?" Lorelai asks with curiosity.
"Mostly from fear of being rejected by you, you never seemed interested in me, maybe I was just reading it wrong. But knowing that I almost lost you tonight, I
couldn't take that chance again I have to make sure that you will fight with everything you got"
"I'll do my best Luke" tears streaming out of her eyes.
Luke bends closer, kisses Lorelai gently as she responds back, and forces the kiss with more passion than even Luke though possible from Lorelai. The nurse comes
in and tells Luke that he'll have to leave the room. They have to prepare Lorelai for the operation.
Luke leaves the room heads down the corridor towards Rory's room to join them in there before entering the room he wipes off the rest of the tears on his face, but he
can't take the redness out of his eyes. He then enters the room both lorelai's parents look at him as does Rory, He smiles at them, and tells them that the nurse told him
to leave so they could prepare her for the operation.
The doctor comes in and tells them that the surgeon has arrived and getting ready for the surgery, they a prepping your daughter he says and they should start as soon
as everything is ready. They should wait in the waiting room or here with your granddaughter, the moment there is news I'll come and tell you.
For hours they wait, Rory wakes up a couple of times then falls back to sleep again, Emily is pacing the floor and is nervous.
For a while Rory gets up from the bed and slowly walks around the room, Luke stays near her in case she falls. Emily notices that Luke sees Rory as his own daughter
and that makes her smile knowing that her daughter found good friends for her entourage, maybe Luke is not a bad choice for her daughter.
At this moment the doctor enters the room, and everybody turns to him, to hear what he has to say.
"He looks at the Grandparents and ask he could speak with them outside?"
They tell him that he should tell them all right now since they're all family. The doctor looks at them all and says.
"Your daughter put up a valiant fight, but her body could not take the strain of the operation. She had too many internal injuries to be fixed, she has passed away, I'm
so sorry" the doctor looks at them for a moment then leaves them to mourn their daughter and mother.
Rory feeling the whole weight of the moment come upon her faints right away, Luke being near catches her with care, and deposits her in bed, where her grandmother
puts a blanket over her, they decide to let her sleep it off.
Luke can barely believe it, no more Lorelai, he tries to stop the tears coming from his eyes, but they just seam to flow like a river, he falls to his knees and cries with
regret at taking so long to tell Lorelai that he loves her, and now it's too late. He gets up says his good-byes and leaves the hospital.
END OF PART 6.
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