A/N: Thank you so much for all of the sweet comments! I'm so glad that even Trory fans are enjoying this fic :) It's refreshing to know that my writing is being appreciated! Please keep the reviews coming as I keep the tentalizing story coming! It gets better!
OH! and please don't mind the medical-language that I use. It's not all that professional or accurate. Give me a break, i'm 14 years old! +_+ Enjoy.
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Over the next week, straight from work, Rory drove to the hospital to visit Dean. Sometimes seeing Bethany but other times she stayed at a family member's house. One calm night Rory and Dean were looking through some more old photographs Rory had found when there was a silence between them. Dean almost said something, but closed his mouth quickly. Rory noticed this and giggled.
"What?"
"What, what?"
"You were going to say something. Come on, tell me."
Dean sighed, "Actually I want to tell you something and ask you something."
"Okay.."
"You know my leg's broken pretty badly." Rory nodded. "The docters say that I need to undergo surgery tomorrow afternoon."
"Surgery?" Rory looked surprise and saw the expression on Dean's face. "Are you afraid?"
"No." He paused and confessed, "Yes."
"Dean, it won't be bad. They give you medication and you're asleep the whole time."
"I know that but what if I wake up right when they're cutting my leg open?"
Rory laughed, "You won't wake up..hense the medication."
"But--"
"Don't worry. You'll be fine. I can take tomorrow afternoon off if you want me to be here."
Dean protested, "You don't have to do that."
Rory took out her cell-phone and dialed.
"Hello, Mr. Crowes. Rory Gilmore. I'll be coming in late tomorrow afternoon, is that alright?"
There was a few moments of silence on Rory's end while the man mumbled.
"Thank you, i'll be in by 6 at the latest."
She turned off her phone and faced Dean.
"I'll be here" she assured him.
"Thanks." he said smiling.
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Later that night.
"So what's up with Bethany's Aunt Audrey?" Rory asked subtly.
"She's not really her aunt blood related. Audrey is a friend of Bethany's mother. We became friends too, so she didn't leave when Beth left. She sometimes takes care of her when I work and babysits a lot. Bethany doesn't really like her that much and I think Audrey is getting tired of being around us."
"Then why don't you stop contact with her?"
"Never really thought about it. Who would watch Beth when I wasn't around?"
"I could do that. And, you know, Lane lives here too so you can call us anytime to do it."
"Okay........Rory..what happens now?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, when I get out of the hospital. What happens with us?"
"Oh." Rory thought about it a second and smiled, "Would you and Beth want to move into my apartment?"
"Live together?"
"Yeah, it would be great!"
"It would be great. And Beth loves having you around too, but I would still have to see if it's alright with her."
"Absolutely." she said leaning down and kissing him softly.
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The next day, Rory went to the hospital just in time to see Dean a few minutes before he went into surgery.
"Good luck" she said jokingly with a wink.
"I love you."
Rory smiled, "I love you too." she said squeezing his hand. "You'll be fine." she said reassuringly.
The doctor's rolled his stretcher away and through the big steel doors. Rory sat down and started to read. After a while, Bethany came running through the entrance. She skipped over to Rory and sat down next to her.
"Hi Rory."
"Hi Beth."
"What'ya reading?"
"It's called Pride and Prejudice."
"Oh. It's big."
"Yes, it's very big."
"You know that my daddy is having surgery, right?"
"Mm-hmm" Rory said, putting the book down on a side-table.
"Is he going to be okay? He said he was but I don't know with all those sharp tools and needle-things."
"It does seem scary but it's a common procedure they perform at hospitals."
"Okay, then."
Suddenly, Rory and Beth heard a lot of commotion behind the steel doors. Docters came running down rolling a stretcher quickly into another room shouting medical terms that Rory didn't even understand. She heard parts of , "Stat dropped--", "Now!", "Who was in charge of the charts?!"
Rory stood up quickly as she saw a blur of Dean zoom by her and Bethany. Bethany didn't notice her daddy, so Rory calmly said, "I'll be right back, okay? I'm just going to get some coffee."
"Okay." she said smiling.
Rory quickly followed the docters through another pair of big doors and tried to get one's attention but they just ignored her.
"Where is he going? What happened? Did something go wrong?!" Rory asked frantically.
One of the nurses pulled her aside and told her to stay calm.
"Just tell me what happened!"
"There was a mix-up with the surgery charts and your husband's chart got switched with another patient's chart. Wrong medications were given and he is now in critical condition. His heart rate is abnormal and he's now being hooked up to all of the proper machines. When the docter comes out, you can go in, i'm sure." The nurse said all this in one breezy sentence like it happens all the time.
"The charts were switched? How can you let that happen?"
"I don't know how it happened. Stay calm, miss."
"Ugh!" Rory groaned and the nurse walked away. She stood outside of the doors, waiting for the doctors to come out and tell her something.
A minute or so passed by and a doctor emerged from the room.
"What's happening?" she asked more calmly this time.
"I can't tell you anything, miss."
"You have to tell me! Well..what's his condition right now?!"
"His condition is fatal.." he said walking off in the opposite direction.
Rory froze in her tracks and her heart stopped. She repeated in a whisper, "Fatal?" She stopped to reflect on this. The only man she's ever truly loved has just reappeared in her life and now just as quickly as it came, it might be gone.
She slowly walked into the hospital room and looked at the figure on the bed. His eyes were closed and there were a plethora of different 'beeping' sounds that Rory couldn't think straight. She simply sat down in a chair next to him and cried.
She knew that he couldn't hear her but she spoke anyway. "I love you. Don't leave me now. Don't leave me. Please, don't quit. Stay here for me....for Bethany." Her voice cracked at the thought of his daughter. How would she feel? This was all too much for her.
Rory's head snapped up when the machinary began to increase in volume. She stood up stunned and watched doctors and nurses file in and after moments of chaos, announced "time of death...3:45 pm".
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A/N: sorry it took so long to get this one out. I have to say before the reviews come in that I am a total fan of Dean and love him so much so this is not offending him. It was intended to be a sad fic. It's over now (and, yes, assumingly Rory became Bethany's new mother). Oh and PS to all GG readers: This season is really pissing me off with Jess! I hate the guy, I have to say that once and for all..there's is never going to be any time that I will enjoy his appearances on the show..he's making it vile between Rory and Dean and it's breaking my heart. I HATE HIM! Oh and double PS: To all Rory/Dean fans, I hear at an upcoming ep entitled, "Aye, there's the Rub" Dean and Rory have a make-out scene! Ooh, delicious! Dean's kisses are so sweet!
OH! and please don't mind the medical-language that I use. It's not all that professional or accurate. Give me a break, i'm 14 years old! +_+ Enjoy.
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Over the next week, straight from work, Rory drove to the hospital to visit Dean. Sometimes seeing Bethany but other times she stayed at a family member's house. One calm night Rory and Dean were looking through some more old photographs Rory had found when there was a silence between them. Dean almost said something, but closed his mouth quickly. Rory noticed this and giggled.
"What?"
"What, what?"
"You were going to say something. Come on, tell me."
Dean sighed, "Actually I want to tell you something and ask you something."
"Okay.."
"You know my leg's broken pretty badly." Rory nodded. "The docters say that I need to undergo surgery tomorrow afternoon."
"Surgery?" Rory looked surprise and saw the expression on Dean's face. "Are you afraid?"
"No." He paused and confessed, "Yes."
"Dean, it won't be bad. They give you medication and you're asleep the whole time."
"I know that but what if I wake up right when they're cutting my leg open?"
Rory laughed, "You won't wake up..hense the medication."
"But--"
"Don't worry. You'll be fine. I can take tomorrow afternoon off if you want me to be here."
Dean protested, "You don't have to do that."
Rory took out her cell-phone and dialed.
"Hello, Mr. Crowes. Rory Gilmore. I'll be coming in late tomorrow afternoon, is that alright?"
There was a few moments of silence on Rory's end while the man mumbled.
"Thank you, i'll be in by 6 at the latest."
She turned off her phone and faced Dean.
"I'll be here" she assured him.
"Thanks." he said smiling.
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Later that night.
"So what's up with Bethany's Aunt Audrey?" Rory asked subtly.
"She's not really her aunt blood related. Audrey is a friend of Bethany's mother. We became friends too, so she didn't leave when Beth left. She sometimes takes care of her when I work and babysits a lot. Bethany doesn't really like her that much and I think Audrey is getting tired of being around us."
"Then why don't you stop contact with her?"
"Never really thought about it. Who would watch Beth when I wasn't around?"
"I could do that. And, you know, Lane lives here too so you can call us anytime to do it."
"Okay........Rory..what happens now?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, when I get out of the hospital. What happens with us?"
"Oh." Rory thought about it a second and smiled, "Would you and Beth want to move into my apartment?"
"Live together?"
"Yeah, it would be great!"
"It would be great. And Beth loves having you around too, but I would still have to see if it's alright with her."
"Absolutely." she said leaning down and kissing him softly.
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The next day, Rory went to the hospital just in time to see Dean a few minutes before he went into surgery.
"Good luck" she said jokingly with a wink.
"I love you."
Rory smiled, "I love you too." she said squeezing his hand. "You'll be fine." she said reassuringly.
The doctor's rolled his stretcher away and through the big steel doors. Rory sat down and started to read. After a while, Bethany came running through the entrance. She skipped over to Rory and sat down next to her.
"Hi Rory."
"Hi Beth."
"What'ya reading?"
"It's called Pride and Prejudice."
"Oh. It's big."
"Yes, it's very big."
"You know that my daddy is having surgery, right?"
"Mm-hmm" Rory said, putting the book down on a side-table.
"Is he going to be okay? He said he was but I don't know with all those sharp tools and needle-things."
"It does seem scary but it's a common procedure they perform at hospitals."
"Okay, then."
Suddenly, Rory and Beth heard a lot of commotion behind the steel doors. Docters came running down rolling a stretcher quickly into another room shouting medical terms that Rory didn't even understand. She heard parts of , "Stat dropped--", "Now!", "Who was in charge of the charts?!"
Rory stood up quickly as she saw a blur of Dean zoom by her and Bethany. Bethany didn't notice her daddy, so Rory calmly said, "I'll be right back, okay? I'm just going to get some coffee."
"Okay." she said smiling.
Rory quickly followed the docters through another pair of big doors and tried to get one's attention but they just ignored her.
"Where is he going? What happened? Did something go wrong?!" Rory asked frantically.
One of the nurses pulled her aside and told her to stay calm.
"Just tell me what happened!"
"There was a mix-up with the surgery charts and your husband's chart got switched with another patient's chart. Wrong medications were given and he is now in critical condition. His heart rate is abnormal and he's now being hooked up to all of the proper machines. When the docter comes out, you can go in, i'm sure." The nurse said all this in one breezy sentence like it happens all the time.
"The charts were switched? How can you let that happen?"
"I don't know how it happened. Stay calm, miss."
"Ugh!" Rory groaned and the nurse walked away. She stood outside of the doors, waiting for the doctors to come out and tell her something.
A minute or so passed by and a doctor emerged from the room.
"What's happening?" she asked more calmly this time.
"I can't tell you anything, miss."
"You have to tell me! Well..what's his condition right now?!"
"His condition is fatal.." he said walking off in the opposite direction.
Rory froze in her tracks and her heart stopped. She repeated in a whisper, "Fatal?" She stopped to reflect on this. The only man she's ever truly loved has just reappeared in her life and now just as quickly as it came, it might be gone.
She slowly walked into the hospital room and looked at the figure on the bed. His eyes were closed and there were a plethora of different 'beeping' sounds that Rory couldn't think straight. She simply sat down in a chair next to him and cried.
She knew that he couldn't hear her but she spoke anyway. "I love you. Don't leave me now. Don't leave me. Please, don't quit. Stay here for me....for Bethany." Her voice cracked at the thought of his daughter. How would she feel? This was all too much for her.
Rory's head snapped up when the machinary began to increase in volume. She stood up stunned and watched doctors and nurses file in and after moments of chaos, announced "time of death...3:45 pm".
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A/N: sorry it took so long to get this one out. I have to say before the reviews come in that I am a total fan of Dean and love him so much so this is not offending him. It was intended to be a sad fic. It's over now (and, yes, assumingly Rory became Bethany's new mother). Oh and PS to all GG readers: This season is really pissing me off with Jess! I hate the guy, I have to say that once and for all..there's is never going to be any time that I will enjoy his appearances on the show..he's making it vile between Rory and Dean and it's breaking my heart. I HATE HIM! Oh and double PS: To all Rory/Dean fans, I hear at an upcoming ep entitled, "Aye, there's the Rub" Dean and Rory have a make-out scene! Ooh, delicious! Dean's kisses are so sweet!