Title: Confrontation
Author: CharmKat
Pairing: R/J & L/L
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I own none of GG, just a huge fan!
A/N: This chapter is a set-up for Ch. 10. I really appreciate those of you that read & review. Thanks again. You are the motivation that keeps me writing. Hope you enjoy this chapter. I will probably post Ch. 10 on Monday. Later.
The emergency attendants rolled the gurney holding Rory down the hallway to Emergency. The doors flew open, and doctors clustered around her, she was drowned in the crowd. Lorelai cried out, "My baby, what's happening to my baby?"
Luke pulled her back, and hugged her to him. "It'll be okay, she'll be okay," he said against her hair.
Jess just stood there, hands wringing at his sides, not knowing what to do. Rory was in there fighting for her life, and it was all his fault. If he hadn't suggested the plan, then she wouldn't be here, suffering for what he'd suggested. It was all his fault. He buried his face in his hands, and tried to hold back the tears.
Luke stood there numbly. He felt so cold, cut off from any emotion. He held Lorelai in his arms, while she cried, mumbling into her ear. She cried all the harder. Finally, a doctor came forward. "Miss Gilmore."
Lorelai looked up, "Is my daughter going to be okay, tell me dammit, is she going to be okay?" she screamed at him.
"We don't know," the doctor said solemnly. "She's in some kind of catatonic state, the longer she stays unconscious, the worse the outcome will be, that's all I can tell you for now." He walked back into the emergency room.
Lorelai turned to Luke, buried her head against his shoulder and sobbed like her heart was breaking. "I have to call my mother," she mumbled incoherently.
"I'll call her," Luke said. "What's the number?" He went off to call Emily and Richard.
Lorelai looked over at Jess, and was stunned to see him crying. "This is all my fault," he kept repeating. He stared at the wall, as though it hurt him look at it.
"It's not your fault, we did what we had do, and Rory wanted us to do that," Lorelai said to Jess. "She'll be okay, she has to," Lorelai said aloud.
Luke came back, "They're on their way," he said numbly.
"Great, all I need is Emily Gilmore breathing fire in my face like a dragon," Lorelai tried cracking a joke. "Not funny."
"It's not that, we're just trying to be strong for you and Rory," Luke said quietly. He opened his arms and Lorelai walked into them. He put his arms around her, and held her. She melted against him.
"Lorelai, where is she, where is my granddaughter?" a female voice roared.
Lorelai turned around, wiping her eyes, fighting for composure. "She's in the emergency, fighting for her life."
"How could you let this happen?" Emily accused. She went off, accusing and belittling Lorelai, saying she didn't care about her own daughter.
Lorelai stood there and took it. She stared at her mother and just took it. When Emily stopped to take a breath, Lorelai said, "Are you done yet."
"What'd you mean?" Emily asked.
"Are you done accusing me of being such a horrible person, saying that I am an unfit mother, that I don't love my daughter, and that it's my fault, that's she here." "Yes I know it's my fucking fault, but I do love my daughter and I am a fit parent. Which is more than I can say for you." "You sweep in here, like you're God, thinking you can tell me what to do. Well let me tell you something, you can stand there and talk till you're blue in the face. But nothing will change the fact that my daughter and I are best friends, we have a loving relationship and we get along, with equal participation, which is more than I can say for you and I. So if you'll excuse me, Mother dear, I have a daughter to go and pray for. I pray that she wakes up and remembers that I love her and nothing will ever change that. Nothing." Lorelai stormed off.
Emily stood there, mouth wide open in shock, completely astonished at what her daughter had just said to her. Richard stood behind her, wisely saying nothing. Luke stood by Jess, humbled by what Lorelai had said. Jess sat there, completely shocked by what Lorelai had said.
Lorelai walked into the hospital chapel and walked over to the flickering candles. She closed her eyes and said a prayer. Pleading with God that he let Rory come back, unscathed. She lit a candle for her daughter, sat in a chair and buried her head in her hands. "What am I going to do now?" she said softly aloud.
"I can't believe what she just said to me, can you Richard?" Emily turned around.
"Emily be quiet, after what you said to Lorelai, she was completely justified in what she said to you, so please just shut up and pray. Pray that Rory will come through this unharmed," Richard said solemnly.
Luke looked down at Jess, and was startled to see tears pouring down his cheeks. He opened his mouth, Jess put a finger to his lips, closed his eyes and prayed.
Lorelai came back, a little later, composed and ready to battle the demons that threatened her daughter. The doctor came out of the ER, ready to give them news that would shock them.
"Well what's wrong with her?" Luke demanded angrily.
The doctor walked slowly over to them, "I'm afraid I have some bad news."
"What is wrong with my baby girl?" Lorelai stressed each word.
"She's alright, except for her head," the doctor said.
"What'd you mean, except for her head?" Lorelai said.
"She appears to have suffered a couple severe blows to the head, which haven't caused any severe damage, but we can't figure out why she won't wake up. She's in some kind of catatonic state, and nothing we do seems to wake her up." "All I can say is that the longer she stays this way the worse it'll be when she wakes up."
Lorelai crumpled against Luke, "This can't be happening," she said.
"She'll wake up," Luke reassured her.
"What can we do, to get her to wake up?" Jess asked.
"Talk to her, read to her, anything?" the doctor said.
"Well that's what we'll do," Jess said, he got up and left the waiting room, a plan forming in his mind of how to get Rory to wake up.
"What can we do?" Emily said, wringing her hands impatiently.
"Why don't you go home, there's nothing you can do here," Lorelai suggested.
"No, I will not leave you to go through this alone," Emily said.
"Well you won't I have Luke and I have Jess," Lorelai said.
"Well, what about us, we're your family?" Emily demanded.
"If you want to stay, that is up to you," Lorelai said. "I need some coffee," she grabbed Luke's hand and dragged him off to the cafeteria.
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Author: CharmKat
Pairing: R/J & L/L
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I own none of GG, just a huge fan!
A/N: This chapter is a set-up for Ch. 10. I really appreciate those of you that read & review. Thanks again. You are the motivation that keeps me writing. Hope you enjoy this chapter. I will probably post Ch. 10 on Monday. Later.
The emergency attendants rolled the gurney holding Rory down the hallway to Emergency. The doors flew open, and doctors clustered around her, she was drowned in the crowd. Lorelai cried out, "My baby, what's happening to my baby?"
Luke pulled her back, and hugged her to him. "It'll be okay, she'll be okay," he said against her hair.
Jess just stood there, hands wringing at his sides, not knowing what to do. Rory was in there fighting for her life, and it was all his fault. If he hadn't suggested the plan, then she wouldn't be here, suffering for what he'd suggested. It was all his fault. He buried his face in his hands, and tried to hold back the tears.
Luke stood there numbly. He felt so cold, cut off from any emotion. He held Lorelai in his arms, while she cried, mumbling into her ear. She cried all the harder. Finally, a doctor came forward. "Miss Gilmore."
Lorelai looked up, "Is my daughter going to be okay, tell me dammit, is she going to be okay?" she screamed at him.
"We don't know," the doctor said solemnly. "She's in some kind of catatonic state, the longer she stays unconscious, the worse the outcome will be, that's all I can tell you for now." He walked back into the emergency room.
Lorelai turned to Luke, buried her head against his shoulder and sobbed like her heart was breaking. "I have to call my mother," she mumbled incoherently.
"I'll call her," Luke said. "What's the number?" He went off to call Emily and Richard.
Lorelai looked over at Jess, and was stunned to see him crying. "This is all my fault," he kept repeating. He stared at the wall, as though it hurt him look at it.
"It's not your fault, we did what we had do, and Rory wanted us to do that," Lorelai said to Jess. "She'll be okay, she has to," Lorelai said aloud.
Luke came back, "They're on their way," he said numbly.
"Great, all I need is Emily Gilmore breathing fire in my face like a dragon," Lorelai tried cracking a joke. "Not funny."
"It's not that, we're just trying to be strong for you and Rory," Luke said quietly. He opened his arms and Lorelai walked into them. He put his arms around her, and held her. She melted against him.
"Lorelai, where is she, where is my granddaughter?" a female voice roared.
Lorelai turned around, wiping her eyes, fighting for composure. "She's in the emergency, fighting for her life."
"How could you let this happen?" Emily accused. She went off, accusing and belittling Lorelai, saying she didn't care about her own daughter.
Lorelai stood there and took it. She stared at her mother and just took it. When Emily stopped to take a breath, Lorelai said, "Are you done yet."
"What'd you mean?" Emily asked.
"Are you done accusing me of being such a horrible person, saying that I am an unfit mother, that I don't love my daughter, and that it's my fault, that's she here." "Yes I know it's my fucking fault, but I do love my daughter and I am a fit parent. Which is more than I can say for you." "You sweep in here, like you're God, thinking you can tell me what to do. Well let me tell you something, you can stand there and talk till you're blue in the face. But nothing will change the fact that my daughter and I are best friends, we have a loving relationship and we get along, with equal participation, which is more than I can say for you and I. So if you'll excuse me, Mother dear, I have a daughter to go and pray for. I pray that she wakes up and remembers that I love her and nothing will ever change that. Nothing." Lorelai stormed off.
Emily stood there, mouth wide open in shock, completely astonished at what her daughter had just said to her. Richard stood behind her, wisely saying nothing. Luke stood by Jess, humbled by what Lorelai had said. Jess sat there, completely shocked by what Lorelai had said.
Lorelai walked into the hospital chapel and walked over to the flickering candles. She closed her eyes and said a prayer. Pleading with God that he let Rory come back, unscathed. She lit a candle for her daughter, sat in a chair and buried her head in her hands. "What am I going to do now?" she said softly aloud.
"I can't believe what she just said to me, can you Richard?" Emily turned around.
"Emily be quiet, after what you said to Lorelai, she was completely justified in what she said to you, so please just shut up and pray. Pray that Rory will come through this unharmed," Richard said solemnly.
Luke looked down at Jess, and was startled to see tears pouring down his cheeks. He opened his mouth, Jess put a finger to his lips, closed his eyes and prayed.
Lorelai came back, a little later, composed and ready to battle the demons that threatened her daughter. The doctor came out of the ER, ready to give them news that would shock them.
"Well what's wrong with her?" Luke demanded angrily.
The doctor walked slowly over to them, "I'm afraid I have some bad news."
"What is wrong with my baby girl?" Lorelai stressed each word.
"She's alright, except for her head," the doctor said.
"What'd you mean, except for her head?" Lorelai said.
"She appears to have suffered a couple severe blows to the head, which haven't caused any severe damage, but we can't figure out why she won't wake up. She's in some kind of catatonic state, and nothing we do seems to wake her up." "All I can say is that the longer she stays this way the worse it'll be when she wakes up."
Lorelai crumpled against Luke, "This can't be happening," she said.
"She'll wake up," Luke reassured her.
"What can we do, to get her to wake up?" Jess asked.
"Talk to her, read to her, anything?" the doctor said.
"Well that's what we'll do," Jess said, he got up and left the waiting room, a plan forming in his mind of how to get Rory to wake up.
"What can we do?" Emily said, wringing her hands impatiently.
"Why don't you go home, there's nothing you can do here," Lorelai suggested.
"No, I will not leave you to go through this alone," Emily said.
"Well you won't I have Luke and I have Jess," Lorelai said.
"Well, what about us, we're your family?" Emily demanded.
"If you want to stay, that is up to you," Lorelai said. "I need some coffee," she grabbed Luke's hand and dragged him off to the cafeteria.
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