They got out of the water, and sat for a moment… "So, have you ever read Bless the Child?"
"No, but I saw the movie, it was kinda crappy!" Jess explained.
"Oh, I never saw the movie, but the book was pretty good, it's not really my genre, but it was alright," Rory explained.
"Well, then I will have to read it some time."
"Good plan!" Rory stated.
"I got to get going, I have to meet Mom at Luke's in an hour… and if she sees me this wet and everything, she may get suspicious of what I am doing in my spare time, and she already doesn't really like you, so, we don't want that do we?"
"No, she is angry enough at me… so I will see you later at Luke's then huh?"
"Ya, talk to you later."
"Ya…" he kissed her goodbye, "Goodbye." Rory headed home to change, she dried her hair and headed back out, but was shocked to see cops standing around the entrance to Luke's… there was Luke and Lorelai standing talking to one officer with a dozen others standing around also… not to mention Taylor not far off.
"Rory… oh my god honey, I am so sorry," Lorelai yelled as she ran over and hugged her daughter… "There was an accident!" Rory didn't even answer, she new that Jess was gone… she broke down in tears hugging her mother with all her might.
"What happened?" Rory asked hoping for details.
"Well, Jess was heading toward Luke's I guess, and someone was robbing the Ice cream Parlor that Taylor was running next door. He ran out the door and Jess was in his way, so he just got out his gun and shot him…." Lorelai explained… "I'm so sorry!" They entered Luke's and sat at a table. "Jess is in the ER and he is being looked at, he is still alive, but unconscious, they think he might be heading toward the coma stage."
"He's alive?!?" Rory started to feel like there was still some hope… "He isn't dead? He can still breathe and live and go on with his life!"
"I don't know that he will, don't keep your hopes up!"
"But today at the bridge and in the water and he was there and everything was good and he said he would see me here and that we could be together, like we were, in the water, by the bridge… together."
"What are you talking about?" Lorelai asked confused.
"I don't know, I just, I still have hope, I… I have to go to the hospital and find Jess! Mom, will you drive me?"
"Of course." So they left, Luke and Lorelai and Rory all headed to the hospital. When they got there they were in for the surprise of their life.
"Are you Luke Danes?" the doctor asked Luke.
"Yes, yes I am!" Luke confirmed.
"And are you… Mrs. Danes?" the doctor said looking at Lorelai.
"Oh, no, I am Lorelai Gilmore, and this is my daughter Rory Gilmore, she was here a while ago with Jess, when they got in a car accident. She is now Jess' girlfriend, she broke her wrist." Lorelai started to babble again.
"Mom, please!" Rory stopped her.
"Hello there Rory… nice to see you again."
"You too, sir." Rory answered the doctor nicely.
"You know Lorelai, you haven't had a check-up for a while, why not?" the doctor asked.
"Well the Gilmore Clan is healthy as any. No need for a check-up!" Lorelai joked.
"In fact, neither has Rory, now that I think about it, I mean that accident was a while back, just about a year. Why don't you both come into my office now?"
"Well, I guess that would be alright…" Lorelai agreed.
"Great!"
"So, Jess… some kid that Jess, huh!" The doctor said wrinkling his nose.
"Hey, that is MY Jess!" Rory said protectively.
"Well, not for long."
"WHAT? Why?"
"He is in a coma… and there is a very rare chance he will come out alive."
"Can I go see him?" Rory said in tears.
"No, he is in the ER only doctors and patients aloud in the ER, sorry!" the insane doctor said.
"Well… then can I go wait? I don't feel like having a check-up!"
"Don't be silly, just a few simple tasks and everything will be fine!"
"See, it's going to be no big deal… and we have some spare time, maybe it will take your mind off of everything." Lorelai persuaded.
"A-right, I guess so."
"Fabulous!" They went through the normal tasks, you know blood samples, eye exam, etc. and then they came out and waited for results to both their test and Jess'. When the doctor came out…
"I'm afraid I have a lot of bad news… or at least, I think it is bad! I am afraid that…" he paused… "I got all 3 test results back, and I am afraid that…" He paused again, and looked at the paper closer. "Damn it! There is a smudge on the paper… I will have to print another… be back in a jiffy!"
"No, but I saw the movie, it was kinda crappy!" Jess explained.
"Oh, I never saw the movie, but the book was pretty good, it's not really my genre, but it was alright," Rory explained.
"Well, then I will have to read it some time."
"Good plan!" Rory stated.
"I got to get going, I have to meet Mom at Luke's in an hour… and if she sees me this wet and everything, she may get suspicious of what I am doing in my spare time, and she already doesn't really like you, so, we don't want that do we?"
"No, she is angry enough at me… so I will see you later at Luke's then huh?"
"Ya, talk to you later."
"Ya…" he kissed her goodbye, "Goodbye." Rory headed home to change, she dried her hair and headed back out, but was shocked to see cops standing around the entrance to Luke's… there was Luke and Lorelai standing talking to one officer with a dozen others standing around also… not to mention Taylor not far off.
"Rory… oh my god honey, I am so sorry," Lorelai yelled as she ran over and hugged her daughter… "There was an accident!" Rory didn't even answer, she new that Jess was gone… she broke down in tears hugging her mother with all her might.
"What happened?" Rory asked hoping for details.
"Well, Jess was heading toward Luke's I guess, and someone was robbing the Ice cream Parlor that Taylor was running next door. He ran out the door and Jess was in his way, so he just got out his gun and shot him…." Lorelai explained… "I'm so sorry!" They entered Luke's and sat at a table. "Jess is in the ER and he is being looked at, he is still alive, but unconscious, they think he might be heading toward the coma stage."
"He's alive?!?" Rory started to feel like there was still some hope… "He isn't dead? He can still breathe and live and go on with his life!"
"I don't know that he will, don't keep your hopes up!"
"But today at the bridge and in the water and he was there and everything was good and he said he would see me here and that we could be together, like we were, in the water, by the bridge… together."
"What are you talking about?" Lorelai asked confused.
"I don't know, I just, I still have hope, I… I have to go to the hospital and find Jess! Mom, will you drive me?"
"Of course." So they left, Luke and Lorelai and Rory all headed to the hospital. When they got there they were in for the surprise of their life.
"Are you Luke Danes?" the doctor asked Luke.
"Yes, yes I am!" Luke confirmed.
"And are you… Mrs. Danes?" the doctor said looking at Lorelai.
"Oh, no, I am Lorelai Gilmore, and this is my daughter Rory Gilmore, she was here a while ago with Jess, when they got in a car accident. She is now Jess' girlfriend, she broke her wrist." Lorelai started to babble again.
"Mom, please!" Rory stopped her.
"Hello there Rory… nice to see you again."
"You too, sir." Rory answered the doctor nicely.
"You know Lorelai, you haven't had a check-up for a while, why not?" the doctor asked.
"Well the Gilmore Clan is healthy as any. No need for a check-up!" Lorelai joked.
"In fact, neither has Rory, now that I think about it, I mean that accident was a while back, just about a year. Why don't you both come into my office now?"
"Well, I guess that would be alright…" Lorelai agreed.
"Great!"
"So, Jess… some kid that Jess, huh!" The doctor said wrinkling his nose.
"Hey, that is MY Jess!" Rory said protectively.
"Well, not for long."
"WHAT? Why?"
"He is in a coma… and there is a very rare chance he will come out alive."
"Can I go see him?" Rory said in tears.
"No, he is in the ER only doctors and patients aloud in the ER, sorry!" the insane doctor said.
"Well… then can I go wait? I don't feel like having a check-up!"
"Don't be silly, just a few simple tasks and everything will be fine!"
"See, it's going to be no big deal… and we have some spare time, maybe it will take your mind off of everything." Lorelai persuaded.
"A-right, I guess so."
"Fabulous!" They went through the normal tasks, you know blood samples, eye exam, etc. and then they came out and waited for results to both their test and Jess'. When the doctor came out…
"I'm afraid I have a lot of bad news… or at least, I think it is bad! I am afraid that…" he paused… "I got all 3 test results back, and I am afraid that…" He paused again, and looked at the paper closer. "Damn it! There is a smudge on the paper… I will have to print another… be back in a jiffy!"