Hey, now that everyone's confused.. i must have gotten it right (the title "casts, boredom, and confusion").. okay, kidding, that wasn't the effect I was going for.. but... to clear it up for you, yes, it was Lorelai's tear that was falling down Lorelai's cheek.. therefore meaning .... read on! hehe

-Ggirl

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Her ears were ringing and her head felt like it hadn't had coffee in years. Her mouth felt so dry and her tongue was like sandpaper. She tried to lick her lips but it did nothing to soothe her chapped lips. She opened her mouth but she couldn't speak. Her head felt like it had been run over by a streamroller and then inflated again. God, the pain was killer. And she felt so tired. Her body was sore and she couldn't move her legs or her arms.

'Where am I?' She thought.

Lorelai slowly opened her eyes. The sunlight stung her eyes but she struggled to keep them awake.

It was only then that she noticed that there was someone else in the bed with her.

She averted her eyes to the right because she couldn't really move her head. Lorelai caught a glimpse of red flannel.

'Luke,' She thought tenderly. Lorelai tried to turn over on her side but the tubes were making it difficult. 'Luke.' She tried to say it, but she couldn't speak. She gagged on tube going down her throat. 'Luke...'

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Luke lay silently on the bed next her, with his hand still holding hers. He was scared to open his eyes. 'I don't know if she'll make it through the night...' He thought back to what the doctor had said. Her hand felt relatively warm in his, but how could he be sure? Was she still alive? 'Please,' He thought, trying to make a deal with God.

Then he felt her slightly squeeze his hand. Luke's eyes opened suddenly and he looked at her.

"Lorelai??" He asked.

She painfully blinked a couple times. 'Luke.'

"Lorelai, can you talk?" Luke was getting excited. "Are you okay?"

'Hi, Luke.' She thought. She couldn't nod or move, and she hoped that he knew that inside she was smiling. 'Luke, you stayed with me...'

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"I can't believe it!" Luke was loudly into the phone. "She's awake! She's awake!" He was practically jumping for joy. No one would ever believe that it was him.

Sookie squealed. "We're coming!" She sang and hung up. "RORY! Your mom woke up!"

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It seemed like half of Star's Hollow's population was stuffed in the little room. Patty, Taylor, Rory, Sookie, Kirk, Babette, Morey, Kirk's mom, even smelly Al...

Lorelai was sleeping again and they tried to be as quiet as possible.

"Are you sure she's okay?" Patty whispered to Dr. Johnson.

He nodded. "She's in stable condition now." Dr. Johnson was so relieved. He had a fitful sleep last night, praying that Lorelai Gilmore would stay awake to see another day. And now seeing all these people in her room, he could finally see how much she was loved.

Rory sat down on the cot that was next to Lorelai's hospital bed and stared at her mother with tears in her eyes.

"Hey," Luke whispered and sat next to her. "She's okay."

"I know," Rory sniffled. "I'm just so relieved." She sighed loudly.

Lorelai opened her eyes and slowly rotated her head to the right. 'Rory.'

"Mom!" Rory jumped up from the cot and hugged her mom.

"Mom, are you okay?"

'Ow.' Lorelai had a look of pain on her face.

"Oh, I'm so sorry," Rory said and gingerly removed her arms from around her mother.

Suddenly, Emily and Richard Gilmore ran into the room. "Oh my God, Lorelai, you're okay!" Emily called out.

She approached the bed and smiled at her daughter. "We were getting really worried about you, especially the Iceman."

Luke hung his head and tried to cover up his embarrassment.

"Yes, he was," Patty agreed and nodded to Dr. Johnson. "He was, wasn't he, Doctor?"

Dr. Johnson smiled uncomfortably at the woman. 'She looks like she wants to jump my bones.'

"Yes, he was very worried," Babette agreed and looked at the doctor. 'Whatta hunk.'

Lorelai suddenly coughed. She seemed to be trying to speak. "Ccaahhhh," She managed to croak.

"Huh?" Luke stood up from the cot and looked at her.

"Cahhhhh..," Lorelai said and coughed again.

"Can you understand what she's saying?" Rory asked Luke.

"Cahhhh..," Lorelai started. "Ffeeeeee."

Rory laughed out loud. Luke looked at Rory, puzzled. "What is it?"

Cracking up, Rory managed to say, "Coffee."

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Ahhh sorry guys, I know this wasn't that great of a 'waking up' but argh, i couldn't really think of anything else.

And in some parts, I felt like Luke was rather out of character, but well.. Hm..

By the way, if anyone is looking to watch a really good movie, I recommend "I am Sam".. omg, awesome movie!!!

btw, i'm a hard core javajunkie.. I would NEVER kill Lorelai off!! hhehe