Aww.. thanx for the comments guys!

-Ggirl

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"Look at Patty and Babette," Sookie whispered to Lorelai.

Lorelai giggled. "That poor handyman. Look how he's sweating and struggling to fix that radiator as fast as possible."

"They haven't left that area since they discovered him," Sookie said shaking her head.

After staring at Patty and Babette attempt to lure the young man into their grasps for a couple more moments, Lorelai turned around to find Luke. Since they had arrived at the party and Lorelai had feigned her best, "Oh, my gosh, I never expected this!" act, she hadn't seen him.

"Hey," Jackson said, coming up to Sookie and Lorelai with Kiki. "Uh.. I think Kiki needs you right now."

Sookie smiled as she took her daughter in her arms. "You can say the word breast-feeding you know."

"Say it!" Lorelai called out. Jackson blushed.

"Maybe later," Jackson mumbled and walked away to find more manly things to do, like play the harmonica for his cranberries.

"I'll be back," Sookie called over her shoulder and started towards the kitchen with Kiki.

Lorelai finally spotted Luke in the corner of the room, watching the party with a cold beer in his hand.

She rolled over to him. "Hi."

"Hi," He said and set the bottle down next to him. "How's it going?"

"Good," Lorelai smiled. "I already ate like 4 pieces of cake."

Luke smiled. "That could kill you," He said in a pseudo-cheery voice.

"Hey," Lorelai said. "You want to go on a walk?"

"Right now?" Luke raised his eyebrows. "This is your party, you know. See that sign? It says 'Welcome Home, Lorelai'."

Lorelai smiled. "I know, but let's go on a walk."

"You also, can't walk."

"Yeah, actually, I just wanted you to walk and push me...," She smiled sweetly.

Luke snorted but started to get up. "Let's go."

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Flashback to when Lorelai was still in the hospital about a week ago.. She is talking to Dr. Johnson.

"Hi," Dr. Johnson flashed her a smile as he entered the room. "Nice to see you outside of the ICU."

"Yeah, they call me that at home too," Lorelai replied.

Dr. Johnson gave her a confused look.

"Uh.. never mind," Lorelai said quickly.

Dr. Johnson picked her chart and started to read. "Looks like you can go home in about 5 days. Considering that you only woke up about 2 days ago, you look great. Your blood pressure's normal, your CATscan came out okay, your X-rays show that your shoulder's healing fine. And as for your legs..." He trailed off as he looked at her two legs in casts. "Well, they should come off in about 5-6 weeks."

Lorelai groaned. "That's a long time."

"Yeah," Dr. Johnson smiled at her. "They'll heal pretty quickly." He closed the binder and placed it back on the side table. He suspiciously eyed the monkey lamp. "So, you said you wanted to ask me something?"

"Yeah...," Lorelai said and bit her lip. "I hope this doesn't sound silly... but you know when people are in comas, can they hear things?"

"Up to some level, yes," Dr. Johnson said, wondering what she was leading up to. "Most patients have 'dreams', or what they think are dreams. A lot of the time, they are hearing what is actually happening."

"So, it's possible for a patient to hear stuff?"

"Yes, it's possible for patients to hear 'stuff'," Dr. Johnson replied smiling.

"Hm..," Lorelai looked thoughtful. "Thanks, Doc."

Dr. Johnson smiled at her. "No problem. I'll see you later then."

"K, bye!" Lorelai grinned.

"And Lorelai?"

"Yes?"

"Please stop bribing the nurses for coffee," Dr. Johnson said in a serious voice.

Lorelai tried to look shocked. "Bribing, me? No!" She gasped and put a hand to her heart. "Drugs, yes, bribing, no."

Dr. Johnson chuckled. "Okay. Bye now."

Lorelai waved.

She flicked on the television but didn't really watch. 'A lot of the time, they are hearing what is actually happening.'

If this was true.... then she could swear that she heard Luke say that he loved her....

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"Hey," Rory said and sat down. "What are you reading?" While Lorelai was in the hospital, Luke had asked Jess to come down a couple times to look after the diner. It was the weekend and Jess was supposed to return to school on Monday.

"Catch-22," Rory read out loud. "Good book. You're probably the only person to read at a party.." Rory looked around her at the party going on. Jess had somehow situated him on one of comfy chairs and had started reading.

"Yeah," Jess replied and brought his gaze back to his book. He hadn't told her that he had come to visit her at Harvard. He wondered if Paris had told her.

It seemed like a bad time to try to win her back. After all, Lorelai had been in a coma in the hospital. 'Yeah, hi, Rory, I know you're mom's probably on the brink of death, but I was just wondering, have you ever thought about our getting back together? Oh, you haven't? How strange!'

"So...," Rory said.

"Yeah?" Jess looked up from his book. "Do you have something to say?"

Rory was taken back. "Uh.. no. Sorry, I'm going now." She got up and started to walk away.

"Hey!" Jess put his book down next to him. "Sorry, I didn't mean it like that," He said sheepishly.

"It's okay," Rory said, shuffling her feet. "So.. I just wanted to say, you know, that last time we were here? I'm sorry about..."

"No, it's not your fault," Jess replied.

"So, we're okay now?"

"Yeah, we're good."

"K, well, see you later then," Rory said awkwardly and started to walk away. 'Well, that went well.'

Seeing that there was really nothing more for her to do at the party, Rory grabbed her jacket and decided to walk home.

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'Tristan,' She thought as she walked through the darkened streets. 'I haven't even thought about him in.. weeks.'

She had been been rushing back and forth between Harvard and Star's Hollow and the hospital for almost three weeks now, and she really hadn't had time to think about what he had said weeks ago.

She wondered if she liked him.. that way. More than a friend? She had kissed him, after all. Several times, actually. But, deep inside, she was afraid that it was mere jealousy. Could it be that her seeing Paris and Tristan together and hearing him talk about love and romance that had touched her and tricked her into thinking she liked him. She was confused.

Rory sighed and sat down on the porch steps of her house.

She watched a dark figure walk down the street. He (or she) was slowly approaching her house. Rory squinted, trying to make the figure out.

"Dean?"

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"So," Luke said as they sat together on the grassy center of town. Lorelai scratched her leg where the cast ended.

"This cast is do damn itchy," She pouted.

Luke looked at her doubtfully. "You brought me out here to say that?"

"Yes.. no," She said.

He scrunched his face. "Okay."

"Actually....," Lorelai took a deep breath. "Well, I was just wondering, you know.. about what we were talking about before all this happened?"

"How you are eating too much red meat and it could kill you?"

"No," Lorelai replied, surprised that for once Luke was the one making the jokes. 'I love you.' He had said that to her. She was sure of it now. "I was thinking.. maybe we could have dinner one of these days..."

Luke's mouth slowly stretched into a smile. "Yeah, that'd be nice."

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"Well," Patty said to Babette as they watched the terrorized handyman quickly leave.

Babette shrugged. "Maybe he's embarrassed to tell us he wears briefs and not boxers?"

Patty shrugged. "I don't know."

Babette's face lit up. "Let's go ask Lorelai about that cute doctor."

"Good idea!" Patty replied. They both went in search for Lorelai.

"Have you seen Lorelai?" Patty asked Kirk. Kirk shook his head and turned his attention back to the poor young lady standing nervously next to him, wondering how she could tactfully evade him.

"Have you seen Lorelai?" Babette asked Morey. Morey shrugged.

"I can't find her," Patty said to Babette a couple minutes later. "Have you seen Luke?"

Babette scanned the room. "No."

Patty's face broke into a big smile. "So the two are missing..." Babette giggled.

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Hehe hope you liked that.. =)

-Ggirl