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Palladino, The WB, or anything else, this thing would not be here. Besides,
I'm a broke teenager.
A/N: I know that I posted saying that I was going to do an epilogue next, but I lied. Angel Monroe emailed me a good idea and I decided to turn it into a chapter, so it looks like this is going to continue for a little more. Big thanks to everyone who has reviewed and to Angel Monroe for all of her comments and ideas. Please review after and maybe I'll end up getting another idea for a chapter.
Puppy Love?
Chapter Eleven: Tears in the Hospital
Fast forward to the middle of January. Rory is due to have the baby any day and everyone is anxiously awaiting the time when they will finally be able to meet Rory and Jess's son or daughter, since they chose not to find out the gender. Since Rory and Jess wanted to be surprised, they had to chose two possible names. They decided on Brendan Caleb for a boy and Raisa Lorelai for a girl.
Then, on January 12, the day that many people had been waiting for for a long time finally arrived.
Rory: (panicked) Mom!
Lorelai: (smiles) Yay! Come on, let's go sweetie!
Jess: (nervous and excited at the same time) Lorelai, how are you so calm?
Lorelai: Coffee!!
Rory: I want some!
Jess: (helping Rory out to the car) Soon.
Jess, Rory, and Lorelai get into the Jeep, but not before calling Luke's to tell Luke to meet them at the hospital and be prepared to meet his great nephew or niece soon. (I think that's what they call it...if I'm wrong, too damn bad)
Lorelai, Jess, and Rory enter the hospital and immediately Rory is in a wheelchair being taken away from them.
Nurse: Patient's name?
Lorelai: Lorelai Leigh Gilmore Mariano.
While Lorelai gave the nurse information on Rory and worked on the paperwork that they had given her (A/N: I have no idea if that's true.), Jess was anxiously waiting to be told where Rory was and when he could see her. Before he heard anything, Luke appeared in the hallway.
Luke: (shouting to Jess) Jess?
Jess: (gets up from where he was sitting) Hey Luke.
Luke: Everything okay?
Jess: Your guess is as good as mine. They took her and I have no idea where.
Luke: We'll hear soon, don't worry.
Lorelai: (approaching from the end of the hallway) Luke! Jess!
Luke runs over and hugs Lorelai.
Lorelai: I'm too old to be a grandma!
Luke: And I'm not too old to be a great uncle?
Lorelai: You and I both know that you will be more like a grandfather to this baby.
Luke: Well...um..
He's cut off when a nurse appears?
Nurse: Mr. Mariano?
Jess: (quickly replies wanting to know what she has to say) Yeah?
Nurse: She's in room 712.
Jess: (relieved) Thanks.
The three head off toward Rory's room. Jess is the first to go in.
Jess: (enters the room and soon is by Rory's side) Hey Ror...
Rory: Jess!
Lorelai: I should go make some calls...
Luke: I'll do it, don't worry, just give me the numbers. Stay here with Rory.
Lorelai: (looks around for paper and pen, then finds some in her purse) Thanks. (she's writes some names and numbers on a piece of paper then hands it to Luke)
Luke: No problem.
Jess: Luke, wait.
Luke: Yeah?
Jess: Let me add Paris and Tristan's number.
Luke: (gives Jess the paper and Lorelai gives him the pen) Here.
Jess: (hands paper back) Thanks.
Luke exits and soon locates a phone.
Lorelai: Hey sweets, how you feeling?
Rory: Remember what you did eighteen years ago?
Lorelai: Ouch.
Rory: Yeah.
Jess: Sorry. I wish that you didn't have to go through all of this.
Rory: Damn that stork story.
Jess: If only it was that simple.
Lorelai: Life would be so much easier...
Rory: (cuts Lorelai off) Mom, don't go there.
Lorelai: Oh, sorry sweetie.
The three continue to talk and Luke soon reappears.
Luke: Okay, I think that was everyone. They're all on their way.
Rory: Thanks.
The four talk and are interrupted by a nurse who simply looks at the information displayed by the machines that Rory is hooked up to. Then, they become six.
Emily: Rory! Is everything all right? Are they treating you well?
Rory: Yes Grandma. Everything's fine.
Cut to the nurse's area where Christopher is trying to find out where Rory is. Sherri and Georgia are not with him.
Christopher: Mariano. Where is she?
Nurse: What is your relation to the patient?
Christopher: I'm her father.
Nurse: I'm sorry sir, but a man who says he is her father already went in.
Christopher: (thinks...Luke) No, I'm her father. Just tell me the damn room number. I don't want to miss my grandchild being born!
Nurse: 712.
Christopher: Thank you.
He runs off in the direction of the room. He soon opens the door to the room to see it filled with people.
Christopher: Party in 712.
Emily: Very funny Christopher.
Rory: Dad!
When he hears how excited Rory is to see Christopher, Luke feels a little jealous of him.
Christopher: (by Rory) Hey Ror. How you holding up?
Rory: I'm fine.
They are interrupted when a nurse comes into the room.
Nurse: I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask that you go to the waiting room. Only two people can stay.
Everyone immediately knows that Lorelai and Jess are the ones that will be staying and leave without a fight.
As time goes by, the group in the waiting room continues to grow. Sookie and Jackson were the next people to arrive. Then, there was Lane and Dave. Finally, Paris and Tristan arrived after driving as fast as they could from Yale. The group waited to hear what was happening and every so often, Lorelai or Jess would tell them what was happening.
Inside Rory's room, the three were sitting and trying to keep Rory's mind off of the increasing pain that she was experiencing. Then, one of the monitors started to beep loudly.
Rory: (panicked) Mom....what's going on?
Lorelai: (panicked also) I don't know sweetie.
Soon after the noise starts going off, a group of nurses and doctors run into the room. When the group in the waiting room see this, they assume that they're there to take Rory to the delivery room.
Jess: (to a doctor) What's going on?
Doctor: We have to get her into surgery now. We have to get the baby out as soon as possible and stabilize it's heart rate. (A/N: I know absolutely nothing, so go with me here!)
Jess: (quietly) Oh God.
Lorelai: (on the verge of tears) Everything will be okay though, right?
Doctor: If we operate as soon as possible, we should be fine.
They begin to roll the gurney out of the room and Rory is too scared to do anything but scream Jess's name.
Rory: Jess!
Jess: I'm right here Ror!
Rory: Jess!
Jess: Ror, I love you!
Nurse: (to Jess and Lorelai) I'm sorry, but you'll have to wait in the waiting room.
Jess: But-
Lorelai: (puts her hands on his shoulders) Come on...
The gurney carrying Rory is taken down the opposite end of the hallway toward the operating room. Jess and Lorelai slowly emerge from the room with sad and concerned expressions on their faces. When the group sees them, they are immediately concerned.
As soon as Lorelai sees Luke, she runs into his arms and begins to cry on his shoulder.
Luke: (trying to comfort Lorelai) Everything will be okay Lorelai...
Emily: What's going on? What's happening?
Jess: (seems out of...you can tell that is mind is elsewhere) They're taking her into surgery. Something about the baby's heartbeat...
Emily: (sinks back in her chair and cries) Oh my God!
Jess sits down and everyone tries to comfort him and tell him that everything will be okay, but he doesn't even hear what is being said to him because he is so preoccupied with his thoughts. Finally, he can't take sitting anymore and begins to pace in the hallway. As he is walking aimlessly around the hall, he thinks about all of the things that he and Rory have been through, but mainly in the past year.
His mind goes to their Yale acceptance, finding out about the baby, telling everyone their news, then his mind went to the whole situation with Dean. At that point, Jess leans against the wall and slowly slides down until he is sitting on the floor and he finally breaks down and loses control over his emotions. He has already had to deal with the possibility of losing Rory once and he doesn't want to think about losing her again or the baby.
Jess continues to sit and silently cry to himself in the hall when a doctor begins to walk toward the waiting area.
Doctor: Are you all here for Rory Mariano?
Jess: (gets up immediately) What is it?
Doctor: We were lucky. Rory and the baby are both doing fine now. However, the baby has been hooked up to a respirator (A/N: I have no idea if that's even right, it was the only thing I could think of) and a cardiac monitor right now as a precaution.
Lorelai: (quietly) Thank God.
Jess: Can I see her?
Doctor: Yes, follow me.
Jess leaves with the doctor and everyone else waits, but they all feel like the world has been lifted off their shoulders after hearing that Rory and the baby were all right.
Jess: (enters Rory's room) Rory...
Rory: (looks at Jess) Jess...is. is everything...
Jess: Everything's fine. Raisa is doing fine.
Rory: Another Gilmore girl?
Jess: Yeah.
Nurse enters.
Nurse: I'm sorry sir, but she needs her rest.
Jess: All right. (kisses Rory) I'll be outside. I love you.
Rory: I love you too.
Jess exits and walks back to the waiting room.
Jess: It's another Gilmore girl.
Lorelai: Yay, I don't have to chuck Rory's baby stuff!
Luke: Just keep her away from coffee.
Everyone laughs lightly at Luke's comment about Gilmores and their love for coffee.
Rory and Raisa remain in the hospital until the doctors feel that everything is all right and then they are finally allowed to go home to Stars Hollow. Of course, they head to Luke's first where the town is waiting to welcome them.
Various townspeople: Welcome home! Congratulations!
Rory: (smiling) Thank you.
Lorelai: (emerges from the crowd) Coffee!
Rory: Yay! Finally!
Rory takes a long sip and savors the taste.
Rory: Oh coffee, how I missed you...
Miss Patty: Congratulations honey.
Rory: Thank you Miss Patty.
Babette: Oh sugar, she looks so beautiful.
Jess: Like her mom.
Babette: Awww, how sweet.
Rory and Jess walk into the diner and Rory whispers to Jess.
Rory: Don't go too soft on me now.
Jess: Sory, saw one too many Snuggle ads.
Rory: TV junkie.
Jess: Coffee whore.
Rory: Hemingway lover.
Jess: Rand freak.
Rory: Ugh!!
Jess: Ha!
The rest of the day continued with lots of wonderful food courtesy of Sookie and tons of presents courtesy of the residents of Stars Hollow.
A/N: Well, I hope that you all liked this chapter. Please review and maybe I'll think of an idea for another chapter or maybe I'll just end up doing a sequel, I'm not sure yet so tell me what you think. As for the medical stuff, I had no idea what I was talking about so if I was wrong, I'm sorry but hopefully you can get the idea. Please review!!!
A/N: I know that I posted saying that I was going to do an epilogue next, but I lied. Angel Monroe emailed me a good idea and I decided to turn it into a chapter, so it looks like this is going to continue for a little more. Big thanks to everyone who has reviewed and to Angel Monroe for all of her comments and ideas. Please review after and maybe I'll end up getting another idea for a chapter.
Puppy Love?
Chapter Eleven: Tears in the Hospital
Fast forward to the middle of January. Rory is due to have the baby any day and everyone is anxiously awaiting the time when they will finally be able to meet Rory and Jess's son or daughter, since they chose not to find out the gender. Since Rory and Jess wanted to be surprised, they had to chose two possible names. They decided on Brendan Caleb for a boy and Raisa Lorelai for a girl.
Then, on January 12, the day that many people had been waiting for for a long time finally arrived.
Rory: (panicked) Mom!
Lorelai: (smiles) Yay! Come on, let's go sweetie!
Jess: (nervous and excited at the same time) Lorelai, how are you so calm?
Lorelai: Coffee!!
Rory: I want some!
Jess: (helping Rory out to the car) Soon.
Jess, Rory, and Lorelai get into the Jeep, but not before calling Luke's to tell Luke to meet them at the hospital and be prepared to meet his great nephew or niece soon. (I think that's what they call it...if I'm wrong, too damn bad)
Lorelai, Jess, and Rory enter the hospital and immediately Rory is in a wheelchair being taken away from them.
Nurse: Patient's name?
Lorelai: Lorelai Leigh Gilmore Mariano.
While Lorelai gave the nurse information on Rory and worked on the paperwork that they had given her (A/N: I have no idea if that's true.), Jess was anxiously waiting to be told where Rory was and when he could see her. Before he heard anything, Luke appeared in the hallway.
Luke: (shouting to Jess) Jess?
Jess: (gets up from where he was sitting) Hey Luke.
Luke: Everything okay?
Jess: Your guess is as good as mine. They took her and I have no idea where.
Luke: We'll hear soon, don't worry.
Lorelai: (approaching from the end of the hallway) Luke! Jess!
Luke runs over and hugs Lorelai.
Lorelai: I'm too old to be a grandma!
Luke: And I'm not too old to be a great uncle?
Lorelai: You and I both know that you will be more like a grandfather to this baby.
Luke: Well...um..
He's cut off when a nurse appears?
Nurse: Mr. Mariano?
Jess: (quickly replies wanting to know what she has to say) Yeah?
Nurse: She's in room 712.
Jess: (relieved) Thanks.
The three head off toward Rory's room. Jess is the first to go in.
Jess: (enters the room and soon is by Rory's side) Hey Ror...
Rory: Jess!
Lorelai: I should go make some calls...
Luke: I'll do it, don't worry, just give me the numbers. Stay here with Rory.
Lorelai: (looks around for paper and pen, then finds some in her purse) Thanks. (she's writes some names and numbers on a piece of paper then hands it to Luke)
Luke: No problem.
Jess: Luke, wait.
Luke: Yeah?
Jess: Let me add Paris and Tristan's number.
Luke: (gives Jess the paper and Lorelai gives him the pen) Here.
Jess: (hands paper back) Thanks.
Luke exits and soon locates a phone.
Lorelai: Hey sweets, how you feeling?
Rory: Remember what you did eighteen years ago?
Lorelai: Ouch.
Rory: Yeah.
Jess: Sorry. I wish that you didn't have to go through all of this.
Rory: Damn that stork story.
Jess: If only it was that simple.
Lorelai: Life would be so much easier...
Rory: (cuts Lorelai off) Mom, don't go there.
Lorelai: Oh, sorry sweetie.
The three continue to talk and Luke soon reappears.
Luke: Okay, I think that was everyone. They're all on their way.
Rory: Thanks.
The four talk and are interrupted by a nurse who simply looks at the information displayed by the machines that Rory is hooked up to. Then, they become six.
Emily: Rory! Is everything all right? Are they treating you well?
Rory: Yes Grandma. Everything's fine.
Cut to the nurse's area where Christopher is trying to find out where Rory is. Sherri and Georgia are not with him.
Christopher: Mariano. Where is she?
Nurse: What is your relation to the patient?
Christopher: I'm her father.
Nurse: I'm sorry sir, but a man who says he is her father already went in.
Christopher: (thinks...Luke) No, I'm her father. Just tell me the damn room number. I don't want to miss my grandchild being born!
Nurse: 712.
Christopher: Thank you.
He runs off in the direction of the room. He soon opens the door to the room to see it filled with people.
Christopher: Party in 712.
Emily: Very funny Christopher.
Rory: Dad!
When he hears how excited Rory is to see Christopher, Luke feels a little jealous of him.
Christopher: (by Rory) Hey Ror. How you holding up?
Rory: I'm fine.
They are interrupted when a nurse comes into the room.
Nurse: I'm sorry, but I'm going to have to ask that you go to the waiting room. Only two people can stay.
Everyone immediately knows that Lorelai and Jess are the ones that will be staying and leave without a fight.
As time goes by, the group in the waiting room continues to grow. Sookie and Jackson were the next people to arrive. Then, there was Lane and Dave. Finally, Paris and Tristan arrived after driving as fast as they could from Yale. The group waited to hear what was happening and every so often, Lorelai or Jess would tell them what was happening.
Inside Rory's room, the three were sitting and trying to keep Rory's mind off of the increasing pain that she was experiencing. Then, one of the monitors started to beep loudly.
Rory: (panicked) Mom....what's going on?
Lorelai: (panicked also) I don't know sweetie.
Soon after the noise starts going off, a group of nurses and doctors run into the room. When the group in the waiting room see this, they assume that they're there to take Rory to the delivery room.
Jess: (to a doctor) What's going on?
Doctor: We have to get her into surgery now. We have to get the baby out as soon as possible and stabilize it's heart rate. (A/N: I know absolutely nothing, so go with me here!)
Jess: (quietly) Oh God.
Lorelai: (on the verge of tears) Everything will be okay though, right?
Doctor: If we operate as soon as possible, we should be fine.
They begin to roll the gurney out of the room and Rory is too scared to do anything but scream Jess's name.
Rory: Jess!
Jess: I'm right here Ror!
Rory: Jess!
Jess: Ror, I love you!
Nurse: (to Jess and Lorelai) I'm sorry, but you'll have to wait in the waiting room.
Jess: But-
Lorelai: (puts her hands on his shoulders) Come on...
The gurney carrying Rory is taken down the opposite end of the hallway toward the operating room. Jess and Lorelai slowly emerge from the room with sad and concerned expressions on their faces. When the group sees them, they are immediately concerned.
As soon as Lorelai sees Luke, she runs into his arms and begins to cry on his shoulder.
Luke: (trying to comfort Lorelai) Everything will be okay Lorelai...
Emily: What's going on? What's happening?
Jess: (seems out of...you can tell that is mind is elsewhere) They're taking her into surgery. Something about the baby's heartbeat...
Emily: (sinks back in her chair and cries) Oh my God!
Jess sits down and everyone tries to comfort him and tell him that everything will be okay, but he doesn't even hear what is being said to him because he is so preoccupied with his thoughts. Finally, he can't take sitting anymore and begins to pace in the hallway. As he is walking aimlessly around the hall, he thinks about all of the things that he and Rory have been through, but mainly in the past year.
His mind goes to their Yale acceptance, finding out about the baby, telling everyone their news, then his mind went to the whole situation with Dean. At that point, Jess leans against the wall and slowly slides down until he is sitting on the floor and he finally breaks down and loses control over his emotions. He has already had to deal with the possibility of losing Rory once and he doesn't want to think about losing her again or the baby.
Jess continues to sit and silently cry to himself in the hall when a doctor begins to walk toward the waiting area.
Doctor: Are you all here for Rory Mariano?
Jess: (gets up immediately) What is it?
Doctor: We were lucky. Rory and the baby are both doing fine now. However, the baby has been hooked up to a respirator (A/N: I have no idea if that's even right, it was the only thing I could think of) and a cardiac monitor right now as a precaution.
Lorelai: (quietly) Thank God.
Jess: Can I see her?
Doctor: Yes, follow me.
Jess leaves with the doctor and everyone else waits, but they all feel like the world has been lifted off their shoulders after hearing that Rory and the baby were all right.
Jess: (enters Rory's room) Rory...
Rory: (looks at Jess) Jess...is. is everything...
Jess: Everything's fine. Raisa is doing fine.
Rory: Another Gilmore girl?
Jess: Yeah.
Nurse enters.
Nurse: I'm sorry sir, but she needs her rest.
Jess: All right. (kisses Rory) I'll be outside. I love you.
Rory: I love you too.
Jess exits and walks back to the waiting room.
Jess: It's another Gilmore girl.
Lorelai: Yay, I don't have to chuck Rory's baby stuff!
Luke: Just keep her away from coffee.
Everyone laughs lightly at Luke's comment about Gilmores and their love for coffee.
Rory and Raisa remain in the hospital until the doctors feel that everything is all right and then they are finally allowed to go home to Stars Hollow. Of course, they head to Luke's first where the town is waiting to welcome them.
Various townspeople: Welcome home! Congratulations!
Rory: (smiling) Thank you.
Lorelai: (emerges from the crowd) Coffee!
Rory: Yay! Finally!
Rory takes a long sip and savors the taste.
Rory: Oh coffee, how I missed you...
Miss Patty: Congratulations honey.
Rory: Thank you Miss Patty.
Babette: Oh sugar, she looks so beautiful.
Jess: Like her mom.
Babette: Awww, how sweet.
Rory and Jess walk into the diner and Rory whispers to Jess.
Rory: Don't go too soft on me now.
Jess: Sory, saw one too many Snuggle ads.
Rory: TV junkie.
Jess: Coffee whore.
Rory: Hemingway lover.
Jess: Rand freak.
Rory: Ugh!!
Jess: Ha!
The rest of the day continued with lots of wonderful food courtesy of Sookie and tons of presents courtesy of the residents of Stars Hollow.
A/N: Well, I hope that you all liked this chapter. Please review and maybe I'll think of an idea for another chapter or maybe I'll just end up doing a sequel, I'm not sure yet so tell me what you think. As for the medical stuff, I had no idea what I was talking about so if I was wrong, I'm sorry but hopefully you can get the idea. Please review!!!