Why Me? - 18
"Anything But Right"
Lorelai slowly hung up the phone when she figured out that it was Jess who had hit them. She couldn't talk to Luke, not now. She might say something that she would regret later and right now she couldn't handle it. This wasn't the way things were supposed to turn out. They were supposed to go on a road trip, get things back to normal, come home and have everything be right again. But this wasn't right. This was anything but right.
Lorelai sat down carefully while continuing to stare at the same spot on the floor. She couldn't just hang up on Luke, it wasn't his fault all of this happened. She decided to call him back when she heard a voice from behind her.
"Lorelai!" Luke bellowed from down the hall, "Lorelai, are you Ok?"
"Luke…" Lorelai whispered, she couldn't be mad at him. She was so happy to see him, when he got to her she wrapped her arms around him and cried into his shoulder. He, however, stayed strong and comforted her.
"Wait, how did you get here so fast? How did you know where I was?"
"This is the hospital they brought Jess to after the accident, I figured you guys were here to so I came looking." Luke looked at Lorelai and gave her a half smile. It was the best he could do, after all, he wasn't feeling to great either.
For a second, Lorelai had forgotten about the whole situation. But now it was all rushing back. This was Jess's fault. Jess didn't pay attention, and Jess slammed his car into her jeep. Better yet, into her daughter. Luke was still holding her tightly when she began to back away.
"What wrong Lor?" He sympathetically asked.
"Jess…" She barely got out.
"Lorelai," Luke said, remembering that Jess was the one who caused the accident, "I'm so sorry. I, he, Lorelai he didn't mean to. He would never do any of this on purpose. I'm so sorry…" Luke had arms extended out holding Lorelai's shoulders, but she was looking to the ground in disbelief. She backed away from his grasp and slowly looked up at him.
"Don't let him near my daughter ever again." She simply stated.
"Aw c'mon Lor, you know he didn't mean to, don't over react to this!"
At that, Lorelai burst into rage and began to scream at Luke. And all in one breath, she exclaimed, "Over react? OVER react Luke?! My daughter hasn't woken up! My daughter might NEVER wake up because your punk ass nephew had to change a damn CD! He's crazy, he's uncontrollable, and he better never come near my daughter again! I swear to God I'm going to kill him if I ever see him! Luke don't make this any harder than it is, don't defend him, he almost… no wait, he could have, killed my daughter…" Lorelai broke down. This time harder than ever, she fell to the ground in sobs and Luke knelt down beside her, holding her.
"Shhh Lorelai, its gonna be Ok. I promise, its gonna be Ok…" Luke rocked her back and fourth and she rested her head in his shoulder.
*~~~~~*
Jess had seen the whole thing. He made sure he was out of eyesight of both Lorelai, and Luke who thought Jess was still in bed. Jess saw Lorelai brake down and felt the guilt built up inside of him. 'I didn't mean to…' he thought. Jess decided he had to see Rory, even if only for a second. He knew he couldn't ask Lorelai permission to, or even Luke because they both would tell him no in a heartbeat. Just then, his chance came. Luke got Lorelai up off the floor, and Jess saw her talking to the nurse. He over heard there conversation, and it was established that Lorelai and Luke were going to the cafeteria to get coffee. Jess knew Lorelai wouldn't be able to be away from Rory to long, so he took the opportunity to go to Rory's room while Luke escorted Lorelai to the cafeteria.
Jess walked in and saw Rory lying there, with all sorts of machines connected to her. He walked over and gently picked up her hand and kissed it. Then he sat down, still staring at her face. A nurse walked in, but he hadn't noticed until she said something and slightly startled him.
"You can talk to her you know." The nurse said, changing an IV bag.
"Why bother… its not like she can talk back." Jess said, softly brushing Rory's hair out of her face.
"No but she can hear you, or that's what they say. Sometimes hearing familiar voices can help, you should give it a shot. It might make you feel better to." The nurse smiled and walked out of the room. Jess sighed. How could he have done this? If she never wakes up, its his fault.
"Rory…" Jess whispered, "I'm so sorry." Jess paused, he though he might find it a little weird talking to someone who was unconscious, but strangely, it did make him feel better. He continued.
"You can wake up now though. I'm fine, your Mom's fine, were all fine so now its your turn. Just, open your eyes." Jess paused and hoped that Rory would wake up on command. However, she didn't move.
"Rory I was changing CD's, I wasn't looking where I was going… I didn't mean for this to happen I didn't want this!" Jess's head dropped and he began to cry uncontrollably. He squeezed her hand tighter and brought it to his face, rubbing the back of her hand on his cheek.
"I love you, so, so, so, much…" Jess stumbled through his sobs and leaned his head against the railing of her bed, and continued to cry.
*~~~~*
Lorelai stood in the doorway, holding her coffee and leaning her head against the wall. When she first saw him there, her first instinct was to throw him out - literally. But before she could say anything, he began to cry. Then she heard him say it. Say how much he loved her, and how he didn't mean for this to happen. 'He really does care for her…' she thought. It amazed her, that it took a tragedy to believe her daughter. When Rory said that they loved each other, Lorelai just assumed that Jess had been saying I love you to get her into bed. Now things were different, if he didn't love her, why would he be here crying at her bedside?
"Jess…" Lorelai quietly said while walking towards him. Jess jerked his head up and wiped his tears quickly, trying to hide the fact that he had been crying.
"Lorelai, I…"
"Its Ok Jess, you don't have to say anything."
Jess looked down at his feet then back over at Rory. Lorelai noticed the hurt and pain in his eyes, and offered to let him stay there with Rory for as long as he wanted to.
"Are you sure?" He sheepishly asked, hoping she wasn't playing some kind of cruel joke.
"Yea, I'm sure." But she wasn't. She knew he didn't do it on purpose, and she knew he regretted every second of it, but he still did it. He still caused Rory to be this way. Lorelai walked over to Rory's right side, while Jess sat on her left side. They sat in silence for what seemed like forever, until someone opened the door.
"Lorelai!" Emily exclaimed, walking at a fast pace into the room. Then she saw Rory and stopped dead in her tracks. She put her hand over her mouth and stepped backward.
"Oh my God…" Emily's eyes shot around the room and then at Lorelai. "How did this happen?"
"Well," Lorelai looked over at Jess who hadn't taken his eyes off of Rory since Emily came in, "this guy hit us and the jeep flipped."
"Who hit you?! Did they find this man???"
Lorelai looked down at her feet, now wasn't the time to start lying to her Mom. She couldn't cover up what happened, she deserved the truth.
"Yea…" Lorelai whispered.
"Who then? I will get the best lawyer and we are going to send him to jail! He wont get away with this."
"Mom that's not such a good idea."
"And why not?" Emily asked, confused.
"Because it was Jess mom, Jess hit us."
Emily's face turned to disbelief as she turned her head to look at Jess. Sympathy she once had for him as the boyfriend of a girl in an accident soon turned to rage for a man who almost killed her granddaughter.
"You." She simply stated, looking directly at Jess.
"You did this?"
"It was an accident…"
"An accident!!" Emily screeched, "This is sickening, why are you in here? Get out! Get out now!"
"What's going on here?" Luke asked, walking into the room and feeling the tension.
"Your nephew almost killed my daughter AND my grand daughter! Get him out of here now!" Emily demanded.
"Your crazy, it was an accident the kid feels horrible about it! You cant just push him away he's hurting to!" Luke immediately got on the defense side, as he had always done for Jess.
"Mom calm down…" Lorelai insisted, hoping for once her mother would listen.
"I most certainly will not! If he doesn't get out of here I'm calling the police and don't think I wont."
"Fine, we'll leave. But you cant keep me away from her forever." Jess angrily got up and quickly walked past Emily, eyeing her the whole way. Luke looked at Lorelai and she shook her head and shrugged her shoulders, as if to show she was sorry. He nodded to show he understood and walked out. Lorelai looked at her Mom who had made her way over to Rory.
"Mom…"
"Not now Lorelai… just leave me alone." Emily said, feeling the tears well up in her eyes.
Lorelai slowly backed out of the room, and made her way towards Jess and Luke.
A/N - Like? Dislike? THANK YOU all SO much for the reviews, they make me so happy. Since this one (in my opinion) was so long, there might not be another chapter for a few days. I get like that, I either write and write and write or I go through a dry spell and cant think of a damn thing to do. Anyways, please R&R! Love you all!
"Anything But Right"
Lorelai slowly hung up the phone when she figured out that it was Jess who had hit them. She couldn't talk to Luke, not now. She might say something that she would regret later and right now she couldn't handle it. This wasn't the way things were supposed to turn out. They were supposed to go on a road trip, get things back to normal, come home and have everything be right again. But this wasn't right. This was anything but right.
Lorelai sat down carefully while continuing to stare at the same spot on the floor. She couldn't just hang up on Luke, it wasn't his fault all of this happened. She decided to call him back when she heard a voice from behind her.
"Lorelai!" Luke bellowed from down the hall, "Lorelai, are you Ok?"
"Luke…" Lorelai whispered, she couldn't be mad at him. She was so happy to see him, when he got to her she wrapped her arms around him and cried into his shoulder. He, however, stayed strong and comforted her.
"Wait, how did you get here so fast? How did you know where I was?"
"This is the hospital they brought Jess to after the accident, I figured you guys were here to so I came looking." Luke looked at Lorelai and gave her a half smile. It was the best he could do, after all, he wasn't feeling to great either.
For a second, Lorelai had forgotten about the whole situation. But now it was all rushing back. This was Jess's fault. Jess didn't pay attention, and Jess slammed his car into her jeep. Better yet, into her daughter. Luke was still holding her tightly when she began to back away.
"What wrong Lor?" He sympathetically asked.
"Jess…" She barely got out.
"Lorelai," Luke said, remembering that Jess was the one who caused the accident, "I'm so sorry. I, he, Lorelai he didn't mean to. He would never do any of this on purpose. I'm so sorry…" Luke had arms extended out holding Lorelai's shoulders, but she was looking to the ground in disbelief. She backed away from his grasp and slowly looked up at him.
"Don't let him near my daughter ever again." She simply stated.
"Aw c'mon Lor, you know he didn't mean to, don't over react to this!"
At that, Lorelai burst into rage and began to scream at Luke. And all in one breath, she exclaimed, "Over react? OVER react Luke?! My daughter hasn't woken up! My daughter might NEVER wake up because your punk ass nephew had to change a damn CD! He's crazy, he's uncontrollable, and he better never come near my daughter again! I swear to God I'm going to kill him if I ever see him! Luke don't make this any harder than it is, don't defend him, he almost… no wait, he could have, killed my daughter…" Lorelai broke down. This time harder than ever, she fell to the ground in sobs and Luke knelt down beside her, holding her.
"Shhh Lorelai, its gonna be Ok. I promise, its gonna be Ok…" Luke rocked her back and fourth and she rested her head in his shoulder.
*~~~~~*
Jess had seen the whole thing. He made sure he was out of eyesight of both Lorelai, and Luke who thought Jess was still in bed. Jess saw Lorelai brake down and felt the guilt built up inside of him. 'I didn't mean to…' he thought. Jess decided he had to see Rory, even if only for a second. He knew he couldn't ask Lorelai permission to, or even Luke because they both would tell him no in a heartbeat. Just then, his chance came. Luke got Lorelai up off the floor, and Jess saw her talking to the nurse. He over heard there conversation, and it was established that Lorelai and Luke were going to the cafeteria to get coffee. Jess knew Lorelai wouldn't be able to be away from Rory to long, so he took the opportunity to go to Rory's room while Luke escorted Lorelai to the cafeteria.
Jess walked in and saw Rory lying there, with all sorts of machines connected to her. He walked over and gently picked up her hand and kissed it. Then he sat down, still staring at her face. A nurse walked in, but he hadn't noticed until she said something and slightly startled him.
"You can talk to her you know." The nurse said, changing an IV bag.
"Why bother… its not like she can talk back." Jess said, softly brushing Rory's hair out of her face.
"No but she can hear you, or that's what they say. Sometimes hearing familiar voices can help, you should give it a shot. It might make you feel better to." The nurse smiled and walked out of the room. Jess sighed. How could he have done this? If she never wakes up, its his fault.
"Rory…" Jess whispered, "I'm so sorry." Jess paused, he though he might find it a little weird talking to someone who was unconscious, but strangely, it did make him feel better. He continued.
"You can wake up now though. I'm fine, your Mom's fine, were all fine so now its your turn. Just, open your eyes." Jess paused and hoped that Rory would wake up on command. However, she didn't move.
"Rory I was changing CD's, I wasn't looking where I was going… I didn't mean for this to happen I didn't want this!" Jess's head dropped and he began to cry uncontrollably. He squeezed her hand tighter and brought it to his face, rubbing the back of her hand on his cheek.
"I love you, so, so, so, much…" Jess stumbled through his sobs and leaned his head against the railing of her bed, and continued to cry.
*~~~~*
Lorelai stood in the doorway, holding her coffee and leaning her head against the wall. When she first saw him there, her first instinct was to throw him out - literally. But before she could say anything, he began to cry. Then she heard him say it. Say how much he loved her, and how he didn't mean for this to happen. 'He really does care for her…' she thought. It amazed her, that it took a tragedy to believe her daughter. When Rory said that they loved each other, Lorelai just assumed that Jess had been saying I love you to get her into bed. Now things were different, if he didn't love her, why would he be here crying at her bedside?
"Jess…" Lorelai quietly said while walking towards him. Jess jerked his head up and wiped his tears quickly, trying to hide the fact that he had been crying.
"Lorelai, I…"
"Its Ok Jess, you don't have to say anything."
Jess looked down at his feet then back over at Rory. Lorelai noticed the hurt and pain in his eyes, and offered to let him stay there with Rory for as long as he wanted to.
"Are you sure?" He sheepishly asked, hoping she wasn't playing some kind of cruel joke.
"Yea, I'm sure." But she wasn't. She knew he didn't do it on purpose, and she knew he regretted every second of it, but he still did it. He still caused Rory to be this way. Lorelai walked over to Rory's right side, while Jess sat on her left side. They sat in silence for what seemed like forever, until someone opened the door.
"Lorelai!" Emily exclaimed, walking at a fast pace into the room. Then she saw Rory and stopped dead in her tracks. She put her hand over her mouth and stepped backward.
"Oh my God…" Emily's eyes shot around the room and then at Lorelai. "How did this happen?"
"Well," Lorelai looked over at Jess who hadn't taken his eyes off of Rory since Emily came in, "this guy hit us and the jeep flipped."
"Who hit you?! Did they find this man???"
Lorelai looked down at her feet, now wasn't the time to start lying to her Mom. She couldn't cover up what happened, she deserved the truth.
"Yea…" Lorelai whispered.
"Who then? I will get the best lawyer and we are going to send him to jail! He wont get away with this."
"Mom that's not such a good idea."
"And why not?" Emily asked, confused.
"Because it was Jess mom, Jess hit us."
Emily's face turned to disbelief as she turned her head to look at Jess. Sympathy she once had for him as the boyfriend of a girl in an accident soon turned to rage for a man who almost killed her granddaughter.
"You." She simply stated, looking directly at Jess.
"You did this?"
"It was an accident…"
"An accident!!" Emily screeched, "This is sickening, why are you in here? Get out! Get out now!"
"What's going on here?" Luke asked, walking into the room and feeling the tension.
"Your nephew almost killed my daughter AND my grand daughter! Get him out of here now!" Emily demanded.
"Your crazy, it was an accident the kid feels horrible about it! You cant just push him away he's hurting to!" Luke immediately got on the defense side, as he had always done for Jess.
"Mom calm down…" Lorelai insisted, hoping for once her mother would listen.
"I most certainly will not! If he doesn't get out of here I'm calling the police and don't think I wont."
"Fine, we'll leave. But you cant keep me away from her forever." Jess angrily got up and quickly walked past Emily, eyeing her the whole way. Luke looked at Lorelai and she shook her head and shrugged her shoulders, as if to show she was sorry. He nodded to show he understood and walked out. Lorelai looked at her Mom who had made her way over to Rory.
"Mom…"
"Not now Lorelai… just leave me alone." Emily said, feeling the tears well up in her eyes.
Lorelai slowly backed out of the room, and made her way towards Jess and Luke.
A/N - Like? Dislike? THANK YOU all SO much for the reviews, they make me so happy. Since this one (in my opinion) was so long, there might not be another chapter for a few days. I get like that, I either write and write and write or I go through a dry spell and cant think of a damn thing to do. Anyways, please R&R! Love you all!