Two weeks later the Gilmore's were picking out china patterns. The date was set, sort of. It was somewhere around August 2. That gave Rory 3 more months to get better. Lorelei and her mom were going overseas to find a 'suitable' wedding dress to wear. Rory didn't go for several reasons. One being she wanted to be surprised. The other was she didn't think she was up to the journey. So it was just her, grandpa and Luke..but they weren't around much. Luke was looking at locations for a new restaurant with Richard because they were thinking of going into a partnership. Luke wanted to expand anyways. That left her all by herself studying and going to physo. Not to mention the time she spent with Tristan. He was definitely different than she once thought.

Thinking of Tristan Rory wheeled into the kitchen. There she found Isabella, their new maid.thanks to her grandmother. Isabella was young, early 20's with flaming red hair. It was quiet possible that she had some sort of Irish blood in her. 'Hey Izzy'

'Hi Rory, how are you doing today?' Isabella had a secret job. She was to make sure that Rory was ok. To make sure she didn't hurt herself. But, she kind of liked the kid to.

'Great!.I think I'll be able to walk soon.' Rory's smile was so bright Isabella couldn't help but smile back.

'That's amazing.really.' She paused for a moment 'do u need a ride to physo today?'

'Nope, Tristan's taking me.' Rory started to run her fingers through her hair. Tristan would be there any minute.

Noticing the gesture Izzy smiled. 'Don't worry about it Rory, you look amazing.'

Just then they heard a knock on the kitchen door. Through the window they could see Tristan's smiling face. Rory waved as Izzy opened the door.

'Hi Rory' He nodded at Izzy. Her heart gave a little flutter. He was so amazing she thought. 'Ready to go?' he asked.

'Yup' she started to wheel out of the kitchen to the front of the house. The kitchen door was too small for her to get through.

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It took them half an hour to reach the Physo office. It was a huge brick building with five floors. This was one of Rory's favorite buildings in the whole city. 'Do u want me to carry you up to the office?' he asked.

Rory looked at him. Something was in her eyes; he just couldn't make it out. 'No' she said after a minute 'we'll just take the elevator.' Tristan got the wheelchair out of the back seat, and then got her out of the front. When she was in the chair she wheeled into the elevator. 'Miss Gilmore he's ready for you' the receptionist said to them as soon as they came through the doors.

'Rory' Dr Chamberlain said from behind huge wire rimmed glasses. 'How are you feeling today?' Rory was one of his favorite patients.

'Great, I feel like I might be making progress.' Rory smiled at the Doctor.

'Fantastic. Today we're going to take an X-ray of you pelvis. If it has healed as much as we hope then u can start to try and walk with the crutches. But that won't happen if it's not healed enough, or if it is.it isn't healed properly.' The Doctor gestured to Tristan.

Tristan knew what it meant. He walked over to Rory and picked her up to put her on the X-ray table. Ten minutes later the X-Rays were finished. There was only the waiting left.

Rory was afraid to speak, to let her joy out. What if, her mind kept saying. What if she couldn't walk yet? She hated the chair. She wanted to walk.needed to. He was going to walk down the isle at her moms wedding. She had to.

Tristan couldn't stand it anymore. He hated silence...but he hated the panicked look on Rory's face more. Damnit he wanted those results. What would it be like to see her walk again? To see her face light up like it hadn't for so long. He needed to see it. He needed the joy, he needed her.

'Rory, Tristan,' Doctor Chamberlain came in holding the x-Rays. 'I haven't looked at these yet; I thought it would be better if all of us looked at it at the same time.' They gathered around Rory. The light which u put the X- rays under was on the other side of her. He put the X-Rays under the light. 'Well.Rory do you see the here?' He pointed to a small break on her right side 'Well, that's suppose to still be broken' He smiled 'that's the longest part of the pelvis to heal. But it's on its way. That's the only problem I can see, and it's not a big problem. I'll get your crutches.' He shook Rory's hand. 'Congratulations.' Then he walked out.

She squealed, then laughed, then cried. She couldn't believe it. She has been in the chair for almost two months. Finally. She looked at Tristan and saw a huge smile on his face. 'Come here' she motioned with her hands. He came over, took her hand and brought it to his lips. Rory's heart seemed to beat harder. She could feel her face go hot, so she smiled.

'Thank-you' She said. Then out of nowhere, she hugged him. So hard it hurt him, and her. She held on until Doctor Chamberlain came back in with her crutches. Together they walked out of the building.

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'LUKE!' Rory screamed. She was half laughing. 'GRANDPA!' she moved swiftly on her crutches. Luke and Richard came running down the stairs.it was a very odd sight. 'Rory! What's wrong?' Then Luke saw the crutches 'Oh My God! Richard.she's on crutches!' Luke was so excited and happy he went to hug her.but stopped because he was afraid to hurt her.

'I can see that Luke' Richard smiled at his granddaughter and hugged her. He wasn't afraid.

'You now you can hug me Luke, I'm not going to fade away or anything.' She smiled and walked on her crutches over to Luke and wrapped him in a huge hug. 'I'm going to call mom and grandma.

Rory dialed her mothers cell phone number. It only took two rings for her mom to answer in an irritated voice. 'What?' The dressmakers tugging distracted Lorelei.

'mom' Rory smiled. She could just imagine what was going on.

'RORY!' Lorelei yelled. 'Hey Monty (she said in a mock British accent) get you're busy hands off me.' Rory laughed and heard a very rude comment coming from 'Monty'. 'Darrrrling what can I do you for?' She decided to keep her accent.

'Mom.guess what?' Before Lorelei could answer Rory blurted it out 'I'm on Crutches!' She heard crying on the other end of the phone. 'Mom, what's wrong?'

'Monty poked my with a pin!' Her baby was walking! 'Mom! Rory's on crutches!' They talked excitedly for a few minutes then hung up.

Rory decided she was going to have a party. Not a big one. Just Her, Luke, Grandpa, Tristan, and a few new friends. Mom and Emily would be there within the next week. That's when she would have it. Ye s, a party would be the perfect way to celebrate getting out of the chair.