hello. i have a wicked case of insomnia right now, but i think i already
mentioned that. that's the last time i get 14 hours of sleep in one night!
o, thanx for pointing out my typo. see, i have a major problem. i rely
on spell check because if i proofread my own story i butcher it to pieces
and change everything. so if u ever see something screwy just tell me,
i appreciate it!
***
disclaimer: i bought gilmore girls! i also gave a call to chad m. m. and
asked him to come back to the show. he agreed and so now he's going to
go to yale like rory. isn't this great? o wait, that was my dream last
night. my mistake!
***
chapter 18: Phone Calls
***
"Mom, where the hell have you been?" Rory cried into the payphone
at the hospital.
"Rory? What's the matter with you? Don't use that tone with me,"
Lorelai said. She was sitting with Luke in his apartment, sipping coffee.
Her cell phone had been turned off for the past few hours, and she had
just gotten around to turning it back on.
"Mom, are you sitting down?"
"Yes, Rory. What are you saying? Don't tell me you got into
another car crash with Jess and broke your arm. Ha ha," Lorelai joked.
"Mom, Jess and Lori were in a car accident," Rory said, her
voice broken and new tears falling down her face from her mother's light-
hearted joke.
"What?" Lorelai said. "Are you joking?"
"No, Mom. I'm serious," Rory said. Tristan came up behind her,
and she leaned against him, wishing she wasn't the one who had to tell
her mother.
"Oh my God," Lorelai whispered. "When?"
"More than two hours ago now," Rory answered. "They're in the
hospital. Lori is still in the Emergency ward and Jess just got admitted
to the ICU."
"Why didn't you call me and Luke?" she yelled. Luke looked over
at Lorelai, wondering what was happening.
"You weren't answering your phones," Rory said. "Mom, I'm on
the payphone and my time is running up. We're at Hartford Memorial."
Rory hung up.
Lorelai turned to Luke, tears starting to form in her eyes.
"Lori and Jess are in the hospital," she said.
Luke's eyes grew wide.
"There was a car accident, we have to go," she said. They both
got out of their seats and raced for Luke's car.
*****
"Rory!" Lorelai cried, rushing to her daughter who was sitting
with Tristan in the waiting room.
"Mom," she said, running into her mother's arms. The two held
each other and cried for a long period of time while Luke went to talk
to a nurse for information. Knowing this wasn't his place, Tristan went
to get coffee for the four of them.
"I called Dad," Rory sniffled when they finally pulled apart.
"Thank you honey," Lorelai said.
"He's on his way. I guess he was driving to Virginia tonight,
but he turned the car around and is coming up to Connecticut instead."
"That's good," Lorelai answered.
Luke approached them. "There's no news yet on either one of them,"
he said. "There are doctors in with them right now, so hopefully we will
know something soon."
Tristan returned with the coffee and passed it around, the four
of them sinking tiredly into the stiff waiting room chairs.
*****
When the doctor entered the waiting room he saw a heart wrenching
scene in front of him.
Rory's head was resting on Tristan's shoulder as she stared out
to space, and Tristan's head was placed on top of hers. Lorelai was
huddled up in a ball on one of the chairs, her head touching her knees
and the beautiful fabric of her ball gown. Luke was pacing the waiting
room nervously, wearing a hole into the much worn carpet.
"May I speak with the Gilmore and Mariano family please?" the
doctor asked. Immediately the three stood up, Luke stopped pacing, and
they walked towards the doctor.
"I'm Dr. Dunlap," he said, shaking hands with everyone. "Who
are the guardians?"
Luke and Lorelai stepped forward.
"I'm very sorry to have to tell you this, but both Lori and Jess
passed away several minutes ago."
Rory didn't remember anything after that, except for the feeling
of Tristan's strong arms surrounding her just before she hit the ground.
***
a/n: 19 is the last chapter. ok, i killed jess and im sorry, but i promise
in 19 everything will work out so that all u lit fans will at least be
happier than u r in this chapter. let me just say, jess and rory will
have a final conversation...
mentioned that. that's the last time i get 14 hours of sleep in one night!
o, thanx for pointing out my typo. see, i have a major problem. i rely
on spell check because if i proofread my own story i butcher it to pieces
and change everything. so if u ever see something screwy just tell me,
i appreciate it!
***
disclaimer: i bought gilmore girls! i also gave a call to chad m. m. and
asked him to come back to the show. he agreed and so now he's going to
go to yale like rory. isn't this great? o wait, that was my dream last
night. my mistake!
***
chapter 18: Phone Calls
***
"Mom, where the hell have you been?" Rory cried into the payphone
at the hospital.
"Rory? What's the matter with you? Don't use that tone with me,"
Lorelai said. She was sitting with Luke in his apartment, sipping coffee.
Her cell phone had been turned off for the past few hours, and she had
just gotten around to turning it back on.
"Mom, are you sitting down?"
"Yes, Rory. What are you saying? Don't tell me you got into
another car crash with Jess and broke your arm. Ha ha," Lorelai joked.
"Mom, Jess and Lori were in a car accident," Rory said, her
voice broken and new tears falling down her face from her mother's light-
hearted joke.
"What?" Lorelai said. "Are you joking?"
"No, Mom. I'm serious," Rory said. Tristan came up behind her,
and she leaned against him, wishing she wasn't the one who had to tell
her mother.
"Oh my God," Lorelai whispered. "When?"
"More than two hours ago now," Rory answered. "They're in the
hospital. Lori is still in the Emergency ward and Jess just got admitted
to the ICU."
"Why didn't you call me and Luke?" she yelled. Luke looked over
at Lorelai, wondering what was happening.
"You weren't answering your phones," Rory said. "Mom, I'm on
the payphone and my time is running up. We're at Hartford Memorial."
Rory hung up.
Lorelai turned to Luke, tears starting to form in her eyes.
"Lori and Jess are in the hospital," she said.
Luke's eyes grew wide.
"There was a car accident, we have to go," she said. They both
got out of their seats and raced for Luke's car.
*****
"Rory!" Lorelai cried, rushing to her daughter who was sitting
with Tristan in the waiting room.
"Mom," she said, running into her mother's arms. The two held
each other and cried for a long period of time while Luke went to talk
to a nurse for information. Knowing this wasn't his place, Tristan went
to get coffee for the four of them.
"I called Dad," Rory sniffled when they finally pulled apart.
"Thank you honey," Lorelai said.
"He's on his way. I guess he was driving to Virginia tonight,
but he turned the car around and is coming up to Connecticut instead."
"That's good," Lorelai answered.
Luke approached them. "There's no news yet on either one of them,"
he said. "There are doctors in with them right now, so hopefully we will
know something soon."
Tristan returned with the coffee and passed it around, the four
of them sinking tiredly into the stiff waiting room chairs.
*****
When the doctor entered the waiting room he saw a heart wrenching
scene in front of him.
Rory's head was resting on Tristan's shoulder as she stared out
to space, and Tristan's head was placed on top of hers. Lorelai was
huddled up in a ball on one of the chairs, her head touching her knees
and the beautiful fabric of her ball gown. Luke was pacing the waiting
room nervously, wearing a hole into the much worn carpet.
"May I speak with the Gilmore and Mariano family please?" the
doctor asked. Immediately the three stood up, Luke stopped pacing, and
they walked towards the doctor.
"I'm Dr. Dunlap," he said, shaking hands with everyone. "Who
are the guardians?"
Luke and Lorelai stepped forward.
"I'm very sorry to have to tell you this, but both Lori and Jess
passed away several minutes ago."
Rory didn't remember anything after that, except for the feeling
of Tristan's strong arms surrounding her just before she hit the ground.
***
a/n: 19 is the last chapter. ok, i killed jess and im sorry, but i promise
in 19 everything will work out so that all u lit fans will at least be
happier than u r in this chapter. let me just say, jess and rory will
have a final conversation...