THE BATHROOM
Jess walked in to find that he was alone and he started yelling and screaming and he threw things all over the floor, he looked at himself in the two large mirrors above the sinks. He saw himself, still alive while the love of his life was boardering on death.....if she were to die, she would die thinking he was still angry with her...he couldn't believe that he didn't make it more clear to her that he wasn't! He punched the mirrors where his face reflected and his knuckles began to bleed relentlessly, but he didn't care, he continued yelling at himself. Luke walked in on him and couldn't believe what he saw. Jess turned around. He had blood all over his hands and arms and his shirt and the blood had spattered all over his face and his pants. He looked insane. And he was insane...he was insane with anger and sadness....he had tears in his eyes and he just pushed passed Luke and ran out to God knows where....
WAITING ROOM
Lorelai had seen Jess run out and questioned Luke when he came back. "Luke...why did Jess leave?"
"I don't know...he went crazy in the bathroom....he was crazy....how did Lori take the news...."
"I don't know... She cried herself to sleep...again....i don't really know if she understands what's goin on or not...." Then they heard someone come up to them....it was the doctor...
"Hi...um......i have some bad news....." Lorelai and Luke stood up awaiting the worst. "Rory slipped into a coma about 10 minutes ago.....i am so sorry...but you can go in and see her now...it is very possible that she can hear you....please go in one at a time....at the most two...but uhh just follow me...." His voice was quite and soothing...but it didn't help the pain that Lorelai and Luke were feeling....Lorelai went in first leaving the sleeping Lori with Luke.
RORY'S ROOM
she walked in...Rory was pale and thin....thinner than usual....
"Hey hun...we drove over here from The Hollow today..." She laughed at her attempt to make a joke trying to keep her mood light.... "Lane said that she'd come over pretty soon....she misses you....just like the rest of us....Jess told us about....about what Dean did to you...hunny i'm sooo sorry. I wish you would have said something....we could have done something for you.....uhh....we called the police....they uhh.....they arrested Dean and put him in jail for assault...ya know...wife beating......that kid....he fooled a lot of peopl huh? He made you keep secrets from me.....i hate him more than I ever hated...well..more than I ever hated Jess....hahahaa....Jess has turned into quite the young man hasn't he? Well you probably were too mad at him to even notice right? Hahahaa.....well...he's sorry....for what he did...leaving you like that....he told me....i like him a lot better now that he's changed...made a life for himself.....hun...he loves you..it's so obvious....just..give him another chance....and i'm sure he'll take it.....but...uhhh....oh hey Lori's awake...i guess i'll let Luke and Lori come in now...." She motioned for Luke to come in and Lorelai stood outside and watched them.
"Hey Ror...uhhh....how are ya....wow that was a stupid question..."
"MOMMY!! Mommy? Hey Mommy?" Lori walked over to her mom and poked her shoulder, but Rory didn't move. "Mommy? Bo Bo why isn't mommy talking to me?"
Luke held back his tears as he thought that this precious little girl may never get to speak to her mother again....he'd been through that kind of pain but she was only 5...she wouldn't understand..... "She's really tired Lori...can I talk to your mommy alone for a sec?"
"But she's tired!!"
"Please Lor...."
"Otay...." Lori walked out and stood next to her grandmother....
"Hey Ror....i guess I already said that huh?...ror..i'm so sorry that I wasn't there for you when Dean would.....you know...do THAT to you....i'm really not good at this small talk thing....i guess you've already realized that....Ror...we miss you...please come back to us....." Luke stood up slowly and kissed her forehead and walked out to join his wife...Lori tugged at Lorelai's shirt for her to bend down...
"Can I go talk to mommy now??"
"Sure honey...but she won't be able to talk back..."
"Why?"
"You can still talk to her...but she won't answer back...cuz she's....sleeping....so....why don't you go on in there and just tell her that you love her...ok?" Lorelai felt terrible...Lori couldn't understand...but she let her go in anyway.
Lori stepped in quietly so she wouldn't wake her mommy up.... "Hi mommy. Guess what! Daddy won't be hurting u anymoe....please wake up soon mommy....i miss u....i wuv you." And with that she jumped up on the bed and fell asleep next to her mommy. Lorelai and Luke just let her sleep a little while never getting enough of the adorable picture of this mother and daughter....then after about and hour of just starring....they decided to go wake up Lori...they picked her up and carried her back out into the waiting room. They knew that they should go home because it had been a long day, so they go in the car and left for a nearby hotel. They still had no idea where Jess could be.....but he was a big boy, he could take care of himself...right?
ONE WEEK LATER
It was 5 o'clock in the morning and Lorelai, Luke and Lori, still not knowing where on earth Jess could be, were waiting in the waiting room as usual as the doctors made their daily rounds checking on each patient. The three half asleep humans heard someone walk up behind them.....it was the doctor...he hadn't approached them in a week.
"Goodmorning!!" He sounded waaayyyy to cheerful for that time in the morning. It annoyed all three of them. "I have good news!! Your daughter is awake!!!" Lorelai and Luke's eyes opened wide hoping it wasn't some kind of dream... "She's a little groggy, but she's doing ok...this situation is looking up!!! Would you like to go visit her?"
"Would we like to go visit her?" Lorelai mocked "Are you kidding!! Of course!!!" The doctor led them into the long hallway, and luke cringed as he saw all the patients...he hated hospitals....the doctor told them that only one at a time could go in.
RORY'S ROOM
Lorelai went first........"Honey?"
"Mom?" Rory looked over in her mother's direction.
"Hey sweets...how are you?"
"I feel like.......crap....how's Lori....is she ok?" Lorelai could tell it was very difficult for Rory to talk.
"She's fine...."
"Good...how did I get here...Lori doesn't know how to use my phone...."
"Uhhh...well Lori ran to find help...and she bumped into.....uhh....Jess...."
"Jess?" Her breath caught in her throat....
"Yeah....but uhhh....he uhh..."
"He....what?"
"He left...I mean...he was really upset...."
"I want to talk to him mom...i have to tell him what happened..." Rory began to cry remembering the way she treated him...... "Please find him...."
"Uhh...ok...i can do that....let me send Luke in....ok...and i'll go find Jess..."
"Mk..." She sounded so incredibly weak it made Lorelai cringe as she stepped out of the room... "Lukey it's your turn...i'm going to find Jess...take Lori in with you...she's small they won't see her..."
Luke and Lori walked in and Lori finally woke up. "Mommy!! How are you?"
"I'm good sweetie....happy birthday hunny..."
"Oh yeah it is my birtday today in't it..."
"Yep! How old are ya!?!" Even though Rory already knew she wanted to know if Lori could tell her.
"5 yeaws old." She said proudly, holding up 5 fingers.
"Very good sweetie." Said Luke, joining in.
"Hey Luke...."
"Hey Ror...how are you....really...."
"Umm...i'm in a little bit of pain....but it's not too bad ya know..."
WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK
Lorelai had remembered him telling Rory one time that he loved Washington Square Park...so that's where she looked first. And she was right....there he was sitting on a bench... "Hey Jess..."
Jess looked up startled.... "Hey..." He still had blood all over him and his knuckles were swollen.
"Jess where have you been...and why do you look like you haven't showered in days...." She gaped at his greesed, bloody body.
"That would be because I haven't." He said bluntly with a twinge of his trademark sarcasm.
"Well...ok...uhh....i have some news...." Jess cringed knowing it had to bad for LORELAI of all people to come looking for him...., "she's awake....and...she wants to see you..." Jess's head shot up not believeing what he just heard....
"I thought the doctor's said she wasn't doing good..."
"Well....she isn't....but...she's awake right now....and she wants to see you....so let's get you cleaned up and let's get you over there....how bout it...." She tried to sound as cheerful as possible....
"Uhhh...."
Jess walked in to find that he was alone and he started yelling and screaming and he threw things all over the floor, he looked at himself in the two large mirrors above the sinks. He saw himself, still alive while the love of his life was boardering on death.....if she were to die, she would die thinking he was still angry with her...he couldn't believe that he didn't make it more clear to her that he wasn't! He punched the mirrors where his face reflected and his knuckles began to bleed relentlessly, but he didn't care, he continued yelling at himself. Luke walked in on him and couldn't believe what he saw. Jess turned around. He had blood all over his hands and arms and his shirt and the blood had spattered all over his face and his pants. He looked insane. And he was insane...he was insane with anger and sadness....he had tears in his eyes and he just pushed passed Luke and ran out to God knows where....
WAITING ROOM
Lorelai had seen Jess run out and questioned Luke when he came back. "Luke...why did Jess leave?"
"I don't know...he went crazy in the bathroom....he was crazy....how did Lori take the news...."
"I don't know... She cried herself to sleep...again....i don't really know if she understands what's goin on or not...." Then they heard someone come up to them....it was the doctor...
"Hi...um......i have some bad news....." Lorelai and Luke stood up awaiting the worst. "Rory slipped into a coma about 10 minutes ago.....i am so sorry...but you can go in and see her now...it is very possible that she can hear you....please go in one at a time....at the most two...but uhh just follow me...." His voice was quite and soothing...but it didn't help the pain that Lorelai and Luke were feeling....Lorelai went in first leaving the sleeping Lori with Luke.
RORY'S ROOM
she walked in...Rory was pale and thin....thinner than usual....
"Hey hun...we drove over here from The Hollow today..." She laughed at her attempt to make a joke trying to keep her mood light.... "Lane said that she'd come over pretty soon....she misses you....just like the rest of us....Jess told us about....about what Dean did to you...hunny i'm sooo sorry. I wish you would have said something....we could have done something for you.....uhh....we called the police....they uhh.....they arrested Dean and put him in jail for assault...ya know...wife beating......that kid....he fooled a lot of peopl huh? He made you keep secrets from me.....i hate him more than I ever hated...well..more than I ever hated Jess....hahahaa....Jess has turned into quite the young man hasn't he? Well you probably were too mad at him to even notice right? Hahahaa.....well...he's sorry....for what he did...leaving you like that....he told me....i like him a lot better now that he's changed...made a life for himself.....hun...he loves you..it's so obvious....just..give him another chance....and i'm sure he'll take it.....but...uhhh....oh hey Lori's awake...i guess i'll let Luke and Lori come in now...." She motioned for Luke to come in and Lorelai stood outside and watched them.
"Hey Ror...uhhh....how are ya....wow that was a stupid question..."
"MOMMY!! Mommy? Hey Mommy?" Lori walked over to her mom and poked her shoulder, but Rory didn't move. "Mommy? Bo Bo why isn't mommy talking to me?"
Luke held back his tears as he thought that this precious little girl may never get to speak to her mother again....he'd been through that kind of pain but she was only 5...she wouldn't understand..... "She's really tired Lori...can I talk to your mommy alone for a sec?"
"But she's tired!!"
"Please Lor...."
"Otay...." Lori walked out and stood next to her grandmother....
"Hey Ror....i guess I already said that huh?...ror..i'm so sorry that I wasn't there for you when Dean would.....you know...do THAT to you....i'm really not good at this small talk thing....i guess you've already realized that....Ror...we miss you...please come back to us....." Luke stood up slowly and kissed her forehead and walked out to join his wife...Lori tugged at Lorelai's shirt for her to bend down...
"Can I go talk to mommy now??"
"Sure honey...but she won't be able to talk back..."
"Why?"
"You can still talk to her...but she won't answer back...cuz she's....sleeping....so....why don't you go on in there and just tell her that you love her...ok?" Lorelai felt terrible...Lori couldn't understand...but she let her go in anyway.
Lori stepped in quietly so she wouldn't wake her mommy up.... "Hi mommy. Guess what! Daddy won't be hurting u anymoe....please wake up soon mommy....i miss u....i wuv you." And with that she jumped up on the bed and fell asleep next to her mommy. Lorelai and Luke just let her sleep a little while never getting enough of the adorable picture of this mother and daughter....then after about and hour of just starring....they decided to go wake up Lori...they picked her up and carried her back out into the waiting room. They knew that they should go home because it had been a long day, so they go in the car and left for a nearby hotel. They still had no idea where Jess could be.....but he was a big boy, he could take care of himself...right?
ONE WEEK LATER
It was 5 o'clock in the morning and Lorelai, Luke and Lori, still not knowing where on earth Jess could be, were waiting in the waiting room as usual as the doctors made their daily rounds checking on each patient. The three half asleep humans heard someone walk up behind them.....it was the doctor...he hadn't approached them in a week.
"Goodmorning!!" He sounded waaayyyy to cheerful for that time in the morning. It annoyed all three of them. "I have good news!! Your daughter is awake!!!" Lorelai and Luke's eyes opened wide hoping it wasn't some kind of dream... "She's a little groggy, but she's doing ok...this situation is looking up!!! Would you like to go visit her?"
"Would we like to go visit her?" Lorelai mocked "Are you kidding!! Of course!!!" The doctor led them into the long hallway, and luke cringed as he saw all the patients...he hated hospitals....the doctor told them that only one at a time could go in.
RORY'S ROOM
Lorelai went first........"Honey?"
"Mom?" Rory looked over in her mother's direction.
"Hey sweets...how are you?"
"I feel like.......crap....how's Lori....is she ok?" Lorelai could tell it was very difficult for Rory to talk.
"She's fine...."
"Good...how did I get here...Lori doesn't know how to use my phone...."
"Uhhh...well Lori ran to find help...and she bumped into.....uhh....Jess...."
"Jess?" Her breath caught in her throat....
"Yeah....but uhhh....he uhh..."
"He....what?"
"He left...I mean...he was really upset...."
"I want to talk to him mom...i have to tell him what happened..." Rory began to cry remembering the way she treated him...... "Please find him...."
"Uhh...ok...i can do that....let me send Luke in....ok...and i'll go find Jess..."
"Mk..." She sounded so incredibly weak it made Lorelai cringe as she stepped out of the room... "Lukey it's your turn...i'm going to find Jess...take Lori in with you...she's small they won't see her..."
Luke and Lori walked in and Lori finally woke up. "Mommy!! How are you?"
"I'm good sweetie....happy birthday hunny..."
"Oh yeah it is my birtday today in't it..."
"Yep! How old are ya!?!" Even though Rory already knew she wanted to know if Lori could tell her.
"5 yeaws old." She said proudly, holding up 5 fingers.
"Very good sweetie." Said Luke, joining in.
"Hey Luke...."
"Hey Ror...how are you....really...."
"Umm...i'm in a little bit of pain....but it's not too bad ya know..."
WASHINGTON SQUARE PARK
Lorelai had remembered him telling Rory one time that he loved Washington Square Park...so that's where she looked first. And she was right....there he was sitting on a bench... "Hey Jess..."
Jess looked up startled.... "Hey..." He still had blood all over him and his knuckles were swollen.
"Jess where have you been...and why do you look like you haven't showered in days...." She gaped at his greesed, bloody body.
"That would be because I haven't." He said bluntly with a twinge of his trademark sarcasm.
"Well...ok...uhh....i have some news...." Jess cringed knowing it had to bad for LORELAI of all people to come looking for him...., "she's awake....and...she wants to see you..." Jess's head shot up not believeing what he just heard....
"I thought the doctor's said she wasn't doing good..."
"Well....she isn't....but...she's awake right now....and she wants to see you....so let's get you cleaned up and let's get you over there....how bout it...." She tried to sound as cheerful as possible....
"Uhhh...."