Chapter 10: Never Was and Never Will Be
[Dean]
Dean limped and carried Rory into the hospital. Lindsay ran ahead of him up to Ellen the receptionist.
"We need to see a doctor," she said. "Both of them do. They were beat up pretty bad."
"Is that Rory Gilmore?" Ellen asked.
"Yes," Lindsay said.
"I'll page Dr. Weinstein," Ellen said.
Dean took the clip on case that held Rory's cell phone off the belt loop of her pants and scanned her phone book for Lorelai's phone number. Because of his fingers, he had to cup the phone in his left hand. He pushed the speed dial number for Lorelai's cell phone. Lorelai answered immediately.
"Hey, kiddo," Lorelai said. "I'm in a meeting for the Dragon Fly. I'll call you ba-"
"Lorelai, it's me," Dean said.
"Dean? What are you doing with Rory's phone?"
"You have to come back to the hospital."
"Why?"
"I will tell you when you get here."
"Why can't you tell me now?"
"It's too complicated."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
Dean hung up the phone.
"Dean, you should see a doctor," Lindsay said.
"I can't," Dean said. "I have to wait for Lorelai."
"I'll wait for her. Go see a doctor."
"No."
"If I had a mirror with me I would hold it up in front of your face to see what it looks like, but I'm just going to have to paint you a mental picture. You have a black eye. You've got bruises all over your face and its all cut up. Plus, I've noticed you've been holding the phone weird and that you've been limping."
"Fine. I'll go."
Dean came out an hour later. He had two broken fingers and his ankle was sprained. Lindsay just hung up the pay phone.
"Did Lorelai come yet?" Dean asked.
"No," Lindsay said. "I called Mitch to pick me up. He's going to stop beating you up now."
"Is he beating me up because like everyone else at school?" Dean asked. "Because he thinks I was a bad husband?"
"No," Lindsay said. "My roommate's sister, Susan who also goes to our school, started a rumor that after my dates with Mitch, you would beat me or rape me."
"What?" Dean was furious. "Why would I do that?"
"Everyone at school doesn't know who you really are," Lindsay said. "They think you're Dean Forester, the evil husband from Stars Hollow who married girls just to sleep with them. They don't know Dean Forester, the sweet guy who cares about everyone."
A car pulled up to the entrance and beeped.
"That's Mitch," Lindsay said. "I have to go. Good luck."
Lindsay ran outside and bumped into Lorelai who was running in. She looked horrified when she saw Dean. She started questioning him.
"Oh, my god!" she exclaimed. "What happened to you? Why did you call me down here? Where's Rory? What's going on?"
"Calm down," Dean said. "I'll tell you what happened. Did Rory tell you about my life at school?"
"Yeah," Lorelai answered.
"Well, today she witnessed it," Dean said. "Lindsay's new boyfriend was beating me up really bad and Rory was coming by to take me out for lunch. She saw the guy beating me up and she tried to get him to stop and he grabbed her cane from her and started beating me with it. She jumped in front of me and he hit her in the stomach and on the head and he knocked her out. Lindsay drove us to the hospital."
"Oh, my god!" Lorelai cried. "I have to see her!"
"She's in with Dr. Weinstein now."
"Is she okay?"
"I don't know."
Dean calmed Lorelai down. A half hour later, Lorelai covered up Dean's face with makeup and taught him how to use it so he could do it himself. An hour later, Dr. Weinstein came out.
"Is she okay, doctor?" Lorelai asked.
"Yes," Dr. Weinstein said. "We're going to keep her here tonight. We put her on painkillers. She's going to be asleep until tomorrow morning, but you can come in to see her now."
Dean and Lorelai walked into the room where they held Rory. She still had a few bruises and scars from the last accident, but other than that she looked fine. In Dean's opinion, she looked like an angel that was asleep.
He and Lorelai stayed for a while. At 11:00, Dean finally convinced her to go home. He wanted to stay alone with Rory. He should have told her to go. He should have picked her up after occupational therapy.
Dean climbed on to Rory's bed and lay next to her. He rested his head on her shoulder and wrapped his arms around her. Now he knew that things couldn't happen between them. The students at school probably thought he and Rory were going out. The abuse towards him would not only continue, but it would go to Rory as well. It was too dangerous. He couldn't see her again. It would only hurt to know that he couldn't be with her.
THE NEXT MORNING AT 7:00 A.M
"Dean, wake up," a voice said.
Dean opened his eyes. He had fallen asleep. He was still holding Rory. Lorelai was standing over him.
"Thank you," Lorelai said. "You should go home."
"I'm okay," Dean said.
"You have classes."
"I can miss them."
"Please let me spend some time with her."
"Okay."
Dean got up and took a piece of paper and a pad and wrote a note to Rory saying that he couldn't see her anymore and why and then handed it to Lorelai.
"Could you give this to her?" Dean asked her.
"Of course," Lorelai said.
Dean walked out of the hospital. A tear slid down his cheek. He knew it didn't have to be this way, but he knew it was better.
To Be Continued....
A/N: Chapter 11 is coming soon.
[Dean]
Dean limped and carried Rory into the hospital. Lindsay ran ahead of him up to Ellen the receptionist.
"We need to see a doctor," she said. "Both of them do. They were beat up pretty bad."
"Is that Rory Gilmore?" Ellen asked.
"Yes," Lindsay said.
"I'll page Dr. Weinstein," Ellen said.
Dean took the clip on case that held Rory's cell phone off the belt loop of her pants and scanned her phone book for Lorelai's phone number. Because of his fingers, he had to cup the phone in his left hand. He pushed the speed dial number for Lorelai's cell phone. Lorelai answered immediately.
"Hey, kiddo," Lorelai said. "I'm in a meeting for the Dragon Fly. I'll call you ba-"
"Lorelai, it's me," Dean said.
"Dean? What are you doing with Rory's phone?"
"You have to come back to the hospital."
"Why?"
"I will tell you when you get here."
"Why can't you tell me now?"
"It's too complicated."
"Okay, I'll be right there."
Dean hung up the phone.
"Dean, you should see a doctor," Lindsay said.
"I can't," Dean said. "I have to wait for Lorelai."
"I'll wait for her. Go see a doctor."
"No."
"If I had a mirror with me I would hold it up in front of your face to see what it looks like, but I'm just going to have to paint you a mental picture. You have a black eye. You've got bruises all over your face and its all cut up. Plus, I've noticed you've been holding the phone weird and that you've been limping."
"Fine. I'll go."
Dean came out an hour later. He had two broken fingers and his ankle was sprained. Lindsay just hung up the pay phone.
"Did Lorelai come yet?" Dean asked.
"No," Lindsay said. "I called Mitch to pick me up. He's going to stop beating you up now."
"Is he beating me up because like everyone else at school?" Dean asked. "Because he thinks I was a bad husband?"
"No," Lindsay said. "My roommate's sister, Susan who also goes to our school, started a rumor that after my dates with Mitch, you would beat me or rape me."
"What?" Dean was furious. "Why would I do that?"
"Everyone at school doesn't know who you really are," Lindsay said. "They think you're Dean Forester, the evil husband from Stars Hollow who married girls just to sleep with them. They don't know Dean Forester, the sweet guy who cares about everyone."
A car pulled up to the entrance and beeped.
"That's Mitch," Lindsay said. "I have to go. Good luck."
Lindsay ran outside and bumped into Lorelai who was running in. She looked horrified when she saw Dean. She started questioning him.
"Oh, my god!" she exclaimed. "What happened to you? Why did you call me down here? Where's Rory? What's going on?"
"Calm down," Dean said. "I'll tell you what happened. Did Rory tell you about my life at school?"
"Yeah," Lorelai answered.
"Well, today she witnessed it," Dean said. "Lindsay's new boyfriend was beating me up really bad and Rory was coming by to take me out for lunch. She saw the guy beating me up and she tried to get him to stop and he grabbed her cane from her and started beating me with it. She jumped in front of me and he hit her in the stomach and on the head and he knocked her out. Lindsay drove us to the hospital."
"Oh, my god!" Lorelai cried. "I have to see her!"
"She's in with Dr. Weinstein now."
"Is she okay?"
"I don't know."
Dean calmed Lorelai down. A half hour later, Lorelai covered up Dean's face with makeup and taught him how to use it so he could do it himself. An hour later, Dr. Weinstein came out.
"Is she okay, doctor?" Lorelai asked.
"Yes," Dr. Weinstein said. "We're going to keep her here tonight. We put her on painkillers. She's going to be asleep until tomorrow morning, but you can come in to see her now."
Dean and Lorelai walked into the room where they held Rory. She still had a few bruises and scars from the last accident, but other than that she looked fine. In Dean's opinion, she looked like an angel that was asleep.
He and Lorelai stayed for a while. At 11:00, Dean finally convinced her to go home. He wanted to stay alone with Rory. He should have told her to go. He should have picked her up after occupational therapy.
Dean climbed on to Rory's bed and lay next to her. He rested his head on her shoulder and wrapped his arms around her. Now he knew that things couldn't happen between them. The students at school probably thought he and Rory were going out. The abuse towards him would not only continue, but it would go to Rory as well. It was too dangerous. He couldn't see her again. It would only hurt to know that he couldn't be with her.
THE NEXT MORNING AT 7:00 A.M
"Dean, wake up," a voice said.
Dean opened his eyes. He had fallen asleep. He was still holding Rory. Lorelai was standing over him.
"Thank you," Lorelai said. "You should go home."
"I'm okay," Dean said.
"You have classes."
"I can miss them."
"Please let me spend some time with her."
"Okay."
Dean got up and took a piece of paper and a pad and wrote a note to Rory saying that he couldn't see her anymore and why and then handed it to Lorelai.
"Could you give this to her?" Dean asked her.
"Of course," Lorelai said.
Dean walked out of the hospital. A tear slid down his cheek. He knew it didn't have to be this way, but he knew it was better.
To Be Continued....
A/N: Chapter 11 is coming soon.