Chapter 10
Lorelai couldn't believe it. She Lorelai Gilmore was in bed with Luke Danes, the man whom she'd only just realized she was in love with. Glancing at Luke she realizes that he's been staring at her, "what?"
Lorelai can't believe her eyes, Luke's blushing, "nothing."
Lorelai adjusts herself in Luke's small bed and questions again, "no seriously Luke, what?"
"This just..." Luke trails off, unable or unwilling to finish.
"Feels right?" Lorelai asks and when Luke nods she adds, "I know, I feel it to." Lorelai seductively at Luke, "we need to have a serious talk about getting you a bigger bed. Because this one just isn't suitable."
Luke grins sheepishly at Lorelai before kissing her, his hands tangling in hair, "I guess we'll have to make do for now." When the kiss ends Lorelai stretches and wraps the sheet around her, "where are you going?"
"It's hot up here, and I need coffee." Lorelai responds.
"It is hot up here." Luke comments.
"Isn't the air conditioning working?" Lorelai asks.
"I'll go check."
"So we should talk." Jess' words are the only one to break the silence since Rory's statement along the same idea. "And I've been thinking."
"Jess..."
Jess shakes his head, "hang on Rory listen." Jess takes Rory's hand, "we can start all over Rory, we can have it all, get married, have another baby do it all again for all the right reasons this time."
"Jess..." The phone rings just as soon as Rory opens her mouth to say more and instinctively she picks it up, "what? Wait, slow down. All right, all right, I'll be right there. Jess, we have to go, something's happened."
"What?"
"Luke's, fire, we have to go." Rory is all ready nearly out the door before Jess is even on his feet.
"Who was that?" Jess asks as he chases Rory down the street toward Luke's, looking up he can see the smoke billowing into the sky.
"It was Miss Patty. " Rory breathlessly responds as they stop across the street from the diner, the closest they are being allowed.
"Thank God Luke's was closed today, no one was in inside." Babette comments as the entire town stands staring at the huge flames consuming their beloved diner.
"Luke and Lorelai are!" Jess calls out, "they were going over to give us a chance to talk." Rory's hand silent flies to her mouth and Jess grabs her hand as he pulls her with him weaving through the crowd so they can reach the police chief.
"You can't be up here." The man orders. "Now back up so we can get this fire put out."
"Wait!" Rory calls, "my mom's in there."
"You're sure?" The chief asks, "because the others said that no one would be inside."
Rory looks at Jess who nods and Rory whispers, "I'm positive. My Mom and Luke, the owner."
"All right," the chief nods, "we'll take care of it, now you need to back up."
"Rory!" Georgia's cry comes from behind Rory.
Rory whirls around and easily catches the little girl into her arms, holding her close as she watches with tear filled eyes as the fire continues to blaze. Cautiously Jess wraps an arm around Rory's shoulder and she leans into him gratefully, unsure as to whether she can stand or not without his support.
"Rory what's wrong?" Dean suddenly appears beside the group.
"Lorelai and Luke are inside." Jess responds for a silent Rory.
Rory doesn't pay attention to the quiet exchange between the once enemies, her eyes as closed as everything inside her prays that Lorelai and Luke will come out safely. But Rory's eyes fly open when she hears the sound of cheering and she watches with relief as Luke comes out of the building coughing, but the relief is short lived because Lorelai does not follow him out. Rory turns, "Jess," she whispers softly.
"It's all right Rory," but Jess' words loose all effect when Luke seems to rush back toward the diner. "All right, stay here." Jess gently shifts Rory's weight to Dean who quickly wraps his arm around Rory's waist because it becomes quickly apparent that she is no longer able to stand on her own. Rory squeeze Georgia tightly to her as she watches Jess push past the firemen, say something quickly to Luke and then hurry into the building. Once Jess rushes in Luke collapses in a fit of coughs and the newly arrived paramedics rush to his side. The next few minutes are spent breathlessly as Rory once again awaits two people to come rushing out of the building like Luke had been able to minutes before.
Ahead of them Rory can hear two of the firemen talking, "the boys insane, no one is coming out of that building." And without another world Rory's legs give out from under her and the entire world goes black.
"Rory! Rory! Wake up!" Lane's words break through the darkness and Rory sits up with a start.
Immediately Rory takes notice that her best friend is crying and she immediately bursts into tears, "they aren't coming out are they?"
Lane shakes her head, "Rory, your mom came out, they rushed her to the hospital but the building collapsed on Jess."
"No," Rory shakes her head whispering, "no."
"Rory, I'm so sorry."
Rory's breath comes in ragged gasps as she attempts to get her words out, "I need to go to the hospital, I need to see my mom."
"I'll take you," Dean helps Rory to her feet off of the ground he'd eased her to only minutes before.
Shaking Rory nods, "thank you," as she grabs onto his arm for support.
They make it to the hospital in record time and head straight for the ER and the instant she walks in Rory is pointed in the direction of her mother. "Mom!" Catching sight of her mother Rory can't help but notice that her hand is bandaged, running straight into her mother's arms Rory sobs.
"Oh baby," Lorelai smooths Rory's hair gently, "it'll be all right."
"He didn't come out." Rory sobs.
"I know sweetie," Lorelai hugs her daughter tightly, "I know."
Rory lets out a few ragged breaths, "are you OK?"
"I'm fine, just some burns on my hand from a table cloth that melted and some smoke inhalation, but I'll be fine. Where's Luke?"
"I'll go find him." Dean offers.
Rory sinks into the chair beside the bed Lorelai is sitting on, "he's gone." Rory sobs into her mother's lap and Lorelai runs her fingers gently through Rory's hair, unsure of any words that would ease her daughter's pain. Within minutes Rory sits up, "I have to go."
"Rory..."
"I'll be back." Rory responds, "I have to take care of something." Unsteadily Rory walks around the hospital until she finds what she is looking for, pushing the small inconspicious open Rory walks into the church chapel. Walking up the aisle Rory finally settles one in the middle, growing up she'd never spent a lot of time in churches, unless she was with Lane, it wasn't that she didn't believe in God it was just that...well she didn't know but they'd never really be into going to church for anything other than funerals or weddings.
"Is that why you are punishing me?" Rory asks into the empty room, "because I didn't go to church? Or what? What did I do to deserve all of this, what did I do for you to have to take everyone and everything I care about away." Rory takes a shaky breath, "you took my baby away. And then my Dad. And now you are taking Jess away from me too? Why? I've treated him badly I know, I should have told him about the baby but I just couldn't."
"Did you ever stop to think that maybe God's not punishing you?" The voice behind Rory causes her to whirl around.
"Excuse me?" Rory snaps.
"I couldn't help over hearing you." The voice belongs to a teenaged girl who has her hand gently resting on the pew and the long cane in her hand makes Rory realize that the girl is blind.
"What does any of this have to do with you?" Rory has no desire to talk to anyone, much less a stranger.
"I've been in your position before," the other girl seems to be 18, maybe a little younger, "I thought God hated me and I had done something wrong to deserve to be in the car accident that made me loose my sight."
Rory licks her lips, almost afraid of the answer to the question she is about to ask, "so how did you get over it? How do you ever get over the feeling that God must hate you for some reason?"
The girl lifts up her left hand and reveals a diamond ring, "I can't see it but I now it must be beautiful, I met my fiancee because I was blind, he was one of my readers and I would never have met him if it I hadn't been in the accident, so some days I get down on my knees and thank God for making me blind."
"I can't think like that," Rory shakes her head, "because unlike you I lost the love of my life I didn't gain him."
The girls shrugs, "everything happens for a reason."
On the next Gilmore Girls:
Jess stands before Rory his skin if flawless and he wears all white, a smile across his face as he holds a small baby in his arms, "Rory I'm okay, it's all right, I'm going to take care of our baby."
Rory feels the tears streaming down her cheeks, "no, I need you here with me. Please Jess, please just come back to me."
Lorelai couldn't believe it. She Lorelai Gilmore was in bed with Luke Danes, the man whom she'd only just realized she was in love with. Glancing at Luke she realizes that he's been staring at her, "what?"
Lorelai can't believe her eyes, Luke's blushing, "nothing."
Lorelai adjusts herself in Luke's small bed and questions again, "no seriously Luke, what?"
"This just..." Luke trails off, unable or unwilling to finish.
"Feels right?" Lorelai asks and when Luke nods she adds, "I know, I feel it to." Lorelai seductively at Luke, "we need to have a serious talk about getting you a bigger bed. Because this one just isn't suitable."
Luke grins sheepishly at Lorelai before kissing her, his hands tangling in hair, "I guess we'll have to make do for now." When the kiss ends Lorelai stretches and wraps the sheet around her, "where are you going?"
"It's hot up here, and I need coffee." Lorelai responds.
"It is hot up here." Luke comments.
"Isn't the air conditioning working?" Lorelai asks.
"I'll go check."
"So we should talk." Jess' words are the only one to break the silence since Rory's statement along the same idea. "And I've been thinking."
"Jess..."
Jess shakes his head, "hang on Rory listen." Jess takes Rory's hand, "we can start all over Rory, we can have it all, get married, have another baby do it all again for all the right reasons this time."
"Jess..." The phone rings just as soon as Rory opens her mouth to say more and instinctively she picks it up, "what? Wait, slow down. All right, all right, I'll be right there. Jess, we have to go, something's happened."
"What?"
"Luke's, fire, we have to go." Rory is all ready nearly out the door before Jess is even on his feet.
"Who was that?" Jess asks as he chases Rory down the street toward Luke's, looking up he can see the smoke billowing into the sky.
"It was Miss Patty. " Rory breathlessly responds as they stop across the street from the diner, the closest they are being allowed.
"Thank God Luke's was closed today, no one was in inside." Babette comments as the entire town stands staring at the huge flames consuming their beloved diner.
"Luke and Lorelai are!" Jess calls out, "they were going over to give us a chance to talk." Rory's hand silent flies to her mouth and Jess grabs her hand as he pulls her with him weaving through the crowd so they can reach the police chief.
"You can't be up here." The man orders. "Now back up so we can get this fire put out."
"Wait!" Rory calls, "my mom's in there."
"You're sure?" The chief asks, "because the others said that no one would be inside."
Rory looks at Jess who nods and Rory whispers, "I'm positive. My Mom and Luke, the owner."
"All right," the chief nods, "we'll take care of it, now you need to back up."
"Rory!" Georgia's cry comes from behind Rory.
Rory whirls around and easily catches the little girl into her arms, holding her close as she watches with tear filled eyes as the fire continues to blaze. Cautiously Jess wraps an arm around Rory's shoulder and she leans into him gratefully, unsure as to whether she can stand or not without his support.
"Rory what's wrong?" Dean suddenly appears beside the group.
"Lorelai and Luke are inside." Jess responds for a silent Rory.
Rory doesn't pay attention to the quiet exchange between the once enemies, her eyes as closed as everything inside her prays that Lorelai and Luke will come out safely. But Rory's eyes fly open when she hears the sound of cheering and she watches with relief as Luke comes out of the building coughing, but the relief is short lived because Lorelai does not follow him out. Rory turns, "Jess," she whispers softly.
"It's all right Rory," but Jess' words loose all effect when Luke seems to rush back toward the diner. "All right, stay here." Jess gently shifts Rory's weight to Dean who quickly wraps his arm around Rory's waist because it becomes quickly apparent that she is no longer able to stand on her own. Rory squeeze Georgia tightly to her as she watches Jess push past the firemen, say something quickly to Luke and then hurry into the building. Once Jess rushes in Luke collapses in a fit of coughs and the newly arrived paramedics rush to his side. The next few minutes are spent breathlessly as Rory once again awaits two people to come rushing out of the building like Luke had been able to minutes before.
Ahead of them Rory can hear two of the firemen talking, "the boys insane, no one is coming out of that building." And without another world Rory's legs give out from under her and the entire world goes black.
"Rory! Rory! Wake up!" Lane's words break through the darkness and Rory sits up with a start.
Immediately Rory takes notice that her best friend is crying and she immediately bursts into tears, "they aren't coming out are they?"
Lane shakes her head, "Rory, your mom came out, they rushed her to the hospital but the building collapsed on Jess."
"No," Rory shakes her head whispering, "no."
"Rory, I'm so sorry."
Rory's breath comes in ragged gasps as she attempts to get her words out, "I need to go to the hospital, I need to see my mom."
"I'll take you," Dean helps Rory to her feet off of the ground he'd eased her to only minutes before.
Shaking Rory nods, "thank you," as she grabs onto his arm for support.
They make it to the hospital in record time and head straight for the ER and the instant she walks in Rory is pointed in the direction of her mother. "Mom!" Catching sight of her mother Rory can't help but notice that her hand is bandaged, running straight into her mother's arms Rory sobs.
"Oh baby," Lorelai smooths Rory's hair gently, "it'll be all right."
"He didn't come out." Rory sobs.
"I know sweetie," Lorelai hugs her daughter tightly, "I know."
Rory lets out a few ragged breaths, "are you OK?"
"I'm fine, just some burns on my hand from a table cloth that melted and some smoke inhalation, but I'll be fine. Where's Luke?"
"I'll go find him." Dean offers.
Rory sinks into the chair beside the bed Lorelai is sitting on, "he's gone." Rory sobs into her mother's lap and Lorelai runs her fingers gently through Rory's hair, unsure of any words that would ease her daughter's pain. Within minutes Rory sits up, "I have to go."
"Rory..."
"I'll be back." Rory responds, "I have to take care of something." Unsteadily Rory walks around the hospital until she finds what she is looking for, pushing the small inconspicious open Rory walks into the church chapel. Walking up the aisle Rory finally settles one in the middle, growing up she'd never spent a lot of time in churches, unless she was with Lane, it wasn't that she didn't believe in God it was just that...well she didn't know but they'd never really be into going to church for anything other than funerals or weddings.
"Is that why you are punishing me?" Rory asks into the empty room, "because I didn't go to church? Or what? What did I do to deserve all of this, what did I do for you to have to take everyone and everything I care about away." Rory takes a shaky breath, "you took my baby away. And then my Dad. And now you are taking Jess away from me too? Why? I've treated him badly I know, I should have told him about the baby but I just couldn't."
"Did you ever stop to think that maybe God's not punishing you?" The voice behind Rory causes her to whirl around.
"Excuse me?" Rory snaps.
"I couldn't help over hearing you." The voice belongs to a teenaged girl who has her hand gently resting on the pew and the long cane in her hand makes Rory realize that the girl is blind.
"What does any of this have to do with you?" Rory has no desire to talk to anyone, much less a stranger.
"I've been in your position before," the other girl seems to be 18, maybe a little younger, "I thought God hated me and I had done something wrong to deserve to be in the car accident that made me loose my sight."
Rory licks her lips, almost afraid of the answer to the question she is about to ask, "so how did you get over it? How do you ever get over the feeling that God must hate you for some reason?"
The girl lifts up her left hand and reveals a diamond ring, "I can't see it but I now it must be beautiful, I met my fiancee because I was blind, he was one of my readers and I would never have met him if it I hadn't been in the accident, so some days I get down on my knees and thank God for making me blind."
"I can't think like that," Rory shakes her head, "because unlike you I lost the love of my life I didn't gain him."
The girls shrugs, "everything happens for a reason."
On the next Gilmore Girls:
Jess stands before Rory his skin if flawless and he wears all white, a smile across his face as he holds a small baby in his arms, "Rory I'm okay, it's all right, I'm going to take care of our baby."
Rory feels the tears streaming down her cheeks, "no, I need you here with me. Please Jess, please just come back to me."
