Okay, thanks everyone for the positive reviews! I finally forced myself to sit down and write this, so I hope you enjoy it, it took two hours! xD

Disclaimer:I own nothing but the plot, which I really should take to the producers of Gilmore Girls...anywho, no touching the plot or I will poke you until the give it back. This can be very annoying, I warn you.

One Year Later

Luke wiped down the counter with a damp cloth, wiping a bead of sweat from his forehead. As usual, Rory and Lorelai were on his mind. He wondered how Rory was doing, and how Lorelai was handling the fact that this was the one year anniversary of Rory's coma. Ever since Rory had fallen into the coma, Lorelai hadn't been the same. She now read a lot, mostly books from Rory's collection. Luckily, Luke and Lorelai's relationship hadn't changed; well, it had, of course, but for the better. They were now much closer, going together to visit Rory every day. All of Stars Hollow visited her sometime during the month; she was very good for confiding in. Luke himself had gone to talk to her many times before, comforted by the fact that while she couldn't talk, she could listen. But Rory was still very missed; everyone missed her, although the fact that they could still visit her helped a lot.

Luke looked up again, and something caught his eye. There was a boy, well, a teenager, standing outside the diner, just looking at him. He would recognize that sullen look and leather jacket anywhere. Jess was back.

He walked out of the diner, which was in a lull due to the fact that most of Stars Hollow's citizens were working, and so he was free to confront his nephew without having to worry about the customers.

"Jess…what are you doing here?"

Jess looked his uncle straight in the eyes, something he had only done once before. "Liz has been pestering me to visit for a while, so I came down for a week or so."

"Oh. Uh…where are you staying?" Jess shrugged. "Is there still a couch up there?"

Luke sighed, taking one of Jess's bags from him. "Come on. The lunch rush starts in about an hour, so you'll have a chance to get settled in."

Jess had once again fallen into the diner's rhythm. He rushed around with Luke, taking orders, refilling drinks, and once mixing up a milkshake for Lane, who hurriedly looked away when she saw him. In fact, a lot of the customers recognized him and looked away. He only knew them because Rory had introduced him to them…suddenly he realized who was missing from the lunchtime madhouse.

"Hey, Luke, where's Lorelai and Rory?"

Luke cringed at the name Rory. "Lorelai will be here soon."

"And Rory?"

Luke cringed again. "Can we talk about this later? I need you take that couple's orders." Jess, still puzzled, did what he was asked, but his mind was wandering Why was Luke uncomfortable talking about Rory? It was weird.

He heard the bell over the door jingle, and in walked Lorelai, looking very distraught. She kissed Luke on the cheek, whispering something in his ear. He snuck a peek at Jess, whispering back to her. Lorelai whirled around to look at Jess.

"Jess…you're back." He nodded. "Hi." He finished taking the couple's orders, and walked around back to fill up two glasses full of soda. When he came out again, Lorelai was seated at the counter, a cup of coffee in hand. Luke gave him a look, which clearly said, "Don't you dare even THINK about talking to her." Jess, taking the hint, felt the urge to be rebelious and go over to strike up a conversation, but hesteered away from Lorelai, wondering what his uncle was so worried about. He was still wondering where in the world Rory could be.

It was two hours later that the last lunchtime customer left, and Luke put up the closed sign. Jess watched him, confused. The only person remaining was Lorelai. "Ready to go?" She asked Luke, who nodded, starting out the door.

"Where are you going?" Jess asked.

"Well, to visit Rory, of course…" Before Lorelai could finish, Luke was whispering hurriedly to her, pulling her back behind the counter. He listened carefully, hearing Lorelai shout, "What do you MEAN you didn't tell him?" and "Well, he's going to find out eventually, and I'd rather tell him now than have someone else mention it and him wonder why you didn't bother to tell him!" Finally, they seemed to come to a compromise, because Lorelai sighed and quietly said, "Okay. I guess that'll work." A few moments later, they were both standing in front of Jess. "Jess, we'd like you to come with us."

"Where are we going?" he asked suspiciously.

Lorelai looked up to Luke, who shook his head. "You'll see."

Jess, confused but intrigued, followed them out to Lorelai's Jeep, sitting in the back while Luke and Lorelai sat whispering in the front. After what seemed like and hour, but what was really just a few minutes, they parked in the parking lot of a huge, grey and white stone building. Jess looked up to see the words Stars Hollow Medical Center etched into the stone.

"Wha…?" Jess tried to question, but Luke interrupted. "Come on, Jess, let's go." He fell silent, following Lorelai and Luke as they made their way through a maze of hospital rooms, avoiding cart pushing nurses and doctors walking into various rooms. After a while, they stopped at a large looking room. The door was shut. Lorelai looked from Luke to Jess, took a deep breath, and opened the door.

Jess looked cautiously inside, as if something was going to jump out at him. There was Rory, lying on a hospital bed, the sheets drawn neatly up to her chin. Her dark hair was neatly brushed to fan out behind her, and she appeared to be sleeping very peacefully, as she had a slight smile and her face and her baby blue eyes were closed. There were a few tubes stuck into her skin, and a dozen or so monitors and machines were humming and beeping around them.

Lorelai walked in, kissing Rory on the forehead. "Hey, babe. How're you doing today?" When Rory didn't stir, Jess shot Luke a puzzled look, but Luke didn't meet his eyes, just bent over to smooth down her hair. "Hey, Rory." Again, she didn't stir, just continued to stay still and quiet.

"Okay, what the hell is going on here?" Jess demanded loudly, sure that this would wake the sleeping Rory. But she didn't even react.

Lorelai took a deep breath. "Jess, for exactly a year today, Rory has been in a coma. She was hit by a car, and…" her voice cracked, and Luke wrapped an arm around her, pulling her close to him. "She's been like this ever since." She turned to bury her head into Luke's chest, tears leaking through his flannel shirt. Luke wrapped both arms around her this time, pulling her close and holding her. Jess shook his head slowly. "No. That couldn't be. Rory couldn't be. Rory couldn't be…this is a joke, right? Right?" He was screaming now, and the nurses were gathering outside. This wasn't happening. He had been looking forward to seeing Rory, to tell her he was sorry, sorry for leaving without even a word. Now she had done the exact thing to him. He pushed his way through the nurses, running outside. He needed to smoke, very badly. This wasn't happening to him…Rory wasn't in a coma…she wasn't gone…soon she would be waking up and she would come down and say that she was sorry that they had pulled that kind of sick prank on him, that she was really just fine, that she had missed him…this couldn't be happening to him. It couldn't be.

But even as he told himself this, he knew that it was. Rory had been hit by a car, had been in a coma for a whole year…and he hadn't been there for her. Yes, this was really happening.

This was really happening to him.

Yay, I finished the second chapter! Now I'm a little addicted, actually, so next chapter very soon! Now to answer some stuff...

Summer:I know I want to see how Jess shows up in the picture, how long she is in a coma and how it is handled

Me: Well, you found out about Jess...you will find out more about the other two very soon, I promise!

Tay : As far as the story line goes, when does this take place?

Me: Good question. I still have to figure that out, but I will get back to you on that very soon!

music4mysoul: I'm kinda curious why Dean was the one to call Luke, is he with Rory?

and Gilmore-Buffy-Fan13: Are Rory and Dean together?

Me: Let me say this right now: Yes, they are, he has been waiting for her...but this may not be so for very long...-hint hint-

Dione Robertson: What will Rory think about during her coma? What will people said to her? Will Jess and Dean fight it out all over the hospital before she wakes up?

Me: xD Well, The next chapter should explain bits and parts of these questions, tune in!

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