Chapter Two: Hospital Calls, the Waiting Room, and oh yeah, those special moments
Author: x identaty
Story title: Don't Judge the Bad Boy
A/N : Here's the second chapter, read and review please, it feeds my soul. Also I am looking for a beta. Anyone interested? If you are email me . Thanks a bunch.
Cause im young and im hopeless
im lost and I know this
im going nowhere fast that's what they say
im troublesome I've fallen
im angry at my father
its me against this world and I don't care
I don't care
The young and the hopeless, by Good Charlotte
A/N: this song, at reminds me of Jess, especially the chorus.
Previously on Gilmore girls:
Luke: Who the hell is this?
Boy: I'm Brian, Jess' friend from New York.
Jess : On the phone : How the fuck did you let that happen ?
Jess : to Luke I'm going to New York.
Luke : why?
Jess : friend in trouble
Jess : This are the numbers you can reach me by .( Jess gives Luke two numbers )
Jess is crossing the street when the car hits him .
"Come on Luke give me one more cup" wined Lorelai, following Luke around the diner. She already had five that Luke knew about, and now she was in process of begging for one more cup of coffee, which he refused to give her. So it was the usual day in Stars Hollow.
"No, it'll kill you." Luke repeated the line that was said million times before, every day that Loralia came to beg for coffee, which really was every single day. as if from a script.
"Come on Luke give me one more cup! What will it do to you? Please!" said Lorelai giving Luke her lost puppy eyes.
Luke sighed, he knew he would give in, he always did. He never could refuse her lost puppy look, or her pout-- actually he could never refuse her period. Still, he could make it worth while. He was about to refuse her once again, when the phone rang. Luke went to pick it up, while Lorelai sneaked around the counter, to refill her coffee.
Suddenly she stopped, when she noticed the expression on Luke's face.
Luke: "What?" he whispered to the phone.
Lorelai came closer to Luke, who was frozen in place. She took the phone from him and said,
(Phone conversation.)
Lorelai: This is Lorelai Gilmore, who am I speaking to?
Receptionist: This is Hartford Hospital, is this residence of Jess Mariano.
L: Yes, what happened?"
R: There was an accident early this morning. A drunk driver hit Mr. Mariano while he was crossing the street. Right now he is in the emergency room. We need his guardian to come down here to fill out forms as well as give the permission to operate.
Lorelai sighed.
L: "Give me the address" she wrote down the address and with a simple "we'll be there soon" she hung up the phone and turned to Luke who was as white as a ghost.
"Come on Luke, you can't fall apart now. We have to go the hospital. Jess needs you there."
Lorelai knew how much Luke cared for Jess. In a way, Jess was the only family Luke had, except his sister who obviously wasn't much help. Lorelai herself didn't posses any fuzzy feelings for Jess, she pretty much thought he was trouble. Mostly, because he reminded her of herself when she was his age, and Rory liked him. To her that could only lead to trouble, she was at least grateful that her daughter and nephew stopped being friends, but Loralia knew that everything wasn't as it seemed, she just hopped everything would turn out for the better in the end. Lorelai sighed; she could admit to herself that, she was afraid that Rory was going to end up like her. She knew Rory was a smart girl, but she also knew that she couldn't expect Rory to be perfect all the time. No one was perfect, especially not a teenager.
Suddenly Lorelai was brought back to reality by a loud whistle. It came from Luke, who had gotten over his shock.
"Listen up, people! I have a family emergency, the foods on the house. Now -get out!"
Lorelai smiled despite the situation. In her life she had few things that she knew she could always count on and she knew Luke was definitely on the top of that list. He was always there for her and Rory. He always said the thing she needed to hear, always helped her when she needed help, and always took charge when she couldn't. Lorelai got that strange tingly feeling in her stomach, when thinking about Luke it was always there, but she always pushed it back, but for what ever reason today she couldn't, and later thinking about it she would probably realize she didn't want to.
Lorelai wanted to mentally slap herself. This was Luke, her best friend. Her coffee supplier, and the stable man in her life. She didn't need to get those kinds of feelings for him, and she certainly didn't need them now. She knew Luke would need her to help him; it would be one of those rare occasions where she would have to support Luke, instead of other way around. Lorelai sighed for what seemed like the hundredth time in ten minutes. She looked around the diner and saw that it was now empty.
She saw Luke grabbing his keys with a shaking hand, and followed him out of the diner.
"You are not driving." said Lorelai in a firm tone. She took the keys from him, and got into the drivers seat, before Luke could react. Luke sighed and got into passengers seat. He really didn't feel like arguing, right then, all he wanted was to get to the hospital and make sure that Jess was okay.
Once they got to the hospital Luke quickly went to the receptionist to find out where Jess was and how he was. The receptionist told him that Jess was taken to a surgery since they could not wait for permission to operate. She handed him forms to fill in and told him to wait in the waiting room and that the doctor would find them as soon as the surgery was finished.
an hour later -----------------------
Luke and Lorelai were sitting on the couch in the waiting room. Luke hadn't said much except "You can go if you want. I'll be fine." , to which Lorelai of course replied that she would stay. He seemed to get out of his state of shock, that he fell in once again after he spoke to the receptionist.
Lorelai finally got tired of waiting for Luke to say something, so she took it upon herself.
L: "So you want to tell me what happened?"
Luke: "What do you mean Lorelai? You know what happened, there was a car accident. Jess was crossing a street and he was hit by a drunk driver.
L: Yes, I know that, but I mean before. You didn't seem surprised that Jess wasn't in school like he was supposed to be...wait hold on let me rephrase that, it looked as if you knew he wasn't in school like he was supposed to be on a Friday afternoon.
Luke sighed and began and began the tale of what happened that morning.
Luke: "This morning around five am, Jess got a call from one of his friends in New York, Brian or something. It seems one of his friends in New York was in trouble, he yelled at his friend for a while saying that how did he let her do that–"
L: "Her?" Asked Lorelai interrupting Luke.
Luke looked at her strangely and then said "Yeah, I think the friend in trouble is she. Lorelai, I've never seen Jess like that. After the phone call, he started packing random things into his duffel bag. I asked him some questions like when he was going, why, how long. He said he was going to New York, because hi friend was in trouble, he didn't know for how long. Lorelai..."
Luke took a deep breath and when he looked back up she saw tears in his eyes. Her Luke, the sweet but gruffly diner man who never liked to express any vulnerability. In that moment her heart broke for him.
"I knew that I couldn't stop him if I wanted to, he looked like he would tear anyone who would get in his way. I gave him some money and told him not to get into to much trouble. In return he gave me two numbers in New York, by which I could reach him. It was like we had an understanding."
Lorelai nodded not believing Jess could show that much emotion. It wasn't that she thought he couldn't show emotion besides sarcasm and anger, it was more like she didn't think he would allow himself. She guessed it was one of those things where you had to see it to believe it.
She padded Luke on the back and as she got up said "Don't worry, Jess will be fine. I'll go call Rory; she was supposed to meet me at home since we have Friday dinners. I should call her tell her what happened, I know she and jess aren't on the best terms, but I think she would like to be here. Plus I should call my mother and cancel tonight's dinner."
Luke: "Lorelai, you know I'll be fine. Besides god knows how long the operation will take, you should go.
Lorelai gave Luke an evil glare
L : "You silly silly man, and what go to Friday dinners with my dear mother instead? No thank you. I have a very true excuse for missing dinner tonight, besides I want to be here for you, like just like how you're always there for me."
Luke looked her in the eyes and for a moment Lorelai wasn't aware of the world around her. But moment's weren't meant to last forever. Luke gave her a thankful glance, as he got up from the couch too.
Luke: "Yeah, I should call Liz. I completely forgot to call her.
Once he was at the pay phones Luke reached into his pocket for some change, and with it he found a piece of paper. It was the one Jess gave him with the phone numbers. He stared at it for a while, before making a decision. He just hoped it was the right one.
A/N: Well this is for now, hope you liked it. The next chapter will come after the sixteenth; I've got tons of projects and tests with the end of the school year coming and all. Anyway comment, good, bad, criticism, anything… remember reviews feed my soul, and my muse, plus reviews make me update faster, so review please.
Thanks to the following people for a review:
deedee –yes indeed I must...and I'm glad you are hooked. I aim to please…..Now that deserves Loralai's "dirty". Hehehe.
pubnk – I do want to, so I will continue….cause I like the stories, and I love the reviews. So lets make a deal you review, I write. Deal?
Shauna3 – you loving the story gives me a happy. I'm glad you liked how I wrote Jess….me personally I love the whole package…just thinking about him makes me all dreamy…and now he is gone, Damn WB…Sniff…
lilyLOVESwb – your wish is my command, here was the update. By the way I love wb too, but sometimes I can strangle them…like when they canceled Jess' spin off, or canceled Angel. Not smart…not smart at all….
masamor99 – directly to the point, I like people who know what they want. Hope you enjoyed the new chappie.
mandraco – im glad you think so, that was what I was aiming for, intrigue. And I am glad that you find it interesting too.
smile1 – thanks for the review, this one and the one on the original version. On the account on what is the same and what isn't, well the first two chapters are mostly the same, I just added and deleted some stuff, but the real changes come in the later chapters. Thanks for the advice, I tried to keep to the small paragraphs in this chapter, don't know how well I succeeded, so let me know (shamelessly begging for you to review) and oh ya, I love Jess, and also I felt that his character went to the mud and that he wasn't his true self. So here is my version of Jess, I hope you like it.
Ready Freddy – yes you are, and stick around there just might be. I read the book for school and surprisingly enough, I loved it, loved it so much I just had to include these two characters. And what's so surprising is that usually school and reading don't make a good combination. I love to read, don't get me wrong, I just hate to be assigned to read. And if you didn't get the message yet, I LOVE JESS, I LOVE ALL THINGS JESS.
starshollow108– once again, your wish is my command, here you go some Loralai action…Rory will hopefully come in, in the next chapter we'll see how that goes.
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Hard days made me
Hard nights shaped me
I don't know they somehow saved me
And i know im making something out of this life they call nothing
i Take what i want
take what i need
you say it's wrong, but its right for me
I wont look down
Wont say im sorry
I know that only god can judge me
-part of the verse from The Young and the Hopeless.