Chapter Title: Crash Course in Polite conversation, & the verdict is in.
The Stars Hollow gang was still sitting in the waiting room waiting for the doctor when they heard the noise coming from the nurse's station. That noise was the angry, loud yelling of a New York accented voice which belonged to a girl who was minutes away from strangling the nurse on the desk duty.
Luke looked over to the girl and saw that she was surrounded by three other guys and a girl. He knew that they had to be Jess' New York friends, the reason he was going to New York, and he also knew it was time to face his decision, and find out whether it was the right one or not.
Loralai and Rory looked confusedly at each other when Luke got up from his seat and went over to the New York gang, where the yelling girl finally stopped yelling and was being comforted by her friend.
He approached the group, who looked at him with caution, and a look that clearly said, "What the fuck do you want"
Luke cleared his voice uncomfortably and said,
" I'm Luke Danes, Jess' uncle, are you by any chance his friends from New York"
The two guys who were clearly the toughest of the group looked at each other, and seemingly came to an unspoken agreement.
"Yes, we are. I am Darry. You spoke to me on the phone. Do you know how he is?"
Luke shook his head, "No we are waiting for the doctor. He is still in the O.R." He though for a moment and then added, "Why don't you come over and wait with us" he motioned over to where Loralai and Rory were sitting, staring and not even bothering to hide it.
This time it was the hysterical girl who nodded and went towards the Gilmore Girls. The rest of the gang and Luke obediently followed.
All the while, the only thing Luke could think of was…..Two worlds collide.
Loralai looked at Luke with inquiring expression, and said in overly sweet voice, "Lucas would you like to introduce us to your friends?"
Luke gave her a droll stare and said pointing to New Yorkers who already made themselves comfortable on various furniture.
"These are Jess' friends from New York, and since we all haven't been properly introduced, let's start." He nodded, happy how so far everything seemed to be going smoothly. "Here is Loralai Gilmore and her daughter Rory, and here … "he continued and then motioned towards the guy with the white blond hair, and icy blue eyes. In return all he got was a dull stare.
The hysterical girl hit the white blond hair guy, "I'm Katie, or Kat, this is Dally," she said pointing toward the sully guy with icy blue eyes. He gave her an annoyed look but she ignored it.
The girl next to her smirked at her friends antics and said "I'm Angelina but call me Angel." her voice was melodic and soft. She had curly dark brown hair and warm brown eyes "This, next to me is Darry" he gave a nod, but otherwise stayed silent, "and that…" Tabby continued, pointing to a boy with dark brown hair which fell into captivating dark brown eyes that were "is Chris,"
For a few minutes there was a silence, before Loralai said "well its nice to meet you all," then in a quiet joking voice she added "of course I didn't know Jess had any friends". Luke who heard her gave her a look, while Rory elbowed her mother and smiled at the New Yorkers, glad that they did not overheard her. But Kat did hear and just as she was ready to railroad into the older woman, finally the doctor came.
At the sight of him everyone got up anxious to hear what he had to say.
He nodded at them all and then said to Luke, who was in front of the group,
"I'm Doctor Mathew. Are you Jess' uncle, Mr. Danes?" the doctor asked Luke.
"Yes, I am how he is?"
"You r nephew is stable and in recovery. He needed a lot of work. His right lung collapsed and had to be repaired."
Kat at this point spoke up "Is he going to be o.k.?" you could see the tears pulling up behind her eyes, and hear the waver in her voice.
Dr. Mathew, looked at Luke, as if for permission to divulge information, and then said, "Like I said, he is stable….but there was a complication. Jess lost a lot of blood in the accident, which caused his heart rate to drop and we lost him for a few moments."
At this moment an anguished moan could be heard. Loralai looked over and could see that Katie lost the battle with the tears that were now making their way down her face. She was once again sited on the sofa, where Chris trying to soothe her.
Loralai looked at her own daughter who stood stiffly by her, and Loralai knew that she would not have to deal with Rory's breakdown at the moment. She was a Gilmore, and naturally she would act strong, as if nothing was wrong. But the breakdown would come, when everything would settle in, and the meaning of it all would be clear, and then she would be there for her daughter.
Now, though, there was another teenager that needed help, and Loralai couldn't, not help her. So she went over to Katie and knelt beside her. She motioned for Chris to give her space, and after a questioning glance at Darry, he moved. Loralai stroked Kat's back soothingly while she addressed the doctor "Is he going to be okay?"
"Yes. He has a concussion and some bruising, but other than that he is stable and all his vitals look good. All we can do now, is wait for him to wake up."
"When will that be?" asked Luke.
"It can be few hours, it can be a few days, that up to Jess",
"Can we see him?" Loralai looked at her daughter, who spoke for the first time since Jess' friends arrived.
"You can, just make sure you are quiet so not to disturb him", and with that Dr. Mathew gave a general nod towards the group and left.
Loralai looked at the group before her, Luke, Rory, Darry, Dally, Chris, Angel, and Katie, they all looked as if they did not know what to do. She knew she would have to be the one to take control. So, she did.
She nodded towards Luke and said " Luke, why don't you and Rory go see him" then she looked towards Jess' friends and said, "and then you guys can go" when she got no protests she motioned Luke and Rory, and they went.
Ones Luke and Rory left, Darry sat beside Kat and cradled her in his lap like a child. She gave a heart wrenched sob and whispered in tortured voice, "It's all my fault."
Darry raised pleading eyes toward Angel, who sat next to Darry and said soothingly "It's not your fault, it was an accident. They happen. However, once I see Brian again, I'll give him a piece of my mind" at that Dally nodded.
Loralai wondered briefly if he ever spoke, before her mind made the connection and realized that Kat was the reason why Jess was going to New York. She could see how that would make the girl blame herself at the same time while wondering what could be the reason that the Jess had to go to NY because of the girl.
"It's not his fault. He just had more guts than me or us to tell Jess the news" Kat whispered in between sobs, while Dally just hugged her closer and whispered soothingly "It will be o.k., he'll be okay, everything we'll be okay"
Loralai looked at the people around her who shared a deep bond, and knew that they all cared deeply for Jess deeply; cared enough to come to a different state. However she also knew that there was more going on than she was aware of, and because of that she knew that life would bring changes to all their lives, whether they wanted them or not. All that was left to do was hope that those changes would be for better, instead of worse.
A/N: See Jess is okay! Oy, have a bit of faith, would you. This story was about Jess, I love Jess, of course he is going to be okay. Anyway, I still need a beta so if you are interested email me, on the email on my count, because deletes the email every time I type it with the author's note, go figure. Anyway, it was a pretty fast update, which is why I want to thank you guys for such a warm response. Monday I'll be leaving U.S. of A. for my vacation, so I can't wait, but the updates will come during the summer, so no worries.
PS: if anyone noticed, Jess' diagnosis was actually taken from One Tree Hill Season 1, when Luke was in a crash, just a random fact. One tree hill rocks, as does Chad Michael Murray and Milo Ventimiglia. LOL.
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Live4Jess13: I give you more---I updated .lol. I'm glad that you like the story. Thanks for the review.
music4mysoul: Thanks you, and I agree with what you said, plus you have to remember that Luke's and Loralai's relationship wasn't what it used to be, which I'll dwell into more in the coming chapters. I will continue this story, no matter what. Thanks for the review.
Hallon : Thanks for the reassurance. I'm glad you like it. And of course Jess will be okay, I love jess, like I said, have a wee bit of faith in yours truly. Lol, as for when he will wake up……that remains to be seen, so stay tuned. Thanks for the review.
smile1: Yeah, but I think I mentioned that I took my last exam on that day and was and still am in the middle of packing, and just wanted to write the chapter to get me where I need to be, as well just to start writing again. Thanks for the review, and on that note, yes I do accept anonymous reviews.
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Summer: As will they be mine. I'll be a lit fan forever, no matter what, true thick and thin, even when death do us part. As for Loralai and Jess, I always felt they had so much in common; they just needed to reach that place. As for Luke and Jess, those are my favorite Gilmore Boys. Hope you liked the update.
Emie: I'm glad you like the update. Oh, but I am glad you found this story now, that way I can enjoy all of your wonderful reviews( hint hint). Thanks for pointing up my bloopers seems that in the third chapter I wrote a little bit too fast, and forgot to thoroughly edit it, but when you read and make up stuff in your mind, sometimes what you read over, and what is actually typed is two different things, but ill work on it. I hope you enjoyed chapter four, and thanks for the review.
lilyLOVESwb: You're welcome. I really don't know where I stand with Logan either. I kind of like, and I kind of don't like him. However, to me he will always be a substitute for Jess, nothing more. And, hey, I gave you an even better deal, you saw….eh read ….ugjhhh you know what I mean. His friends, and you will see a lot more of them, they are one of the key elements. I am glad that you liked this chapter. And yes I did see the eighties moves on DVD, it was funny. To be honest, I was really disappointed with the extras, I hoped for a little bit more, but oh well. Can't have everything.
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Lonnie: "Rory is still with Dean (should be tortured by Angelus)", thanks for noting this comment, it was one of my favorite creations. And yes I did post this before, but I got busy and this story suffered, but since I have more time now, I am working on. Plus I changed the story a bit. Thanks for the Review.
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