Chapter 2: "God, I hate Dad. He gets someone in the hospital then runs away to a skinny blonde who will soon be fat!"

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Lorelai woke up and found herself lying in a bed in a white sterile room. God, what happened? she thought to herself, feeling woozy and pressing her hand to her head to try and stop her pounding headache. Lorelai slowly tried to rise, but her headache stopped her, and she fell back onto the bed, suppressing a groan. Lorelai tried to get up, but she couldn't on account of a sharp pain that shot through her leg. On the table to her right was some flowers and a card. She reached over and got the card. It read:

Dear Lorelai,

By the time you are awake, I will not be here. Before I left, I made sure the doctor (you're at the hospital) gave you medicine, and that I knew you were OK. I'm really sorry I can't be here for you. I have to be with Sherry; because I just found out she is pregnant with my child. I wasn't sure, and I thought I could be here with you, but now it's positive. I'm sorry. I wish I could be there.

Christopher Hayden.

After reading this Lorelai started to cry. Why does he keep leaving she thought. Why did he promise to be with me, and even sleep with me if there was a possibility of her pregnancy. Slowly all of the memories of the past few hours flooded into her mind. The Wedding. The date. Chris' Volvo skidding off the road. Tears streamed down her face realizing that he was gone.

About 30 minutes later a doctor entered the room.

"Your awake."

Lorelai nodded.

"Now I can brief you on what's going to happen." The doctor showed her some pictures he had. "This is your leg. You have a few fractures here" he said pointing. "It could take about 2 months for it to completely heal, more or less depending on if you agitate it. We'll need to put it in a cast, and you will have to use crutches. Oh, and you will need to have someone to be able to help you around, and for things like emergencies, you know, to call." Any questions."

"Umm… yeah. Will it hurt? A lot? Because I can't stand pain. I broke my leg once, and it hurt like crazy."

The doctor smiled. "It will hurt, but if you use the crutches right it shouldn't be too bad. So I guess you already understand how to use them, correct.

Lorelai nodded.

"Good. I'm going to go and get what we need to make putting on your cast a lot less painful. You've made it obvious that pain isn't something you'll tolerate. I'll see you in about 10 minutes." He started to walk out of the room, when he said, turning to face her, "You have a visitor." He left the room, a clipboard in his hands, and left the door open, so Rory could hurry into the colorless room.

"Mom! Are you ok!" Rory shouted, going to her mother.

"Well Rory, you know how much I hate these meaningless questions. And asking someone if they're OK if they're in a hospital bed and happen to have a broken leg, is exactly one of those meaningless questions that you're making me endure while lying in said hospital bed with said broken leg."

Rory rolled her eyes. "Well, some of the meaningless questions are to show affection. In this case between me and you."

Lorelai acted touched, and said "Aww… You do care…"

Back to reality, Rory asked, "What happened? The nurse down the hall told me that you broke your leg?"

With a huge sigh, Lorelai told Rory everything, including Chris leaving. After hearing this, Rory walked around the room in a huff.

"Rory, sweetie, what's wrong?" Lorelai asked. She was worried- Lorelai had never seen Rory so mad. Usually Rory was happy. Sad, during the break-up with Dean (AN:OK, to add controversy: I love Dean! Seriously!), but never angry.

"Why would dad leave you? God, I hate dad. He gets someone in the hospital then runs away to a skinny blonde who will soon be fat!"

"Rory, he had to be there. I'm OK. In 2 months or so, my broken leg will be better. With Sherry, it's not going to go away. It will last for the rest of their lives."

Rory softened a bit, but then got back to her anger. "I still don't like it. While that's permanent, this is more urgent."

"Why, you can take care of me!"

"I have to go to Washington. Remember, for that weird thing I have to go to for helping Paris win student body president."

Lorelai's face fell. "The doctor told me I needed someone to help me around. Last time I broke my leg, you helped me. But now, you can't. And I can't ask Sookie, because she'll be on her honeymoon, and then a newly married woman."

They were wondering what to do when a frantic person in flannel came rushing in.

"Luke…" Lorelai was truly touched that he came. "Does this mean we're friends again?"

"Obviously. Or else, I wouldn't have dropped everything to come here." He held out a bouquet of pink Camellias. (AN: see what these flowers mean! I chose them for a reason.) "Here. I know how plain hospitals are, so they can make it nicer."

"Thank you Luke!" Lorelai said, putting the flowers on the table near her bedside. Suddenly, an idea struck her. "Pinky," she said to Rory, "Are you pondering what I'm pondering?"

AN: Cliffhanger! Sorry, but I'll try and put up my next chapter soon. Review, and help a teenager's self-esteem level rise.