Lorelai parked her jeep across from Doose's market. She was about to head to Luke's when she saw him headed towards the market. A slow smile spread across her face as she waved and called out to him. 'Luke, Luke'.

He turned when he heard his name being called and smiled when he saw who is was calling him. He took a step towards the curb and waited for her to cross over. So intent and focused on her fiancé, she never saw the car make the sharp turn around the corner, then pick up speed. She smiled wide and thought how lucky she was to have him in her life, as she stepped off the curb into the street.

He heard the screech before he could react.

She saw his smile turn upside down and his eyes open wide. His mouth gaping open on a scream, 'Lorelai, look out'. She turned as the head lights hit her eyes dead on. Her arms went up in a protective motion out of reflex. It happened so fast all Luke could do was watch it happen, frozen, a look of horror coming over his face.

Her scream never got a chance to leave her lips, as the impact forced her to the ground. She blacked out from the force of the blow. She lay there blinking up at the sky, panting, shaking with the shock of the impact. It became very quiet, it hurt to breathe, everything ached.

In the blink of and eye all the noise came rushing back. Like someone pressed off the mute button on the remote. She heard screaming, and yelling. 'Somebody call 911'. In the distance she could hear him calling her name. 'LORELAI, LORELAI'.

Miss Patty on her cell phone, 'Babette, it was just horrible, you have to get down here.'.

That's when the ground beneath her began to move, and she realized she was lieing on top of someone, and their arm was around her waist. Up above her Luke came into focus. 'Hey, don't move'. She reached up to touch his face and he grasped her hand. 'Don't honey, it's okay.'

He had tears in his eyes.

Honey, she thought, he never calls me that in public. It must be pretty bad, she thought. Then the arm was removed from around her waist and as she looked over, Dean's face came into view. 'Dean what?' She looked to Luke again, 'What happened'. Dean moaned and sat up fully, wincing from the strain. He looked Luke in the eye and a strained smile came over his face. In that second their eyes locked, Luke new he would be forever grateful to him.

For as Luke had heard the car, saw it from the corner of his eye and froze.

Dean had heard the car, saw it from the corner of his eye, and took off towards Lorelai like a shot. Ran at top speed in front of the car and with a flying leap tackled Lorelai to the ground and out of harms way seconds before the car would have hit her.

The driver flew out of town never having slowed down one bit.