Side note: when the words are written with ' and ' it is the character thinking to themselves.
Side note 2: I realize I didn't do this in any other chapter but I Do Not Own Anything. Even though I wish I did
Chapter 7: What Happened to my Baby?
The police and the paramedics arrived within ten minutes of Paris' phone call. Over the phone the operators told Paris and Kyle what to do while they waited for the paramedics to arrive.
Paris and Kyle did everything they could to keep their new friends alive. They talked to them and applied pressure to the bullet wounds.
When help arrived they loaded Tristin and Rory into the ambulances and told the two teenagers that they would be taken to Hartford Memorial. Paris and Kyle nodded and said they would contact their parents.
Paris went into Rory's bedroom and picked up her cell phone. She figured she would be able to find Lorelai's cell phone number saved in it. Kyle was in the living room talking to the police about what happened.
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In Rory's room Paris let herself cry. She was a tough girl; she didn't cry especially in front of people. So when this happened she tried to stay strong as long as possible. Even though she didn't really like Rory all that much when she first met her, today she actually had a bit of fun working on the project with her.
After a few minutes of crying Paris decided it was time to pull herself together.
'All right Geller lets get it together. You have to make these two phone calls. Just two of them it's not so hard' Paris got up and went over to Rory's mirror to dry her eyes and wipe her nose.
She sat back down on Rory's bed and started to look through Rory's phone numbers trying to find one that could reach Lorelai. She found one that read Lorelai's Cell and dialed.
It started to ring and all Paris could do was wait. It rang three times before she heard someone answer and someone yelling "outside" in the background. She heard some mumbling then Lorelai's voice sang into the phone.
"Talk if you must, your interrupting my feeding time" Came Lorelai's answer to the ring.
Paris took a moment to breath before she answered.
"Lorelai, this is Paris Geller. Rory's study partner. I have something to tell you." Paris said with the most serious business like phone voice. It was void of any emotions. She was trying hard not to breakdown while talking with Rory's mother.
"Paris?" Lorelai said, then remembering what her daughter mentioned earlier that day. Something about her study group and Paris the slave driver. "Oh right I remember Rory said you were coming over. What can I do for you?" Lorelai finished.
"Um well there has been an accident and I've got some bad news. So I'm just going to come out and say it. Tristin and Rory were both shot, I don't know what happened. They were in the kitchen and then we heard some yelling, but Kyle and I stayed in the other room and then we heard the gunshots and we ran in there and someone was leaving and they were lying on the floor with blood everywhere so we called the police and they took them to Hartford Memorial." Paris rambled into the phone
"Rory Tristin Shot Hartford Memorial" Lorelai managed to sob out before dropping the phone and falling to her knees.
Paris waited for a minute after the phone went silent, but then she heard the dial tone and she hung up and called the DuGrey Mansion. However just as she expected she got an answering machine. She had no other choice but to leave a message for Tristin's Parents.
Paris hung up the phone and went out to find Kyle.
"I talked to Lorelai and she rambled something and then the line went dead. I suppose she is on her way to the hospital. I had to leave a message at Tristin's parents house." Paris told Kyle when she found him in the living room. The police had left they were searching the town for someone, they had no idea who. Some police went to the hospital to talk to Tristin and Rory, if the doctors let them.
"Come on Paris lets go to the hospital, everything will be fine." Kyle replied, he could see how scared Paris looked. He wanted to comfort her as best as he could.
Paris just nodded and Kyle wrapped his arm around her and led her to his car, they left for the hospital.
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Luke's Diner – When Lorelai's phone rang…
"Lorelai get outside with that phone" Luke yelled across the diner to his girlfriend
"Why Luke this will just take a second, I'm sure it's Rory calling to be saved from her group study session." Lorelai pouted.
"OUTSIDE" Luke yelled again.
Lorelai mumbled and went outside.
Luke kept an eye on her though; some days he couldn't take his eyes off her.
He saw her through the glass doors and she had a confused expression on her face. He didn't think she was talking with Rory. He started to walk towards the door and that's when she fell to her knees crying. Luke rushed outside to find out what was going on.
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Outside the Diner – same time…
Lorelai dropped the phone. She couldn't believe it. Her baby was shot. She didn't know what to do. The only thing going on in her head was:
Rory…Tristin…Shot…Hartford…Memorial.
Her baby had to be ok. Lorelai didn't know what to do her mind wasn't processing anything. All she knew was that Rory had to be ok. She was just sitting there on the front steps of the Diner. That's when she felt Luke pull her up and walk her inside.
"EVERYONE OUT. Were closed foods on the house." Luke yelled to the diner patrons. He needed to find out what was going on. When he picked up her phone no one was on the other line. So he had to get some answers out of his girlfriend. Obviously something bad had happened he was thinking that maybe Richard had had another stroke or something. Even though he wasn't fond of Lorelai's parents he didn't want anything bad to happen to them.
"Lorelai, what's going on?" Luke asked gently
Lorelai just mumbled and started to cry even harder. Luke realized that he wasn't going to get any information out of her so he pulled her close and held her for a few moments. He was rubbing her back and trying to stop her from crying. When her sobs were slowing down he tried again.
"Lorelai can you tell me what's wrong?"
"Rory an..and Tristin. Th..th..they were shot. Hartford Memorial" Lorelai finally got out through her sobs.
"Oh my God. Lets go to the hospital" Luke said, Lorelai nodded and she let Luke drag her to his truck.
They drove the 30 minutes to Hartford, Lorelai had calmed down and now she just wanted to see her daughter. She called her parents and they said they would meet her there as soon as they could.
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When Lorelai and Luke reached the hospital they ran up to the nurses station.
"Where is my Daughter Rory Gilmore? I got a call earlier that she was brought in here because she was shot." Lorelai said to the nurse
"Right, if you would take a seat I will look into that and get back to you." Said the bubbly nurse.
"No I will not sit and wait for you to get back to me I want to see my daughter right now." Lorelai demanded
Down the hall Paris heard the woman screaming at the nurse to find Rory. She assumed that it was Lorelai, so she ran down the hall and yelled to her.
"Lorelai?" Paris yelled
Lorelai heard her name and turned to see who it was. She didn't recognize the girl. She looked about Rory's age and so she figured that this girl knew where her daughter was.
"Yes, I'm Lorelai" She replied
"Thank god, I'm Paris Geller I called you earlier."
"Right, where are Rory and Tristin? Are they ok?"
"They are down here, but we aren't family so the doctors won't tell us anything."
"OK point me in the right direction." Lorelai was on a mission now. She wouldn't rest until she knew her baby was all right. Once she found the doctor she immediately launched a billion questions.
"Excuse me?" Lorelai said to the doctor.
"Yes, how can I help you?" The doctor asked
"I'm Lorelai Gilmore, Rory's mom. This is my boyfriend Luke." Lorelai started
"I'm Dr. Eric Lewis. I treated Rory and Tristin this afternoon." Dr. Lewis stated
"Good, What happened? How are they? Can I see them?"
"I can't tell you how Tristin is doing, because you're not family, however Rory is…" but he was interrupted.
"You can tell me how Tristin is doing. I'm his father Mark Dugrey and this is my Wife Julia." Mark interrupted.
"Yes, I'm Dr. Eric Lewis. Rory and Tristin are stable now. We had each of them undergo emergency surgery. The first bullet hit Tristin's right shoulder blade. Luckily the bullet wasn't stuck inside his arm, it made a clean exit. However his shoulder was dislocated, but we realigned it and he will be fine. As for Rory the second bullet hit her left leg. She has a broken fibula and a fractured tibia. We have put both of them in casts and they will both be fine. It will take a few weeks for them to fully recover. They were both really lucky."
"Thank god" Everyone said at the same time.
"When can we see them?" Julia asked the doctor.
"They are in recovery right now and should be brought up any minute now." Dr. Lewis replied
"Can they be in the same room, I know it will make them feel better if they can see each other?" Lorelai asked, but then turned to the DuGreys and said "I mean if that's ok with you?"
"That is fine with us." Julia said.
The doctor nodded and left them to wait for their children to be brought up.
"I'm Lorelai Gilmore and this is my Boyfriend Luke Danes." Lorelai said the DuGreys
"It's nice to meet you. I'm Mark Dugrey and this is my wife Julia." Mark said to Lorelai
"Same here, I just wish that we were meeting under different circumstances." Lorelai said
"Yes that would have been better." Julia said
Then they heard Emily and Richard Gilmore coming down the hallway and Janlan DuGrey was right behind them.
"Mom, Dad. I'm so glad you're here." Lorelai said when they reached the rest of the group. Mark greeted Janlan and introduced him to Luke and Lorelai. They already knew the Gilmore's. They filled them in on all that had happened and then they all waited for Tristin and Rory to be brought up.
A/N: Sorry it took me so long to update. Also sorry for no Tristin/Rory interaction. There will be lots in the next chapter I promise.
A/N2: Thank you for all your reviews, I'm looking forward to getting more! I just have some things to say to some of my reviewers:
CarpeDiemB120 –That's ok everyone is a hypocrite sometimes. I hope the emotions are better in this chapter.
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