Chapter Five
You can yell at me, I'm sure I deserve it...I make Lorelai collapse and then don't update for almost a month you have every right...heck if you were me and I was you I would be mad at you too! Hmm...not sure if that made sense...anyway on with the chapter...
"Lorelai?" A voice Lorelai doesn't recognize is the first to greet her.
"Where am I?" Lorelai squeezes her eyes shut, against the person shining a light in her eyes and she struggles to sit up.
"Just lay still for a minute," the strange voice urges, gently pressing Lorelai back onto something cushioned.
"What's going on?" Lorelai asks finally braving the light to open her eyes and look around, realizing for the first time that she's moving. "Am I in an ambulance?"
"You fainted and then we couldn't get you to wake up," Sookie's voice is just over Lorelai's right shoulder.
"So you called 911?" Lorelai asks, "I'm fine."
"Lorelai, we're just going to take you into the ER to be checked out," two men appear to be hovering over her.
"We're already halfway there," another male voice adds.
"Good Lord," Lorelai murmurs, "how many of you are there in here?"
"There's ome, a driver and your friend," there is now only one person hovering over Lorelai.
"I don't understand," Lorelai moans, her head throbbing and the motion of the ambulance only further irritates her dizziness. "What happened?"
"You were fighting with Taylor and then all of a sudden you fainted, I guess, and hit your head on corners of the table." Sookie informs.
"Oh God," Lorelai moans again.
"You have a cut on your forehead, you may need stitches, there'll be an ER physician waiting for you when we get to the hospital." The EMT states before apply an ice pack to Lorelai's forehead.
"Okay, it's good to warn someone before you attacked them with ice!" Lorelai snaps.
The EMT grimaces and immediately apologizes as the ambulance slows to a stop.
"Sookie?" Luke storms into the emergency room at the hospital.
"Oh my God, Luke!" Sookie exclaims her hand flying to her forehead, "I should have called I'm sorry. Who told you?"
"Jess," Luke snaps, "everyone in town is talking about it. What happened. All Jess knew is they had to rush Lorelai to the hospital."
"I'm sorry, it all happened so quickly," Sookie bites her lip before continuing. "She fainted and hit her head on the table, she was unconscious so Michele called 911."
"Is she okay?"
"She was awake in the ambulance coming here, she seems okay, the paramedics are afraid she might have a concussion and need stitches."
"Who's here with Lorelai Gilmore?" A nurse comes into the waiting room.
"I am," Luke steps forward immediately, "I'm her fiancé."
"She's just settling into a room," the nurse responds, "she's with her doctor now. If you'll follow me, I'll take you to her."
Luke nods, "thank you." Turning his attention to Sookie quickly he suggests, "you should probably call Rory."
Sookie's hand flies to her head for a second time, "oh, of course, I'll call her right now. Sorry, I don't handle emergencies well..."
"Sookie," Luke begins trying to remain calm, "just call Rory."
"Right," Sookie nods and scurries away while Luke follows the nurse in the direction of Lorelai.
"Lorelai?" Luke quickly hurries into the hospital room they have Lorelai set up in. Taking in Lorelai's pale appearance with the exception of the contrasting red gash across her forehead that has dark stitches in it, "are you okay?" Luke questions. "What happened?"
"I'm Dr. Vasine," the older female doctor introduces herself. "I'm Lorelai's obstetrician."
"Obstetrician?" Luke asks, "is Lorelai okay? Is the baby okay?"
"The baby is fine," Dr. Vasine assures immediately. "Lorelai has a mild concussion and I want to keep her here over night for observation.
"Why did she faint?" Luke demands.
"A lot of pregnant women tend to faint," Dr. Vasine states. "But..."
"I knew there was a but!" Luke exclaims, earing a glare in his direction from Lorelai.
"I'm concerned about how high Lorelai's blood pressure was when she was brought in, it's only a mild concern. But I want to make sure we get it under control, because later in the pregnancy it can lead to more complications that can pose a risk to both you and your baby."
"What can I do?" Lorelai asks.
"A couple simple things, you need to make sure you eat well. Not a lot of junk food, you need to be eating healthy foods, lots of fruits and vegetables and stay away from fried foods."
"French fries?" Lorelai moans.
Dr. Vasine nods, "the second thing is stress. A lot of times high amounts of stress can cause high blood pressure, I'm sure you have a lot of stressful things going on right now. Just expecting a baby alone is stressful, and adding more things can lead to high blood pressure. Try to eliminate all possible stressors, I know that it's not possible to erase all stress but as much if the stress you can reduce the easier this pregnancy is going to be."
"I had gestational hypertension when I was pregnant with my daughter, is that what you're worried about?" Lorelai asks.
Dr Vasine nods, "that's one of the things we have to worry about. So just try to get this blood pressure down so we don't have too worry about it at all, okay?"
Lorelai nods, "okay."
"Great. I have other appointments to see to, but I'll stop by tomorrow before they discharge you and see how you're doing."
"Thank you doctor," Lorelai and Luke state before the doctor leaves the room.
"This is all my fault," Luke suddenly launches into his guilt-ridden speech. "I never should have talked to Emily without giving you the heads up, or agreeing to think about coming to Friday night dinners before talking to you about it first..."
Lorelai shakes her head, "I overreacted."
"No, I've known you long enough to know that getting involved in you meant understand where you and your mother's relationship comes from, and I knew when she called and while we were talking that you wouldn't like the conversation. But I did it anyway."
"I shouldn't have blown up at you like that, I've just been going through so much and that was the last thing that I needed to hear right then. Luke, I never really planned on having another baby, I figured I'd have one great kid and be done with it and then all of a sudden I'm pregnant and we're getting married and Rory's lying to me and my mother's up to something and Taylor's being Taylor and suddenly I'm on the floor with a concussion."
"Wait, back up, Rory's lying to you?"
"She has a boyfriend."
"Umm..." Luke trails unsure of what exactly was wrong with Rory having a boyfriend
"She didn't tell me about him," Lorelai looks like she's about to cry.
"Maybe it's a new thing and she's just making sure it works out..."
"It's not a new thing, it's a "I have a boyfriend who I go on week trips to New York City with" thing and she hasn't mentioned him, at all. She said she was staying at Yale this weekend to study but she was in New York with this nameless boyfriend. Not telling me about him is something I would do with my mother, not something I ever wanted my daughter to do to me. I never wanted to have the relationship with Rory that I have with my mother, but obviously I do."
"You don't," Luke promises trying to stop the tears that are slipping down Lorelai's cheeks.
"I do," Lorelai cries, "she hasn't even mentioned to me that she was interested in anyone..."
"I'm sure she has some logical explanation," Luke states sitting gently next to Lorelai on the bed.
"I keep telling myself that," Lorelai sniffles resting her head on Luke's shoulder. "But I can't think of one."
"Oh my God, Mom," as if on cue Rory rushes into the room. "Lane called me what's going on?"
"I'll let you guys talk," Luke moves off of the bed, gently kissing Lorelai on the forehead before leaving the hospital room.
Luke steps out to find a young blonde man waiting just outside the door, "I'm, Logan, Logan Huntzberger. I'm a friend of Rory's."
Luke eyes narrow, "uh-huh. We're going to have a nice long talk. Follow me."