Author: aynat (©Tanya Long)
Description: A funeral, a baby and a new beginning. To start over Lorelai needs to say goodbye.
Spoilers: ONE MAJOR ONE FROM SEASON SIX (well... season five finale on)
Disclaimer: I don't own the Gilmore Girls characters, though I would kindly pay for Luke. I make no money from this, it's purely for fun!
Lorelai got to the hospital as quickly as she could. She realized it looked bad rushing away from her mothers funeral, and she saw the irony of how Emily Gilmore would be the one who disapproved the most at her actions. But Luke had called, and he sounded scared.
"Lorelai, there you are!" It was Luke. She rushed towards him. "The doctor says she'll be ok, but she'll have to stay here a while."
"What happened?"
"I turned my back for two seconds to get her dinner and she put something in her mouth and started choking." Lorelai was certain he had said all that without taking a breath. "I got her here immediatly because I knew I would have her here before the ambulance could even arrive at your place and the doctor says he thinks it might have been just quick enough. They'll know more tomorrow.
"I am so, so sorry Lorelai," he continued. "I, I knew not to turn my back on her, but I did. This is my fault."
"This is not your fault," she argued.
"Yes it is," he insisted. Before she could argue back the doctor came out to talk with her.
After hearing everything from the doctor Lorelai could breath more easily. Gigi had found a breath mint somewhere and put it in her mouth, and began choking on it. The doctor said she was without oxygen for a long time, but it appeared she had suffered no long term side effects from it. Simply put, the doctor said it was a miracle.
After checking on Gigi in the nursery and seeing her sleeping softly she went back to the waiting room. Sitting down beside Luke who had his head in his hands.
"I'm sorry Loreali," he whispered. She stayed silent for a moment.
"You know," she finally said. "When Rory was four she fell off my bed when I let her jump on it. She hit her head on my bedside table, there's a nice scar right on her hairline just above her left ear actually.
"She had to be in the hospital for a week, and doctors were worried that she'd hit her head too hard and there might have been brain damage. Lord knows with that Logan kid it may finally be showing. Point is Luke, people make mistakes." Luke looked up as Lorelai put her hand on his back. "Parents make mistakes."
Nodding slowly Luke sat back in his chair. "Does Rory really have a scar?" he asked.
"Yeah, but she doesn't know," she admitted. "I'd appreciate you never telling her, it's a parent thing."
"Keeping from your child that she fell on her head when she was four is a parent thing?" he asked in amazement.
"Of course," she replied. "You don't think your nose got like that naturally do you? Now, I'm going to go check on Gigi again," she added. Luke nodded.
As she walked away he shouted behind her, "Hey, what's wrong with my nose? Lorelai?"