Title: Blue Skies Fade to Grey

Author: postitnotes

Disclaimer: I do not own Gilmore Girls.

"I now pronounce you man and wife."


"Gilmore residence."

"Um, I need to speak to Emily or Richard."

"Certainly. Hold on."

"Hello?"

"Grandma? It's Rory."

"Well of course it is. Who else would call me Grandma? I've decided that I need to get rid of that maid. Her manners are just horrific. Where are you calling from, dear? The noise in the background is awful."

"I'm calling from the hospital, Grandma. There's been an accident."

"So. . .what's next?"

Luke's grin bordered on devilish. "There's something about a wedding night, isn't there?"

Lorelai wasn't entirely sure why she blushed. "Perhaps at my place?"

"Deal."


"Hello?"

"Dad?"

"Rory? It's good to hear from you! How are things going?"

"Not so good at the moment. Mom was in a car accident."

"She- what? How is she? Is she okay?"

"So who will we tell first?"

"Definitely Rory. We probably should have told her before we did this."

"It's a little late for that."

"We should really dwell on the amount I had to drink. You know, build up the 'I wasn't thinking clearly' thing."

"Way to make me feel special."

"Oh, shush."


"Hi, Sookie, it's Rory."

"Rory! What's up?"

"I'm calling from the hospital. Mom and Luke were in a car accident."

"No! How is Lorelai?"

"She's not doing well. The doctors think she'll pull through but I'm honestly not too sure."

"And Luke? How is he?"

"Did we really just do that?"

"What?"

"Get married. Elope. Whatever you want to call it."

"Yeah, we did."


"T.J. here. What can I do for you?"

"It's Rory Gilmore. Is Liz there?"

"Yeah, she's here. Hey, kid, are you a baseball fan? Did you see the Yankees game tonight"

"T.J. I need to speak to Liz. Now."

"Okay, okay. Hold your horses. What do you need her for?"

"It's about Luke."

"Luke?"

"Yeah?"

"You know I love you, right?"

"Yeah."


"Hello?"

"Umm, hi. Is Jess there?"

"Sure, he's right here."

"Hello?"

"New girlfriend?"

"Excuse me? Who is this?"

"It's Rory."

"Rory, huh? Where'd you get this number?"

"Your mom gave it to me. She thought I should call you."

"Why?"

"Your uncle and my mom were in a car accident tonight."

"Yippee for them. Is everything okay?"

"Not exactly."

"Luke? Luke, where are you?"

Rory leapt from her chair to her mother's side. "Mom? It's me, Rory."

"Where's Luke? Where am I? What happened?"

Rory clutched her mother's hands, tears in her eyes. "You and Luke were hit by another car on your way home. You're in the hospital now."

"Where's Luke? Is he okay?"

"Mom-" Rory's breath caught as she responded. "Luke didn't make it."