A/N: Okay, first of all…wow! 30 reviews! That's three times the amount that I normally get! You guys rock! I hope you guys keep it up! You have no idea how happy I was when I got all these reviews. Every time I signed on to aol I heard the "You've got mail" noise and it wasn't all junk mail for once!. You guys made my day, well days! Once again, thank you so so so so much!
ProFfeSseR- That is strange with the email. I have other ones too. I just don't normally give them out to friends I have two other ones that are for message boards and stuff so people won't be bugging me on my main email. I'd be willing to give you one of the other ones if you want.
falcon's my daddy- I am SO with you on your little strike to get Rory back to her old self. I'll write that at the bottom of the story! And I will always remember about the penguins.
OzDust and Ace7- Don't worry! I would never ever ever kill Lorelai. Anything Gilmore would not be Gilmorey if it were Lorelai-less. I don't even think Gilmore Girls is very Gilmorey now that Lorelai and Rory are fighting. Do you agree?
xh4z3L3y3sx and no.13dreamer- Rich will be gone soon! I promise you! I just need a few more chapters….until about April or May. That's April or May in this story, not in real life. After a while I'm going to fast forward a few months or what not so hang in there. He will be gone soon!
Lauren- I'm sorry. I didn't mean to make you upset. I hope this one doesn't upset you. lol.
phoebe- You have like 5 of 6 more chapters of Rich and Laci. I'm going to try and put them in in this one, so I hope you enjoy!
Sarai- I'm so sorry. I didn't mean for it to come out like that. I have no problem helping the girl with things that I can help her with, it's just that there are things that I can't help her with and she doesn't understand. That's the part that annoys me. And when I said she's constantly asking for help, I meant to say she's constantly talking to me. I guess that I was in such a rush to put the last chapter up that I didn't read what I had written. If you don't mind me asking, how do you read the stuff that's on the computer? One of my friends explained to me that there are two ways; I was just wondering how you do it?
Lollysamantha- I used to get low grades in French too! In my school you have to take 2 years of a language in high school and then you can either continue the language or stop. I decided to stop. Tell me how you did if you get it back before you read this!
LukeNlorelaifan- I'll try to put that in! Maybe this chapter or the next!
Kylie1403- Thank you for first mentioning to me that I should combine 1 and 2! You actually started the idea of combining 1 and 2. After you other people said it too, so thanks! Good Luke (or luck) on your test today!
Potostfbeyeluvr, smudgekin, sillymaggie10, jesslover4ever, sarah, orangesherbet7, the27thgilmore, Cf1989, controversy-queen, Emmzy-Lou, Sea4Shoes, Lukelover, Maran-DUH, tears4chris, vtslynn, megs-tigger, lukelai, oth2007------Thanks for all the lovely reviews! I hope you guys keep reviewing!
I am not going to tell you which one won until the end, because hopefully you will like this way. At the end of the chapter I'll tell you which one won.
As Rory stepped inside Lorelai's office, she heard a loud cry. She didn't know where it was coming from but she knew it couldn't be good. She began to turn the corner to the other side of the office and that's when she saw her. "Oh, God."
Rory walked over to her mother, and joined her on the floor. She gently grabbed the bottle of pills from Lorelai's hold and examined the container. The container read: Advil 200 Milligrams in big bold letters and underneath it said: 30 tablets. Rory knew that there weren't thirty pills in that bottle so she emptied the remaining pills into the palm of her hand. She counted 26. There were 26 left. She got off of the floor and ran over to the garbage to see if maybe her mother had dumped the missing four in there. No such luck, all Rory found was the wrapped that once sealed the bottle closed.
This is a brand new bottle, which means that mom had to have taken the four pills. Rory thought to herself. Not knowing what to do, Rory left her mother alone and ran to the front desk for help.
"Michee? Michele? Michele? God Michele! Where are you when you're actually needed! Sookie! Sookie! Oh thank God, Michele! You need to call an ambulance!" Rory said, out of breath.
"What? What's wrong? What did you mother do this time?" Michele asked.
"Just call the damn ambulance! When they get here send them to my mom's office."
Rory ran back to her mother's office and got onto the floor with her. She hugged her mother tightly, hoping to stop her mother from rocking back and fourth. The scent of Rory calmed Lorelai down to the point where her tears slowed down a bit.
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"Hello Bryan. Hello, yes, I'm your grandpa. You are getting to be such a big boy."
Bryan let out a small laugh while Mattie began to cry in the playpen. Luke walked over the playpen and picked the other baby up. He now had a grandson in each arm.
"Don't think I forgot about you Mattie, cause' you know I didn't. Hey look out there boys! There goes an ambulance! Do you see that? That's cool isn't it?"
The two boys just laughed until the ambulance was out of sight. It was then that Luke realized that it was headed towards the Dragonfly. Lorelai! Luke thought. He put the twins into the playpen and called Mandy out of the storage room.
"Can you watch them for me, it's an emergency? I'll pay you extra." Luke asked as he got his coat on.
"I…um…I really don't know anything about babies…" Mandy said.
"All you have to do is keep an eye on them. You can bring them back to your house if you want. Rory left the stroller outside. Thanks a lot!"
With that, Luke ran out of the diner, hopped in his truck and sped to the Dragonfly Inn. When he got there he saw the EMT's carrying Lorelai out to the ambulance. Rory was walking along the EMT's telling Lorelai that everything would be okay. Luke left the keys in his truck and ran over to Rory.
"What the hell happened?" He shouted.
"I…I don't know. I went into her office and she was sitting in the corner of the room crying hysterically and she was rocking back and forth and she had a container of pills in her hand and they were opened and I didn't know what to do so I called an ambulance…" Rory wrapped her arms around Luke and cried into his chest.
"So she…" Luke had begun to cry now too.
"She tried to. It didn't work though. She only took four pills. She needed to take more for it to work. If you hadn't of called me…"
"Excuse me, are you the husband?" One of the EMT's said.
"Yes and this is…well…this is our daughter. Are you taking her to the hospital?" Luke asked.
"Yes. We are taking her to the emergency room and they will fill you in from there. Unfortunately, we do not have enough room for both of you to ride with us. Which one of you is coming with us?"
Rory looked at Luke and Luke looked at Rory. Neither one of them wanted to drive to the hospital alone. "I think we'll both just meet you there." Luke said and got into Rory's mini-van with her. On the way to the hospital Rory phoned Baily to tell him to pick up Lola at preschool and the boys at Luke's. When she got off the phone she looked at Luke who was driving. He was just as upset as she was, if not more.
"Why would she want to do this to herself?" Rory asked Luke.
"I...I, I don't know."
"When people try to…you know, don't they try it because they are unhappy and they don't have anything to look forward to in life?"
"Yes."
"But mom as me and you and Laci and Liam and all her grandkids. She has an Inn that was rated one of the best in the country, she has everything she wants."
"No Rory, she doesn't have everything she wants. Your mother is miserable. She hates life. Ever since Laci left she hasn't been the same. And then I guess when I called her Emily today…she just couldn't take it, and then after she told me that she hates me I told her not to come home tonight." Luke said.
"Oh, dad. You didn't do this. We all have our part is this. Dad?"
"What?"
"I know that I have been calling you dad for almost 16 years now, ever since you and mom got married, but today was the first time I heard you call me your daughter."
"Oh, you know…it was nothing. I mean I meant it but I have always felt that way about you. Just because I never said anything doesn't mean that I never thought about it. God, I can not believe that me and your mother have been married for 16 years. Wow."
"We need to call Laci and Liam." Rory stated.
"We'll call Liam when we get to the hospital. I don't want to tell Laci right now."
"Why? She has a right to know."
"Rory, it's complicated. I'll tell her the next time she visits or something."
"Fine. Hey look! There's a spot right there."
"Ok."
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When Laci got home from visiting Luke, she put two month old Landon down for his nap. While Landon was asleep Laci took a hot bubble bath and then cleaned the entire apartment once again so it would be nice and shiny for Rich. He liked the apartment to be cleaned everyday so that he could have 'the guys' over any time he wanted. As Laci was cleaning the apartment she felt her underwear get a little wet. She went into the bathroom and sure enough she had gotten her period. It was the first time she had gotten it since Landon was born which meant that now she and Rich were not capable of having sex as they pleased, or rather as he pleased.
Laci was sitting on the couch feeding Landon when Rich got home. He walked over to her and gave her a kiss. He also gave Landon a little kiss on the forehead. Laci let him settle in before she called him back over to the couch. When he did come back over, he sat down next to her and wrapped his arm around her.
"So how was your day at work?" Laci asked.
"It was great! We got these two really hot cars in and we got to put a new engine in and everything." Rich was a car mechanic.
"That sounds like it was a lot of fun."
"So, how was your day with your dad?" Rich asked.
"Oh you…same old, same old. Listen, there's something I need to talk to you about and it's really important…"
"Ok…go ahead."
"Well, when I was cleaning the apartment today I got my period."
"Okay…" Rich said, completely unaware of the importance of this talk.
"Well that kind of means that I'm fertile now. I either need to go on the pill or you need to start using condoms. I don't want to get pregnant again, at least not yet. Maybe ten years from now, but not now."
"See, that's a problem. I don't believe in the pill and I'm not a huge fan of the condom. I just don't like the way it feels, you know?"
"Rich, I can't have sex with you unless we use protection, I'm sorry."
"No, you will have sex with me. In fact, let's go do it right now!"
"Rich! I am feeding our infant son right now, and I'm on my period. Plus, didn't you just hear what I said? I can't have sex with you unless we use protection."
"We don't need protection, Laci! We both know that neither one of us has an STD and if you get pregnant you will just get an abortion. Understood?"
"Yes, Rich."
"Now, finish feeding it and then I will see you in our bedroom."
"It is a little boy and he has a name. Why don't you try using it?" Laci snapped
"I will call him what ever the fuck I want to call him! I am going to go wait for you in the bedroom. I expect you in there in five minutes tops."
"I just told you I have my period. I am not having sex with you when I have my period."
"Yes you are! Do you think I actually care if I have sex with you while you are bleeding? It will probably feel better that way. When we are done you can bleach the sheets. Problem solved."
Laci finished feeding Landon and put him to bed before joining Rich in their bedroom for a night of unwanted sex.
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Meanwhile, back at the hospital, Rory and Luke were waiting for the doctor to come out to tell them about Lorelai. They still didn't know a thing. Luke had finally lost his patience. Rory thought that it might be a good idea for him to go outside and call Liam. It would take his mind off of things. Luke took Rory's advice and went outside to call Liam.
"Hey, Pops!" Liam answered.
"Hey."
"What's up? You excited for your birthday next month? I know I am."
"Liam…your mom…."
"No, your mom!" Liam had changed since he went to boarding school. He was a lot more like a normal teenager now, except everyone missed the old Liam.
"Liam…please."
"Sorry, Dad. What's up?"
"Well, it's your mom. I haven't really been telling you everything that has been happening here because I didn't want you to worry." Tears began fill Luke's eyes once more.
"Dad, you're scaring me."
"Your mom…well ever since Laci moved out your mom hasn't been herself. She's always sad and she buries herself in work. Sometimes she doesn't come home at night. Anyway, I got into a fight with her today and I ended up calling her Emily, because she was acting like her. Then she told me that she hated me and I told her not to come home and then she just left. Anyway, I called Rory and sent her over to your mother's office and when she got there your mom was a mess. She had…she tried to um…she…" As much as Luke wanted to just say it, the words wouldn't come out.
"Dad…what did she do?" Liam asked.
"She tried to…she tried to…she tried to kill herself." Luke had finally managed to say it, and he had begun to cry harder.
"What? Why would she want to do that? She's happy, isn't she? I thought she was happy? Is she okay? It didn't work, right?" Liam had now started to cry with his dad.
"She's okay. She's in with the doctors right now. Rory and I are waiting here for any news."
"What about Laci? Laci has some nerve not to show up! This whole thing is her fault! Everything is always her fault!"
"Liam, it's not her fault. She doesn't have a very good life. It's hard to explain. I'll call you later. The doctor just walked over to Rory."
"Okay. Bye Dad. I love you. Tell Mom that I love her too."
"I will. I love you too."
Luke ran inside and joined Rory and the doctor. When he walked up to them Rory had a relieved look on her face. He put his arm around Rory and looked up at the doctor that was standing in front of them.
"Hi, Doc. I'm Luke Danes. I'm Lorelai's husband."
"Yes, I was just telling your daughter here that Lorelai will be okay. Although she tried to overdose, she didn't. She didn't take enough drugs. She only took four pills as your daughter said, and that's not a lot. Doctors actually tell patients to take four Advil's before getting their wisdom teeth out. Lorelai was very lucky this time, but she might not be so lucky the next time." The doctor said.
"Wha-What do you mean?" Luke asked.
"Your wife is suffering from depression. Studies have shown that depression can be linked to menopause which your wife is going through. It could also be related to stress. Does your wife have a lot of stress going on in her life?"
"Yes. A lot."
"Well, between the menopause and the stress I'm not surprised that your wife has thought about suicide. We are going to release her tonight because there is nothing that we can do for her here, but I do suggest that you get her to a therapist tomorrow. She needs to go on some anti-depressants and she needs to talk to somebody. Would you like to go help your mother put her clothes back on?" The doctor asked Rory.
"Sure. Where do I go?"
The doctor showed Rory where to go and then went to see the next person on his list. Rory walked into her mother's room in the ER with tears in her eyes. When she saw her mother laying on a hospital bed it broke her heart. The strong and independent Lorelai that Rory had once known and loved was gone. Rory stood in the doorway just staring at her mother. Lorelai stared back at Rory and told her to come in. Rory did as she was told and began to get Lorelai's clothes ready for her. Rory was refusing to make eye contact with Lorelai and kept her eyes on what she was doing.
"Rory, stop! Look at me? Why are you mad?" Lorelai asked.
"Take a guess." Rory snapped. "Come on, get down. I have to help you get dressed. I need to go home and see my kids. I would never leave them."
"Rory, please don't be like that. I'm sorry. This world hates me. I didn't know what else to do." Lorelai begged.
"Well you didn't have to go and try to kill yourself. Did you even think about what that would do to our family? Did you?" Rory waited for a moment and then continued. "I guess you didn't. Come on, get dressed."
"Rory, I just…everything's falling a part (A/N: What an oh so famous Gilmore Girl quote from the season five finale!). I just didn't know what to do anymore. You try being in my shoes. What would you do if Lola left home at 15 to live with her baby's father? What would you do if Lola got pregnant? What about if Bryan went away to some boarding school because he didn't want to live with you anymore? Huh? Or if Mattie decided that he wanted the whole family to get together every Friday even though he knew that it would get you upset because Lola would not be there. What would you do?"
Rory remained silent. She knew that her mother had just turned her into Mattie. She hadn't realized that some of this anger and hurt that was building up inside of her mother had to do with her.
"Oh, and what would you do if Baily called you Emily? Huh? What would you do? And then he tells you not to come home! What now? What the hell would you do?"
"I'm sorry, Mom. I did not realize. I'm so sorry. If it will make you happy, I will stop having Friday dinners." Rory said.
"Thank you. Now, I just want to go home. Everyone here thinks that I'm crazy and I'm not. I just want to be home."
"I think we could set that up."
Rory took Lorelai's hand and led her out to where Luke was in the waiting room. He looked at his wife and daughter and joined them in walking out side. The ride back to Stars Hollow was a quiet one. Nobody talked the entire ride. Rory dropped Luke and Lorelai off at the Dragonfly so that they could take Luke's truck home, and then she left.
Once Luke and Lorelai were home, both of them went upstairs to go to sleep. As they were lying there next to each other Luke began to cry. He rolled over so that he wasn't facing Lorelai anymore, thinking that Lorelai didn't notice, but she had. She got home and walked to the other side of the room where Luke was facing and looked him straight in the eyes. She could not believe that she had hurt those innocent blue eyes. She got back in bed and hugged him tightly making sure he couldn't get away.
"Luke, I'm really sorry. I just…I didn't know what to do anymore."
"I know. Just please, I…I still love you Lorelai but just because you tried to kill yourself does not change the fact that you told me that you hate me." Luke got off the bed and walked to the other side of the room. Lorelai watched him with tears in her eyes. "Lorelai, do you have any idea how many people you got upset? Liam is…crap! Liam! I have to call Liam."
Luke got up to leave, but Lorelai stopped him.
"You can call Liam later. I just need to talk to you. I need you to know that I didn't mean the things I said. I do not hate you. I will never hate you. I just couldn't take this life anymore. Everyone is gone, Luke. It's me and you now. You and I. It's just us. Our kids are gone. We are only going to see Liam like 5 times a year until he's in college and even then the visits may be less frequent. Laci only visits once a week and Rory, Rory visits every two. They are gone. The life we created is gone." Lorelai began to cry.
"Lorelai, the life we created is right here. It's all around us. It's this home. You don't have to worry. The kids still visit. They call too. They love you. If they knew that they hurt you this way, they would come back in a flash!"
"You think?" Lorelai asked.
"I know." Luke said.
"I love you Luke Danes, I always have and I always will."
"I love you too, Lorelai."
A/N: Wow! That was by far the longest chapter I have ever written. I'm not a big expert of overdosing, in fact I know nothing about it but I do know from experience that when you get your wisdom teeth out you are supposed to take 1,000-1,200 milligrams of Advil. I hope you all liked it. I really enjoyed writing this chapter. I am following in falcon's my daddy's footsteps. I want Rory to go back to her old self on Gilmore Girls. If anyone else wants this to happen also put it in your author's note in your story. Thanks! BTW, when people said that they like two or all three of the ideas I counted that as a vote for two or a vote for all three. Like if some one said that they wanted number two or three, I counted that as a vote for two and a vote for three.
The results were as follows:
Choice Number 1: 12
Choice Number 2: 13
Choice Number 3: 9
I ended up combining all of them. I hoped you liked the chapter and please REVIEW!