"I swear to God I will never forgive her for this."
"Lore, please stop." Luke sighed.
"She's always seeing how far she can push things." Lorelai continued. "She never considers other people."
Luke stood from his chair. "Stop!" he shouted. Lorelai's eyes widened as her mouth immediately shut. "She didn't do this to Rory!" He roared. "You try to blame everything that goes wrong on your mother. You getting pregnant at sixteen. You running away at seventeen. You being so independent. Now you're trying to blame her for something that no human could possibly have control over. Let it go, Lorelai! You're thirty-two years old, you can control your own life now."
Lorelai's eyes watered as she listened to the cruel, but honest words. She had never felt so small in all her life. Who would have thought it would have been Luke to bring her down? Luke stood for a moment after completing his rant, then decided to turn and leave the waiting room. Part of Lorelai wanted to follow after him, but she knew she must stay and wait for a report on Rory.
Half an hour later, Dr. Smith walked out from behind the double doors. He noticed Luke was missing, but decided not to call attention to it.
"Lorelai." he smiled.
"What is it?" Lorelai asked tensely.
"It's nothing." Smith replied.
"Nothing?" she echoed.
"Not a thing." He smiled once more.
"I'm not following." Lorelai shook her head.
"Rory's brain is very weak at the moment. It's not used to the every day situations of life. She told me she had been at a party earlier and everyone was speaking about times that she couldn't remember happening. Then there was a conflict with her grandmother. These things would cause any normal human being to have a headache. In Rory's case, it became more gratified. The bright lights at the dinner party also played a strong role. She'll be having these for a while I'm afraid. Think of them as a migraine. The best thing to do the next time she has one, is lay her down in a dark room, give her some type of headache relief medicine, and make sure she's gets plenty of rest."
"It seemed so serious..." Lorelai replied.
"I'm sure it was all just paranioa from the coma." Smith replied. "Well, I have another patient I must attend to. We've given Rory medicine, and her headache has already been greatly reduced. She will be out shortly." Smith turned and walked back through the double doors at which he emerged.
Relief had flowed through Lorelai's body as she sat down in her chair and awaited the arrival of her daughter. She spotted Luke coming around a corner, with a cup of coffee in his hand. As he came closer to her, she reached out of the cup. When he didn't hand it to her, she began to feel awkward.
"I guess that's not for me." she replied.
"Uh..." Luke paused. "No..." He added.
Lorelai nodded her head. "I see."
Luke sat down a couple of chairs away from Lorelai. "Anything?" he asked.
"Yeah." Lorelai quickly replied. "She's okay."
"Really?" Luke asked. "It seemed so serious."
"I know." Lorelai replied.
"So, she can go home soon?"
"Yeah, she should be out any minute."
"Great, I'll uh, give you guys a ride back to the diner."
Lorelai was sensing Luke's attitude and behavior. She tried to restrain herself, but Lorelai Gilmore was never good at holding her tongue. "The doctor said the dinner party and the bright lights and the conflict with my mother is what caused Rory's headache."
Luke cautiously looked over at Lorelai. "He did?" he raised one of his eyebrows.
"Yes." Lorelai cofirmed strongly. "He did. So, I can blame my mother for what happened to Rory tonight. And you know what else, I can blame her for running away at seventeen, because she is the reason I wanted out of there so badly, therefore she caused it. Cause and effect Luke, ever heard of that? And one more thing, I became independent because I had to be! No one was there to take care of me, Luke! I did it all on my own because I had to! By the way, I never blamed my mother for me getting pregnant, I always knew that was completely my fault. But do you know what comes with having a baby?" Lorelai questioned. "It means that when she has just waken up from a coma and has severe headaches, I get to become upset and say anything I want, about anyone I want, because I'm her mother! So, don't you dare yell at me, Luke Danes... You have no right!"
Lorelai huffed as she finished her replica of Luke's previous rant. She awaited some type of reaction from Luke.
Almost at a loss for words, Luke swallowed heavily and stood up beside her. "I love you." He said shakily.