"What?"
He pulls out the ring he's been carrying around with him for four months then says, "I know that the timing could be better, but…will you marry me?"
"Yes!" she says, then kisses him and pulls away and watches him slip the ring on her finger. "It's beautiful."
"It was my mothers. Dad gave it to me when I told him that you were pregnant."
"Excuse me, I hate to spoil a moment, but you can go in and see Mr. Danes now." the doctor says.
The doctor leads them down a hallway, which gives the illusion that it is never ending. They arrive in the ICU and the doctor explains who they are and who they want to see, and the nurse takes them from there.
"He's in room 108. I must warn you that he won't look like himself. Right now, he is hooked up to a breathing machine, a heart monitor and he has IV's dripping medicine. He is very pale, and looks older than his age. You each get five minutes with him, unless you want to go in together, I'll bend the rules, just this once," the nurse explains.
Lorelai turns to Luke and says, "What do you want to do?"
Luke grabs her hand and says, "We're in this together."
"Yes, we are. Lets go see him," she says, gripping his hand tighter than normal.
"Right this way," the nurse says, and leads them to his door.
They walk in, and are met with a man that is essentially William, but at the same time, it's not. The William they know can breathe on his own, and doesn't need a heart monitor. The William they know is strong and will give you the shirt off his back, the William they know is someplace else.
"I wonder if he can hear us?" Luke says.
"I'm sure he can, babe. Talk to him," Lorelai encourages.
Luke walks over to his father and says, "Dad, I uh, proposed to Lorelai, and she said yes...you shouldn't be in here, you should be at home watching some late night talk show...I called Liz…she's not here, but she knows that you are...I'm sorry to say this, but I don't expect her to be here anytime soon...she didn't even say goodbye to Mom...but, Dad, this is not goodbye...you are going to wake up, and watch me get married to the woman of my dreams, you're going to see your granddaughter enter the world, and you're going to live forever."
'Like on Fame.' Lorelai thinks in her head, knowing better than to say it out loud.
"I love you, Dad." Luke says, pulling away from him and says to Lorelai, "You going to says something?"
Lorelai only nods and walks over to where Luke was and says, "William, you are an angel...you gave Rory and me a place to stay and you gave me a job to feed my kid...most importantly, you gave me your son...I don't know what I would do with out either of you...I'd be worse off, but, luckily, I'm here with Luke and you...and I have Rory, and little girl Danes here...the ring you picked out for your wife is absolutely gorgeous, I'll take good care of it...oh, the baby moved about an hour ago...it was amazing. I mean, sure, I've felt it before, but I had Luke to share the moment with me...you better get out of here...Rory wants to see her Pop, she really loves you, you know...and so do I."
"I'm sorry, but your five minutes are up," the nurse says. A crying Lorelai, and a distraught Luke, leave Williams room the nurse then says, "You guys should go home, we'll call you if anything changes."
"But…" Luke begins.
"There is nothing you can do for him if you are both tired, and pregnant women need their sleep, so do daddy's. Go, we'll call you," the nurse says again.
"Come on baby, I'll drive," Lorelai says, grabbing Luke's hand.
ok, so, sad...yes, short...extreamly...if you want to know what i'm going to do with william...review...or no more story!
i'm so evil!