Previously on Anywhere But Here:

Lorelai took Gracie's temperature several times over a half an hour period. Everytime she took her temperature it got a little bit higher.

"Your temperature is 103.7 now. I have to bring you to the hospital!" Lorelai said.

She woke you Luke and told him what was going on. Luke carried Gracie to the car because she was really weak and tired. Lorelai ran to the car after she grabbed everything that she thought she'd need. Lorelai got in the car. Luke rushed to the emergancy room.
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Luke ran Gracie into the hospital. Lorelai followed. Luke handed Gracie to Lorelai. Luke ran over to the front desk and sat down in the chair that was given to patients.

"Hi, this is Gracie Krumwaltz and she has been sick for the past while and now has a temperature of 103.7" he said as Lorelai carried Gracie over.

"Wow. She looks really pale. Okay, all I need you to do is fill out these papers and the doctor will be out to see you as soon as possible," the nurse said as she handed Luke some papers and a pen.

"Thank you!" Lorelai said before Luke could argue saying that she needs a doctor now. She didn't want to make a scene like she knew her mother would do.

Lorelai brought Gracie over to the chair and sat down with Gracie on her lap. Gracie had been unuasally quiet the whole trip. Lorelai guessed that it was because she wasn't feeling well. She had no idea how right she was. Graice felt like crap. Wait, that's an understatment. Gracie felt horrible.

Luke finished filling out the paper and a nurse brought out a wheelchair for Gracie to sit in. They started to wheel Gracie off. Lorelai held her hand the whole time.

"Ma'am, you're going to have to stay here." One of the nurses said.

"Why?" Lorelai asked.

"We're going to have to run a few tests to see why she's so sick. You're not allowed to come behind these two doors."

"Please. Let her come." Gracie said. You could barely hear her because she said it so quietly.

"I'm sorry, sweetie, Your mom can't come behind these doors." The nurse said.

"Oh. I'm not her mom I'm just watching her." Lorelai stated.

"Either way you can't come behind these doors."

"But..."

"I'm sorry ma'am."

The nurses wheeled Gracie off behind the doors. Lorelai stood in the same spot for a couple of seconds then walked back to Luke. Luke was sitting down on a chair by the two doors that they pushed Gracie through.

"So they wouldn't let you go through the doors?"

"Nope. It's not fair. What if Gracie gets scared? What if they do something wrong? What if she gets worse?" Lorelai rambled.

"I'm sure that she'll be fine. She'll be out of there soon. But now I suggest that you call her parents." Luke suggested.

"Good idea." Lorelai held up her cell phone "AHH! There's no reception in here. I'll be right back."

Lorelai walked down the hallway. She saw that she had all of her bars and dialed Cynthia Krumwaltz's cellphone.

'Hello. This is Cynthia.'

"Hi Cynthia. It's Lorelai."

'Hello Lorelai. How are you?'

"I'm doing good. It's just that Gracie is in the hospital with a temperature of 103.7 and she's really pale."

'Do you know what's wrong?'

"No not yet. They just brought her back to do tests. So I was wondering if you're going to come and see her?"

'I can't today. Maybe Wednesday.'

"I thought you said that you were coming back on Tuesday?"

'Yes that's what I thought. Then I found out that Paul and I have to go out of town for another DAR function. I cannot miss this one. If I miss it I will be moved to the last cup of tea. And you know what that can do to your social status.'

"But you're daughter is in the hospital. Don't you want to come and see her?"

'She's been in the hospital before Lorelai. It's nothing to get worked up over. Just call me when you know what's wrong. Thank you Lorelai. I will see you Thursday.'

"But I thought you said that you were coming home ... Wednesday." Lorelai said really fast so she could fit it in before Cynthia hung up. She wasn't successful and Cynthia hung up when Lorelai was almost done with the sentance.

Lorelai sighed and walked back over to Luke.

"She's not coming." Lorelai said as she sat down in the chair next to Luke.

"What!" Luke exclaimed.

"She said that she had a DAR meeting and if she didn't go to it she would be moved to the last cup of tea and that would be horrible for her 'social status'" Lorelai said. Mocking the way that Cynthia had said it.

"That's just crazy! Cynthia is her mother! She has to come. If Rory was in the hospital then you would come running! Well she was already in the hospital and you rushed there! It's just not right having Cynthia not care about Gracie! I bet you that I care more about her then her mother does!" Luke ranted.

Just as Luke finished his rant a nurse came walking out of the doors and upto them.

"How is Gracie?" Lorelai asked as the nurse stopped before them.

"I cannot give out any information to none family members. But I can tell you that her condition is stable and that she is now in room 679." And with that the nurse walked away.

"What! Just because we're not family we can't know anything about what's happening" Lorelai said. She almost yelled it.

"That's the rule at almost every hospital. But we should probably go see her now. I don't think that we want to keep her alone for to much longer." Luke said.

Lorelai nodded and ran to room 679. As she walked in she saw Gracie sleeping on a hospital bed. She had tubes sticking out of her arms. She had an IV tube hooked onto her. Lorelai gasped at the sight.

Lorelai ran over to Gracie and held her hand. She stroked her hair.

"It's okay sweetie. Everything will be okay. I promise. Nothing bad is going to happen to you while I'm here. Nothing! I promise! And you know that I never make a promise that I can't keep. So you know that this is big. I'm here. I won't leave your side. Don't worry sweetie. I'll always be here." Lorelai whispered. She knew that Gracie was asleep but it always helped to talk to her.

Graice shifted a little. She opened her eyes. She smiled when she saw Lorelai sitting there.

"Hey there girly. How are you feeling?" Lorelai asked.

"Like crap on toast." Gracie said with a smile.

"Don't worry. You'll feel better soon. I promise."

"Thanks Lorelai."

Just as Gracie said that the machines that she was hooked into started to go balistic! They were beeping like crazy. After that 4 nurses rushed into the room. They pushed Luke and Lorelai out.

"What's wrong! What's wrong with my little girl" Lorelai asked one of the nurses. Lorelai was more worried then she'd ever been in her whole life.

The nurses just kept on pressing buttons on the machine and fidling with the IV tube that was going into Gracie's arm. Finally, the beeping subsided and the nurses walked out of the room.

"We weren't giving her a high enough dosage of the medecine. Gracie was getting worse. She should be good now. You can go see her." One of the nurses said.

Lorelai rushed inside of Gracie's room.

"Gracie you never do that to me again! You scared me half to death! I was so worried. You have to promise me that you will never, EVER, do that again! Promise?" Lorelai said as she sat down on the bed next to Gracie.

"I promise" Gracie said. Emphisizing the word promise.

"Good," Lorelai said, "I'm just going to call Rory and tell her where we are and then I'll be back. Okay?"

"Okay."

"Luke will stay with you." Lorelai said as she was walking out of the room.

Lorelai walked into the hallway and dialed her home phone number.

'Hello?'

"Rory. Gracie's at the hospital. I think that you should come here now."

'I'll be right there. What hospital are you at?'

"Hartford Memorial."

'Bye'

"Bye"

Lorelai hung up the phone. She walked over to the front desk to see if she could get any information about Gracie's condition.

"I'm sorry ma'am. But we can only give out information about a patient's condition to family members only." The nurse said.

"Okay you know what, I'm tired of everyone telling me that! I'm the only one here for her besides Luke and Rory. Her parents don't even care about her! They're not even coming to see her here! They said that they had a meeting that they couldn't miss or they'll go to the last cup of tea! I'm the closest thing to a mom that she's got at this moment. And I would appritiate it if you would tell me something about Gracie's condition!" Lorelai practicly yelled.

"Don't tell anyone that I told you this. Gracie was just very dehydrated. She has a condition where if she doesn't get enough fluids in her body then she gets very sick and she gets weak and unstable. If you would have come just a little bit later it could have been fatel. Gracie's been here before with this."

"Thank you so much. You have no idea!" Lorelai walked back to the room.

Luke was sitting next to Gracie's bed. He was holding her hand.

"Gracie's going to be fine. She's just a little dehydrated. She's going to be okay." Lorelai said and smiled.

"Good!" Luke exclaimed.

Lorelai walked up to Gracie and stroked her cheek.

"Everythings going to be fine now sweetie. Just wait and see."
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A/N I hope that you like this chapter. I will probably post the next chapter late tomorrow night or on Wednesday. Please review! I would love to know what you think!