Chapter 16-Calls-

Rory woke up in a cold sweat. She looked at her alarm clock.

"8:45" she mumbled to herself

She walked into the kitchen to find a note on the fridge.

Dear Rory,

They needed me at the Inn. I got breakfast in the bag on the counter. (Heat it up)

Call me later!

Love Mom

She sighed and put the food into the microwave.

Then to Rory's surprise the phone rang.

"HELLO?"

"Rory?"

"Who's this?"

" It's Tristan."

"Tristan? Oh My God!"

"Yeah…I was wondering if you had Dean's phone number."

"Yes I do. Why do you ask?"

"Well Gia didn't come home last night and I was kind of worried about her."

"Okay…his number is 555-0912."

"0912. Thanks Rory."

"So anyway I have to call him so I'll talk to you later."

"Hey wait a sec. Do you want to come down here and do something?"

"Yeah sure why not I have to come down any way. Where should I meet you?"

"There's a diner called Luke's just meet me there at like 1- ish."

"Okay see you then."

Tristan hung up the phone and dialed Dean's number.

"Hello?" Dean's mother picked up the phone.

"Hi. Is Dean there?"

"No he's not here right now."

"Oh. Do you know where he is?"

"Yes. He is at the hospital."

"Why what happened?"

"His girlfriend got into a fight or something at school and she was pretty beaten up. So he took her to the hospital."

"When did this happen?"

"Yesterday at around 1:30. He called me at two to tell me where he was. Why do you want to know?"

" I'm his girlfriends brother Tristan."

"Your Gia's brother?"

"Yes…can you tell me where the hospital is please?"

"Sure."

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Tristan walked into the hospital in a fret.

"Hi…" he said to the nurse at the desk "I'm looking for my sister Gia- I mean Gianna Harrow."

"Oh yes room 101…do the hall to your left."

"Thank you."

Tristan walked to the hall. He looked in the room and saw Dean and Gia asleep. Tristan walked through the door quietly and nudged Dean.

"Wha…huh?"

"Dean wake up."

Dean blinked a few times and saw Tristan sanding over him.

"Oh Tristan…"

"Don't oh Tristan me. How come I didn't get a call saying that she was in the hospital?"

"Um I called twice Tristan. The first time no one was there and the second time your uncle picked up. He told me that he would tell you."

"Yeah well he didn't. My uncle is passed out. I had no idea."

"Yeah well he called Tristan." Gia said sitting up

Tristan glared at her.

"What happened to you? Why did you get into a fight? You know what happened last time."

"The girl started it."

"Right."

"No I swear. I was walking down the hall and she said something about me and Jess then she said something about me not belonging in Stars Hallow then she hit me."

Tristan looked at Dean.

"And you were where exactly when this happened?"

"I was in the Main Office. I came out in time to see them kicking her."

"Oh okay." Tristan looked at his watch

"12:30. Okay well as long as I know your okay Gia. We'll talk later. I have to go meet someone."

"Bye Tristan."

"Bye."

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The nurse walked into Gia's room.

"Okay young man. You can come back later to pick her up right now your going to have to leave."

"Okay. See you later." He kissed on the cheek and walked out

"Bye she called after him" Love you." She whispered to herself