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April's POV
"Hi April" Freddie said as I walked into homeroom.
"Uh hi Freddie" I gulped.
"You ok" he asked. He's so thoughtful.
I nodded.
"So you excited about almost school being over" he asked.
"School being over yes math exam no" I laughed.
"Well if it's any consolation I doubt he'll ask for Pythagoras's" he smiled.
I laughed nervously and he raised his eyebrows. I started hyperventilating and started taking his lunch out of a paper bag and then handed me the bag.
"Thanks" I said after I was ok.
"Really nervous huh" he said sweetly.
"You have no idea" I said.
"Will you sign my yearbook" he asked casually.
"Only if you sign mine" we traded year books. The odds of me seeing him next year are high but year books are the only way to get things like that out.
I like you.
Have a Great Summer.
Your Friend (hopefully)
April
He gave me mine back and I gave him his.
I like you.
See you next year
Freddie
I smiled and he smiled too as we took our seats in the back of the room.
Luke's POV
"I HAVE A BOYFRIEND!" April yelled as she ran into the diner.
"You what?"
"Freddie asked me out we're going to the end of the year dance tonight" she smiled more brightly than anyone I had ever met. Well that wasn't a Gilmore. Suddenly her smile fell.
"I HAVE NOTHING TO WEAR" she screamed "where's Lorelai?"
"Upstairs" I pointed to the stairs. She started running up the stairs. Th phone rang and I picked it up.
"Luke's"
"Hey Uncle Luke"
"Hey Jess how's Italy?"
"My grandfather's a mob boss"
"I want you back in the US now!"
"Chill it's fine no one knows I'm related to him"
"First time he gets shot at I want you back"
"What if he gets hurt I just can't leave him?"
"Fine at least you care about family loyalty unlike your father but Rory better be back"
"Ok"
"Good now have fun I hear Italy is nice"
"Bye"
"Bye"
Lorelai's POV
"Hey April" I said to the girl pacing up and down in front of the couch "you ok?"
"I have a date to the end of the year dance" she said.
"Freddie" I asked.
She nodded.
"Good now what's with the pacing?"
"I have nothing to wear" she tugged on her pig tails.
"You know what that means right?"
"I'm doomed to look like a moron."
"No" I shook my head "SHOPPING!"
Rory's POV
We turned a corner into an alleyway. It wasn't like the rest of the alleys it was more like a dark alley in New York
"I've never seen Italy through the eyes of a native" I smiled up at the kind old man. If someone would've come up to me right now and told me I was walking with a mob boss I would've laughed in their face.
"Well now you have" he nodded.
"Thank you" I said.
"Well I kind of owe you I mean I'm the one who sent your boyfriend away" he laughed.
"Yeah is he ok" I asked.
"He'll be fine he's not doing anything illegal just checking on a store I own" he said "that's how I got started with that store."
"Oh how did you go from a store to uh well what you do now" I didn't want to say it.
"Well I actually had a partner a man who used to come to the store but he died shortly after we started working together" he remembered.
Suddenly there a cold hand covered my mouth and a gun was pressed against my head. Jess's grandfather had a knife against his throat.
"You stole a client" the man growled.
"Kick on three" Mr. Mariano whispered and started counting. He got to three and I kicked the man behind me. I started running then noticed that Mr. Mariano had been stabbed. I stopped then there was a bang and everything went black.
Jess's POV
Why my grandfather still had an old drug store I didn't know but he did. Today he sent me to supervise a shipment of drugs form the U.S he had assured me the drugs were legal and I'm sure they are but I just had this weird feeling there was another reason why he kept this store other than a cover for his illegal activity. As I was walking back to his house after the shipment had come in my phone started to ring.
"Hello" I answered it.
"Jess Mariano" a girl said.
"Yea"
"Are you related to James Mariano?"
"Yes"
"He's been stabbed"
"Junior or senior"
"Senior" the receptionist said.
"Was there anyone with him?"
"Yes a girl Lorelai Gilmore" she said.
"What hospital?"
"Rome American" she said. I hung up. After catching a bus and sitting next to a woman screaming and holding on to the seat in front of her and dealing with many rude and uncooperative nurses, doctors, and receptionists I finally got to see Rory.
She was in a coma. She had been shot in the leg and had gone into cardiac arrest during surgery. He was fine. He had minor injuries. He was the cause of all her pain but he was fine. What was it with Mariano's and hurting people and not getting as hurt yourself. It always seemed to end with Rory to. She's the target. She's always the target. I always seem to do this to her. I hurt her more than I thought possible. She could die and it's my fault. I called Luke he didn't answer. I left a message. He hasn't called back.
Luke's POV
"April come on I'll do your hair" Lorelai led her upstairs. I followed and listened to the messages. There was only one. It was from Jess.
"Hey Luke it's Jess just wanted to say you were right I should've left when I found out. He was stabbed she was shot. They're at Rome American Hospital. Please call me back."
Lorelai walked out of the bathroom
"My baby" she cried. Suddenly the phone rang again.
"Hello" I answered.
"Luke Danes"
"Yes"
"This is James Mariano"
"You've got some nerve calling here after you knowingly put your grandson and an innocent girl in danger" I was almost yelling.
"I apologize but I think you should come I'll have my jet pick you up at Hartford International tonight at ten"
"What is going on?"
"I just think you should see her before…"
"Before what James"
"There's a good chance the girl may not make it through the night she bled a lot"
"If Rory dies so will you" I threatened and hung up.
Lorelai continued sobbing into my shirt as April just sat on the chair looking at the floor.
"Can I come with you" April's voice was small and nervous.
"April I don't think your mom will let you fly to another continent with us"
"Rory is going to be my step sister and I think I should see her" she said a little more confidently.
"What about your dance and Freddie"
"The dance ends at 9"
Jess's POV
"James" I walked into his room.
"Back to calling me James huh well at least we're not back to Mr. Mariano"
"Thank you" I whispered "for calling them I couldn't do it."
"Excuse me" a man in green scrubs stood in the doorway "I'm Dr. Lombardi"
"Yea so" I snapped "sorry."
"It's ok" he said with an Italian accent much like my own grandfather's "Miss Gilmore's conditioned has not improved."
"Has it gotten worse" I asked.
"No" the doctor shook his head.
"Then why are you here?"
"It doesn't look good she's losing a lot of blood still we can't stop the internal bleeding"
"Then try harder" I demanded.
"We've done everything we can"
"No you haven't because if you had she'd be fine"
I walked out and saw Luke Lorelai and April standing in the waiting room. Lorelai was crying on Luke's shoulder and April looked shocked.
"Come on I'll show you where she is" I led them into the room where the once brilliant Rory laid hooked up to machines.
"My baby" Lorelai kneeled next to her bed and cried into the white sheets on the hospital bed.
"You guys had a long flight why don't you go back to James's house and get some sleep" I tried.
"Ok" Luke said still trying to be the strong one. The three left. Luke had to drag Lorelai out kicking and screaming. I pulled up a chair next to Rory's bed and sat down.
"Rory you can't give up you have to be ok" tears started to roll down my cheek again. I grabbed her hand and her fingers wrapped around mine. Then her grip loosened and her hand fell on to the bed. The machine started beeping and doctors rushed in. There was one long continuous beep
"Rory you can't give up" I pleaded "please don't leave me please Rory please please Rory don't give up."
"Call it" a nurse said.
"Time of death…"
"No she's not dead she can't be dead" I cried "come on Rory don't give up just yet I love you Rory I need you Rory please don't give up." There was a bump in the flat line on the monitor and her heart started again.
"Guess it's not her time" Dr. Lombardi smiled and walked out of the room.