Chapter 4
Doctor's Office
"Ms. Gilmore, Dr. Thomas will see you now."
I got up and followed the nurse into a hall. She turned and opened one of the doors.
"If you'll wait here, the doctor will be with you in a few minuets."
I looked around the room. It was a typical room. With charts with heart beats and baby's all around the room. I sat for about 5 minutes and in walked the doctor.
"Hi, Rory, is it? I'm Dr. Thomas. You may call me Leslie. So what can I do for you today?"
"Well I've been getting these dizzy spells for about 2 weeks now. At first I thought it was just stress, but I haven't been stressed in about a week and they keep coming."
"Hmm... lets go do some tests and we'll see if we can find out what's wrong."
After tests
"When will the results be in?"
"Oh, they should be back in a couple of days. I'll give you a call when they get in OK?"
"Thank you."
I left the office and called Tristan. We were going to go out and go see the newest chick flick out... on account of him losing a bet to me. I smiled, dialed the number and waited.
"Hello?"
"Hi, ready to go?"
"Aw, Ror, do I have to? I mean I would much rather just cuddle with you and-"
"Yup! You're not getting out of it! Now get your butt down here. I'll meet you at the theatre!"
"Now now Mary, I knew you like me, but making comments about my butt! That's un- called for!"
"Ugh! Just be there in 10! Bye Tristan"
I hung up the phone and headed toward the theatre.
3 days later
I just stepped out of the shower when the phone rang. I let the machine pick it up.
"Hello. This message is for Rory Gilmore. It's Dr. Thomas' office calling. We have the results to your test and would appreciate it if you would come down today. Anytime would be good. Thank you. Good bye."
I walked out and played the message again. I was supposed to go to class in an hour. I figured I would go to the doctor's office right after and then get back in time for my date with Tristan. (A/N: I'm no doctor so I'm just making all this up)
3 hours later
I walked into the office and was told to go right to Leslie's Office. I knocked and waited for a response.
"Come in"
"Hi, I got your message. So what's wrong with me doc?" I let out a small laugh.
"Sit down please. I don't know how to gently tell you this so I'm just going to come out and tell you. Rory, you have cancer. It's a little tumor at the base of your skull. If we treat it quickly we might be able to stop it from spreading."
I couldn't breath. I had cancer. I was dying. What am I going to do? How am I going to tell my mom? Tristan?
"Rory, say something please."
"Umm... what do I have to do?"
"Well, we can put you on treatment right away. We found the tumor in its early stages. I say you're very lucky. After we're sure that it has stopped growing we can operate to remove it. Here are some brochures for you to look at. They show some other treatments, but I say Chemo is the best choice. Go home, call your family and think about it. Let me know what your decision is soon."
"Thank you" I managed to choke out.
I literally ran out of the office and got into my car. I didn't know where I was going to go. I drove for a few hours and before I knew it, I saw a sign "Welcome to Stars Hallow"
