Previously….
Oh my god! Lorelai. Who did this to you?" He says while taking the rope out of her mouth and from around her hands. Leaving her feet still tied together.
"Oh Luke." She screams through her tears and buries her face in his chest. Luke rubs his hands up and down her back trying his best to calm her down.
All of a sudden they hear a click and turn around only to see Rachel standing there with a gun and her finger on the trigger. Lorelai grips onto Luke tighter.
"What do you mean, when she is gone?" Luke realizes what she is saying. "Rachel come on, you don't want to do this."
"I think I do Luke."
"If you're going to shoot anyone, shoot me not her."
"You want the ring, fine here you can have it." Rachel walks over to where they are standing, which is near the closet. Luke is holding Lorelai up and Lorelai is half hiding behind Luke. As soon as Luke lets go of Lorelai to take the ring Rachel grabs Lorelai's hand and yanks her to the ground, as she falls her arm hits hard against the dresser.
"Lorelai." Luke yells and try's to run over to her but Rachel points the gun at him as a scare and he backs up. She turns back to Lorelai who is half sitting up, while holding her arm.
"Stay down Lorelai. Remember what I told you before, do as I say."
"Rachel, why are you doing this?" Lorelai chokes out through her tears.
"I'm doing this because Luke won't agree to be with me." She turns to Luke and points the gun at Lorelai who is still on the ground; she is having trouble getting up since Rachel had slammed her back up against the wall earlier.
"I am serious Luke; I won't kill her if you agree to be with me."
Luke, stone-cold, never show emotion Luke is almost in tears as he sees the woman he loves lying on the floor with the gun pointed at her.
"You have 3 minutes Luke, make a decision."
Luke moves down to the floor next to Lorelai and hugs her tight.
"Rachel, if you want her gone then I'm going too. So either do it and get it over with or put the gun down and get some help."
Rachel looks at the two of them and doesn't know what to do next. She gets scared and her finger slips.
All you here is a loud bang and everything goes silent.
As the gun went off Luke tried his best to shield Lorelai from the two bullets flying at them. As he leaned over to cover her body her left hand was left exposed to the bullet, as it hit her hand you could hear her loud scream throughout the room. Luke looked between himself and Lorelai; he saw tears in her eyes as she was staring back at him. Rachel too had slowly sat down and was in shock at what she had just down. The second bullet had gone right into Luke's right leg. Lorelai saw how he was bleeding and that's when her tears formed. He realized he was hurt by the look on her face and once he looked down he saw for sure, he had been shot in the leg. A jolt of pain came rushing up his leg and he was flat on the ground grabbing his leg in pain. Rachel looked at the two of them. "What have I done?" She thought. "I've got to get out of here." Rachel ran out of the house and when she opened the front door Lorelai's daughter Rory was standing there.
"Rachel, hi, what are you doing here?"
Rachel looked at the girl and ran while saying,
"I'm sorry but I have to go now."
"Well that was weird." Rory says to herself and walks inside the house.
"Mom? Are you home?" She calls out for her mom and makes her way upstairs. The site in her mother's bedroom causes her to freeze.
Lorelai had slowly made her way over to the phone and was trying to dial with the one non-broken hand and Luke was lying on the floor nearly unconscious from the blood he is losing. Rory runs to her mom and takes the phone, calls 911. She lays Lorelai down on the bed and runs to the bathroom. She grabs two towels, as instructed by the people over the phone, and wraps Luke's wound up so that no more blood can escape. Just as she is about to go over to her mother she hears ambulance sirens and then the EMT's bursting through the door. There are four men, two larger men take Luke and put him on a stretcher and attach an oxygen mask onto his face, and then they wheel him into the first ambulance. The two other men wrap Lorelai's hand up and she too goes on a stretcher after passing out from the pain and of the site of the blood everywhere.
"Can I ride along with her?"
"Who are you?" The EMT asks.
"Her daughter."
"Okay hop in, but don't get in the way."
"Thank you."
They arrive at the hospital and Lorelai is rushed into the emergency room. Rory goes up to the desk of the waiting room to see if they have any news on Luke.
"Hello, excuse me, do you have any information on Luke Danes?" Rory asks the nurse.
"I'm afraid I can only give out information about patients to family members, are you family?" An older looking nurse at the desk explains.
"I'm his…I'm his daughter."
"Okay dear. Well it seems your father is in the operating room. My guess is that they will try and remove the bullet as best they can, it all depends on how deep it went. Have a seat and I'm sure a doctor will be out to tell you more. If you need anything else don't be afraid to ask."
"Thank you very much." The nurse smiles sympathetically and Rory walks back into the waiting room and sits on the uncomfortable chairs.
1 hour later a doctor comes out into the waiting room.
"Is there family here of a Miss Lorelai Gilmore?" The doctor asks and Rory rushes over to him.
"Yes, that's my mother. Please tell me she's okay. Can I see her? What exactly happen?"
"Slow down miss. First off what is your name?"
"Rory, Rory Gilmore, now please tell me, is my mother okay?"
"With time your mother will be fine. It seems that the bullet was the least of her problems. She has buries all over her upper back, we assume they are from someone pushing her up against a wall or door. She may not be able to walk too well just yet, but that is only because her back may be too sore for her to walk. In time the buries will heal and she will be back on her feet in no time. Her arm is broken in three places and her left hand is broken. We performed surgery to fix these broken bones the best we could, now they will heal on their own. Her arm has a cast on it, she will have to wear it for 2 months, then we want her back here for a checkup to see if it is okay to remove it. Now, the hand were the bullet hit is completely broken. We were however, able to remove the bullet itself, making her hand less painful. However, the chances of her being able to use her left hand ever again are not too high."
"What does that mean, she is paralyzed?"
"Not her body, just is, for now, just paralyzed in her left hand. We are doing everything we can to make sure she is okay. You may go in to see her now if you wish."
"Thank you doctor."
"You're welcome."
Rory walks into Lorelai's hospital room and sees her just laying there staring at the wall in front of her. She slowly walks over to her mom, pulls a chair over and sits next to the bed.
"Mom? Are you okay?"
No answer.
"Come on, talk to me. We tell each other everything, I'm so scared right now mom, I was so afraid of what might have happened to you. I'm so glad you are okay."
"I hate her." Lorelai says in a whisper.
"You hate who?"
"Rachel."
"Rachel did this to you?"
Lorelai nods and turns to her daughter with tears in her eyes. Rory bends over and gives her mom a big hug trying not to hurt her. They pull apart and wipe there tears.
"Where's Luke?"
"All I know is that he has been in the operating room for about an hour."
"I need Luke."
"I know mom, he will be here soon."
"He saved my life."
"He did?"
Lorelai was going to try to explain what happened, when the doctor walked in.
"Why hello girls, is everything okay in here."
"Everything is fine. Thank you Doctor Amerson. Would you happen to have any information on Luke Danes." Lorelai asks.
"Are you family?"
"I'm his fiancé."
"He is not my patient but let me do some checking around and I'll get back to you both."
"Thank you so much."
"I'll be back, if you need anything just call a nurse to come and they will reach me."
"Okay, thank you once again."
He smiles and leaves the room. He wanted to help those girls no matter what. They seem to have been through so much during the course of the day. He got in to this job for a reason. To help people, and that was exactly what he was going to do.
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