A/N: Thanks for all the reviews last chapter, I hope I get some for this one too. I tried my best on the medical stuff, so please bear with me.
Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters on Gilmore Girls.
Luke's eyes never strayed from Lorelai. Not for a moment, not even when the paramedics began asking him questions about the state she was found in. His eyes never left her face, her porcelain face that now looked so broken. For a moment, when the paramedics put the breathing tube over her mouth, her eyes fluttered open and she stared back into his eyes, then she passed out again. He took her hand like it was the most natural thing in the world, and held it tight. Why hadn't he protected her?
"We're going to have to take her to Hartford Memorial, her injuries are pretty bad." Luke nodded.
"That's fine." He said softly, one of the paramedics pushed his hand away from Lorelai's, trying to stop some of the bleeding on her arm. The ambulance ride was probably one of the worst, longest moments in Luke's life, watching the woman that he loved so dearly suffering so badly. With all the machines surrounding her, and a big oxygen tube on her mouth, she looked so small. Hearing the sirens, watching her struggle, remembering what he had found, it would haunt him forever. The hospital couldn't have come soon enough. They jumped out of the ambulance and began rolling her down the long corridors of the hospital.
"Female, 36 years old, suffering from severe injuries caused by domestic abuse and rape." The paramedic told one of the doctors as they quickly wheeled her into a trauma room, a doctor walked towards Luke as he tried to follow Lorelai into the room.
"I'm sorry, sir, you can't go in there, it's only essential personnel. But could you walk with me Mr…."
"Danes." Luke said.
"Well, Mr.Danes, what's your relationship to Miss Gilmore?" He asked, taking out a clipboard and scribbling things in it.
"I'm her close friend." The doctor shook his head.
"It's a hospital rule we can't give patient information out to anyone that's not family, so I'd suggest you call a family member who can give us Lorelai's information, and we can give them regular updates. With Lorelai's condition, it's crucial that family members know everything that's going on." Luke nodded, he was still in complete shock.
"I'll call her daughter." He said quietly, then turned to the doctor. "Do you think you can give me any information about Lorelai?" The doctor shook his head.
"At this point we're still checking her out; we know that her condition is very serious. But that's all I can say." Luke felt his throat harden up, he couldn't say anything. He took out Lorelai's cell phone from his pocket; he had grabbed it to call the ambulance. He looked in her phonebook for Rory, and immediately found her. He waited for Rory to pick up. When she did, he braced himself.
"Hello?" Rory sounded a little stressed out.
"Rory? It's Luke. I'm at Hartford Memorial with your mom." He heard a gasp from the other line. "Her condition is pretty bad, and they won't tell me anything because I'm not family. I think you should get over here."
"I'll be there as fast as I can." Rory paused, she knew exactly why her mother was at the hospital, and at that moment she had wished she had acknowledged what was happening to Lorelai, instead of trying to deny it. "Luke?" She whispered, breaking out into tears. "Was it…Him?" Luke nodded.
"Yeah, Rory, it was…Did you…know?"
"I heard it once, but I just didn't want to face that it was happening…Luke, I feel awful." Rory was sobbing.
"It's no one's fault except for his, Rory." He said reassuringly. "Please…Just come soon, she needs you, Rory." He felt himself breaking into tears, he heard Rory hang up, and in shock, he sat in the waiting room silently. Every time the door opened, he looked to see if it was Rory. Finally, he saw Rory, very disheveled and scared.
"Thank god, Rory." He said, running up to her. "The doctor is somewhere around here." They quickly began looking for him, and finally found him. Rory rushed to the doctor, feeling scared and vulnerable.
"Dr. Evans? I'm Rory Gilmore, Lorelai's daughter. Can you tell me about her condition?" The doctor nodded, and pointed to a few chairs in the hallway.
"Lorelai came in with some pretty bad injuries. She had several broken ribs, as well as a very badly fractured leg. We had to take her into surgery for the leg, as well as to look at her left lung, which was collapsed." Rory gasped, Luke didn't know what to think. "She's out of surgery, and it seems to be successful but we won't know for awhile. We're pretty confident she'll be okay, barring any complications. We're also going to do a rape kit on her in an hour or so, once she's a little more rested." He paused again, then took out a few pamphlets.
"Miss Gilmore has gone through a lot of mental trauma, and we're going to require her to see a therapist at least once during her stay here, but we recommend you go through these and find an appropriate recovery program for her. Also, we've notified the police, and they'll be here momentarily. We'd appreciate it if you could give them information on who did this to her so they could make an arrest." Both Rory and Luke nodded, feeling so incredibly terrible.
"Okay." Rory said seriously. "Thank you, so much…Is there any way I could see my mom?" The doctor shook his head.
"She's still in the intensive care unit, probably for the whole night, then tomorrow morning we'll move her into a regular room, then we can see her." The doctor pointed to the entrance, where three police man stood. "I think they need to talk to you now." Rory nodded and she and Luke silently walked over to them. They shook hands, and the police began.
"Mr. Danes? You found Miss Gilmore in this state?" Luke nodded. "Do you know who was there before you found her? Can you tell us what happened?"
"Well, Lorelai and I had just had a movie night, and her boyfriend Jason Stiles walked in. I left, and while I was going to my truck I heard her scream, so I ran to the door, which was locked. Finally, when I got in, Jason was gone and Lorelai was unconscious." The police man nodded.
"We'll make an arrest, take a DNA sample, and see if it matches with the DNA found in Lorelai when they do the rape kit." Luke nodded and watched as they walked away. Luke and Rory looked at each other for a moment.
"I can't believe this is happening." Rory whispered, after a long time, waiting and worrying. "I knew this was happening, and I just completely denied it. And now…" Rory felt herself crying again. "Now we're here, and mom is so hurt."
"She'll be alright…He's going to be arrested, and she'll go into therapy and a good recovery program, and she'll be better." Luke said. Rory nodded, then looked to Luke.
"I think I have to call…" Rory didn't want to finish the sentence, she had already imagined how telling her grandparents would be, especially since it had to do with Jason. She took her phone out of her pocket, and hit their number.
"Hello?" Emily answered, sounding particularly annoyed.
"Grandma? It's Rory." She said, very seriously. Emily could already sense something was wrong, she sighed and tried to not jump to conclusions.
"Hello, Rory. How are you?"
"Grandma, I'm fine….But Mom…She's not okay, Grandma."
"What? Rory, what happened?"
"I'm at the hospital, you and grandpa should probably get down here…Hartford Memorial."
"Rory, what happened?" Emily repeated.
"Grandma…It was Jason… He hurt her really badly. She had to have surgery for her leg, and her lung was collapsed. They said she'll be okay, barring any complications. She's still in the intensive care unit." Emily felt her whole body surge up in anger at Jason, and suddenly she shivered- feeling scared for her daughter.
"I'm coming, Rory." She hung up and ran to Richard's office. Richard looked up to his wife, a little surprised she was coming into his office so early. "Richard…There's something wrong with Lorelai. Jason was hurting her, and now she's in the hospital with some pretty serious injuries. She's still in the intensive care unit, after a pretty serious surgery." Richard got up, angry and scared as well.
"I'm going to kill him." He said angrily. Emily put her hand on his shoulder.
"They've probably already arrested him, the only thing we can do now is be there for Rory and Lorelai." Emily spoke calmly, and almost faraway. Richard nodded.
"Okay, let's go." He said softly. They slowly walked into the car and sped off.
At the hospital, Luke and Rory waited for the doctor to come out and let them see Lorelai. Soon, Emily and Richard were quietly next to them.
"You found her?" Emily asked Luke. Luke shook his head.
"Yeah."
"Was she…Did he…" She paused and her voice went into a whisper. "Rape her?"
"Yeah, he did." Richard felt himself get angrier.
"This is all my fault…I hired him, and now he's suing me and look at what he did to her!" He was getting louder. "This has happened more than once, I'm sure." Rory looked down to the ground. They all sat in silence until the doctor emerged from the hallway.
"We've moved her into a regular room, she made it through the night. The anesthesia from the surgery has worn off, so she'll awake soon but she'll probably be in a lot of pain. You can see her now, she's in room 117." They all stood up, and he held his hand up.
"Just don't be shocked when you see her, she looks pretty bad." They all nodded, then slowly, quietly walked down the hallway. When they found room 117, they filed around her bed. She was paler than a ghost, she had bruises on her face as well as scars. Her leg had a cast on it, and with everything around her, she looked so small. Emily gasped, Rory held back tears, Richard vowed to hurt Jason, and Luke…He stared right into her eyes, wishing he could make it all better. Her eyes fluttered open and Lorelai looked around the room, she was so afraid. Before she could say anything, she was crying.
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