A/N:This is a kind of short chapter, but it serves its purpose.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the Gilmore Girls characters.

Lorelai felt tears cascading down her cheeks. This all felt unreal, every part of her body ached so bad, she felt like dieing. How had she let this happen? She could've stopped it, she could've fought harder, she could've told someone. Now, here she was, fallen, she felt dead. Her whole family was staring at her, looking like they wanted an answer.

"Hi." She whispered quietly. Rory grabbed her mom's hand.

"Mom? How are you feeling?" She asked, her mom looked so scared, so sad. Lorelai nodded.

"I….I'm hurt." She said hoarsely. It hurt for her to think, everything hurt. Her body was aching, and her heart was…it wasn't there. Richard and Emily looked at each other, everyone surrounding her felt awkward and scared for her.

"You had an operation, on your lungs." Said Emily, unsure of what to say. Lorelai nodded.

"Oh." She said hoarsely. She looked up to Luke, her eyes were pleading, then she looked over to Rory.

"Um, Mom probably needs some rest, guys…Why don't we come back in a few hours?" Lorelai nodded, and they all filed out of the room. Luke lingered for a moment, then got closer to her.

"I'm sorry, Luke." She said. "You found me, didn't you?" He nodded. "You didn't have to."

"Lorelai…" He said softly. "Why didn't you tell anyone?" She shook her head and began to cry.

"I was so scared…" He sat next to her, at the side of her bed. She looked up into his eyes, so comforting. "He's going to hurt me again."

"They arrested him, Lorelai…It's not going to happen again." She felt her body shake, and her sobs grew more intense. She buried herself into his arms. He held her tight, against his chest. He felt her body tremble, she felt herself hit the floor, it was all over. It had to be. After she fell asleep, he slipped out of her room, found a bathroom, and cried for what felt like forever. She broke his heart.

A couple hours later, Rory slowly walked into her Mom's room. Lorelai was staring ahead of her, at the wall, blankly and sadly.

"Mom…" She said. Lorelai looked to Rory and gave a weak smile. She sat up, and moved over for Rory to sit down. "I'm so sorry, Mom…I heard it that one time, and I just tried to convince myself that it wasn't real, I should've done something, said something…" Lorelai shook her head.

"It wasn't your fault, Rory…It was mine." She whispered. "I was just so afraid." She shrugged her shoulders. "I thought he was going to hurt you. I should've fought harder." They both looked at each other.

"This really sucks." Lorelai said, suddenly. Rory nodded.

"It'll go away." Rory paused. "All of the bad stuff, it'll go away." Lorelai nodded.

"I hope you're right…I'm so afraid right now. I have to talk to the police soon…" She shivered. "I'm just not sure if I can handle this….Any of this…" She felt herself crying. "I can't do this, Rory…I can't do any of it… I just want to wake up or run away. Tell me I can run away, tell me I don't have to testify, that it's all going to go away right now." Rory shook her head.

"I'm here, Mom…It's going to be hard for you, but I'm here. And…The doctor gave me some brochures. There are some groups, and some therapists." Lorelai shook her head and buried it in her pillow.

"Make it all go away." She yelled through tears. Rory felt like crying, but she knew she needed to stay strong for Lorelai. For a long time, they sat quietly, Lorelai rubbed the tears away from her face. Rory stood up.

"I'll be back in a few hours." She whispered. "I love you, Mom." Lorelai gave a small smile.

"I love you too, kid."

For the next two hours, Lorelai just thought. She thought about all of the pain she felt, about all of the damage that had been done to her. She hated Jason, she wouldn't let him consume her, she wouldn't live in fear. Rory and Luke walked into her room hours later. Lorelai was sitting up, sipping on water.

"I want to talk to the police." She said firmly. There was a long pause and she stared into their eyes. "I want to send that son of a bitch to jail forever."

Luke and Rory grinned. Maybe Lorelai would be stronger than they thought.

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