It's the middle of the week. Lorelai has been in and out of unconsciousness but still not stable. Luke and Rory were in her room when she opened her eyes and slightly.
"Rory?"
"Mom?" She looked at her
"How are you?" She said slowly
"I'm good. Mom Luke is here"
"Who is that angel?" She obviously couldn't remember everything right away
"Luke, mom. Your fiancé, don't you remember?" Rory asks and Luke looks very sad that she can't remember.
"I...I'm sorry I just can't remember, I'm sorry. My head really hurts."
She fades back out.
"I can't believe she didn't remember me."
"It's okay." She goes over and hugs Luke "She will remember. At least we know she is okay. Well I think she is okay. Luke is she okay?"
"She will be okay Rory."
The doctor comes in.
"Oh good Doc listen, Lorelai woke up but she couldn't remember me, is that normal?"
"Given the situation, yes it is normal, is in pain and under medication. Give her a few more days here to recover and by the end of the week she will remember you."
"Okay that's good." Luke sighed in relief
"She is actually coming along really well. Now when she full pulls through we will have to talk about what needs to be done."
"What do you mean what needs to be done?" Luke was worried again
"Nothing serious. For instance she is going to need a wheel chair for a bit due to the broken hip."
Luke looked at him and then asked "She will be able to walk again right?"
The doctor looks down and then back up at Luke.
"Well, she will need to be in physical therapy started in about a month and a half. Her broken leg will heal in time, which is not as much a concern as her hip. If all goes well, she should be able to walk again in about a year, other than that she must stay in a wheelchair at all times, except therapy of course. I'm very sorry."
"Thank you doctor, you have been a great help so far." Luke tells the nice older man.
"Your welcome, and Luke."
"Yes?"
"I would be willing to join the two of you in court to fight against the man who did this. That is, if you want me to." The doctor kindly offers.
"Wow..That...we are really going to need the help, which would be great. Thank you so much doctor."
"Your welcome. No one deserves to have what happened to her be done to them."
"I know, and believe me she is been through so much."
2 days later and Lorelai hadn't woken up since the last time when she couldn't remember Luke. Now Rory had gone home and Luke was sitting beside Lorelai's bedside.
"L..Luk..Luke." She says, having trouble talking because of the tube that's down her throat.
"Oh Lorelai I'm so glad your awake. Shhh don't talk, I'll go get the doctor."
Luke went and got the doctor and he came in.
"So is she stable now?" Luke questioned the doctor
"Yes for the most part. She is going to have a lot of pain. I'm going to take the tube out so she can talk and breathe on her own. Her vital signs are showing she is ready for that."
Luke couldn't believe how fast she was stabilizing. He watched him pull out the tube from her throat. It was kind of scary to him.
"I'll be back in a half hour to check on her" The doctor then left.
"Lorelai baby, are you having any trouble breathing." He says and holds her hand.
"No, I'm okay, but my throat is a little dry."
He gives her some water.
"Thanks."
"Anything you need, I'll get it for you."
"Well there is something I really want right now." She smiles.
"Name it."
"A kiss."
He smiles back down at her and pecks her on the lips gently.
"What was that?"
"I just don't want to hurt you."
"Luke, my lips are one of the only things on my body that don't hurt. Now come on and kiss me."
They kiss, this time for real.
"Luke, am I going to live?" A scared Lorelai asks.
Luke looks nervous. "Yes, you are going to live."
"Am I going to be okay?"
"Well...
"I'm not am I?" She looks at Luke scared.
"No, you will be eventually. I just don't know how to tell you this." He squeezes her hand a little tighter
"Tell me what?"
"You have a broken leg and hip. The doctor says you will be okay."
She looks down then back up at Luke "Am I ever going to be able to walk again?"
"The doctor said with physical therapy you will be okay and walking within a year or so."
"A year? So I'm basically paralyzed for a year? What about work? I can't just sit around for a year" She was getting herself all worked up
"Shhh..." He strokes her hair and kisses it. "Just because you will be in a wheelchair doesn't mean you can't go to work or go wheel around town, I thought you would like the idea of being pushed around all day and not having to walk."
"I...I just want to be normal again. What about all these bruises on my body and my head really hurts and I-"
"Yes your have stitches in your head from the glass and also your ribs were slightly cracked."
"But what about the fact that I'm going to be completely useless to you."
"I don't care, I will be there for you."
"So when do we have to go to court?"
"That's another problem...
"Why? Why is that a problem?"
"Well, your parents were here."
"My parents?"
"Yes. They are going to side with Christopher and try to blame this all on me. I would never do that to you."
"Hey I know that. I know what happened, Liz, Rory, Liz's friends know what happened. It will all be okay."
"But Lorelai your parents are very rich people. They could pay off the jury to say Chris is not guilty and then charge me with something. I don't want to go to jail."
"Luke, hunny relax. We have the police on our side too, remember. I won't let them throw you in jail." She tries to lift her arm up and grab onto him but it hurts too much.
"Hey hey don't move okay. OH and another thing, the doctor said he will join us in court as well."
"That's great, see now you have nothing to worry about."
"Yeah right..."
"You are not going to jail. I'm calling my parents when I get out of here."
"I don't want no stress on you"
"I can take them believe me"
"ok" he kissed her forehead softly
It was silent for awhile
"Luke?"
"Yeah?"
"Did you really mean what you said about us getting married when I'm better?"
"You heard that?"
"Yeah, i heard you. You probably don't mean it anyway"
"What? No of course I meant it. I meant every word I said, as soon as you are out of here and feeling up to it, you April and I can all have dinner together and then start making wedding plans."
"What about her mother? She won't just let her go out with a complete stranger will she?"
"I'll arrange it."
"okay. Can we at least plan the wedding so that I'm able to walk in it?"
"Lorelai I don't think I want to wait that long to be married to you, but if it means that much to you then we can wait another year but keep in mind just because a year is up doesn't mean you will be able to walk again. That's what the doctor told me."
He sits down next to her and holds her hand.
"I don't care if you roll, walk skip hop jump or run down the aisle, as long as you make to me and by the end of the night I'm your husband. That's all I care about Lorelai."
"Okay. I understand. It's just my wedding I always pictured myself walking down the aisle, my dad giving me away. You know everything."
"I know"
"Do you think on the honeymoon we will be able to well you know with my condition?" She smiles a seductive smile
Luke hadn't really thought about that, he would have to go for more than a year without that.
"I..Uh...I don't know but I sure think we can try. I just don't want to hurt you."
"You could never hurt me Luke. I know you will wait until I'm ready, that's the kind of guy you are."
"Of course I will wait, I love you."
"I love you too." She looks down at herself.
"Could you hand me that mirror."
"sure."
He hands it to her and for the first time she sees how truly beat up and hurt she really is.
What she saw in the mirror frightened her. She saw how bruised and swollen her face was. She put the mirror down and Looked away from Luke.
"Lorelai?"
Still looking away from him, "How could he do this to me?" She is now crying "All I wanted was to spend the rest of my life with you, and this is what I get? Now I can't even walk down the aisle when I get married. It's not fair Luke. It's not fair and something seriously better be done for him. He needs to pay" She finally turned to look at him with tears streaming down her face.
A/n: Hey sorry i didn't post this new chapter sooner, but better now than never! lol. anway please review and thank you too all who have reviewed so far!
and elo0ggaddict, you rock! lol. Thanks for the long reviews. keep'em coming.