AN: I've gotten some reviews of people saying that Luke and Jess turned against Lorelai too quick. I guess I didn't make it clear enough but their thinking was that Rory wouldn't lie to them. So I'm going to try and make that more clear in this chapter. Thanks for all the reviews.

Disclaimer: I don't own Gilmore Girls

Chapter 15: The Hospital and Questions

Jess had cooled down a little bit since Rory and Luke had left. But if he saw either Max or Lorelai he would be ready to kill.

All of a sudden Lorelai walked in looking worried.

"You, have you seen Rory?" Lorelai asked.

"No I haven't" Jess said trying to keep calm.

"Well then where did she go after you two were finished with lunch?" Lorelai asked.

"She said she was going home" Jess said getting angry.

"Well she's not there and I'm getting worried" Lorelai said.

"I'm sure you are" Jess muttered under his breath.

Lorelai didn't here what he had said. "Anyway if you see her please send her home, I'm getting worried" Lorelai said.

Jess should have let it drop there but he just couldn't. "Why are you worried?" he asked.

"Well let me see because I've checked the inn, my house, Lane's, the bookstore, Al's, and now Luke's and I've yet to find out where my daughter is" Lorelai said.

"If I see her I'll tell you" Jess said coldly.

"Alright" Lorelai said leaving the diner.

'She did seem really concerned about Rory' Jess thought for a second. 'But Rory wouldn't lie about being abused, so Lorelai is just worried that she'll say something' Jess thought as he got back to work.

Meanwhile at the hospital the examination on Rory was just beginning.

"Hello I'm Dr. Simpson" a woman in her mid-thirties said walking into the room.

"Hey" Rory and Luke said at the same time.

"So what's the problem Ms. Gilmore" Dr. Simpson asked.

Luke nodded to Rory to say something.

"I've been raped and abused for the last five months" Rory said just above a whisper.

Dr. Simpson was a bit taken back by that but recovered quickly.

"Alright we'll have to do a rape kit and I'll want to treat some of your other injuries" she said.

"Alright Rory" said trying not to cry.

"And who are you" Dr. Simpson asked Luke.

"I'm Luke Danes, she told me she was being abuse by her parents Max and Lorelai Medina and I brought her here to be sure she's alright" Luke said.

"Is she adopted?" Dr. Simpson asked.

"No, her mom remarried and they didn't want to change Rory's name because he's also her teacher" Luke explained.

"Alright, I have to ask you to leave" Dr. Simpson said.

"Why?" Luke asked. He didn't see why he had to wait outside.

"I would prefer to examine her alone" Dr. Simpson said.

"Please don't make Luke leave I need him" Rory begged.

Dr. Simpson thought this over for a moment.

"Fine but if you interfere you will have to leave" she said.

Luke nodded in understanding.

"Let's start the examination" Dr. Simpson said.

"Please take off your shirt" she said.

Rory nodded and quickly took her shirt off.

What Luke saw made him sick.

Rory's stomach was all black and blue. Her arms looked like they had been squeezed too hard, too many times. Her entire body was in various stages of healing. Just then the doctor brought out a camera.

"What are you doing that for?" Luke asked.

"So that we have evidence so they can throw the monster that did this in jail" Dr. Simpson said taking various pictures.

"Alright I'm going to want to keep you for the night to be sure that you don't have any serious infections" Dr. Simpson said.

"Alright" Rory nodded.

"Now we need to do that rape kit" Dr. Simpson said.

This was the part that Rory was dreading she really didn't want to do this but she had to be sure that everything was alright.

"Can Luke stay?" Rory asked blinking back tears as she put her shirt back on.

"Yes he can" Dr. Simpson said.

"Then let's get started" Rory said as she started to take her pants off.

"Could you please leave while we get her set up, you can come back in" Dr. Simpson assured him.

"Alright" Luke said walking out of the room.

A minute later he was allowed back in.

Luke stood behind Rory and held her hand since he really didn't want to see it being done.

Five minutes later the examination was over.

"So did you find anything?" Luke asked.

"Well there were signs of forced entry but other then that no" Dr. Simpson said.

"So what's going to happen now?" Luke asked.

"I'm going to move her to a room so she can heal and I'll do some blood work to be sure she doesn't have HIV/AIDS, any STD's, and to make sure she's not pregnant" she said.

Rory started to cry, she hadn't even thought of any of those things and now her entire life could be ruined.

Meanwhile in Stars Hollow Lorelai was in official panic mode. She had looked all over for Rory but she was no where to by found.

Max was nervous that Rory might have told someone but hid that feeling.

"Max, where could she be it's so late" Lorelai said pacing around the room.

"I don't know" Max said.

"I'm going back out" Lorelai said.

"I'll stay here in case she comes back" Max said.

"Alright, I love you" Lorelai said kissing him good-bye.

Once she got into town she went over to Lane's again.

"Lane please tell me you've seen Rory" Lorelai said.

"I'm sorry Lorelai I haven't" Lane said.

"I've known she was acting strange but I ignored it figured it was a phase but maybe something really was wrong" Lorelai said on the brink of crying.

"Let's go ask Luke maybe he's seen something" Lane suggested.

They both walked over to Luke's and were surprised to still find Jess at the counter.

"Jess where's Luke?" Lorelai asked.

"He had a family thing to take care off" Jess said not looking at her.

"Well have you seen Rory?" Lane asked.

"No I haven't" Jess responded.

"Well if you see her please tell us" Lorelai said as she started to cry.

This caught Jess off guard he hadn't expected her to cry.

"This is all my fault I knew she had been acting weird and I just thought it was nothing I'm a horrible mother" Lorelai said between sobs.

Something inside of Jess told him that maybe Lorelai didn't know about the abuse. So he decided to take a shot in the dark.

"Lorelai can I talk to you upstairs?" Jess asked.

Lorelai was confused as to why but nodded and followed him leaving Lane behind.

"Why are we up here?" Lorelai asked.

"I need you to be truthful with me Lorelai because something inside of me tells me that Rory might be wrong about what you did so I have to ask, did you know that Rory was being abused and raped?" Jess asked.

Lorelai looked stunned and for the first time in a while didn't know what to say.

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