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ok so ch3...hope you like it and thanks to LoVeLuKe for the beta work : D!

4 and 5 arent far behind coz im that bored, R+R as always input as 2 where u want this 2 go coz im kinda clueless at the mo!


Luke decided it was probably best if he waited outside while Lorelai and Rory talked about what happened. What had happened? It was a question that Luke wanted to have answered as well but not before Rory had a chance to talk to her mom.

He began walking up and down the corridor out side the room where Lorelai was lost in his own thoughts until he heard a familiar voice echoing down the empty corridors. He turned hard on his heal and began running towards the sound of the voice in an attempt to save the poor nurse who must have been on the other end of the verbal lashing he could hear.

As soon as he rounded the corner his suspicions were confirmed as he saw Emily Gilmore standing by the nurse's station trying to find out which room Lorelai was in. Luke took a deep breath and prepared himself for the bombardment of questions that was going to follow.

He walked up to her and quietly announced his presence "Mrs. Gilmore?" he said just loud enough for her to hear him.

Emily turned around looking to see who had calling her name. "Yes?" she recognized the man who was saying her name but she couldn't remember where from.

"I'm Luke Danes a friend of Lorelai's I was the one who brought her in" he said in shaky voice, he wasn't sure what kind of reception he was going to get from The Emily Gilmore.

"Do you know where Lorelai is? We got a call from Rory saying she was in hospital but we don't know what happened." Emily explained

It was the first time that Luke had noticed Richard Gilmore sitting in the corner of the waiting room in almost the exact same position he had been sitting earlier, his head between his hands bent over staring at the floor.

His focus wondered back to Emily as he answered her question. "Yeah she's in room 564. The Doctor just said we can go in. Rory's in there at the moment talking to her"

"Ok thank you Luke. Richard, come on I found Lorelai" Richard didn't say anything he only stood up and followed his wife back the way Luke had come.

Luke followed Emily until they were standing outside her door again. Emily looked in through the small window that was in the door to Lorelai's room and saw Rory standing next to her mother's bed. Lorelai wasn't looking at Rory and she didn't know if they were talking or not. She turned her attention back to Luke who had taken back to pacing the floor not far from the door Emily was standing out side. Richard was still staring at the floor but he was not leaning against the far wall of the corridor, looking equality as worried at Luke did. Emily was so lost in thought that she didn't see the doctor walking up behind Luke.

"Im just about to explain Miss Gilmore's injures if you would like to come in" It wasn't the same doctor as beforefor a start she was a woman.

"Yes thank you" Emily said with a small smile. She lightly placed her hand on Richards' arm and guided him towards the door the doctor had just disappeared into. Luke hesitantly looked at the door and decided that this was probably the kind of thing that only family should hear and began pacing the floor again. He was cut short by a familiar voice "Luke?"

His head shot up and he turned his attention towards the door. "Aren't you coming?" the question stunned him into silence and he proceeded to the door to Lorelai's room.

The light had been turned on in her room and there was a slight buzzing coming from the florescent light. He could see Rory standing by Lorelai's bed with her eyes focused on the opposite wall to her, Richard was sitting in the corner on the only chair in the room, Emily moved to the end of Lorelai's bed looking at her daughter for the first time since she arrived at the hospital. Her reaction wasn't that much different from Luke and Rory's she looked in disbelief as she saw the state of her only child. The bravado that normally comes with Emily Gilmore was soon gone and it looked like she was going to cry.

Her thought process was similar to that of Lorelai. I can't let my daughter see me cry. She swallowed her emotion and turned to face the doctor, catching the expression on Luke's face as she did. It showed how much he felt for her daughter and that he would have done anything for her, it was love. She looked back to the doctor who was standing near the now closed door.

With accuracy she began to describe the extent of Lorelai's injuries. "She has a hairline stress fracture on her right distal radius which was either from a collision with something hard or a defensive wound, a contusion above her eye, two fractured ribs a concussion and a lot of bumps and bruises. But all in all she should be fine with a lot of rest" the room was quiet for sometime and then the doctor turned to Lorelai and asked what had happened. It took Lorelai a while before she answered but she finally gave a vague outline of what happened earlier that night.

"I got a call saying that he needed to talk to me…. So…. I said I would drive to his place and we could talk. By the time I got there he was already really drunk…." She spoke as though the words were impossible to say, like they were painful to speak. The truth was they were painful, she knew what was going to happen once she had revealed who had done this to her. "I went inside and he started telling me how much he needed me and…. That…. he couldn't let me go." By this point she was crying again but this time she didn't think she was going to be able to stop. "I told him that he needed to sober up and I tried to leave… and that I would talk to him in the morning. I got up and tried to leave and he hit me….." she looked up into the faces of the people she loved, she could see Rory standing next to her bed and she was crying, her father was looking at her with complete shock on his face, her mother was still standing at the end of her bed staring in absolute shock as Lorelai moved on with the rest of her story. Luke was still standing next to the only door in the room as though he was going to make a run for it as soon as he heard the name of the man who did this to her. "I fell to the floor and tried to get up but before I could he…… grabbed me by my shoulders and pulled me up…… he hit me again and all I could hear was him saying that he loved me….. And….he would make me love him. He threw me against the wall and forced my arms against the wall and started kissing me……. I turned my head and he hit me again. I think he must have hit my head on the table because I don't remember anything until I woke up in front of the house."

When she had finished she looked back up the room was blurred through her tears and she could vaguely make out the shape of Rory standing next to her. The only person who could speak in the room was the doctor who was standing just in front of Luke by the door.

"Miss Gilmore do you know who it was who attacked you?" Everyone's attention was turned back to Lorelai as she began to nodher head hesitantly.

"Christopher Hayden" Thewords seemed to have an impact on everyone Luke took a sharp inhale of breath as though he was fighting the urge to run out of the room. Rory had sunk to the floor and was now crying freely and openly, but with her injuries Lorelai couldn't move, only look on helplessly at her daughter. Her dad was now looking directly at Lorelai and seemed like he was going to pass out. Emily hadn't moved and was looking at Lorelai with a similar look that was plastered on her fathers face.

"Miss Gilmore I'm going to phone the police and we are going to have to do a rape kit on you." The doctor explained in the same tone she had described her injuries in earlier.

"But he didn't….I don't remember…" the realization was too much for Lorelai and she could know longer form words.

"Even though you don't remember what happened after you passed out we still need to make sure. You might want to get some rest, the medication we gave you for the pain will make you tired" She smiled again and excused her self from the room.

It was a long time before anyone moved let a lone said anything. The first person to move was Luke he walked up to the bed and then knelt down next to Rory and placed and arm around her shoulder. Her head tilted upwards and the only thing that Lorelai saw was a three year old who had just fallen over and scrapped her knee. She was soon melted into Luke's arms and he stood up pulling her with him. He looked directly at Lorelai and said that they would be outside and let her get some rest. He slightly smiled as he maneuvered Rory out of the room.

I didn't need to tell them, I could have kept it to myself, lied and said I didn't know who it was. Why didn't I just do that? Look at the pain and hurt you have caused everyone. It's all my fault. Oh God I'm so sorry. As Lorelai began to collect her thoughts she realized that she was only making things worse and turned her attention to her mom and dad who were still present in the room.

"Mom Dad is it ok if I get some sleep im kinda tired." She asked slowly unsure if it was ok to speak after what she had just said.

Emily looked up towards the bed and saw her daughter looking directly at her, she slowly nodded and replied "Of course, we will be out side. Get some rest" she said and began moving towards the door. Once the room was empty again she tried to get as comfortable as she could in a hospital bed, without hurting the broken arm they hadn't plastered yet. The pain medication was definitely doing its jobs as she drifted off into a pain free sleep.