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He decided it was best to let them talk through everything that had happened. He had tried to answer Rory's questions but only Lorelai could do that. He had walked around the hospital for a while and gone to the cafeteria to try and clear his head. He had no idea where he was in the hospital and before he knew it he was back where he had started. He walked past Lorelai's door and looked through the small window. The light had been turned off but he could still see her bed. He felt better knowing Rory and Lorelai were ok or at least safe in the hospital, and that they had each other. He had been standing there a while and hadn't noticed the doctor standing next to him trying to get his attention.

"Excuse me? ….are you a relative?" she said, finally gaining Luke's attention.

"Um…..a really close friend. Is she going to be ok?" he asked still unsure why the doctor was there.

"Yes she should be after some rest. I was just about to talk to her. The police are here and we still have to do a rape kit." The word made Luke flinch, he though he never felt so uncomfortable.

"Oh ok…I'll just…" he motioned his head in the direction of the waiting room and began to walk away.

"Actually I was wondering if you could go and wake her up…in situations like this its easier if she's surrounded by familiar faces." Luke didn't know what to say. He stood there in shock and then slowly began to approach the door. He passed the doctor who said she would wait outside until he came out. He nodded and slowly pushed open the door. As he walked over toward the bed he noticed that Rory was awake. She was staring at her mother and hadn't noticed that Luke had entered the room. She was slowly stroking her mom's hair like she had been doing during the car ride to the hospital. Lorelai's good hand was clinging to Rory's sleeve as though she would fall if she let go.

"Rory?" he whispered trying his hardest not to wake Lorelai just yet.

Rory's head snapped up at the sound of someone else in the room. She slowly smiled and turned her attention back to her mom.

"The doctor told me that the police are here and that she had to do a …examination of your mom." He was now standing by the side of Lorelai's bed looking down casting his protective gaze over both of them.

"Okay…mom?" she looked back down to her mom and placed her hand on her cheek not wanting to scare her out of sleep. Lorelai stirred in her sleep and slowly opened her eyes.

"Mom….Luke said the police are here to talk to you" Lorelai closed her eyes again taking in the information and then slowly nodded. Rory placed a kiss on the top of her mothers head and hopped off the bed. Luke began to walk towards the door and was stopped by the sound of her voice. "Luke...can I talk to you for a second?"

He stopped dead in his tracks and turned around to look at her. She was trying to sit up in bed with out hurting her arm. He slowly walked over to where she was lying and sat down in the chair Rory had moved. He daren't say anything and he didn't want to ask any questions until she gave a sign that she was ready to talk to him. She patiently waited until Rory had left the room and then turned her attention to Luke.

"I just wanted to…thank you. I know it's a stupid thing to do, thanking your best friend for helping you when your at a horrible time in your life. But I just wanted to make sure that you know how much you mean to me." After her talk with Rory she felt as though she had gained a piece of control over her life, it wasn't much but she felt stronger.

"You know you don't have to thank me for anything, I love you and Rory and you know I would do any…" he completely lost his train of thought. You just told her you loved her, oh my god. Well done Danes she's already got enough emotional baggage and now you say that to her. Great. A silence fell over the room Luke was to panicked to look into her eyes for fear of who he might see there. "What im trying to say is that I will always be here for you." Turning his gaze towards where she was sitting he saw her smiling at him. With a huge sense of relief he stood up. "I will go and get the doctor, if you need anything we will be just outside." As he turned to leave the room her heard her voice gently calling him again. Without hesitation he turned around looking at her she quietly said "I love you too."

He was floored; a feather could have knocked him over. He didn't know what to say, or do. Did she mean as in friends or…more. The thought that Lorelai might want to be more than friend with him made him gulp. A shiver ran down his spine and he turned back round and headed towards the door before he could say anything stupid.

As soon as he opened the door he noticed the police standing talking to the doctor who was probably giving some kind of statement about Lorelai's injuries. He smiled towards the doctor as he didn't think he was capable of forming words at that moment and headed towards the waiting room.


Ok so its not very long but I really couldn't think of anything else to write about at the moment im still working on the next chapter and will hopefully update soon. If anyone has ideas as to where the story should go send me a message or email me coz im jst kinda directionless at the mo. R+R as always and thanks to every1 who has reviewed so far….U ROCK : D