Lorelai woke up the next morning. She turned over and looked at her phone. It was 10am she hadn't slept till ten possibly ever. She texted her dad
'Hey. Just woke up. How is Rachel?' She texted
Aaron's night and morning had been quiet. Nurses had been in and out taking blood for some testing and she had been given some more pain killers when she told the doctors her pain level was an 8. He was sipping a coffee that a nurse had been kind enough to bring him when his phone went off. He looked at the text and nodded. He was glad Lorelai had slept in. He could tell yesterday that she was exhausted and needed the sleep.
He responded 'She is sleeping right now. They gave her more medication for pain relief. I don't think she will be leaving today.' He told her
Lorelai stretched and got up before her phone went off with a ding. She replied. 'I have a therapy appointment in a couple hours. I will come after to give you a break.' She told her dad
Aaron responded that he didn't need a break, but Lorelai ignored it and got ready for her day.
After her therapy session she went and picked up a couple coffees and lunch for her dad and herself. She would have gotten Rachel something too, but she knew she was on a specific diet and didn't want to risk her getting more sick. She also filled up the car with gas as she was not going to give her dad any reason not to continue letting her drive it. She parked when she got to the hospital and went inside and to her sister's room.
"Hi." She said softly handing him the coffee and setting the food down on a flat surface.
Aaron smiled. "Hello." He said taking the coffee. "With the amount of coffee, I have been brought I wont need sleep for days." He said
Lorelai chucked. "I highly doubt that." She said as she sat. "She wake up much?"
Aaron shook his head. "She needs sleep so it's a good thing."
Lorelai nodded and pulled out their food and handed him his. They both ate their food and Lorelai went and threw out their garbage. "You should go home. Take a shower and a nap. I will stay with her." She said as she held out the keys and telling him where she parked the car.
"I'm fine." He said. He didn't want to leave his daughter.
"Dad. Come on. You are only good to her if you are good to yourself first. I promise I will not leave till you get back. After dinner." She said
Aaron shook his head. "Who is the parent here?" He asked.
"If you like I could get Agent Rossi to come drag you out of here. I know they are back from the case." She told him with a smirk.
"You really think he would do that?" Aaron asked Lorelai
"Yes. I do. If you doubt it I can call him right now." She said taking out her phone.
Aaron looked at his daughter annoyed. "Fine. I will be back in a couple hours." He told her getting up and grabbing the keys.
"Take your time." She said as she moved to the seat closer to her sister's bed.
Aaron left and went home.
Rachel woke up an hour or so later. "Hi." She said softly
"Hey. Rachel how are you feeling?" Lorelai asked her
Rachel shrugged. "Sleepy."
Lorelai nodded. "I made dad go home and get some sleep. He will be back in a few hours."
Rachel smirked. "How did you manage that?" She asked softly
"Threated to call Rossi to drag him out of here." She said with a chuckle
Rachel giggled as well and than cringed. "Oof. That hurt. Don't make me laugh."
"You asked." Lorelai pointed out. "How is your pain?"
"A 3. Nothing I cant handle." Rachel told her
Lorelai nodded. "Okay. If that changes. Tell me."
Rachel nodded. "I'm a bit hungry though." She said
Lorelai went and spoke to a nurse who said they would get someone to bring her lunch. Lorelai went back to her room. "Food is on its way." Lorelai told her sitting back down.
Rachel smiled and pushed the buttons to lift the bed sitting herself up. When the food came she started to eat.
Lorelai looked at her phone and responded to a text from Spencer asking how Rachel was doing. She told him that she seemed to be feeling a bit better that she was eating her lunch and sitting up.
Spencer was happy she was doing better and thanked Lorelai for the update asking her if there was anything he could do to help.
Lorelai thanked him but said she was okay and that she had convinced Aaron to go back home and get some sleep. She debated texting her dad as well but decided she didn't want to risk waking him up and him showing up quicker than he needed to.
Spencer texted the rest of the team and suggested they put together some money to send flowers to Rachel's room at the hospital and they all agreed and a few hours later the bouquet of flowers showed up.
Rachel had been awake and in little pain since lunch and smiled when the flowers came in. "Who are they from?" She asked.
Lorelai checked the card and smiled. "The team." She told her.
Rachel nodded. "Tell them thank you." She said looking at the beautiful flowers
Lorelai sent out a mass text telling them all thank you from Rachel.
Lorelai and Rachel talked for a next couple hours till her dinner came. Rachel ate and Lorelai looked at her phone again to a text from their dad. 'How is she doing? Has she woken up?' She was asked
Lorelai responded. 'She woke up and had lunch, is now eating dinner. She has minimal pain.'
Aaron smiled at that text. 'I will be there shortly.' He responded.
Lorelai put her phone away and looked at Rachel. 'Dad will be back soon.' She said
Rachel nodded and smiled and finished her dinner. Shortly after that Aaron came into the room.
"Hey girls." He said, "How are you feeling Rachel?" He asked
"I'm okay. Better." She told him
Aaron nodded. "Good." He sat down.
The three of them talked for a bit before Aaron gave Lorelai back the keys and told her where to find the car. Visiting hours were to be up shortly and he knew Lorelai would be kicked out. Lorelai took the keys but said she would stay till she was kicked out by the nurses. Aaron looked at her with a raised eyebrow. "No. You will go now." He said
Lorelai took a breath. "Why cant I stay the hour more?"
"Because you have been her for hours. I'm guessing haven't eaten anything since lunch. And I am telling you to go home." He said
Lorelai debated for only a moment to argue with him but decided it was a bad idea and got up. "I will be back tomorrow Rachel." She told her said bye to her dad and went and found the car. She didn't really want to go back to an empty house, so she texted Penelope. 'Hey. I have been banished from the hospital and don't really want to go back home yet. Do you want to meet up and get a drink or something?'
Penelope saw the text and sent a quick response. 'Sorry. Have a date with Derek tonight. Maybe another time.'
Lorelai sent back that it was fine and to have a good night. She texted JJ but got a response of she couldn't she was out of town with Will and the baby. She tried Emily and got no response. She sighed. Seemed the girls were all busy. She tried Spencer and he agreed to meet up for a coffee. They met at a local restaurant and talked for the next couple hours while they had a couple drinks and had a bite to eat when Spencer found out she hadn't eaten dinner.
Lorelai went home afterwards and showered and headed to bed so she could wake up early and head back to the hospital.
