Chapter 5 The Call
Ring Ring…Ring Ring…
"Chris, honey, could you get the phone please?" Lorelai asked sleepily, when she wakes up from the sound of the ringing phone.
Chris grunted. "Ugh. Fine" replied Chris sleepily.
"Hello?"
"Hi. This is Dr. Watkins calling from Hartford Medical Hospital. I'm sorry for calling so late but I'm calling for a Lorelai Leigh Gilmore. May I speak to either a Mr. Gilmore or a Mrs. Gilmore please? It's urgent."
"I'm Christopher Hayden. I'm the father of Rory Gilmore. How can I help you Dr. Watkins?"
"Did you say Doctor? Chris, what's wrong with Rory?" Lorelai asked, worriedly as she's sitting up, determined to get answers.
"Mr. Hayden. Rory's just been admitted into the hospital. She got into a car accident and because of the urgent matter, we took her into an emergency surgery. But we need you and your wife's permission to take her into another surgery."
"Yes, you have our permission. We'll be right there."
Forty-five minutes later…
"Ms. Gilmore?"
"Yes? How is she, doc? Is she okay?"
"She went through a successful surgery. However, we're not sure when she is going to wake up from her coma. We're expecting a couple days. A week or two at the most. Her baby is fine at the moment."
"What baby?" asked Chris.
"She's pregnant, Chris. Can we see her now?"
"Yes."
"Thank you, doctor."
The doctor then leads Chris and a pregnant Lorelai into Rory's room. Lorelai and Chris gasped at the sight of Rory. She was all hooked up to different machines. The whole room is filled with machines.
"Oh my gosh, Chris!" Lorelai gasped and she turned away from the sight.
After a while of awkward silence, Chris opened her mouth.
"When were you going to tell me she was pregnant?"
"I just found out today. Please, Chris. Now Don't make it a bigger deal than it is."
"Fine. I'm gonna get some air."
Christopher then left the Gilmore girls all by themselves. Lorelai looked at the helpless Rory, and tears fell down her eyes.
There was a knock on the door soon after Christopher had left. Three doctors, one whom Lorelai recognize as Dr. Watkins, and a couple nurses entered the room.
Uh-oh. Three doctors. This must be worst than I thought. Lorelai thought to herself.
"Ms. Gilmore." Dr. Watkins said as he extended his hand. Lorelai took his hands and the other tow doctors' hands too. After they shook hands, Dr. Watkins introduced his team.
"Ms. Gilmore, I want you to meet my team. This is Dr. Rendon and this is Dr. Akimoto. Dr. Akimoto is mine and Dr. Rendon's intern. If you need anything and I'm available, please do tell them your concern and needs."
Lorelai nodded. Then Dr. Watkins continued, "This is Nurse Teruya and Nurse Stevens. They are your daughter's night nurses. They will introduce the day nurses before they leave later.
Ms. Gilmore. I was wondering if we can have the name of the father of your daughter's baby. We need to inform him about her state and his baby's condition."
"Uhmm…It's Jess Mariano, but he doesn't know that Rory's pregnant yet. I'll call him as soon as my husband gets back. I don't wanna wake him up either. He just came back from Philadelphia."
Dr. Watkins nodded. "Okay. But just documents purposes, I still need his information, yours and your husband's information too. Along with your daughter's insurance and everything. The case manager will swing by later this afternoon if that's okay."
"Sure. Thank you."
"You're welcome."
The doctors and Lorelai shook hands once more and they departed the room. Lorelai seated herself once more by Rory. During the time that she was alone, she thought of the worst. How if Rory doesn't survive this, the last thing she said to her was harsh words.
By six o'clock, Chris came back, showered with breakfast for Lorelai by his side. He handed her the coffee and apologized for his outburst earlier. He said also said that they should be strong and go through this together. Lorelai reckons she should call her parents. So, she excused herself and dialed her parents' number.
"Gilmore residence. This is Aurora." a woman's voice answered.
"Hi, I'm looking for Emily or Richard Gilmore please."
"Who may I ask is calling?"
"Lorelai Gilmore. I'm their daughter. Tell them it's about Rory. It's urgent."
"One moment please."
Less than a minute later, Lorelai got her parents on the phone. She told them about Rory's condition and what happened and they said they would be right there as soon as possible. She also called Paris and asked for medical advice and some support, which she immediately got from Paris. Paris told her that she's out of town and would be on the first plane back to Hartford and be there as soon as possible. By noon, the town of Stars Hollow found out that Rory was in the hospital. Jess came as soon as he heard from Lorelai that Rory was in the car accident. Lorelai also told him that Rory was pregnant. What she didn't tell him was that it was Logan's. Instead, she told him it was his. He was feeling a mixed emotion with this news.
Meanwhile in Logan's apartment…
Ring Ring Ring…. "Huntzberger here." Logan said as soon as he picked up his phone.
"Hey Logan, it's Stephanie."
"Oh, hey. What's up?"
"It's about Rory."
"What? What's wrong with Rory?" asked Logan in a panic tone.
Stephanie told Logan that she heard from Amanda, who heard a conversation between Doyle on the phone in the newsroom about Rory's condition.
Logan rushed himself to the hospital. Soon, he found Rory's room and entered it.