.o0 A few minutes later, the hallway 0o.
"Give him the treatment" Lorelai mumbled towards the floor.
"What?" the doctor frowned.
"I don't want him to die" Lorelai whispered. "You said it was a tapeworm right? So, give him the treatment for it"
"He said no" the doctor reminded her.
"I don't care!" Lorelai snapped. "If he gets mad, and we have a fight he'll at least be alive"
"There are several side effects to the medicine" the doctor warned hoping Lorelai would change her mind.
"Is one of them death?"
"No"
"Then I don't care. Give Luke the medicine"
"I would… really. But Luke said no, that's what he wants, I have to respect that"
"But you're killing him" Lorelai said incredulous. "I swear we won't sue, just give Luke the medicine"
"He has to say yes"
"But he won't" Lorelai's voice broke. "You're willing to let him die?"
"My hands are tied" the doctor shrugged.
"You won't do anything because he said no, and he won't say yes until he actually see's this worm that's in his brain but we can't actually see it so… am I just supposed to sit here and watch him die?"
"I…" the doctor started while shaking his head; he didn't ad anything else, he really had no defense.
"I don't believe this" Lorelai scoffed, turned around and went back to Luke's room.
"Although…" the doctor stopped her. "… there might be a way to show him the worm"
"Do you think he'll want to?"
"He doesn't even have to be conscience for it" Lorelai had a small smile; this might be the thing that would save Luke's life.
.o0 Next morning, Luke's room 0o.
"I'm sorry, Hon" Lorelai was sitting on the edge of his bed, her fingers caressing the lines on his face, he was still sleeping; the last seizure had taken a lot out of him. "I promise, once you're better you can yell at me all you want"
"Ready?" a nurse walked in; she was there to wheel Luke to the x-ray room. Apparently tapeworms love thigh muscles, so if Luke had one in his head he was sure to have one in his thigh; at least that was what the doctor had told her.
"I can go with him, right?" Lorelai asked not moving from Luke's side.
"Of course, it's just an x-ray, it'll be fast" the nurse assured.
.o0 A couple hours later 0o.
"There it is" a doctor said while showing Lorelai the x-ray.
"Is it the bright spot?"
"Yes"
"Which one? There's two"
"Both of them actually"
"He has two?" Lorelai asked scared.
"He probably has more of than two" Lorelai's eyes opened up in shock and fear. "Don't worry; it's not a bad thing"
"Are you kidding?" she snapped.
"No, once he takes the medicine it won't matter if he has one or ten; they'll all be out of his system for good" Lorelai took a deep breath.
"Ok" she nodded and went over to wake Luke up.
The doctor gave her a couple of minutes alone with Luke. Lorelai decided to explain to him what had happened ever since he had passed out from the seizure. Luke didn't seem to be taking it well.
"Who do you think you are? How could you ok an x-ray? That's my decision, not yours!"
"You were unconscious" Lorelai said trying not to cry.
"I don't want…"
"What? You don't want to live anymore?"
"No, I don't want you to get your hopes up" Luke said softly. "You shouldn't even be here; this is my problem, not yours"
"But if you take those pills it won't be your problem either" Luke noted a hint of desperation in her voice.
"You're getting your hopes up again" he whispered.
"Someone should" she shot back bitterly. "Why do you want to give up?"
"I don't!" he snapped. "I don't want to die! I want to get out of here; I want to walk out of here. I want to go back to how things were, I want to marry you, I want to…" he stopped and took a deep shaky breath.
"I want to marry you too" Lorelai whispered. After a little silence and a deep breath form Lorelai she started again. "Just in your thigh alone you have two. The doctor said that if you had just one in your thigh you'd have one in your head" Luke sat there for a wile mulling it over.
"Call the doctor" he finally said. They might as well give it a shot; it would either save him or kill him.
"Thank you" she smiled and went over to his bed to kiss him passionately. "I love you" she whispered once she pulled back. "I'll go call him" she kissed him again before walking out of the room.
.o0 Minutes later 0o.
"Mr. Danes, I'm pleased to here you've changed your mind" the doctor said walking in to Luke's room. "Oops, sorry" he stopped on his tracks when he noticed how Lorelai sprang from Luke's bed and how Luke had started to blush.
"It's ok" Lorelai looked down running her fingers over her lips. "Let's get started" she said while running her thumb over Luke's bottom lip to clean up any lip-gloss she might have left there.
"First I need to let you know about possible side effects"
"Side effects?" Luke asked, it was the first time he had heard anything about possible side effects.
"Every medicine has them" Lorelai told him hoping he wouldn't change his mind. Luke shook his head.
"What are the side effects?" he finally asked.
"Abdominal pain, nausea, headache, dizziness, fever, and hair loss"
"That's not so bad" Lorelai said trying to convince Luke.
"But even if you develop all of them we won't stop the medicine" the doctor warned him. "It's just two pills…"
"Two pills?" Lorelai asked skeptically.
"…everyday for at least a month, with a meal" he added. "Here you go" he handed Luke both pills and a glass of water.
"What about my eyes and legs?" Luke asked playing with the pills in his hands.
"The worms die, the swelling subsides, then you should return to normal" the doctor assured. "Though you might need some physical therapy"
"Sounds fair enough" Lorelai said with a smile. "Take the pills, Hon" Luke thought about it for a few seconds before downing the pills.
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