Outside of Hartford Memorial Hospital, five men stood out side sharing a flask of Johnny Walker Gold Label and Cuban cigars.

"Irony is a bitch." Christopher muttered as he took a long swig of the whiskey hoping that it would calm his nerves.

"What?" Logan questioned as he inhaled the cigar his father had given him.

"The last time we were here," Mitchum forced a laugh, "was when you and Rory were born, right here, same flask, and same cigars."

"Now she's in there fighting for her life." Richard whispered as he exchanged worried looks with the other men.

Upstairs Lorelei, Emily, Shira, and Francine sat in the surgical waiting room waiting for news about Rory. After the car accident they had rushed her into surgery to stop massive internal bleeding.

Lorelei looked at the others, "when did our lives spiral out of control like this? When did our kids become the kids we warned them to stay away from?"

"I don't know Lore, but the bigger question is what are we going to do about it?" Shira asked of a bitter cup of coffee.

"To hell if I know." Emily muttered.

"What if she doesn't make it, what if my baby doesn't make it?" Lorelei started to cry.

"Oh Lore," Christopher sighed as he and the others entered the waiting room and engulfed his wife in a hug, "if anyone is going to pull through this it's our spitfire of a daughter. She's too stubborn to give up."

"Hey, why don't you guys go get some food and run some media interference, I'll stay here." Logan offered. "Seriously don't worry Finn, Colin, and Stephanie are all on their way to come sit with me. Besides, I could go for some food that is a step above cafeteria food."

"Logan, son, are you . . ." Mitchum started.

"Dad, I promise I will be fine. I will call you if anything happens but you guys look like your going to pass out, go freshen up." Logan cut in as he forced a smile. "It'll be at least two more hours until she is out of surgery anyways."

Logan sat on the uncomfortable couch trying to force himself to stay awake. They had all arrived at the hospital around six and it was nearing three in the morning. He couldn't help but blame himself for everything that had happened, if he had only tried harder with her she wouldn't be in lifesaving surgery.

"Oy mate, sorry it took us so long we had to raid the gift shop." Finn smiled as he, Colin, and Stephanie rounded the corner carrying copious amounts of flowers, balloons, stuffed animals, and candy.

"Any news on her surgery is going yet?" Stephanie as she engulfed Logan in a hug.

"No, but she'll probably be in there for a couple more hours." Logan sighed as he sat back on the couch.

"What happened anyways," Colin asked cautiously, "all you told us is that she was in an accident."

"She and I got in a pretty big fight so she was going to go see Steph. Anyways, she apparently had a lot to drink, they said he blood alcohol level was a .30; she also felt the insistent need to smoke so weed to which only served to screw her up more, this the car accident."

"How bad was the accident?" Finn questioned.

"Not that it matters but the car was totaled, she rolled it, the car behind her did a number on her also, the driver in that car got pretty banged up but nowhere near as bad as Rory." Logan sighed.

"Mate, she's a fighter, you know she can and will pull through this."

"Ya, come on man, this is Rory, when is the last time she gave up on anything." Colin added.

"I know that's what I told the parents."

"Speaking of parents where are they?" Stephanie asked as she sipped her coffee.

"Damage control and refueling, the media is having lots of fun with this one."

"Ya we saw them when we came in, they're swarming out there." Colin smiled. "Anyways besides the internal bleeding does she have any other serious injuries?"

"I don't think so, she has some pretty brutal bumps and bruises but I think she escaped from it without any broken bones."

"Well that's defiantly good." Stephanie said forcing a smile.

"Oh yeah, but this surgery goes wrong we loose her." Logan responded as he bit his lower lip.

"Oy, mate, I promise you in a month and a half you and Rory will be making the cover of all the magazines because of you fantastic wedding, there will be no other religious ceremonies."

"Ya, he's right Logan, everything is going to work out fine don't worry about it I promise." Stephanie smiled. "Seriously though, this girl needs help, I mean, she was drunk in middle of the afternoon."

"Ya, I know," Logan sighed, "we were actually at the therapist's office earlier today, which didn't really end well, not that anyone could tell."

"Is she going to be getting into any legal trouble?" Colin asked.

"She's probably going to get charged with a D.W.I and possession of an illegal narcotic." Logan shrugged, "I don't really know, and it's not really on the top of my worry list."

"So what are we going to do then mates?"

"Honestly, I think at this point it's out of our hands, this is something that is way out of our control. As much as I hate to see it we need the parental intervention right now." Stephanie laughed.

"She's going to need all of us too though." Logan smiled. "We just need to make sure she knows that we still see her as Rory. Not 'Rory the drunk' or 'Rory the crazy kid' ya know."

"Well it looks like someone defiantly bought out the gift shop." Lorelei smiled as the adults joined them in the room. "Thanks for coming, all of you." She finished as she hugged Finn, Colin, and Stephanie. "Your parents all know where you are though right?"

"Don't worry about us Aunt Lorelei." Finn smiled. "Our parents said to call them if there is anything they can do at that they're going to stop by sometime tomorrow if that's alright with all of you."

"What do we do now?" Logan asked as everyone settled down.

"Now we wait." Christopher sighed.

Two hours later Dr. McKenzie entered a very full waiting room of concerned family members who were all sleeping in various places in the room.

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