This chapter is going to be written in the point of view of Rory's friends and family. (Unless I say otherwise!)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lorelai's POV
-----------------
After I hung up with Rory I walked to Luke's.
"Hey Luke." I greeted as I walked in the diner.
"Hey Lorelai. Want anything…. actually don't answer that, I will get you a nice cup of hot tea."
"Uhhh! Luke! No! I want coffee and a cheeseburger!"
"Why should I give you that? It is all going to catch up to you one day. You will weigh 300 lbs, and die of a heart attack."
"Luke? Are you calling me fat? Are you saying that I am going to be fat? Because if you are I may have to leave and never come back. Oh! But the coffee is sooooo good here. I don't think that I could leave without it! I would definitely have to smuggle…"
"Lorelai! I think that I will have to get you your food just so you can shut up!"
"Well, if that's all it takes."
As Luke went to go get my food my cell phone rang. I looked at the caller id and it was a number I didn't recognize. I started getting worried before I even answered the call.
"Hello?" I said as more of a question than a statement.
"Is this Lorelai Gilmore?"
"Yes, this is she."
"I work at New York Memorial. Your daughter was brought in, she was in a car wreck. I think that you should come down…and soon." And with that the bearer of horrible news hung up.
I was sobbing at this time trying to get my keys. Luke walked up to me and said "What happened?"
"Rory…car…hospital" He immediately grabbed his keys and pulled me to his truck and started driving.
"What hospital?"
"Um…New York Memorial"
I knew that I should call Logan and he would take care of calling everyone else. I shoulg probably call my parents as well. I dug around for my cell phone and finally found it started dialing Logan's number.
"Hello?" A groggy voice answered.
"Logan it's Lorelai."
"Lorelai?"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Logan's POV
---------------
I heard an annoying ringing sound and after a minute I realized that it was my cell phone. I felt around my night stand for it, and answered without looking at who was calling.
"Hello?"
"Logan it's Lorelai." I immediately knew something was wrong.
"Lorelai?"
"Listen Logan, Rory was in a car accident…and I'm on my way to the hospital now…I think you need to come…they said it was bad. You should call everybody." She got out in-between her sobs.
I immediately hung up and got dressed and started calling everyone. I started with Jess knowing he would want to be there first. Not that everyone didn't love Rory, but Jess, Rory, and I had a special connection…we were the best of friends. I grabbed my cell phone and headed out of the building. I started dialing Jess' number and waited for answer as I drove off.
"Lo?" Jess answered and I could tell that he had been dead asleep.
"Jess? It's Logan."
"Logan?"
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jess's POV
-------------
I was very much asleep having a nice dream when I heard my phone ring. Assuming it was just Finn being a drunken idiot, I didn't even move. I finally got up to answer it after it hadn't stopped ringing. I knew it wasn't Finn because he didn't have the attention to wait that long for me to answer.
"Lo?" I answered my voice laced with sleep.
"Jess? It's Logan."
"Logan?" Something was off, but I wasn't sure if it was a big something or a 'come bail me out of jail' something.
"Jess, I need you to call everybody and get to New York Memorial. Lorelai called me and she didn't know all the details, but that Rory was in a car wreck. I think she is in pretty bad condition man. Hurry."
I knew that tone of voice. It said that he wasn't exaggerating, and that something was seriously wrong with Rory. I grabbed my phone and on my way to the hospital called everyone. When I got there Logan, Lorelai, Luke, Richard, and Emily were sitting in the waiting room. I immediately ran over there to see what was going on.
"What happened is she ok?"
"Jess…just sit down." Luke answered me solemnly. Lorelai's head was in her hands and Logan was just staring out into space. Emily was quietly sobbing while Richard consoling her. Something major was wrong, something major was definitely wrong.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lorelai's POV- arriving at the hospital
----------------------------------------------
I arrived at the hospital and jumped out of the car before it even had a chance to stop. I ran in and asked the nurse where Rory Gilmore was.
"Mama, could you please wait over there? We will get to you momentarily."
"Can I please sit over there? NO! I can't! My daughter is somewhere in this hospital, maybe dieing and I am not just going to wait for you to tell me where she is!"
At this point Luke, Richard, and Emily had walked in. Richard cut in…
"You better damn well tell me where my granddaughter is or you can expect a law suit on your ass!"
"Sir, mama, please calm down!"
"Just tell me where my granddaughter is!" Emily screeched.
"Ok, Ok, what is your granddaughters name?"
"Rory Gilmore or Lorelai Gilmore." Luke replied calmly because he was the only one who had processed the question.
"She is in surgery right now, that's all I can tell you. The doctor will be out to tell you more when her surgery is finished." With that the nurse walked away.
We all walked over to the waiting room and did just that waited. About 15 minutes later Logan walked in and started questioning. Luke took over and explained what we knew, knowing that I wouldn't be able to get it out. I watched him sit down and just stare.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Logan's POV-arriving at the hospital
--------------------------------------------
I rushed to the hospital to find Emily, Richard, Lorelai, and Luke sitting there. I knew by their faces we hadn't received any good news. Luke pulled me aside and explained the circumstances. I couldn't believe that Ace was so badly hurt. I went and sat down and just sat there not knowing what to do. About 20 minutes later I faintly heard Jess come in, but I was too much in my own world to notice. When I finally broke out of my trance, I noticed Jess looked confused. I wondered if anybody had told him yet.
"Jess?"
"Do you know what's going on?" He asked me with a sad look in his eyes.
"All we know is that she is in surgery right now, and we don't know how long it will take till we can find out something." I heard him sigh, and realized that we all had to just wait, and there was absolutely nothing we could do to help Rory.
"Coffee?" I asked
He nodded and we went in search of coffee, knowing it was going to be a long night.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jess' POV
--------------
After being told to sit down, I did just that but wasn't happy about it. I just kind of sat there for about 5 minutes when finally Logan broke out of his trance.
"Jess?" He asked me as if realizing I was there.
"Do you know what's going on?" I could here the sadness of my voice.
"All we know is that she is in surgery right now, and we don't know how long it will take till we can find out something." I sighed, and just looked around. I hated the heavy atmosphere, and as if sensing it Logan asked me,
"Coffee?" I nodded and we went in search of coffee. We didn't talk much while we were gone, but it wasn't an uncomfortable silence. That's not to say it was all that comfortable thought, it was just kind of there…kind of like fog. There's nothing you can do about it to make it go away.
We arrived back at the waiting room to find everyone pretty much the same way we had left them. I handed Lorelai a cup of coffee, and she took a sip and said,
"This coffee sucks." Plain and simple. I knew she was grateful to have it, so I knew not
to take offence to that comment.
"I know." I replied back. She gave me a small grin, and I knew she appreciated my
attempts.
Just then everyone arrived together. They all rushed in, but noticed the eerie atmosphere
so quieted down, and looked at Logan and I.
We got up to give the Gilmore's some privacy and to explain the condition to our friends.
I knew that Lorelai loved us like her own kids, but I knew she didn't want to have to hear
again that her daughter was in surgery.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Lorelai's POV
I felt someone tap me and looked up to find Jess holding a cup of coffee. I took a sip and
it was the worst coffee I had ever tasted…but it was coffee.
"This coffee sucks." I told Jess.
He simply replied with an "I know." I heard some noise and looked up to see all of
Rory's friends arrive. I looked at them as second children, but right now I just wanted to
wallow in the fact that my daughter could die, but I wanted to be optimistic and not think
like that. I saw Jess and Logan walk out to talk to the group. I walked over to the nurse's
station, and asked if there was any news on Rory. The nurse said that her surgery was
almost through, so it shouldn't be long now.
I went and sat back down. All of Rory's friends came by and hugged me. I took the hug
and thanked each one of them for being here. I looked over to see Finn twiddling his
thumbs, and Coil rubbing Steph's back while she cried silently. Logan and Jess, well they
were just kind of sitting there doing nothing. We waited another 30 minutes until a doctor
finally came to talk to us.
"Uh…Ms. Gilmore?
"Yes? Yes? That's me! Is she ok?"
"Um…mama could I please speak to you in private?" It was his tone of voice that gave it
away. Something was terribly wrong.
"No, these people are her family, we can all hear what you have to say."
He hesitantly nodded before beginning.
"Well, Rory was obviously driving, and the truck was a drunk driver. He ran a red light
and was killed instantly from the impact on your daughter's car. Rory was extremely
lucky not to have been killed instantly since a majority of the impact was right on the
driver's side door. Rory has a broken leg and arm, a majoir concussion, and we had to do
surgery for internal bleeding…"
I cut him off by saying "But is she OK?" I asked tears running down my face. I felt an arm wrap around my shoulder and looked up to see Luke holding me.
"Well Ms. Gilmore, the thing we couldn't fix was her brain. It is swollen and we own't be able to tell if there is severe damage until the swelling goes down. This means that we have to monitor Rory 24/7 incase of bleeding in the brain. This is a can be life threating because 75 of the time, the patient laps into a coma, and truthfully…most never wake up."
"Stop, Stop, Stop!" I was screaming and I knew it, but I just couldn't handle being told that my baby girl could die.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Logan's POV
---------------
After the doctor told us the news I was so shocked I couldn't move. I had expected something serious, but not, not life threatening! I just sat down, and for the first time for as long as I can remember I cried. I cried because I may lose the best friend I've ever had.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jess' POV
------------
As soon as the doctor said the statistics for waking up from the coma I did what no man should ever do, and I cried. I cried because I could lose the girl that was like a sister to me, and when if I lost that girl, I would lose my second mother. I cried for Lorelai because I couldn't even begin to fathom how hard this must be for her. If Rory dies she will not only loose her daughter, but she will loose her best friend.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I had gotten to the point where that if I cried anymore I knew that I would start hyperventilating. I just stopped stood up and ran. I ran outside to the storm weather and went to the parking lot and looked up. I screamed "Why? WHY? Why would you do this to me?" I knew it was an idiotic thing to do because I could sick, but I didn't care. All I wanted was for my baby to be ok. I saw Luke, Colin, and Finn come outside and runover to me.
"Lorelai, what are you doing? It's freezing out here, and it's raining!"
"I…I…my baby!" I cried
Colin opened an umbrella and Finn wrapped a jacket around me while Luke led me back inside. I knew nothing would ever be the same again.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Rory's POV
---------------
I opened my eyes and then immediately shut them again. I had that feeling I get when I have a hang over. I opened them again and I adjusted to the light. I looked around and I seemed to be an old bedroom that was intricately decorated. A groaned and tried to sit up, but I felt stiff all over. I heard the door open, and I looked up to see my Gret-Grandmother Trix.
"Trix? What's going on?" I started panicking. Trix was dead. Was I dreaming? I needed to calm down before I had a panic attack.
"Calm down girl." Trix said in a patronizing tone.
"What's going on?" Oh My God! I remembered the car accident and I realized…
"Am I dead?"
"Girl, I said calm down everything will be explained, but for now you need your rest." As she said this she ran a cool rag over my forehead and I realized I had an extremely high fever.
"Ok." I said drowsily as I slipped away to dream land.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Jess' POV
------------
We were all sitting in the waiting room because we weren't allowed to see Rory yet, due to her extreme condition. All of the sudden we saw a nurse rush into Rory's room, and then a doctor was being paged. We all stood up to see if we could figure out what was happening. It was about an hour later when the doctor approached us. Lorelai got up to speak with him, but we could all hear.
"What happened?" I heard Lorelai ask.
"Well, Rory had a very high fever, and this caused her to have a nightmare, which led to a panic attack. All of these things mixed together cause her to flat-line." I heard Lorelai gasp. I knew that Rory may not have much time left, so we need to cherish the time we have with her.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
I think this is the longest chapter I have ever written! Please review! This took me forever!!! I promise some Trory action soon...