A/N: Okay, we're loving the amount of reviews we receive for this story—just wanted to throw that in there. Now on to more unpleasant things:
-I am sick, so I'm sorry if quality is down.
-This is to 'Amber' specifically-You are a coward. If you want to say something that you don't like about the story, at least sign your review because believe me, I'll have something to say back. If you don't like the story, don't read it and don't review it.
-My co-writer will be busy this week seeing as it is her first week back at school. We're trying people, we really are.
Now that that's out of the way…
Disclaimer: Don't own…
On with the story…
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Chapter 6: Police & Hospitals
Nobody's POV
Jess walked to an officer without a gun pointed at Dean.
"Hello, Officer…Watkins. My name is Jess Mariano and I think I can help you out with a couple things," Jess started.
"Well by all means Mr. Mariano, fill me in," the plump officer said as he pulled a notepad and pencil from his pocket.
"The victim is Rory Gilmore, full name Lorelai Leigh Gilmore. The offender is Dean Forrester, that guy right there. Dean has been abusing Rory. I can't tell you how long because I've just moved here, but it seems like a while. She has already fractured her arm in three places, chipped her elbow, and dislocated her humerus, ulna, and clavicle because of him. I personally took her to the doctors. She has been denying the fact that Dean hits her, but told me yesterday morning when she passed out from the OxyContin she was put on. Any other details can be given to you by Rory Gilmore when she is well enough to answer them. Right now, I have to get to the hospital. I hope I helped," he explained and the police officer was stunned.
"You helped, you helped very much. We'll check this story out. Thank you very much Mr. Mariano," the officer nodded his head and went to show his partner. By then, the police had taken Dean into the cop car and were about to leave to the station.
Jess ran to the diner and walked up to Luke.
"We need to leave," he told Luke.
"What? Where? Why?" Luke asked, irritated, as he moved onto another table.
"Rory's going to the hospital, we need to leave," Jess explained and Luke immediately dropped his pad and pencil.
"EVERYBODY OUT! Food's on the house!" He screamed and started shoving people out. He threw his cars keys to Jess, "Go get it started."
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"Is she okay?" Lorelai asked as they were riding to St. Mary's Hospital.
The EMS looked hesitant, "We're not sure Miss, she's unconscious right now and we're not sure where she was injured. Could you tell us any current injuries she has?"
"She dislocated her humerus, ulna, and clavicle. She also fractured two different bones in her wrist along with her radius. On top of that, she chipped her elbow," Lorelai explained as the EMS wrote this all down.
"How did these injuries come about?"
"She said that she fell down the stairs of our town gazebo, but I'm thinking her boyfriend abused her," Lorelai said solemnly.
"Okay, thank you for the help. Your daughter should be okay, we just have to wait for her to wake up," the EMS explained.
Lorelai nodded as she stared at Rory with sorrowful eyes, "Why didn't she tell me?" She whispered to herself.
Rory groaned and attempted to open her eyes. They fluttered several times before fully opening.
"Mommy? It hurts," she cried.
"Where sweets? Where does it hurt?" Lorelai asked her desperately.
"My back, my stomach and chest, and my face. My arm is killing me," she whimpered.
"Okay, Rory, we're going to give you a morphine drip so I need you to stay still and relax your muscles. I'm going to find the vain in your right arm and inject the needle okay?"
Rory simply nodded and closed her eyes until it was over.
"Now I need to ask you a few questions okay?"
She nodded once again.
"Where exactly does everything hurt?"
"Me whole back hurts. The right side of my chest and left side of my stomach hurt. My left eye is killing me and my entire arm is in severe pain," Rory explained best she could.
The EMS nodded and exchanged a look with his partner. His partner turned to the window connecting the driver's area and the back, "Speed it up, we need to get her to the hospital ASAP."
Lorelai was completely speechless at this point. She was simply holding Rory's hand as Rory cried.
"Rory, how did this happen? We need you to tell the truth," the EMS asked gently.
Rory looked away from both the EMS and her mother shamefully, "I was punched in the eye, kicked in the chest and stomach, and hit over the back with a baseball bat," she answered him quickly and quietly.
"Okay, we're going to get you to the hospital soon," the EMS assured.
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"What's goin' on?" Babette asked Luke as he raced to the truck where Jess sitting and waiting to leave.
"No time for that, figure it out," Luke grunted and pushed pass the crowd to his truck. As soon as he hopped in, Jess sped out of Stars Hollow.
"What in God's name is all the ruckus?" Taylor came out of Doose's and approached Babette and Miss. Patty who had joined her moments ago.
"Rory was taken to the hospital," Miss. Patty told him.
"Isn't this the third time she's been to the hospital in the past three days? What is going on around here?" He exclaimed.
"I know!" Kirk yelled.
Everyone let out a sigh, "What Kirk?"
"Aliens," Kirk said simply. Everyone groaned and started talking about what really happened. Just then, Andrew ran over from Plum St.
"Dean's being taken into custody," he announced breathily as he reached the group of Stars Hollowans.
"What!?" Babette exclaimed.
"Yeah, the police just put him in the car. They're taking him down to the station."
"This could only mean that…" Miss. Patty trailed off.
"…Dean…" Taylor continued.
"…abused Rory," Babette finished.
"That son of a—," some one in the crowd that had surrounded Luke's started.
"Language!" Taylor reprimanded and motioned for everyone to follow him to Miss. Patty's, "Emergency Town Meeting!"
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Rory's POV
I lay there in the back of the ambulance. All around me I heard sounds and saw colors, but none of it fully registered in my head. Everywhere hurt and all I could do was groan in pain and hiss when the shooting pains ran up and down my arm.
Thoughts of the past three days crept into my mind and I had flashes of everything. Meeting Jess, being beaten to where I needed serious medical attention, telling Jess, reacting to the OxyContin, Jess, Dean, Jess, Mom—it was all too fast. My mind was overloading, the pain radiating throughout my entire body, I fell into blackness.
Jess' POV
I was driving like a maniac trying to get to Rory. It was completely ridiculous if you asked me. I had known this girl for what? Three days? It was so messed up. I definitely needed to call Tabitha at my earliest convenience. She was the only one that could have possibly helped me understand this situation.
Nobody's POV
Everyone was anxiously trying to get answers to millions of questions when finally, Rory arrived at the hospital.
"I need a room ASAP people! Trauma to the back, chest, stomach and left eye. Previous injuries include the dislocation of the ulna, humerus, and clavicle, fractures of the radius and two different bones in the wrist, and a chip of the elbow. She has a morphine drip right now and is stable. Neck and back are braced. This girl needs a room now! I need a doctor!" The lead EMS shouted as he entered the ER.
Doctor Stevens ran up side them and asked the EMS to repeat her status. He did and gave him all of her basic readings. They rushed her back to a room, Lorelai, who later was asked to sit in the waiting room, by her side.
A few minutes after Lorelai had sat down, Jess and Luke came bursting in through the doors. At the noise, Lorelai snapped her head up. As soon as she saw them she burst into tears and ran to them. Luke took her in his arms and held her against his chest while Jess awkwardly patted her back.
"How's she doing?" Jess asked gently.
Lorelai shook her head ruefully, shrugging her shoulders, "I don't know, they won't tell me anything." She buried her face back in Luke's chest and continued to cry the tears she was just now letting out.
They all sat down and waited for some type of answer. Finally, after forty-five minutes of waiting, Lorelai had fallen asleep half in Luke's lap as Luke watched baseball on the hospital TV. There weren't many people in the waiting area and Jess couldn't stand the silence. He got up and went to find a pay phone to call Tabitha. His only source of sanity.
He quickly slipped the necessary coins in the slot and dialed the memorized numbers with shaky hands.
"Hello, Molly's House of Whore's, Trixie speaking," a perky voice answered and Jess chuckled.
"Hello Madison," he said, "Trying to scare that dear old grandfather of yours again?"
"Of course. So how are you Jess?"
"Not so hot right now, is Tab there?" He asked with a sigh.
"You're always hot Jess Mariano. Tab's here, I'll go get her," Madison giggled and went to find her older sister.
Jess simply shook his head, waiting for Tabitha to answer the phone.
"Hello, Candi speaking," she answered with a giggle much like her sister's.
"Hey Tab," he sighed.
"Why so sad?" she questioned and he could just see her pouting.
"Why?"
"Why what? Babe, you're going to have to give me some more information," Tabitha prodded as she took the phone with her to her room and settled into her bed.
"How in the hell did I get sucked into this when I've only been here for three days?" He hissed quietly, "This isn't right, it's not fair that I have to do this again. Why me? Why right now? Why that girl? Why Tab, why?"
"I don't know, but Hunnie, that's how it is. You can't control this. You can't control who you meet and how you're going to connect to them. Whatever the reason is, she needed someone who she didn't know to comfort her and be there for her. You're that guy babe, and there's nothing you can do about that now. I know it's hard, and I know that you don't want to do this again, but do it anyway. Do it for every woman out there being abused to show that there are some decent guys out there. Do it for me," she made her speech, her voice getting quieter with each sentence.
"Tab," he sighed out.
"No," she stated firmly, "Do this," quietly.
Jess nodded even though she couldn't see him, "Okay."
"I love you," he told her quietly.
"I love you, too, Jess. Now go do what you need to do," Tabitha replied and sniffled, fidgeting with her hands.
"Love you, bye."
"Bye Jess."
When Jess walked back out, the doctor was standing with Lorelai and Luke.
He ran over to them and caught the tail-end of a sentence, "…contusions on her back, abdomen, and face. She has also bruised two of her ribs and worsened the condition of her arm. Normally, we would wait to do the surgery until after her fractures were healed, but we need to extract those bone chips before they cause nerve damage. As soon as you sign this consent form, we'll prep her for surgery."
"Okay, well, will we be able to see her before surgery?" Lorelai asked as she signed the papers.
The doctor nodded, "Yes, you'll be able to see her while she's being prepped for surgery, let me lead you back."
The trio nodded and followed the doctor back through multiple hallways until they reached Rory's room.
And there she lay, machines all around her and needles in her arms. Eyes dreary and skin pale, she smiled wanly at them.
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A/N: Okay, so not the best ending, but I tried! I'd like to thank you all and announce that after this chapter, we'll have reached over 100 reviews! Yay us! We all you all! Reviews are love so press the pretty little button!