This is a bit of a sad chapter, don't say I didn't warn you!

-Danes' House-5 Days Until Lorelai's Birthday-

Today, even though it was a Tuesday, Richard & Emily had let Lorelai skip school to spend the day, & night, at the Danes' house. Now, normally, Lorelai would have been thrilled to be able to miss school, & hang out with all her friends in Stars Hollow. (Since Lorelai spent so much time in Stars Hollow, Luke's friends were her friends as well.) However, Lorelai was not thrilled because of the reason of this visit…

-(Flashback)-

The reason her parents had let her have this visit was because Luke's mother, Amelia, had fallen ill. William didn't let Liz, Luke, or Lorelai know that Amelia had been sick for sometime, because he didn't want to worry them, but then, today, Amelia had to be rushed to the hospital. Her heart had suddenly stopped on her. Lorelai had received a call at 3:30 in the morning from Luke, Liz, & William to tell her about Amelia, she's been with them so much, she's considered a part of the family already.

She told her mom & dad as soon as she had finished the phone call, telling them that they had to get to the hospital & the reason way, Emily & Richard had also been worried, not as much as Lorelai, but still worried. When Lorelai said that they have got to go to the hospital, Emily & Richard protested. They said that they could go visit Amelia in a couple of hours. Lorelai wouldn't have it, she insisted that they went right away, soon Richard & Emily gave up, they said that their driver could take her, & that she could skip school & spend the night at the Danes' house.

So Lorelai had changed into different clothes, grabbed her bag, (that contain some clothes, pj's, a toothbrush, a box of cookies, 3 apples, 6 apple juice boxes, & 1 sealed cup of tea for William) told her parents she was going, & had nearly ran as fast as lightning out the door & into the car. The whole time she was in the car she felt like she was on a roller coaster, her stomach kept doing flips & would jump at every bump the car made. She was a wreck.

-At The Hospital-

Finally, when they had arrived at the hospital, Lorelai rushed in. She then had seen, Luke, Liz, & William in the waiting room, & rushed over. She then had to spend a lot of the time trying to comfort a crying Liz while she tried to get a hunched over Luke to talk. As for William, he had just sat there staring of into space, but Lorelai could tell he had been trying not to cry in front of his kids.

Then, after a while, they declared that Amelia could go home for the night but would be unconscious for the whole day because of the medicines. They then had all stood up & stared at a frighteningly white unconscious Amelia sitting in a wheelchair. After a while William had picked Amelia off of the wheelchair & carried her to the car, while Lorelai had tried to get a now sobbing Liz up & into the car, & Luke just followed them the whole time, looking at the ground…

As for Lorelai, she had no time to think, no time to cry, no time to feel or analyze, only time to try & help Liz & Luke, for that was what distracted her, kept her from breaking apart in front of them, kept her sane. All she had wanted to do right then was break down and cry, but she couldn't do that, she would only upset Liz & Luke more. So, she had done her best trying to comfort them…

-(Flashback Over)-

Now she was in the Danes' kitchen, eating breakfast at 8:30 in the morning, Liz had gone back to bed, William was in the master bedroom to look after Amelia, & Luke & Lorelai were finishing their breakfasts. "Lorelai," Luke started "thanks for being there, you didn't have to be, but you were, so thanks." Lorelai smiled "No problem." She said. "Amelia was as close to being my mom as possible, without me actually having half of my DNA her's, that is." Lorelai rambled. Luke smiled a little. "Well, it's better then nothing." She thought.

"You know Lorelai," Luke said "I feel bad for you, your b-day is in 5 days & you're not going to get to enjoy it as much because of my mom, you'll be worried about her illness the whole time, I'm sorry." Luke said. Lorelai smiled, "Luke, the last thing I'm worried about is my birthday." Luke suddenly looked nervous. "No, um, I didn't mean that you only, um, you know, care about yourself, because you're the most unselfish person I know, um…" Luke said, racking his brain for a way to explain. Lorelai giggled, "It's okay Luke, I understand." She said. Luke looked relieved.

William entered the room looking tired & exhausted. "Your mom said you could stay, right Lorelai?" William asked. "Yep." Lorelai answered. "Okay." William said. "William, maybe you should take a nap, you seem very tired & we'll be alright, won't we Luke?" Lorelai asked. Luke just nodded. "Well, I am tired." As if to prove it, William let out a big yawn & stretched. "Okay, but only for a little while." He said as he trudged over to the couch. "Take as much time as you need William." Lorelai called out, but William was already asleep.

Not so long after William fell asleep, Liz woke up. She & Lorelai acted as cheerful as they could for Luke, because even though Liz had been the 1 who cried, they could both tell that Luke was the 1 who was most broken up, but was trying to hide it. Lorelai tried everything to get Luke to tell her how he was feeling, she brought up Luke's mother in every conversation, told them how she would feel in their position, etc. However, Luke would avoid telling them about his feelings in every conversation by saying, "Let's change the subject" or " cool, whatever" etc. So soon, Lorelai gave up.

At 11:30, when William finally woke up, he told the kids he was going to go look after Amelia, & for Luke to take the girls to the inn for some lunch, gave him some money, & sent them on their way.

-The Inn-

When they arrived at the inn, Lorelai started to talk to Mia. "Hey Mia!" Lorelai said. "Hello Lorelai." Mia said with a smile. "Hello Lucas, Liz." She said the same way to them as she had done to Lorelai. "Hi Mia." Liz said. "Hi Mia." Luke grumbled. Mia frowned slightly "Is something wrong, Lucas?" She asked concerned.

Lorelai looked at Liz & Luke & could tell that they weren't going to say anything, so she said it. "Well, Mia." She started "Amelia was rushed to the hospital today." She said. "What!" Mia almost yelled, almost. "Her heart just suddenly stopped on her!" Lorelai said. "Oh my…" Mia said in a whisper as she put her hand over her gapping mouth. She was starting to feel dizzy. She tried to lean up against a chair, but missed. "Mia!" Lorelai cried, but it was too late… Mia fell to the ground & was unconscious…

So that's the chapter, sorry I didn't update as fast as you guys wanted me to, I had a lot of things to do.