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Notes:
Rory never dropped out of Yale.
This episode follows the newest episode that aired on Tuesday January 30th.
Colin and Stephanie are seriously dating
Heart attack
Chapter Two
Sweet things in Bad situations
Rory sits down between Stephanie and Finn. Colin seems to have gone on a coffee hunt.
"Did you call your mom?" Stephanie asks.
Rory nods, "About an hour ago." She glances at the clock on her cell phone. It's going on 6 in the afternoon, "She might be out with dad or something."
A silence goes over them.
"Colin and I are dating now." Stephanie has decided not to bring up anything sad or involving a hospital. Rory's the kind of person who will worry constantly about a problem and right now probably isn't a good time for her to have a panic attack.
Rory perks up slightly, "Really?"
Stephanie nods her head energetically. "He finally asked me out about four months ago."
"I'm so happy for you." Rory hugs her friend.
"Thanks." Stephanie grins.
"So, come on, tell me what you did for your first date." Rory instructs.
Stephanie turns herself so that she's comfortably facing Rory. "Well Colin came to pick me up 15 minutes late; which gave him two extra points on the dream guy scale, mainly because I had had tea with my mom and it made me very late." Stephanie makes a face which makes Rory laugh slightly. "Then he took me to this Italian restaurant that had to most awful food known to man. But he did order me an extra dessert so everything was fine." Stephanie laughs, "After that we went for a walk around the city. It was so…. Great." She looks off and gets a dreamy look in her eyes. "I don't really know any other way to describe it without sounding totally cheesy."
Rory laughs, "You two are the perfect couple."
Stephanie smiles, "I'm glad I finally got to talk to another girl about this. All the feedback I have ever gotten was "can we talk about this later love; I'm suffering from a bad night." She sends a pointed look at Finn who had his sunglasses over his eyes and had his head hanging back against the back of the hard plastic chair.
"Well Finn isn't very much of a morning person." Rory says with a small laugh.
Stephanie agrees.
"Colin! Oh thank god, someone I recognize. Do you know where Rory is? Are you here with Rory? Is she ok? How is my dad?"
Rory perks up at the sound of her mom's voice. "Mom?" She calls while standing up. Stephanie is close behind her.
"Rory?"
Stephanie and Rory quicken their speed and turn the corner. Standing the middle of the hall is Colin, who is carrying four large coffees in his arms, and Lorelai who is looking around.
"Mom!" Rory runs over to her mom and wraps her arms around her. "I'm so glad you're here."
Lorelai holds tightly onto Rory. "Have you heard anything? Are you alright?" Lorelai steps back and looks at Rory's tearstained pale face.
"The doctors are still prepping him for surgery or something to that effect. Most of the stuff they told me I couldn't make any sense out of. I couldn't get Paris on the phone. And they wouldn't let me see him." Rory stays in one breath.
Lorelai wraps her arm around Rory's shoulders and then her other arm over Stephanie's shoulders. "Well it's good to know you've had good company."
Stephanie grins.
"Yeah, Steph, Finn, and Colin have been great." Rory smiles slightly. "They have successfully kept me from having an anxiety attack."
"For that I am eternally grateful." Lorelai tells no one in particular.
The three walk back into the lobby and settle down in the uncomfortable seats. Finn's asleep. Stephanie is flipping through a magazine, although she's not really concentrating on what she's looking at. Colin is staring at the wall. And Lorelai and Rory are drinking the coffee that Colin had bought.
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"Excuse me, are you Rory Gilmore?" A tall man with a white doctor's uniform asks as he walks into the lobby.
Lorelai and Rory look up and are at his side in a second.
"I'm Rory Gilmore." Rory tells him.
"How is my dad?" Lorelai asks hurriedly.
The doctor simply nods, "I'm Doctor Sorrel. I conducted the surgery on Mr. Gilmore. It's too early to say yet, but if he stays strong and relaxed he should make it out."
Rory grabs her mom's hand and their faces brighten tremendously.
The doctor quickly continues. "However he could take a turn for the worse."
Just as quickly as they perked up they slumped down.
"He's in room 107b. You may see him one at a time. He's not awake right now." With that the doctor leaves them in the hall.
Rory practically drags Lorelai down the hall. She frantically searches the numbers that are beside each door and finally comes to 107b.
The door is closed and the room is silent except for the faint beeping inside.
"Are you coming in?" Rory gestures to the door.
"Um, no, I, um, need to make a call." Lorelai stutters and backs slowly away from the white door.
Rory nods her head, "Ok." After taking a deep breath she presses down on the doorknob and stepped into the room. Rory gasps sharply as she sees her grandfather lying on the hospital bed. He's pale, his eyes are closed, he's hooked up to a few machines and tubes are sticking out of his nose.
The door closes loudly behind Rory.
She walks slowly and carefully over to the bed. A chair is in the corner. She picks it up and sets it so it is near the head of the bed.
Rory takes Richard's hand in hers.
"Hi grandpa, it's me, Rory." She starts out slow. A thick layer of hot tears have glazed over her eyes. "I'm so sorry about this. If I would have said something about your heavy breathing or something earlier then maybe you wouldn't be like this. I can't believe you're in the hospital. We both hate hospitals." A few tears fall from her eyes. "I love you so much." She chokes.
Rory is uncontrollably sobbing now. "You can't leave me. You have to be here to grandma, and me, and even mom. We all love you so much. You have to make it through this."
Rory ducks her head down and lets her hair fall into her face. She stares down at the very pale hand that she's holding. "You have to stay." She says in barely a whisper.
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Lorelai walked past the lobby, went down the elevator, and walked outside.
Snow was falling. It was the good snow too. It was soft, and big, and was starting to cover the ground. "Why are you snowing?" She asks the sky. Lorelai wipes her hair out of her face and pulls her cell phone out of her purse.
She calls speed dial 4 'Bebbette' and finally her neighbor answers.
"Hello?"
"Oh, hi, Bebbette. It's Lorelai." Lorelai starts. She rocks back and forth from the balls of her feet to the heel of her feet.
"Oh hi sugar. How are ya?" Bebbette asks.
"No that great." Lorelai says gruffly. "Look, Bebbette, my dad is in the hospital. I'm going to be in New Haven for a while. Could you do my a favor and take care of Paul Anka for me?"
There is short pause, "Yes, honey, whatever ya need."
"Thank you so much." Lorelai tells her, "Ok, well I'll talk to you when I get home. Okay?"
"Yes, of course."
"Thank you." Lorelai nods her head, "Kay, bye." She hangs up and stares at her phone. She fiddles with the coffee cup charm that is hooked onto the phone and then opens the flip phone up again. She runs down the numbers in her address book and comes to Christopher's.
She gets the answering machine. "Hey Chris. My dad's in the hospital. Rory and I need you here." Tears clog her throat, "Please." She hangs up and stares at her phone once more. As much as she wants things to be right she knows her and Chris are over.
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Finn pokes his head into the hospital room. He sees Rory leaning against the hospital bed grasping Richard's hand. Her shoulders are shaking harshly and Finn can hear that she's sobbing.
"Love?" He slips into the room and shuts the door quietly behind him. He walks over to Rory and kneels down beside her. "Love? Look at me." He gently places his hand on Rory's shoulder.
She finally looks over at him.
Her eyes are bloodshot and her face is blotchy red.
"It's going to be alright." He tells her soothingly.
Rory jerks away from him and turns back to her grandfather, "How do you know? He's just lying here! How do you know everything is going to be alright? He could die!"
"Shush, he's not going to die." Finn glances over at Richard and then looks back at Rory. "Come here." He takes Rory's hand.
She stands up but another wave of tears goes down her cheeks and she looses all her energy. All she wants to do is lye on the floor and curl up into a ball. She stumbles slightly and starts to sink to the floor.
"Whoa there." Finn mumbles more to himself.
Finn tightens his grip on her, puts her arm around his neck, and then picks her up bridle style. H
"What are you doing here?" Rory asks him through tears. She pulls away from him and stares into his eyes.
"You seemed to gone to buggery." Finn tells her.
"Not here, the hospital room, I mean why did you come to the hospital? I called Colin." Rory rephrases.
"Don't you want me here love?" He asks. His green eyes cloud over slightly.
Rory fiercely shakes her head, "That's not what I said."
Finn leans his forehead against hers. "I came because you needed me."
Rory smiles at him and hugs his neck. "You always seem to know when I need you." She whispers.
Finn grips her tighter and closes his eyes.
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After a long search Lorelai finally found coffee.
She takes a drink and scoffs at the horrible taste.
Lorelai shakes her head to herself as she walks back up to the floor her father is in. She stops in front of his door and after a very long hesitation she opens the door. She frowns when she sees that the chair beside her dad is empty. She looks around and a grin forms on the edges of her lips as she sees Finn and Rory. Finn is sitting up in the seat with his head lying back against the wall. Rory has her legs stretched out across the couch and her arms are wrapped around Finn's neck.
Maybe that's why it was snowing, was the thought in her mind as Lorelai walked back over to the lobby. She stops at the corner and stares at the scene taking place.
"I still don't understand why I can't see him." Emily Gilmore protests.
"Well, Mrs. Gilmore, your granddaughter is already in there with him. I don't think there should be any more people in there then necessary." The nurse tells her with a forced calm voice.
Lorelai shakes her head again. Some things never change.
"Well Rory's asleep. I'll go wake her and Finn up." Lorelai says more to herself.
"Finn's in there with her?" Colin stands up.
Lorelai doesn't really hear him though. Standing on the other side of the lobby was no one other then Luke.