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Chapter 13- As Time Goes By

She lied there in her new bed staring at the ceiling of her new home. For some reason sleep wasn't coming to her. It could be because she was scared out of her mind, or it could be because she was once again alone. Night slowly drowned as the sun was now shining and the birds were chirping rather loudly. The cheap pink alarm clock that Lorelai had bought rang exactly on time.

She groggily woke up and got out of bed. It had felt like she had just fallen asleep five minutes ago. She started her morning routine, checking up on Rory, who was still amazingly, blissfully sleeping, washing her face, brushing her teeth and taking a quick shower.

Just as Rory got up, there was a knock on the door. She picked Rory up and carried her to the door. She picked Rory up and carried her to the door. Lorelai opened the door to see no one none other than Luke.

"Oh, hello," she greeted him.

"Hey." There was an awkward silence.

"Um, do you want to come in?" she politely asked.

"No, actually here," he gave her the bag that was in his hand. "It's breakfast. My dad thought you would be hungry so he sent some food over. There's other stuff in it too, so that you can eat later."

"Thank you. That was sweet of him," she looked in the bag and spoke.

"You're welcome. I'll be sure to tell him that."

"Rory says thank you too," she said causing Rory to giggle since she had started recognizing her name.

"Well, I better get going, you have to get to work and I have to open the store."

"Yeah, very true."

"So, bye," he backed towards the door running into it. He clumsily tried to regain his balance and open the door.

"Bye."

After her first shift was over, Lorelai went into the kitchen to get herself a cup of coffee, something to eat, and to feed Rory. She walked in with Rory in a carrier.

"Hey Sookie," she greeted her.

"Hello Lorelai, oh hello there Rory," Sookie cooed at the baby. "Are you hungry?"

"Yes, I'm very hungry, I want some cookies," Lorelai said imitating a baby's voice.

"Oh, I'm going to spoil her rotten." Sookie announced. "Well what do you want to eat? I'll be happy to make you something."

"Then go crazy, make whatever you like. I'll eat it just about anything as long as it doesn't have eyes that stare back at me."

"A fancy grilled cheesed sandwich good?"

"Yep." She went over to the mini fridge that was full of employ's food and took out a bottle of formula and put it in the microwave.

Sookie and Lorelai had grown quickly to each other. They had become the best of friends.

"So how was your Christmas?" Sookie asked Lorelai.

"It was probably that best one I've ever had."

"Really?"

"Yeah, I mean it was a real Christmas with a real tree, lots of presents, wonderful food."

"Luke's a good cook huh?"

"Mmm, so good."

"He's been my competition since home eco in junior high."

"You my friend are also a wonderful chef. I'm sure you'll be the head chef here one day."

"You really think so?"

"I know so."

"Why? Did Mia say something? Because I graduate form culinary school next year and I will be looking for a job."

"No, no she hasn't mentioned anything. I was just saying you are totally qualified for the job."

"Oh," Sookie sadly went back to work.

"Don't worry. I'll tell you if she says anything."

"That's all I ask for."

"So anyway, I moved in to the shed."

"The old potting shed?"

"Yeah, Luke made it into a little cozy apartment for Rory and me."

"Awe, that was nice of him."

"He was forced into it. William and Mia were on his case."

"It was still nice of him to take him to take time away from Rachel and fix it up. Have you met Rachel yet?"

"Very briefly."

"She's very pretty. She and Luke have been serious for about two years now."

"Wow."

"Yeah, they are pretty good at the long distance thing and with the whole baseball traveling. Rumor had it that Luke's been scouted and offered a minor league position with a pretty hefty pay. So they'll be alright if he takes it. The town has a pool going on about when the two of them are going to get married. After college, next fall, spring. My money's for after he retires from his baseball career. No one can make it last that long."

"Well I'm sure it'll happen."

"Did you know he plays lead guitar and vocals for his band?" She said excitedly.

"What are you? Luke Dane's number one stalker?"

"No, that would be Carrie Duncan, his little sister Liz's best friend. She just talks about him all the time and she's my next door neighbor so I hear just about everything. It's a shame that Liz moved to New York with Jimmy and their son Jess. He's about six or seven months old now. She was such a nice girl. So much fun."

"She was a drug- addict."

"Really?"

"Yeah, Luke went on a rant one day, it slipped out of his mouth."

"Wow, Liz. That explains so much now."

"Yeah, but you didn't hear that from me."

"Just call me Belinda because my lips are sealed."

-X-

New Year's came and passed. Lorelai had to work New Year's Eve since the inn had a party and she had volunteered to take the clean up shift. She could after all use all the money she could get. It was now January which happened to fly by very quickly. Lorelai had worked all month keeping Rory besides her at all times. Rory was growing up very quickly, by the end of January, she was babbling away. She had learned to giggle and was continuously smiling making Lorelai feel twice as better about their situation.

February came and that meant it was time for the Stars Hollow Founder's Day Firelight Festival. Lorelai learned the story of the wonderful town she now lived in and enjoyed walking in the snow around the bond fire with Rory in a stroller.

She occasionally spent time with William at the hardware store and helped around free of charge. He told her about Luke getting an offer to play for a minor league baseball team in Texas. He was proud of his boy at the same time disappointed since he would be alone once again. Rory cheered him up just by giggling and smiling back at him.

The snow melted and March ended. Rain was now upon Stars Hollow. It rained and rained for days on. Lorelai was stuck inside; apparently the rain was getting everyone grumpy. William became very short tempered and snapped at Rory, who was now 2 weeks shy of being six months old, for babbling. Lorelai hasn't gone back to the hardware store ever since then.

Lorelai was just finishing up a shift at the inn before going on her lunch break. She was in the lobby when the phone rang and Mia picked it up.

"Hello, Independence Inn, How may I help you? Yes, I do. Oh, Oh my. I'll be right there. Lorelai," Mia called.

"Yes Mia."

"Lorelai, get your coat and Rory's. William has been in an accident. He was found driving unconscious and crashed into a tree. He's in the hospital. C'mon."

-X-

-Hospital-

"Hello, I'm looking for William Danes, a nurse called me about twenty minutes. I'm Mia," Mia told the receptionist.

"Oh yes, he's right through those doors, second door on the left. And are you Lorelai?" She looked at Lorelai.

"Yes, why?"

"Mr. Danes was asking for you. He woke up about a half hour ago."

-X-

-Hospital Room-

"William, are you alright? Did you call Luke? What happened to you? What-"

"Mia, please I'm ok and one question at a time. Lorelai it's nice to see you. I was hoping to speak to you.'

"Wait, what happened?"

"I was driving back after picking up an order and the next thing I know, I'm here. I hat hospitals I just want to go home."

Right on cue, a doctor walked in.

"Well I'm afraid that you are going to be stuck here a little while Mr. Danes. Hello, I am Dr. Kaper.

"What? I'm alive and I'm breathing. I'm fine.

"We need to find the cause of you being unconscious while driving. We are going to do a CT to make sure. Until then, you are here."

"Oh."

"There'll be a nurse here in ten minutes to prep you and take you there. Let me know if any of you have questions." The doctor left.

"I want to apologize to you Lorelai. I'm sorry, I shouldn't have yelled at Rory. I don't know what was wrong. I do have to admit I haven't been feeling well lately."

"It's ok. Really, William I understand. I just got scared."

"So apology accepted?"

"It's way passed accepted."

"Thank you for giving me a second chance."

"No, thank you for giving me a home."

-X-

Lorelai was coming out of the restroom after changing Rory and saw Luke run to the front desk when he caught eye of Lorelai.

"Lorelai."

"Hi Luke."

"Where's my dad? How is he? What happened? They did say much in the message they left me. Why even bother leaving a message if they won't leave any details about it?" Luke ranted.

"Luke cut it out. He's ok. You can stop the rage. They are doing a CT scan or something on him. He crashed his car or something. I didn't actually get the full details. Mia grabbed Rory and me and then we left. We're all just waiting." The pair took a seat a pair of chairs nearby.

"So he's ok?"

"So far yes. He wasn't hurt. They are running blood test and things to make sure everything is alright. He was unconscious when he was driving. They want to make sure nothing else is wrong." Luke let out a breathe he was unconsciously holding.

"I should call Liz. She has to be here."

"Maybe it's nothing. Wait until the results come back then call her."

"Yeah, you're right. There's no point in calling her anyway. It's not like she'll drop everything and come back home running. She ran away, you know. Didn't like it here."

"Oh, I'm sorry."

"Naa, it's ok. She was in a lot of trouble here. She was just running away."

"So how's spring training?" She looked at Luke and noticed how his body and the way he held himself up was different. He was more muscular with a lot more weight.

"Well it's training, it's hard, it's fun, it depends."

"So everything is going well there?"

"Yeah, it's just that I can't believe it. I'm actually going to be playing for real. For money. I will be on a baseball card," he rejoiced like a little boy.

"And some little boy will be collecting it saying he wants to be just like you."

"Yeah, this is all I've ever wanted."

"Good, I'm glad. I'm happy for you."

"Thank you. Can you do me a favor?"

"Yeah, sure. What?"

"Well you know that I'm not around here a lot anymore. You know being on the road and everything."

"Yes, Luke I know that."

"Can you- Will you be able to- can you- is there any way that you can keep an eye out for my dad? I don't want anything to happen to him."

"Yeah, I can definitely do that."

"You don't have to constantly call him or anything like that. Just drop and make sure he's doing well."

"I can do that."

"Thank you so much. Really, you don't know how much this means to me."

-X-

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