Rory left the youth facility and drove back to the hospital to see Jess. She sat by his bedside and prayed for him. She begged God for Jess's life. "Please, Jesus!" she cried softly. "Please, make him wake up!" She searched Jess's features for a scrap of evidence that he was still present in his body.
Rory saw Jess's eyelashes flutter open for a moment, and then they closed again. She grasped his hand. "Jess!" she called his name softly, urgently. "Wake up!" Jess opened his eyes groggily and spotted Rory by his side. A ghost of a smile crept across his face as he soaked in the sight of Rory.
"Rory..." he whispered.
"I'm right here." she reached beyond him and pressed the call button. A nurse quickly appeared, and then departed again to get the doctor. Soon, Jess was being cared for, checked over, and tests were being run. He had retained no brain damage, and no broken bones. The doctors decided to keep him overnight, just to make sure he was totally okay.
"Jess," Rory said, once they were alone again. Luke, Lorelai, Sookie, and Jackson had been and gone, content to leave the young couple together. "I want you to know that I've visited Dean a few times. He's in prison in Hartford."
"Why did you go?" Jess asked, with an edge to his voice.
"I don't know." Rory admitted. "I don't know why. But, he changed. And I witnessed it. And then, I changed."
"What?"
"Dean led me to Christ."
"What does that mean?" Jess asked.
"It means that Jesus Christ, the Son of God, is my personal Savior, and...He saved you, too. I prayed that you would wake up, and you did!"
"You became a Christian?" Jess asked, dumbfounded.
"Yes." Rory nodded.
"How did that jerk trick you?" he demanded.
"Dean didn't trick me. He told me the truth. He apologized to me for messing everything up. I apologized for letting things amongst the three of us get so out of hand. I apologized for hurting him."
"So...." Jess said, dejectedly. "Are you back together with him? We're over before we ever got a chance?"
"I'm still with you." Rory insisted. "But I need to tell you about Jesus."
"That's too bad." Jess said, his eyes dull and tired. "I don't want to hear it."