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Chapter 10

Hannah woke up the next morning and saw Luke sat beside her. "Did you stay all night again?" She asked surprised.

"Pretty much." Luke said sitting up a bit straighter and stretching his arms. "You fell asleep about 7 so I went back to the diner for a few hours but then came back so that your mom could go and get some sleep. I also brought you this." He said handing her a copy of the Stars Hollow Gazette. "Thought you might want to keep up with stuff going on back there."

Hannah smiled. "Thanks." She said taking it from him and smirked as she read the front page. "Kirk's rollerblading again?"

"Unfortunately. Apparently he wants to set up a rollerblading school and teach kids how to rollerblade." Luke said.

"But Kirk can't even rollerblade." Hannah said.

"Exactly." Luke said.

Hannah laughed. "Nice to see some things haven't changed." She said.

Luke smiled sympathetically at her. "They're all wishing you well. I managed to stop Babette and Patty coming straight here." He said. "I didn't think you'd want to cope with them at the moment."

Hannah smirked. "Thanks."

"Lane said she'd like to come visit though." He said. "I said I'd check with you."

Hannah smiled. "Well tell her of course she can come. It'll be nice to see her." She sighed as she opened the newspaper and saw a bit about the accident.

Luke saw it and kicked himself. "Sorry. I forgot that would be in there." He said.

"It's fine." She smiled sadly. "I'd be surprised if it wasn't in."

Luke sat there for a moment, kicking himself for bringing it in. He had wanted her to feel better. "I nearly killed Taylor yesterday." He said.

Hannah looked up. "What? How?"

"I might have thrown a frying pan towards him.." Luke smirked.

"Oh my god! I can't believe you finally cracked!" Hannah laughed.

"Yeh well he was annoying me." He chuckled, glad she was smiling again.

Lorelai came in at this moment and smiled when she saw them laughing together. "Hey. Sleep ok?" She asked.

"Hey mom." Hannah smiled. "Yeh I did. You?"

"Not bad." She said. "I just bumped into your doctor. "Your physical therapist is coming in a few minutes to meet you."

"Oh. Ok." Hannah said.

"I'll leave you to it." Luke said getting up, not wanting to be in the way.

"You don't have to." Hannah said.

"I should go and check on the diner anyway. Make sure Caesar hasn't burnt it down." He said.

"You'll come back later though?" Hannah asked.

Luke smiled. "Sure."

"Ok. Bye." Hannah smiled. "And thanks for this." She said holding up the newspaper.

Luke smiled and gave Lorelai a quick kiss before leaving.

"What were you two laughing about then?" Lorelai smiled sitting down next to her.

"Luke nearly killing Taylor." Hannah smirked.

"Ah yes. He finally cracked. You should have seen Taylor's face!" Lorelai said.

"Yeh.." Hannah said, her smile fading.

Lorelai sighed. "Sorry Han, I wasn't thinking."

"No it's fine." Hannah gave her a small smile. "Things go on, don't they?"

Just then a woman came in. "Hannah Gilmore?" She asked.

"Yeh." Hannah said.

"I'm Sarah. I'm going to be your physical therapist." She smiled warmly at her.

"Oh. Hi." Hannah gave her a small smile.

"I know this is daunting but I promise you I don't bite." She said with a twinkle in her eyes.

Hannah smiled, relaxing a bit and feeling a bit more at ease. "Is it ok if my mom stays?" She asked.

"Of course." Sarah smiled at Lorelai. "It's nice to meet you Mrs Gilmore."

"Oh please, call me Lorelai otherwise I feel like my mother and that's a scary image, trust me!" Lorelai joked.

Sarah laughed. "Consider myself warned!" She turned back to Hannah. "So, first I need to do a physical examination and see what we're working with."

"But it's just my legs." Hannah said.

"Don't worry. I know everything." She reassured her. "This is just procedure. I need to check that everything else is ok."

"Ok." Hannah said.

Sarah did her examination and smiled. "That's all fine. It's what we thought."

Hannah gave her a small smile.

Sarah smiled at her sympathetically. "I know this is scary but we'll work through this together. I've worked with a lot of patients like you."

Hannah just nodded.

"What we need to discuss next is how we're going to continue. I'd like to have a session with you 4 days a week." She said. "We'll have them here."

"Ok." Hannah said quietly glancing at her mom.

"Do you have any questions?" Sarah asked kindly.

"Will I be able to go home at any stage?" Hannah asked.

"When we've got your strength up and you're able to get in and out of a wheelchair, you should be discharged. After that, I'll come to your house to work with you." She said.

Hannah nodded.

"Um..do you know how long that will take? To be able to take her home, I mean." Lorelai asked.

"It depends." Sarah said. "If Hannah gets the hang of it early and her doctor is happy with her progress then she can go."

Lorelai nodded and gave Hannah a reassuring smile.

"So we'll have our first session tomorrow and we'll try with a wheelchair." Sarah said. She saw Hannah's face. "I know this is all very daunting for you but I will do everything I can to make sure you make a full recovery." She said kindly.

Hannah gave her a small smile and nodded.

"I'll leave it for now and I'll see you tomorrow." She said.

"Thanks." Hannah said.

"Get some rest today." Sarah said.

Hannah nodded and watched as she left. She sighed. "It's actually happening." She said glancing at her mom.

"But this is good." Lorelai said reassuringly. "You may be able to come home soon."

"Yeh." Hannah smiled.

Later that day, Luke came in. "Hey." He smiled.

"Hey Luke!" Hannah smiled, happy to see him.

"I've picked up some stragglers." He said opening the door further, letting Rory, Tristan and Lane walk in.

Hannah smiled seeing them. "Hey."

"Hey sis." Rory smiled going over to give her a hug.

"I'll give you all a minute." Lorelai smiled getting up and going outside with Luke.

"How was the meeting?" Luke asked.

Lorelai sighed. "Yeh it was good. The woman, Sarah, is really nice but I think it dawned on Hannah how much she has to do. I think it's sunk in. She didn't say much."

"Yeh I can imagine it being daunting." Luke said. He put his hand on her shoulder. "And how are you?"

Lorelai gave him a small smile. "I'm ok. I just feel helpless."

"You're not helpless." Luke said softly. "You're in there everyday with her supporting her. That's not being helpless."

Lorelai sighed. "I just wish I could do more." She said giving him a hug.

Meanwhile, inside, Hannah was happy to have everyone there.

"Sorry I didn't come earlier. I wasn't sure if you'd want visitors." Lane said.

"It's fine." Hannah smiled. "I'm just glad you're here now."

"You should have seen Luke and Taylor today." Lane smirked.

"What? Did he try to kill him again?" Hannah laughed.

"Nope! Luke's been going round putting wheelchair ramps everywhere and Taylor was protesting." Lane said.

"Really?" Hannah asked surprised.

"Yep. Luke went off ranting about the town being inaccessible. Obviously everyone else backed him up so Taylor backed down." Lane said.

Hannah smiled. "I'll have to thank him." She turned to Tristan and Rory. "How was school?"

"Boring." Tristan said.

Rory shot him a look. "It was ok. Everyone's sending their wishes. Even Paris is being nice."

Hannah smiled. "Paris. Nice. Two words I would never put together."

Rory smirked. "So you're ok?" She then asked seriously.

Hannah sighed. "As ok as I can be. I am glad you're all here though. It gets boring in here." She smiled.

"Ah well that's where I might be able to help." Luke said coming back in with Lorelai.

"What?" Hannah asked.

"I've brought some books from the diner. I thought if I talked you through how to check them and stuff, you wouldn't miss out on your job." He said putting some books on the side.

"Really?" Hannah asked.

"I thought it would help with the boredom. Now I know it's not very exciting but at least you'd still be earning." He smiled.

Hannah smiled. "Thanks Luke."

He felt arms go round him and looked to his side to see Lorelai smiling at him. "Thank you." She whispered.

Luke smiled at her. "It's the least I could do."

The door suddenly opened again and everyone turned, confused as to who else it could be. Hannah was surprised when she saw who walked in, looking awkward. "Grandpa..." She said.

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