Can All the Pieces Still Fit Together?

Disclaimer: Dont own wish i did. Especially Luke and Jess:)

Summary: Lorelai gets into a bad accident just when her life was about to change forever. Lots of Luke and Rory and lots of angst. Some Emily and Richard. Read to find out how Luke and Rory cope through this all. I suck at summaries so please read anyway.

A/N: Popped in my head and i was bored so I decided to just wing it and write it. Hope you like!

Chapter 1: The News

By: Cripticwolf

Luke was having another busy day at the diner. It was just about at the brink of the dinner rush and it was packed. Making his way around the tables, giving people their food and refilling coffee Luke couldn't help but wonder where Lorelai was. Normally she would have been there about 2 hours ago and crying of hunger. He took a deep breath and let it out in a big, exhausted sigh as more customers came began to pile in.

About 2 hours later Luke was beginning to get worried. He had talked to Lorelai early in the morning and she had promised to stop by and he told her that he had something for her, something really important. Starting to get the feeling that something was wrong Luke paced around the diner a little pit, mindlessly wiping down the counter and tables. He must have done it about 15 times, but he couldn't take it anymore. Darting to the phone Luke picked it up, dialing there house but there was no answer, calling Sookie, the Inn, her cell but all he got was the voicemail and even her parents house but the result was just a snotty 'No she hasn't' from Emily. Luke slammed the phone down in frustration. All those phone calls and not one of them told him where she was.

It was 1:37 by the time he got into bed. Knowing that it wouldn't be a night of sleep but he had to try and relax. He was too worried about Lorelai, as his thoughts raced...

'Where the hell could she be? Maybe she just at some meeting know one knew about for the inn, or maybe her phone just wasn't working. Maybe she's at home right now sleeping... But what if she... Oh god! What if she got into an accident or she's stuck somewhere?" He started getting all worked up and sat up straight in his small bed. After taking a few breaths and clearing his mind a bit Luke lied back down settling on the idea that she was probably home asleep and just didn't hear the phone.

Several times during the night Luke reached for the phone and several times he hung it back up. A few times he even got all the way through her number just stopping short of that last digit. Luke took in a deep frustrating sigh and drifted into an uncomfortable sleep, waking up many times during the night then falling back to sleep.

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The next morning Luke woke up around 5:30, which is sleeping in for him, still just as tired and just as worried if not more. He yawned and wiped his face with his hands then ran them through his hair, just sitting there for a while staring off into space. He sighed and opened the top drawer of the nightstand next to his bed. Pulling out a little black box and opening it, Luke admired its contents then closed it and stuck the box on the bed next to him, getting up to take his shower. When Luke got out of the shower he dressed in his normal backwards baseball cap, flannel shirt and jeans, stuck the little black box from before in his pocket and made his way downstairs to open up.

It was around 4:58pm when Luke was swamped and there was still no Lorelai. He was so worried that he was screwing up orders and was constantly distracted. Every time the bells wrung above the door Luke would look up praying to see Lorelai's beautiful face walking in toward him. People were complaining left and right about the service but Luke and Ceasar were doing the best they could. They were running left and right cooking and serving, taking orders and refilling coffees.

Luke was beginning to get pissed off by all the complaints but that wasn't the whole reason. He was extremely mad cause Taylor had been annoying him for going on 18 minutes and was constantly in the way of Luke's path. He couldn't take it anymore, his patience was wearing thing and after the 25 times he had tried to get rid of Taylor he just lost it.

"Dammit Taylor!" Luke yelled slamming his hands down on the counter. "What-Do-I-Have-To-Do-To-Get-You-To-Leave?" Luke said the words slowly so that Taylor would realize how annoyed he was getting. Everyone in the diner was now staring at the scene-taking place.

"Well Luke." Taylor said his name bitterly. "I have here a list of infractions that you are responsible to fix for your diner. You didn't properly fill these papers out when I told you to so now you have to fix them." He flashed a huge stack of papers in front of Luke's extremely angry and annoyed face.

"Fine Taylor! Fine! You want me to fill out the papers? Well here ya go!" Luke grabbed them and scribbled his name in any blank spot not even bothering to read it. Which seemed to irritate Taylor. When he was done he tossed them back at Taylor then refilled the coffee pot.

"Now Luke. You're not doing it that easily. It says here in section 16-G of the towns SHLP... Luke? Luke? Are you listening to me!" The fact was that he wasn't. Luke was stone faced, frozen in fear, staring at the entrance to the diner.

Taylor followed his gaze and was surprised by what he saw. The entire diner fell silent as a nightmare began.

"Lu... Luke." Rory's shaky voice rocked him and he ran over to her as her legs gave out from under her and she collapsed on the floor crying her eyes out, shaking and sobbing. Luke fell down to his knees beside her instantly wrapping his arms around her and rubbing her back.

"Rory? Rory, what's wrong? Did someone hurt you! Who was it? Was it Dean? I'll kill hi-" Rory cut him off by looking straight into his eyes.

"Rory..." He said softly. "What's the matter?" Luke was beginning to panic. He was so concerned for her, but what she said he never would have or would have ever wanted to here and it would change his life drastically.

"Its mom. She... She got into a car accident on the way home last night. The hospital just called." Rory couldn't continue she just buried her face in his shirt and clutched him tightly in a hug, balling even harder.

It was like being hit by a semi. He lost all the air in his lungs and they felt like they were on fire. All of a sudden he couldn't breath and he felt a knot forming in his throat. His breathing became more rapid and rough. He couldn't hold it in anymore as tears began to fall from his eyes and fear took over his mind.

END OF CHAP 1

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