Hey guys, this is something I had written a while back. I'm not sure where I want this to go or if I will update and continue this. But if it gets a good response, then I will keep it going. So read and review!

The sky overhead was grey, not the dark grey of a disastrous storm, but a grey of a soon to be blissful rainfall. A young woman sat in her small apartment in Philadelphia, waiting for her husband. She stood at the window looking out, a small smile playing at her lips. These small storms were not uncommon in this busy city, but every small rainfall made her happy.

She turned around and sat down at her small paper filled desk and began typing on her laptop. Words usually flowed freely from her, she knew exactly what to say and how to say it. Research would help, but she just knew what she was doing. She got completely lost in her work that she didn't hear the door open.

"Rory! You here? I brought Chinese!" her husband called from the doorway. The smell of food immediately entered the room and she inhaled it deeply, her mouth watering.

"In here Jess!" Rory called standing up and hurrying over to her husband, embracing him and kissing him.

"Well that was a very welcome response to my arrival." Jess smirked and lifted her up, continuing to kiss her passionately.

"Food food!" Rory cried, reaching for the many, small containers with Chinese food.

Jess sighed and put her down. "Fine, but just cuz I'm starving too is why I'm letting this small distraction pass."

"Well a woman needs her food, you can't keep her away from food and you know that. Especially a Gilmore." Rory reasoned and snatched up the small box and rummaged through the drawers for a couple of forks.

"Hey, you're not a Gilmore anymore." Jess pointed out, also grabbing a container and taking the second fork from Rory.

"At heart I am." Rory said, with a full mouth.

"But you're now a Mariano. A Mrs. Jess Mariano to be exact." Jess slyly responded, scooping up the food and putting it into his watering mouth.

"Mhmm." Rory agreed, lost in the bursting flavors of Chinese.

Jess smirked and took the bag of Chinese food into the living room. He motioned for Rory to follow him, and like a small puppy, she did. They sat down on their couch and began eating their food longingly and hungrily.

Jess turned the TV on and wrapped his arm around Rory. "What should we watch?"

"Hmmm, so many choices…Pride and Prejudice?" Rory suggested and grabbed another box of delicious cuisine and began eating that.

"Jane Austen? What about something less lovey dovey?" Jess playfully whined, truth was, he didn't really find Austen half bad.

"Jess please?" Rory pouted and looked at Jess innocently.

"Fine." Jess sighed and feigned defeat but smirked at Rory. "You eating enough there?"

"I'm so hungry Jess! I can't believe it! I have never eaten this much before!" She gulped down a mouthful of food and blushed at an amused Jess.

"Well maybe it's time for a diet. You make the cookie monster look like Barbie." Jess attempted a comparison, but received a laugh from Rory.

"What are you insinuating?" Rory crossed her arms and frowned.

"Nothing, nothing." Jess raised his hands in defeat and smirked.

"That's what I thought. You know, you're a wise man for backing off."

"I only back off once in a few years, this happens to be one of those times." Jess stretched and decided it was time to write more.

"You're writing again? Jess you just got back from work, you don't need to be working again." Rory complained.

"I have a deadline Ror. I need to get this done, I have a deadline." Jess explained.

"No, Jess. Just an hour ago you were being amazing, and if I wasn't starving we wouldn't even be in the living room now, we'd be in the bedroom." Rory was angry now, she knew that Jess had to finish this book, but it was always work, work, work for him. Well not always, but it felt that way.

"Rory, what do you want me to do? I don't have the time right now to do everything. I'm not superman." Jess raised his voice.

"I know you're not, but I want some time with you too Jess. I take breaks for you. Why can't you do the same for me?" Rory shouted.

"Whatever." Jess stood up and slammed the bedroom door. Rory angrily searched for her shoes and grabbed her coat, jacket, purse, keys, and cell phone before slamming the front door. She walked briskly to her car and slammed that door too. She pulled out her phone and called her mom.

"Hello? Is that my offspring on the other line?" Lorelai questioned jokingly.

"Mom." Rory simply stated.

"Whoa, what's going on honey?"

"Jess and I had a fight. It was huge. Mom he always works and never sets time aside for us." Rory began crying.

"Oh sweets. I'm sorry, I wish I could be there." Lorelai sympathized with her daughter.

"I do too. I can't drive all the way over there now. I think I'll just drive around to cool off." Rory sighed and looked outside, where the rain began to fall heavily. So much for the nice drizzle that was expected.

"Alright sweetie, call me with the results ok? I love you. Bye."

"Ok will do. Bye mom, I love you too." Rory hung up the phone and rested her head against the headrest. She sighed, turned on the car and drove off.

- - -

Back at the house Jess was sitting on the bed with his laptop, he sighed and ran his fingers through his hair. He couldn't stop thinking about the fight they had just had, it was stupid, but it was true. He did spend too much time on work sometimes, and when he asked her to take a break for him, she would drop everything.

Jess slapped his laptop close and punched the pillow. He got up and grabbed the phone and dialed a number he had grown accustomed to.

"Uncle Luke."

"Jess? What? What happened?" Luke was instantly alert.

"Rory and I fought." Jess simply said.

"About what?"

"About work and me not making time for her."

"Well are you?"

"No." Jess sighed again frustrated and hit his head against the wall.

"Well there you go. Fix it." Luke grunted and Jess sighed in exasperation.

"I know, but she left and I don't know where."

"Call her, fix it, and let me sleep."

"Fine…thanks Uncle Luke." Jess hung up and fell back against the couch.

Jess searched for some more comfortable jeans and grabbed his jacket when he heard the phone ring. Hoping it was Rory he ran to answer it.

"Rory?"

"No. Is this Mr. Mariano?" the voice on the other end of the phone replied.

"Yes. Who's this?"

"Sir, your wife has been in an accident. We took her to the hospital, and she is now being observed."

"I'll be there in a few minutes." Jess hung up the phone and rushed to the hospital. Silently cursing for fighting with her and not listening to her.

- - -

Rory was lying unconscious in the hospital bed, being watched by the doctors and nurses. Her car was completely totaled and she was banged up pretty badly.

"The other driver survived too?" A nurse asked the doctor.

"Yes. Apparently he was driving drunk and ran a red light, hit this poor girl's car and completely destroyed it. If she weren't wearing a seatbelt, I'm sure she'd be dead." The doctor informed the nurse and walked out.

The nurse looked at Rory sympathetically and followed the doctor out.

- - -

Jess ran into the hospital in a panic. He rushed to the front desk and asked for Rory.

"Yes, I'm looking for my wife, Rory Mariano. She was brought in here about an hour ago. They said she is being watched intently. I don't know if that means she's in intensive care unit or not. Just please let me know where she is." Jess was pleading.

The nurse nodded, typed up something and motioned for Jess to follow her. "This way please."

Jess nodded and followed the nurse to a door marked RORY MARIANO.

"Here she is. She has been unconscious for the past hour."

Jess sighed and walked in quietly. He pulled a chair up next to her and kissed her. She was lying there so small and weak. All these machines were connected to her, and seemed to tell him that she was barely alive.

"Rory. I'm so sorry about earlier. You're right. I work too much, I should spend more time with you." Jess' voice cracked as he saw his wife looking so helpless.

The doctor walked in and greeted Jess. "Mr. Mariano I presume."

"That'd be me."

"Well your wife is fine. Some scratches, bruises, a few fractures to her arm, but she'll be fine. Unfortunately she lost the baby."

"Baby? What baby? She never mentioned anything." Jess was shocked, even more so sad. Her baby, their baby, was gone.

"Well I'm not sure if she would have even known, she was only in her first month or so in the pregnancy. So she may not have known. By your shock, I'm guessing that I'm right."

Jess stared at Rory and slouched. Great, another thing that he was responsible for. Rory's injuries and the death of their baby.

"I'm really sorry Mr. Mariano. I really wish I could have helped." The doctor patted Jess on his shoulder and walked out.

Jess refused to cry, he had to be strong for Rory, besides he wasn't the crying type. His cell phone ran and he answered it.

"Rocky is that you? Where are you? I've been calling your house and Rory's cell like crazy, but no one has been answering." Lorelai sounded panicked.

"Lorelai, sit down." Jess sighed, not even attempting to hide the misery in his voice.

"What? What's going on?" Lorelai was hysterical now.

"Can you and Luke come here? Rory was in a car accident. She's in the hospital." And lost our baby in it.

"What!? Oh my gosh! We're leaving now. Luke! LUKE!" Lorelai was shouting.

"Call when you get here and I'll give you directions to the hospital." Jess said just before hanging up.

- - -

Rory slowly opened her eyes an hour later. Jess, seeing her slight movement, instantly got up and moved next to her. "Rory? Can you hear me?"

Rory made a small noise and looked at Jess. "Jess? You're here."

"Yeah. Of course I am. Are you ok?"

Rory nodded, but cringed and let out a small whimper. Jess frowned and longed to lift her up and take away all her pain.

"Just sit still. Take it easy ok?" Jess took her hand in his and stroked her cheek gently. Making sure not to put too much pressure on her face, and avoid the stitches.

"You're here." Rory began to cry.

"Shh. I'm here. I love you." Jess kissed Rory and tried comforting her.

"I love you." Rory replied and closed her eyes in pain. "I'm sorry." Rory whispered and cried some more.

"No, I'm sorry. You're right. Don't worry about it, I was wrong. Just calm down." Jess stroked her hair and tried calming her down.

Rory nodded slightly and closed her eyes. "I have to tell you something." She whispered again.

"What is it?" Jess soothingly asked.

"I, uh, I'm pregnant." Rory whispered.

Jess' face instantly fell and he looked away nervously.

"Jess?" Rory questioned becoming alert.

Jess didn't say anything as the doctor walked in. "Ah, the patient is awake. How are you feeling?"

"Is my baby ok?!" Rory shrieked and sat up painfully.

The doctor frowned. "So you did know you were pregnant?"

"Yes. Is the baby ok?" Rory insisted.

"I'm sorry, but you lost the baby."

"What? No! No, no, no, no, no!" Rory freaked out and started to hyperventilate.

"Ok, ok, calm down." The doctor rushed to her and helped her relax. Jess stood in the corner, speechless and upset. It was all his fault.

"Also, I might as well tell you now." The doctor told Jess and Rory. "I'm sorry, but you two may never be able to have kids now. The accident was pretty bad, and losing the baby made things much worse."

Rory gasped and began sobbing, ignoring the searing pain through her chest. "No!"

"Rory please calm down." Jess was upset with himself, but he needed to comfort her. "Everything will be ok. Don't worry."

"No, no it's not. Jess! We'll never be able to have kids!" Rory cried.

"Shh." Jess calmed her down and looked her in the eyes. "We'll have a baby." He whispered determinedly in her ear. "We will. Whatever it takes."

Rory sobbed until she fell asleep. Luke and Lorelai arrived soon after that and Lorelai sat next to Rory's bed holding her hand.

Rory woke up again to find her mom sitting there, watching her. "Mom!" Rory cried. "Mom, we can't have kids."

"Oh honey, don't think that way."

"No, the doctor said we may never be able to have kids."

"Don't believe it. If you believe it, it won't happen. Just have faith kiddo."

Jess walked in quietly with a cup of coffee for Lorelai, with Luke trailing behind him. He looked tired and upset.

"Oh look. It's my son-in-law." Lorelai tried to lighten the mood. "Ah, and he bears me coffee."

"Here." Jess sat down next to Rory and frowned. He was determined to make sure that they would be able to have kids. He refused to let what the doctor said, to be true.

"Jess. Come closer." Rory asked meekly.

"'Course." He got up and laid his head on her pillow, gently rubbing her hand.

"Love you." Rory quietly said before dozing off.

"I love you too. I'll take care of you." Jess whispered back before also falling asleep.

There you go, yes it seems a little depressing, but I promise it will get better...but that's if I decide to continue and make this into a story. Like I said, if this gets a good response, I'll update. So review please!

Thanks,

Bethany