The Legend - A Gilmore Girls Fan Fiction

Chapter 4

       

Odette answered the front door and led Luke and Lorelai inside.  This was the first time they'd ever been to Logan and Odette's loft without Rory, and it felt a little forced and awkward.

"Mammaw!  Pappaw!" Emma yelled, running into Lorelai's arms.

"Hey, Princess!  How are you feeling?" she asked, kneeling down to hug her grand daughter.

"I feel good - I got to talk to mommy today!  I miss her a lot, but daddy says I can't see her until she's all better" she said, looking down in sadness.  "But Dettie said she should be better really soon, so I hope I can see her tomorrow!" she exclaimed.

"I know you do, sweetheart, but tomorrow might still be a bit early to see her, baby girl. BUT do you know what?  Your mommy told me she misses you SO MUCH!  She asked me to give you one hundred hugs and one thousand kisses from her when I saw you!" Lorelai said, tickling her.

She giggled and cheered up a bit.  "Oh! I got mommy a present today!  Something to cuddle with so she doesn't get lonely all by herself in the hospital" Emma said.

"Oh yeah?  Can I see it?" Lorelai asked.

"Of course!" Emma said, running to her room.

"Thank you, Logan, for letting us see her.  As traumatic as this has to be for her, I wanted to make sure she was okay – plus I got cheated out of a weekend with her" Lorelai said with a laugh.

"Hey, it's no problem at all, Lorelai.  Anytime" he promised.

Emma ran back into the living room with a super soft stuffed, white unicorn with a shiny horn, and light pink hair.  "It's a unicorn, because it's my favorite, and I wanted her to have something to remind her of me" she said.

"You are the sweetest and most thoughtful little girl I think I have ever met in my life, Emma, do you know that?  Your mommy's going to LOVE this present!  Especially because it's from her very best friend!" Lorelai said.

"ME!?" Emma exclaimed, grinning from ear to ear, clearly pleased with herself, and handed the unicorn to Lorelai.  "Since Daddy says they can't let little kids in to see mommy right now, will you take Uni to her, please?  You're not a little kid, so they'll let you go" she said.

Lorelai smiled.  "I absolutely will, baby" she promised.

"Alright, I'm sorry, Kiddo, but it's almost time to start getting ready for bed" Logan said.

"Aww, but daddy, do I have to?  I want to see Mammaw and Pappaw!  Can I have ten more minutes, please, daddy?" Emma pleaded.

"Okay, ten more minutes, but then Mammaw and Pappaw have to go back to the hospital, otherwise mommy won't have her very special unicorn to sleep with tonight" he reminded her.

She nodded and sat in Lorelai's lap, giving the unicorn extra cuddles and kisses 'for mommy'.

After their time was up, Lorelai turned to Logan.  "If you're able to get some time away tomorrow, you really should try to go see her." She said.

Logan nodded.   "Absolutely, I'll make my way over sometime tomorrow" he said, and then they all said their goodbyes, and headed away.

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The next morning, I woke up to see the stuffed unicorn on my bedside table.  "Emma" I whispered with a knowing smile.

"She wanted to make sure you had someone to keep you company while she couldn't be here" my mom told me.

I smiled at how amazing my little girl was.  Never in a million years did I ever think I could ever get so lucky as to have such an incredible kid like her.

"She reminds me so much of you, Kid.  She's a really special girl" Lorelai said, as if reading my mind.

I nodded.  "I know. And I just miss her so much.  I wish I could cuddle with her instead of this unicorn" I whispered.

"I know you do, and she does too, but Logan and Odette are taking good care of her.  You know she's in good hands" she pointed out.

"I know.  It just kills me that I can't be the one with her right now.  I've never been separated from her for more than three days at a time, and who knows how long I'm going to have to go without seeing her until I get better" I whispered.

"I know it's hard, Kid. But she knows how much you love her and that that will never change.  No matter how long you two spend apart.  You've got a bond that can't be broken" she said with a smile.

I nodded, knowing there was nothing I could do to change the situation at hand.

"So have you heard from your friend down under?" mom asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Finn?  No, not today, why?  He was only here checking on me because Logan asked him to" I reminded her.

"Except that's not entirely true.  Logan didn't even know for sure that he'd come by yesterday, but he said that Finn sounded concerned about you having to wake up in a hospital room, confused and alone.  He knew I wouldn't probably get here in time, and he wanted to make sure there was a familiar face waiting for you as soon as you opened your eyes" she said.

I looked at her in confusion.  "Well that was oddly sweet of him.  When did the Legendary Mr. Finn get so nurturing?" I whispered with a light laugh.

"I don't know, but it just seemed out of the ordinary for all of the drunken stories I've ever heard about him" she pointed out.

"Yeah, you're definitely right about that.  Maybe he's getting benevolent in his old age" I teased softly.

Lorelai smiled and nodded.  "That must be it" she said with a laugh.  "Hey, are you hungry?  What will they let you eat?" she asked.

"Maybe a little, but it just hurts to eat and drink some things, so I try to avoid it as long as possible" I said with a laugh.

"Hand over that menu, sister.  Let's find you something you can tolerate for breakfast" Lorelai said, and took the menu off my table and started looking through it.