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The Clinic - The Morning After

Wilson and House had been up the whole night, between hourly checks on Rory, Marty and Logan they had -laughably- tried to relieve each other for a few hours of sleep but each had been too keyed up to take advantage and after the first try had given up.

The oncologist had quietly worked on paperwork in between rounds, while House had played with his gameboy. For the moment, neither had brought up the subject of what had just happened with the other, it was just all too confusing and in the end, not important to delivering medical attention. In some ways, it was better that they didn't have the details, that would just confuse the focus.

As morning dawned, Wilson had taken advantage of a quick break to grab a shower and clean the blood off his skin and out of his hair. He'd come back and tagged House out, firmly suggesting that the older doctor needed to put some intense heat therapy on that bad leg of his...and also demanding -in a loving manner- that House make coffee.

When House headed off towards the little apartment, Wilson began to run rounds once more.

[ooc: For the sake of my sanity, please put all 'Morning after' comments into this post. I'll have threads up for all the sickies as soon as LJ lets me. Thank you! :)]

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"Want me to have Luke make you some decaf?" She spits out the last word like it actually causes her physical pain to say it. "By the way, Luke said to tell you hello and he loves you but he had to do some stuff at the diner tonight."

Rory wrinkles her nose. "Decaf? I would rather have no coffee than the evil that is decaf. And hi back to Luke, and I love him too." She glances down at her hands, and looks back up at her mother. "Do they know where he is? Angelus, I mean?"

Lorelai smiles softly and takes her daughter's hand. "I'm not sure, hon. The radio report last night said something about him running around in the woods and something about him being in someone's dorm room. But that doesn't make any sense to me."

Rory's hand tightens in her mother's grip. "He's here? In the dorms? In someone's room? Why isn't he in jail or something? And...the radio talked about what happened?"

She shakes her head. "I...I don't get why someone would help him. Oh wait, yes I do. He probably manipulated his way in. God knows he's great at that."

"I have no idea why they didn't lock him up, babe. You can bet I'll be going to see the Dean on Monday morning though to find out why my daughter was in school with a murderer."

Her voice softens. "Don't worry about it, okay? You're perfectly safe here. There are too many people around all the time for anything to happen to you."

Rory nods. "I know, I'm safe here. I just...I thought everyone in this school was my friend. And now not only is...he...still out there, but someone's helping him." She shrugs sadly. "It's just a weird thought."

"Do you want to tell me exactly what happened last night?" Lorelai asks hesitantly. She's treading carefully because this is an experience not covered in any of the parenting books she ever read.

Rory chews on her lip thoughtfully, and nods. She opens and closes her mouth a few times before actually beginning to speak.

"Um, so...I was at Logan's last night. It was our anniversary yesterday, and I was going to, y'know, surprise him," she starts, looking down. "And...and then I went into Logan's room to change into this dress I got when I was visiting Grandma and Grandpa - Logan wasn't home yet - and...Angelus was there. And I...I tried to fight him. I really did. I bit him and kicked him and threw a bottle."

She swallows hard and continues without looking up. 'But...but he was too strong. And he...suffocated me...and wouldn't let me go...and then he bit me. And then after that, everything was kind of...fuzzy. I know Logan came home, and he fought Angelus - he tried to pick me up and carry me out, I remember that - and I know Angelus threw him through a window or something at some point. And I guess Angelus...bit him too. And then he - Angelus, I mean - ran off. I don't remember a lot...Jake and Alex came home, and they took me and Logan to the clinic. Well, Alex took me and Logan. Jake went off to tell someone, I guess."

She shrugs. "The last thing I remember is that Alex was carrying me and Logan was holding my hand. Then I woke up here and everyone was gone but Dr. House."

Lorelai leans over to hug Rory. She isn't sure if she can speak after hearing just how close she came to losing her daughter.

She blinks back a few tears. "I'm proud of you for fighting," she says. "And it sounds like you did better than when we were fighting the zombies. Maybe we should look into getting you into ~~power ranger school~~ self defense classes, or something," she suggests, striving for a light tone.

"Yeah, I didn't have a frying pan, in any case," Rory almost laughs into Lorelai's shoulder. "It's kind of funny how he was saving us from those zombies...and now..." She blinks back tears of her own. "And...I really hope I won't need any kind of self defense stuff after all of this."

Lorelai pulls back and gives Rory a serious look. "I hope not either, kid, but it couldn't hurt."

Rory nods mutely, and tries to compose herself a little.

"I hope someone stakes him," she says, her voice quiet and shaky.

"Me too," Lorelai admits. "In fact, I think I'm going to see where I can buy one, just in case I get lucky enough to run into him again."

"I wonder how many people know what actually happened," Rory muses. "I didn't hear the radio, but it sounds...accurateish."

Lorelai frowns slightly, trying to remember exactly what was said.

"They said that a couple people got hurt and that Bristow ran into Angelus and something about someone putting a whammy on him, which I didn't understand but made me have a sudden urge to watch Press Your Luck on the Game Show Network."

Rory snorts. "Of course. And...put a whammy?" She frowns, knowing she's heard that phrase before. "Was it Mr. Crowley?"

"I don't think so. It was one of the professor's from school, but I don't remember the name."

Rory's brow creases in confusion. "Weird. I wonder who it was. I guess I owe them one."

Lorelai shrugs. "I'll let you know if I hear anything else. Do you need anything? Clothes, books, Pop Tarts, a burger from Luke's?"

"I don't know if I can have any fun food," Rory sighs. "You can try bringing me Pop Tarts and we'll see if the doctors let me have any of it. And I think Parker's bringing my stuff from my room."

"I will definitely bring you Pop Tarts then. And if you think of anything else, call me. I'm going to head out and let you get some rest."

She hugs Rory one more time.

"I love you, babe."

"Love you too, Mom," Rory replies, waving as Lorelai leaves.

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