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Chapter 7

"What?" Lorelai said stunned.

"I..I think I'm being followed." Rory said quietly and when she looked at her, Lorelai could see the fear in her eyes so knew this wasn't a joke.

"Ok..um..let's go in and talk ok?" Lorelai said, guiding her inside and locking the door behind them.

Lorelai led her to the sofa and sat down next to her. "Now what do you mean you think you're being followed?" She asked.

"I've been seeing this same man everywhere." Rory said. "He was at school when I left. I just assumed he was one of the dads so I thought nothing of it. But then he was suddenly in the square afterwards. I saw him from the diner. He even came in. And...and then he was across the road when we got home tonight." She said quietly. "It's unnerving. I don't know what to do. I don't recognise him at all."

Lorelai tried to stay calm. "There's no way this could be one big coincidence?" She asked hopefully.

"He's been watching me, mom. He looks away when I look at him but I know. I'm scared." Rory admitted.

Lorelai brought Rory into a hug. "I promise we'll sort this out. Tomorrow, you're not to go anywhere alone ok?" She said.

Rory nodded.

"And then when you see him, you tell me and I'll sort it out." Lorelai said.

"Can Luke come over tonight?" Rory asked quietly.

"What?" Lorelai asked confused.

"Could you invite him over? I...I would just feel safer having him here." She admitted. "Please?"

Lorelai saw that she was shaken by this so nodded. "I'll ring him."

"Thanks." Rory said.

Lorelai took the phone into the kitchen and called Luke.

"Hello?" Luke said sleepily, obviously having been in bed already.

"Hey, it's me." Lorelai said.

"Lorelai?" Luke said confused.

"Yeh. Um I know it's late already and it sounds like you were already in bed but...uh...could you come over?" She asked.

"What, now?" Luke asked confused. "You mean like stay the night?"

"Yeh." Lorelai said.

"What's going on Lorelai?" He asked.

Lorelai sighed, knowing Luke would see right through her. She glanced down the hallway and saw that Rory was still in the living room. "It's Rory. She thinks someone's following her." She said.

"What?" Luke said completely alert now.

"She said she saw him when we got back from my parents and she's said she's seen him all day." Lorelai said.

"Is this the guy who came into the diner?" Luke suddenly realised.

"Yeh I think so. Did you get a good look at him?" Lorelai said shocked.

"No, not really. He sat in the corner and was only there a couple of minutes. I noticed something wasn't right when Rory started eating really quickly and the rushed out the diner. The man left a couple minutes after her. God I'm so stupid, I should have said something there and done something." He said.

"Luke, you weren't to know." Lorelai assured him but couldn't help feeling even more worried now. "Could you come over? Rory's really shaken by it and she said she'd feel safer if you were here. I know you're already in bed but..."

"I'll be right over." He said.

Lorelai smiled. "Thank you." She said softly. She hung up and went back into the living room. "He's coming now."

Rory relaxed a bit. "Thanks mom." She said quietly.

"Oh hon, why didn't you say anything earlier?" She said.

"I..I don't know." Rory admitted. "I thought I was just being crazy."

About 10 minutes later, the doorbell rang. Rory tensed when she heard it while Lorelai went to answer it. "Luke?" She called.

"It's me." He said.

Even Lorelai relaxed a bit then and unlocked the door. "Hey." She said somehow feeling safer that he was there as well.

"Hey." He said pulling her into a hug. "You ok?" He asked softly.

"Not really." She admitted. She then locked the door behind him and went to the living room with him.

"Hey Rory." Luke said.

Rory looked up and calmed down a bit when she realised he had actually come. Before she knew what she was doing, she rushed up and gave him a hug. It obviously took Luke by surprise as well as it took him a moment to respond but soon enough he put his arms round her as well.

"Thanks for coming." She said quietly.

"It's fine." He said. "Why didn't you tell me when he came into the diner? I could have stopped him." He said.

"I don't know. It was only the second time I had seen him. I thought I was going crazy." She said. "Sorry."

"No you don't have to be sorry." He said. "How are you getting to school tomorrow?" He asked.

"Bus." Rory said.

"I'll give you a lift." He said.

"What? No you don't need to. There will be others on the bus." Rory said surprised.

"I don't mind. I want to make sure you get to school ok." Luke said.

"Luke you don't need to..." Lorelai said.

"Don't you have that important meeting tomorrow morning?" He pointed out.

"Yeh..." She admitted.

"Wouldn't you have driven her if you hadn't?" He said.

"Yeh..." She admitted again.

"Well then...I'm offering."

Lorelai gave him a loving smile. "Thank you."

Luke looked at Rory. "Ok?"

Rory nodded and gave him a small smile. "Ok."

"And you tell that Tristan to make sure you get home ok or I will come after him." Luke said.

Rory couldn't help but smile at the fatherly tone to his voice. She nodded. "Ok."

"Hon, why don't you head to bed? You must feel tired." Lorelai said.

Rory nodded and hugged her mom. "Night mom." She said.

"Night hon." She smiled.

Rory then whispered in her ear so that Luke couldn't hear. "You really did pick the right one."

Lorelai smiled and watched as Rory gave Luke another hug and then headed off to her room.

The following day, Luke gave Rory a lift to school that morning and watched as she walked into the building. When he saw that she was safe inside, he glanced around to see if he could spot the man but he couldn't. He sighed frustrated and then left to go back to the diner.

All morning Luke was distracted. He couldn't help wonder who the man was and what he wanted. He glanced at the clock and realised it was nearly 4 already. He saw the bus across the square pull up at the bus station and he watched to see Rory get off. He frowned when it pulled away and there was no Rory. He waited another half hour incase she had gotten Tristan to give her a lift but still there was no sign of her. At 5, he saw Lorelai burst in with a tear-stained face and he knew something was horribly wrong and felt his heart clench.

"She's not come home!" Lorelai exclaimed, suppressing a sob.

"Everyone out!" Luke growled.

Everyone saw that something was seriously wrong so, without hesitation, they all left quickly.

"Could she be getting a lift from Tristan? Maybe they stopped off somewhere." Luke asked.

Lorelai shook her head. "Paris called me. Tristan wasn't in today as he was sick. Rory asked her if she could give her a lift back. Paris told me that after their last lesson she had to talk to the teacher so she told Rory to wait outside but when she went out later, she couldn't find her." She sobbed.

Luke held her tightly feeling helpless.

"He's got her, hasn't he? My baby's gone. She's gone!" Lorelai sobbed into Luke's chest.

So a very dramatic episode there! What do you think? Review and let me know! :)