Title: Running Away
Author: Charmkat
Pairing: R/J, there will be L/L in future chapters
Disclaimer: I own none of GG, I'm just a huge fan.
Rating: PG, for minimal violence, (up to R, in later chapters)
Author's Note: Once again, thanks to those who read and reviewed, much appreciated, hope you like this little twist, I know it seems out of character, but it's how I see things happening. Email me charm_kat@hotmail.com if you want to see something different. Thanks again.
Lorelai and Luke walked in the door. "What's going on here?" Lorelai asked, taking in her daughter's white face, Jess standing in front of her, somewhat protectively she noted. Then she turned to Dean and saw a look of such anger on his face that it made her move closer to Luke. "Oh nothing, we're just dissecting Rory's character," Dean answered. "Get out," Jess said quietly, an undertone of menace lurking beneath the words. "Why, so you and Rory can get back at it," Dean criticized. "Although I have to admit she is a -" he was stopped by Jess's fist connecting with his jaw. Knocking him flat on his ass. "Get out and if I ever see you near Rory or in here, I will personally take you apart. Got it," Jess sneered. Dean felt blood trickling down his lip, "I'll get you for this," he threatened as he walked out the door. "What's going on here?" Luke asked. Still a little shocked at his nephew's reaction. "Dean was being a jerk," Jess told Luke. He turned to Rory, "Are you okay?" he took her arm and led her to a table and sat her down. "How about some coffee?" Jess said softly. "Sure," Rory said quietly, as Jess turned to get her coffee, she stopped him. "Thanks," she said, looking him in the eyes. "No problem," Jess answered, and went to get her coffee. Lorelai shut her mouth, which had been gaping open since she'd come in the door. "So how are you?" "I'm fine, Dean just scared me," Rory admitted. "Well, we'll just stay away from him until he cools down," Lorelai said. "Yeah," Rory agreed. "So are you still coming to my party tonight," Jess asked. "Of course, I wouldn't miss it for the world," Rory said. "But I got to go, so I'll see you later," she picked up her purse and left the diner.
Rory was at home, trying to pick out an outfit, when she heard a knock on the front door, she opened it, still thinking about what to wear. She almost fainted when she saw it was Dean. "Can I help you?" she asked nonchalantly Dean produced some flowers from behind his back and started to smile, "I just wanted to come by and say that I'm sorry for my behavior before at the diner, and say that it's okay if you hang out with Jess. I know that you're just friends, but remember you're my girlfriend," Dean said matter- of-factly. "Dean, hello, is there no one home" Rory knocked on the side of her head "We broke up, we can be friends, as long as you don't act like you did in the diner." "You're my girlfriend, and nothing will change that, not even that punk Jess. I don't care if I have to kill him," Dean threatened. He stomped down the stairs, and looked back at Rory. "You will be mine in the end," a creepy look seemed to glow out of his eyes. "Dean, we're not dating anymore, get over it," Rory yelled after him. Dean turned around slowly, "You will always be mine, and I will kill you before I let anyone else touch you," he said and then walked away. Rory slammed the door, "Mom," she yelled. "What is it hon'," Lorelai yelled from the upstairs. "Dean was just here, and he still thinks that we're going out, and it's freaking me out," Rory said. "Well has he been harassing you other than today?" Lorelai asked skeptically. "Uh no, he only harassed me today in the diner, do you not believe me?" Rory asked. "Yeah, I believe you, I mean it's Dean, he would never do anything to hurt you," Lorelai soothed her frazzled daughter's feathers. "You just don't get it, you think he's Prince Charming, Dean has gone crazy. At least Jess believes me," Rory mumbled. "What did you just say," Lorelai asked. "That Jess is the only one that believes me and will protect me. You think I'm delusional, what will it take to convince you," Rory yelled slamming the door of her room. "Rory," Rory," Lorelai pounded on the door. "Go away," Rory yelled as she blasted her stereo. She pulled her window open and slipped out that way. It was getting dark fast, if she could make it to the diner without Dean seeing her, that would be a blessing in disguise. She crept along the main street, people were out and about, happily milling about. She looked at her watch, 7:43. Then it struck her, Jess's party started at eight. She could hang out there for the night and possibly stay over. Luke wouldn't have know, and Jess wouldn't mind. Rory made her way to the diner, then remembered that she hadn't gotten Jess anything. She hurried over to the bookstore.
10 minutes later
She emerged with his present, a big smile on her face. She knew he would love it, and as she was trying to picture the expression on his face. She slammed into someone. She looked up and saw Dean. "Hey Dean, what's up?" she tried to play it cool. "Not much, where you going? Not to the diner I hope, you know what I said, about Jess. I will kill you, before anyone else touches you," Dean whispered in her ear. "If you kill me, then I'll come back and haunt you forever," Rory whispered back. She turned her back and left. She ran to the diner, and pushed her way in, it was eight on the dot. "Jess," she called out. "Right here," he answered, and she saw him emerge from behind the kitchen doors. She raced over to him and threw herself in his arms, linking her arms around his neck and holding on for dear life. She whispered into his ear, "Promise me that you will never leave me, promise me, please promise me now." Tears dribbled down her cheek. She looked him in the eye. Jess held her close, "What happened, did Dean come and harass you?" "He came to my house, he gave me flowers and said he was sorry, and then he-" she broke off and started crying again. "What happened, did he touch you or hurt you in any way?" Jess asked. "No, he said that he would kill me before anyone touched me, and that I was his girlfriend and would always be, and that nothing short of death would separate us," Rory cried. Just then, Luke came out and saw Jess comforting Rory. "What happened?" "Nothing, Rory's just having a bad day," Jess said vaguely. "Okay," Luke shrugged and went out to serve coffee to his customers. "Can I stay the night here?" Rory asked. "I don't feel safe at home, I told my mom, but she doesn't believe me," Rory asked. "Sure, but do you really think your mom will go for you staying here with me," Jess asked. "I'll just tell her that I'm sleeping over at Lane's," Rory said. "Okay," Jess agreed. "I'm going to go in the back and get some food for the party, will you be okay?" "Yeah I'll be fine," Rory assured him. She waited till he'd gone in the back then got out her cell-phone. She dialed Lane's. "Kim residence, who is speaking?" Ms. Kim asked. "Hi, Ms. Kim this is Rory, can I talk to Lane?" "One minute," Ms. Kim called for Lane. "Hello Rory, what's going on?" "Lane listen carefully okay," Rory said and then proceeded to explain her predicament and could Lane say that if Lorelai phoned that Rory was there. "Sure thing Rory, but details tomorrow," Lane said, before hanging up. Rory took a deep breath and picked up the phone and dialed her mom's cell. "Hello."
"Hi Mom it's me," Rory said. "Oh my god, where are you?" "I'm at the diner-" she was cut off by Lorelai saying she would be right there. "No Mom, wait, I want to be alone tonight, I am going to hang here for awhile then I'm going to sleep over at Lane's." "Okay, well I'll see you tomorrow, oh by the way, Dean called, he said he'd be waiting for you. Whatever that means, he said that you would know," Lorelai said. Rory froze after her mother said that. "Okay, well I'll talk to you tomorrow, bye." Jess came out of the kitchen, arms full of junk food and pop. He saw her face, "What's wrong Rory?" "My mom just said that Dean phoned, and he said that he would be waiting for me, and that I would know what it meant," Rory started to freak out. Jess put his arms around her and hugged her. "Come on, we're getting out of here," he pushed her to the door. Then she stopped him, "What'd you mean, where are we going?" "Well, it's Easter Weekend, we have four days to do whatever, so let's leave town," Jess said. "Are you crazy, we can't leave town," Rory rationalized. "Yes we can and we are," Jess pushed her out the door and down the street. "What about your party?" Rory asked. "Rory, the only reason that people will be showing up is for the free food, not for my b-day, no one in this town likes me," Jess said. "That's not true, I like you," Rory defended. "Then do you trust me?" Jess asked. "Yes," Rory said without hesitation. "Then let's go, we have to go, it's the only way to break this pattern. Dean is going to strike soon, if you don't leave town, he will get you. But if we leave, then we can break the pattern," Jess said. "Okay, let's go," Rory said. "Great, follow me," Jess took her arm and led her around back the diner. There stood a group of guys, Dean was at the front, "Look it's my trampy girlfriend, it's time to teach her a lesson. You guys can have a go at her after I'm done," Dean advanced towards her. Jess grabbed her arm and threw her into a vehicle, which she realized was a truck. He locked the doors, she saw Dean and his group outside staring at them. "I'm so scared right now." "Is your mom at home right now?" Jess asked. "No she's going to meet Sookie and then go to the party," Rory said. "Okay, we'll stop by your house and grab some stuff and then we're out of here," Jess said, he floored the truck and reversed sharply and sped off down the street. They stopped at her house and Rory jumped out. She ran to the door, unlocked it and ran to her room. She grabbed a duffel bag and began throwing clothes in it. Jess appeared. "Do you have any money?" he asked. "Yeah why?" she asked. "We're going to need it, if we don't want Dean to follow us," Jess said. "Okay," Rory grabbed a book and threw it in her bag. She had enough clothes for at least a week. "Let's go," she grabbed her bag and then stopped. "Wait I have to leave a note." She ran to the kitchen and grabbed a pen and paper. Quickly she dashed a note off and put it on the staircase, where Lorelai wouldn't miss it, after the door was closed and locked. The note fell off the staircase and lay on top of bunch of old newspapers, it read: Dear Mom,
I have gone away for awhile and will be in touch. This is for my good, please stay near Luke.
Love Rory
Jess drove until they were out of Stars Hollow and then pulled over and got out at a pay phone and phoned Luke. "Luke's Diner."
"Luke, it's Jess." "Where are you?" "I'm taking a little vacation, if Lorelai asks, Rory is with me. And no nothing is wrong, we just needed a little time out of town. Tell Mommy Dearest that daughter dearest will be in touch. And please this is most important, try and keep Dean away from Lorelai. Dean is stalking Rory and threatening Rory, that's why we left town. And we won't be coming back until the threat is over. Please don't let anyone know of this, only tell Lorelai and no one else. Bye." Jess hung up. He went back to the truck and got in. "Is everything okay?" Rory asked. "Yeah, for tonight at least, Luke will take care of your mom," Jess assured her. He got back in and started to drive, "What highway are we on?" Rory asked him. "Highway 9, I'm going to try and get to Middletown tonight, so you just sleep," Jess soothed her. He kept his eyes on the road and flickered them on Rory who was trying to get comfortable by the window. "Come over here." She nuzzled up in the crook of his shoulder and fell asleep.
Lorelai stormed into the diner, "Luke," she called out. She walked over to him and turned him around, forcefully and yelled in his ear, "Where the hell is my daughter?" "She's with Jess," Luke said vaguely. "Where's Jess?" she asked. "He's with Rory," Luke repeated. "You already said that," Lorelai yelled. "Calm down, look I'll tell you but you can't tell anyone else," Luke said. He dragged her into the kitchen, and told her where Rory was. Lorelai looked at him, her eyes wide open, "What do you mean, she ran away with Jess," she started to scream. Luke put a hand over her mouth, and put a finger to his mouth, as if to say be quiet. "But," Lorelai said. And was shut by Luke's hand. "Nothing," Luke said, "You have to be quiet and not tell anyone, or else, Dean will find out where Rory is and he will do something nasty." "Why do you think Rory ran away?" "When she said something about it, I just thought she was joking," Lorelai said. She hugged Luke, "I hope she'll be okay."
"Jess is protecting her, so you don't need to worry," Luke assured her. "I don't need to worry, your delinquent nephew is driving around, god knows where with my daughter, don't tell me not to worry," Lorelai raged at Luke. Luke pulled her into his arms, "Lorelai please trust me, Jess will not hurt Rory," he said softly. Lorelai stopped, and thought, Luke wouldn't say that if he didn't have absolute faith in someone. "Okay, I just hope you're right," she commented.
Jess pulled into the parking lot of a Motel 6, he parked and turned off the truck. He looked down at Rory, she was still asleep. He got out of the truck and made his way to the office, where he booked a room for them. He got back in the truck and nudged Rory awake. "Time to wake up," he said. Rory awoke slowly, "Where are we?" "Some town called Appleton, it's off the beaten path, so Dean shouldn't be able to find us, I got us a room, let's go," Jess said. Rory grabbed her bag and followed him, still wiping the sleep out of her eyes. She looked at Jess as he opened the door and they walked into the room, that held one queen-size bed. Rory walked over and dumped her bag on the bed and jumped on it. Jess and Rory eventually went to sleep, after talking at length about books and movies and other interests that they shared. Eventually, Rory fell asleep. Jess lay there for awhile, contemplating his future. He dropped off to sleep, after a while. Rory awoke at one point in the middle of the night, her watch read 3:32. She squinted her eyes and made her way to the bathroom. She came back, and looked down at the bed, where Jess lay, and crawled back into bed with him. She snuggled up to him and fell asleep. Jess awoke and looked at his watch, 4:23. He walked off to the bathroom and looked around, something seemed different, he shrugged his shoulders and walked into the bathroom. When he came back out, he heard a muffled sound and looked over at the bed, he saw a shadow bending over the bed. He knew it was Dean. He crept over behind him and hit him over the head. Dean felt backwards to the ground. He hit his head on the side of the bed and was out like a light. Rory was huddled under the sheets, scared as hell. She wrapped her arms around Jess and didn't let go until he pulled away. "Get your things, we have to leave now."
Rory quickly grabbed her things and they ran out the door, Jess left the keys on the doorstep of the office and they quietly drove off into the night. Not knowing where they were going or what was going to happen. They just knew that they couldn't go back to Stars Hollow. At least not anytime soon.
** If you want more, then please read & review.
Author: Charmkat
Pairing: R/J, there will be L/L in future chapters
Disclaimer: I own none of GG, I'm just a huge fan.
Rating: PG, for minimal violence, (up to R, in later chapters)
Author's Note: Once again, thanks to those who read and reviewed, much appreciated, hope you like this little twist, I know it seems out of character, but it's how I see things happening. Email me charm_kat@hotmail.com if you want to see something different. Thanks again.
Lorelai and Luke walked in the door. "What's going on here?" Lorelai asked, taking in her daughter's white face, Jess standing in front of her, somewhat protectively she noted. Then she turned to Dean and saw a look of such anger on his face that it made her move closer to Luke. "Oh nothing, we're just dissecting Rory's character," Dean answered. "Get out," Jess said quietly, an undertone of menace lurking beneath the words. "Why, so you and Rory can get back at it," Dean criticized. "Although I have to admit she is a -" he was stopped by Jess's fist connecting with his jaw. Knocking him flat on his ass. "Get out and if I ever see you near Rory or in here, I will personally take you apart. Got it," Jess sneered. Dean felt blood trickling down his lip, "I'll get you for this," he threatened as he walked out the door. "What's going on here?" Luke asked. Still a little shocked at his nephew's reaction. "Dean was being a jerk," Jess told Luke. He turned to Rory, "Are you okay?" he took her arm and led her to a table and sat her down. "How about some coffee?" Jess said softly. "Sure," Rory said quietly, as Jess turned to get her coffee, she stopped him. "Thanks," she said, looking him in the eyes. "No problem," Jess answered, and went to get her coffee. Lorelai shut her mouth, which had been gaping open since she'd come in the door. "So how are you?" "I'm fine, Dean just scared me," Rory admitted. "Well, we'll just stay away from him until he cools down," Lorelai said. "Yeah," Rory agreed. "So are you still coming to my party tonight," Jess asked. "Of course, I wouldn't miss it for the world," Rory said. "But I got to go, so I'll see you later," she picked up her purse and left the diner.
Rory was at home, trying to pick out an outfit, when she heard a knock on the front door, she opened it, still thinking about what to wear. She almost fainted when she saw it was Dean. "Can I help you?" she asked nonchalantly Dean produced some flowers from behind his back and started to smile, "I just wanted to come by and say that I'm sorry for my behavior before at the diner, and say that it's okay if you hang out with Jess. I know that you're just friends, but remember you're my girlfriend," Dean said matter- of-factly. "Dean, hello, is there no one home" Rory knocked on the side of her head "We broke up, we can be friends, as long as you don't act like you did in the diner." "You're my girlfriend, and nothing will change that, not even that punk Jess. I don't care if I have to kill him," Dean threatened. He stomped down the stairs, and looked back at Rory. "You will be mine in the end," a creepy look seemed to glow out of his eyes. "Dean, we're not dating anymore, get over it," Rory yelled after him. Dean turned around slowly, "You will always be mine, and I will kill you before I let anyone else touch you," he said and then walked away. Rory slammed the door, "Mom," she yelled. "What is it hon'," Lorelai yelled from the upstairs. "Dean was just here, and he still thinks that we're going out, and it's freaking me out," Rory said. "Well has he been harassing you other than today?" Lorelai asked skeptically. "Uh no, he only harassed me today in the diner, do you not believe me?" Rory asked. "Yeah, I believe you, I mean it's Dean, he would never do anything to hurt you," Lorelai soothed her frazzled daughter's feathers. "You just don't get it, you think he's Prince Charming, Dean has gone crazy. At least Jess believes me," Rory mumbled. "What did you just say," Lorelai asked. "That Jess is the only one that believes me and will protect me. You think I'm delusional, what will it take to convince you," Rory yelled slamming the door of her room. "Rory," Rory," Lorelai pounded on the door. "Go away," Rory yelled as she blasted her stereo. She pulled her window open and slipped out that way. It was getting dark fast, if she could make it to the diner without Dean seeing her, that would be a blessing in disguise. She crept along the main street, people were out and about, happily milling about. She looked at her watch, 7:43. Then it struck her, Jess's party started at eight. She could hang out there for the night and possibly stay over. Luke wouldn't have know, and Jess wouldn't mind. Rory made her way to the diner, then remembered that she hadn't gotten Jess anything. She hurried over to the bookstore.
10 minutes later
She emerged with his present, a big smile on her face. She knew he would love it, and as she was trying to picture the expression on his face. She slammed into someone. She looked up and saw Dean. "Hey Dean, what's up?" she tried to play it cool. "Not much, where you going? Not to the diner I hope, you know what I said, about Jess. I will kill you, before anyone else touches you," Dean whispered in her ear. "If you kill me, then I'll come back and haunt you forever," Rory whispered back. She turned her back and left. She ran to the diner, and pushed her way in, it was eight on the dot. "Jess," she called out. "Right here," he answered, and she saw him emerge from behind the kitchen doors. She raced over to him and threw herself in his arms, linking her arms around his neck and holding on for dear life. She whispered into his ear, "Promise me that you will never leave me, promise me, please promise me now." Tears dribbled down her cheek. She looked him in the eye. Jess held her close, "What happened, did Dean come and harass you?" "He came to my house, he gave me flowers and said he was sorry, and then he-" she broke off and started crying again. "What happened, did he touch you or hurt you in any way?" Jess asked. "No, he said that he would kill me before anyone touched me, and that I was his girlfriend and would always be, and that nothing short of death would separate us," Rory cried. Just then, Luke came out and saw Jess comforting Rory. "What happened?" "Nothing, Rory's just having a bad day," Jess said vaguely. "Okay," Luke shrugged and went out to serve coffee to his customers. "Can I stay the night here?" Rory asked. "I don't feel safe at home, I told my mom, but she doesn't believe me," Rory asked. "Sure, but do you really think your mom will go for you staying here with me," Jess asked. "I'll just tell her that I'm sleeping over at Lane's," Rory said. "Okay," Jess agreed. "I'm going to go in the back and get some food for the party, will you be okay?" "Yeah I'll be fine," Rory assured him. She waited till he'd gone in the back then got out her cell-phone. She dialed Lane's. "Kim residence, who is speaking?" Ms. Kim asked. "Hi, Ms. Kim this is Rory, can I talk to Lane?" "One minute," Ms. Kim called for Lane. "Hello Rory, what's going on?" "Lane listen carefully okay," Rory said and then proceeded to explain her predicament and could Lane say that if Lorelai phoned that Rory was there. "Sure thing Rory, but details tomorrow," Lane said, before hanging up. Rory took a deep breath and picked up the phone and dialed her mom's cell. "Hello."
"Hi Mom it's me," Rory said. "Oh my god, where are you?" "I'm at the diner-" she was cut off by Lorelai saying she would be right there. "No Mom, wait, I want to be alone tonight, I am going to hang here for awhile then I'm going to sleep over at Lane's." "Okay, well I'll see you tomorrow, oh by the way, Dean called, he said he'd be waiting for you. Whatever that means, he said that you would know," Lorelai said. Rory froze after her mother said that. "Okay, well I'll talk to you tomorrow, bye." Jess came out of the kitchen, arms full of junk food and pop. He saw her face, "What's wrong Rory?" "My mom just said that Dean phoned, and he said that he would be waiting for me, and that I would know what it meant," Rory started to freak out. Jess put his arms around her and hugged her. "Come on, we're getting out of here," he pushed her to the door. Then she stopped him, "What'd you mean, where are we going?" "Well, it's Easter Weekend, we have four days to do whatever, so let's leave town," Jess said. "Are you crazy, we can't leave town," Rory rationalized. "Yes we can and we are," Jess pushed her out the door and down the street. "What about your party?" Rory asked. "Rory, the only reason that people will be showing up is for the free food, not for my b-day, no one in this town likes me," Jess said. "That's not true, I like you," Rory defended. "Then do you trust me?" Jess asked. "Yes," Rory said without hesitation. "Then let's go, we have to go, it's the only way to break this pattern. Dean is going to strike soon, if you don't leave town, he will get you. But if we leave, then we can break the pattern," Jess said. "Okay, let's go," Rory said. "Great, follow me," Jess took her arm and led her around back the diner. There stood a group of guys, Dean was at the front, "Look it's my trampy girlfriend, it's time to teach her a lesson. You guys can have a go at her after I'm done," Dean advanced towards her. Jess grabbed her arm and threw her into a vehicle, which she realized was a truck. He locked the doors, she saw Dean and his group outside staring at them. "I'm so scared right now." "Is your mom at home right now?" Jess asked. "No she's going to meet Sookie and then go to the party," Rory said. "Okay, we'll stop by your house and grab some stuff and then we're out of here," Jess said, he floored the truck and reversed sharply and sped off down the street. They stopped at her house and Rory jumped out. She ran to the door, unlocked it and ran to her room. She grabbed a duffel bag and began throwing clothes in it. Jess appeared. "Do you have any money?" he asked. "Yeah why?" she asked. "We're going to need it, if we don't want Dean to follow us," Jess said. "Okay," Rory grabbed a book and threw it in her bag. She had enough clothes for at least a week. "Let's go," she grabbed her bag and then stopped. "Wait I have to leave a note." She ran to the kitchen and grabbed a pen and paper. Quickly she dashed a note off and put it on the staircase, where Lorelai wouldn't miss it, after the door was closed and locked. The note fell off the staircase and lay on top of bunch of old newspapers, it read: Dear Mom,
I have gone away for awhile and will be in touch. This is for my good, please stay near Luke.
Love Rory
Jess drove until they were out of Stars Hollow and then pulled over and got out at a pay phone and phoned Luke. "Luke's Diner."
"Luke, it's Jess." "Where are you?" "I'm taking a little vacation, if Lorelai asks, Rory is with me. And no nothing is wrong, we just needed a little time out of town. Tell Mommy Dearest that daughter dearest will be in touch. And please this is most important, try and keep Dean away from Lorelai. Dean is stalking Rory and threatening Rory, that's why we left town. And we won't be coming back until the threat is over. Please don't let anyone know of this, only tell Lorelai and no one else. Bye." Jess hung up. He went back to the truck and got in. "Is everything okay?" Rory asked. "Yeah, for tonight at least, Luke will take care of your mom," Jess assured her. He got back in and started to drive, "What highway are we on?" Rory asked him. "Highway 9, I'm going to try and get to Middletown tonight, so you just sleep," Jess soothed her. He kept his eyes on the road and flickered them on Rory who was trying to get comfortable by the window. "Come over here." She nuzzled up in the crook of his shoulder and fell asleep.
Lorelai stormed into the diner, "Luke," she called out. She walked over to him and turned him around, forcefully and yelled in his ear, "Where the hell is my daughter?" "She's with Jess," Luke said vaguely. "Where's Jess?" she asked. "He's with Rory," Luke repeated. "You already said that," Lorelai yelled. "Calm down, look I'll tell you but you can't tell anyone else," Luke said. He dragged her into the kitchen, and told her where Rory was. Lorelai looked at him, her eyes wide open, "What do you mean, she ran away with Jess," she started to scream. Luke put a hand over her mouth, and put a finger to his mouth, as if to say be quiet. "But," Lorelai said. And was shut by Luke's hand. "Nothing," Luke said, "You have to be quiet and not tell anyone, or else, Dean will find out where Rory is and he will do something nasty." "Why do you think Rory ran away?" "When she said something about it, I just thought she was joking," Lorelai said. She hugged Luke, "I hope she'll be okay."
"Jess is protecting her, so you don't need to worry," Luke assured her. "I don't need to worry, your delinquent nephew is driving around, god knows where with my daughter, don't tell me not to worry," Lorelai raged at Luke. Luke pulled her into his arms, "Lorelai please trust me, Jess will not hurt Rory," he said softly. Lorelai stopped, and thought, Luke wouldn't say that if he didn't have absolute faith in someone. "Okay, I just hope you're right," she commented.
Jess pulled into the parking lot of a Motel 6, he parked and turned off the truck. He looked down at Rory, she was still asleep. He got out of the truck and made his way to the office, where he booked a room for them. He got back in the truck and nudged Rory awake. "Time to wake up," he said. Rory awoke slowly, "Where are we?" "Some town called Appleton, it's off the beaten path, so Dean shouldn't be able to find us, I got us a room, let's go," Jess said. Rory grabbed her bag and followed him, still wiping the sleep out of her eyes. She looked at Jess as he opened the door and they walked into the room, that held one queen-size bed. Rory walked over and dumped her bag on the bed and jumped on it. Jess and Rory eventually went to sleep, after talking at length about books and movies and other interests that they shared. Eventually, Rory fell asleep. Jess lay there for awhile, contemplating his future. He dropped off to sleep, after a while. Rory awoke at one point in the middle of the night, her watch read 3:32. She squinted her eyes and made her way to the bathroom. She came back, and looked down at the bed, where Jess lay, and crawled back into bed with him. She snuggled up to him and fell asleep. Jess awoke and looked at his watch, 4:23. He walked off to the bathroom and looked around, something seemed different, he shrugged his shoulders and walked into the bathroom. When he came back out, he heard a muffled sound and looked over at the bed, he saw a shadow bending over the bed. He knew it was Dean. He crept over behind him and hit him over the head. Dean felt backwards to the ground. He hit his head on the side of the bed and was out like a light. Rory was huddled under the sheets, scared as hell. She wrapped her arms around Jess and didn't let go until he pulled away. "Get your things, we have to leave now."
Rory quickly grabbed her things and they ran out the door, Jess left the keys on the doorstep of the office and they quietly drove off into the night. Not knowing where they were going or what was going to happen. They just knew that they couldn't go back to Stars Hollow. At least not anytime soon.
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