Somehow Rory managed to fall asleep. Dean kept driving, as fast and far as he could. After a few hours he woke her up and informed her that they were going to rent a car. He rented a nice little car and once again they started on their way. "Dean, where are we going?" she asked. Her question was ignored. He didn't want to talk to her, so she once again tried to read the book.

"They didn't show their love in public, so they avoided each other. She played the part of the loving wife, and he as the troubled small town playboy. He was darker then the simple man she had fallen in what she had known as love with. Somehow she learned passion from small glances and shortened conversations. A friendship formed, to the disdain of the merchant. Then on a fateful night, Justin convinced the schoolteacher to ride horses with him. The merchant had bought her a beautiful buck. Justin and the schoolteacher rode off into the night, and then, the horse reacted to a snake. Justin was a hero in all actuality, he carried her back, but from that day on he was known as evil in the town, and the merchant hated him with an even more intense passion."

She shut the book, it had to last her the whole car trip, how ever long it ended up being. Besides for the book having to last that long, she realized, so did her outfit. A pair of jeans and a button up shirt was her full wardrobe. She realized the reality of how this could turn out. Dean would probably never take her home. She would either have to run away, or wait to be rescued. She shivered, and cried again. She wanted to be in her bed, but somehow she still didn't regret kissing Jess.

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Back in Stars Hollow, the whole town was in an uproar. Dean's mother had unplugged her phone and sat in her room, crying for what Dean had done. His little sister was asking many questions, and she received no answers. Lorelei was very upset, and hadn't stopped crying since she started. Sookie was trying to comfort her, but was crying too, and Jackson was trying to comfort her. Emily and Richard were in town, Emily severely distraught, yelling at anybody who came near her, and Richard making tons of phone calls insuring many people searching for her.

Lorelei sat on her couch, wishing she could do something but mainly just crying. Finally she got up and started her jeep. She was going to look for Rory herself. As she was leaving, a car pulled in. Christopher. He didn't know. She got out of the car and he noticed the tears. "Lorelei! What's wrong?" Lorelei hugged him. "He took her, Chris, He took her!"

"Who took who?" She cried even harder, "Dean kidnapped Rory. He hit her too. I don't know where she is!"

Christopher hugged her tighter and said, "Where are you going?"


Lorelei said through tears, "To find her."

Christopher said, "I'll go."

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Dean pulled into a cheap motel, grabbed Rory by the arm.

"Don't say anything. Were getting a room."

He got the hotel room and they made the climb to the bedroom. There was only one bed.

"Can I take a shower?" she asked.

He nodded. She went in, and locked the door behind her. He smiled at the twist of the lock. Inside, she washed her hair, and tried to wash away the whole day. The bruises on her body were more obvious to her now, and they were painful reminders that it wasn't over.

She dried herself off, and then put on her clothes again. She guessed she would have to sleep in them. She walked out and Dean handed her one of his big T-Shirts. He had brought many, he was prepared. "You have to sleep in something." She turned her back and changed. Once she had, Dean unfolded the covers and instructed her to go to bed. They laid down and he kissed her. She didn't kiss back. He pulled away and had an angry and hurt look in his eyes. This time she kissed back. The made out for awhile, although her heart wasn't in it. His arms moved lower on her waist to the band of her underwear. She tried to move his hands. He pulled the shirt off of him, and then her bra. But he saw the look in her eyes, and got out of the bed. "You wouldn't be scared of Jess!" She pulled the shirt back on and said gently. I'm supposed to be perfectly comfortable when you hurt me and then kidnapped me?" He kissed her head.
"I'm only doing this because I love you."

He slept by the door for the whole of the night. She stayed awake, lying in the bed crying, wondering how her perfect life had ever taken that turn. She got an idea, use the phone! She picked it up to hear the words, "The Telephone in Room 610 has been disconnected by the occupant. If you wish to put it back into use, please notify the front desk."

Rory slammed it down, and noticed that Dean had been awake for this episode. He gave her a very cocky look, almost apologetic for his new found intelligence.