A/N: Sorry I know it's been awhile. This chapter will introduce an old character. Sort of a filler. PLEASE R AND R

"So..what are we going to do?" Dean stated the most obvious question, relieving everyone else of that duty. It was a known fact that after that question was asked their lives would be changed forever. Not that they already weren't changed enough.

"We can't just drive her over there. It'll be way to obvious," Jess' response was short and led the group to thinking of a resolution.

"I know!" Luke Jr.'s voice surprised them all. They were all anxious to hear what this young child had to say that a group of adults couldn't think of.

"Luke, think of what you are going to say before you suggest it," the motherly voice called out to him. It led them all to believe he had suggested not-so-good- ideas before this situation.

"Mommy, I really think I have a good idea."

"If you must..," her voice trailed off, interested to see what her son had come up with. The attention turned to the boy who immediately began proposing his idea.

"I got that life size army man for Christmas a few years ago. If we have enough cars we can split into groups. The army man will go in one. We can add some hair on his head to make it look like a girl. Rory will actually go with another group, but will slouch down. Each car will go a different way. This way the guy will follow the fake Rory. We just need to be sure the car has tinted windows."

The group stood in awe. Such a simple resolution, yet none of them had thought of it.

"I'd say it'd work." Lorelai's response made Luke Jr beam with pride.

"There's only one problem," Luke's booming voice caused them to forget about their happiness and focus on the reality of the situation. What could possibly be wrong with such an ingenious plan?

"What would that be?" Jess was impressed by his sons suggestion, yet he knew that Luke would go across the widest waters to save this girls life. There would have had to be something wrong with any plan, at least in Luke's opinion.

"If this Adam guy is really high tech, he's probably already bugged our cars. GPS systems to whatever's out there could most likely track down a vehicle or vehicles for that matter."

"If he were to find out where my parents live, we would be in trouble. There'd be no place left to go," Lorelai responded. This plan definitely has to be fault free.

"Wait."

The group turned to Rory who had been sitting there thinking the entire time.

"I know a guy....," there was a slight pause before she continued, she stood up to finish her thought, "he...uh...he went to Yale with me. I think he was into cars and electronics. He could probably debug all of the vehicles!"

"Rory, do you still have his number?" Lorelai noticed her daughter's change of thought earlier on. She thought she knew what the situation was but decided against bringing it up.

"It should be saved on my phone." She reached over and grabbed her cell phone. Quickly she went through her list of 'contacts' names and numbers. "Here it is." She clicked a button and dialed the number.

"Hello," the voice had been one she knew most of her life. She knew she had to try to refrain from using the persons name. It would only cause more problems.

"Hi, it's Rory."

"Mary Rory?"

Rory turned away from the group. She realized that they would eventually have to know who it was.
"Yes."

"Ahh, Mary. What brings you to calling me? Aree we a little lonesome?"

He still had that 'charm' about him. It was obviously something he would never lose.
"Actually there are four men in the room I'm in now."

"Ouch, now that stings."

"Haha, funny it's not what you think."

"So why are you calling me again?" He set the conversation back on track, which was exactly what she needed.

"I was wondering if you ever graduated from that electronic or car device class you took."

"Yes, I did a long time ago.... but I've changed professions."

"Short lived dream eh? Anyways would you be able to debug a car of any trackers?"

"You're telling me you need a car debug of tracker systems."

"Actually no. It would be a few cars and I'm not even sure if the systems are there."

"Well, I'm really bus...."

"Tristan this is urgent." She immediately regretted using his name. She could feel the new tension that had been brought on by the mention of this shady character.

"Care to fill me in."

"It's a life or death situation."

"Alright."

"Good. So it's settled."

"When does it need to be done?"

"Are you busy now?"

"A lawyer is always busy."

"It needs to be done today."

"I can make room."

"Good. Where could we bring the cars."

"You could bring them to my house."

"Which is.."

"You already know where it is."

"Freshen my memory please."

Rory motioned for a pen and paper, which were quickly retrieved by young Luke. Tristan quickly told her the address and they agreed to meet at 3:00.

"Thanks, you don't know how much this means to me."

"Any time Mary. Any time."

Rory hung up the phone and turned to see the group.

"He'll do it."

"Good. Now we need to develop a plan," Luke, the plan developer obviously had forgotten about Tristan and was confused when Dean and Jess continued to look at Rory.

"Uh...guys. We need to come up with something here," he repeated.

"Yah, the sooner we do that, the sooner Tristan can debug our cars," Dean didn't intentionally mean to emphasis the name but he was shocked that Rory had kept his number.

"Rory, did you plan on telling us who was doing the debugging or were we supposed to be shocked when you yelled surprised and we saw him?"

"Hey, hey, hey. We can all act mature about this subject. You are two grown men. Those events happened a long time ago. I'm sure you can put your differences aside for a while."

Luke , Anne and Luke Jr. stood looking confused. They had no idea as to what was going on. Lorelai was glad to quickly fill them in just to get those pitiful looks of their faces.

"Dean and Tristan met at Rory's dance and they fought. Tristan always had a thing for Rory, even though she won't admit it. I really forget how Jess fits in but he's married so no troubles there."

"Mom...Dean's married too."

"Then there's no trouble at all. Then why in the world are you two worried about Tristan."

"He..he's just not a nice guy," Dean offered.

Rory cringed when he said that.

"You two can work out your problems later, for now we have to figure this out."

Luke turned back towards the paper he had put in front of him. A wise plan had to be devised and he knew that it would not be easy.

"Alright . So how many vehicles do we have?"

"Anne and I each have one," Jess stated.

"I have my own," Dean said.

"I car pooled with him," Lorelai pointed to Luke.

"Obviously I have my truck. So that makes two and one and one...that's four."

"We have seven people and a dummy."

"Luke, that's not nice," Lorelai was shocked that he would even suggest something like that at this time.

"No, we have a life size army man. Geez, I'm not that inconsiderate."

"Oh...alright. So we have eight altogether."

"Two people per vehicle."

"How many cell phones do we have?"

"I have one and so does Rory," Lorelai answered.

"Anne and I have one each."

"I have one too," Dean finished the answers.

"Good, as long as we have four.We need Rory with a man. Sorry Lorelai but it's too dangerous for you," Luke knew that would hurt her but he didn't want her in danger either.

"We also need the fake Rory with a man," Dean added, "He mostly won't be following the real one."

"Point taken. I'll go with Luke and the fake Rory," Lorelai announced.

"I'd like to stay with my son... if that could be taken into consideration," Anne stated.

"Ok, so we have two cars filled."

"I'll go with Rory," Dean said. He knew that he wanted her kept safe.

"I might as well too," Jess surprised everyone but they knew that if anything were to happen someone would have to act fast.

"Ok, I guess we're set. We won't need one of the cars. We can decide that later on. We just need to figured out the different routes."

"I'll obviously be going straight to Grandma's," Rory said.

"We'll have to take a different route to a different place," Lorelai proposed, "we could just go back to Stars Hollow even."

"That will work. It will seem natural."

"I have no idea what I'm doing," Anne admitted.

"You can...follow us," Jess suggested.

"That won't seem natural Jess. It will seem like it's fake," Luke stated.

"How about we go separate ways at first then meet up later when we know he hasn't been following us," Jess re-suggested.

"That's better."

Luke scribbled down some notes then passed them to everyone. It was amazing how precise and accurate the 'plan' had to be. Time was derived right down to the exact minute.

"This will all depend on how long it will take to get the cars 'fixed'."

The 'meeting' adjourned then. Everyone decided it would be best to get some sleep until it was time to go. A few hours passed before everyone was woken up by Luke. Everyone piled into they're assigned cars. They decided to stop back at the home, before leaving, to pick up the dummy. Rory passed the address to all of the drivers and they departed. She was not looking forward to being put in an awkward position with Dean, Jess and Tristan. It was just all too much for her to handle.

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Rory had decided to sit in the back and let jess and Dean sit up front. It was a quiet ride before Dean spoke.
"So..why did you keep his phone number?"

"Does it really matter?" Rory questioned, trying to weasel her way out of having to state the answer.

"No, I'm just curious."

"In case something like this happened."

"Rory, we all know that's not true," Jess said. He was actually curious too.

"I met up with him in college."

"And..."

"And...we dated for awhile."

"A long awhile or a short awhile."

"A long enough awhile. Oh look here we are," she was glad their arrival stopped the conversation. She personally didn't want to continue it.