Anne was the lucky one. She had to travel with her son. A son who was capable of keeping himself occupied and silent with no awkward pauses. The other two drivers weren't that lucky. Luke and Lorelai would have it a lot easier than Rory, Dean and Jess. There would be continuous fighting, arguments and turning down wrong roads until they made it to the Gilmore residence.

"I've been thinking," she started. Her voice was calm even though she had regrets about not having Rory with her. She loved her daughter more than she loved coffee and only wanted what was best for her. Sometimes that meant doing things you don't particularly want to do.

"That's good. I'm glad to see that your brain hasn't been killed by your continuous abuse of coffee," he replied sarcastically. He wasn't sure what was to come next, but it sounded serious.

"I should call Chris," she had been reluctant to make the decision but she knew that he loved Rory just as much as she did. No, she didn't want him worried about her and flying down to see her, but she thought he should know. If she were away from Rory she would have liked to know. She already was pretty upset that Rory hadn't informed her of this first off.

"You should," that was all he could say. She was right. Chris was Rory's dad. Even though Luke loved her as his daughter, Rory was Chris' daughter. She was his shinning star, angel on earth, miracle...

Lorelai planned to do it now. While Luke was with her she felt safe. She needed his support. Once she got to the Gilmore mansion everything would be chaos. She pulled her phone from out of her purse. She had his number on speed dial...just in case of an emergency.

Luke looked over to her. He smiled at her face. She seemed worried and he knew he would have to come with a few comforting comments as soon as she was done.. that would be his next challenge.

"Hello."

"Uh, hi, yes, Sherry. Hi, it's me Lorelai."

"Oh, Lorelai how are you! I haven't heard from you in such a long time. We should get together sometime, go shopping. Rory should come too."

"Yes...that's an ...idea. I'm actually pretty busy right now with work and work, you know the feeling."

"You're sure right I do!"

"Yes, is Chris there?"

"Of course, just a sec." Lorelai heard her yell for 'Christopher' who was apparently in the other room watching TV.

"Here he is Lorelai, I'll chat with you later."

"Yah. Okay. Bye."

Sherry gave the phone to Chris who sounded like he was questioning Sherry of what Lorelai was calling for.

"Lore?"

"Hey, how's it going."

"It's going, that's for sure."

"Good."

"How are you?"

"Fine," she quietly muttered 'I think' under her breath.

"What did you say?"

"Oh, nothing. I was just cursing the seagulls."

"Okay then. So what did you call for?"

"Alright, umm where are you?"

"In the kitchen."

"Go to your room or someplace less distracting and sit down."

"Can I ask why?"

"Just go."

He did as told and shook of Sherry's questioning look. She knew something was up when he left the room.

"Okay, what is it."

"Are you sitting?"

"Yes."

"Okay, good. Sitting is good," her voice softened as she quickly prepared herself as to what she was going to say.

"Yes...sitting is good...can we continue on with what's up. I have a meeting in half and hour."

"Chris...uhh something has happened with Rory."

"Jeez, Lore, tell me she's not pregnant. She had such a bright future. She has a good job now....who did it? That Dean kid?"

"Chris hold it . You have it wrong. No. that's not what happened."

"Then what?"

"Rory almost was shot, saved, returned home, fell in love, went back to work and then realized she was being followed by someone dangerous. Now he's out for her and she's in trouble," she took a deep breath. She had decided to spurt it all out. The quicker the less questions.

"Repeat that again," he thought Lorelai was joking...but as she repeated it again he realized that it was true. She told him the exact details of the story....now all he wanted to know was who had done this to his innocent girl?

The ride had been quiet so far. That was the way she hoped it stayed. No one had actually chosen the station. It was randomly picked. Rory listened to the song it was playing and personally didn't like it but decided not to ask for someone to change it. She didn't need any more problems. Dean was thinking the same thing. He went to change the station but then decided that the song couldn't drag on for too long. Jess wasn't even listening. He was hoping Anne and Luke Jr. were doing alright. He'd already called them twice. He'd admit he was obsessive, he love them like crazy. They were his life. As soon as the song ended the news came on.

Welcome back to news hour. News worth hearing.

"What a cheesy slogan." Of course it was Jess. He had tore away from his thoughts of his family to hear the news. Maybe they would find out if there were and accidents on the main roads. This would let them save time.

We have breaking news. One local woman has come forward to the police claiming her violent boyfriend was abusive. Research was done and it turns out that this man was charged on many occasions before for this behavior but was let go. His name is Adam..

Everyone stopped to listen.

"Turn it up," Rory demanded.

Police are on the search for this man. Brown hair, glasses, 5'6, blue eyes, medium build. If you know anything of this mans whereabouts or know anything about him contact the police. We are hoping to track down this man as soon as possible.

"Oh my..." Rory couldn't believe her ears.

"Call the cops, this has to stop," this was stated by Dean. He was fed up with his cousins dumb behavior. Especially since he had hurt Rory emotionally, as well as everyone she knew.

"Call my mom first to let her know. Maybe she heard it too. "

Jess dialed the number and was surprised when she picked up the phone on the 1st ring.

"Lorelai...we just heard a news report that might change our trip just a little.."