A/N: I have had some serious writers block, this chapter has taken me forever to create. I had to ask my sister for her input on it so if it sucks blame her!

Chapter 11: The Good-Bye

Dean – Same time as when Rory and Tristin found out about going to Canada…

Over the past 2 weeks Dean has been driving around the United States. His plan was to get the cops off his trail. So he drove without direction, passing through large cities and small towns. During the third week of his journey he decided to take up temporary residence in a small town in New Mexico, Apache Creek.

He has been living in a very small and sordid motel room, on the outskirts of town. The town itself is very small about 250 people, so in reality it's not even a town; it's just a rest stop on your way to bigger and better things. However for Dean this was the bigger and better thing.

During his stay in Hicksville New Mexico, Dean decided to plan his next move to get Rory back, But not in the way that he wanted her to be his girlfriend. Dean now wanted her and Tristin dead. He wanted to finish what he started, but skip the hospital and go straight to the morgue.

It was going to take him about 2 months to put his plan into action. He was going to go back to Stars Hollow after the manhunt for his head has died down. 'Once I get back to Stars Hollow I will head straight for Rory's house and kill her in her sleep and then head over to the accountant's mansion and do away with him as well.' Dean thought his plan was coming along nicely. He just has to tweak it just right so he can get away with it.

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At the hospital…

The next morning had everyone on edge. Today was the day that Tristin and Rory would head off to Mill Bay, British Columbia.

Tristin and Rory were just gathering the few belongings they had left in their room. Their parents were set to arrive shortly to say their good-byes.

After gathering their belongings Tristin and Rory sat down together with their arms wrapped around each other, neither saying anything just sitting and waiting for their families to arrive.

Roughly 10 minutes later all the adults had arrived. When Lorelai walked into the room, Rory sat up and put her arms out for Lorelai, The embraced each other tightly each holding on for dear life. She wished more that anything that she could have jumped up and ran to her mother but she still had to wear her cast for another week and that made moving around a tad difficult.

Tristin got up and went over to his parents and grandparents, his mother and father each gave him a hug, it wasn't as loving as the one Rory and Lorelai were experiencing, but that wasn't very surprising to him. Tristin loves his parents but they just don't share their emotions as openly as others do.

"Tristin, I'm going to miss you so much, I know were not that close but I do love you with all my heart. You are my only son and I wouldn't give you up for the world." Julia said while pulling her baby into a hug.

"I know I haven't been the best mother to you, and I hope one day you can forgive me for it." This confession shocked him a little bit, he never expected his mother to apologize for how she raised him, or rather for how she let the nanny raise him.

"It's ok mom, I do forgive you, maybe when I come home we can start over, get to know each other better." Tristin said, making Julia's eyes start to tear.

"Tristin, I would love for us to do that." She hugged him again and then let his father talk to him.

"Son, I want you to be on your best behaviour, you need to take care of yourself and Rory as well. I'm sure you will be safe and make the right decisions." Mark said

"I will dad, Rory and I will be fine, I won't let anything happen and if I see anyone or anything remotely suspicious I will call the detectives right away." Tristin replied

"Very well, Tristin I will miss you while your gone, I hope to see you back here soon." Mark said and he quickly hugged his son once more.

"I'll miss you to dad." Tristin replied. His father's words made him happy, even though they weren't exactly the most loving in the world.

Next up was his grandfather, they had a close relationship and he is the one person that he will miss the most.

"Gramps, I'm gonna miss you so much." Tristin said as he embraced the old man.

"Now, now boy this isn't good-bye just merely a 'see you in a while.' You will be home soon." Janlan said

"I know Gramps, but I'm still going to miss you." Janlan chuckled

"I will miss you to Tristin." Tristin and his family all sat down together and discussed the summer home, where everything was kept, even though the maids already knew this stuff, Janlan wanted Tristin to be prepared.

During the DuGrey's good-bye the Gilmore's were having a very similar conversation. Lorelai and Rory had started crying. They have been together for 17 years straight, with the exception on these last 3 weeks, they have never been apart and even during these past weeks they still saw each other every day. This whole not talking or seeing each other thing was going to be very hard on them.

"M..m..mom" Rory started in between sobs.

"Yeah Sweets" Lorelai answered.

"I love you" Rory said griping her mother even tighter.

"Aww kiddo I love you to, with all my heart. I don't love anyone else like I love you."

"Good."

"I'm gonna miss you Ror, I'm not gonna lie to you, it will be hard being away from you, but it's for your own safety and we have to follow through with this plan." Lorelai said

"I know mom, It will be hard for me to, It already is hard for me because I'm scared to leave you, but I'm even more scared to stay here where Dean could come back at any moment." Lorelai reluctantly got up and let Chris and Luke have a turn at saying good-bye.

Chris came over and pulled his daughter close to him, he kissed her forehead and leaned close to talk to her.

"Rory, I'm so sorry this has to happen, if I could take your place I would. I want you to be careful and stay with Tristin as often as possible, I know you don't need him to be your protector but It's safer in numbers."

"Dad, don't be sorry it's not your fault, and I promise to stay with Tristin. I'll miss you so much." Rory said giving her father a great big bear hug.

"I'll miss you to kid." Chris said and stepped aside so Luke could say good-bye to her.

"Rory, I know I'm not your father but you are like a daughter to me. I want you to be safe and take care of yourself and I will have all the coffee and anything else you want delivered to you while your gone. All you have to do is tell your mom and I will get it." Luke said to her and pulled her into a somewhat awkward hug.

"Thanks Luke, and you are like another father to me to. You have been in my life for years and have always been there for mom and me. I'll miss you so much." Rory said returning the hug.

Luke blushed and walked over to Lorelai so Richard and Emily could say good-bye to their adored granddaughter.

Emily embraced Rory and told her that she would miss her dearly and Richard did the same. They don't know their granddaughter very well but they love her just the same as if they had known each other for years.

After all of the good-byes had been said the adults sat Tristin and Rory down to talk for a minute before their escorts would arrive to take them to the airport.

"Now kids, we have taken the liberty to get the two of you your own credit card. You will share it and use it for anything you need. It is unlimited, so we are trusting you two to use it properly. The bill will be sent here and we will pay it so you don't have to worry. We have also filled a bank account up so you will have sufficient funds while you're away." Richard said and he handed Rory and Tristin each a debit card and a credit card.

Meanwhile the guards have arrived to escort Tristin and Rory to the private airport. Everyone said there last good-byes everyone with tears in their eyes.

The drive to the airport was silent and once on the DuGrey private jet both Tristin and Rory took out a book and started to read.

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A few hours into the flight Tristin was getting restless. Him and Rory hadn't said a word to each other since they left the hospital room. He knew she was scared and sad about leaving Lorelai and he wanted to make her feel better. He put down his book and went over to where she was sitting on the couch opposite him.

He kneeled down so he was eye level with her and he pulled her book away.

"Hey I was reading that" Rory said quietly, she didn't want to fight with Tristin.

"I know Mar, but I want to spend some time with you, not just sit across from you and watch while you read a book." Tristin said softly

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to ignore you, and I just miss my mom." Rory said sadly, Tristin could hear the tears that he knew she was fighting to hold back

"Hey, don't be sorry, I know you miss your mom, I miss my parents to." Tristin said sitting beside her and pulling her into his awaiting arms. Rory snuggled into his embrace and buried her head into his chest. Tristin tightened his hold on her and gave her a soft yet loving kiss. It wasn't long, just a kiss that told her everything would be ok. And when Rory was in his arms all her fears melted away.

"How about we watch a movie?" Rory asked him

"That sounds like a great idea, do you want to watch anything in particular?"

"No anything is fine."

"OK, I will surprise you then." Tristin got up and popped in Surf Ninjas. He knew it was a movie directed towards younger kids but it is really funny and it will take their minds off of everything. Tristin sat back down with Rory and the cuddled up together and watched movie after movie until that landed in Beautiful British Columbia.

They were escorted to Janlan's summer home. Both exhausted from their long trip. They found some rooms, not even looking at the house, and both of them fell asleep.

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Back in Connecticut…

"Oh Luke, what am I going to do without my baby?" Lorelai asked with tears running down her cheeks.

"Well we are going to go on as usual and hope that she gets to come home soon." Luke replied pulling Lorelai into a hug. "And you can email her with the new email that we set up to communicate with her and Tristin while they are away."

"Oh yeah I forgot about that, But I still miss her a lot."

"I know I miss her to."

"Well see her soon though."

"Yeah soon." With that resolved for now Both Luke and Lorelai fell asleep.

A/N: I'm not sure how well I like this chapter. I think I might have let the good-bye part run a little long. Please review and tell me what you think.

Also about the town I used in New Mexico I made everything up about it except for it's name. I don't know anything about the town itself.

Thanks to all of my reviewers I hope you have enjoyed this chapter!

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