Lorelai jumped out of the jeep and ran across the grounds of the book fair. She couldn't find Rory or Tristan anywhere. She began to panic. "Rory!" she yelled. "Rory!" She tried to think that the worst hadn't happened, that everything would be okay, but it was becoming harder and harder to convince herself. "So help me God, Matthew... If you've hurt her." Lorelai mumbled.

(Burger World)

"Rory!" Luke yelled running towards her.

"Luke!" she cried as she ran into his arms.

"What happened? Are you okay?" Luke asked holding her at arms length.

"I'm fine." Rory sniffled. "But he hurt Tristan!"

Luke looked up and saw an ambulance. "Oh God." Luke muttered.

"Luke, you have to go find my mom." Rory interrupted frantically. "I called her, she doesn't know where I am."

"Did she go to the book fair?" Luke asked.

"Probably." Rory replied. "Please, Luke, hurry."

Luke turned and jumped back into his truck. He sped out of the parking lot quickly and headed in the direction of the book fair. When he pulled into book fair parking lot he saw Lorelai's jeep. He ran trough the streets trying to find her.

"Lorelai!" He called, after spotting her.

She turned quickly and ran to him. "Luke! Matthew... Rory!..." She stuttered breathlessly.

"I know..." Luke replied. "She's fine. She's not here though."

"What?" Lorelai asked confused.

"Come on, I'll explain on the way." Luke grabbed Lorelai by the arm and lead her back to his truck.

(Burger World Parking Lot)

"Can you describe what he looks like, ma'am?" the police offer asked.

"Ugh..." Rory thought. "About 6 feet tall. Brown hair. Brown eyes. Tanned skin." Rory paused. "His hair is kind of short, but his bangs are longer... and he kind of spikes them."

"How old would you say he is?"

"I think he's around 33 or 34."

"Thank you, ma'am." The officer replied. He turned to walk away but then turned back to the shivering girl. "We'll find him." he said reassuringly.

Rory sat with the blanket around her, waiting for her mother and Luke to show up. Suddenly she saw Luke's truck pull into the parking lot. She immediately ran towards it. Lorelai was the first one out of the truck to meet Rory.

"Rory..." Lorelai said catching her daughter in her arms. "Are you okay, sweetie."

"I'm fine." Rory answered. "Just scared."

"It's okay. I'm here." Lorelai replied, rubbing Rory's arms. "Where's Tristan?"

"They're getting ready to take him to the hospital. Matthew hurt him." Rory's eyes began to tear up and her voice cracked a little. "He protected me."

"I'm going to talk to the cops." Luke interrupted. "I'll be back in a few minutes."

"Hey, you want to sit down and tell me what happened?" Lorelai asked, guiding Rory to an outside table.

The two sat down. "We went to the book fair..." Rory began. "We'd only been there a few minutes, and then I saw Matthew. He wouldn't stop staring at me. I asked Tristan if we could leave, so we came here. Then, Matthew showed up here. Tristan told him to leave, and then we tried to leave, but Matthew followed us. I got in Tristan's car, and Tristan stayed outside, and then Matthew tried to break into the car..." Rory's tears were muffling her words. "Tristan..." She whimpered. "Tristan wouldn't let him. He tried so hard to keep Matthew away, but Matthew was so much stronger, and bigger..."

Lorelai held Rory close and tried to sooth her. "I'm so sorry."

"He took off when he saw the cops coming." Rory finally added. "He's still out there... after all this he's still free!"

Lorelai's heart broke in two. Luke came walking overly slowly.

"I spoke with the chief officer." Luke began. "He said they have a good description of Matthew. They have a team out looking for him now."

"How's Tristan?" Lorelai asked.

"Banged and bruised up pretty bad." Luke paused as the ambulance pulled out of the parking lot. He gazed at it for a moment. "That makes two kids that bastard put in the hospital." he focused back on Rory. "We owe a lot to the owner of this place." Luke noted. "He's the one that called the cops when he saw Matthew harassing Rory and Tristan."

"Well at least there will be witnesses." Lorelia added. "Makes for a stronger case."

"Yeah." Luke rubbed the back of his neck. "Lorelai, didn't you ever tell the cops about Matthew? I mean, file a report or anything?"

Lorelai looked away quickly. "No." She replied after a long pause.

Luke sighed. "Why on earth not?"

"Things we're going okay... Matthew hadn't called or came in contact with us. Rory was doing fine." Lorelai defended. "I thought perhaps everything would just fade away. I was so wrong."

"Yeah..." Luke agreed. "You were. But at least they know now. Matthew deserves one hell of an ass kicking."

"I know." Lorelai replied softly.

"Can we go see Tristan?" Rory asked breaking between the conversation.

Lorelai smiled. "Sure, hone." She looked over at Luke. "Luke, do you mind...?"

"Not at all." Luke replied grabbing his keys.