She could feel his lips against hers. His tongue against hers when suddenly he broke away and smiled at her. She opened her eyes slowly and blinked a few times. This kiss had been too intense, she took several deep breaths.

"Where are we now?" she asked slowly.

"Look around baby. Tell me what you see." He said.

She shook her head.

"What is it with you? You always want me to look around and tell you what I see! I don't want to play I see, I see what you don't see…I'm not four!" she said angrily.

"No you're not four. But why should I answer a question, you have no need to ask? Why do I have to answer a question which you could answer for yourself by just looking around?" he asked her.

"Fine, fine! I'm looking!" she said and looked pointedly around the room.

She was standing in a huge room with many rows of chairs. So many she couldn't even count them. Part of this reason was, because she was standing in the back and most of the chairs were filled. All the people were wearing festive hats and clothes as far as she could tell only a rather small aisle that separated the chair rows in two parts, just like at a wedding. Was this a wedding?

"Is it a wedding? Is Mom getting married today?" she asked curiously.

"No baby. Your Mom is not getting married today. Go on down the aisle and take it all in…" he started.

"And look around. I get it." She said and did what he said.

With that she walked down the small aisle and looked around. Many people sat in their chairs, mostly elder people, probably parents. She continued her journey down the aisle and a huge stage appeared in the front, with a microphone that stood out of the floor and somehow did not fit the image of the huge stage. A blue banner hung on the wall of the stage in white writing saying "Congratulations to the class of '86"

"Moms graduation." She whispered.

A huge smile appeared on her face and she ran to the end of the aisle towards the stage. She was right. The front rows were filled with young people in blue robes, the students. This indeed was a graduation. Many faces looked at the blue banner and smiled. Other faces looked concerned on their watches, and then other faces found somebody to talk to and shared a little small talk before the ceremony started. But among all this faces she couldn't see her mother, well a younger version of her mother. She looked around confused and spotted Dodger again. He was standing at the other end of the aisle smiling encouragingly at her. She shook her head and motioned for him to come closer and slowly he came closer and closer until he was standing next to her.

"What is this? Whose graduation is this? I can't see my mom anywhere!" she said.

"It is your mom's graduation. It is baby don't worry. You'll see." He said smiling.

"But I can't see her any…" she started.

That was when a younger version of her mother walked on the stage and took place behind the microphone. And there she was stood, so proud, so beautiful, just like…a typical Lorelai would stand. Straight hair tidily falling down on her shoulders, a graduation hat sat neatly on her hat. It was only her bright blue eyes that gave the nature of Lorelai Gilmore away, the free spirit that nobody could press in any form. It was her eyes that gave her away. With so much grace she closed the last inches that kept her apart from the microphone, her robe fitting her perfectly. She almost looked like an angel. The ones you always see in children's books, with the white dresses and the little wings. At least that was what Rory thought at this very moment.

Others would describe Lorelai Gilmore as different. The girl who would do nothing but study and had to be persuaded to grab a bite now and then. Lorelai Gilmore who had no real friends because she simply had no time for them. The ones that pretended to be her friends were the ones that wanted to shine in her glory. That was Lorelai Gilmore. Alone but yet not noticing it. That was how other people saw her. But they didn't know her. Right?

It was then, that Lorelai opened her mouth to give a speech.

"Fellow graduates of 1986. We all came with different goals to this school. We all have different dreams. We all will reach our goals and dreams when the time will have it. The only thing it takes is courage, strength and the will not to give up, whatever may come our way. But I am sure all of you, and I mean every single one of you have that. Courage. You proved it in so many ways. That is why I wanted to thank you. My mother and father for never letting me give up and always wanting 200 when the goal was only 100. Thanks to all of my friends who showed me the way. Thanks to everybody who made it possible that we can be here today. You all are the best and greatest students this institution has ever seen. That is why I am very proud to have been elected valedictorian of this, our class. Congratulations to all of you." Lorelai said.

Rory had tears in her eyes.

"Oh my god! My mother is the valedictorian?" Rory breathed.

"Yes baby she is. Doesn't she look beautiful?" he asked.

"Oh yeah, she does. Just like an angel." Rory smiled.

That was when the tears started to stream down her face. Her mother had already left the stage and was now called back on to receive her diploma. She walked up the stage and reached for her diploma. The headmaster hugged her and smiled reassuringly at her.

"Oh my god. Everybody loves her." Rory gasped.

He just smiled.

She turned around and looked at him. She hugged him close.

"Thanks for showing me that." She whispered in his ear.

He just smiled and patted her back. She pulled her head back and gazed deeply into his eyes. She smiled at him. She seemed to search for something in his eyes. She then smiled and kissed him on the lips, a passionate kiss. Her eyes fluttered closed. She leaned against him for support and entered his mouth hungrily, as if her life depended on it. She kissed him with such a force she had never kissed anybody before. With such a force you would normally only see on the movies on a big screen in a cinema. This was definitely one of them.