Lane and Paris invited Rory to the dance marathon that was being held the following night. Rory said she would go but she soon regrets it, when she realises she has nobody to go with.

Rory walks to bed and falls back on it and rings Lane. Her mum Ms Kim answers the phone. Rory gets nervous when ever she answers.

Ms Kim: Hello! Who is this?

Rory: Hi ,Ms Kim its Rory, is Lane there?

Ms Kim: Yes she is, but you can only talk to her for a minute. She has to go to bible study.

Rory hears Ms Kim shout for Lane. She hears Lane rushing downstairs and she answers the phone.

Lane: Hi, Rory how are you? Are you excited for dance marathon? I am, I am so happy I don't have to help my mum with making sandwiches. Thank god she let me go with Zach. She thinks that it's for a good cause. But for me it's having fun with my friends, and my lovely boyfriend.

Rory Yeah I can't wait. But I have no one to dance with.

Lane: If you're really stuck you can dance with Kirk or Taylor.

Lane laughs at thought of Rory dancing with Kirk or Taylor. Rory is not sure what to do, but she wants to go whether or not she has someone to go with. They hang up and Rory sits at her desk and does study. Later on Rory decides to go to "Luke s Diner" for something to eat. She arrives and is greeted by Luke.

Luke walks over to Rory's desk and takes her order. While she is waiting for her meal, Luke s nephew Jess comes out and he sees Rory and he walks to her table and sits down.

Jess Hey, Rory how's things did you read any good books lately?

Rory: No I haven't, I have been just studying.

Jess: Shame

Jess gets up and walks out the door. Rory is curious about the type of boy Jess really is. He is always walking around reading; not bothering to talk to anybody. He always goes to the bridge and just sits there. He has been living with Luke for a while. Rory is unsure all the time when she sees, she doesn't know what to say. Yet she is always nervous when he comes up.

She eats her food and goes home. She takes out a cardboard box full of things that belonged to her mum Lorelai .Pictures of her mum when she was young, when she was dating Rory's father, baby pictures. She also found pictures of her mother and father at their debs. She commented on how pretty her mum was and how different her father looked. She also found pictures of her mum when she was pregnant with her, she looked really happy. When she looked deeper in the box she found a letter that was addressed to her. It was from her mum. Rory was curious.

She opened it and it said:

To my beautiful daughter,

I am writing this letter to say I won't be able to be there to see you grow up to a beautiful woman. You see I have recently found out that I have a tumour .The doctors said that it was big, and if I was to get an operation that it will kill me. If your reading this letter, it means that I didn't make it. I am so sorry sweetheart. I wish I would be there for you when you fall in love, to see you get married, to see become a mum for there .I'm sorry I wont be there for all those important things in your life. Just know that Ill always be there where ever you go. I will be always looking down on my beautiful daughter. I love you always and forever.

From

Mum

Rory wipes away her tears and she feels something that is with the letter. She looks at it. It's her hospital tag with her name, date of birth, takes it and holds it closely to her heart

She says" I love you mum, always and forever.