January- later that night
Chapter 4 Rory you've changed, how come?
The knock on the door startled Sara out of her studying. 'God, did Rory get drunk again?" She thought before getting up and answering. She opened the door and there stood Lorelai, a very pissed off mother who had to spend Friday night covering for her only offspring and now wanted to know why.
"Lorelai! Hi. Rory's not here. I think she's at work." Sara supplied. The last thing she thought she'd have to do is cover for her roomate. But she really needed to study and in order to do so she needed to get the angry mother out of her room.
"Yeah I'll wait for her." Lorelai looked mad. She sounded mad and irritated.
"Um I was just trying to study. Could you maybe wait outside or something?" Sara asked knowing that it wouldn't work when she saw the irritated look of Lorelai.
"No. I'll just wait for her here. And there will be some yelling. You might want to go to the library to study." Sara gathered her books and her keys. She looked at her bed and cursed Rory hoping she'd get what she deserved and wash her sheets.
In the hallway Sara saw her roomate and attempted to ignore her but she really didn't want to hear a fight, even if she was in the library.
"Rory" Sara called out. Rory turned to look at her with a smirk on her face.
"Your mother is in the room. So you may want to clean up a little." Sara then walked off.
"Okay." Rory sighed. She walked into the public bathroom and opened the window. She pulled out a joint and lit up. In between puffs she'd slowly take out her peircings, cursing at her mother because some peicing were still new and would probably close up. When she finished the joint the washed her face and waited about an hour before she ventured into her room. 'Good thing I keep all my secrets on me' She thought and patted her purse which was filled with her make up, drugs, peircings, cigarettes and condoms. The was more of course, but Rory didn't care at all. So what if her mother found out about these things and then the 300 dollars cash that she had made in tips that night. She'd be a whore and a drug dealer.
"Well fuck this. I am so not doing this clean." Rory said to herself. She went into her purse and pulled out a flask. She opened it and pulled out a plastic baggie filled with white powder. She was still new at this type of drugs but was fast becoming an expert. Sure it's safer to melt the damn powder and inject it into the bloodstream but she loved the feeling it left her after she snorted it. She loved looking in the mirror watching blood drip down her nose. It made her feel numb to the world. It made her feel close to death.
Rory wiped her nose and gave the mirror a smile before she went to her room. 'Act surprised Rory' she thought to herself. She opened the door.
"Sara I'm home" She announced only to be met with silence. 'Maybe mom left' She thought and then opened the door wider to her mother's angry stare. But the stare turned into immeadiate concern.
"Rory. Your nose. Baby you're bleeding." Lorelai said as she jumped into action and grabbed a tissue from Sara's desk. Rory held in her smile. She loved how her mother was oblivious to it all. Absolutley loved it.
"Oh God." Rory faked as she slowly put her hand to her nose to wipe away the blood.
"Here Here take the tissue." Rory stepped back into the shoes her mother expected her to wear and did as she was told. She took the tissue and held it up to her nose. But she got a little dizzy while doing so and sat down on her roomates bed, the bed her and gray eyes had sex in only hours before.
"Oh sweetie are you okay? Let mommy make it all better." Lorelai put her hand on her daughters forehead and was surprised that it wasn't warm. But in doing so she noticed holes in her baby's ears and eyebrows and even nose. She wondered but didn't say anything. 'Maybe she got drunk one night with Jenna and the gang and got peirced all over. After all it would explain why there isn't any jewelry in them. But that could mean she could have a tatoo too.' Lorelai pulled back from her daughters side and thought over her thoughts. She didn't know her baby anymore. And that made her mad. Luckly for her she had a legitament reason to be mad.
"Rory why weren't you at Friday Night Dinner?" Lorelai screamed hoping Rory would wince and she could blame her daughter for drinking. But Rory didn't she looked surprised, like she didn't know it was friday.
When Rory heard her mom accuse her of skipping out she smiled inside. 'Mom is so wrapped around my finger. She hasn't the slightest clue.' She thought in her mind while her voice was speaking lies.
"Is it Friday? Oh my God I can't believe I forgot. Why didn't you call my cell and tell me. I would have come. I have just been so wrapped up in studing and working at the club that it never even occured to me that today was Friday. Oh my God is Grandma mad. Oh she so going to kill me." Rory looked at her mom with her big blue eyes.
Lorelai's expression changed to one of sympathy. She knew how Rory was an overacheiver and could easily get so absorbed in something that some things went forgotton. Still though it was not like Rory to forget friday night dinner with her grandparents. Something has changed. Rory had changed and she wanted to know what. She wanted to know why.
"Oh honey. I covered for you. Now you owe mommy. And I want my baby to spend the weekend with me stars hollow. You can even bring Jenna and we can get drunk. And mommy can make sure you aren't overdoing yourself."Rory winced. Her and Jenna didn't really speak to eachother anymore. Jenna didn't like how Rory had changed so they parted ways. Occiasionaly thay would get together and study or have coffee. Just to keep in touch. But now Rory was going to have to call in a favor from Jenna and she wasn't sure if Jenna owed her any favors.
"Yeah okay. Is my nose still bleeding?" Lorelai shook her head no. She was going to watch Rory like a hawk and find out what was going on once and for all.
"okay I'll go call Jenna and ask her." Rory walked over to her bed then back to her roomates where her purse was. She pulled out her cell phone slowly because it was lodged next to her cigarettes and condoms. 'Oh man I'm not gonna get any this weekend.' Rory thought bitterly.
"I have to go outside for this. I don't have any signal in the room. I'll be back in a second to pack." It was true she didn't get signal in her room but she neglected to use her dorm phone. Lorelai didn't notice. But as soon as Rory left the room she pulled out her cell phone to check if there was signal.
"You are just paranoid Lorelai." She said aloud to herself after discovering that indeed there was no signal.
Rory stepped outside into the cold January air and dialed her former best friends number.
"Rory." Jenna stated once she answered the phone.
"Jenna. Look I have to ask a favor. You can say no and stuff and I won't mind but my mom is making me stay in SH this weekend and wanted you to come along."
"Do you want to me to come?"
"Well yeah. But I don't want you to tell Mom about what I've been up to." Rory stated hoping Jenna would just say no.
"Ah the strings Pinnochio. So mommy's getting suspicious and you want a buffer."
"Just say no Jenna." Rory hissed into the phone annoyed at how Jenna was avoiding the question.
"I'll go Ror. And you're secrets are safe with me. After all some secrets are best kept secret. But Rory you've changed, how come?"
"You know how. You know why. So lets's just pretend I'm still the perfect little Rory who doesn't know how bad this world really is. Lets just hold hands and pretend that I still have something to live for. Lets just pretend that I never tasted evil, okay? Let's just help my mom keep her sanity. "
"Yeah casue who knows what finding out that her daughter is a bitch and a slut would do to her. Let's just hold hands. And pretend we're still friends." Jenna cried out to her former friend.
She couldn't deny the fact that she missed Rory, either Rory. In fact when Rory changed Jenna didn't resist it, didn't try and change her she just went with the flow. But she called it quits when she realized that Rory wasn't going to change back. She called quits when rory went hard core. She called it quits when she started to have nightmares about Rory in the Alley and what it must have done to her dear friend. She called it quits when Rory tried to kill herself and wouldn't let anybody help her.