brown-eyed-beauty87- Rory's boyfriend is Logan. I said that in the first chapter. ;) If you do not like Logan, I apologize, but I do like Logan. There shall not be that much of Rory and him in the story anyway. I will add little tidbits of them in it occasionally, but it is not what this story is based on.
The beginning of this chapter might piss you off, but it gets better. At least I hope it does. Anyway, enjoy. :D
"Great." Sara rolled her eyes as a group of people walked into the diner.
"Don't get in a fight with them again. It's not worth it Sara." Michelle said.
"Well if they start rumors about me again this year, there will be more than arguing this time." Sara said.
The group walked up to the counter. Luke looked up to see who it was. "Hello Mr. Danes!" One of the girls said innocently.
Luke looked over at Sara. He knew that his daughter and her friends and the people standing in front of him had issues with each other. "What do you want?" He asked in his ordering tone.
"Just coffee for all of us." The same girl said.
"Ok, um, take a seat somewhere and I will get to you when your coffee is ready." He turned and went into the kitchen.
The girl looked around. "Let's go sit over there." The girl pointed to a table close to the one that Sara and her friends were sitting at.
"Oh great." Sara said when she saw the group start walking over here.
"Be nice Sara." Michelle said when the group sat down at the table next to them.
"Fine, but if they start talki…" Sara started but was cut of by Eric's hand on her mouth.
"Shut up, they can hear you." He whispered, but didn't take his hand off so Sara bit him. "Owww, that hurt."
"Don't put your hand on my mouth and I won't bite you again." She laughed.
"Eric!" One of the girl's from the other group exclaimed out of the blue.
He looked at her, "Um, what?"
"You are going to try out for the football team this year again, right?"
He laughed, "Probably not."
"Why? We need you on the team. You were the best on the team last year and everyone else trying out this year sucks."
"I just don't want to. You will have to manage without me, sorry Megan." Eric said.
"Are you sure that you're not trying out for the team just because your stupid friends don't want you to?" Megan said with a grunt.
Before Eric even had time to even respond to that, Sara stood up. "Do you like to start shit or something Megan?"
"Now what gave you that idea?"
"I swear to God, this year, if you start anything I will rip your head off."
"Sara!" Michelle hissed.
"Is that a threat?" Megan asked eyes wide in fake surprise.
Sara took a moment and counted to ten then took a big breath. "You know, you're not even worth it. I am just going to leave."
Megan laughed. "Whatever." With that last remark, Sara passed Megan and went out of the diner. Eric, Michelle, and Stephanie followed.
Eric laughed. "I love how you just walked out on her like that. That was great."
Sara laughed back. "Yeah well, she isn't worth my dad beating me."
"Your dad would never do that." Stephanie rolled her eyes.
"And obviously you haven't seen him when I am walking in the door at two in the morning or getting in the shower at one in the morning while blaring Godsmack." Sara joked.
"No, but I have seen him at three in the morning when you were rocking out to Metallica on your air-guitar." Stephanie shot back. "He didn't seem too happy then."
Sara, Michelle, and Eric all laughed. "Oh my God. When did you see that?"
"On New Year's Eve when we were all spending the night at your house." Stephanie laughed. "Although, at that point it was past New Year's Eve."
"Oh my God. I remember that. I was so trashed at that party. I had to avoid my parents the next day so that they didn't know I had a hangover."
"I remember that, you were sneaking Smirnoff and Jell-O-shots all night. You were very sneaky." Michelle laughed.
Sara laughed. "I was very proud of myself."
"You were proud of getting drunk and having a hangover?" Eric rolled his eyes.
"No I was proud of being able to keep it on the down-low."
He rolled his eyes. "Your cousin would be so proud of you."
They all laughed. "Jess is my hero." Sara said.
"I have to get home, bye Steph, Mich, Shorty." Eric said.
"Bye Eric." All three girls said at once.
"So what are we gonna do now?" Michelle asked as Eric turned around and walked away.
"I think that I am going to head home as well." Sara said. "See if I can find something extremely offensive to wear to dinner tonight. Possibly an anti-Bush t-shirt or maybe something really risqué. A belly-shirt perhaps. Maybe even a tube-top. Or you know what would be really great….if I wore my bathing suit."
"Oh God…" Michelle laughed. "Bye Sara. We'll see you tomorrow."
"Bye Steph, Mich. And yes you will see me tomorrow."
"Bye Sara." Stephanie said. Sara turned around and started to walk away.
"Hey!" Michelle yelled. "Give that whole Chilton thing some good thought. You deserve to go to a great school. You are always working your ass off for your grades."
"You're not supposed to support that, you're supposed to want me to stay here and go to school with you."
"Yeah, but it is a great opportunity for you. I could never get accepted to such a prestigious school. If you have the chance, take it."
"You are always the sensible, Michelle."
"I'd have to agree with Michelle on this one," Stephanie jumped in, "Think about it."
"Ugh, I will." Sara said, obviously aggravated at her friends' persistence.
"Bye Sara."
At the House
"MOM!" Lorelai heard from upstairs.
"WHAT!" She yelled back.
"COME UP HERE!"
Lorelai ran up the stairs and into Sara's room. "Whatcha' want?" She asked her daughter.
"Have you seen my 'Send Bush to Mars' shirt?"
"I think I distinctly remember your father hiding it somewhere." Lorelai laughed.
"Well where did he hide it?"
"I don't know, he wouldn't tell me. He knew that I would support your wearing that to dinner tonight."
"Damn!"
"Hey Sara? Why don't you actually wear something a little nice tonight?"
"Why? Because I enjoy Grandma's face when she sees me wearing something 'inappropriate'."
"Well, why don't you wear a pair a skirt and some type of nice shirt?"
Sara laughed. "Because I don't own anything like that."
Lorelai rolled her eyes. "Here." She pulled a black skirt out of Sara's closet. "I do believe that this belongs to you. And then…" She walked over to Sara's drawer and pulled out a plain ruby colored shirt. "This is nice."
Sara looked at her mother skeptically, "Why are you supporting dad? Since when have you ever wanted me to dress nice to one of these stupid dinners?"
"Because I am going to be the one getting bitched at because of your choice in clothes."
Sara rolled her eyes, "Since when have you cared about what Emily and Richard say?"
"Sara please. I am not in the mood to deal with their shit or yours." Lorelai said, clearly annoyed.
Sara stared at Lorelai for a moment. Mom never acts like this. "Fine."
"Good, now I will leave you to your business." Lorelai left the room, slamming the door on her way out.
Sara stared at the door for a second. Okay, something is up. I need music. "Sara walked over to her stereo and turned it on. Some weird song that Sara did not know came on the radio, so she switched it over to CDs. Within a few seconds, Breaking Benjamin's 'So Cold' filled the room.
In the car, on the way to mama and papa Gilmore's house:
On the way to Richard and Emily's the car was almost completely silent except for the light sound of the Beatles playing on the radio.
Sara hated silence. She always hated silence. "So, um, are we there yet?" She blurted out.
"Does it look like we are there yet?" Matt rolled his eyes.
"Shut up."
"Well you asked."
"Sometimes, you remind me of a five-year-old Matt."
"Well…"
"Don't start." Luke yelled. "I was enjoying the silence."
"I hate silence." Sara sighed.
"So do I." Rory and Lorelai said at the same time. They laughed for a second, and then the atmosphere turned into silence again.
Sara hates silence. It makes her think too much. Ugh…If I could change the radio station. First it was the Beatles, now it is…whoever the hell this is. Should I go to Chilton? Everybody but me wants me to go. I shouldn't do what everyone else wants. Then again, the only reason I don't want to go is because Rory did. That is not a very good reason. That is a stupid reason. It would be a great opportunity. And it sure would make Richard and Emily happy. I should probably think of an answer now. That way I can get the money for the tuition tonight. Mom and dad won't pay for it themselves. They didn't pay for Rory's. Shit…that means I will have to go to these stupid dinners. Ugh… These thoughts ran through Sara's head all the way to the Gilmore's.
"Now Sara, you can ask, are we there yet." Lorelai said.
At the mention of her name, Sara broke out of her trance and noticed that they were at the house. "Huh?"
"Never mind."
"Okay…whatever."
"Sara, be nice to your grandparents." Luke said.
"Do I have to be nice?"
"Yes."
"Fine, but I swear if they make a nasty comment about my 'trashiness', I'll make one back."
"No…you won't."
"So you expect me to just suck it up?" Sara said.
"Yes."
"That just wouldn't be me now would it?"
"Shut up Sara, so we can just get this dinner over with." Matt said. Sara just glared at him.
They all walked up to the door and Luke rang the doorbell. About thirty seconds later, Emily opened the door. "Hello everyone!" She greeted.
"Hello Emily." Luke returned.
"Luke." Emily never liked Luke. She never will. "Rory! There you are!" Emily hugged her.
"Hi grandma!" Rory hugged her back.
"Did I hear the doorbell ring?" Richard entered the room. "Ah! I did! Rory! It has been a while."
"Yes it has." Rory said. She walked past Emily and greeted Richard with a hug.
"I found a book that you might be interested in. Actually I found a few. You have been gone so long that my Rory's book list has been growing so rapidly."
Rory's smile widened at this. "Grandma…you don't mind."
"No, no. Go ahead. We'll catch up after you get your books." Emily said.
"Thank you grandma." Rory said. Both Richard and Rory started walking towards his study mumbling something about a book.
"So, come on in." Emily said to the rest. Sara was hiding on the opposite side of the door so that Emily could not see her. "So, I see that despite my request, Sara has still decided to be absent from this dinner."
"Sara is here mom. She is just…somewhere." Lorelai sighed.
"I'm right here." She raised her hand so that Emily could see it. "I am just hiding."
"Why is she hiding?" Emily asked.
"I don't know. What goes on in that girl's head is beyond me….Sara! Get in the house." Lorelai said, clearly annoyed.
Sara stepped in the house. "Hi grandma!" Sara said in false excitement.
"Hi Sara." Emily said snidely.
"So I was watching this movie yesterday. It was about this girl, her name was Kristy, and her grandmother hated her, because she…"
"Sara!" Luke interrupted.
"What? I was just telling grandma about this very interesting movie. I think she should watch it some time. It was a great movie."
"Sara!" Lorelai snapped. Luke was clearly furious.
"Shall we all get something to drink?" Emily asked, pissed and embarrassed.
"Yes mom. Hold on, me and Sara will be there in a second." Lorelai said.
"Very well." Emily replied and Matt and Luke followed her into the living room.
"Sara, did we not specifically tell you to be nice?"
"Was that mean? I'm sorry. I was just telling her about the movie that I saw. I believe that it was called 'The Grandmother from Hell'."
"Sara I mean it. Your father will kill you if say a smartass comment like that again."
"Wait I thought that only dad could threaten to kill me. Are you allowed to threaten me for him?"
"Sara!"
"Sorry, God! Do you seriously expect me to sit back and let her insult me? Do you enjoy listening talk to your daughter like she is a piece of white trash? Or wait, do you think of me that way too? 'Cause that is kind of how I felt today. Do I give this family a bad name because I am not one to come to a stupid dinner all dressed up? Or because I don't do everything that grandma tells me to? Or possibly because I don't let her talk down to me. I am the only one in this entire family who has the guts to treat grandma how she deserves to be treated? I don't care how rich you are, nobody deserves to be treated how grandma treats me or dad and sometimes even Matt…."
"Sara! Save this for at home. Let's just go back in there, and if she makes any more rude comments, suck it up."
"No!"
"Yes! Now go!" Lorelai pushed her into the living room.
When they got there, the room was silent. "Sorry, I had to discuss something with Sara."
Luke glared at Sara and she just rolled her eyes at him. "That is fine." Emily said. "What would you like to drink?"
"I'll have gin." Lorelai answered.
"And you Sara?"
"Um, somehow I doubt that you have Mountain Dew, so I'll take some Club Soda."
"Okay. Coming right up!"
"I thought you hated Club Soda Sara." Matt said.
"I do, but there is probably no regular soda in this house."
The next five minutes were spent in silence. The silence was quickly dissipated when Rory and Richard entered the room. That was also the time that the maid came in announcing that dinner was ready.
The rest of the dinner was spent with Lorelai and Sara's sarcastic remarks, Luke's and Rory's eye-rolling, and Matt's silence.
"So, Sara. Is it true that you were accepted to Chilton?" Emily asked near the end of the dinner.
"Um, yeah." Sara replied nonchalantly.
"Are you going to go?"
"I dunno. Still processing it." Sara said, while playing with a pea on her plate with the fork.
"Ah…I see."
"It would be a great opportunity for you Sara." Richard said.
"So I've heard."
"Well…" Emily started, but Lorelai interrupted.
"Mom, dad. Leave her alone. She is thinking about it. Don't push it on her."
"Well, Lorelai, this should be an important matter to you as well…" Richard began, but was interrupted by Lorelai.
"Dad, this is her choice." Silence… "We are going to go now. Bye mom…dad. We'll see you next Friday."
"Very well, shall we see you to the door?" Richard asked.
"No, dad that will not be necessary."
The ride home was about as silent as the ride there. Except this time it is deafening silence. There was not music. This is the kind of silence that made Sara want to pull her hair out. The worst part of it is, is that she knows she caused it. She was always the cause of family rifts. These tense silences were Sara's indication that she did something wrong. If she wasn't at that dinner, the ride home would have consisted of incessant mocking of the food or something stupid that Emily said, or the annoying music that played in the background. The only thing different about this time, is that Sara did not know what she did wrong. She always makes sarcastic, sometimes mean remarks. Something was really wrong this time. Something happened that Sara didn't know about. This silence was beyond what Sara did. This silence scared her.
"Okay somebody mind telling me what the hell is going on here!" Sara blurted out.
"What do you mean?" Lorelai asked, surprised at her daughter's sudden outburst.
"What I did at dinner tonight wasn't that bad. Why the hell are we all acting like someone died?"
"Nothing Sara. I just am not in the mood for stupid remarks right now." Lorelai said.
"Did I say anything stupid? I just want to know why we are all acting so weird."
Silence followed. Sara looked at Rory. Rory shrugged.
"Whatever."
Back at the House:
Sara is lying in her bed, just staring at the ceiling. She hears the door creak open. "Sara? Are you up?"
Sara tries to see the person standing in her doorway. "Mom?"
"Yeah. It's me." Lorelai walks into the room and hops on the bed.
Sara sits up. "What do you want?"
"I am not going to work tomorrow and I want I need to know what you decision on Chilton is now, so I can go to the school and get you all signed in and everything."
Sara sighed. "Oh."
"So…"
"Mom, I don't know. I'll be entering in my junior year. I'll be so lost. I mean, Rory entered in her sophomore year and she had some issues at first. Imagine how it'll be for me."
"Sara…you'll do great. You might not be Valedictorian like Rory, but that doesn't matter. This is a great opportunity for you, you know."
"I know." Sara replied.
"So?"
Sara sat in deep thought for a couple minutes. "I hate uniforms." She stared at Lorelai for a couple seconds, "I guess I could handle it. I would have to work my ass off. But like everyone is saying, it is 'a great opportunity'."
"So?"
Sara sighed. "O…kay."
Lorelai grinned. "Good to hear it."
"But I swear, if one single bozo decided to call me Mary…."
Lorelai laughed. "I'll remember to tell the headmaster that." Lorelai gave Sara a hug. "Good choice, Sara."
Sara rolled her eyes, "Whatever."
And next time on "The Not So Cliché Family Portrait":
We visit Sara at Chilton. We could possibly meet her first love interest. We will also see Sara at a party. And Sara will also be receiving a car in this chapter. Just some things for you to look forward to.
I also just wanted to let you all know that a huge part of Sara's life, is her music. You will notice that she is kind of into that hardcore rock/metal music. She is also really into black. This kind of fits her personality, which as you know, she is very rebellious.