Chapter 8: Sarah Finds An Ally
Vinny gets dressed for dinner with his in laws. Lorraine is dressed and waiting for Vinny. (It's usually the other way around but, Vinny is in no hurry to go to dinner. He has eaten with the Bakers before and feels that tonight will be no different. An argument will occur usually between him and Sarah, him and Tom or himself and Lorraine.) He comes down the stairs and they walk out the door to go across the street. 'Who am I going to argue with tonight?' Vinny thought to himself. "I hope you don't argue with anyone tonight especially my dad." Lorraine told him as she rang the door bell. Kate answers the door and lets them in.
They go to the dinning room and sit down for dinner. "Vinny can you coach?" Tom asked him. "Coach what?" Vinny asked as he wondered what Tom wanted him to coach. "My defensive line. I need a new line coach." Tom told him. "Sure I can coach defensive line. No problem." Vinny told him with confidence. "That's great. I'll see you tomorrow." Tom said. "Tomorrow then." Vinny replied. "I thought you had to cover detention tomorrow for Mrs.Decker?" Jake asked. "I do but, I'm sure I can be at practice after detention." Vinny said. "After detention then." Tom said. "Dad, did you know that Vinny gave Jake detention?" Sarah asked Tom. "I heard that Jake got detention from his new Business Management teacher today and tomorrow." Tom replied. "Vinny is out of control." Sarah said. "I wasn't out of control." Vinny said. "Then why did you give Jake detention?" Sarah asked. "I already told you why." Vinny answered. "You didn't tell us why." Mike said. "He called me Vinny in front of the class today when I told him to call me Mr.DiMiranda." Vinny told them. "You did?" Tom asked Jake. "It was an accident." Jake explained. "I don't care if it was an accident or not. You are grounded for this weekend." Tom told Jake. "That's unfair." Sarah said in Jake's defense. "You are not his lawyer. If Jake thinks it's unfair he will tell me himself." Tom told Sarah. "I think it is unfair." Jake said. "Too bad." Tom responded. "Good job Vinny." Sarah said. "Don't blame me for something he did." Vinny said. "You're the one who gave him detention!" Sarah yelled. "Sarah calm down." Mike said. "Mike keep quiet. This doesn't concern you." Sarah told Mike. "Vinny gave Jake detention because of what he did to that stupid car of his." Sarah said. "I didn't give Jake detention because of that. I gave him detention because of what he did in class today." Vinny stated. "Don't lie!" Sarah yelled at Vinny. "Sarah Baker don't you take that tone with Vinny." Kate told her. "But, mom." Sarah said. "No buts, and because of this you're also grounded for this weekend." Tom told her. Sarah left the table and stormed up to her room. Jake then got up from the table and went to his room.
Sarah saw Jake in his room and she knocked on his door. "Come in." Jake said as Sarah opened his door. "Hey Sarah." Jake said. "Hey." Sarah said. "What do you want?" Jake asked. "Since you asked, I think Vinny planned this." Sarah started to say. "Not again." Jake said. "What?" Sarah asked. "I messed up. Vinny had nothing to do with me getting detention." Jake stated. "He was the one who gave it you right?" Sarah asked. "Yeah." Jake replied. "He could of pulled you aside after class and told you not to call him Vinny." Sarah stated. "I guess he could of done that." Jake replied. "But he didn't. He just had to make an example out of you in front of the whole class." Sarah said trying to get Jake to hate Vinny. "He did. He had to embarrass me in front of the whole class." Jake said starting to get mad at Vinny. "Wasn't that mean of him?" Sarah asked. "It was!" Jake yelled. "So, what are you going to do about it?" Sarah asked. "I'm going to confront him about it." Jake said as he left his room to go downstairs.
Jake goes downstairs. "Vinny can I talk to you?" Jake asked. "Sure." Vinny said. Jake goes up to Vinny and asks "Why did you make an example out of me in class today?". Vinny now stunned just looks at Jake all he could say was "What?". "You could of told me after class not to call you Vinny." Jake stated. "I think I did the right thing." Vinny told him. "Or were you getting back at me because of what I did to your car?" Jake asked. "Hold on a minute. You're taking your frustration out on me." Vinny told him. "No. I finally realized what Sarah was talking about." Jake stated. "Oh! I get it now. Sarah is trying to turn you against me." Vinny said. "Is this true Jake?" Tom asked. "Sarah didn't influence my decision in any way." Jake said trying to protect Sarah. "Jake you need to calm down and apologize to Vinny." Kate told Jake. "I don't need an apology from Jake because he was brain washed by Sarah." Vinny stated. "What are you saying Vinny, I can't think for myself?" Jake asked. "Stop twisting this around and making me look like the bad guy." Vinny said. "Sarah was right you are a jerk and you do hate us." Jake said as he went back to his room. "I'll go talk to him." Kate said as she went up to Jake's room. "Vinny I'm really sorry about this." Tom said as he apologized for Sarah and Jake. "You don't need to apologize for them." Vinny said as he left the Baker house