Chapter 11: Sisterly Advice
The next morning Sarah is looking at the pictures that Bill gave to her. She is in disbelief that Elliot never told her about his girlfriend. She goes over to the Boulders.
Elliots sees how angry she looks. "What's the matter?" Elliot asked her. "Who's this?" Sarah asked him showing him the pictures. "Where did you get these?" Elliot asked he looked at the pictures. "Never mind where I got them. Just tell me who this is." Sarah told him. "That's my friend Tammy." Elliot told her. "You're friend?" Sarah asked him. "All right she's my girlfriend." Elliot then told her. "Why didn't you tell me you had a girlfriend?" Sarah then asked him. " I knew you would act this way." Elliot told her. "What way?" Sarah then asked him. "This way all crazy." Elliot said to her. "I thought that we were boyfriend and girlfriend?" Sarah asked him. "Sarah that was three years ago. We only see each other once a year." Elliot said to her. "We didn't see each other in 06." Sarah said to him. "Exactally. I was crushed that I didn't see you that summer. Then when I went back to school I met Tammy and we became friends." Elliot explained. "I see that you and Tammy are more then friends now." Sarah told him as she walked to the car and drove off.
Vinny sees Sarah pull up in front of his cabin. "Hey Sarah." Vinny said to her. "Where's Lorraine?" Sarah asked in an angry voice. "She's inside feeding the twins." Vinny told her. Sarah walks into the cabin and goes into the kitchen. Lorraine is feeding Danny and Kate. "What's wrong?" Lorraine asked her. "It's Elliot." Sarah told her. Vinny walks into the cabin to see what's wrong. "Sweetheart can you feed the twins while me and Sarah talk?" Lorraine asked him. "Sure." Vinny said as he walked into the kitchen. Vinny continues to feed Danny and Kate as Lorraine and Sarah walk outside.
They sit on the bench on the front porch. "What happened?" Lorraine asked Sarah. "This morning when I got up dad handed me an envelope that had my name on it. And inside that envelope were pictures of Elliot and his grilfriend." Sarah explained. "How do you know it was his girlfriend?" Lorraine asked her. "He told me it was." Sarah snapped at her. "Before we go any further you have to lose the attitude." Lorraine told her. "Sorry. It's just I hate Elliot so much now." Sarah told her. "You can't blame Elliot he's only a guy. He doesn't know any better." Lorraine said to her. Sarah laughs at that comment. "I mean look at what I have to deal with all day." Lorraine said to her. "Vinny isn't that bad." Sarah said to her. "It's like I have three kids to take care of." Lorraine said to her with a smile. "Vinny does act like a child at times." Sarah then said to her with a smile on her face. "There's a smile." Lorraine told her. "I don't know what it is, anytime I see what Vinny does it makes laugh." Sarah said to Lorraine. "He's a goofball. You can't do anything else but, laugh at him when he does something stupid." Lorraine said to Sarah. "Like when he blew up the grill last year and it landed in the lake." Sarah said to Lorraine. " Or when he scaled the house so he can sneak into my room." Lorraine then said to her. "When did he do that?" Sarah asked her. "Two years ago when we were about to get married." Lorraine explained. "He's a nut." Sarah said to Lorraine. "I know he is. That's why I love him so much. He balances out my serious ways with his not so serious ways." Lorraine told Sarah. "You can say it Lorraine he's not serious at all." Sarah told her. "He can be serious when he has to be." Lorraine then told Sarah. "I don't know if I can forgive Elliot." Sarah said to her. "Wait and see if he wants to make it up to you." Lorraine told her. "Why?" Sarah asked her. "Whenever I get mad at Vinny, he always does something romantic and then he always does something humorous that makes me laugh and forget why I was ever mad at him." Lorraine said to her. They hear arguing from inside the cabin.
They walk into the cabin and see Vinny and Tom arguing. "Danny is going to play linebacker." Tom told Vinny. "He is going to play defensive tackle." Vinny then told him. "He's going to be my linebacker." Tom said to Vinny. "He's going to be your defensive tackle." Vinny then said to him. "Lorraine what would you rather see Danny play, linebacker or defensive tackle?" Tom asked her. "What if he doesn't want to play football?" Lorraine then asked Vinny and Tom. "He's a DiMiranda. He was born to play football." Vinny told her. "He's also a Baker." Tom then said to Vinny. "His last name is DiMiranda not Baker." Vinny told Tom. "Just because he doesn't have the last name Baker, doesn't mean he's not a Baker." Tom then told Vinny. "I never said he wasn't a Baker. I only said his last name was DiMiranda." Vinny then told Tom. "Danny is both a Baker and a DiMiranda and so is Kate." Lorraine then told them. "You notice she said Baker first." Tom said to Vinny. "It doesn't matter what last name she said first. On Danny and Kate's birth certificates it says DiMiranda as their last names." Vinny then told Tom. "Let's go back outside where it's normal." Lorraine said to Sarah as they went back outside. They can still hear Vinny and Tom arguing from inside the cabin. "Lorraine I think I'll go back to the Boulders and apologize to Elliot. Thanks for all your help." Sarah told her as she got into her car and left for the Boulders.
