Previously on It Should Have Been Me Instead-
"Luke really I like it a lot thank you." Rory said smiling reassuringly and she continued, "Anyway I have some homework to finish up and if you want when I'm done I can help out in the diner." Rory said
"That's good but you don't have to." Luke said started towards the apartment door.
"I want to." Rory said and she started on her homework and read the chapters in her history book she needed too and fell asleep reading them since it was reading pages 50 all the way to 200. For the whole week but Rory being who she is wanted to get it all finished.
Luke had closed up the diner and went to check on Rory he found her asleep on her bed he didn't know what to really do so he just gently took her book and set it on the nightstand threw a blanket over her and turned off her bedroom light and closed the door.
Chapter Five – The Wicked Witch of the East!Luke's Diner
Rory woke up the next morning and looked around the room was different then she remembered Luke had gotten new furniture she stood up and looked at the clock she was going to be late for school again. She quickly got dressed brushed her hair and teeth while making her bed. Then she grabbed her backpack and was putting her shoe on as she was going down the stairs.
"Luke! Need coffee and a donut fast else I'm going to miss by bus." Rory said as Luke just shook his head and headed Rory a bag with two donuts and a cup of coffee in a to go cup.
"Thanks Luke"
"No problem also…" Luke started but Rory was halfway out the door.
"I got to go later." Rory yelled and Luke sighed. Rory was now focusing way too much on school more than her usual even. She had been staying up late doing extra credit and everything almost every other night.
Chilton/Hallway/ClassroomWhen Rory got to Chilton she put away her books and backpack then grabbed the ones she needed closed her locker and headed towards first hour and homeroom. She was turning the corner when the bell rang. "Damn it" Rory cursed and ran to the door and waited until the teacher turned her back and tried to sneak in but she knew she couldn't she had almost made it to her seat when her teacher Ms. Flint said, "Late again miss Gilmore." Rory sighed and turned around to face the teacher.
"I'm so sorry Ms. Flint but my bus that I take to school was late and I was at the corner when the bell rang…" Rory began to explain while the whole class watched her and two of her classmates just happened to be Paris and Tristan.
"I'm not in the mood to hear excuses this is what the third time this week that you've been late to my classroom Miss Gilmore please come here I think we need to have a little chat." Ms. Flint said she was around the age of her early 50's and was one of the mean teachers at Chilton. Rory sighed put her books down on the desk and followed the teacher outside into the hall. "Everyone I suggest you start reading chapter 11." Ms. Flint said to the class and closed the door to the classroom but it wasn't closed completely and since the whole class was trying to listen they could hear almost everything each person said.
Chilton Hallway"Ms. Gilmore I am beginning to think that you are starting to take advantage of the situation." Ms. Flint said
"What situation?" Rory asked she didn't think all of her teachers knew about what had happened just that she had been excused for those two weeks.
"I know that your mother has recently pasted away but that is no excuse for you to me late or do less work in my class you've been gone for two weeks and that has been more than enough time for you to mourn. I can't be letting you slide by because of it. You are expected to do what all of the others are doing and there is no excuses about it. So I suggest you get in line and hopefully save yourself from repeating the 11th grade."(Is she in the 10th or 11th grade in season two?) Ms. Flint continued. Rory was shocked and angered by what the teacher had just said.
"Well excuse me miss high and mighty but I did all the homework that I missed plus extra credit and I would prefer that you wouldn't mention why I wasn't here for those two weeks if you don't mind Ms. Flint or are you to stinking rude and have a stick way to far up your ass to give a care about other people's feelings? Or are you just not paid enough to care?" Rory said loudly. She then just realized what she said and knew that she was going to be in trouble. But at that moment she didn't care all she knew was that someone had insulted her mother in a weird way that probably most wouldn't understand but she didn't care.
"That is enough Miss Gilmore I'm sending you to the headmaster's office immediately and he will decide your punishment." Ms. Flint said as she opened the classroom door and walked to her desk Rory followed and said, "Well at least I'll get away from the wicked witch of the freakin' east."
"Excuse me?" Ms. Flint said and turned around. Both Rory and Ms. Flint were now inside of the classroom Rory was walking towards her desk and grabbed her books glaring at the teacher.
"We live on the East coast so instead of something a little more adult I chose that instead." Rory said while grabbing the pass from the teacher's hand and stormed out of the classroom.
Everyone was silent they had just found out that Rory Gilmore's mother had died and that she had just told off one of the meanest teachers at Chilton.
"Alright everybody get back to work I want a 2 page essay about chapters 11 through 13 on my desk tomorrow and you will have miss Gilmore to thank for that." Ms. Flint said as she slammed her hand on the desk. No one moved they were still fazed by what just happened and so one finally raised their hand.
"Ms. Flint said Rory Gilmore's mother actually pass away?" It was a friend of Madeline and Louise's.
"Yes, her mother has passed away but miss Gilmore has had plenty of time to get over it and get back to normal." Ms. Flint said. Everyone just shook their head at her, sighed then started working on their assignment.
New York City/ Liz Danes apartment (Luke's younger sister's apartment)In a small apartment in New York city a 17 year old boy named Jess Mariano was pissed but most people who lived around there wouldn't give a care or think anything of it because at apartment 5D people were always yelling and having the cops called at times. Jess Mariano just happened to be Luke Danes nephew and would make Liz Danes his younger sister to his unfortunate dismay at times.
She had gotten pregnant when she was 17 and got married to Jimmy Mariano Jess's dad and they moved to New York. They were somewhat of a happy couple but when Jess was born Jimmy claimed that he was going to go buy diapers at the store but never came back and they haven't heard from him since.
Liz is a drunk most of the time she tries to do what's best for Jess but she cares to much about having a man around to be a father figure to Jess but most of the guys are jackasses or potheads. Now here they are 17 years later and everything is still the same.
"I still can't believe your sending me to that stupid town I the middle of fucking no where Liz." Jess yelled he had gotten to some trouble and was brought home by the cops and it just happened to be the one time that Liz wasn't drunk off her ass or high. He had stopped calling Liz 'mom' when he was 10 and ever since then he had called her Liz. That was also when he started to get into trouble little things but when he turned 13 years old that is when some bigger issues came into play he would ditch school and talk back to teachers and such but as he grew older it became worse.
He had been brought home by the cops before on warning but this time because of his so called friend Vincent was dumb enough to steal something that had an security thing inside of it. So when the alarms had gone off Jess had started running off but they caught him about a block away and the cops all knew who he was, to them it was nothing new. Jess Mariano and Vincent Benners were always getting into trouble.
"I'm doing what it best for you Jess so just pack everything up, take what you need and I'll ship the rest to you this week. I don't want you getting into any more trouble. I knew there was something wrong with those friends of yours." Liz ranted while shaking her head at her son.
"Since when do you care Liz I mean I come back here at all hours of the night and your to busy getting drunk to give a shit and then when one of your jackass boyfriends leave you again you become all mother dearest." Jess countered every time this always happened but her sending him away was a first.
"Don't talk to me that way your are leaving in a few hours we've been over this already and weather you like it or not your going I locked your bedroom window so don't even try to escape there are some boxes in your room already so I suggest you hurry up and get what you need then I'll take you to the bus station." Liz stated and led Jess to his room but he shoved her hand off his shoulder and walked himself.
'Unbelievable this is one of the dumbest things she has ever done and she had done some pretty stupid things. It's all that damn bastards fault. Cole he just had to bet Vincent to go and steal that I pod nano for him. Idiot should have just let me do it but no he had to act like a big assed tough guy. Well at least I'm not going to a juvenile detention center in the middle of nowhere but either way he would be in the middle of nowhere.' Jess thought as he started to pack some clothes into a green army duffel bag and other things in another large black duffel bag one was filled with mostly books and C.D.'s. He then continued to pack the rest of his things in the boxes. Most were filled with books of his that he had collected and read many times since he was a little kid.
Chilton Academy/Headmaster's office/Hartford, Connecticut
Rory was sitting in the chair in front of headmaster Charleston's desk sighing andlooking bored and upset.
"Miss Gilmore that is not the way to act here at Chilton!" Headmaster Charleston said. He had been lecturing her for the past five minutes.
"Excuse me headmaster, but she insulted me and my mother and she had no right to. I've done all the homework plus tons more and I was right at the corner when the bell rang. But she has it out for me I'm telling you everyone hates her." Rory started then realized again what she said. "Oh gosh I didn't mean to be rude it's just…" Rory started.
"That's enough miss Gilmore I'm going to call your grandparents and have them come and get you. As for your punishment you will have to tell them you have 3 days suspension." The headmaster started to pick up the phone.
"Wait, don't call them I'm not living with hi I'll call someone else." Rory said she so didn't want to deal with her grandparents today. "Please may I?" Rory asked
"Fine, but I want you to call them right now and tell them they need to come and get you."
"Ok, is it ok if I go and use my cell phone instead?" Rory asked. He just gave her a look then nodded. Rory excused herself from the room and when she was in the hall she sighed and make a mocking face and mimicked what the headmaster had been saying while she called Luke.
(Rory on the phone with Luke)
"Luke's" Luke said into the phone in the diner while he was looking at receipts from the costumers for the day so far seeing what he was going to need to order.
"Luke, it's Rory" Rory started
"Rory! Are… are you ok is anything wrong?" Luke asked worried he stopped what he was doing.
"Yeah I'm fine it's just I kind of got into trouble here at Chilton and I need you to come and pick me up please. I didn't want to have to call my grandma or grandpa." Rory said.
"What kind of trouble?" Luke asked sighing.
"I kind of talked back and insulted the teacher…"
"You… did that?" Luke asked he was baffled.
"I was angry so could you just come and get me? You'll have to talk to the headmaster though first."
"Ok fine but I'm going to have to change into something more high standard."
"No Luke you don't…"
"Hey just stay there and try to stay out of trouble until I get there ok?"
"Ok bye."
"Bye" Both Luke and Rory hung up the phone.
(End of Phone Call)
Author's note – Sorry for the lack of update but I try to make them long and I still end up with only six pages on Microsoft word. Anyway I hope you liked it and please R&R!