Rachel's POV

"It's spring break. It's spring break! Oh how I love spring break" my friend, Ellen, sung as we walked towards my house. We had just finished a long day of school that felt like it would never end.

"Ellen, shut up before I smack you" Anna snapped, growing annoyed. Anna was an amazing friend, but she was also a person who could get annoyed easily. Sadly, Ellen was making her annoyed.

"Would you two be quiet for once? I'm trying to-" my strangest and most hyper friend out of all of us, Cali, began only to be cut off by Lucas. "Don't even go there, Cali. Last time you almost got in trouble" he said.

I laughed at my friends antics. Surprisingly, this was normal for us. I would be the responsible, yet irresponsible, kind, caring leader. Lucas would be the shy, but somewhat serious second in command. Anna was like a top pack member; strong, bold, and ending fights most of the time. Ellen would be like the clumsy apprentice, eager to learn something new, and then Cali would be like the fun-loving omega, cheering us up when needed.

Yeah, I just called us a pack. But we act like it if you want to hear the truth. Which, most aren't willing to hear, considering how weird and awkward we get.

"So, Rachel, what are we going to do at your dad's while we wait for your mom to pick us up and take us to your grandmother's, because you know I get bored" Ellen asked me, finally calming down. "I don't know. We'll probably play game of life, watch a movie, and drive my older brother insane like we usually do" I replied.

My friends had been really excited when I told them about how they could come meet my mom's side of the family over spring break. Just like I told my cousins about our moments that led to the stupidest ideas, I told my friends about the fun moments I had with my cousins.

"Oh boy, I can't wait until I can tell them about the day we practiced for reading bowl competition!" Cali said, smiling. I groaned, recalling that day. It had been fun, yes, but it was insane.

For starters, there was a basketball tournament going on that day, and all the coaches could come into the library to get dinner. Nothing wrong with that, even though the library was where reading bowl met. The problem was the fact that we had to at least try to be normal. The moment we heard that, the whole team burst out laughing and asking what 'normal' was.

Then when we got to asking, buzzing in, and answering questions; it got even more insane. Our friend, Eliza, was trying to get us to calm down, when she herself is a hyper person. It ended with her yelling 'if anyone talks again without being called on, they will sit in that corner with Ellen. And trust me, you don't want to be in that corner with Ellen'. Needless to say, that confused Ellen.

Shortly after that, someone asked whose parents died. None of us knew which character's parents it was, so Cali being herself had yelled out 'Harry Potter'. After all that chaos, Eliza was chewing on Cali's hand and had said it tasted like butter.

Yeah, I think that story would scar my cousins for life. So now it was my job to make sure Cali wouldn't inform them of that moment.

"Rachel, are you listening?" Lucas asked, growing concerned. "Yeah sorry, Ikind of got lost in my thoughts" I replied.

"You actually think?" Anna asked, jokingly. The five of us laughed at this. Anna had gotten me good.

"Well, what I look forward to is convincing Rachel's cousins that Cali and I are married" Ellen said, cracking a smile. "Why must you guys scare my cousins?" I exclaimed. "Hey! You came up with the idea" Cali retorted.

"I was joking about it though" I insisted. Lucas rolled his eyes at our argument, though I knew he found it amusing. "So, Anna, what are you looking forward to?" he asked.

"I'm looking forward to swimming and driving the ranger. The way Rachel described it, it sounds like fun" Anna replied. I laughed at this "Yeah, it is fun. We play all sorts of games in the pool. And one time while driving the ranger, it broke. It was during the summer too, so it was hot and there were mosquitos" I added.

Finally, we reached my house. All five of us set down our school stuff and headed into my living room. "Who wants to play the game of life?" I asked. Four hands were instantly in the air, and I smiled. "Alright, I'll go downstairs and grab the game then" I said. It was followed by cheers.

I headed down the stairs and into my family's basement. The TV and surround sound was on, with the Halo 4 title screen showing. I rolled my eyes, seeing the small, barely noticeable mess. No doubt my brother was having a friend over and had fixed the place up before going to get his friend.

As I headed back upstairs I heard laughing and complaints. What now? I thought. Honestly, I don't know how my friends could fight so much. "What is going on?" I asked, opening the door and coming into the living room.

I was met with Cali on the ground, her face red from laughter, and Ellen on top of her, with an annoyed look. Anna was siting upside down in the rocking chair. By the looks of it, she was annoyed as always, and Lucas was watching me. 'Help us' he mouthed.

"Get married! YAY!" Ellen yelled out enthusiastically. I chuckled a bit and rolled my eyes "Really Ellen?" I asked. "You're just jealous!" she retorted.

"Whatever. Anna, take your turn" I said, ending our argument. Anna nodded and spun the spinner, getting a six. "Pay day. Hand me my money" Anna stated, holding out her hand. Lucas smiled and handed her the money. He then grabbed hold of my hand, making me blush. Yeah, we were dating.

"Come on, be something good" I whispered when I saw I spun an eight. I moved my car the correct number of spaces. "Twins" I said aloud. I grabbed two characters and looked at my car, only to realize I had no room for any more kids.

"Guys, we got a problem. My car is full" I said, motioning at my car. "Just do what your older brother did once, and stuff them under your car" Anna said. "NO!" Lucas and I yelled at the same time.

"Ok ok, sheesh, no reason to get all angry" Anna replied, holding her hands up in the air. "I can fix your problem!" Cali said and with that, she took my character's husband, and bit the head off.

"What in the name of Starclan was that for?" I exclaimed, using a warrior cats reference. The living room erupted into laughter. To make it funnier, Ellen took my wife and bit her head off too.

"Whoa, this game of life is getting violent" Anna said between laughs. Lucas nodded at this and I tried to as well, but ended up laughing harder. I couldn't stop, but there was no need to.

Just then, the front door opened and in stepped my older brother, Mike, and one of his friends. Instantly, it grew quiet when my friends saw who I was staring at. Oh no, not my brother, but his friend. It wasn't the 'I have a crush on you' stare either. It was literally a cold, unwelcoming, 'what are you doing in my house' stare.

"Mike, what is he doing here?" I asked, the tone in my voice going from its usual relaxed and funny state, to a cold and angry state. This wasn't like me, and my friends knew it. "Rachel, just because you aren't friends with Watson, doesn't mean I'm not friends with him. You know the two of us are best friends" Mike said.

"Whatever" I mumbled, crossing my arms. Watson smirked at me, which made me shift uneasily. "Mike, maybe you and Watson should head downstairs before Rachel starts an argument" Cali suggested.

Mike nodded and the two headed towards the basement door, opening it and then closing it. I heard their footsteps fade as they walked downstairs. "Finally" I said, uncrossing my arms. The tension in the room had been released and I was glad.

"Why can't you two ever get along?" Lucas asked. I shrugged at his question. "I don't really know. We actually used to be real good friends, but something happened. Now he finds me annoying, and I find him annoying" I explained.

"Whatever the reason, they don't get along either way. So how about we drop it?" Ellen suggested. I was glad she said that, because I didn't want to go into any more details about the friendship I once shared with Watson.

"Ok, so what do you guys want to do now?" Cali asked. Obviously we were too distracted to play game of life now. That, and my characters were basically dead thanks to my friends.

"How about we watch a movie?" Lucas suggested. "Lucas, that's a great idea" I said and turned on the TV, heading to direct cinemas. I looked through all the selections until I found one that made me squeal.

"Really, we're going to watch Rise of the Guardians?" Anna asked, raising an eyebrow. I glared at her, but it was a friendly one, unlike how I glared at Watson. "Shut up. It's an amazing movie that you will enjoy" I stated.

"I really want to watch this; I've never seen it before, so both of you, shush!" Ellen said, her eyes glued to the TV screen. Lucas laughed at her statement and led me over to the couch, where we sat down.

Five minutes into the movie Cali looked over at me. "Rachel, go make popcorn" she said. "No, go make it yourself" I replied. This resulted in us growling at each other. "You know what? I'll make the popcorn" Lucas said, sighing and getting up from the couch and heading into the kitchen.

"See? Your boyfriend will make me popcorn" Cali said, smiling. "Shut up" I replied, but she could tell by my voice I was joking. All the same, Cali stuck her tongue out at me before the two of us returned our gazes to the movie.

"Hey Ellen, remember that time that you wanted to become a vampire so you could marry Jack Frost, become models, and move to New York?" I asked, referring to our inside joke. "Rachel, if I was not too busy watching this movie, I would come over there and smack you!" Ellen called.

Fifteen minutes into the movie, Cali sighed. "Guys, I'm bored. Let's do something else" she said, grabbing the remote. Cali was about to turn off the TV when all of us yelled out "Cali, no!"

Right when she pressed the button, something unexpected happen. A portal opened up in my living room. "Cali did it!" Ellen said quickly while Anna screamed. "I did not…oh wait, I did" Cali replied.

Panicking, I said the first thing that came to my mind. "WATSON, HELP US!" I yelled loudly, before covering my mouth with my hands. Did I just ask the person I despised so much to help us?

I didn't have a chance to recover. Just as the five of us were being pulled into the portal, Watson opened the door and looked at us. "Help us!" I said once more, no longer surprising myself. I was desperate.

Watson reached for my hand, but fell in to the portal too. "Well, this is a nice way to begin spring break" Watson said as we traveled through the portal. "Shut it" I snapped, going back to normal.

"Rachel, Watson, break it up!" Anna called from somewhere near the front. "At least I'm not alone with this mouse-brain" I shouted happily. "Who are you calling mouse-brain? What is that anyways?" Watson asked. "Mouse-brain is basically an idiot. It's a reference from warrior cats" Ellen explained.

"It's also what Rachel calls me most of the time" Cali added. "Rachel!" Lucas said. "This shouldn't surprise you at all" I replied, smiling.

It felt like we were travelling forever in that portal. A white light finally came into view, and I closed my eyes, ready for impact and whatever would follow. So I won't get to see my cousins for spring break after all will I? was my last thought.

So how did you like the new version? In my opinion, it was more descripted and explained more about the five friends and Watson. It also explains how Rachel feels towards Watson better without all the arguments. Anyways, let me know because I worked hard on this new version.