7 year old-Rachel was playing along the beach out of Ohio. She would kick the sand and build sandcastles nearby the shore. She was looking for some shells when she looked up a hill and saw a little girl with long blonde locks, dressed in a red baby doll dress and her expressive hazel eyes looking at her. Rachel swore that girl was the most beautiful girl she'd ever seen. The girl smiled at Rachel and started to leave the spot. Rachel tried her best to climb the hill just to follow her.

Rachel followed the tracks of the mysterious girl inside the big beach house on that hill. The house was like a mansion. Staring in awe and wonder she looked around the house and its hallways. She saw the girl again along the hallways towards the North Wing.

"Hey…" the girl called out and beckoned Rachel to follow her.

Rachel walked towards her but the girl kept walking. Still Rachel followed her she found herself entering a bedroom. The bedroom was huge. Fit for a princess. It looks like one of those in the storybooks, medieval and elegant. Then her gaze when to the girl, who was standing by the window, still looking at her,

"Hi."Rachel greeted.

The girl just smiled.

"I-I'm Rachel" Rachel said.

"Hello. I'm Lucy." The girl replied.

"It's nice to meet you." Rachel smiled back.

Lucy giggled. "Me too. Can I show you something?"

Rachel shrugged. "Sure, if you don't mind."

Lucy smiled and ordered Rachel to sit on the carpet.

Rachel nodded and complied.

Lucy held a box and sat across Rachel on the carpet.

"What's inside?" Rachel asked.

"The future." Lucy said.

"You're a fortune teller?"

Lucy shook her head. "No, just playing." Lucy smiled.

Rachel bit her lip as she watches Lucy open the box filled with cards. Lucy picked a card and placed it in the carpet. The two girls saw a woman with long, wavy, blonde hair wearing a white tank top and jeans in the card and she is standing at the same curtain where Lucy was standing earlier.

"Is that you?" Rachel asked with wide eyes.

"I don't think so." Lucy smirked.

"I think it's the future you." Rachel giggled.

"I hope so." Lucy sighed.

"You will always be beautiful." Rachel said.

"Thank you. Are you ready for the next card?" Lucy asked.

Rachel nodded and again Lucy picked a card in a different order from the box and laid it on the carpet next to the first card. It was a card with two people kissing. It has the same blonde woman from the first card kissing a short brunette.

"Oh-Kay." Lucy mumbled.

"Wow. That's us." Rachel said as she pointed the card.

"You still can't be sure." Lucy shrugged.

"We will turn gay?" Rachel asked in confusion.

"I don't know maybe it has to do something with love." Lucy pouted.

"Pick another card." Rachel said.

"Chill, Rachel."

The both girls giggled. Lucy picked another card and placed it on the carpet after the two cards. It pictured the same blonde woman from the two cards but a little bit older, standing in the middle of a formal gathering, dressed in white and black cocktail dress as if she is looking for someone. The woman turned even beautiful.

"Wow. I can't wait to dress like that." Lucy said with a grin.

"I can't wait to see you wear that." Rachel said.

Lucy nodded in agreement and picked another card. She placed it on the carpet on top of the three cards. It was a picture of the same beach house they are in.

"We will meet each other here?" Rachel asked Lucy.

"I think so." Lucy scrunched her nose.

"I like it when you do that." Rachel chuckled.

"Do what?" Lucy smiled.

"Scrunching your nose. You look cute." Rachel said.

Lucy smiled and picked the last card. She puts it on the carpet below the other cards and closes the box. It's the picture of two women wearing coats, holding each other's hand at the same hill with the same beach house and a little snow.

"Aww… how sweet." Lucy said.

"That's us again." Rachel grinned.

"Still you can't be sure. We are just playing with cards." Lucy rolled her eyes.

"I like what I'm seeing." Rachel said.

Lucy smiled and stood up. "You should go back. Your parents must be looking for you."

Rachel stood up and smiled, "Will I ever see you again?"

"We will be here until the end of summer. I think. Are you always around?" Lucy asked.

"We always go here at the beach for a picnic the whole summer. Rachel smiled.

"I guess we will see each other pretty often huh?"

"Yeah. If only your parents are not around." Rachel frowned.

"They're always not around. They leave me here to play. They go with their friends." Lucy frowned.

"Then I will be your friend and I will be with you till they come home." Rachel said.

It made Lucy so happy that she hugged Rachel so tight. "Thank you!"

"I think I'm starting to like you now." Rachel whispered.

"Me too." Lucy whispered back.

Rachel hugged Lucy back. "See you Lucy."

Lucy pulled back and smiled. "See you Rachel."

Rachel smiled and left the bedroom to go back to the beach.

Lucy and Rachel spent time together every day that summer, whether it's inside the beach house or by the beach.

Lucy even met Rachel's dads. And Rachel met Lucy's parents. They were so happy. They kept on talking about the cards.

Until one day, Rachel found Lucy by the hill with a sad face.

"Hi, Lu. What's wrong?" Rachel frowned and sat beside Lucy.

"Daddy said we are going to leave early this summer to go back town for school. We won't see each other again, Rae" Lucy said with a cracking voice.

"Oh, Lu… You'll come back next summer right? We will still see each other again." Rachel said.

"No Rae. We won't be going back until I don't know when." Lucy pouted.

"We will see each other again. I just hope soon." Rachel said as tears fell from her eyes.

Lucy cried with Rachel on the hill when…

"Quinnie! It's time to go." A voice of a woman called from the beach house.

"Wait? You're leaving already? Quinnie?" Rachel pulled back

"Yes. We are leaving today. That's why I'm sad because I don't want to leave you. My whole name is Lucy Quinn Fabray. Only Mom uses Quinnie as a nickname." Quinn gave a sad smile.

"It's the most beautiful name ever. But, no. Don't go!" Rachel cried.

"Quinnie it's time to go!" the voice said again.

"Yes mommy." Lucy shouted back.

"Lu… No…" Rachel whined.

"I'm sorry Rae." Quinn said sadly and went inside the house.

Rachel stood near the beach house's gate, watching Lucy put her things in the trunk. Lucy gave Rachel a sad smile and hopped in the car seat.

Rachel can't help the tears flow from her eyes. As the car drives away, Rachel watches Lucy look from the back window and wave goodbye.

"Good bye, Lu…" Rachel whispered.

11 years passed, Rachel wakes up from her alarm. This is it! Summer! It's time to go out of town. Her dads will take her to the beach. The beach where she would play when she was a still a little girl. It's been a while. She never really got a chance to go there since the beginning of middle school.

So she did her usual morning routine and packed her bags. There was a knock on the door.

"Hey sweetie. Ready to go?" Hiram asked.

"Coming Daddy!" Rachel said with full of excitement.

"Great! See you in the kitchen." Hiram said and closed the door.

Rachel smiled and freshened herself up. Then she grabbed her bag and went down the kitchen.

"Here we are!" Leroy said.

Rachel squealed and got out of the car as fast as she could. Rachel felt like she was 7 again. She began looking for shells. She started throwing rocks on water for fun. It was the child in her. It made her so happy.

She was about to go back to her dads when her eyes caught sight of the hill. The beach house was still there. Then something fluttered in her chest. It was a strong feeling. So instead of going back, she went to the beach house. The beach house looks familiar to her. She went inside and tried to recall the things buried deep in her mind.

TBC