Chapter 4: My Crush and My Twin
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A/N: Hey guys! I'm so sorry for the looong wait but there was a lot on my mind this week and when I did get time to write this I wasn't happy with it so I rewrote this chapter five times. Anyways I hope you enjoy chapter four! :)
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Rachel was reading Tiger Beat on her bed with Donna while Jackie went through her stuff to see what she needed. An interesting article caught the young teen's eye and she smiled. 10 Tips on How to Make Your Crush like You would be very useful.
"Donna what do you think of that article?" Rachel asked, pointing to the article.
Donna scanned through it briefly. "I don't know. I never really used a magazine advice with Eric. I used bitchy advice from Jackie."
The younger teen nodded in understandment seeing that she had seen Jackie give thoughtless and superficial advice, which occasionally turned out to be true. She looked over at Jackie, who was standing at Rachel's closet.
"Jackie, I need help with something." Rachel said making Jackie turn around.
"Shoot." The petite girl replied, sitting down on the double bed in front of Donna and Rachel.
"I wanna make someone like me." The youngest girl whispered quietly, cheeks flushing pink.
"Aww!" The two older girls cooed, wrapping their arms around Rachel.
Rachel started walking down the stairs, which led to the sitting room. She was going to the kitchen to get soda for her, Jackie and Donna. She stopped when she was halfway downstairs because she saw Michael Kelso standing by the coffee table and staring at the door.
The brunette smiled, he was so cute. All the guys she knew that were her age looked nothing like that or were as sweet as him. Her secretly observing him from a far was cut short when she accidently tripped onto the next step, but landed on her feet, and earned Kelso's attention.
"Oh hey, Rachel!" Kelso said, waving his hand while smiling at her.
Rachel gave him a ditsy smile making her look more and more like Laurie, proving they were related. "Hi Kelso." She said seductively and continued walking down the stairs. "You're looking cute today."
"Um, thanks." The pretty boy replied. "You look cute too."
Rachel studied his face and fell into a daze. His hair, brown and lustrous, it had a sheen like fine hardwood. But that comparison isn't entirely fair. Hardwood doesn't swish gently like his hair does; swaying with the words he speaks. A shiny varnish catches merely light around it, but the depths of that deep chestnut brown reflected all the radiance of his smile. His eyes were a beautiful shade of brown, they speak to you from within and when the light hits them they sparkle.
"How are you enjoying your stay?" Kelso asked, snapping the hazel eyed girl out of her 'study'.
"It's really fun. I don't know why you guys always complain about Point Place." She admitted truthfully. She'd always hear them say how small the town was or how boring it was when every time she came to visit she had nothing but fun. "Well, um, I better get back to Jackie and Donna. See you later?"
"Yeah." Kelso replied simply and watched her disappear into the kitchen. Was she flirting, he thought to himself. Eric, Hyde and Fez walked into the sitting room with snacks and sodas. "Y'know what the problem is? I'm too good-looking."
"Ok wanna know my secret ingredient?" Kitty asked her niece by marriage.
Ever since Kitty could remember, Rachel always loved baking and was the only, besides Jackie and Donna, who would bake with her and share recipes. Right now they were making chocolate chip cookies.
"Of course." Rachel said. Aunt Kitty's cookies were the best and she always wanted to know what made them so good.
Before Kitty answered, she took a moment to take in Rachel's appearance to see how much she had grown up. She didn't want Rachel to grow up to be an unappreciated teenager, who didn't have time for her Aunt. "I put in extra cocoa powder then the recipe says."
Rachel smiled in approval before cracking an egg. The two were so engrossed in the baking that they didn't notice the slide door open and a young blonde woman walk in with a suitcase until a cheery voice spoke.
"Mommy!" The voice chirped as Eric walked into the kitchen and his mouth dropped.
Kitty turned her head to see her daughter, Laurie standing at the doorway. "Laurie?"
"I decided visit you guys for a while." She replied simply.
The real reason she was there was because it was summer and she needed to get money so she could rent an apartment but until she got the money she needed a place to stay.
When her mother moved over to the fridge, she noticed her youngest and favourite cousin there. Screaming her name, Laurie ran over to Rachel and enveloped her in a hug.
"Laaaurie!" Rachel said, hugging her cousin back happily.
"God, you've grown." Laurie admitted when she saw the brunette's cheekbones developed nicely. "Lookin' good." She added before putting her face close beside her cousin's to show Eric and Kitty the resemblance even though Rachel took a bit more after Eric, in a prettier way. "We're like twins."
Eric's eyes widened in horror and a song from The Omen played in his head at his older sister's statement. Not wanting Rachel to develop Laurie's slutty and ditsy ways he quickly said, "Come on Rach, lets got to the zoo."
Kitty smiled at the suggestion of Eric minding his little cousin as Hyde walked in, his jaw dropping when he saw a certain blonde standing in the kitchen.
"What's she doing her?" He asked but no one responded to the question.
"Hyde we're going to the zoo." Eric told him and Hyde nodded in approval.
"I'll come too." Laurie said but Eric shook his head in response.
"Eric, she's going with you." Kitty told him flatly.
Eric frowned. "Fine."
The four grabbed their jackets before saying goodbye to Kitty and made their way to the Vista Cruiser. As they were leaving, Red came into the kitchen to get a beer. He looked at the four leaving before looking at his wife. "Where are they going?"
"The zoo."
Red raised an eyebrow while smiling widely. "So they'll be gone for a while?"
Copping onto to what Red meant, Kitty smiled. "Yes." She said before they raced up the stairs.
While they were at the zoo, Eric made the effort to make sure Laurie was not left alone with Rachel without him or Hyde with them. But his plan hit a bump in the road when he really needed to go to the bathroom and Hyde was in the long line for candyfloss.
"Hey Eric, are you ok?" Rachel asked, looking concerned at her older cousin, who was squirming uncomfortably.
"Uh-huh." He hummed in response but Rachel did not look convinced.
"Don't worry about him Rach." Laurie said, twisting the lid of her bottle of water.
Eric watched as she brought the bottle to lips before taking a sip and making a sound of pleasure, which killed Eric. Laurie accidently let her bottle slip forward causing the water to slip out with big splashing noses as it hit the ground, killing Eric a little more. She quickly reacted and held her bottle up right.
He felt like he was going to burst and he couldn't wet himself in front of his cousin, the only one who looked up at him and thought was cool. Eric pursed his lips together and ran off to the bathroom leaving Laurie and Rachel confused.
The four walked into the kitchen, all eating their candyfloss happily and each of them holding a bag with stuff they got from the gift shop. Red and Kitty looked up from their cup of coffee and cookies and looked at the teens.
"Did you guys have fun?" Kitty asked and saying a silent pray that Eric and Laurie got along.
"Yeah." They all replied happily.
"We got photos like you asked." Hyde told her, placing the camera on the table. "I'll get them developed at the Foto Hut tomorrow."
"Sit down and I'll get you some cookies." Kitty said, getting up from her seat.
"I'll be back in a minute. I'm going to put this bag up in my room." Rachel told them before heading out into the living room to see Kelso sitting on the couch.
She smiled before dropping her bag and sat down beside Kelso. The two engaged in conversation quite quickly, mainly because Rachel pretended to be interested in Kelso talking about Happy Days. She leaned forward and pressed her lips against his, catching him of guard.
"What the hell?!" An angry voice yelled causing Rachel to part from the kiss and she turned her head to see Red standing at the door.
"Uncle Red!" She cried, running over to her uncle and wrapped her arms around him. "Kelso kissed me!" She added making her sound like Laurie.
"You're dead kettle head." Red said before chasing Kelso out of the house.
Eric, Hyde, Donna, Jackie, Fez and Rachel were sitting in the basement. Jackie, Donna and Fez were laughing at what Hyde and Eric told them about Kelso. Rachel just shook her head.
"Guys, I feel really bad." Rachel admitted, getting up from the couch. "I'm going to find him and apologise." She added before exiting the basement.
"See this is why Laurie is a bad influence." Eric told them, making them all -except Hyde- nod in agreement.
"And we're any better?" Hyde asked, referring to the times with Rachel in the circle or when they gave her a beer. "Oh wait, we are."
"We'll de-Laurie her tomorrow." Jackie said.
Fez looked at his friends confused. "But Laurie is so hot and slutty so what's – ooh."
A/N: Hope you liked this chapter. :) I've decided to make this story my weekend story. Y'know like try to update every Saturday or Sunday. Also if anyone wants to receive updates for this story because they can't follow, just ask. I only have a few ideas left for this story so if anyone has an idea, I really do appreciate your help! Review! :D
Random Fact: Every time I listen to the song Windows Down by BTR, it reminds me of this conversation between Eric and Donna in season 5 episode 6:
DONNA: I have a bad feeling about this weekend, Eric. Nothing good can come from us visiting different schools.
ERIC: Well, yeah, but there's an upside. Two days apart? I mean, when we get together, it's gonna be electric, baby. Like a thunderstorm.
DONNA: Eric, I'm serious. I mean, what if we actually end up going to different colleges and we're apart for four years.
ERIC: Well, then come semester break, you better board up your windows, 'cause guess what. Here comes Hurricane Eric.
DONNA: Board up my windows? What are my windows? And, whatever they are, wouldn't you want to open them?
Then I'm like what are the windows in the song referring to?
Peace out ✌~ Mystery Girl 911
