Crossed Paths

Chapter Four.

Disclaimer - I don't own waterloo raod nor I do I own any of the characters, it belongs to Shed Productions and is broadcasted by the BBC.

A/N This is a collaboration with the wonderful CrayolaCreation. This chapter was written by myself WritingWhat'sOnMyMind. Please read and enjoy.

"No." Rachel thought to herself, having thoughts of Eddie was wrong.

She was married to Adam for better or worse, in sickness and in health to love and to cherish. Til death do them part.

Rachel sat in her silver sports car just in the car park across the road from the cafe she was due to meet in her in, in less than 10 minutes time.

She lifted her hands off the steering wheel to see that her hands were shaking uncontrollably with rage, anger and a little bit of nervousness thrown in.

"Come on, rachel. Pull yourself together!" She scolded herself out loud.

Getting the car and pressing the lock button on her key system to automatically lock her car, rachel put her handbag over her right shoulder and made her way to the set of traffic lights that allowed her to cross the road to her destination, the cafe. Aka the biggest fight her and her sister were going to have to date and boy she sure as hell wasn't going to hit and miss the wall and she sure as hell wasn't going to hold back by any means.

Rachel walked into the cafe and took the table next to the big bay fronted window.

"Yes love, what can I get you?" A waitress in her mid-fourties, rachel guessed. With a warm smile.

"Eh, a caramel latte please." Rachel replied, politely with a warm smile with it.

"No problem sugar, it won't be long." The woman Anne replied, with Rachel learnt from her name tag.

Rachel looked at her watch 12.01 puntuallity was never one of Melissa's strong points.

"Not that she has many." Rachel thought bitterly to herself.

Her thoughts was interrupted by Anne bringing her her latte.

"Here you go sugar, enjoy." Anne smiled warmly at her.

"Thanks Anne." Rachel replied, with the same warm smile.

Just as the pair ended their conversation, the bell over the door rung out throughout the small cafe, rachel turned her head to see who had entered and saw her sister.

Melissa quickly scanned the small cafe in search of her sister and found her sitting at the front next to the bay window.

Rachel sat there not letting on that she had seen her sister and watched as she approached like she didn't have a care in the world and that boiled her blood.

"Hiya Rach." She greeted, like they were besties who met up on a regular occurrence.

"Don't "Hiya Rach" me like we're the best of friends, me and you have things to discuss. Now sit down." Rachel calmly told her sister, although it was difficult to do so.

"Alright, keep your hair, there's no need to be like that." Melissa sniggered at her own phrase of words.

"I don't find anything about this situation at all funny, Melissa." Rachel told her, firmly, giving her younger sister a stern look from across the table.

"I know, jeezs." Melissa replied, childishly rolling her eyes.

"You just don't care, do you?" Rachel hissed, her anger brimming its way to surface.

"I do care!" Melissa replied, raising her voice slightly.

"No you don't and you can't even say that without looking at the floor, can you? And lower your voice." Rachel exclaimed quietly but angrily, leaning over the table, so only Melissa hear her.

Melissa knew had well and truly done it this, never had she seen her sister like this, never had her sister spoken to her like this.

For the first time since getting there, melissa dared to look into her sister eyes and saw the emotions she deep down expected to see - Anger, Disappoint, disgust and Shame, but the one emotion she saw which she never expected to see. No matter what she had done, she could always count on her sisters loyalty and support. But she knew well and truly had gone too far this time and this emotion scared her and that emotion she saw was hatred.

"I'm sorry." Melissa whispered quietly, her voice barely audible.

"No, no you don't. Not this time you've gone too far this time. Abandoning your own son, How could you? Of all the stunts you've pulled in your time, I think this is the lowest you've ever stooped. Even by your standards, Melissa." Rachel told her, her voice ice cold with the same expression to go with it.

"What do you want me to say?" Melissa asked, as if it was the most obvious question in the world.

"I don't want to say anything I want you to explain to me how in gods name you coud even abandon your own son, but yet take the other one with you? And don't you dare think about lying to me I know everything." Rachel told her, enthusizing the word "everything".

Seeing that she had no way out Melissa began to explain everything to her outraged sister sitting across from her.

"It all started when I lost my job and nobody else would employ me as I had no qualifications to my name, so I started drinking. Once I started I couldn't stop. Dean had had enough and told me if I didn't stop he'd leave. I tried really I did (another lie) but I couldn't not at time so he left. I had not money, couldn't pay the mortgage and was supporting two young sons I struggled and I made a mistake. A terrible mistake." Melissa explained, as fake crocodile tears rolled down her cheeks.

"You wouldn't know the truth if it bit you in the arse, would you? When I said I knew everything I meant everything. Including emotionally abusing Kevin. You ought to be ashamed and disgusted with yourself. I know I am as sure as hell am!" Rachel spat at her.

"What do you mean?" Melissa asked, acting dumb.

"You might lot of things Melissa, but stupid and dumb isn't two of them. I know about the bigimy, blackmailing poor Phil so he'd keep quiet, leaving Kevin with your so called friend Daisy, telling him you'd come back and you never. What kind of person are you? Do you know what I might not have children of my own yet, but I would of made one hell of a better mother to them boys than you ever could in a month of sundays." Rachel told her.

"That's right! You always did think you were better than everyone else, up there on your high horse looking down your nose at everyone else. I'm there mother, not you and you never will be!" Melissa replied, losing her temper.

"Biologically yes, but in every other sense of the no. A pack of wolves could of done a better job than you. They'll be staying with me for a while, well I'm going to see if Kevin wants to move in with me and Adam as he's still a minor." Rachel told her.

"You and who? And hell will freeze before I let that happen!" Melissa hissed in return.

"My husband, not that its any of your business and don't you even dare think about going there. You want to fight on this then fine, take me court, but I can you now who'll win." Rachel smirked at hwr younger sister, knowing she'd won the argument.

"You bitch!" Melissa yelled, causing everyone in the cafe to stare at them, not that she cared of course.

"Oh darling I've been called a lot worse. I want absolutely nothing to do with you, you don't contact me every again. Your no sister of mine, your nothing to me. Your dead to me. Have a nice life." Rachel smiled at her and turned on her heels and left the cafe.

Melissa stood there and watched her sister leave and swore to the gods above she'd get her revenge.

"Oh you'll pay Rach, I promise that." Melissa thought bitterly and darkenly to herself as an evil smirked played on her feathers as Rachel got into her car.

A/N There you have it. I hope you've enjoyed reading this and please review! :)