(Okay, here's the next chapter of "Unexpected Fears". Thanks to The Time Traveler, Animefangirl2007 and Umi Sagara for reviewing. Well, the great Bob Barker has retired from TV -- damnit I'm gonna miss him. Okay, enough of that -- time to start. Sit back, relax and enjoy.)
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(Rachel's P.O.V.)
I walked up to Mathew and told him to sit down with me. I wanted to have a private talk with him. I shooed Jimmy into the ocean and walked back to Mathew. I told Jimmy that we'd join him in a little while.
"Mathew, how do you love me like a sister?" I asked him.
"Basically, you just... you resemble my sister in some ways," Mathew answered.
"In what ways?" I asked.
"Well, for starters, the hair," Mathew began.
He gently grabbed a portion of my smooth, brown hair.
"Although my sister has black hair and not brown; the second thing is that when you're your cheerful self, you look like my sister when she's cheerful; third, I like hanging out with you and I have so much fun with you. Plus, you're such a beautiful girl, Rachel, and... you paying me a visit to my apartment everyday really brightens my day. Sometimes, when you're not there, and I'm alone, I look at the photo you gave me, and I already feel like a whole new guy than when I was the previous day or the previous week."
I felt even more special. He did love me like a sister!! I still had no idea until Jimmy got him to spill the beans. I didn't even know that he had those feelings about me -- they were not feelings of love as a girlfriend, they were feelings of a loving and caring sister; I could tell that him and his own sister didn't really hang out together like most siblings. Then, he meets me, and we've been hanging out practically everyday.
"Rachel," Mathew said to me.
"Would you care to spend the night with me tonight?"
"I don't know," I said.
I had a feeling he'd ask me that question. I remembered agreeing to spend only two nights at his apartment each month, but that was hours after Jimmy came back. Now that he was back, I didn't want Jimmy to think that I was seeing Mathew when we're really close friends now. I knew he remembered the conditions I gave him anytime he offered me to spend the night with him.
"I'll follow your conditions, Rachel," Mathew said to me.
"It's not that," I said.
"I just don't want Jimmy to think that I'm seeing you."
(End Rachel's P.O.V.)
"You don't need to worry about anything, Rachel," I assured her.
I put my arm around her shoulder. She couldn't resist and did the same thing to me.
"Mathew, how long have you had those... sister-like feelings for me?" Rachel asked me.
"Ever since today when I comforted you along with Jimmy at the psychologist's office," I responded.
"Wow," Rachel said to me.
I threw my arms around her shoulders and lay my head on one of them.
"Thanks, Mathew," Rachel said to me.
"I've never had someone who loves me like a sister before -- it's pretty special."
"Thanks, Rachel," I said to her.
"So, you'll still accept spending the night with me?"
"Well," Rachel said, thinking it over.
"Dad still does have that fear of me, and the doctor said that I should keep away from him for three days. So... I suppose I will, as long as you follow the conditions I gave you."
That made me feel special myself.
"Thanks, Rachel," I said to her.
"And you can guarantee that I will follow the conditions you gave me."
I gave Rachel a gentle shoulder hug as my promise to her that I would follow the conditions she gave me when I first offered her to spend two nights at my apartment each month.
"Well, should we go join Jimmy?" Rachel said to me.
"You bet," I said, standing up.
I held out my hand to help Rachel up. She was real gracious that I helped her up.
"Race you in," Rachel said to me.
"Sure," I said.
We dashed into the ocean to join Jimmy. When we got there, I had just edged out Rachel by half an inch.
(Jimmy's P.O.V.)
I hadn't been swimming in the ocean very much since Rachel and Mathew had that private talk. I looked over my shoulder and noticed them in.
"Well, that took a pretty long while," I said.
"Yeah, he was telling me how he loves me like a sister," Rachel said to me.
"Thought he might be," I said.
"I was beginning to think that you two would spend the rest of our beach time talking to each other and leaving me all alone in the water."
"Now, Jimmy," Rachel said to me.
"You know I wouldn't do something like that."
She pulled my body close to her's. Rachel puckered up and kissed me on the lips. Rachel and I weren't trying to make Mathew jealous or anything, even if he never was jealous from the start.
"Jimmy, I love you," Rachel softly said to me.
"Rachel, I love you, too," I softly responded.
Right after we backed away, I picked up Rachel and carried her in my arms.
"Jimmy, what are you going to do?" Rachel asked me.
"It's sweet of you to carry me in your arms, but I have a feeling about you."
"You don't have to have that feeling, Rachel," I said to her.
I carried Rachel deeper into the ocean, until the water level covered up the bottom part of my swimshorts.
"Rachel, are you ready for a splashing?" I asked.
"Mm-hmm," Rachel said to me.
I gently tossed Rachel from my arms into the water. When she swam to the surface, she was soaked from head to toe.
"I knew you were going to do that to me, Jimmy," Rachel said to me, wiping her face with her hand.
(Rachel's P.O.V.)
I must admit, it was pretty funny of him to toss me into the water... but he needed a little payback, even if it was just a friendly toss. I playfully splashed him with some water. I could see drops of water on his face and chest area. That's when Mathew caught up to us.
"I saw what Jimmy did to you, Rachel," Mathew said to me.
"I thought it was pretty romantic myself."
Oh yeah, that reminded me, I still didn't tell Jimmy that I was planning on spending the night at Mathew's apartment.
"Jimmy," I said to him.
"If it's okay with you, I'm spending the night at Mathew's apartment tonight; don't worry, I'm not seeing him."
"Okay, I know he loves you like a sister, but I didn't think he'd offer you to spend the night at his place," Jimmy said to me.
"Jimmy, I feel like I should," I said to him.
"Besides, I need to stay away from my dad for 3 days anyway."
"Yeah, I know," Jimmy said to me.
"Besides," I said to him.
"The day after you came back, I told you I was going to spend the night at Mathew's apartment, and you didn't give me a single problem."
I was right, the day he came back, he never gave me any problems when I told him I was going to spend the night at Mathew's apartment. He was letting me do it -- I could tell he was letting me do it because he was waving his fingers at me as if to say "Yeah, just go."
"Thanks, Jimmy," I said to him.
I gave him a kiss on his lips as my thanks for letting me spend the night at Mathew's apartment. He really trusted me, and he trusted Mathew as well.
"So, anyone for a dip at the community pool?" I asked the boys.
"Sure," Mathew spoke up.
The both of us looked at Jimmy.
"Yeah, why not," Jimmy said to us.
We waded out of the ocean, dried off, and walked to the community pool.
End of chapter.
(Okay, that's going to wrap up another one. I sure hope I get a lot of reviews for this chapter. There was some romance between Jimmy and Rachel i this chapter, and there will be some more in the next chapter.)
